QIC-PC II Readme

QIC-PC II Product Update Information

Thank you for licensing the Qantel QIC-PC II software product! An online copy of this Product Update Information document is located at http://www.qantel.com/qicpcii/.

Qantel Technologies, Inc.

Release 3.01-F

Features Added:

Support for Windows 11
Numerous GUI enhancements have been made.
The supplied software announcement contains all additional product update information.

We have corrected the following issues:

Improved performance of mnemonics (SFC=numeric) and (XFC=numeric).
The filtering of illegal hex values in GUI fields has been improved.

Release 3.01-E

Features Added:

Updated online help.
Additional username options have been added to better support VPN users.
Numerous GUI enhancements have been made including additional mnemonics.

We have corrected the following issues:

Screen prints of various GUI controls has been improved.
Better protection of illegal characters in paste operations.

Release 3.01-D

We have corrected the following issues:

Programmatic color changes are now consistently applied.
Network errors are now correctly handled as fatal conditions.

Release 3.01-C

Features Added:

Numerous GUI enhancements have been made including additional mnemonics.

Release 3.01-B

Features Added:

Updated online help.
Additional close or disconnect session warnings.
The "Enable scroll lock" setting now defaults to OFF on new installations.
Graphical user interface (GUI) operations were improved.

Release 3.01-A

Features Added:

Minor updates and enhancements.

Release 3.01

Features Added:

Support for high DPI video monitors.

Release 3.00

Features Added:

Support for multiple video monitors.

Release 2.00-D

Features Added:

Numerous GUI enhancements have been made.

Release 2.00-C

Features Added:

Windows 8 is now supported.
Added message handling to prevent a system logout or system shutdown if a screen session is active.
The "Control Caps lock" setting now defaults to OFF on new installations.
Numerous GUI enhancements have been made.

Release 2.00-B

Features Added:

The SPW (set password) mnemonic now works in non-enhanced mode.
The message notify window displays the actual text of messages.
A 12-hour clock format is used in the message notify window.
The keyboard shortcut for Disconnect Session is now Control+Shift+S.
Most network errors now use the standard error descriptions provided by the Windows operating system.
Numerous GUI enhancements have been made.

We have corrected the following issues:

A fatal error is prevented when connecting to a non-qsock TCP port.
A fatal error caused by an invalid Windows Internet Explorer auto dial registry setting has been eliminated.

Release 2.00-A

Features Added:

Screen printing has been improved.
New dialogs to support file transfer enhancements have been added.
4K byte transfers are now supported.
A file transfer icon has been added to the status bar.
Themed mode is now enabled for Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems.
Added a user-configurable timer to the message notify window.

We have corrected the following issues:

The application no longer suspends on startup if scroll lock is on.
A display problem with reveal delimiters has been corrected.
Corrections to read request handling have been made.
Errors that could occur during block selection have been eliminated.

Release 2.00

Features Added:

The supplied software announcement contains all the product update information.

Release 1.80-D

Features Added:

Terminal sessions are tabbed, allowing the user to click a tab to switch sessions. Setup / Tab Detail controls tab appearance.
A notification window reports message writes.
The Message List dialog (Window / View System Messages) shows the last 100 messages written.
QIC-PC II is compatible with Windows Server 2008.

We have corrected the following issues:

Courier New is reliably the default font.
Connection status and error dialog boxes display the terminal session number.
The startup movie is now in MPEG format for better system compatibility.
Additional enhancements have been made to the graphical features.

PLEASE NOTE

QIC-PC II's TCP/IP network performance when run on Windows NT4 and 98 (including SE) is limited due to a problem with the Windows TCP/IP protocol. The Windows protocol problem was corrected in the more recent versions of Windows, for example, Windows ME and Windows 2000.

Release 1.80-C

Features Added:

A confirmation of closing is now required when an attempt is made to close QIC-PC II while any session is active.

We have corrected the following issues:

An uninitialized variable, which may have caused a problem when a user pressed a function key that has not been programmed, has been fixed.

Release 1.80-B

Features Added:

Microsoft Windows Vista is now supported.

We have corrected the following issues:

An administrative option to disable Windows Visual Themes is now available.
Buffered keystrokes are no longer lost under certain conditions when switching sessions.

Release 1.80-A

Features Added:

Additional enhancements have been made to the graphical features

We have corrected the following issues:

Changes have been made to handle a rare fragmented TCP/IP packet sequence.
Extended Key Transmit keys are now buffered correctly.
Correctly transmits up to 2 KB when such transfers are enabled.

