
                                     DATAPAD (PADHD)
                         A Presentation Manager Utility
                     Copyright (c) 1995 by Gary L. Robinson
                               ver. 3.0 ( 32 bit )
		2012 - Open Source under the GNU GPL V2 License


/*************************** WHAT IT IS ***************************/
DATAPAD (PADHD) is a "scratch pad" to jot notes in and organize small files into. While PADHD is NOT a WORD PROCESSOR It has several features to help make managing notes a lot easier - such as cut, clear, copy, paste, search, undo, and save to ASCII, import ASCII file, and an ASCII dump to the printer. At its simplest it is merely a note pad. At it's most it is a great note organizer for students, teachers, programmers ( source code files and examples ), and any one with a lot of information to handle. 

DATAPAD (PADHD) will keep up to 1000 records per data file. The record size can be set between 1-30k per data file at creation time OR changed later to suit the users needs. There can be an unlimited number of data files, so the amount that can be stored is unlimited. Each data file will grow and/or shrink as you add or delete records. Their size is not static. Find notes, source code, or any info when you need it, then copy and paste into almost any program to use it! You can also include up to 50 data files in global searches. 

DATAPAD (PADHD) can save you hours of time searching your hard drive for files and makes it easy to organize! rLTNR


/*************************** INSTALLATION ***************************/

DATAPAD (PADHD) has no installation program.

After you unzip it, copy PADHD.EXE and PADHD.HLP to a utilities directory or where ever you want 
them to reside.  

The file README.TXT is an ASCII text file (This file) that summarizes the new 
features/changes.

   Migrate PADHD to the desk top or use a program template to put an icon 
on the desktop for it.  Or you could run it from the command line to test it.  
Whatever serves your purpose.  After you run it the first time it will create 
three other files in the directory where it resides.  PADHD.PDF is the default
data file that holds the info on your notes.  PADHD.INI is an initiation data file 
that holds settings and screen coordinates. PADHD.DAT is a data file that 
stores the name of the .PDF files on your search list.  
   You can run multiple copies of PADHD on your system.  They should be 
located in different directories or drives.  Every copy will run off of its own
.ini and .dat files.

/************************* NEW STUFF ver. 2.0 *************************/

1. Partially resizable Edit/View/Add/Search screens.   These windows are redesigned
   to be partially resizable.  Some of the functions that had previously been available
   as buttons are NOW on pop-up menus associated with the text areas ( MLE box )
   of each screen.  Pop-up menus are accessed by putting the mouse pointer on top
   of the text area and clicking the right mouse button once.

2. Users can now select the fixed length record size of their data files.  Each data
   file can be set for a fixed length record size between 1-30k.  Each data file can
   be different - they all do NOT need to have the same fixed length record.  The
   fixed length record size of a data file CAN also be reset AFTER it is created.
   For example :  You have a data file RECIPES.PDF and it was created to have
   5k fixed length records.  You have put 135 records in the data file.  You notice
   that the largest amount of text in any of those records is ONLY 2.5k.  You can
   then resize the entire data file to have 3k records - thus saving disk space.
   You could also resize the data file upwards to any fixed length record size 
   between 3-30k.  It is similar in conception to a popular OS/2 program called
   Partition Magic which allows resizing of hard disk partitions.  PadHD allows
   resizing of its data files and their fixed length record size.

3. Print output will now reflect the Word Wrap state of the record.  If you have
   word wrap enabled and 'scrunch' the window up real narrow and press the
   print button the text output will reflect the same line breaks you see on the
   screen.

4. Ability to set EDIT screen as default 'double click' choice from main list box.

5.  Simple Date/Time stamp for records.

6.  Simple function to Copy/Move records between .PDF files.  ( main screen pop-up )  

7.  Limited font/color support for main screen list box.  ( main screen pop-up )    

8.  Numerous other small bug fixes and design changes.



/******************* BUG FIXES + NEW STUFF ver. 1.5 ********************/

   The main reason for releasing ver. 1.5 is to give the current user base the benefit
of approximately 12 internal bug fixes.  These bug fixes result in much more stability
and reliability in operating PadHD.  It is my intent to release ver. 2.0 by the end of
July but I felt I needed to release this build now - to pass on the benifits of these
bug fixes.  
   There are also 4 notable changes/new features to this release :

   1.  Addition of a Print button on the ADD screen.
   2.  Inclusion of the record name in all saved, dragged, or printed records.
   3.  Quick change arrow buttons - to quickly scroll through all the .PDF data files.
   4.  New search functionality/choice - Accumulative or Sequential.  Sequential
       searches open a record and display it when a global search is conducted - 
       just like earlier versions of PadHD do.  Accumulative searches present a list of
       records ( that contain the search string ) to choose from.
       
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                             Gary L. Robinson
                             600 Apt. D. Mumford Dr.
                             Troy, OH 45373

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