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__________________________________________ / \ / \ : PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS FILE. IT CONTAINS : : IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT USING HBBS : \ / \__________________________________________/ Changes ======= This file details everything I do to hbbs in a coding session starting with the newest first (so you don't have to scroll to the bottom of the file!) I've noted which versions were alpha releases next to the date, so you can see just how much work I am doing between releases.. Where possible I've detailed the changes under a heading of the program's filename where code changes have been made, other changes to the general setup will just appear under the date. 5/6/7-01-1996 ============= Loads of stuff, configurable prompts now done, check out HBBS:System/Data/BBSColours.CFG HBBS:Nodes/NodeX/BBSColours.CFG HBBS:Conferences/<ConfName>/BBSColours.CFG I've done sooo much these last 3 days that I forgot to write in this file and now I can't remember what I've been doing apart from doing a bit more no the fr and olm doors... added a BBSGlobal->CallsEver (kinda handy..) this will be loaded/saved from the HBBS:System/Data/Private file when i implement it's usage.. oh yeah, and I added a Flags parameter to the loadconfig so just add ,LCFG_NONE to all your current calles to it, check out defines.h to see what's what.. (they were primally added so i could read ansi strings from a file into a config item, at the mo ;'s are used to denote comments, I'll have to change that to something else soon..) 04-01-1996 ========== HBBSCommon.library ================== ===================================== I T ' S C H A L L E N G E T I M E ===================================== I can't for the life of me figure out why the bloody hell my new version of HBBS_LoadConfig() causes the control program to hand the machine when it loads the HBBS:System/Protocols file. The new version of HBBS_LoadConfig() is currently commented out, and the old one is still in use (although it has several bugs fixed..) just change the comments round, re-compile and see what I mean... I've tried allsorts to see what's happening but to no avail, everything seems normal! Argh.. I hate bugs like this... Sooo, if you fix this bug then I'll give you a nice crispy 5 pound note! (if you are not from the UK then, erm, well I'll write you a custom door or sommat...) Node ==== Implemented the NFLG_CTRLC flag, if a users presses ctrl+c during a getline() then the NFLG_CTRLC bit will be set in N_ND->NodeFlags Added The variables needed to implement OLM's, checkout N_ND->OLMCount and N_ND->OLMList and struct OLMNode in structures.h and NFLG_OLMSWAITING in defines.h.. to add an OLMNode to the OLMList call HBBSNode.library's HBBS_AddOLM() function (see HBBSNode.c) there's also a few more NFLG's to look at. also note the new GetLine flag, GL_NOOLMS HBBSCommon.library ================== Added the function HBBS_SendOLM() very easy to use and works a treat too!, for an example check out ReadOLM and the OnlineMessage (OLM) doors.. OnlineMessage ============= created door, installed as OLM this door sends messages to other nodes. ReadOLM ======= created this SYSTEM door, it's called when the user is at a getline prompt automatically, it displays all the queued OLM's one by one and lets the user reply to them if they came from another node.. If you send a message from an external program you must make sure that you set up the olm so that the user cannot reply to it! :-) hehe.. SendOLM ======= this is a rather handy AmigaDOS CLI program to send OLM's to nodes, note: this is NOT a door!!! Man HBBS is cool.. do that with /X ! 03-01-1996 ========== MailScan and MailRead ===================== Wow, this is cool now.. I've finally finished off the new mail scanning part of this door. (apart from the mark as read option) prior to this version if you scanned mail, but only read a few of the mail messages the ones that you didn't read would not appear in the next mailscan, they do now! (Check Out HBBS:Mail/Users/<UserID>/UnreadList.CFG) HBBSCommon.library -> READ THIS! ================== really optimized and bug fixed HBBS_LoadConfig() and HBBS_LoadFile() you should find that the whole bbs now speeds up dramatically!! ReLogin ======= Created Relogin door, installed as command RL for users with access of 50 or