Dabbler 2.0.4 Update

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How to install for Windows 3.1:

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1.  Create a directory called "\DabInst".

2.  Download DabUpd16.zip (Windows 3.1 version) to the

    directory you just created.

3.  Unzip the archive with a program like pkunzip or

    WinZip.

4.  In Windows 3.1, choose File:Run, type

    "\DabInst\setup.exe. Follow the instructions given

    by the installer to install Dabbler 2.0.4.

5.  After Dabbler 2.0.4 has successfully been installed

    you may delete the directory "DabInst" and its

    contents.



How to install for Windows 95:

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1.  Create a directory called "\DabInst".

2.  Download DabUpd32.zip (Windows 95 version) to the

    directory you just created.

3.  Unzip the archive with a program like pkunzip or

    WinZip.

4.  In Windows 95, choose Run from the Start button.

    type "\DabInst\setup.exe. Follow the instructions

    given by the installer to install Dabbler 2.0.4.

5.  After Dabbler 2.0.4 has successfully been installed,

    you may delete the directory "\DabInst" and its

    contents.



Changes in Dabbler 2.0.4

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PRINTING

-GDI printing has now been fixed for the HP series of

    printers (tested on 550C, 560C, 660C, and 850C), as

    well as the Epson Stylus printer.

-Printing to PostScript printers from Windows 95 has

    been fixed.  Users of Windows 3.1, however, will

    not be able to print to PostScript printers.

-Various problems with flipbook printing has been

    fixed.  Flipbook cards, their binding width and

    page numbers are now being printed properly based

    upon the settings in the Flipbook Setup dialog.

-Size to Fit Page has been fixed.

-Sketchpads of resolution other than 72dpi now print

    correctly.

-Dabbler 2.0.4 now tries to print as much as it can

    even if the "Image does not fit within the printer

    page."

-Dabbler 2.0.4 defaults to GDI Printing on Windows.



PLUGINS

-Most 32-bit plugins now work in Dabbler 2.0.4 Windows 95.

-Most 16bit plugins now work in Dabbler 2.0.4 Windows 3.1.

Note: Users of Dabbler 2.0.4 on Windows 95 will only be

    able to run 32-bit plugins and users of Dabbler

    2.0.4 Windows 3.1 will only be able to run 16-bit

    plugins.



WINDOWS 95 RELATED ISSUES

-Fixed the Flipbook Controls palette so that the window

    title bar is properly drawn with only the zoom box

    (i.e. removed the blank spot reserved for the close

    box)

-Fixed the default position of the Flipbook Controls

    palette, basing it on the Application window's menu

    bar height.

-Fixed various crash bugs related to users clicking the

    close box while certain modal dialogs are open,

    while sessions are playing and while movies

    (flipbooks) are playing.  Users will not be able to

    quit out of Dabbler using the close box, if the

    file menu or File:Exit is disabled.

-In the release version, the Delete key on Win95

    brought up the Export to AVI dialog.  This is not

    supposed to happen and therefore this "feature" has

    been removed.

-Fixed the appearance of the Dabbler splash screen

-Scanning is not supported under Windows 95 and NT.



MISCELLANEOUS

-In the Dabbler 2.0 release, if the user was out of

    hard drive space and he tried to exit, he would get

    trapped in a loop of error alerts and save dialogs.

     This has now been fixed.

-The Spacebar now invokes the Grabber tool like it is

    supposed to. Choosing a brush tool, then the

    stencil tool, and then choosing a brush tool again

    would put the user in a state in which he could not

    draw.  This has been fixed.

-Turning tracing paper on and off would cause users to

    lose their changes on the current page.

-If the user double-clicks in the File:Open Browser

    dialog before it has completely initialized caused

    Dabbler to hang.  This has been fixed.

-We now return a more informative dialog when the user

    tries to create a sketchpad/flipbook with the same

    name as the currently open sketchpad/flipbook.

-Fixed the blanking out of the splash screen upon

    launch of Dabbler.

-Fixed various dialog title mistakes and menu update

    problems.

-Default the Dabbler.Set file to have No Print Banding

    and No Device Dependent Bitmaps checked.  Also made

    sure that in a new settings file, all brushes

    default to the medium size and that the first five

    brushes appear on the front of the drawer.

-Default to first font in font menu, if Text Tool is

    used before Text Style dialog is accessed.

-If a paper texture library does not have FSPI icons

    (libraries which were created using Painter's Paper

    Mover), create a DAPI icon from scratch. Fixes

    crash bug. 

-Problems with copy and paste through the Windows

    clipboard have been fixed.

-A crash bug when loading or saving a file in the

    Browse Sketchpad dialog has been fixed.






