>*< FilesBBS Manager Update Report >*< ------------------------- v0.97 - dated 4 Apr 96 1. Fixed scan for missing descriptions error that caused ocassional 2 bombs. 2. Added scanning for FILE_ID.DIZ/*.UPL while loading FILES.BBS - what this means is now if a file is missing from a FILES.BBS but is located in the FILES.BBS path or within one of the additional Links then prior to adding the file to the FILES.BBS, the file is scanned for a FILE_ID.DIZ/*.UPL along with *.MOD and *.GIF file description scanning. 3. Fixed Edit Field editor. Now the cursor within the edit field will go to wherever you click with the mouse, was previously checking the wrong font size which caused the cursor to almost always start at the beginning of the string. ------------------------- v0.96 - dated 17 Mar 96 1. Fixed bugger with sortall that caused the screen to freeze between areas and now only areas that need to be sorted are done... 2. Fixed problem with uploads and scanning for FILE_ID.DIZ/*.UPL - seems to be working correctly now... 3. Added option in setup to select whether or not you want files deleted after they are uploaded. Default is to leave the files alone. ------------------------- V0.95 - dated 16 Mar 96 1. Discovered a error that occured when copying, moving and uploading files under MagiC. What happened was I was using all available memory to do the routine and this is a no no - Fixed now so only a portion of available memory is used. Sorry if this caused anyone problems... ------------------------- V0.94 - dated 10 Mar 96 1. Fixed error that caused FBM to try and write to a CD-Rom area. 2. Fixed Log File routine to enable selecting another log file besides FBM.LOG, Octopus BBS users can also change the log file from the one they have defined in Octopus.CFG by going to setup and changing it. 3. Cleaned up the display some when doing a search... 4. For QuickBBS and FBM.DAT users the pathname is put in the display instead of just QUICKBBS or FBMDAT... ------------------------- V0.93 - dated 9 Mar 96 1. Fixed a few bugs contained within the window'd text routines... 2. Added in new routines for setting up FBM.DAT... 3. Changed the way descriptions are displayed. 255 characters of the description can now be viewed by scrolling left or right using the mouse button, arrow keys or shift plus arrow keys... 4. Totally redesigned the search routines - All matches found are now displayed within a window. Files can be checked by double clicking or hitting okay, Also made it so that if it's not the file you want you can select the window again as it's not closed and check another file - this can be done repeatedly until you close the window... 5. Missing descriptions is designed to work in the exact same way as the search routines... 6. Missing files is no longer needed - (see sort routines)... 7. Sort routine now purges duplicate entrys in a files.bbs also purges any missing files. As for files that are in a directory but are not in your files.bbs these will be automatically added when the files.bbs is loaded. ------------------------- V0.92 - dated 2 Mar 96 1. Upload Files Routine redone - When new files are uploaded each file is checked for a FILE_ID.DIZ/*.UPL, and if the file is a GIF or a MOD file the information is extracted from the file... 2. Fixed a few bugs that were lingering in v0.91... Program is still not ready to be released, only distributed to beta testors... ------------------------- V0.91 - dated 28 Feb 96 1. As a result of input from Koos Kuil and some good advice on some file management routines. I've redesigned FBM for the 3rd time. This version is for beta testors only and incorporates better dialog management and windows for alot of the functions. Also, changed the menu bar format to allow single key presses to acomplish functions instead of the multiply key presses or mouse clicks that were required before to complete a simple task... The speed of loading and saving the files.bbs as increased drastically over previous versions, plus the config loading routines were changed to improve performance... 2. Hot keys to scroll through windows are UP/DOWN Arrow (one line at a time), SHIFT UP/DOWN Arrow (one page at a time), CLR HOME (top of window), SHIFT CLR HOME (bottom of file), Return Key (edit desription)... 3. Added additional options to Setup that includes Logging, Create FILES.BAK files, Draw3D (Falcon Only)... ------------------------- V0.90 - skipped... ------------------------- V0.89 - dated 10 Jan 96 1. Changed memory allocation routines, to include modifing FILES.BBS Load & Save routines. 