   V0100 1-jan-1991% First release, it was a long time ago  031 1-apr-2003   Initial distributed release    V0320 1-jun-2003: 1. Added open/close/add/remove command in interactive modeB 2. Fixed a bug in all_display modes when asking for record-offset.I    The previous version crashed the second time this procedure was called 8 3. Updated the display_all mode to make it more readable+ 4. Fixed a filesize error in display files. D 5. Added support for user definable keys. See the help for more info   V0321 1-jul-2003D 1. Added support for logical symbols and & (and) and | (or) operator" 2. Enhanced parsing of expressions2 3. Fixed stackdump on help function in screen mode   V0330 1-sep-2003= 1. Added support for fields that contain links to other files " 2. Enhanced parsing of expressions8 3. Support for user textlibrary for description records.= 4. New functions (%(B)LOC, F$(F)TYPE, F$(F)EXISTS, F$CHECKSUM ( 5. Support for while/endwhile in scripts  A   Known problem: While it is possible to "GOTO" into or out of a  J   while/endwhile structure, this is not supported , and will be disallowed   in a next version. V0340 1-oct-2003 1. Added  IF()THEN/ELSE/ENDIF,)           FOR K=BEG,END[,INTERVAL]/ENDFOR            REPEAT/UNTIL'           CALL,SUBROUTINE,ENDSUBROUTINE            LEAVE  2. Fixed GOTO problem  3. Added functions F$ENUMERATE,                    F$GETDVI with some fieldsF                    F$FILE to get file information about the open file.3                    F$FIELD to get field information                     F$TRNLNM =                    F$ENUMERATE to list all descriptor entries                     F$DATE                     F$RANDOM   " 4. Added parameters for @ and call- 5. Added local symbols, see help in dix/help.  6. Added new symbol type "date"    V0350 1-mar-2004( 1. Added commands  LOOP/TESTLOOP/ENDLOOP                    CYCLE                    ENTRY  K                    declaration statements (REAL/LOG/CHARACTER/DATE/INTEGER) ! 2. Added functions F$ENVIRONMENT                      F$FAO                    LOGICAL5 3. Changed the maximum stringlength from 255 to 65535 % 4. Fixed some bugs in output handling  5. Added UNIX wildcard matches4 6. Added define/key for interactive mode and startup<    Changed the keydefinitions for screen mode to define/skeyO 7. Added display of VFC data from the file mode, and include /display qualifier - 8. Added strict mode for explicit declaration 6 9. Added screen-mode display in interactive mode (SMG)   V0351 1-jun-2004 1. Added a show version command & 2. Updated the show file /all command.0 3. Added the oneline command to interactive mode( 4. Restored the /MUTI_FILE functionality* 5. Added function(s) F$INSV,F$EXTZV,F$EXTV< 6. Fixed a bug when changing length of fields in screen mode"     Data was not correctly copied.A 7. Fixed a bug when changing length of fields in interactive mode @     Record length was not adapted for idx/rel (not fixed) files.   V0400 13-sep-2004 ? 1. Added user defined types. See help about user defined types. 5    This allowes the user to define his own datatypes.   2. Added function NOT, ODD, EVEN? 3. Fixed bug in label accessibility. Sometimes lables could not /    be found, while they should have been found. D 4. Fixed bug in interactive mode. When depositing text all text was     uppercased.8 5. Added /UPPERCASE and /LOWERCASE to descriptor entriesC 6. Added the reference to fields from non-current file/descriptions )     e.g. filetag\descriptiontag\fieldname 3 7. Added unsigned qualifier for examine in raw mode    V0410 8-jul-20057 1. Added the /LIMIT qualifier to stop a repeat sequence : 2. Added the POINTER statement to allow pointer in records$    See the help about pointer_syntax= 3. Added support for IEEE reals. We now accept the real types 3    REAL_F,REAL_G,REAL_D,REAL_H,REAL_S,REAL_T,REAL_X ?    REAL*nn are accepted as aliases, with different policies for +    the different platforms (see the help).  : 4. Added the SET REAL FORMAT, and SET REAL SIZE command to7    allow the real symbols in any (supported) precision. = 5. Changed the EXIT command to do the exit dependend on data. 5 6. Leave the text on screen after EXIT (screen mode). G 7. Better support for VFC files. In screen mode the screen will display <    two displays (one for the data and one for the VFC data).= 8. The /EQ,/LT,/LE,/GE,/GT,/RECORD are now position dependend P    So you can now open mulitple files, each with their own record specification.. 9. Added the /locking qualifier . See the help% 10. Major rewrite for the RMS library ? 11. Added /CSV in file mode, This allows you to generate a CSV  5    (comma separated values) file for import to excell F 12. Fixed a bug for the RBITS value. This conversion did not function D     correctly when you specified field=+value (addition of one bit).    H   Since I no longer have access to an IA64 machine, I cannot compile theO   newer versions. I successfully compiled the 4.0 version to IA64, so it should S   be possible to build dix0410 and later on IA64, if you have the fortran compiler.    V0411 13-sep-2005 B 1. Added set process/name= command and the F$environment("PRCNAM") V0412 28-oct-2005 ) 1. Added f$add, f$sub, f$mul and F$divide 1 2. Added recall statement in the interactive mode    V0420 16-nov-2005 F 1. Added contional statements #IF,#ELSE,#ELSEIF,#ENDIF in descriptions 2. Fixed a bug in delete/symbol # 3. Allow symbols to start with an _ ! 