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Written by: Glenn K. Smith
ACITS LPR Remote Printing for Windows 95/98/Me and NT 4.0 | |
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Note: A Windows 2000 versions is currently being developed. Until it't ready, the Windows NT 4.0 version ACITS LPR Remote Printing is compatible with Windows Me. To date, no issues involving Windows Me have been reported. |
Version History | ||
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Date | Version | Description |
11/95 | 0.01 | Initial design work - no coding done, just thoughts on paper. |
2/96 | 1.00 | Created program for Windows NT 3.51 and Windows 95. |
5/96 | 1.01 | Revamped the whole thing and streamlined the code. Updated for Windows NT 4.0. |
9/96 | 1.02 | Added context sensitive help and installer program. |
11/96 | 1.03 | Fixed timout bug and revised configuration dialog to make more sense. |
3/97 | 1.04 | Added the option to send raw text and upgraded the installer program. |
8/97 | 1.05 | Added the option to disable printing banner pages. Also updated the help file, added software licensing, and made minor cosmetic changes. Fixed a bug concerning white space characters in the printer/queue name. |
9/97 | 1.07 | Modified port name handling to create the name LPR:queue name on remote host. Fixed program so it wouldn't attempt to resolve a host name when updating the port parameters. |
9/97 | 1.1 | Jumped to version 1.1 and made sure program worked with Windows 98, Beta 2. |
9/97 | 1.2 | Fixed bug where I sent the Windows 95 port name instead of the LPR queue name. |
9/97 | 1.3 | Modified the banner page information to be a little more useful and fixed a problem with whitespace characters in the control file. |
10/97 | 1.4 | Major overhaul of error handling. Also modified how Windows 95 port names were created. Added the option to reverse the order in which the control and data files are sent to the print server. |
11/97 | 1.5 | Incorporated some suggestions by IBM and others to add some features. |
11/97 | 1.6 | Changed the default timeout to 120 seconds and added a command line LPR client. |
12/97 | 1.7 | A few minor tweaks and updated the help file. Added a save option to the debugging window. |
12/97 | 1.8 | Fixed a problem with the queue name combo-box not being case sensitive. |
2/98 | 1.9 | Fixed printer connection problem and increased the printing speed somewhat. |
2/98 | 2.0 | Added code to attempt to modify the spooler settings on the fly. Also decided to do my own error handling to make things easier under Windows 95. |
2/98 | 2.1 | Fixed handling of print jobs when spooler set for direct printing. |
2/98 | 2.2 | Fixed a message box when adding/configuring a port. Did some spell checking. Increased the printing speed over a network. |
3/98 | 2.3 | Fixed a problem when switching printer drivers attempting to open an LPR connection. Also added handling for spooling jobs with the incorrect spooler settings. |
3/98 | 2.4 | Beefed up the error handling for the LPR routines. (*again*) Also changed the help file and created a new installer that doesn't require a reboot. |
3/98 | 2.5 | Modified the LPR routines to filter out unacceptable characters such as Umlautes. Also modified the UT Austin licensing. |
3/98 | 2.6 | Fixed the time stamping for Windows 95 and corrected a problem with printer sharing. Also corrected a minor filename bug that caused problems with some LPD implementations. |
4/98 | 3.0 | Changed the configure dialogs and added separator pages (client generated banner pages). Also skipped version to version 3.0 and ignored versions 2.7 - 2.9. |
4/98 | 3.01 | Attempted to fix a bug that prevents the configuration property sheet from displaying properly on some systems. |
5/98 | 3.02g | Attempted to fix an Installshield 5.0 bug? (I hope). |
5/98 | 3.1 | Modified socket timeouts because of problems with Windows 95 going way too long. |
5/98 | 3.2 | Add the ability to resubmit a job and do unattended printing. |
5/98 | 3.3 | Fixed a fatal bug due to a simple typo in an IF statement. |
6/98 | 3.4 | Changed the configuration dialogs from a property sheet to tabbed dialog boxes in an effort to allow systems not running IE 4.0 to view them. This also fixes the invalid parameter error during installation. |
6/98 | 3.4a | Forgot to include the NT files in the NT build. |
6/98 | 3.4b | Forgot to uncomment a line which saves the configuration settings when you click OK in the configuration dialog. |
6/98 | 3.4c | Fixed a minor security bug with Windows NT which prevented anyone but an Administrator from printing. |
6/98 | 3.4d | Minor documentation changes - mainly to the licensing. |
6/98 | 3.4e | Added a check for a null pointer to the installer program. |
6/98 | 3.4f | Fixed a minor bug concerning resubmitting print jobs. |
9/99 | 3.4g | Updated documentation and licensing. Also fixed error handling in the command line version. |
9/99 | 3.5 | Fixed a nasty GPF bug in the port configuration dialog. |
3/00 | 3.5b | Created 30 evaluation version. |
3/00 | 3.5c | Fixed a bug in the date checking for the 30 evaluation version installer. |
3/00 | 3.5d | Fixed a bug in the uninstaller which sometimes prevented complete de-installation of the software. |
8/00 | 3.6 | Added user-defined class names and updated the licensing information. |
1/01 | 3.6a | Fixed a couple of installer bugs. Added an option to allow non-US characters in control file. General bug fixes. |
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