Necromancer's DOS Navigator What's New

+ New
- Bug fixed
* Bug fixed and/or made better
! Important!

Patches contributors :
[AF]Anton Fedorov aka DataCompBoy
[AL]Andrew Luzhin
[DB]Dmitry Beloshistov
[JO]Jaroslav Osadchiy
[MS]Marek Solek
[PZ]Pawel Ziemian
[SK]Sergey Korshunoff aka SeyKo

 Version 2.10 Beta 2
+ Search in archives added to the file search
+ Don't use Long file names feature added to the System Setup for each drive
+ Memory Information function is back
+ It's now possible to use included (Dos Navigator-like menu style [ndn.mnu] files) and Norton Commander-like menu style [nc.mnu] files
To use included "ndn.mnu" : insert line - {menufile="ndn.mnu"}
To use included "nc.mnu" : insert line - {ncmenufile="nc.mnu"}
It's also possible to use full path in these lines :
{ncmenufile="C:\nc\nc.mnu"}
+ RestoreDir={Boolean} added to the [Miscellaneous] ini file section, if true, NDN will restore the current directory at the NDN startup after exit
+[MS] Alt-G goto record in DBF Viewer
+ Delete/Restore record feature in DBF Viewer
+ Scroll Bars in DBF Viewer
+ File Search mask will be shown in file search status box
+ 'Delete descriptions container' And 'Always copy descriptions' added to file manager setups
* Disassembler feature improved
* SFX Archives detection improved
* Now NDN uses Zurevana Dos Extender v0.50 + Packing
- HighLite in Quick viewer does not work now
- NDN now rereads panel after creating a subdirectory in directory with Long File Name
- Alt-Enter filemasks showing bug fixed
- FreeSpace line color will not change if Totals will be not displayed in information box
- ListBox dividers bug fixed
- Keyboard now works in DOS v6.22 and earlier
- [Russian resources] Confirmations dialog buttons fixed
- Editor Shift-Ins highliting bug fixed
- Option "Show hidden files" will be immediately avalible after setup dialog
- Fatal error with no ndn.mnu exist.
- Not displaing list of drives in Options->Configuration->System Setup dialog (Russian resources)
- Errors with displaing Options->Configuration->Confirmation and Interface dialogs (Russian resources)
- Disk descriptions (Alt-F1) will now be shown according to resources used (Russian/English/Hungary/etc)
- Screen saver starting in 1 minute bug fixed
- File saving from viewer [hex editor] bug fixed
- Quick search is now compatible with Ukrainian symbols and others
- Quick search in dos bug fixed
- Bugs with highliting found place in editor w/backs
- Adding to the history empty lines bug fixed
- Description files handling bugs fixed
 Version 2.10 Beta (DPMI32/WIN32/OS2)
This is just beta version of Necromancer's Dos Navigator, the documentation is not fully finished yet, send all bugreports to net.nec@usa.net, PeterVrn@yahoo.com, and fido7.necromancers.dos.navigator
The Russian documentation is not ready yet too.
WIN32 and OS2 beta versions will be avalible soon.
! Sources were completely rewritten, so they could be compiled with Virtual Pascal v2.1 for different platforms
! [win] Win32 version now could work with LFN under Windows NT v4.0
! [os2] OS2 version works with LFN under OS2 with HPFS file system
! Old and slow INI engine had been replaced with New High perfomance INI engine which supports comments, the new, commented ndn.ini file will be ready soon
! [dos] If you get an "Resource Access Error" message under Dos version lower than 7.0, try to use /NOLFN switch to get NDN working
+ Regular expressions were added to file search, search and replace in editor and in search in file viewer, it's also works in hgroups.ini, file name entry, and file selection menu, but it must be put in / and / Example : to find file, with the word test in its names - /.*test.*/ For details - see regexp.txt file.
+ File masks logic was changed : the search with file mask '*' would find all files even with extension. To find files without extension, you should use '*.' file mask. It works the same in hgroups.ini file. It's possible to use masks like '*dn*.exe', this way there would be found files containing in the name 'dn' (except for the extension), and which have LAST extension '.exe'.