4. Added #MESSAGE in descriptions , 6. Enhanced the find options (record search)4 7. Added the set file/[no]modify in interactive modeE 8. Added the /relative qualifier for the position in the descriptions E   I have access to an IA64 machine now, so the kit now again includes    the IA64 objects and binaries  V0421 1-jan-2006% 1. Added the %Recordnumber() function A 2. Fixed a bug in the create record when no description available > 3. Fixed a bug in the control code for exit with modified data# 4. Added show release_notes command  V0430 21-jan-2006 H 1. Greatly enhanced the record search. You can now search in (fields of)E    multiple records with a lot of compare options. See the help about     record_seaches.J 2. In the interactive mode , the FIND and SEARCH commands have be changed.L    THe FIND now searches data in the record, the SEARCH records in the file.B 3. Added the SHOW SEARCH, SET SEARCH and the EDIT SEARCH commands.D 4. Added the set integer size 8 on alpha and ia64 (sorry not on vax)G    This allows symbols with 64 bit integers and all operations on them. :    Fields with 64 bit integers have always been supported.! 5. Enhanced the CSV in dump/file. K 6. Included a DUMP command in interactive mode (including a CSV qualifiers) K 7. There was a problem with the make-file. The procedure used an undefined  &    symbol SAY. This problem is solved.G 8. There was a link problem with older (pre 7.3 Alpha) versions of VMS. J    DIX used the routines OTS$CVT_T_S (concert text to bin for REAL*4 IEEE)E    and OTS$CVT_T_T (convert text to bin for REAL*8(IEEE). I replaced  ;    these routines, and this problem should no longer occur.  V0500 1-may-2006O 1. Enhanced the wrap. Sometimes DIX would wrap output lines when not necessary. , 2. Enhanced qualifiers for the DUMP command.K 3. Changed the record header for dump/file to a one line display containing L    recordlength,recordnumber,vfc_record size and RFA. The output to symbols     is still separated.  4. Fixed some integer*8 problems" 5. Added the FILECOUNT() function.E 6. Enhanced the values for /FIELD and /SELECT to optionally include a #    filenamemask and descriptionmask ; 7. Changed the name of the BINASC key (TAB) to NEXT_WINDOW. @ 8. Fixed a small problem with the /next_record search qualifier.H 9. Added the /FORMAT qualifier and the SET/SHOW format command, to allow8    the display of unprintable data in character strings.O 10. Fixed a bug in the raw screen display with scrolling. If the data contained 2      more than one screen, the display went wrong.Q 11. Inluded the MOUSE-usage on a decwindows-terminal, and menu_key in screenmode. G 12. Included the context for a key definition. This allow you to define 7      keys with different meaning in different screens.  < 13. Added funtions BTEST, IBSET and IBCLR (bit manipulation)Q 14. There was a problem with hex input for character fields, that has been solved . 15. Fixed some (non-)alignment problems on VAXW 16. Fixed the (signed) display of bytes and words. They were converted as unsigned data  17. Included the DEMO modeU 18. Added the RFA of the current record to the header in screen mode (thanks to Hein) J 19. Fixed an error when doing screen_print and leaving the filename empty./ 20. Added binary and octal display in all modes H 21. Added support for previous record for an indexed and a relative file+ 22. Changed the key PF1-H to PF4-H and v.v. K 23. Changed the search order for .des files, first currentdir, then filedir '      then userlib and finally systemlib U 24. Added fieldnames for dates (none, expired etc). If you have your own descriptions K     with date types, make sure you add the [0=none] to the description line   25. Added new datatype deltatime) 26. Added symbol substitution for verbs.  - 27. Added the f$mode and the f$radix function > 28. Added the decimal symbol type and the [u]decimal datatype.H 29. The set strict command is now per level. Each @file can set its own.  30. Added the f$verify function.C 31. Removed the "onelinecommand" from interactive mode, but added a 2     /command=("command1","command2",..) qualifier. v0510 8-jun-2006F 1. Added the #IFDEF function for conditional expansion of descriptionsD 2. Fixed a problem with "fixed" symbols. If you explicitly declare aH    symbol with a type, DIX did not always forbid you to change the type.E 3. Added the /FAST qualifier for the search commands. If you use this E    qualifier, DIX will bypass RMS, and it may be faster. See the help      dix/help record_search/fast F 4. Allow /record on indexed files, together with the /key, you now can    read record "n" on key "key" I 5. Allow search selection on record_length with lt,le,eq,ge,gt and range. : 6. Included a /rfa= qualifier to select a specific record.G    the previous /rfa qualifier is replaced with the /mark. See the help  V9999  Known restrictions.  1.H  When using GOSUB, the RETURN statement must be at the same syntax levelF  as the entry point. This is NOT checked, and violation will result inH  strange behaviour. This problem does not exist with the CALL statement.  Example   IF (exp) THEN 
     Statement      WHILE (expr)       Statement        GOSUB test     ENDWHILE   test:           -      Statement     | 9   ENDIF           | Gosub/return block runs into an endif !  statement        | Not supported   RETURN           -      IF (exp) THEN 
     Statement      WHILE (expr)       Statement        GOSUB test     ENDWHILE=    goto lab1	 Do not runinto, since RETURN will be unexpected    test:           - ?     statement     | Gosub/return block at the same syntax level %     Statement     | This is supported      RETURN        _   lab1:   ENDIF             " 2. For the not-native real values &     a.REAL_S, REAL_T and REAL_H on VAX-     b.REAL_H                    on Alpha/IA64 '     c.REAL_F, REAL_G and REAL_D on IA64   H    Conversions are done via tranformations to the other equivalent types  E     a. REAL_S via REAL_F, REAL_T via REAL_G, REAL_X via REAL_H on VAX &     b. REAL_H via REAL_X on Alpha/IA64>     c. REAL_F via REAL_S, REAL_G and REAL_D via REAL_X on IA64  J    Since not all types have exactly the same range, some data will convertK    to overflow on one platform, and not on the other. 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