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Ezycom Software Development Team
Presents
Ezycom V1.48G0
Before doing ANYTHING, you should BACKUP your entire system
1. It will only run if a valid Ezycom key is found.
ie: You need to be a registered Ezycom SysOp.
2. This Gamma release contains some of the new
features that the final 1.50 release will contain.
3. This is a Gamma release, and as such, may contain
some bugs. This is not to say that it has not been
thoroughly tested by the Beta Team, but with any
software as complex as Ezycom, some bugs may slip
past the Beta testing. Please report any bugs you
find to a member of the beta team ASAP, also include
details of how we can reproduce the problem. Saying
feature 'x' 'doesn't work' is not good enough, it
may well work quite nicely on our systems.
4. Completely read this document, and LICENSE.TXT before
proceeding with the upgrade. Especially read
LICENSE.TXT, as are changes in the licensing conditions,
which may affect you.
Upgrading:
---------
o extract ezymain.arj
o run 120to148
o run updlang
o run config
Enhancements
------------
File Base
o Added the defining of the uploader name to ezyadopt
Use the -UPLOADER<name> switch to specify the name.
Any spaces should be replaced by underscores.
eg: ezyadopt -uploaderPeter_Davies
o you can now configure a default uploader for ezyadopt
in config->file->file list->default uploader
Use the ezyadopt -UPLOADER<name> to override the config
option
o added [-MINSEC<security>] & [-MAXSEC<security>] to
ezyutil2 -LIST
o If upload conversion is not turned on, then ezycom
automatically extracts file_id.diz if the file has one
The switch to turn it on/off is Config->File->Misc2
o You can now turn on/off upload dupe detection in
Config->File->Misc2
o new ezyutil command to build file index
ezyutil -buildfileidx
rebuild the filebase index
o the file area template plus & minus on goto commands now
use the file index, so they should be faster (especially
with groups activated)
o added pcb colour conversion to ezyadopt
use the -PCBCOLOUR switch in ezyadopt to enable it
o added a switch in config->file misc 2 to convert pcb colour
codes in file ids that have been uploaded
o added a switch in config to set the maximum days old a file
can be to be shown in a new files check for new users
the switch is in config->file misc 2
if you set the value to 0, then all files will be shown in
a new files check
o made ezyutil -makefileareas allow wildcards for the file to
search for (-L<filename). So, that you could specify something
like *.zip, and it will add any directory with a zip file in it.
You will need to fix up the files.bbs path after that though, as
it will contain the name of the zip file it located.
o implemented CD Caching on EzyAdopt
o when trying to convert cd files, ezyfile always ignored them, but
it took extra time in ignoring them, than necessary.
It now marks them as checked, and improves overall conversion
performance.
o fedit now moves files quicker when they are on the same drive
o users can now type in long descriptions for uploads
File/Message area Groups
o added support for 255 file and message groups
In message area type commands (ie list areas), use
/MG=<group number> instead of /G=... to list the group
for viewing (0 is global)...
eg: /MG=240
in file areas it is /FG= .....
in goto menus to change the current group for that
command you use /FG & /MG
to change it for the session as the users choice use
/CFG= & /CMG= (change message group...) this means
that ANY command that use message/file area lists, or
global type operations will use this group from now
on, unless it has override commands on the option
(ie /FG= ...) /CFG=0 or /CMG=0 resets the groups to
global
no /FG /MG on a command line for change area and other
type global commands, means use the current group (/CFG /CMG)
o the message area plus and minus in the goto commands
should be faster now, as it uses the message area index
o Added New Menu Commands
Option 94 Change File Group
Option 95 Change Message Group
o you can change the maximum amount of file groups in config
in config->files->file_misc
o message groups limited to 255
config ->message areas -> message groups
o the change message/file groups have a /NOGLOBAL switch which
stops the 0 Global option from being display and accepted on
entry.
o Examples of using the new menu commands.
The following is from a menu called MSGALL.MNU
23 │ R │ ; │ /M Read the curent msg area
27 │ P │ ; │ /M Post a message in the current area
1 │ > │ ; │ msgall /m=+ Move forward to the next msg area
1 │ < │ ; │ msgall /m=- Move back to the previous msg area
67 │ A │ ; │ /retlist Change msg AREA, using the current
msg group
95 │ C │ ; │ /retlist Change msg GROUP
For the next example, we are at the Online Games menu. We have all
the message areas the are to do with online BBS games in message
GROUP 2 .
67 │ S │ ; │ /MG=2 /RETLIST Change msg AREA, using msg
GROUP 2 for the msg GROUP
1 │ < │ ; │ ongame /m=- /MG=2 Move back to the previous msg
area in msg GROUP 2
1 │ > │ ; │ ongame /m=+ /MG=2 Move forward to the next msg
AREA in msg GROUP 2
In the next example, we are changing to the Amiga message menu
To set the default msg GROUP, we would use the following DATA
line command:
1 │ A │ ; │ amymsg /cmg=2
The File GROUP/AREA change menu options follow the above DATA
line commands
Menus types 94 (Change File Group) and 95 (Change Message Group)
also support /NOGLOBAL, meaning the the global menu group will
not be shown.
o Questionnaire Language
added compiled questionaires
use ezyutil2 to compile the questionnaire
Format: ezyutil2 -compile<questionnaire name>
Eg: ezytil2 -compileTest.q-a
Menu Option 93 is used (exactly the same as option 12) to
execute the compiled q-a.
The main difference in compiled q-as, is that they are trimmed
of excess characters, and gotos/gosubs are optimized for speed.
This leads to greater execution speed.
Warning: Changing the compiled Q-A with an editor in any way,
will cause weird results. Instead, the Q-A should be
altered, and recompiled.
o New q-a commands
SETFILEGROUP <group>
SETMSGGROUP <group>
sets the current file & message groups respectively
The old q-a group commands are now obselete
o New control codes
CtrlK i = Current File Group Number
CtrlK j = Current Message Group Number
CtrlK k = Current File Group Name
CtrlK l = Current Message Group Name
Doors
o in menu option 7, the following commands were added
*D5 creates DOOR.SYS with a filename of DOOR.SYS
*D6 creates DOOR.SYS with a filename of DOOR<node>.SYS
o DOOR.SYS extended version is now also used with *D5 & *D6
o in menu option 7, &O can now optionally include a baud rate after
the parameter, so that door drop files will use that baud
rate when being written.
(This the letter O, not the numeral 0)
Format: &O[<baudrate>]
Eg: &O
&O115200
&O38400
o Menu Option 81, can now optionally include a baud rate after
*O, to make the drop files use that baud rate.
(This the letter O, not the numeral 0)
Format: *O[<baudrate>]
Eg: *O
*O115200
*O38400
Misc
o dates can now have . in them
ie 12.12.1996 is valid
o maximum baud rates in config & ezymenu now set at 230400.
The maximum baud rate however is still 38400 due to fossil
driver spec limitations
o dramatically sped up the dupe detection code in ezymail
OS/2 Utilities
o included in the EZYOS2.ARJ archive is now
EZYNODE, USERCOMP and LANGEDIT
These are trial OS/2 versions, and have not been tested
much. If you decide to use these, you should use them
with caution.