X-Wing Mission Launcher

Public Beta 0.9

History

9/7/00 v0.9.0 - After some time off, I returned to coding.

• Changed copy and move processes to single "batch" API calls, speeding up the clone creation and cleanup processes, as well as providing the much-anticipated "Yes to all" functionality.
• Fixed bug where canceling the "Browse for pilot" dialog would clear the pilot field.
• Re-wrote "Browse for Folder" API calls.
• Re-wrote "Shell and wait" API calls.
• Cosmetic changes to the pre-mission, post-mission, recovery, and setup forms for a more "Rebel Alliance" look.
• Added auto-tracking capability to the Pilot and Mission source preferences
• Finally generated some actual documentation for the project, lovingly hand-crafted I might add.
• Changed post-mission Cancel button behavior to support returning to a custom mission at a later time.

v0.8.0, 4/12/00 12:46 AM: (Ugh)

I think the program has progressed enough in the last week to advance a whole minor version number. A number of the features I had hoped for are now in place and ready for real world testing. Additionally, the one new feature in this version took enough code wrangling to pull off that I thought I'd reward myself with a point-change.

Added recovery features when running the launcher following a "failed" run, meaning a run which terminated abnormally due to a computer lockup, etc. You now have three options

1. Attempt to recover original mission files.
   This will show the post-mission dialog and allow you to recover the original mission files.
2. Re-enter X-Wing with the files as they are.
   You will be given the option to perform recovery after the mission as usual.
3. Proceed without recovery.
   Proceeds straight into the X-Wing program without performing any post-mission recovery or pilot/film-clip archiving.

v0.7.18, 4/11/00  7:47 AM: UI Refinements

• Added directory validation to preferences form.
• Removed "Build" buttons (...) as tabstops.
• Added specific error messages for problems encountered during pre-run phase.
• Added specific error messages for problems encountered during post-run phase.
• Added mission numbers to mission selection box.

v0.7.17, 4/10/00 11:40 AM: A few minor fixes.

• Added leading zeros to clone numbers for proper alphabetizing.
• Added auto-selection of text when entering textbox controls.
• Fixed pilot cleanup to stop moving all pilots to custom mission directory.

v0.7.16, 4/7/00 9:50 PM: Oops, sorry, my bad.

• I fixed a couple of things that affected NEW users of the launcher.  This pretty much includes everyone but ME.  I thought I had this taken care of already, but it crept back in somehow when I wasn't looking.  Anyway, the problem is fixed now.  If you downloaded an earlier build, you only need to download the new executable.  Then you'll be fine.

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