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┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ ╖────╖ ╖ ┐ │ Archive Identifier Revision History File
│ ║ ║ ║ │ │
│ ║────╢ ┐──┐ ┌──┐ ║ ┌───│ │ The following is a list of the most
│ ║ ║ │ │ ║ │ │ │ recent changes made to the ARCID system
│ ╜ ╜ ┘ └──┘ ╜ └───┘ │ by revision level, in reverse order.
│ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
* NOTE: If ARCID appears unable to identify some ARJ self-extracting archives,
this is not a limitation of ARCID, but bugs in ARJ versions 2.21, 2.21a
and 2.22. The ARJ SFX signature was not inserted into the ARJ SFX
header, therefore no program relying on this signature (such as ARCID
and ULP) cannot detect ARJ SFXs created with these versions. Versions
2.20 and 2.30+ correctly insert the signature.
1.21 - Strengthened ZIP signature detection to prevent programs with
(7/13/96) imbedded signatures (such as RAR's RCVT.EXE) from causing a false
positive.
Upgraded Watcom C compiler to version 10.6 from 10.0b.
1.20 - Added support for BMP (bitmap) files. ARCID can detect Windows 3.x,
(6/1/96) OS/2 1.x and OS/2 2.x format BMP files.
Added code to the DOS version of ARCID to release time slices under
OS/2, DESQview and Windows where appropriate.
Adjusted the SFX detection code to properly detect InfoZIP's ZIP-
compatible self-extraction module.
New registration information (change of address and a new credit
card registration site).
1.15 - Modified registration information and re-released.
(12/17/95)
1.14 - If a small .EXE file that was not a self-extractor was being
(11/4/95) identified, ARCID could take several seconds to return "unknown
archiving format". Fixed.
1.13 - Added support for RAR archives, including RAR SFX archives.
(10/14/95)
Adjusted the file identification routine to detect more recent (but
apparently not publicly released) versions of WinZIPSE.
1.12 - Adjusted the ZIP SFX detection to identify self-extractors created
(4/16/95) with the new WinZipSE utility.
1.11 - Fixed a minor bug in the new startup routines, and since it will
(2/4/95) probably be awhile before the next release I decided to go ahead
and release it now.
1.10 - Changed compilers from Borland C++ 3.1 to Watcom C/C++ 10.0. This
(1/29/95) has allowed me to produce a native 32-bit OS/2 version of ARCID, for
those users who run under OS/2 version 2.0 and later.
ARCID now uses a registration key file instead of the registration
code branded into the executable (OS/2 won't permit a program to
brand itself, at least I couldn't find a way to do it <g>). If you
have already registered ARCID, you are entitled to a key file
without re-registering ARCID. Since I now live in Swedem, the only
means I have of providing new key files is via Internet, and I
require that we use PGP to protect the key files in transit. Send
me your public PGP key and I'll generate and encrypt a key file for
you.
Removed the beep that ARCID produced on error. Since this program
is designed to run more or less unattended, what's the point?
1.07 - Enclosed new registration and support information. Refer to the
(12/20/94) enclosed !NOTICE! file for more information.
1.06 - Added support for signature detection of JPEG/JFIF files. Use the
(12/2/94) extension "JPG" on the ARCID command line to enable detection of
JPEG/JFIF files in your batch files, etc. that utilize ARCID.
Removed the PAK SFX detection code, as it was producing occasional
false detections of normal executables. Due to the design of PAK,
just 1 byte is used to identify a SFX which is simply too unreliable
for production use.
1.05 - On a few systems, ARCID would appear to go out to lunch during the
(2/4/94) beg screen delay. It seemed most prevalent on DESQview systems that
removed the time slices from the timer's looping, and could freeze
the system. Fixed by changing to a less CPU-intensive timing
function.
1.04 - It appears I was overzealous in my attempts to not falsely detect an
(12-4-93) ARC format archive, and was not recognizing some valid ARC archives.
Fixed.
1.03 - ARCID was unable to automatically identify PKZIP 2.04? self-
(5-9-93) extracting archives created with the -j switch (SFX junior). Fixed.
Added a sample SLOWDRV.BAT file for use in conjunction with PCBoard
version 15.0.
1.02 - The self-extracting archive detection routine could intermittently
(12-22-92) fail depending on the location of the archive signature. Fixed.
1.01 - ARCID is now capable of autmatically identifying SQZ and SQZ self-
(12-16-92) extracting archives. Just add "SQZ" (no quotes) to your ARCID
command line extension list and trap the appropriate DOS errorlevel.
The screen-clearing code has been removed for better aesthetics when
called from other programs or batch files.
Increased the scanning range, improving it's reliability for archive
identification.
1.00 - The archive identification routine has been strengthened to reduce
(9-18-92) false identifications.
Salt Air (PCBoard Support BBS) has granted me an ULP support
conference on their system. It is conference #42, and I will be
monitoring it at least twice per week. You can get support for ARCID
as well there.
0.93ß and 0.94ß - Initial beta test releases.