- Now all fatal error messages will work, and NDN won't give a fatal error when there's no disk in drive the name of which is stored in desktop file
+ Defines information for beta builds will be shown at the startup :

  CPU86/CPU87 DPMI32   VIRTUALPASCAL NECROMANCER
  ----------- ------   ------------- -----------
  CPU DEFINES PLATFORM COMPILER USED WHO THE BUILD WAS MADE BY
  The platforms could be DPMI32/WIN32/OS2
  The builds are mede by NECROMANCER/CHEMODUN
+ New switches were added:
      /NOLFN - Don''t use Long file names
      /NOWIN - Do use Long file name API even in dos
      /NOEMS - Don''t use EMS memory (For 16-bit platform only)
      /NOXMS - Don''t use XMS memory (For 16-bit platform only)
      /GRAB - Grab palette to palette.pas file
      /QUIET - Do not write too much at startup
      /1STFORCE - Force 1st startup
      /P - Load palete from file
- Auto Run menu now works again
- Bookmarks in viewer and editor are working again
+ Quick search procedure rewritten
+ Piton game was added :)
+ New Entry RightAlignClock=Boolean in [Interface Data] in NDN.INI file
+ New Entries in NDN.INI in [Interface Setup] section - See NDN.INI file
More... will be added soon...

 Version 2.03 Pre-release #1 (29-05-2000) DPMI (DOS, w9x)
! Sources were rewritten, so they could be compiled with DPMI
! If you having troubles with mouse while wirking in NDN in window, turn off "Standard Cursor" in mouse setup.
! Attention Win2000 users: if you having troubles starting NDN under Win2000, try to start it rith parameter /NOLFN
! NDN.HGL file handling changed, please use included file from .\SAMPLE\ directory
! New higlite groups method added, please, use hgroups.ini file from .\SAMPLE\ directory
! Tetris and FTP client is not avalible in this version due to problems with compiling, check out newer versions
! Resources names changed, because now ndn supports 3 languages - Russian/English/Hungary mode under Windows, turn off standard cursor mode...
+[DB] Fido PKT & MSG viewer added
+ Disassembler [up to pentium] with editing added to viewer (Vladimir Piven)
+ DPMI - The largest amount of memory could be allocated is the amount of memory you have on your computer
+ dBase viewer code rewritten, was done :
- FoxPro for Windows, Visual FoxPro support added
- new fields formats: Float,Currency,DateTime,Double,Integer (read/write); General(OLE), (Read Only);
- Windows/KOI8 codepage support + Autodetection
- Search fixed
+ New keys in Editor - Alt1..Alt9 Place marker, Ctrl1..Ctrl9 - Goto Marker
+ New entry in ini - LowerNames in [Miscellaneous] On - lower names, when copying or in DIZ files, or not
+ Now you could change language using Alt-F12. Warning - This function will replace settings from Global Setup for resources. Also, to appeare needed language in language menu, you need to have all resource files (Language.hlp;Language.dlg;Language.lng)
+[SK] Command line setup added, now you could start different commands differently, for example, you could use start start -max command /c, to execute command, to change user modes for command line, use Alt-/
If enabled Usermode 1 - Command line looks like [C:\]
If enabled Usermode 2 - Command line looks like (C:\)
If Enabled Timer - Command line looks like {C:\}
Standard Command line looks like C:\>
+ Now Alt-1..0 moves to any dialog entry line Quick Directories
+[AF] Ctrl-BackSpace in dialogs deletes whole word.
+ Now you could use filters like *.*;-*.rar; in Ctrl-GrayPlus/GrayMinus
+ Now you could insert LFN to command line using Ctrl-Alt-Enter, to insert LFN with path - Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Enter (Ctrl-End - go to end of commandline)
+ For copying LFN to clipboard use Alt-Ctrl-Ins
+ For copying LFN to clipboard with path use Alt-Ctrl-Shift-Ins
+ New Entry in INI [Miscellaneous] - EnterClosesViewer={boolean}
Allowes to close viewer using Enter
+ New Entry in INI [Miscellaneous] - F3ClosesViewer={boolean}
Allowes to close viewer using F3
+ ShutDown the system in file menu added - if you have new kind of computer, this function will turn it off, correctly works with windows
+ INI file - EchoToBat={boolean} in [Internal Constants] added
+[AF] Now Alt-F12 will work in all input lines (Change letters case rus/eng)
+[AF] Now Ctrl-[ will work in all input lines (Change letters case Uppercase)
+[AF] Now Ctrl-] will work in all input lines (Change letters case Lowercase)
+[AF] Now Ctrl-/ will work in all input lines (Start word from UpperLetter)
+ SortGroups={boolean} added to INI in [Custom Masks] section, so you could sort files from filegroups in 1..10 order.