2. Changed Help File to use a a hypertext file instead... 3. Plus a few other minor bugs... -------------------------- V0.88 - Version skipped due to errors... ------------------------- V0.87 - dated 19 Dec 95 1. Fixed bug in v0.86 that wouldn't allow extraction of files and use of the file description options POPUP Menu... Sorry, I forgot to add the command 'Extract' to the high rez resource and as a result the other options didn't work either... 2. Fixed window opening error that occured when using Magic/MTOS & more then 1 window was open - When drawing/moving the dialog in a window I was looking for the window handle via the dialog handle instead of the window handle so with more then 1 window open a match couldn't be made resulting in a blank window being opened... 3. Fixed error that caused the screen to lock up under Magic when listing an archive... 4. Changed the way external programs were run from the menu bar under Magic - Now when Magic is active and one of the external programs is selected and run, the program will be executed and you'll be able to switch back to FBM and continue to use it even though the other program is running. What I did was use the shell_write() command to run the program... ------------------------ V0.86 - dated 13 Dec 95 1. Added support at the request of Glen Kelly to run additional external programs. You can define up to 9 additional programs, setup of the programs can be done either within the Set-Up section of the program or by editing FBM.CTL... Programs are placed within the MenuBar and setup options are as follows. You can define whether or not you want the displayed file passed on a command line to the program, specify your own command line, or you can specify commands on the command line then add the displayed file afterwards - this should cover almost any option you may require when running a external program... ------------------------ V0.85 - dated 11 Dec 95 1. Added support to Extract & View a Text File from an archive - works with ARC, LZH, ZIP, ZOO, & ARJ, sorry but you can't extract from a TOS (ZIP or LZH) file as the header format is different and I don't know it... ------------------------ V0.84 - dated 10 Dec 95 1. Believe I fixed the problem that was causing error -69 when loading Octopus.CFG with FILEAREA.CFG & CDROMXXX.CFG files when run with Magic... 2. Changed registration key format slightly to handle a new key generator that I made - old keys will still work fine. This only affects keys made after 10 Dec 95. The new keys will not work properly with versions of FBM prior to v0.84... ------------------------ V0.83 - dated 25 Nov 95 1. Changed TickEcho.BBS Description format to include Group Name. 2. Reworked the FILES.BBS load routine to better handle errors in the file. I'm still trying to maintain the speed without checking to see if every file exists, if errors still persist I'll change it to check to see if each file entry exists before adding it to the list. Only draw back to this is it would automatically remove missing file descriptions and they can be lost when you may not want them to be. Please report any errors encountered while loading... 3. Fixed file upload routine to properly handle wildcards in the upload pattern. Previously only the first file was uploaded then a error would occur stating couldn't read source file, now works properly, up to 50 files can be uploaded at once this way... 4. Fixed error in Scan Missing Files - Previously if there were not any records in a Files.BBS file and you selected Scan missing files nothing happened, now it will work properly. 5. Believe I fixed error that occured within searching missing descriptions which caused the system to sometimes freeze... -------------------------- V0.82 - dated 17 Nov 95 1. Fixed error encountered when switching display from Paths to Description when selecting an area. 2. Added support for using Octopus BBS v0.67 and above utilizing the new format of FILEAREA.CFG & also TICKECHO.BBS file. FBM will recognize the difference between the two formats so no worries only restriction is that the command in Octopus.Cfg 'Include FILEAREA.CFG' must only have one space between Include and FILEAREA.CFG. 3. Added another file format to select FILES.BBS areas, you can now specify TICKECHO.BBS for selecting files. -------------------------- V0.81 - dated 25 Oct 95 1. Fixed error that occured when uploading