over. And yes, the logoff scripts (see below) do get called if you use this command! (Unlike /X where you had to logoff and call back if you wanted to see updated bulletins that only updated when the logoff script was called) Node ==== Logoff scripts are now implemented, when a user logs off the following AmigaDOS scripts are executed (S flag need not be set, they are run via the dos C:Execute Command) HBBS:Scripts/LogOff<nodenum>.script HBBS:Scripts/GlobalLogOff.script both scripts are started with the following parameters <nodenum> <userid> if you want to access the users handle from your logoff scripts then use the environment variable "HNode<nodenum>User" e.g. use $HNode1User for the name of the user on node 1.. the reason usernames/handles are not passes as parameters is that they MAY have spaces in the filenames... also note the environment variable "HNode<nodenum>LoginType" see HBBS:Scripts/GlobalLogoff.script for an example! Docs ==== updated the following doc files a bit HBBS:Docs/Misc/GUI.guide HBBS:Docs/Misc/Directories.guide HBBS:HBBS.Guide AddDIZToList ============ added a parameter check and writes to callers log if it has a problem.. 02-01-1996 ========== XPR === you can now resume files that you started to upload but either cancelled or lost carrier.. uploaded files are stored as <Conf-PartUpload>/<FileName>@<UserID> e.g. HBBS:Conferences/Amiga/PartUpload/BANANA.LHA@1 you must however set the xpr protocol options so that it allows resuming of files.. (E.G. Include "OR" in the protocol options, see the new updated HBBS:System/Protocols file...) FileLister ========== Woooooooooooooooooooooo, well quick now... rewrote my FGetsR() routine to be mucho quickero.. :-) FGetsR() just reads lines from a file starting from the current position and working backwards instead of forwards like the dos FGets(), hence the 'R' in the function name standing for Reverse.. I'll be putting this *COOL* function in the library soon! Also responds to a user handing up while browsing a filelist now.. added an H parameter so that you can scan the "holdlist" file of the conf you are in (Sysop's only..) works with all modes (FR,N and F) so N -2 H is cool! updated ansi when flagging files. does not clear screen at end of file anymore. View ==== fixed bugs and added sysop mode Zippy ===== same bug as filelist with the not checking for lost carrier.. fixed. also updated ansi when flagging files does not clear screen at end of file anymore.. 01-01-1996 ========== H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! Man my neck hurts.... And I can't remember why, alcohol roolz.. FileLister ========== FR WORKS NOW!! But it's realllllllly slow as I just did a real quick'n'easy way of reading the file backwards.. It'll be speedier sooon. XPR === now checks other node's playpen dirs for existance of the file that a user is trying to upload (someone else might already be uploading it..) Pager ===== created door, installed as O command at the bbs prompt it uses 3 4 new screens that should be placed in a screens/special dir.. Page.TXT - displayed before the page reason prompt Paged.TXT - displayed when a sysop has been paged PageNoSysop.TXT - for when the chatflag is off PageCancel.TXT - for when a user cancels a page LinesPerScreen ============== created door. 100% cool and rather easy to create.. installed as LPS at the bbs prompt, or accessable from the W command 31-12-1995 ========== HBBSCommon.library ================== changed so that will read and keep config items with blank strings.. e.g. Door_Options= needed this for the UserSettings door... Control ======= updated gui (again) Node ==== made it use HBBS.font on the screen title as well.. SelectLanguage ============== updated program, much cooler now.. 30-12-1995 ========== Done loads more on the XPR door, moves cancelled files to PartUpload etc.. and some other bits and bobs.. Control/Node ============ changed all LCFiles references to PartUpload as LCFiles will not be used.. CHANGE YOUR CONFERENCE CONFIGS! MoveFile ======== now accepts a NOUSER parameter, if specified it will not display anything on the screen 29-12-1995 ========== anyway, I'm tired now and want to go to sleep.. to many l8 nights coding away on this... It can't be good for me.. Mind you, I saw ace venture 2 today and that was quite a good film.. XPR === re-wrote most of the XPR door, it now does things much better are more structured and doesn't guess at strings to figure out of files have been transferred ok! :-) it now builds a linked list of files transferred (one for ul's and one for dl's) and checks them at the end to find out what's what.. MailReply ========= Fixed a (small) bug in this door that caused it to crash on my A3000, but not on my 2 other computers making it a pain to track down... turns out I was going strcpy(Msg->To,Msg->From) instead of FreeAndSet(&Msg->To,Msg->From)... caused memorylist corruption.. 