About NoteTab™ 4.0 Beta Version =============================== This is a beta version! You should avoid using it if you are not an experienced software user. Also make sure you have backup copies before testing the beta on important files. The help file still needs updating but you will find information in the Readme.OTL and WhatsNew.TXT files. Like many beta programs, this one will stop working after about one month (about end February 1998). This is done to avoid having old beta versions circulating long after the final version is released. Most of the NoteTab program has been rewritten from scratch (that's more than 21'000 lines of code!). This was done to optimize the code, to improve the integration of all the latest features, and to merge Super NoteTab and NoteTab Pro into a single project to ease maintenance. As a result of all this work, Super NoteTab's input control has benefited from many improvements. It is now much faster at completing certain tasks and has gained some of the features that were only available in the NoteTab Pro version (e.g. automatic indentation). NoteTab Pro 4.0 beta marks the first time it becomes available as a public beta! Once beta testing is over, NoteTab Pro will be available from ideaMarket for USD $9.95 as well as a time-limited demo. NoteTab Pro has the same interface as Super NoteTab but adds URL and HTML-tag highlighting, multiple-level undo/redo, bookmarks, and real wrap-to-column. NoteTab Pro is also faster than Super NoteTab but it can only display fixed-width fonts. Super NoteTab, on the other hand, can also display variable-width fonts. Bugs ---- If you think you have found a bug, please take a moment to report it to me. It would be most helpful if you can explain it in as much detail as possible. If I am not able to reproduce a bug on my computer, then usually I won't find it. Some known issues are listed at the end of the Readme.Txt file so please check it in case the bug you found is already listed. Please indicate "Bug: SNT 4.0 Beta P8" or "NTP 4.0 Beta P8" in the subject line of your E-mail and send it to: fookes@sc2a.unige.ch or even better, join the NoteTab mailing list! You will find more information about this list on the following web page: http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/maillist.htm To Subscribe to the NoteTab mailing list, send a post to: server@firehouse.org On the first line of the body put: SUBSCRIBE NOTETAB To Unsubscribe, send a post to: server@firehouse.org On the first line of the body put: UNSUBSCRIBE NOTETAB Remember to use NOTETAB and not NOTEPAD!!!!! ^ ^ ^ ^ Clipbook Libraries ------------------ I would like to include some additional Clipbook libraries (formally referred to as templates) in the NoteTab package. If you have, or would like to create, a library that makes good use of the latest Clipbook features, please send me a copy. The best Clipbook libraries will be considered for distribution with the NoteTab software and their authors will receive a registered copy of the program. You may use the new Clipbook information window to advertise your work, web site and E-mail address. I am especially on the lookout for Clipbook libraries on C/C++, HtmlHelp, Java, JavaScript, Perl, VBScript, VRML, WinHelp, and libraries making use of the mathematical capabilities. Download Beta Version --------------------- Please remember that this is a beta version! Before using it on important files, make sure you have backup copies. Please also note that the help hasn't been updated yet. You will, however, find important information in the Readme.txt, Readme.Otl and WhatsNew.txt files. Click on the following link to download the latest beta version: Super NoteTab 4.0 beta http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/beta/snt40.zip NoteTab Pro 4.0 beta http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/beta/ntp40.zip If you discover that the toolbar does not display correctly on your system, please download and install the following update file from Microsoft: com32upd.exe (ComCtl32.DLL update) http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/beta/com32upd.exe If you want to use the spell checker and thesaurus features you will have to download the corresponding support files. These are available at the end of the NoteTab Pro web page. http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/notepro.htm IMPORTANT: the beta version may not be distributed on a large scale. Distribution of the beta version on CD-Rom is not permitted! Many thanks for taking the time to test NoteTab! --Eric Fookes ________________________________________________________ NoteTab™ is a trademark of Eric G.V. Fookes, Switzerland Copyright © 1995-98, Eric G.V. Fookes, Switzerland - All Rights Reserved -