+ New section in ini [Viewers]
IVUseHiLite={boolean} - Use HiLite in internal viewer or not
UsePktViewer={boolean} - Use *.Pkt viewer or not
UseMsgViewer={boolean} - Use *.msg viewer or not
PKTCOrigin ={word} - PKT viewer colors - Origin
PKTCArea ={word} - PKT viewer colors - Area
PKTCCitate ={word} - PKT viewer colors - Citate
PKTCCluges ={word} - PKT viewer colors - Cluges
+[AF] InstallShield v3.0 archives support added (*.is3, *.z, more)
+ Now you could use Ctrl-Enter in Ascii table to insert ascii charachters without closing Ascii table, Enter works as always.
+ Ctrl-C (compare directories) bug fixed
+ Now you could use Quick search in history windows, just type first letters of what you're looking for
+ New vieweing line breaking system added to viewer - break linea only by Cr charachter <+>
+ Now, if file already opened (viewer or editor), NDN will ask if you want to open another window, or work with the same one
+ Now you coul dopen viewer from editor window, by using Alt-V
+ Editor control panel rearranged
+ Now viewer hilites files according to NDN.HGL file
+[SK] File viewer control panel improved
+[SK] Code page autodetection added to viewer
+ PKT/MSG vieweing added
+[JO] Files HiLite groups added (10)
+ In hex editor cursor position will be highlited
+ Ctrl-B/Ctrl-P Ascii table in hex editor
+ Now Hex editor understands extended keycodes like - Alt-Key/Ctrl-Key
+ Space works as PgDn in viewer, not hex editor
+ Ctrl-Tab, Alt-Tab, F9 functioning changed
+ Visual effects added (Fade pallete), In INI - FadeDelay=5 recommended;
+ ShowScrollBar=1 added to ini in [Internal Constants] section, allowes/disallowes to show scrollbar in filemanager
+ HScrollBarChars=/VScrollBarChars= added to ini in [Internal Constants] section, allowes to change scroll bar chars
+ Quick directories moved to ini, to [Quick Directories] section
+ Shift-F12, chenge video mode menu added
+ Ctrl-1..0 now changes file panel modes, these modes could be changed in Options->File Manager->Columns Defaults
+ New Entry in INI file in section [Internal constants] - UseOldWinOpts=0
Changes working of Ctrl-Tab/Alt-Tab/F9/Shift-F9.
0 - Old DN style
1 - New NDN style
+ Security option added - if ShowHidden files turned off - hidden files won't be shown - [Internal constants] - Security
+ CopySndFreq, CopySndFreq2, CopySndDel, CopySndLoop Added to ini in [Miscellaneous] - Sound after copy manipulations
+ Alt-K changes will be saving to Desktop file
+ ClipReplaceZeroes Addded to INI in [Miscellaneous] section
+ New entry MaxDirHistorySize={word} in [histories] added
+ New entry MaxEditHistorySize={word} in [histories] added
+ IVstart={boolean} in [Viewers] added False = Standard viewer calling else New NDN system
+ DosScreenReset={bool} in [Miscellaneous] added - helps open Dos Window faster in slow videocards
+ SaveFileOnOpen added to ini in [Editor Defaults] - allows create zero-sized files on-the-fly.