files and cancel is selected. -------------------------- V0.80 - dated 22 Oct 95 1. Added New feature - Now when you double click on the first line of the description - the current description will be written to a file called FBM_TEXT.TMP and then loaded into the text editor you have defined for you to edit it. Then when you save your changes and exit the new description will be loaded back in. If the format for each line is 46 characters or less the lines will be loaded as displayed otherwise it will be reformated to 46 characters per line by FBM. --------------------------- V0.79 - dated 22 Oct 95 1. Well, here it is... This is a major update to FBM as I've redesigned the structure of the event handler to place somes forms within a window and to finally fix the redraw problem on the Falcon. 2. File Areas form was changed somewhat - didn't know how to place a slider box within a window, sorry... Keys F1 to F10, Alt F1 & Alt F2 will load the corresponding area being displayed. Control Down will page down and Control Up will page up through the different file areas. 3. Within the FilesBBS Editor Control Down & Control Up will scroll up and down through the description editor. 4. Setup Form was also placed within a window for better handling. --------------------------- V0.78 - dated 14 Oct 95 1. Another attempt at fixing the redraw bug associated with converting files, hopefully this one will get it right. 2. Changed some of the dialogs, and redid the alerts within the program. 3. Fixed problem with converting ZIP archives. --------------------------- V0.77 - dated 7 Oct 95 1. Fixed major error encountered when loading a Files.BBS File that contains a '*' for the first character in a header line. A check is done now for it so it won't lock up the computer on you. Also, headers are restricted to a maximum of 10 lines - if this isn't enough please let me know... --------------------------- V0.76 - dated 6 Oct 95 1. Another attempt to fix the redraw problem with running on the Falcon. I've modified several re-draw routines in the hopes of fixing it, plus it gives the added benifit of making the re-draws better on other systems (I hope anyway)... 2. Tweaked multiline editor some - I didn't add this to the diz editor portion of the program - does anyone want it there? ---------------------------- V0.75 - dated 3 Oct 95 1. Fixed error when listing archive - File was opened but never closed which resulted in several open file handles... 2. Added option to select which type of dialogs you want - In setup you can select Zoom Boxes (Grow/Shrink) or Normal dialogs. 3. Created a new redraw parser for main form - hopefully this will fix the redraw problem that Terry's been reporting... 4. First attempt to create a Multiline editor for editing descriptions. Program released to beta testors only for testing purposes... ----------------------------- V0.74 - dated 17 Sept 95 1. Fixed redraw bug encountered when returning to Load Area Form (fingers crossed). 2. At the request of Glen Kelly added the ability to Sort, Search Missing File, Search Missing Desc for a single area with the main edit form. Options can be selected from within the Search Option PopUp Menu... You will still be able to do single/multiple sort from the menu bar. 3. Fixed FBM_H.RSC resource file - Hope the colors look okay on the Falcon. 4. First public release since version 0.69... ----------------------------- V0.73 - dated 13 Sept 95 1. Fixed bug in Load FilesBBS routine - if a extended description was encountered on the first file entry and the file was missing then it would bomb... 2. Changed move & delete routine so that it will go to next record in line instead of the previous record. 3. Attempted to fix redraw bug encountered when returning to Load Area form. ----------------------------- V0.72 - dated 12 Sept 95 1. Changed format for Converting an Archive to another type. Sub-Form was removed so, now archive type to convert to will be selected from the popup menu... ----------------------------- V0.71 - dated 10 Sept 95 1. Added in support for Sort, Search Missing Files, Search Missing Descriptions. 2. Fixed bug that caused the ShareWare Delay to be shown even if program was registered. 3. Completed Help Section... 4. Fixed minor bug in description search routine. ------------------------------ V0.70 - dated 9 Sept 95 1. New GEM Interface and Converted over to Pure C. 2. File_ID.DIZ changed to search complete archive. 3. Full HOTKEY Support... 