Release 1.80

Features Added:

The supplied software announcement contains all the product update information.

Release 1.70-B

Features Added:

Additional enhancements have been made to the graphical features - both display and printing.
Regular foreground and right-justified fields in enhanced mode now support Microsoft Windows XP themes.

We have also corrected the following issues:

The message line is now maintained even during creation and destruction of pop-up windows.

Release 1.70-A

Features Added:

Additional enhancements have been made to the graphical features.
The online help has been updated to include release 1.70-A enhancements and other improvements.

We have also corrected the following issues:

Attempting to close the session window when the application is establishing a connection to the server no longer causes the program to error.
Typical memory requirements of a screen have been reduced.
Clicking the mouse in block selection mode no longer causes a network hang of that session window.
The Alt+Insert keystroke now switches the behavior of the Insert key between Toggle and Insert space.
The Ctrl+Insert keystroke now correctly behaves as a copy to the Clipboard.
The cursor is now consistently active after pasting from the Clipboard.
QIC-PC II now supports the use of a keyboard's Application key.
Shift+F10 and Ctrl+F10 are no longer interpreted as F10 (typically a Transmit).
Shift+F10 can now be used as a programmable function key.
The mouse cursor is now set to an hour glass when waiting for a response from the host.

Release 1.70

Features Added:

The supplied software announcement contains all the product update information.

Release 1.60

Features Added:

The supplied software announcement contains all the product update information.

Release 1.50-B

We have corrected the following issues:

The {NEXT} and {TRANSMIT} function key macros now operate reliably under all conditions.

Release 1.50-A

Features Added:

An Admin tab has been added to the Terminal Preferences dialog box. See the online help for field descriptions.
The online help has been updated to include release 1.50-A enhancements and other improvements.

We have also corrected the following issues:

The row and column indicators on the status bar now accurately report the cursor position.
The Help button on the Current Session tab of the Terminal Preference dialog box now displays the associated help topic.
If the Auto clear numeric fields Display option is selected, numeric fields are now consistently cleared.
On the Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP platforms, the screen no longer flashes on startup.
The Display Cols option on the Global and Session Terminal Preferences dialog box has been changed to Default Cols. Changing this setting no longer changes the screen size. See the online help for a description.
Double-clicking in blind mode no longer causes QIC-PC II to hang.
Under certain timing conditions on the Microsoft Windows 9x platform, the text stored in function keys no longer changes case.

Release 1.50

Features Added:

The supplied software announcement contains all the product update information.

Release 1.00-D

Features Added:

Store and Recall buttons on the Session Colors dialog box offer more color setup options.
Print screen images can be printed in color or grayscale.
The Control keyboard locks and Per-session scroll lock settings on the Global Terminal Preferences dialog box are now supported on Windows NT/2000/XP platforms.
The online help includes release 1.00-D enhancements and other improvements.

We have also corrected the following issues:

The state of the Caps Lock key on Windows NT/2000/XP platforms is no longer intermittently unpredictable.

Release 1.00-C

Features Added:

Windows XP support.
Enhanced color selection and control.
Online help revised and HTML-based.
Function Key macros are now stored in the system registry.
Allow user definition of numeric enter key.
Limited control setting extended.
Number of cosmetic changes.
Auto Clear numeric fields feature.

We have also corrected the following issues:

Cut and Paste handling.
Error messages are now always modal.
All fonts are available on NT/2000/XP.

Release 1.00-B

Features Added:

Windows 2000 and ME support.
Support for various cash drawers.
File transfer support via QICTRAN version 3.
Shortcut menu added to right mouse click.

Release 1.00-A

Features Added:

Keyboard Buffering (full functionality).
Full support for BEST/AOS connections via the QIC-PC II Socket Server.
Administrator lockdown of session create/close capability.
Enhanced control over Num, Caps and Scroll lock behavior.
Improved TCP/IP connection error message descriptions.
132-column mode is now available from within *SPOOL spool file view.
Additional Function Key controls (F2, F3, TRANSMIT, RETURN, NEXT etc).

We have also corrected the following issue:

Fonts no longer 'disappear' on first reboot after installation.
QICWARE users should also consider installing QICWARE Runtime update 6.02-A (or 6.01-K), which offers performance enhancements to QIC-PC II's 'scrolling' operations in programs like *CATALOG, *EDIT etc.