+[AF] Menus with arrows handling changed, now you could use mouse to navigate
+[AF] Multiple CD-ROM support added to Cd Player
+ DisAsm buffer state will be shown as char #13 in info line (editor-like)
+ New entry in ini QuickDirs={Byte-0..9} in [Miscellaneous] section If > 0 then shows QuickDirs in Alr+F1/Alt+F2 boxes, according to number
+ Now NDN will give slices even in Windoze NT
+ File groups highliting added (Connect like), so now you could sort and highlite files as you wish, file masks are allowed too, also, you need to use "long" masks (*.html) to highlite files with long extentions
+ Because of new froup HiLiting, there were some things removed : Alt-S (panel setup) changed - now it doesn't have "Executables first", and "Archives first" checkboxes, because you could adjust sorting in Highlite dialog, but it does have "Sort by group index" feature, which allowes you to turn on/off file groups sorting according to index you set up in HiLite dialog.
+ New Entry in INI in [File Manager Setup] - ShowPassiveCursor={Boolean}, if On the inactive cursor will be hilited (color could be changed in Colors dialog)
+ New ini engine added, so now you could write comments right in files, also, newer parameters will be at the beginning of the sections
+ Now NDN supports old phone book format, it also can read Seyko DN format
+ Now SpreadSheet (Wkz) data bases are compatible with old DN type {and only}
+ New entry in INI file in [File Manager Setup] - ShowPanelState - Shows progress during entering the directory in Upper left corner
* Now Ctrl-Alt-X will not set default video mode
*[PZ] Syntax HiLiting in editor/viewer was rewritten, now you could use keywords HiLiting.
* Now, because of changing INI engine, which allows to add comments in ini file, which makes it slower, all configuration parameters will be saved before NDN restart, and not immediately after each dialog
* Restart NDN (Ctrl-Z) moved to Ctrl-Alt-X
* Ctrl-F8 Will use addition XLT files
* Now in Hex editor NDN will decode everything after line only
* Now NDN understands correctly multi-volume ARJ archivers
* Now NDN understands correctly LHA 2.55 archives created with -h2 key
* Now NDN understands correctly RAR archives created in *NIX system
* Now NDN works correctly with HA and ZXZIP archives
* AIN And TAR archives detection algorithm changed
* Keys for viewers changed - F3 call internal viewer, Alt-F3 - external
* Now Anonymous and On/Off in editor menu will be stored in resources
*[AF] Now, ater changing sort mode, panel won't be rereaded by
*[AF] Now, one click on current drive on drive line understands as Ctrl-R, double click - changes to root directory by
* Resources names changed, now it will be named like Russian.*/English.*, Please, if you setting up new version of NDN over older one, don't forget to change your INI.
*[SK] File viewer decoding code pages support changed - now NDN will use internal WIN/KOI codepages, Ctrl-F8 changes external
* Now NDN won't save data from resources to desktop file, when changing language
* Now OldTypeRename won't exit, if cursor placed at the end of name
* DisAsm decoder routing now use internal buffer for decoding (for PM!!!)
*[AL] ndn.com source code rewritten
- File Storage fixed (Surprised how did it worked >:), well, everything could happen :)
- Long file named .DBF files with spaces opening bug fixed
- Now NDN won't hang up after panel was resised
- Special characters replacement fixed, if they were exist in filenames
- Quick Search in ms-dos bug fixed
- Directory rereading bug fixed (after new file was created in editor, or file was changed). Now NDN will reread directory.
- File viewer vieweing files with zero length bug fixed
- Jumping clock bug fixed
- File copying under MS-DOS bug fixed
- Critical Error on drive ? bug fixed (at least in my machine)
- File Descriptions copying bug fixed
- Ctrl-Q file vieweing fixed
- SFX archives detection fixed
- Calendar bounds now will be stored in DSK
- Alt-Ctrl-Shift-Ins fixed
- Now archives with LFN will be shown correctly under MS-DOS
- Now cursor will be positined correctly on files with LFN after restart
- PKT, MSG files deleting bug fixed
- Clock positioning fixed, fixed, fixed !!!
