ZTERM for Pocket PC
Version 2.1, build 33a - Release Notes
Updated December 16, 2002

Specifically Changed in this Build

Build 33a:

• Corrected a crash that occured when scrollback was used
• Fixed scrollback on the ANSI and VT100 emulators to scroll all lines - previously, the bottom line wasn't scrolled

Build 33:

• Added TTY and TTNS emulators to ZTERM for Pocket PC. These are minimal processing emulators designed primarily for logging. Like the TTY emulator, TTYNS is a completely dumb emulator that does as little processing as possible but the TTYNS version goes even further by not scrolling the screen and updating the characters on the screen much less frequently than normal.
• Added View menu item to the list of profiles.
• Corrected problem with detecting Bluetooth virtual serial ports.
• Added Full-Screen on startup option.
• Rewrote the Profile Wizard to make profile setup much easier.

Build 32:

• Force CAPS option added to force all keystrokes sent to the host into upper case
• Corrected resource problem that caused the menu to get displayed incorrectly

Build 31:

• Corrected problem with telnet port getting reset to 23.
• Fixed a small buffering problem on the top status line of AM6x emulators.
• Added mouse tracking support to the VT100 and ANSI emulators. This is compatible with the x-term implementation. See the on-line help for information.
• Corrected a printer passthrough problem with VT100 and ANSI emulators.
• You can now use the keyboard to perform copy and paste functions. To copy, press Shift+Ctrl+C and for paste, Ctrl+Shift+V.
• The printer disable option has now been moved to the printer tab and we've changed it's meaning. It's now possible to disable printer-passthrough mode and/or the print screen function.
• ZTERM now supports variable row counts for all the emulators. As a result, the VT10024 and ANSI24 emulators have gone away - if you launch a profile with one of these emulators, ZTERM will switch it to the regular emulator and setup the row count correctly. The row count is on the Terminal Emulator tab in Configuration.

Build 30:

• Copy/Paste between ZTERM and other Pocket PC programs now works correctly. Previously, Copy and Paste only worked between ZTERM sessions.

Build 29:

• More ANSI and VT100 compatability issues addressed.
• Corrected dialing via modem problem on Pocket PC 2002 devices.
• Added passthrough printing and print-screen functions. This requires a printer connected via a serial connection since the Pocket PC doesn't support printing. Obviously, the attached printer will have to understand any data sent from the host (including raw ASCII).
• Added 40 column wrap feature - with this enabled, the emulators will wrap if the cursor moves past column 40.
• Made ZTERM see both COM and BCT ports by default. The comments for build 27c still apply, but COMBCT is now the default. By the way, the BCT prefix is used for Bluetooth devices.
• ZTERM for Pocket PC now supports both portrait and landscape display modes, so it's compatible with programs like JS Landscape. The Profile Wizard doesn't run in landscape mode because Microsoft's code puts the Next, Back, Cancel buttons off the display area but all other dialogs in ZTERM are OK for landscape operation.

Build 28:

Internal test version - not released.

Build 27c:

• Added the ability to communicate with serial ports not using the COM prefix (such as COM1:). To enable this feature, you need a registry editor for the Pocket PC. Add a string value to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\COOL.STF\ZTERM for Windows CE\Product called COMPrefixes. It contains the three letter prefix of all the ports to list without spaces, so for example setting this string to "COMBCT" would make ZTERM see all the COM and all the BCT devices.

Build 27b:

• Added VT100/ANSI answerback capability

Build 27a:

• Corrected size of profile list
• You can now change the bitmap shown on the profile list display - just put a file called zterm.bmp into the folder where ZTERM is installed and ZTERM will splash this instead. The bitmap needs to be 240x60 pixels 24-bit color.

Build 27:

• Corrected erase to end-of-screen bug in ANSI and VT100 emulators.
• Added a horizontal scrollbar capability. Look under Configuration/Display.
• Increased the number of user-buttons to 80
• Added the ability to label the eight groups of ten user buttons
• Added the ability to change the labels displayed when function menus are displayed
• Added an alternative menu (Configuration/Display). With the alternative menu, the Edit menu is removed and the toolbar gets four dedicated hotkeys which can be programmed just like user buttons.
• Minor cosmetic fixes

Build 26:

• Corrected problem with programming user buttons from the host
• Corrected a problem that prevented the F10 key from working correctly
• Added the ability to send and receive ZTERM Profiles via Infrared. On one device, tap on Tools/Receive via Infrared... and on the other, tap and hold on the profile you want to send and select Send via Infrared... ZTERM Profiles can be sent between both Pocket PCs running ZTERM for Pocket PC and Handheld PCs running ZTERM for Windows CE.

Build 25:

• New Upload File capability - significantly faster than previous versions

Build 24a:

• Corrected a problem with telnet connections to BSD and FreeBSD based hosts.

Build 24:

• Updated the setup program so it would work on non-English versions of the Pocket PC.
• Added a button to the toolbar to send ESC to the host. This is a pain to generate with the on-screen keyboard.

Build 23:

• Corrected a bug that caused the Socket serial CF card to not get recognized by ZTERM.
• Added the ability to send a break 'character' to the host.

Build 22:

• Corrected a display problem that would cause junk to be written when viewing in one of the 1/2 screen modes.
• Added the ability to upload an ASCII file to the host.

Build 21:

• First official release of ZTERM for Pocket PC.