28-12-1995 ========== did sod all on HBBS today, first time for ages.. :-) 27-12-1995 ========== didn't do much today, tiedied a couple of bits and bobs up here and there did a bit more on the mail and xpr doors.. the caller and calls today on each node's "Info" window now work 100%, but I have got to make it read in the callers log so that it shows who the last few callers were when you close and node and then restart it.. 26-12-1995 ========== Had a bit of a bugfixing day today.. UserSettings ============ This door is set up as "W" at the bbs prompt.. Man, is this door cool.. with /X you could either get the W command to bring up internal /X settings config program, or you could make it display a menu of what you wanted to change (i.e. AquaSettings) But with this COOL command you can specify what all the options on one screen! Check out HBBS:Doors/User/UserSettings/UserSettings.CFG. Icons ===== updated all the .info files to cool magic WB one.. Control ======= fixed a few memory leaks updated it to use some new library routines added a new parameter to BBSGlobal, CopyBufferSize (see docs) HBBSNode.library ================ added HBBS_AddToCallersLog(string), rather handy, it writes the date and time automatically too.. Node ==== Made it write to the callers log.. need some options to make it ignore local logins etc.. tho. HBBSCommon.library ================== addd more routines, changed a few more, added (even) more error checking to some routines that deal with mem [de]allocation. Docs ==== updated the BBSGlobal.guide file.. 25-12-1005 ========== Yes, I was programming HBBS on christmas day, well it was better than sitting down stairs with the parents watching the fucking queen's speech. It was much more fun sitting upstairs listening to a bit of "Green Day", "Offspring", "Speedy J" and many other cool artists! XPR === fuck.. actually it still doesn't work :-( Doh.. I could have sworn it was working yesterday 100%, but no you still get timeout errors when it writes to the disk :-( Not fixed it yet tho.. FileList ======== Man, is this door cool! F and N work 100% pure coolness.. Zippy Search ============ well, my brother wrote this rather nice door. most of the code was nicked from my own doors tho :-) hehe Tag File ======== Prints CR's after files that have not been found now.. AccountEditor ============= this is working better now.. It also tells the user at the other end that the sysop is editing your account details.. It also reloads the access levels in when you quit it.. JoinConference ============== added another system option to it, "REJOIN" and have set up a command called RJ so you can rejoin a conference if you wish to see bulletins, etc.. --> requested by Cruise! HBBSCommon.library ================== added lots of routins for converting between dates and back to strings.. see the FileList door for examples! CheckFiles ========== now checks names of uploaded files (can't start with a '.' and can't be more than 12 chars long.. if they are it'll prompt you.. 24-12-1995 ========== XPR === yeah, it's working, and without buffered io, (but I'll still implement this..) I'm using zprzmodem.library 3.0 and USRSerial.device and it works a treat! Node ==== screen/window information is now saved in <NodeLocation>/Screen.CFG rather than HBBS:System/Data/Node<num>_Private.CFG that way, if you delete a node, you delete it's associated data files too 23-12-1995 ========== XPR === the words AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrgghhhh! spring to mind when thinking about this F**king door! it sends files fine, but can I get it to fucking receive files ? Can i FUCK as like.. it all seems to boil down to the xpr_fwrite() function.. if i make it return(Size * Count) then you don't get *any* timeouts or anything even when the CPU's loaded! but if I make it return(Write(FileBuf->FH,Buffer,Size*Count)); then it just makes xpr_sread() timeout!! Argh! So I'm going to have to nick some buffered/async disk IO routines from somwhere... the annoying this is that the XPRD program does not have any buffered IO and works fine... Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HBBSNode.library ================ fixed SerWriteStrWithTimeout() Node and Nodes/NodeX/Device =========================== added a config option called NullModemCable, if set to true then you can connect another computer to your computer via a serial port and connect to hbbs from that.. :-) Coooool! to get hbbs to connect, just press return on the other computer! today I've just done sooo much to the bbs, mainly tidying stuff and fixing things! 22-12-1995 ========== changed DOOR_GetLine(), it's not SUPERCOOLFABANDWHIZZO! :-) 21-12-1995 (PM) =============== XPR === added GUI and window, updates fine.. still have to make it refresh when you un-zoom the window! Node ==== Updated GUI, added more buttons on the NodeSettings window implemented N_ND->DoorContinue. HBBSNode.library ================ implemented DOOR_Continue() (causes further doors not to run if a door sets this to false) AskDLFiles ========== made it use DOOR_Continue Download ======== made it aware of AskDLFiles's DOOR_Return() setting Control ======= added EditorCMD to BBSGlobal Config. updated GUI 20-12-1995 (PM) =============== XPR === tiedied somemore. in testing this has hung a few times, more testing required Node ==== changed a screen commands, (Ratio is now BRatio) and added FRatio for Bytes Ratio and Files Ratio respectively added a COOL function for creating cool menu prompts.. MenuPrompt() fixed a rather silly bug in DisplayScreen() it wasn't unlocking files if there were 0 bytes.. i was trying to unlock and filehandle rather than a filelock (confused vars FL with FH) :-) HBBSNode.library ================ added the function DOOR_MenuPrompt() pass it a string with the first letter of your options enclosed in square brackets ( []'s ) and hbbs will auto convert the string to cool colours and print it out for you! you can also pass it a default char so that it causes one option to be printed in bold. e.g. DOOR_MenuPrompt("More [Y]es, [N]o :",'Y'); currently everything is printed out in white except the brackets which are printed in yellow, the Y in the example above would be printed in BOLD text this is a cool function for providing a standard menu prompting scheme that can be used through out the bbs. I'll be adding parameters so you can change the colours, don't worry :-) Mail_Write ========== added a stack of options that you can select when you are creating a message also updated the messagebase stuff so that you can set an access level for a message. started creating a config structure for the mail doors to use. (this way the users can have thier own configuration for all the mail doors to use, it'll be stored as HBBS:mail/users/<id>/mail.cfg. Mail_Scan ========= updated to use the access level and door_menuprompt. 19-12-1995 (PM) - 20-12-1995 (AM) ================================= XPR === **Loads** more work done, it's all set-up and running withing the bbs environment now. It's interesting to note that term 4.5 comes with xprzmodem.library version 2.58, I had 3.0 and the latest is 3.51. 3.51 causes term and ncomm to software fail when transferring between each other and the nullmodem.device 2.58 just sits there and timesout. and 3.0 works fine.. :-) ut I've got no docs for that version :-( I tried my xpr implementation with a some other xpr libaries, it only worked with znodem and zedzap libs so far.. I have to do more tests. the otherlibs may require some of the xpr 2.0 extensions, I've only implemented 1.0 so far.. Transfer ======== Updated to cope with the XPR door SelectProtocol ============== defaults to protocol 1 instead of waiting for user input if they type in some shite the first time they are asked Mail_Scan ========= more stuff done HBBSNode.library ================ added two more routines, FindConf() (returns a confdata structure of the users current conf, or if they are not in a conf yet it'll return a confdata structure of the last conference they were in... ValidConfNum() returns true if you pass it a valid conference number (index starts at 1) 18-12-1995 ========== YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Finally At Last! Whay!! (if you couldn't tell, I'm Excited!) XPR === Implemented! 