DW Notes 11/02/97

Make it possible to back up the database.

file.copy (Frontier.getFilePath (), "C:\\tmp.root")

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

It's going to eventually cost me a lot of money and lost time because it's so hard for me to do a backup.

This is really important now, when Frontier is so crashy.

Build a web page, crash when you save database.

suites.scheduler doesn't work.I can't run overnight scripts.

Horrible braincell burning display bugs in the Windows outliner.

Font problems or port problems?

Losing lines vertically, repeated lines.

Vertical line at the beginning of a headline when I'm editing.

All these realllly distract me.

Right mouse click on a window title to activate popup, must click left mouse button to select. (Bug!)

file.getspecialfolderpath ("", "Preferences", true)

The error message is "Incorrect function".

What?

string.commentDelete is limited to 255 characters.

string.parseHTTPargs crashes

dialog.alert (string.parseHTTPargs ("name=Mason+Hale&address=1801+Winsted"))

Thanks for making the clipboard work with Eudora in a10.

Thanks for fixing the database-saving crash in a10.

Thanks for making frontier.getProgramPath () work in a10.

file.sureFolder

Improved the error message when it fails to create a new folder.

The message now contains the full path to the folder it was trying to create.

Bob: I noticed a potential bug in there -- it says that all single-letter volumes exist.

It's hard-coded in there. Clearly it's lying, my machine doesn't have an I:.

Web menu/New Site command

Called toys.newObject, replaced with call to new.

batchExporter.batchExport, changed two toys calls,

toys.newObject changed to new

toys.tableContains changed to table.tableContains

export.sendObject called toys.writeWholeFile

changed to file.readWholeFile

added op.readHeadFile

From toys.readHeadFile on the Fat Pages site.

table.uniqueName

Added optional third param to mimic behavior of toys.uniqueTableName.

suites.log, deleted suites.log.outlines

They're stored in user.log now.

Main menu/Export command, the script calls toys.getCursorAddress

Changed it to table.getCursorAddress

Choice of fonts for the defaults and for "Common Styles"

Alt-2 is currently MS Sans Serif 12.

Alt-9 doesn't work.

I have almost no experience with Windows fonts.

My fonts menu is overwhelming!

What comes on a minimum install.

We definitely need some help from more experienced Windows users.

Added user.preferences.wptextFont, wptextFontSize

They may not be supported by the kernel, but they are needed by scripts.

See wp.readFileIntoTextObject.

I don't miss the Kind dialog that pops up when you 2click on the wedge next to a line in a table.

However, I think the Kind popup menu could be reorganized, with outline at the top.

followed by table, script, wptext. These are the most common types of things I create this way.

How to type a chevron on a PC:

1. Hold down the "Alt" key.

2. While holding it down, type "0171" on the numeric keypad *only*.

3. Let go of the "Alt" key.

New Verbs

This folder contains new 5.0 verbs, to be documented, perhaps sucked into the kernel.

All are implemented in scripts now.

Fixes

suites and other miscellaneous things that needed fixing.