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- Update information for version 2.20a - June 27, 1993
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-
- Version 2.20a updates three files:
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- FD.EXE Mailer executable
- FD.OVR Mailer overlay file
- FDSETUP.EXE FrontDoor configuration utility
-
- This patch update kit will not work properly if you do not currently
- have FrontDoor 2.20 installed. If you are still running FrontDoor
- 2.10, you must either obtain a new set of original disks with 2.20,
- or the patch update kit from version 2.10 to 2.20 available from an
- authorized FrontDoor dealer or distributor.
-
-
- To update to 2.20a, follow these instructions:
-
- 1. Make a copy of the directory where your FrontDoor binaries
- (executables) are permanently stored. This is for safety
- reasons in case the PATCH program fails to restore the original
- files in the event of a problem.
-
- 2. Place FD220A.RTP and PATCH.EXE in the directory where FD.OVR is
- permanently stored.
-
- 3. Issue the following command from the DOS command-line:
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- PATCH FD220A.RTP<Enter>
-
- 4. Replace your existing FD.EXE and FDSETUP.EXE files with the
- corresponding files supplied with this update.
-
- Note that if you are using another disk or directory to
- temporarily store FD.EXE, FD.OVR, and/or FDSETUP.EXE, you must
- copy the new files to that disk or directory as well.
-
-
- The following fixes and changes between 2.20 and 2.20a apply:
-
- FDSETUP
- - The status (help) information for the "Users" menu option in
- the Folder Manager (edit mode) was displaying an incorrect
- help string.
-
- - Added support to configure the automatic fax print function.
-
- - Various other cosmetic fixes.
-
- MAILER
- - Swapping to disk was broken.
-
- - During certain conditions, the Mailer wouldn't detect an out-of-
- memory condition when an external request processor was used to
- handle file requests.
-
- - Some of the paths and filenames that were supposed to support
- the $TASK$ macro did not do so properly.
-
- - Added ability to automatically print received faxes after the
- session has completed. This is only supported if you also use
- the internal fax receive function.
-
- - The mailer could not successfully execute keyboard macros that
- were stacked and included a "CD" DOS command. E.g.
-
- CD \JUNK;JUNKPROG
-
- because the program restored the original directory between
- each executed command. The mailer now restores the original
- path after the whole macro sequence has been executed.
-
- - The NOYOOHOO, NOZAP, and NODZA parameters were only recognized
- if specified in the FDOPT environment variable, but not if they
- were specified on the command-line.
-
- - Two new macros, =I (remote system's phone number) and =J
- (remote system's nodelist flags), were added to the external
- request processor (ERP) and Service Request interface.
-
- - The Mailer did not scan the secure inbound file directory for
- mail packets upon startup.
-
-
- Distribution notice:
-
- This file and all other parts of the FrontDoor 2.20a patch update kit,
- may not be distributed by any other party than authorized FrontDoor
- dealers and distributors.
-
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- Absolute Solutions
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- Copyright 1993 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.
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