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Larry Lee/WinCIS 4/12/93
PATCH For WinCIS .94
WINCIS.EXE must be the version from
WC094B.ZIP dated 3/12/92 At 502326 BYTES
To apply the patch go to C:\> prompt under DOS and:
C:\>CD \WINCIS ; Change to the wincis directory
C:\>PKUNZIP WCP94B ; Unzip the Patch files
C:\>PKUNZIP PATCH ; Unzip the Patch Program
Now to apply the patch (you may want to run with the -BACKUP option
unless of course you still have the original WC094A,B,C files...
C:\>PATCH WCP94B ; Apply Patch no backups created
or
C:\>PATCH -BACKUP WCP94B ; Apply Patch and backup changed files
THIS PATCH FILE FIXES THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS IN WINCIS VERSION .94
1) GPF With ATi Wonder XL 3.1 Windows Drivers Dated 8/92
VB caused a GPF or Stack Overflow When Using the
ScretchBitBlt function to size Icons on certain Buttons
when the user ran in 256 color mode>
WinCIS created a GPF when you pressed the PG/UP or PG/DN
buttons. This was due to the fact that these buttons had the
autosize property set such that the icon was resized. VB2 has
a problem with the windows SretchBitBlt function causing the GPF.
I have since resized the icon to 32x32 pixels and removed the
autosize property.
BTW: The online performance is affected by the number of colors
you use. Running at 256 colors requires 16 times as many bits, hence
screen updates are slower. You might also consider purchasing a
faster video driver such as WinSpeed from Pannacea...
2) Downloads
Bug in the error recovery routine provided by MircoHelp
caused it to send host sequnec number in ACK responses
Corrected code to send reciever's sequence number
The host want the last valid recieved block number in ACK's
Since the code was send the Host it's sequence number it
assumed it had successfully resync'd and hence resumed
sending packets. After the sufficient packets where sent
WinCIS would see the appropriate sequence number and resume
downloading. This caused it to skip up to (N) blocks. The
result of which was that the user did not recieve the complete
file.
In addition corrected the download resume logic and added it as
an option to the terminal screen under OPTIONS/Use Download Recovery
turning on this option will allow wincis to restart a download
that was aborted.
Fixed Abort button to cleanly abort, under certain circumstances
it would hangup forcing the user to reboot. Now it waits
a maximum of 20 seconds for CIS to honor the abort. Additionally
if the user re-presses the button after waiting 3 seconds it issues
a panic abort to CIS (^P^P^P^P) and exits the download screen
immediately
3) Message Editor
Users expressed concern that the message editor defaulted
to overstrike mode. The standard edit control is now used
which does not have overstrike mode. WinCIS will no longer
support overstrke in the message editor (This is consistent
with the notepad editor).
4) Fixed bug preventing wincis from honoring Maximum message Length
The Q&A.WRI file describes changes you can make to the
WinCIS.INI in order to change the maximum number of lines and
characters allowed for messages and email. The program had a
bug preventing it from honoring the change.
5) Font Sizing
The Q&A.WRI file describes changes you can make to the
WinCIS.INI in order to change the font and size used in
certain areas of the program. The program had a bug preventing
it from honoring the font size property.
6) Misc Additions and changes
Add BUILD SCRIPT to FILE Menu
Allows you to have wincis simply output a script
based on the parameters you have specified, withour going online
and performing any of those actions...
Add Run PROGRAM to FILE Menu
Allows you to have wincis shell out to another program
Add OPEN, NEW to the ADDRESS BOOK FILE MENU
Allows you to have more than one address book
Add TEMPLATE override to FILE CAPTURE to SETTINGS/PROCESSING OPTIONS
Since some users are customizing their own templates
they can now set their template filename in this field in order
to use their own version...
Add default FILE CAPTURE to SETTINGS/PROCESSING OPTIONS
Some users expressed the need to always have file capture turned on
specifing a filename in this field causes the program to
always turn on file capture when performing online interaction
INS/DEL keys now add or delete a forum from main panel
ALT-DOUBLE-CLICK edits a forum (similar to progman)
Clicking on UPLOADER in library catalog brings up address book
Fixed error preventing catalog from displaying details
for one record catalogs
WCISPRJ.DLL ... Corrected last update date logic to
recognize "**Never**" in the catalog
Added capability to download a single file if you already
know the forum, filename, & library. However a minor modification
to your WINCIS.INI is required.
Find the "[CatScan Options]" in the WinCIS.INI and add the
following line...
Dnld=Download a specific File
You can then download a specific file using a pattern
selecting Dnld as opposed to SHORT or FULL scan...
Logoff not working for certain modem types
added ModemEscapeTime= (defaults to 1 second) to WinCIS.INI
adding this option to the WINCIS.INI under "[PGM OPTIONS]
allows the user to lengthen the delay before and after
issuing the "+++" modem command escape sequence..
Additionally changed the logoff logic to recognize the
HOST NAME: prompt if it appears duting logoff and respond
with "OFF"
New versions of MHIN200.VBX and VBCOMM.VBX from Microhelp
VBCOMM now correctly turns off terminal-ready when the
comm port is closed.
7) Comm buffer overruns causing program to appear to hang. Caused
by a combination of the terninal screen updates slowing down
the program so that the comm buffer slowly began to exceed the
rate at which the it was being drained by the application.
Changed logic to allocate 75% of available buffer space
to recieve buffer and 25% to transmit buffer. In addition
changed the terminal logic to purge the terminal scroll back
buffer to last 4K as it exceeds 8K...