Family MattersŪ 97
Copyright 1995 - 2000 Ray Nicklas dba MatterWare
9 June 2000

Version Release Information:

**** 1.00 through 2.00 - Mid 1994 through Sep 1995 ****
- Development, beta, and widely distributed release

**** 2.01 Oct 1995 through 2.42 April 1996 ****
- Various updates and releases of increasing capability

**** 3.00 Sep 1996 through 3.31d August 1998 ****
- Major upgrade followed by releases of increasing capability

**** 4.00 (beta) - January 1998 ****
- First release of 32-bit Access97-based Family Matters 97
- Incorporated Microsoft's Office 97 Service Release 1 Patch, and Jet 3.51
- Modified GRP, FAM, and IND Seek operation (now called 'Show') for clarity
- Created new Family List and Person List views
- Removed StartUp Form in favor of brief splash screen
- Introduced right-button shortcut-menus
- Can choose '.htm' or '.html' file extentions for web site output

**** 4.01-4.01i (beta tests) August-October 1998 ****
- Improved bad pathnmame recognition during web site generation
- Ignored KindredKonnections _KKNB GEDCOM tag with binary content
- Somewhat improved GEDCOM name importing
- Using C:\My Documents\Famat97\FmData\ as data directory
- Added built-in capability to convert 16-bit databases to 32-bit
- Added ref to fmuser.mdw in command line, rather than system.mdw default
- Forced use of browse to choose external editor
- Added open of Group View on good database file open
- Made all dialogs return to screen position where they were closed
- Moved Remember and Forget View size and position to View menu
- Added Remember and Forget report preview size and position functions
- Requeried Quick-Finders upon record add or delete
- Change button fonts to be more like Win 95/98
- Improved information on Descendancy View, and used same for
  Group Report parents and children
- Corrected ParseDate processing error
- Fixed the last(!) UpdateVersionFunction Path error
- Added auto-delete prompt when person name deleted
- Corrected FmUser.mdw not found on database convert
- Added auto-delete prompt when child name deleted
- Tabbed the options dialog, and combimed Toolbar dialog into it
- Enabled OutputTo functions for non-Office 97 users

**** 4.02-4.02b (beta tests) October-November 1998 ****
- More stuff related to conversion of 16-bit files
- Added photograph support to database
- Enabled Windows system colors on all windows
- Fixed Zoom appearance when shift depressed on first character of new record
- Included Microsoft Service Relesase 2 (SR-2)
- Fixed Soundex to recognize Lloyd as L300 rather than L430, for instance

**** 4.03 - January 1999 ****
- Updated copyright notice to include 1999
- Speedier Chooser operation without Go button on Views
- Fixed parent name error on Group Report when multiple records printed
- Used improved parent identification on Person Report (like Group)
- Made reports fit better on narrower paper, like A4
- Added ability to recognize dates missing qualifier/year space like "C1900"
- Fixed occasional "Form_Deactivate 0=" error messages
- Fixed International date local month string processing longer than 3 characters
- Fixed bug involving parent family creation
- Added relationship to Person List View entries
- Fixed can't update bug when relationship calculated and pasted
- Made web generation file names limited to ASCII "a" though "z"

**** 4.10 - February 1999 ****
- New Picture View form and Picture Report incorporated
- Fixed ChronComboQuery not found error on Print Dialog
- Fixed ItemNotFound error on Database Compact
- Re-Connected errant death events
- Changed Database Backup to prompt on replacing existing file

**** 4.11 - February 1999 ****
- Added ability to preview current Picture report from picture View
- Fixed parents not properly linked when Child pasted
- Now use tabbed panels on GEDCOM dialog
- Fixed ClearBadLinks error during GEDCOM, Compact, and Repair

**** 4.12 - March 1999 ****
- Finds Personal setting from registry instead of assume "C:\My Documents"
- Fixed GroupForm 'Parent' error when child pasted
- Made FamList, PersonList, Descendancy, Picture, Source Views
  resize only with font size change
- Made Pedigree and Group View buttons resize with font size change
- Now use tabbed panels on Source View

**** 4.12b - April 1999 ****
- Fixed non-working "Set Basis" in relationship tool
- Corrected spelling of Christened in Web Generation

**** 4.12c - May 1999 ****
- Allowed date entry and GEDCOM date format with period after qualifier
- Corrected version 3.20 pgrade error regarding FamilyDate field
- Fixed access denied error when saving backup and Views open