4. Plus a bunch more - I'm not going to list all the changes that were made from the last release - all I can say is try the program and see what's new ;-) ------------------------------ V0.69 - dated 14 May 95 1. Removed restrictions emplaced on unregistered versions. Unregistered versions of FBM will now display a logo at exit for 10 seconds encouraging you to registered. ------------------------------ V0.68 - dated 1 May 95 1. New high resolution resource file courtesy of Terry May - This resource can be used in Mono or on the Falcon to give you alot more colors, Thanks Terry... 2. Attempted to make Med resolution resource file more presentable. 3. Fixed bug that occured occassionally - when you selected a area once in a while the program wouldn't let you edit the description. Boo boo in initialization. ------------------------------- V0.67 - dated 10 Apr 95 1. Removed restriction for making Archived files - You can now archive any file you wish. ------------------------------- V0.66 - dated 9 Apr 95 1. Removed option to upload a text file and added option to utilize a text editor to edit a description. To utilize just click on 'Use Editor' button or HotKey 'ALT V'. FBM will write the current description to a file called FBM_TEXT.BBS in the default directory and run the text editor that you have defined in setup and autoload in the file fbm_text.bbs... 2. Modified the resource file to add support for ARJ-BETA & Using Editor. 3. Added Support for converting archives to ARJ format - ARJBETA.TTP v9.95 and above. 4. Added Support for converting a uploaded text file like (read.txt) into a archived file. To utilize just click on one of the Archive options... 5. When uploading files previous upload path is now kept, as requested by Ed Lynch. ------------------------------- V0.65 - dated 18 Mar 95 1. Found obscure bug that could cause program to crash when loading in areas. If title of area was longer than 45 characters would cause memory to be corrupted and cause problems loading the files.bbs file. 2. Found another bug when scaning a empty files.bbs area and selecting cancel would cause FBM to bomb, reason was the first record was processed and if there wasn't any would crash the computer ;(... ------------------------------- V0.64 - dated 18 Mar 95 1. Fixed bug reported by Kim Anderson - Problem was that CD-ROM paths that were not loaded were being reporting as being missing and if you had alot of different CD-ROMS in use this could be quite annoying. Removed reporting of missing CD-ROM paths. Only missing Hard Drives paths are reported as missing. Paths not found are still removed from FBM's use!!! ------------------------------- V0.63 - dated 17 Mar 95 1. Added support for extended file descriptions and modified resource file to handle the new description lengths. Description length is specified in the setup section of the program. 2. Added support to add a Text Editor and a archive program to the utility menu. Define paths in setup. 3. Added a check mark in the upper left corner of description. Clicking on the check mark will bring up a file selector and allow you to upload a previously defined text description. Please let me know if you notice any cosmetic problems with the high res resource file as I had to use a mono emulator to make the changes. ------------------------------- V0.62 - dated 12 Mar 95 1. Another attempt at fixing description problem when converting archive formats. ------------------------------- V0.61 - dated 19 Feb 95 1. Well, finally found and fixed the last description that was not being changed. Problem was that when a displayed record was changed and then converted to a different archive format the old description was used, this is now changed so that the modified description will be changed before it is converted. Thanks Terry ;) ------------------------------- V0.60 - dated 17 Feb 95 1. Fixed problem when a defined path didn't exist. FBM will now report to you that the area doesn't exist and will remove the path from FBM. ------------------------------- V0.59 - dated 16 Feb 95 1. Fixed description problem when moving and saving currently displayed record. 2. Fixed bombing when Save was selected and no area was loaded. 3. Improved High rez resource file again. 