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┌───────────────────┐
│ │ ║ UpLoadProcessor Revision History File
│ ╥ ╥ ╥ │ ║
│ ║ ║ ║ ╓──╖ │ ║
│ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │ ║ The following is a list of the most
│ ╙───╜ ╨ ║──╜ │ ║ recent changes made to the ULP system
│ ╨ │ ║ by revision level, in reverse order.
└───────────────────┘ ║
════════════════════╝
1.03 - Changed the swapping code (yes, again) because the code installed in
(11/6/93) version 1.02 was mangling the direct comm I/O after the first swap.
Also, the type of swapping is now configurable (see the General
Options menu). Options for swapping are now: (N)one, (E)MS, (X)MS,
(D)isk and (A)uto. Be sure to set this parameter when upgrading, as
the value has changed from your previous setting; (A)uto is
equivalent to the old (Y)es selection and probably the best choice.
Added the brain-dead newest file age checking algorithm back into
ULP as an option (see the Age Checking menu). I *strongly* recommend
you stick with average age checking, as it's much more resistant to
tampering than simply basing acceptance off the newest file, but
some people seem adament about using a newest file algorithm.
Removed the "elapsed time" code, saving about 1.5K of executable
size each on ULP, ULPTEST and ULPDB.
Shortened the length of the @-variable names that ULP utilizes in
order to free up a few more characters for the configuration
information fields in ULPSM (refer to the documentation for the new
variable names). You must go through your configuration file and
update all @-variables (in the archivers, file checkers, GIF file
checkers and description processing menus) according to the
following translation:
@ARCHIVE@ ---> @ARC@ @WIDTH@ ---> @WID@
@FILES@ ---> @FILE@ @HEIGT@ ---> @HGT@
@NEWEST@ ---> @NEW@ @COLORS@ ---> @COLOR@
@OLDEST@ ---> @OLD@ @COMPRESS@ ---> @COMP@
@BYTES@ ---> @BYTE@
*** NOTE: ZDCS users must enter the Duplication Checking menu in
ULPSM (menu G) and save the values (press F10) in order to
reset an imbedded @FILE@ variable.
Removed the erroneous FOSSIL port limitation of 8 (port numbers 0
through 7). Any port number will now be accepted on the command
line.
Fixed a bug in ULPADS that, under certain conditions, incorrectly
identified ads as having already been entered into the CRC database,
when in fact, they had not. The end result was the perception that
ULP was not removing some BBS ads. It would be a good idea to use
the distribution database included in the ULP archive and add your
own BBS ad files back in.
Fixed a problem where ULPTEST would still attempt to access the comm
port regardless of the configuration. Also improved ULPTEST's
handling of comm port detection and determination. Due to some users
having problems with stray DSZPORT variables, the order of the comm
port determination was changed to:
1. It utilizes the information directly passed on the command line.
2. It will search for the PCBDIR, PCBDAT and PCBDRIVE (optional)
environment variables to locate the PCBOARD.SYS and PCBOARD.DAT
files.
3. It will look in the current subdirectory where ULPTEST was
started from for the PCBOARD.SYS and PCBOARD.DAT files.
4. It checks DSZPORT environment variable for the comm port
information.
Discovered that ULP and ULPTEST were not including GIF files in the
byte counts, making the @BYTE@ variable incorrect for GIFs and
archives with nested GIF files. Fixed.
Fixed a bug where ULPTEST would not properly count the number of
executable duplicates, thereby skewing the percentages. (I think
this bug only affected ULP's internal duplication system).
ULPTEST did not properly handle what PCBoard was passing for 115,200
baud in the 5 character space allocated in PCBOARD.SYS for the DTE
baud rate. Fixed.
No UPDATE.EXE is included in this archive, as no change to the
configuration file format(s) occurred.
Mike Cocke is now a reseller of my shareware products, and can
accept credit card registrations. Please see the REGISTER.FRM file
for more information.
1.02 - In an effort to further improve ULP's already frugal memory usage,
(10/7/93) the internal database buffer size is now user selectable. Three
sizes are available for optimum database speed and memory usage:
2.5K, 5K and 10K. The smallest should be used for small databases
(less than 1 meg) or in severe memory conditions. The largest should
prove *slightly* faster for large databases (greater than 3 megs).
