What happened to Q3 beta 2 Registered Upgrade?

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MaDbRiT posted 07-05-2001 10:33 GMT
Hi Alex,
I just 'tripped over' the fact that Q3 has reached beta 2 - as of some time in April, but I don't have my registered upgrade version yet. Hmmm. Have I missed out on something somewhere?
Oh, another point! Quest docs in 'chm' format are all very nice and that but I prefer to print out the reference material and have it alongside my PC when I work, I find that a much better option. (HTML help is awful to print from - very messy results)
Before I hack the chm to bits and reformat it as pdf or something suitable for printing - any chance that a printable version of the docs will be forthcoming?
regards,
Al
Alex posted 07-05-2001 13:14 GMT
A mail about Quest Pro 3.0 Beta 2 was sent out via the axesoftware-questpro-beta Yahoo! Group on April 11th. I seem to recall you had trouble with receiving mail from Yahoo! Groups (formerly eGroups) before - perhaps you or AOL has some kind of bulk mail filter set up?
As for the reference guide I only have the source HTML files to the CHM, and those are easily obtainable by decompiling the CHM (though I can make the source HTML available separately if you wish). I don't have the time or resources to make a PDF version, although I could conceivably paste everything into a big Word document. What do you think would be best?
MaDbRiT posted 07-05-2001 14:44 GMT

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A mail about Quest Pro 3.0 Beta 2 was sent out via the axesoftware-questpro-beta Yahoo! Group on April 11th. I seem to recall you had trouble with receiving mail from Yahoo! Groups (formerly eGroups) before - perhaps you or AOL has some kind of bulk mail filter set up?
I don't have an e-mail filter set up, and as far as I know AOL doesn't - but having said that I used to get ALAN mailing list stuff when I was on AOL 5.0, that stopped around the time I changed to AOL 6.0... hmmm!

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As for the reference guide I only have the source HTML files to the CHM, and those are easily obtainable by decompiling the CHM.
I can do that myself, so I shall proceed accordingly!

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I don't have the time or resources to make a PDF version, although I could conceivably paste everything into a big Word document.
I don't think it matters exactly how it's done, so I shall cobble up a PDF file of the docs. If you have no objection I can make the pdf version available to anyone else who wants a printable version through my 'Quest tips & tricks' page.
Al
Alex posted 07-05-2001 15:02 GMT
Certainly, I have no objection at all.
MaDbRiT posted 07-05-2001 20:36 GMT
I have now converted the creating games with Quest part of the 'chm' reference material to an Adobe Acrobat "pdf" file as I suggested I might. This file makes it possible to print out a nice bindable / fileable copy of the reference on A4 paper (using the free Acrobat Reader 4 software.)
I will upload it to my webspace shortly, and it should be possible for any that want it to grab a copy from this link:
www.members.aol.com/agbampton/q284a4.pdf
I've not compressed it - the file isn't very large.
Al
Alex posted 07-05-2001 23:41 GMT
Nice work Alan - I'll put a link up to that when I next update the website (hopefully sometime this week, but then I always say that).

Author	Topic: What happened to Q3 beta 2 Registered Upgrade?
MaDbRiT	posted 07-05-2001 10:33 GMT Hi Alex, I just 'tripped over' the fact that Q3 has reached beta 2 - as of some time in April, but I don't have my registered upgrade version yet. Hmmm. Have I missed out on something somewhere? Oh, another point! Quest docs in 'chm' format are all very nice and that but I prefer to print out the reference material and have it alongside my PC when I work, I find that a much better option. (HTML help is awful to print from - very messy results) Before I hack the chm to bits and reformat it as pdf or something suitable for printing - any chance that a printable version of the docs will be forthcoming? regards, Al
Alex	posted 07-05-2001 13:14 GMT A mail about Quest Pro 3.0 Beta 2 was sent out via the axesoftware-questpro-beta Yahoo! Group on April 11th. I seem to recall you had trouble with receiving mail from Yahoo! Groups (formerly eGroups) before - perhaps you or AOL has some kind of bulk mail filter set up? As for the reference guide I only have the source HTML files to the CHM, and those are easily obtainable by decompiling the CHM (though I can make the source HTML available separately if you wish). I don't have the time or resources to make a PDF version, although I could conceivably paste everything into a big Word document. What do you think would be best?
MaDbRiT	posted 07-05-2001 14:44 GMT quote: A mail about Quest Pro 3.0 Beta 2 was sent out via the axesoftware-questpro-beta Yahoo! Group on April 11th. I seem to recall you had trouble with receiving mail from Yahoo! Groups (formerly eGroups) before - perhaps you or AOL has some kind of bulk mail filter set up? I don't have an e-mail filter set up, and as far as I know AOL doesn't - but having said that I used to get ALAN mailing list stuff when I was on AOL 5.0, that stopped around the time I changed to AOL 6.0... hmmm! quote: As for the reference guide I only have the source HTML files to the CHM, and those are easily obtainable by decompiling the CHM. I can do that myself, so I shall proceed accordingly! quote: I don't have the time or resources to make a PDF version, although I could conceivably paste everything into a big Word document. I don't think it matters exactly how it's done, so I shall cobble up a PDF file of the docs. If you have no objection I can make the pdf version available to anyone else who wants a printable version through my 'Quest tips & tricks' page. Al
Alex	posted 07-05-2001 15:02 GMT Certainly, I have no objection at all.
MaDbRiT	posted 07-05-2001 20:36 GMT I have now converted the creating games with Quest part of the 'chm' reference material to an Adobe Acrobat "pdf" file as I suggested I might. This file makes it possible to print out a nice bindable / fileable copy of the reference on A4 paper (using the free Acrobat Reader 4 software.) I will upload it to my webspace shortly, and it should be possible for any that want it to grab a copy from this link: www.members.aol.com/agbampton/q284a4.pdf I've not compressed it - the file isn't very large. Al
Alex	posted 07-05-2001 23:41 GMT Nice work Alan - I'll put a link up to that when I next update the website (hopefully sometime this week, but then I always say that).