4. Fixed error when record was changed but not saved and Setup was selected and another Config type was loaded. Screen was cleared but you were still asked to save a area that didn't exist. ------------------------------- V0.58 - dated 13 Feb 95 1. Fixed problem when uploading files to a defined area with no files in the Files.BBS file. 2. Cleaned up High res resource file... 3. First public release since version 0.49 ------------------------------- V0.57 - dated 11 Feb 95 1. Added code to remove duplicate entries from FilesBBS while Saving File. 2. Fixed Next & Previous Buttons when selecting an area to load. 3. Optimized the code in some areas and made a few minor changes. ------------------------------- V0.56 - dated 10 Feb 95 1. Removed Help Data from code and made it into a seperate binary file that is only loaded when help is selected. Free'd up over 30k of memory and reduced program size. 2. Fixed problem encountered when selecting paths in set-up. Program will no longer bomb. ------------------------------- V0.55 - dated 9 Feb 95 1. Fixed a minor bug with displaying help file. 2. Added Rename Function. 3. Fixed a couple of cosmetic bugs. ------------------------------- V0.54 - dated 5 Feb 95 1. Help Added. 2. Couple of cosmetic bug fixes. ------------------------------- V0.53 - dated 4 Feb 95 1. Think the altered description bug is fixed (fingers crossed) :) 2. Added Private Uploaded area to Octopus mode. 3. Added a Touch Up File Date menu option,does as ir says alters file date and time to current date and time. 4. Added Group File Listing. 5. Added Search for Missing files & search for missing descriptions. -------------------------------- V0.52 - dated 1 Feb 95 1. Fixed memory allocation problem. Array wasn't being cleared at exit causing some intermittent bombs and loss of system memory. 2. Fixed a couple of hot key bugs that should have been disabled when a area wasn't opened. 3. Started Sort routine for use with the menu bar, single area sort is now available. -------------------------------- V0.51 - dated 31 Jan 95 1. Fixed some Hot Key define errors. 2. Fixed problem with save when moving to different areas, user is now asked if area was changed if he wants to save it. 3. Couple of changes made to menu bar. 4. A few other minor cosmetic fixes to the program... -------------------------------- V0.50 - dated 30 Jan 1995 1. New Program design as of this release with many new changes. FilesBBS Manager now uses a menu bar and supports hot keys. Many of the functions that were previously done within different forms is now done from the menu. Also using the Floating dialog Library created by M.J. Maisey to handle dialog control. 2. Best bet is to just check out the program to see what else has been changed ;) ------------------------------- V0.49 - dated 8 Jan 1995 1. Added feature to Octopus mode,when the CFG is loaded and the Keyword 'UpLoadPath' is found,then 'FBM' will include this area in it's list, so that transferring of files etc.. ,are made easier. 2. Added Gemdos rename,if files on same drive,should of done it ages ago,but you know how it is :) 3. Added option requested by Ed Lynch. You can now toggle between Descriptions and paths when selecting an area. 4. Change code to install desktop pattern & handle screen background redraws, now using wind_newdesk(). ------------------------------- V0.48 - dated 4 Jan 1995 1. When a file is moved/copied the TimeStamp will not change ie it keeps the original,thus avoiding new file announcements etc ... 2. Also when a archive is converted,the new archive keeps the old TimeStamp. 3. When using convert and a File_id.diz is to be included,the 'FBM' advert will only be added to non-registered copys. ------------------------------- V0.47 - dated 2 Jan 1995 1. Fixed problem with copy/move routine. User could not select EXIT to stop from doing a copy/move to another area. 2. Fixed bug in files.bbs. leading '(' was cut off of description in some cases. ------------------------------- V0.46 - dated 30 Dec 1994 1. Fixed minor bug in registration code. 2. Made Form Registration Info & Application return to Main Form at Exit. ------------------------------- V0.45 - dated 29 Dec 1994 1. Made the program a bit more secure,I think :) 2. Fix display bug in Options. When All was selected and no area was previously selected upon exit it did not clear the display properly. 3. Fixed copy/move. when file was moved a space was placed in front of the record appended to the files.bbs file in destination path. ------------------------------- V0.44 - dated 27/28 Dec 94 1. Added Application Form for registering FilesBBS Manager. 2. Fixed description search routine, now operational again. 