The latest version of IXM is dated 15-Dec-1995. To find out which version
you have, run IXM and make note of the date at the top of the screen.
If you ordered IXM after 1-Jun-1995, your update is next to free.
All I ask are five 32-cent stamps, to cover postage.
However, if you ordered IXM before 1-Jun-1995, I ask for a $7 donation to the
KGS (tax-deductible). This will get you the latest programs and docs.
On the 14Dec95 version, if you get an "Error55", simply
get back into IXM and try printing again. The 15Dec95 version has the fix for this
problem.
May 1996... Hopefully, the "No Space on Disk" problem is solved.
The problem involved those with hard drives with over 540 megabytes.
The free-disk-space calculation in IXM could not handle drives that large.
Hopefully, it does now. However, there's a NoDiskCalc feature on the IXMCONF screen, so you can disable
free-disk-calculation altogether... just in case.
Feb/Mar 1996... Re-did the documentation entirely. Has a section with
step-by-step procedure for taking IXM's formatted output over to your
word-processing program. If you're page 28 does not have a screen shot from
Word-for-Windows (the program I use), then you do not have the latest version
of the docs. Of course, you need the latest version of IXM to go with it.
The docs now also have a step-by-step procedure on how to define IXM to
Windows. Note that IXM is still a DOS program, however, with the IXM icon
provided on the IXM diskette, it makes it easy to bring up IXM under Windows
by simply clicking on the icon.
IXMSTAT, if it determines that you can sort all of your data at once,
and if it detected no errors in your data, will now pass a code to IXMSORT
to go ahead and sort everything. This alleviates you from having to enter
Low-n-High Select Arguments in IXMSORT.
IXMSTAT now allows you to route its report to disk if you want.
IXMEDIT now asks if you're sure, when you press F10, which is QuitNoSave.
IXMENU now has a Utilities Menu, with 3 new utilities that you may
find useful. One splits a cumulative index out to separate directories, one for
each volume, or volume year. Another does the opposite, by combining multiple
indexes into one cumulative directory. Another will split an IXnnn.TXT into 2
parts, useful if your text-editor can't handle a file that's gotten too big.
IXtxtAUD performs an audit on your index data, and presents to you info that's
not available in IXMSTAT.
IXM now has a true setup program, rather than a simple BATch file to install
IXM. If you're installing over top of a previous version of IXM, it will not
copy over top of your IXMCONF.DAT file, nor your data files, thus leaving your
current setup undisturbed.
Spring 1995... IXM now has a Backup-to-Diskette feature, along with
a Show-Directory feature. The Backup feature allows you to store data for
multiple projects on one diskette, thus making better use of a diskette.
1994... IXM has a Title record that you can place at the front of
IX001.TXT. This allows you to document what the index data refers to. You
may find this useful, when you're rummaging thru files and you stumble across
IXM files that you don't remember were for what project. IXM also has comment
records that you can place throughout your IXnnn.TXT files. Useful for
reminding yourself of things to remember regarding a project, especially useful
for those big projects, the ones you sometimes get back to after Summer break,
or even years later.
1993... IXM has a true menu program, rather than the slow-n-clunky
BATch file menu.
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