home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Monster Media 1994 #2
/
Monster Media No. 2 (Monster Media)(1994).ISO
/
pcboard
/
dwnld30b.zip
/
DWNLD.HST
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-07-13
|
8KB
|
175 lines
History Update for Dwnld.PPE
Version 3.0ß
------------
- This is a BETA version. If you find any problems please inform me of them
and the steps taken to find them.
- I have received some mail about how I was going the right way with the
multilingual but was not taking it far enough. So I have removed *ALL* the
hard-coded prompts from within the PPE. This means that ALL the prompts and
headers are now changeable. Even the "Y"es and "N"o are taken from the
native language. To make this work in multilingual you will need to have
multiple CFG files (one for each different language that you want to display
the PPE in) that have the name of DWNLD.LANG with the LANG equal to the
extension of the language you want to use (see your PCBML.DAT file for this
info). IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE MULTILINGUAL FEATURE JUST USE ONE CONFIG FILE
WITH THE NAME DWNLD.CFG INSTEAD.
- Since I was making all the prompts multilingual, I also made all the prompt
colors Sysop definable.
- Added the ability to Remove a file from the batch, View the contents of a
ZIP or ARJ file that is in the batch, and Change the Transfer Protocol.
These are accessible from the PPE with the Up Arrow/Down Arrow.
Note: Since the Up Arrow is not accessible from the local keyboard, I have
also made the above features accessible with the Left Arrow/Right Arrow
combination.
- With all the new features the config file has grown quite a bit. But this
unfortunately is a result of giving you, the sysop, total control of the
PPE. Each line of the config file is documented at the end of that file.
The sample DWNLD.CFG included will work just fine if you are not up able
to spend some time with the CFG file right now.
- I was unable to complete the new RIP portion. This will be included in the
next version hopefully.
- Added my new domain name to the doc file
Version 2.1-2.8
---------------
- In house alpha and beta versions.
Version 2.01
------------
- Made a slight modification to the routine that calculates the date of the
temp file. It works the same, but now uses the built in FLAGCNT(), MONTH(),
DAY(), YEAR(), HOUR(), MIN(), and SEC() functions. This should make the PPS
a little easier to read and understand.
- Added TB_Q_PPE support. This allows the other PPE's that use this support to
know when DWNLD.PPE is running.
Version 2.0
------------
- I think I have FINALLY stamped out that pesky bug that was occassionaly still
putting in the "WAIT" prompt when it shouldn't have. If any one sees the
prompt show up other than when the file attempting to be flagged is in error
then please let me know.
- Made the file list area of the screen a scrolling "window" so that when
a new file name is entered only the file list is redisplayed, not the whole
screen. This will speed up callers at 2400. I am thinking about making the
list scrollable "upwards" too, so the user can see files previous to the
last ten....for a future version (maybe 3.0).
- I have gotten some comments that basically said that people liked the PPE
but don't like the choice of colors <g>. Well, I can understand that. We
all have our own taste and like to make things look different on our board
so......Now there is a configuration file for the PPE. This configuration
file will allow *YOU* to decide what is shown. You can now select whether
or not the: file number, file size, file date, transfer time, free file
check, and no time check are shown. You also now have control of the color of
the: border, titles, header, footer, and bullet bar. You also may change the
text in the header and footer in. There is no longer a seperate CD-ROM
version since the feature of that version is now available in this one. The
sample config will make the PPE look exactly like the previous versions.
Play with it as you will. The config file has the format of:
Y :Display File Number? \
Y :Display File Size? \
Y :Display File Date? \
Y :Display File Transfer Time? / `Y' and `N' and only choices
Y :Display Free File Check? /
Y :Display No Time Charged Check? /
@X0A :Color of borders
@X0B :Color of titles
@X0D :Color of Bullet Bar
@X09░▒▓█@X1B Statistics for the last 10 files in your batch :Header
@X09░▒▓█@X1B Statistics for the ENTIRE batch :Footer
Version 1.51 released on 2/1/94
-------------------------------
- Well apparently there were a few bugs in the coding I did for version 1.5.
One occurred when the time stamp on the temp file was less in minutes but
higher in seconds than the file PCB makes (FLIST.#). IE: If my temp
file was stamped 6:20:50 and the FLIST was stamped 6:21:04 it would cause
a "WAIT" even though it shouldn't have. Another was I did not check the
date of the stamps. So something like 11pm and 1am would be considered ok
(when it shouldnt). Fixed (hopefully). There is a KNOWN bug though. I
thought it better not to check the year of the temp file, the check would
only take tens of milliseconds (probably) but when added for a whole year
this seemed to be a lot of time to just prevent ONE "wait" that would occur
at the beginning of the year. I have been running this on my board for over
a week now with debugging code in it and not one "wait" occurred when it
shouldn't have. If you have problems please inform me.
- Made the message at the bottom of the screen the same as the default one
for PCB. With the way that the PPE is structured and the wording set to
default, this should allow automated scripts to work now.
Version 1.5 released on 1/21/94
-------------------------------
- I got a number of requests to get rid of the "Wait" that was occuring on
entry of the PPE and after a correct filename was entered. So, due to
popular demand, I have reworked the code to baypass it if the file names
entered are valid. It *still* is there when the user makes a typo and enters
an incorrect name, this allows the user to see the error message before
continuing. I hope this is what everyone was looking for <g>. The PPEs do
now make a "flist.tmp" file in the node's home directory, but this should
normally be only 1 or 2 bytes (yes, bytes) so it should not be a problem.
- Reversed the order of entries in this history file so that for now on you
will be able to see the newest updates first.
Version 1.4 released on 1/15/94
-------------------------------
- Made the RIP detection a little smarter.
- Added the version number onto the screen so it is easier to tell what you are
running (it is VERY dark though and most users wont see it).
- Fixed a bug that if the filesize was EXACTLY a multiple of 256 bytes, that
the filesize would be displayed as 32 bytes instead. Also applied this patch
to the file transfer time incase they time had been an exact multiple of
256 seconds.
- Cleaned up this history file <g>.
Version 1.3 released on 1/8/94
------------------------------
- Changed the way that the ESTIMATED TIME for batch transfer is calculated.
Hopefully this will stop the lockups that a few of you on networks have been
experiencing. If you still have lockups please let me know.
- Cleaned up the code some.
- Recomplied to make the code smaller and faster (I hope).
- Combined CD and NON CD versions to the same zip. They are still named DWNLDCD
and DWNLD within the zip though.
- Changed the CD version number to reflect the same number scheme as NON CD
version.
- Added note in docs that SHARE.EXE *must* be loaded.
Version 1.2 released on 1/3/94
------------------------------
- Added Wildcard Support (* and ?)
Version 1.1 released on 1/2/94
------------------------------
- Fixed batch time routine (old code sneaked in somehow).
- Fixed routine for SINGLE node systems (multi-node worked fine)
Version 1.0 released on 1/1/94
------------------------------
- First public release.