Numerus v2.2
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  Version 2.2 - February 23, 2005

  Numerus is a sample freeware program for various development 
  tools: HSPascal, Palm Pascal Compiler and iziBasic
  Made in 2001-2005 by Laurent Duveau
       Web Site = http://www.aldweb.com
       e-Mail   = info@aldweb.com



Overview
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Numerus is a basic standard 4 function calculator... 
that operates in Roman numerals.
Numerus accepts numbers in the range {0..99999}.



Donate...
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Numerus is free to use. However, if you like it, please consider
making a donation to show your support. Any amount will be 
highly appreciated. To proceed, just connect to: 
  http://give.aldweb.com  (secured PayPal transaction)



How to install Numerus?
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Minimum Palm OS requirement is version 3.0.
Numerus is Palm OS v5 and v6 compliant.

Numerus is a PRC file that is installed like any other 
Palm OS file using HotSync. So, extract Numerus.PRC from the
ZIP archive file. Double-click on it and the Palm install tool
will popup. Numerus.PRC will be transferred to your Palm
device next time you synchronize your device with your PC with
HotSync.

Both black & white and color versions of Numerus are
available. Whether your device is color enabled or not, 
Numerus will automatically detect it and adapt to display
all items in black & white or in color.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
  Uninstall any previous version of Numerus before
  installing this one on your device.



HSPascal, Palm Pascal Compiler, iziBasic
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Numerus is a sample freeware program for various development 
tools (compilers) available on the Palm OS platform: HSPascal, 
Palm Pascal Compiler and iziBasic.

The very first version was the HSPascal one, then followed by
the Palm Pascal Compiler one, and finally ported to iziBasic.

The source code of Numerus is available for download on my Web 
Site in all these 3 development languages flavors! As a result, 
studying these source codes of such a basic software is a good 
learning tool as well as it can give you a good idea of which 
one of the 3 compilers you would rather work with as a 
developer...



Updates Description
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  2.2 (02/23/05)
    - Recompiling this program with the latest iziBasic version 5.0 
      led to a 12 KB (-17%) decrease of the program's foot print

  2.1 (12/02/04)
    - added an exit from menu option in the Options and Help menus
    - minor source code change and compiler version upgrade for 
      a smoother running of the Numerus software
    - corrected a few mistakes in this documentation file

  2.0 (10/22/04)
    - switched reference source code from HSPascal to iziBasic, 
      this was a complete rewrite of this software!
    - minor cosmetic changes in the user interface

  1.7 (09/18/02)
    - added color icon and smallicon
    - added Donation information
    - upgraded this help file
    - reduced size of PDF help file (from 214 KB to 55 KB !)

  1.6 (07/05/02)
    - bold font for text in buttons to make them more readable
    - choice between two keyboard layouts
    - cosmetic changes in the user interface
    - beep when error (result not in {0..99999} range)
    - when bad number input warning occurs, choice between 
      message popup and beep
    - result copy to clipboard option
    - Numerus now behaves in a more standard way with inputs 
      like " 5+= " or " 5+/3= "
    - minor bug correction in the MR button (nobody had seen 
      before one very clever user!)
    - bug correction for divide by zero error and out of range 
      multiplication 

  1.5 (05/22/02)
    - a small icon for list views
    - new numbers input method (natural way)
    - update of contact info (web site, e-mail)
    - minor cosmetic changes in the user interface
    - code update for Palm OS v5 compliancy
    - detailed documentation (PDF file)

  1.4 (12/03/01)
    - minor cosmetic changes in the user interface (menu bars)

  1.3 (10/30/01)
    - code modifications to be compliant with latest versions 
      of HSpascal

  1.2 (08/06/01)
    - debuging and code simplification, now works back as a 
      basic calculator

  1.1 (08/02/01)
    - try to have Numerus work like a sophisticated calculator

  1.0 (07/06/01)
    - initial release