**** 4.12d - May 1999 ****
- Changed to new MatterWare web site
- Added Cancel button to Picture View not active dialog

**** 4.12e - June 1999 ****
- Fixed non-generation of family on web site when primary qualifies but spouse does not

**** 4.12f - August 1999 ****
- Improved date parsing for International users
- Fixed Child GoTo button error

**** 4.13 - August 1999 ****
- Changed Web generation dialog to tabbed control, ability to control family 
  page footer, ability to customize family pages, set person sort
- Added capability to Event Dictionary to specify events that can be part of
  web site, and included ability in web generation
- Corrected date processing error introduced in 4.12f involving days

**** 4.13a - August 1999 ****
- Fixed some bugs in the enhance web generation
- Added ability to enable/disable the web Help-Using page

**** 4.14 - September 1999 ****
- Added Option to turn on/off bottom View Navigation Buttons
- Added option to choose between Windows system colors vs. FM Classic colors
- Made Ped View go to newly created record, and saved record and 
  requeried Chooser after update for spouse and primary
- Fixed bugs in the Print Control operation
- Added Preview All button to Picture View Options tab
- Included updated msjet35.dll and msrepl35.dll in RunTime version

**** 4.14a - October 1999 ****
- Fixed doubled Family Count on web generation
- Activated Show Picture on Person View
- Prevented "Changes Only" web site generation when header information
  or length, appearance, site name, or other stuff has changed

**** 4.14b - November 1999 ****
- Fixed Event sub-form sizing for scale factor less than 100
- Fixed errant "." on web generated pages when minimum text selected.

**** 4.14c - November 1999 ****
- Automatically started Descendant generation upong combo-box change
- Fixed sometimes failure to export all family events with GEDCOM

**** 4.14d - December 1999 ****
- Added ability to import LDS GEDCOM with Lf vs CrLf error

**** 4.14e - January 2000 ****
- Recognized non-existant directory on web Generation
- Corrected sometimes Invalid_Use_Of_Null on web generation after GEDCOM import
- Some string-processing speed-ups
- Automatically save data on any open views upon web generation
- Fixed non Web Site output of WebNotes on "Living" persons
- Added a test to ensure Famat97.mde isn't read-only, and alert user
- Added Sort option to Person List View
- Fixed Date Calculator handling of dates on International machines
- Fixed error concerning Old Style February date when day not specified

**** 4.20 - April 2000 ****
- Fixed save of Export Relationships on GEDCOM
- Fixed Web site generation error when EndNote is last note text
- Added Citation View for Source Citation support
- Expanded all Views with citation support
- Deleted Family View, moving data to new More display on Family Group View
- Lots more processing speed-ups
- Added display of colors chosen on Web Generation dialog
- Corrected bugs that arose during the beta test

**** 4.20a - May 2000 ****
- Improved robustness of GEDCOM Import

**** 4.20b - Jun 2000 ****
- Additional tweaks of GEDCOM Import
- Improved requery of open windows when data in another is changed
- Fix resize error when Group View is used full-screen on a very hi-res monitor

**** Coming Soon ****
- Family Matters 2000, aka Family Matters version 5.00
- Other user-requested features 

IMPORTANT, if you are updating from a 16-bit version (3.xx) to a
32-bit version (4.xx) you MUST do a full install, and run Setup.exe

DO NOT install, unzip, or copy any of Family Matters 97's
files into your old 3.xx Family Matters installation directory.

ALSO, your 16-bit version must be at least 3.20 for
Family Matters 97 to be able to use your existing database.

OTHERWISE, to update from previous 32-bit versions, registered or
unregistered, just COPY (please don't run SETUP) the following
files into their designated directories:

File Name			Version Last Updated
------------------		--------------------
In the Family Matters 97 Program folder
(perhaps "C:\Program Files\Family Matters 97\")
    Famat97.hlp			4.20a
    Famat97.cnt			4.20
    Famat97.mde			4.20b
    FMempt97.mdb	       	4.20
    License.txt			4.14e
    Order.txt			4.14e
    ReadMe.txt			4.14e
    Versions.txt		always (you're reading Versions.txt)
    Manual97.exe		4.20a

In your data directory (perhaps "C:\My Documents\Famat97\FmData\"):
    FMsamp97.mdb		4.20

ALTERNATIVELY, if you have the entire new installation set of
Family Matters 97, of a version later than what is installed,
you can go ahead and run setup.exe to install the new version.
