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4.0 ALPHA upload Mark Gilmore Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:56:47 -0700

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Hello all,
I have emerged from the dungeon with ECS 4.0 ready for
ALPHA (very preliminary) testing. I will be busy with
family responsibilities for the next few days, and so
thought this would be a good time to let you play
around with it.
All executables are ABOUT to be uploaded to BETA\ECS.ZIP
(this msg is in README.TXT).

I need testing performed on the following:
	Create/Mod/Del of Groups/Items/Events in the OLD user-interface
	Create/Mod/Del of Groups/Items in the NEW user-interface

Regardless of the selected user-interface, when you select APPLY
("ACCEPT"), a new working cfg (W0.CFG) will be created. When you
select SAVE, it is copied to ECS.CFG. I would suggest that you use
the file-compare utility to validate changes: For example, the
command "FC ECS.CFG W0.CFG > D.TMP" would write list differences
in D.TMP.

All versions have eliminated the need for maximum counts
(for Items, Text-Lines, etc). The appropriate allocations
are now determined/expanded/contracted dynamically.

OLD user-ifc notes:
	To test with OLD user-interface, you MUST enter "SET ECS_WUI=0".

	The DOS versions may be a bit big - I may still need to work a
	bit on the overlays to get it back to its original size.

NEW user-ifc notes:
	The special function keys (RECORD, PLAYBACK, LEARN, etc) in the Item
	screens (NEW user-ifc) are NOT yet functional (though they should be
	displayed properly).

	The Message & Event screens (NEW user-ifc) are NOT yet functional
	(though you may select them).

	Is "APPLY" more appropriate than "ACCEPT" ???
	Any other suggestions ?

	The Group screen supports the display of a .BMP background image.
	Does anyone have a good image which might serve as a good default.
	If it's on paper, we could scan it.

	The Item/State/Icon windows in the Group screen may be moved,
	sized, etc. To move one, right click in the window, move it to
	desired location, and release. Positions/sizes are preserved
	IF the Group is saved.
	Note that with a background, you could create Groups which
	represent floorplans.
	You could also "stretch" windows to form lines, boxes, etc.

Enjoy!
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html

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