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Documentation for NewsRoom is intentionally very very very scarce.
We have a philosophy of putting the documentation into online help
which is accessed by pressing <F1>. Each field has it's own help
defined, and there is general help available through hypertext cross
references.
NewsRoom Release History:
09-02-91 NewsRoom version 1.00 released upon an unsuspecting world.
09-13-91 Version 1.01 -- this version now includes the ability to
output files with Wildcat! version 3.0 codes. In order to
accomplish this, the BBS option screen now accepts a 'W' for
wildcat codes, and the field has been switched to using a
pick list for the codes. The version number has also been
added to the top right hand corner of the screen.
10-03-91 Version 1.02 -- thanks to a fellow SysOp, some of the errors
in NewsRoom have been corrected. Adding a conference to the
conference database was causing problems, bogus error
messages, and just general junk. Also, if more than 2
conferences were created, things didn't work well in the
selection routines. These little goobers have been
corrected.
10-05-91 Version 1.03 -- well--if things keep up like this we'll be
on daily bug fix releases. Version 1.02 wouldn't save the
news files. Along with this, we found that the items
wouldn't be correctly sorted with the original news name
format. With this change, if you have any existing news
items, please rename them to use a 3-digit sequence number.
As an example, news item 1 for conference 0 would show as
0-1.NWS under the old format. Under the new format, the name
will be 0-001.NWS.
10-09-91 Version 1.04 -- neglected to allow enough space for long
conference names. Pretty dumb mistake, but then I haven't
made too many smart mistakes with this (or any other)
program.
11-04-91 Version 1.05 -- changed both the conference DB window and
the export window to accept the F10 key to signal completion.
Put corresponding prompt on the bottom of each window.
Hopefully this will make the process of saving not as
mysterious as it was before. Also was informed by another
SysOp that NewsRoom would not save a news file if the target
was the root directory (D:\ for instance). Fixed that puppy.
11-07-91 Version 1.06 -- changed the format for the Wildcat! specific
codes. Apparently I was bumscooped by a Wildcat! SysOp
concerning the exact format of these marvelous codes. This
release won't do anything for non WC SysOps.
11-08-91 Version 1.07 -- per request, if you are generating news
using the Wildcat! specific color codes, the file name (the
ASCII file in the conference options) will be forced to have
a .BBS extension.
11-14-91 Version 1.08 -- massive changes in this version!
The biggest change is in the news text files that were
cluttering disk space before. As of this release, the news
text is kept in a database file. Not to worry, gentle
reader, there is a program available (and distributed with
the version 1.08 copy) named NEWSCNVT. Running that program
in your NewsRoom directory will create the text database
file.
Next change is in the "Send More" option. Instead of a Y/N
only field, it will now accept Y, N, or E A quick
explanation: Y indicates that a "more" prompt will be placed
at the end of every news file. N indicates that no "more"
prompts will be used, and "E" tells NewsRoom to put a "more"
prompt at the very end of the news file only.
We have also cut down on our "advertising". The first news
item only will contain the copyright and registration
information.
Should be enough for one release. One last thing,
non-program related: The USR Dual Standard used by The
Existentialist BBS is now on a new phone number. First-time
callers should continue to call the (801) 226-8310 number and
leave a [C]omment to the SysOp. You'll be upgraded within 24
hours and be given access to the HST line on (801) 226-8315.
11-19-91 Version 1.09 -- back to bug fixes
The marvelous upgrade in putting the text into database files
really horsed things up. I broke the ability to pass the
conference number amongst the routines. Any text files you
added with version 1.08 are not associated with the proper
conference. Our apologies. This version corrects that
problem. To stave off problem reports in one area, the
editor will now accept extended characters (greater than
value 127). The bad news is that the database filters them
out. We're working on a fix.