iSerial Reader Help

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Introduction

Serial Box 2

Codez4Palm

Codebook

Opening a File

Browsing Serials

Preferences

Connecting to the Internet

Exporting to PalmOS

Troubleshooting

Version History

1.2.4:

(All) SBX2: Updated the security certificate

(All) Disabled internet version checking because the host.sk website is down. This feature will return some time in the future

1.2.3:

(All) SBX2: Now shows category, subcategory and platform information in the application information section

(All) Can now launch with option/alt key to reset preferences and disable internet access

(All) Application support folders have moved from the system domain to the user domain (no longer required to run the program as administrator on MacOS X)

(All) Fixes problem where program would "freeze" on the authorization dialog

(All) iSerial Reader will now by default no longer ask for authorization to connect to the internet. You can disable these features in the Preferences

1.2.2:

(All) SBX2: Can now read the information from the changed Macupdate.com webpages

(All) SBX2: Information from Macupdate.com is displayed faster

(All) SBX2: New improved display for application information

(All) SBX2: More application information is downloaded from Macupdate.com

(All) SBX2: New section dividers

(All) SBX2: It is now possible to check Serial Box 2 files for updates properly

(All) SBX2: Fixed a problem where double-clicking a Serial Box 2 file could result in 2 files being opened on launch because of automatically opening the most recent file as well

(All) Added extra error checking in LoadGlobals

(All) SBX2: Added more tolerance for Serial Box 2 file errors

(All) Can now always use the up/down arrow keys to select applications in the application list

(All) Added bug fixes and changes

1.2.1:

(All) SBX2: Fixed the "unhandled exception" error on launch bug

(All) Recent files would be erased when a different version of the program was opened, fixed now

(All) Improved error reporting (reports to log)

(All) Old code cleaned and improved

(All) SBX2: Added preference to hide the instructions bubble

(All) Added online version checking (automatic and manual)

(All) SBX2: When dragging a bubble it will now start at the correct coordinates

(All) SBX2: Fixed printing, wrote new printing code

1.2:

(All) Window resizing

(All) SBX2: Added disclosure triangles to collapse sections

(All) SBX2: Created a new control for viewing serials and cracks, cracks are now labelled info

(All) Fixed preference file corruption, this could cause crashes on launch or when printing

(All) Fixed a problem in the recently opened file menu, a file that was allready in the menu will now move back to the top when re-opened

(All) Fixed window menu, it could "lose track" of which window was which is a window was closed

(All) Window size is now remembered and applied for newly opened files

(All) Added dialog to ask for authorization to connect to the internet

(All) Many fixes and small changes

1.1.2:

(OSX) Added tooltips to serials and URLs

(All) Fixed the error that occurred on exporting a Serial Box 2 file to Palm

(All) Fixed the error that occurred when printing from a Serial Box 2 file

(All) Now remembers recently opened files. Accessible from the submenu in the File menu

(All) Added preference to automatically reopen the most recently opened file when iSerial Reader is launched

(All) The main application list is now in iTunes 5 style for Serial Box 2, Codez4Palm and Codebook

(All) Changed the Codebook picture scrollbar from vertical to horizontal

(All) Added much error handling code to better deal with many possible formatting errors in the Serial Box 2 file

(OS9) Loading information from MU should now not take over the computer

(All) Known issue: The progress arrows in the loading dialog still don't spin while the file is loading

(All) Known issue: The window is still not resizeable

(All) Known issue: There is no increase in performance of loading files yet

1.1.1:

(OS9) Fixed the crash on opening of a file

(All) The serial list now changes it's rowheight depending on the size of the chosen font

(Win) Fixed an unhandled error when opening an incorrect file on Windows

(All) Some slight changes in the implementation of Serial Box 2 for the September 2005 issue

(All) Several minor tweaks and bugfixes

1.1:

(Mac) Added the ability to open Codebook plug-ins

(All) Removed disabled checkbox and category menus from Codez4Palm window

(Win) The welcome dialog will now always open when no file is selected from the commandline allowing people to access the help without opening a file first

(All) Several minor tweaks and bugfixes

1.0:

(All) First release of iSerial Reader