3. Added Help to Application. ------------------------------- V0.43 - dated 27 Dec 94 1. Fixed bug in Copy/Move... 2. Redefined Registration Info so that User's Registration Info would be displayed. 3. Fixed bug in File search routine that occured do to files found in search path but weren't in the files.bbs file. 4. Fixed error in key file code. Address was being over written by the expiration date of a temporary key... -------------------------------- V0.42 - dated 26 Dec 94 1. Streamlined structure within the program for faster/cleaner operation. 2. Cancel is now available within options when doing any of the functions. 3. Fixed deleted entries in files.bbs so they are not displayed. --------------------------------- V0.41 - dated 25 Dec 94 1. New User Key Format Implemented. 2. Mark - What else did we do yesterday, it draws a blank ;)... --------------------------------- V0.40 - dated 24 Dec 94 1. Modified deleting of files, they will no longer be displayed as File Deleted. 2. New search routine done for file searching, Description searching has been temporaryly disabled while it's being fixed. 3. CD-ROM support for Octopus finished. ---------------------------------- V0.39 - dated 23 Dec 94 1. Added code to fully support CD-ROM paths in alternate config file. 2. Path checking for CD-ROM added - if you define a different path for FilesBBS than the CD-ROM path, you can modify the files.bbs file and also upload files to the CD-ROM area, files will be placed in the FilesBBS path. 3. Modified FBM_MED.RSC & FBM_HIGH.RSC files to fix search routines. 4. If a new area is defined ie, selecting Flsearch from a previously defined Alternate config setup will clear the current selected area. So, when you now exit the setup menu you will have to select an area again. ---------------------------------- V0.38 - dated 22 Dec 94 1. New Key format used, allows for Temporary Key issue. 2. Changed Info Screen in Medium and Hight RSC file.. 3. Fixed bug where if config was modified and you exited program without saving and selected NO to exit, program exited anyway, 4. Changed areas so that they are only loaded when the program is initially run, save config was selected, or if a different area was selected. ----------------------------------- V0.37 - dated 20 Dec 94 1. Fixed bug in Save FilesBBS routine that caused a carriage return to not be placed when description greater than 255 characters. 2. Cleaned up display of FBM_HIGH.RSC & FBM_MED.RSC. ----------------------------------- V0.36 - dated 19 Dec 94 1. Key Now required for all features in FilesBBS Manager. Only 3 Uploads per session & 3 Saves of FilesBBS all other functions are enabled. 2. Fixed a few minor display bugs... 3. Corrections made to FBM_MED.RSC & FBM_HIGH.RSC files. ----------------------------------- V0.35 - dated 18 Dec 94 1. Coded in Maf.TTP to run at exit when changes were made to FilesBBS file and FilesBBS was saved. This only works if Octopus BBS's Octobbs.cfg file is utilized and MAF.TTP is defined. 2. Fixed small bug in Save routine if the record displayed was changed it wasn't saved... ----------------------------------- V0.34 - dated 17 Dec 94 1. Fixed bug with file detect,when used in conjunction with headers within a 'Files.bbs' 2. Fixed changing of file area path when running external programs. 3. Fixed Bug that caused an error when Display files was selected & no area was picked... 4. Redone File uploads! You can now upload files using wildcards and you will be prompted if you want to upload a file or skip it. 5. Fixed display bug in help routine. 6. Added help text for all areas. 7. Added Cancel when doing Upload to blank FilesBBS file. ----------------------------------- V0.33 - dated 14 Dec 94 1. Added FBM_MED.RSC support... 2. Added help text files for Set-Up & FilesBBS Records. ----------------------------------- V0.32 - dated 13 Dec 94 1. Added code so that 1 of 4 types of brackets can be used,for the download counters. ----------------------------------- V0.31 - dated 12 Dec 94 1. Goto file number by clicking on file number and entering number of file to jump to. 2. Help system started. 3. Different Type of brackets accepted ( not yet complete ) 4. Fixed bug where program will bomb if config is not defined and Select Area is clicked on. 5. Added code to help buttons in all Forms. 6. Rearranged config file to remove archive commands. 7. Added MAF.TTP setup support. 8. Fixed bug when using Octopus option,first area was'nt shown. -----------------------------------