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v3.18 Feb 12, 2001

  • Updated to use new connection system in new client software.
  • Removed support for NetWare 2.x
  • Added a feature to allow menus and dialog options to be disabled from the ini file.
  • Added feature to notify a user when print jobs are finished spooling to the queue.
  • Added a feature to display a dialog if the user tries to save a queue window that was opened from an LPT port rather than the picklist.
  • Fixed problem with inserting print jobs when queue status disallowed printing of existing jobs.
  • Added additional features to the general and debug section of the qvieww.ini file.

[Debug]
NoAutoConnects=YES
DelaySplash=YES

[GeneralOptions]
RestrictMenus=NO
MoveUnhold=YES
MoveBufferSize=63

  • NoAutoConnects=YES prevents QView Pro from establishing a connection to a server to read a queue directory. This will prevent multiple attachments from occurring.
  • DelaySplash=NO closes the QView Splash screen immediately on startup
  • RestrictMenus=YES prevents users from accessing the menus within QView Pro including the "exit" menu.
  • MoveUnhold=YES causes QView Pro to remove any hold on a target move or copy job. Setting this option to NO preserves the hold state of a print job when it is moved or copied.
  • MoveBufferSize=63 Specifies the block size (in K Bytes) to use when moving a print job. Larger block sizes speed up job moves, but may impeed QView Pro from scanning all print queues in a timely manner. Valid options are 1 to 63. The default is 32.

v3.17 Jul 10, 1998

  • Updated job move procedure to preserve original job if an error occurrs when releasing target print job in queue.
  • Complied with Novell Y2K testing tools and NetWare 5.0 beta program. Update includes fixes for specific dates that can be entered in the job details dialog box under the "target print time" settings.
  • Added a feature to automatically authenticate to an NDS server in the tree if QView Pro is required to display a queue on that server. Prior versions required manual server authentication if the user was not previously authenticated. This feature requires the CLXWIN16.DLL be present in the windows\system directory. This DLL is provided with the Novell Client 32 software v2.20
  • Corrected memory problem with Win95 and qvinsw16.exe program. This could cause problems on Win95 systems with large numbers of containers.
  • Corrected a problem with automoving print jobs, where the target queue is not accepting new jobs. QView now checks before submitting automoved jobs. This tended to cause GPF errors if QView Pro was running for more than 8-10 hours with a target queue offline.
  • Corrected a problem with print job rewinding that could rewind back 1 copy when specifing the job page number to rewind to on the current copy of a job.

v3.16 Feb 25, 1998

  • Updated Pricing
  • Updated software to show dates with 4 digit year fields to all dialogs and windows.
  • Corrected a bug in the installer and open windows dialogs that caused problems with long NDS names.

v3.15 Jul 30, 1997

  • Improved the look-ahead operation of QView Pro to display up to 250 print jobs in a window (was 125)
  • Added a dropdown list in the print job details dialog that will allow the operator to change the print job form number.
  • Added complete documentation for this software on our web site.
  • Added "Copy to:" feature for oversize jobs. This can be used as an archive tool by defining a print queue as a holding tank, and setting the size of an oversize job to 1 byte. All jobs would then be coppied to the second print queue.

v3.14 May 05, 1997

  • Corrected an error handler procedure that locates print job owner names for bindery clients. If QView Pro was accessing an NDS queue via a bindery connection, and an NDS user submitted a print job, and the NDS user was not in the server's bindery context, QView Pro could not resolve the print job owner's object ID to a bindery user name. QView Pro now displays "(unknown)" for the print job owner.
  • Added a warning to prompt the user when saving a window opened for an LPT port. Windows opened on default for LPT ports are not saved to the qvieww.ini file.
  • Updated several functions to allow execution on an NT 4.0 workstation using the Novell client software. This version of the software is still 16bit however.
  • Corrected a problem with overage job checking that would cause excessive "job detection" when the job overage time was set greater than 17 hours.
  • Changed the rights requirements used while presenting the print queue pick list dialog to prevent error messages from showing while browsing an NDS context where the user has no rights to the local server. The rights error will only be shown now if the user selects a print queue on a 4.x file server where there are no [public] rights to read the [Resource] list.