- Turning off clock now normally working
- Disk Information fixed
- Options menu in editor handling fixed, now all On's And Off's work fine
- Alt-F6 (with OldTypeRename=1) fixed, now NDN handles 9th position right
- Long Copy in DPMI version bug fixed
- SmartPad, after being executed from any dialog closing bug fixed
- Now ruler in file editor will work as in previous versions
- Memory leakage bug fixed (Recycled folder was initalized twice)
- Archive vieweing with directories memory leakage fixed
- Advanced copying bug fixed
- Now long file names will be deleted correctly from temp directory
- Now NDN won't add spaces after date/time was inserted in editor
- Now, editor will show changes after Esc was pressed twice
- Alt-F7, sometimes inserted #0 symbol to contents
- Bug with Tab in editor fixed, now NDN will insert spaces according to prevoius line
- Now histories will be cleared correctly, if Clear History is turned on
- Turning off LFN information under MS-DOS bug fixed
- Clipboard opening for the 2nd time bug fixed
- Now saving desktop will work correctly if Autosave Desktop is off
- Now it's possible to create file with zero size in editor
- Now NDN won't hang up when Alt-H pressed in terminal
- Fixed bug with vieweing empty PKT files
- Alt-Del bug fixed (panel wasn't rereading)
- Bug with CD fixed
- Desktop saving bug totally fixed
- Cursor setting after archive file w/o extension vieveing bug fixed
- Date inserting in editor bug fixed, now undo works fine too
- Ctrl-C hotkey in file manager back
- Copying to windows ClipBoard bug fixed
- Now DPMI version of NDN will show windows title too
- External viewers/editors files parsing under MS-DOS bug fixed
- Reanimator bug fixed
- Added checking if DirectDiskAccess is enabled in Reanimator
- Descriptions bug fixed
- Bug with tree fixed (with DirectDiskAccess)
- File viewer storage in desktop bug fixed
- Flash-light screen saver bug fixed - couldn't imagine, how did it worked before :)
- Bug which slowed down Ctrl-L information fixed
- Now you could create "zero-sized" files using Sh-F4, , Esc, Enter
- Alt-Z in editor bug fixed
- PKT viewer colors bug fixed
- Color Selector bug fixed
- Calendar bug fixed (y2k :)
- Reanimated disk editor
- Now NDN will run correctly under MS-DOS v6.22 and earlier
- Working with desktop under Dos bug fixed
- Clock positioning after restart fixed
- Bug with saving desktop when DirectoryTree is onscreen fixed
- Bug with custom columns fixed, when unpacking archive
- Bug with custom columns fixed, when searching files
- Bug with temp drive fixed - Files weren't shown according to columns length
- Mouse cursor bug fixed in Windowed mode
- Now NDN will enter 1-letter named directories in archives
- Search in Disassembler view mode fixed
- Goto Bug fixed in Disassembler
- SysInfo disk space detection fixed
- SysInfo buttons handling bug fixed
- DisAssembler is now stable
- Cd Player now works correctly in DPMI
- Descriptions bug fixed
- Transliteration bug in editor fixed
- Bug with memory detection fixed in editor
- Gray Plus selecting in MS-DOS bug fixed
- FatalError causing bug fixed when Disk isn't exist, but stored in DSK
- DisAsm when edit nonfirst byte in command - position error - fixed
- DisAsm GOTO fixed, CtrlPgUp fixed, possible bugs with cursor fixed
- Command line setup now will be saved to [Command Line] section in INI
- "Except mask" bug fixed (Gray Plus/Gray Minus)
- Bug with Command history adding from Command line under MS-DOS fixed
- Bug with showing filesize when overwriting fixed (possibly same problem with network disks fixed)
- Alt-F6 descriptions bug fixed
- Pkt viewer next file detection fixed
-[AF] Disk Formatter fixed
- Ms-Dos detection fixed, so file opening fixed too
- Alt-Ins in editor fixed, now you could use formulas too
- FileSize on tem drive under DOS showing bug fixed
- Time Slices bug fixed
- Now F2 won't crash NDN when file manager window is closed
- Editor now shouldn't eat as much memory as it did before
- Fixed problem with files collection, now, if temporary storage file was deleted, NDN shouldn't give error...
- Bug with showing encrypted(paroled) files in archive viewer fixed
- Bug with UpCase fixed, so, please, add the 1st charachter to ini file to UpCaseTbl.
- Quick Dirs [Alt-F1/F2] bug fixed
- GlobalSetup bug fixed

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