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FPBlt v2.0 Revision History
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A word on nomenclature: Each release is named in the following manner:
v<version>.<release>.<modification>
For instance, v1.0.4 means that the file is the fourth modification to
version 1.0 of the program. If a "ß" preceedes the modification
number, it means that the code in question is a Beta Test release.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ REMEMBER TO BACK UP BEFORE UPDATING THE CODE! │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
04/18/94 ■ FPBlt v0.7.ß1 released
04/19/94 ■ FPBlt v0.7.ß2 released
- COSMETIC: Repositioned message displayed when no message
traffic took place between runs
- COSMETIC: Changed the appearance of the registration
reminder screen
- COSMETIC: FPBlt no longer announces that it is meant for
FidoPCB v1.x. It only says it is meant for FidoPCB
04/20/94 ■ FPBlt v0.8.ß1 released
- FIXED: FPBlt was looking for an incorrect character sequence
when checking if the resident copy of FidoPCB was Registered or
not, thereby not reporting the use of an unregistered version.
The program now knows what the correct sequence is
- FIXED: Forgot to uncomment the code statement that blows away
the FIDOPCB.STA file after an FPBlt run. Since this file
contains the data used by FPBlt to update the database, it must
disappear, or incorrect reports may be generated
- FIXED: Error Trapping routine now offers the offending file
information if a problem is detected with it. The manual may
have said so, but the program didn't know it!
04/25/94 ■ FPBlt v0.8.ß2 NOT RELEASED
- NEW: Added a Screen Clear (@cls@ macro) to the top of the
bulletin. When viewing a series of bulletins from the
Bulletins prompt, without relisting the menu, PCBoard doesn't
always reset the number of lines it displayed in a screenful.
This forces a reset.
- NEW: Added a forced "More?" prompt (@more@) at the end of the
bulletin. In some cases, users with expert mode disabled could
get a menu right back after viewing a bulletin, which could
push all it off-screen. This prevents that situation.
- FIXED: Whenever transactions with the NET_MAIL area took place,
FPBlt was overlooking them. FPBlt checks for transactions by
comparing the Names in the Areas Table against those extracted
from FIDOPCB.STA and only full matches are valid. In this
case, the extracted field was one character too short and
therefore a mismatch!
04/25/94 ■ FPBlt v0.8.ß3 released
- FIXED: There was a problem realting to Packet Processing: If
FidoPCB tosses more than one PKT, and the later packets
contained messages for areas prior to the ones in the previous
packets (ex. PKT1 has mail for area 6, and PKT2 has mail for
area 1), FPBlt would issue an Error number QB09. The ofender
was a secondary counter that was supposed to be reset, but was
not.
05/02/94 ■ FPBlt v1.00 released
- ADDED: Descriptor for Error QB14
05/25/94 ■ FPBlt v2.0.ß1 released
- Due to limitations in QuickBasic, the entire code was ported
and translated to CA/Clipper v4.0 (aka. Summer '87).
- NEW: FPBLT creates two files, FPBLT.PTR and FPBLT.RUN the first
time it is run. Inquire for details if you are curious, but do
not delete them (especially FPBLT.PTR)!
- NEW: FPBLT appends new areas automatically, if they're found in
FidoPCB's Pointer file (FIDOPCB.CNF)
- CHANGED: Configuration File has been reorganized and parameters
added as follows:
Line 1: Validation Code or 16 zeroes (0)
Line 2: Address (exactly like ORIGIN line in FIDOPCB.CFG)
° Line 3: Registration info for Bulletin (30 char limit)
Line 4: Path to FidoPCB (DO NOT ADD A TRAILING '\'!)
Line 5: Path/Name of PCBOARD.DAT
Line 6: Path/Name of the Traffic bulletin
° Line 7: Column Header text color in the Bulletin
° Line 8: Area Name color in the Bulletin
° Line 9: Received Counts color in the Bulletin
° Line 10: Sent Counts color in the Bulletin
° Line 11: Area Activity Totals color in the Bulletin
° Line 12: Grand Total counts color in the Bulletin
° = Enabled in the Registered version only
- IN PROGRESS: A new Error Handling system is being developed for
this version of FPBLT. The documentation still reflects the
Error Handler for FPBLT v1.0, and will not change until the new
one is complete.
05/29/94 ■ FPBlt v2.0.ß2 released
- *** IMPORTANT *** Some Operating Systems (NW/DOS 7, for one)
incorrectly report a "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY" error. The culprit is
the Clipper compiler, and can be resolved by adding the
following Environment command: SET CLIPPER=E000. If this does
not fix the problem, use: SET CLIPPER=E000;V002 instead
- FIXED: The FIDOPCB.STA file was not being deleted if it was of
zero length (no transactions).
- FIXED: Unless changes were made to the database record counts,
information was not displayed on the "Message Areas" line of
the display
- FIXED: If no updates were made to the Traffic Bulletin, no
information to that effect was displayed
- COSMETIC: Two error messages were inadvertently running every
word together to form one 'super-word'
- FINISHED: The new Error Handling system is now complete. See
the file, FPBLT.DOC for details
- REMOVED: Now that it is known that this release of FPBlt works
as advertised, there is no need to keep the Debugging module in
the code. This reduces memory requirements and boosts the
speed a bit. Some Debug trace code remains, and will be
removed at the end of the Beta cycle
05/31/94 ■ FPBlt v2.0.ß3 released
- FIXED: If a file required by FPBlt did not exist, FPBlt aborted
with an incorrect Error Message. This was because of a typo in
the error handler
- FIXED: If FPBlt could not find a file it requires, it would
either continue anyway, or not return the filename (depending
on the situation). This was indirectly caused by the same typo
06/01/94 ■ FPBlt v2.00 released