v3.13 Jan 01, 1997

  • Updated our address and phone numbers to reflect our new location in Beaverton, Oregon.
  • Fixed a problem with the detection of Queue Operator status. This could cause QView to attempt job scanning on queues where the client had no rights and cause error messages to be displayed.
  • Fixed some problems with error reporting in the job moving functions. Some messages did not contain the offending queue or job number.
  • Fixed a problem with the open new window function that wold often exclude queues with country container names in the full NDS queue name.

v3.12 Aug 26, 1996

  • Added a dialog to report any problems with the NLS/Unicode tables on startup. This often occurrs with MSNDS clients when the unicode tables are not in the search path, or QVIEWW16.EXE is not in the SYS:PUBLIC directory
  • Corrected a problem that caused minimized window icons to show through the queue windows when autotileing is on. This was solved by not including minimized windows in the window sorting procedure that keeps the windows in order by window title.
  • Corrected a problem that would cause an error to be displayed when attached to file server type devices that do not support full NCP functions such as CD Servers and WEB Servers.
  • Corrected a problem that would cause an intermittent SetFileAttr error in the serial number utility.

v3.11 Jul 19, 1996

  • Changed the overage job scan function to use the file server time rather than the local workstation time. This will match the print job entry time which is also created by the server.
  • Corrected a problem that would prevent installation on a 4.1 server when the print queue NDS object was reportedly stored on one server, and the print queue directory was on another. QView now detects the proper queue host server and installs on the server where the queue directory is located.
  • Updated the documentation to correct some errors including the wrong file size of the nwnet.dll in the software requirements section.
  • Updated the printer query function to work with NetWare 3.x and 4.x print servers. Some functions did not work with v3.x and Pserver.
  • Corrected a problem that caused the installer to show invalid information in the Install Server dialog when installing a new demo copy.

v3.10 May 1, 1996

  • Full documentation provided in help file.
  • Included a feature to keep the queue windows sorted in the display. This was left out of the initial beta release
  • Added checking for queue windows that are closed due to uninstalled queues. Previous versions could cause GPF errors.
  • Changed the way INI files are saved. Only the [Queue Defaults] section is written out fully, and each queue window saves the differences from the default settings. This helps with the Windows 64k INI file limit.
  • Added checks to handle users with VLMs loaded, but only attached to Bindery servers.
  • Changed the installer so file search rights are granted to the queue directories. This allows some file viewers (write.exe) to find files and open them correctly on NetWare 3.x servers when using the View button on the Job Details Dialog.

v3.05b Apr 10, 1996 (beta)

  • Corrected a problem with moving jobs that are spooling from the client.
  • Corrected a problem with the action radio buttons in the duplicate, oversize, and overage dialog boxes.
  • Corrected a problem with the window ownership for the printer details dialog box. The window focus should now return to the main QView window when disposing the dialog box.

v3.04b Apr 4, 1996 (beta)

  • Corrected a problem in the function scans bindery servers for install status that would give an error dialog box if the server was not installed.
  • Corrected a problem that would prevent QView Pro from showing the ! mark next to print jobs when the print server has a printing problem.

v3.03b, Mar 27, 1996 (beta)

  • Corrected a problem in the function that sends messages to a user group on a Bindery file server.

v3.02b, Mar 22, 1996 (beta)

  • Added several checks and error messages in the job moving procedure. QView now displays an error when the user tries to move a print job that is currently printing.
  • Changed the move job procedure to preserve the user and operator holds on jobs while moving or copying between queues.
  • Added a message logging feature to record most QView Error messages (this will not be documented in the manual). To use this feature, add the following section to your qvieww.ini file. Only errors that are handled by dialog boxes will be reported. This is a useful way of saving a copy of the error message text when contacting Secure Design for technical support via e-mail

[Debug]
Enabled=YES
Verbose=YES
File=c:\qview\qverror.log

v3.00b, Feb. 26, 1996 (open beta)

  • First release of product as beta version. This version is provided for testing purposes and does not include documentation.