Previous versions of ULP had the database buffer hard-coded to 10K.
(This buffer is used only for internal database users; no buffer is
allocated when ZDCS is used).
Changed swapping code to what appears to be a more stable and
compatible routine. In addition, an additional 25K of memory is now
available with swapping enabled.
Since ULPTEST fast and normal modes do not repack archives, the BBS
ad checking was not enabled. This posed other problems, such as
inaccurate duplication levels due to the BBS ads being included in
the statistics. ULPTEST fast and normal modes now perform BBS ad
checking but do not remove the ads until ULP.EXE reprocesses the
file in the event.
Argh! Under certain circumstances, ULPTEST would create an archive
of the same name as being tested, except with the extension .ULP,
containing only a comment.
ULPSM would not allow a non-zero errorlevel to be configured for a
GIF file checker. Fixed.
With some help from the Fidonet C echo, I was able to fix my FOSSIL
code for the Microsoft compiler, and have switched ULPTEST back to
Microsoft C 7.0.
Updated my direct comm libraries to the latest version.
1.01 - The "error disposition" and "virus disposition" functions now have a
(9/22/93) third option: (K)eep. When (K)eep is selected, ULP will keep the
defective uploads, but will not rename them. Note that selecting
(K)eep prevents the use of ULP's override mode, since override mode
keys off of the file extension that (R)ename produces. However, the
purpose of the (K)eep function is to allow systems to more easily
retain a rejected file.
The "insert information line" flag has been removed from ULPSM. ULP
and ULPTEST will now insert a line only if one is defined, giving
the increased flexibility to add an archive info line, but not a GIF
info line, vice versa or both.
Added a new function to ULPSM's description processing menu: "Insert
lack of description line". By setting this to 'Y', ULP.EXE will move
files that have no description to the destination area, inserting
the description line "No description available". Setting this to 'N'
operates in the same manner as previous versions, where the file is
not moved.
ULPSM will also accept an environment variable, defined using the
%VARIABLE% convention DOS uses, in the work subdirectory field. Note
that the environment variable must still conform to the requirements
for the work directory paremeter (trailing backslash, path length,
etc.).
Increased the maximum allowable number of description lines to 60,
to match PCBoard 15's limit. Note that setting the limit higher will
use more memory in ULP and ULPTEST.
Extended ULPDB's segmented sorting algorithm to allow a complete
recompile of a duplication database of up to 128 megs in size (I had
one ULP user creeping up on the previous limit of 8 megs in size).
Prior to this release, GIF file testing within ULP could not be
disabled; ULP would always detect the GIF file and attempt to test
it. It is now possible to disable GIF detection and testing entirely
if all minimum image parameters are set to 0 and the GIF file tester
command line is blanked out.
Removed the bomb archive checking code in ULP and ULPTEST in favor
of the improved disk space checking routine. Previously, ULP and
ULPTEST would fail an archive if a file contained within was over
the hard-coded limit of 5 megabytes in size; this is no longer the
case (unless there is insufficient disk space to decompress the
archive).
Due to the ever-increasing memory requirements of SCAN, an example
F-PROT command line has been added to the default ULP configuration
file for those who wish to change virus testers, or simply want the
extra safety of two virus testers.
ULPTEST slow mode was not following the archiving flags for nested
archives and nested SFX archives. ULPTEST also did not detect ZIP
-AV stamps or ARJ security envelopes (this was by design when only
normal and fast modes were available; I forgot to install it when
slow mode was added).
ULPSM would not allow numerals to be included in the special case
file extensions. Fixed so all valid filename characters are
accepted.
Finally tracked down a long-standing bug that would process nested
archives twice under certain circumstances.
Fixed a problem where the privileged user list handling wasn't
working exactly as planned when ULPTEST was run in normal or fast
modes.
Fixed a problem where ULPTEST normal and fast modes would not detect
that the same file uploaded twice between events were duplicates.
ULPSM would erase the unpacking command line in the archivers entry
screen if the pack command was edited. This error also produced
archiving errors if the command line extended to within 3 characters
of the end of the packing command line field. Fixed.
Cleaned up a few "Divide by zero" errors that would appear under
some conditions.
1.00 - First non-beta production release.
(8/28/93)
0.91ß through 0.99ß - Beta test versions...
0.90α/A through 0.90α/I - Alpha test versions...