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04/22/96: (Revision Level: 00.50) (Middle αlpha)
Made file jumping alot faster with the new system.
Reorganized the list prompt to include the new [J]ump command.
Fixed the [N]ostop bug
Cut Nonstop mode off when displaying the history file. Looked as if
it was causing some problems. <shrug>
Sped up loading a BUNCH for large systems! It's still kinda pokey,
but it should be acceptable till I find a faster way. It's
just all these undocumented APIs that keep slowing me down...
Fixed listing message areas when writing a message to a file's
uploader on the info screen.
[S] from the info window now always displays "Not Yet Implimented"
instead of just some of the time.
CTRL-X will abort most loads and scans. Sometimes it will dump you
back to the board, though, due to the nature of the scan/load.
04/15/96: (Revision Level: 00.41) (Early αlpha)
The version screen (* at list prompt) will now give the user the option
of viewing the history file if found.
File Tagging has been cut back on! Thanks to AdeptSoft for fixing the
problem in Adept!
Started marking changes in the readme so that people could follow it
much easier.
04/08/96: (Revision Level: 00.40) (Early αlpha)
APRIL FOOLS! (we hope not :))
HAPPY EASTER!!
The [I]nfo screen now tells the proper NAME of the are in which the
file is located instead of just its number.
When writing to the uploader of a particular file, AdeptFile will now
allow the user to get a list of available message areas by
entering '?' at the prompt.
X,Q, and a blank entry will now abort when writing a message to
the uploader of a file.
Added a line between the file's data and its description on the [I]nfo
screen.
Changed the '?' on "Cost" to a "0" to look a bit more professional.
Swapped "File Date" and "Download Time" to a more sensible location
(Download time beside the file's size and the upload date beside
the uploader.)
When a user [W]rites to the uploader of a file now, the subject line
shows the area in which the file resides instead of just its name.
Completely re-engineered the [I]nfo prompt. It is now alot more clear
as to what things do, and special functions are placed in brackets
at the end of the prompt.
[D]elete a file has now become [K]ill a file. The [D] is now used for
downloading.
Fixed some bugs in the tagging and downloading routines. Sometimes
AdeptFile would tag and/or download the wrong file(s).
Tagging files now tells you which files AdeptFile has tagged and which
ones it has not. Tell me if you think the display should be faster
or slower. :)
The tag files prompt will now tell you how many files you tagged as well
as how many bytes. This is NOT cumulative! It's only for how
much was tagged this time around. I'll be implimenting a similar
mechanism with downloads. :)
Completely re-engineered the file tagging and downloading systems.
Unavailable entries are now shaded a bit more than the normal files
in the filebase.
Changed "Scanning" to a numerical value showing how many files we have
scanned.
File tagging will have to wait till Adept 1.07e comes out. The code
that tags the files is still inactive in AdeptFile since, in Adept's
current incarnation, AdeptAddToXferList() kills Adept.
Getting a list of available message areas when [W]riting to uploader
doesn't seem tow work in Adept 1.07c when it worked previously.
The function we call was updated in this release, so I think it's
a problem with Adept. I'll check into it. :)
Fixed the dark bottom desc line on deleted files.
Files without a description or an uploader will now correctly say
"No description left by Unknown"
MAJOR internal structural changes. I've rewritten many, many things
internally to support a host of new features in the future! Some
things may have been broken by the wide, sweeping changes that I
made to the internal code. PLEASE tell me if anything is out of
the ordinary in this release.
The first of those features: from any list, you can use the "[]" keys
to move back and forth between directories. Koen Koster gave me
the idea for this so hats off to him for it!
Redesigned the list prompt. It now shows the above options.
On the info screen, you can now also use the "[]" keys to move back
and forth between files.
[* Released to a few people for testing purposes ************************]
CTRL-X will abort loading during a scan
Up, Down, Left, Right, <, and > will now work the same as the "[]" keys
to move back and forth between files and areas.
AdeptFile now supports more than 99 files in a filebase without
mucking up the display.
Rewrote the file area jumping routines so that they will remember
where you were in the list while jumping back and forth. The code
is still a bit shakey. Please tell me if it does anything out
of the ordinary so that I can fix it. The only odd thing I've
seen it do in this build is mess up the "## of ##" text when jumping
to a new area. I'll try and fix that by .50.
Using the jump keys in the info screen will let you jump to files you
supposedly can't access. I'll fix this in .50, too.
03/30/96: (Revision Level: 00.30) (Early αlpha)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME...... :)
Revised small parts of the information screen.
I have started adding the time to download calculation code. It's
still rough and probably contains errors, but it will get better
as I tweak the routine.
Many of the prompts now accept '-' to go back to the previous screen.
Started work on the rest of the [I]nfo screen. Notice the new options:
[C]alibrate Info - Updates the filebase with the file's true
filesize, date, etc.
[S]ysop - Only available to sysops. Allows for file
mgmt.
[D]elete - Allows for the file uploader or sysop to delete
the file.
[ENTER] - Exits, along with Q,X,Esc,-.
Please note that none of this works yet and the sysop option is
shown to everyone. Eventually I hope to read Adept's "Sysop" flags,
etc. to determine who has access to sysop functions and who doesn't
on an area-by-area basis.
All non-working functions on the Info window now say "Not Yet
Implimented."
"Cost" became "DLable?" on the Info screen.
I've reworked alot of the description management code to make use of
my own internal routines. The code is alot easier to maintain
because of it. :)
"[W]rite Author" on the Information screen now works!
AdeptFile will now allow special access to a file if the user is either
(1) the sysop or (2) the uploader. Special access is needed to
delete a file.
[D]eleting a file does not work yet. I can't seem to get Adept to
delete anything from the filebase. :(
The date on the info screen now reads correctly.
GREATLY enhanced how we handle deleted/orphaned files. AdeptFile will
give all deleted files a date of "00/00/00," a file size of "0,"
and a description of "<< Deleted File >>." We do not write these
values into Adept's actual database, of course; we simply show
them to the user. Deleted files can neither have information pulled
on them nor can they be downloaded or tagged.
Downloading now works! (hurrah!)
The pointer is no longer miscalculated when returning from the info
screen.
AdeptFile now leaves temp files in its home directory that look like
"AdeptFile.1.Tmp" These are used to download files so please
ignore them. They're small anyway. :)
03/25/96: (Revision Level: 00.20) (Early αlpha)
Made some of the displays a bit prettier.
Moved the "(25/90)" text up to the top of the screen. We make better
use of space by doing it this way.
AdeptFile now flashes a "(Scanning)" line when it's searching the
filebase. This will let the user know that it's actually doing
something. Hopefully Ill find a faster way to scan the filebase in
the future. Currently the AdeptfSys() functions aren't documented
well at all so I cannot use many of the calls I'd like to.
Rewrote most of the file listing code. It works alot better than it
used to now. :)
Added a [P]revious button.
Fixed some problems with showing incorrect file sizes (commas were in
the wrong places and other misc. glitches)
Vastly improved the [N]onstop feature.
I have rewritten the display system because it seems that Adept
EXPLODES if AdeptPrint() gets overloaded (the whole board goes up in
smoke.) The system works flawlessly now!
The [I]nfo screen works now. It will be enhanced alot in the future.
Got the dates working, albeit not via the standard machanism <g>
03/20/96: (Revision Level: 00.10) (Early αlpha)
Sent a copy out to a few people for input and whatnot...
03/19/96: (Revision Level: 00.00)
Work began on AdeptFile on a cold and windy March evening.....