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UPGRADE INFORMATION
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FDC v4.2 Release Notes:
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Fixed the bug window bug that was causing information to overwrite the
top line of the screen.
Many sysops have asked how to set the PCBDAT= variable. Simply add this
line to you autoexec.bat file:
SET PCBDAT=C:\PCB\PCBOARD.DAT
Then reset your system. Of course you will want to substitute the
"C:\PCB\PCBOARD.DAT" with the path and name of your PCBOARD.DAT file.
I have quadruple checked the accuracy of the download count and I have
found it to be 100% accurate. A couple of sysops have reported that
other 'door' utilties that scan the DOWNLOAD.TXT are reporting different
numbers than FDC for the number of times a file has been download. The
only suggestion I have for these sysops is to run "FDC /STRIP" and then
reset the date counters in the FDC.CFG to a date back to 1980, then
run "FDC". This will strip all entries from the DIR files and then
rescan the entire DOWNLOAD.TXT file for the number of times a file has
been downloaded. In a nut shell it will reset the download count.
FDC v4.1 Release Notes:
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If you are upgrading from FDC v4.1 you will want to note the following
changes.
FDC now uses the PCBDAT= enviroment variable. The PCBDAT= enviroment
setting must be set in order for the proper operation of FDC. For 99%
of the sysops this should already be set. But for the %1 of you that
will recieve the error "PCBDAT= eviroment variable not found." you will
want to set it.
By utilizing the PCBOARD.DAT file FDC can find information such as
the location of the DOWNLOAD.TXT file and LOG file. Therefore the
parameter DOWNLOAD= in the FDC.CFG file is an OVERRIDE for the values
found in the PCBOARD.DAT file. If you would like FDC to default to
the path\file found in the PCBOARD.DAT file then simply comment out the
DOWNLOAD= option in the FDC.CFG file.
A bug has been reported by several users that FDC was not reading the
DOWNLOAD.TXT file correctly when searching back XX number of days. I
have found the bug and corrected the problem. Thanks to those of you
who have been patient in helping correct this bug.
FDC v4.0 Release Notes:
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If you are upgrading from FDC v3.x RUN FDC v3.x ONE LAST TIME RIGHT
BEFORE YOU UPGARDE to FDC v4.0. This ensures the last run date and time
paremeters are set to the current system date and time.
Then to install FDC v4.0 simply overwrite your FDC.EXE file with the new
version. You will then want to make 2 addtions to your FDC.CFG file.
These additions are LAST_RUN_DATE= and LAST_RUN_TIME=. Set these
parameters to be the *current* system time and date, since the last time
your ran FDC was right before the upgrade. (right?)
For example if you upgrade on February 27, 1994 at 2:30pm then edit the
paremeters to be:
LAST_RUN_DATE=02-27-1994
LAST_RUN_TIME=14:30
Note the LAST_RUN_TIME= parameter is in the 24 hour time format.