Updates

Listed below are descriptions of recent changes to A-Shell and this document.

Build, Date

Description

1208, 03 Mar 11

Improved and more flexible processing of PRTCOPIES, also new documentation.

1206, 23 Feb 11

New SBR=PRINT_TIME and PRINT_JOBUSN allows PRINT.SBR to add time and user name to report header.

1188, 19 July 10

Add a configuration (menu) option for the XTREE default Font.

1187, 15 July 10

Under Windows, PRTCOPIES now controls if multiple copies are printed by A-Shell or by printer driver.

n/a, 26 June 10

Add APEX documentation (and delete separate APEX doc).

n/a, 14 May 10

Add OPTIONS documentation for EFS, A-Shell encrypted file system.

1176, 02 Mar 10

Change command line switch –g (use Alternate Icon) from embedded icon to filespec.

1168, 09 Dec 09

In printer init command CPP, "*" is now treated as equivalent to "AUTO."

1163, 20 Oct 09

Change behavior of OPTIONS=BRKALC to fill file with only brackets.

1157, 19 Aug 09

Add printer init command to set PAPERSIZE.

1156, 03 Aug 09

Add command line switch -uo to Override User Name.

n/a, 16 July 09

Major updates (documentation, not software) to TRACE system parameter.

1149, 16 May 09

Add printer DEVICE syntax to Set Printer Mode Using Printer Name for ATE.

n/a, 27 Mar 09

Add new topics Launch Background Process on Boot and Update A-Shell While Running.

n/a, 15 Jan 09

Add description of Stack Overflow error.

n/a, 14 Jan 09

Expand description of Your job queue has been zapped; exit A-Shell now error message.

1128, 23 Oct 08

Change how Initial Window Settings work, add new doc.

1124, 12 Sep 08

Printing to the PROMPT: in a non-local Windows causes DEVICE to be changed to DEVICE = PROMPT:.

1124, 10 Sep 08

Add printer config entries APEX and PREVIEW for handling preview options.

1117, 25 June 08

MIAME.INI now allows a [MIAME] section header; comments may now occur before the SERIAL line.

1116, 11 June 08

AUTO_MEMOPEN now also applies to sequential input files and LOOKUP.

1114, 27 May 08

Add XOFFSET, YOFFSET and XORIGIN, YORIGIN to control positioning of printing on page.

1104, 18 Feb 08

Add OPTIONS=GUI_SPC_IND "tokenizes" horizontal spaces for GUI screens.

1102, 22 Jan 08

Add new EZ-SPOOL command SWITCHES.

n/a, 20 Dec 07

Add documentation on Ersatz Definition Files.

 

See earlier versions of this document for A-Shell 5.0 updates (prior to November 2007).