HISTORY.TXT                   16th February 1996
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United Kingdom

CONTACT: Frank Vipond

PHN: +44 (0)1624-681090
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EMAIL: CompuServe 100332,1257

History of PSPNUM.VBX:
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16FEB96: Version 2.3. An intermediate release with the
following:

  - Reduced 'shiver' of edit-box border and contents
  - Bound control support
  - Extended Edit Masks for international use e.g.
    input numeric values with comma as decimal place
  - New ValueError and ParmError properties providing
    more flexibility for dealing with errors in input
    numeric values

07DEC95: Version 2.2. A minor release with the
following:

  - ParmString property to support parameter string
    for operations
  - Appearance property for 3D (three-dimensional)
    look compliant with VB4/Win95 standard
  - Automatic minimum size for edit box

09NOV95: Version 2.1. An intermediate release with
the following:

  - revised allocation of memory for Text property
    to overcome 'out of memory' problem occurring
    under VB4 16-bit
  - support for cut/copy/paste
  - almost complete elimination of differences in
    behaviour between design-time and run-time
  - replacement of 'AssnRem' operation by 'AssnRem1'
    and 'AssnRem2' to allow remainder from division
    to be assigned for multiple divide operations
  - some run-time only properties now hidden in
    properties window
  - improved and simplified documentation and
    on-line help
  - code rationalisation for forthcoming OCX

04SEP95: Version 2.0. A major release with many
(mostly user-driven) enhancements:

  - fixes to KeyDown/KeyPress/KeyUp events
  - fixes for Click/DblClick events
  - new ValueChange/TextChange events to monitor
    changes to the numeric/displayed value
  - new SelStart/SelLength/SelText events
  - new ActiveBackColor property to allow
    easy visual guide as to active control
  - new OverflowCode/OverflowKey properties to
    provide more options for numeric overflow
  - existing OverflowError property made
    redundant
  - new EditProtect property allowing view-only
    numeric display
  - revised caret navigation allowing movement
    and selection over entire displayed value
  - new edit mask components for thousand and
    ten-thousand separators

22JUL95: Version 1.9. A minor release with some
minor bug fixes. Introduction of on-line help
(PSPNUM.HLP file) and pop-up 'about' box.

15JUN95: Version 1.8. First public release.

JAN95-JUN95: Early non-public releases 1.1 through
1.7 to selected private users for proof of concept.

Future of PSPNUM.VBX and PSPNUM.OCX:
------------------------------------

We actively look for user feedback in on-going
development plans. Most users are looking for an OCX
version of PSPNUM rather than continued enhancements
to the VBX, so this is where we will now concentrate
our efforts. The development of PSPNUM.OCX is going
well and we expect to be able to release it by the
end of March 1996.

Of course, any bugs found in the VBX will be fixed
urgently e.g. in a release 2.4 prior to the OCX
release.