17-12-1995 ========== Fuck! It's amazing how much work I've done over the last few days! :-) HBBSCommon.library ================== fixed a COOL bug in the AssignOK() routine in that say you had a HD with a volume name of "A3000_DH0:", it's device name being "DH0:" and you set a (say) upload path to somewhere on DH0: AssignOK() would incorrectly return FALSE! Oops! CLIProtocol =========== correctly returns errorlevel of door in N_ND->DoorReturn Transfer ======== deducts creds for files for that are downloaded successfully Node ==== Loads moe stuff changed, fixed and updated Control ======= ditto Mail_Scan ========= even more work done, this door is all but finished, implemented the mailscan lastread pointers (saved in HBBS:Mail/Users/<UserID>/MailScan.CFG) now supports a 'M' for mark as read, so you don't have to sit through millions of useless old mail the sysops seem to leave around (not that they will with HBBS, because messages can be set to expire! :-) Mail_Read ========= supports reading a list of mail messages, the list is created with CreateMsgList() and then saved using SaveMsgList() Mail_Read then read this list back in again and will let you read all the messages in the list. this is a really amazing feature, because you can then write another door to search the mail database for keywords, and build up a list of messages that you can then pass to Mail_Read which then let you read them! COOOOL or what ? Mail_Write ========== more work done, still needs a bit doing to it (you can't attach files yet!) CheckTags ========= changed to cope with the new updated Tag_File door (below) also changed the ansi and it looks much nicer now! Tag_File ======== actually checks for the existance of files now... :-) AskDLFiles ========== door (re)created fromm scratch, it works fine, needs more work doing to it, it's just functional now.. :-) (mind you, it looks pretty tho :-) 16-12-1995 ========== Node ==== Added CLS,PAUSE,ECHO and DOS as door types! :-) (for CLS to work, the _door option must also be set to CLS) Mail_Scan ========= Scans for ALL and EVERYBODY messages too Mail_Reply ========== created door, works ok! Editor ====== now appends to existing files is the LOAD parameter is specified FrontEnd ======== won't allow users access who's accounts have been disabled (status of 'L', for login's denied) 15-12-1995 ========== FrontEnd ======== Automatically logs in the a new user if the newuser door created an new account ok. NewUser ======= Revamped slightly. Mail_Read ========= added a continue prompt on long messages can delete mail now HBBSNode.library ================ Added a DOOR_ContinuePrompt() routine 14-12-1995 (PM) =============== MailRead ======== Very quick version done. Cannot be called from the R command yet, only the mail scanner can use it so far.. 13-12-1995 (PM) - 14-12-1995 (AM) ================================= Today has been a bit of a tidy-up day with lots of little (but important) things being done. Access Commands have been implemented (but only 10 access settings are loaded, of which only one is used (see the Status door and access command "AllowStatus") Check out HBBS:Access/#?, <node>/Access/#?, <conf>/Access/#?. access data is updated when you a) login and b) change conference. This is actually a major thing beleive it or not... I'm surprised I've only just had to code it now... Also added a few new routines to both the libs (HBBSCommon and HBBSNode) hbbs also sets an env: variable called HNode<nodenum>User to the name of the person who's currently logged in. if no-one is logged in the variable will not be present the cool logoff screen is created using scripts and cli programs, see HBBS:Screens/Special/Logoff.txt HBBS:System/Amiga/CLI/ByeScript HBBS:System/Amiga/CLI/Figlet/#? (figlet just converts ascii text to large fonts made of ascii letters) Isn't hbbs wonderfull ?? :-) Node ==== F6 and SHIFT+F6 work now! AccountEdit =========== Right then, I've created this (smallish) and very unfinished door so that you can modify accounts by pressing F6 when a user is logged in. you can also run this from the command prompt, I've set it up so only users with an access level of 255 can do this. to run it just type "Accounts" at the prompt 12-12-1995 (PM) - 13-12-1995 (AM) ================================= DAMN I'M COOL.... Mailscan ======== Works a treat, implemented the little promptso you can call the "mailread" door now. it seems to be working 100%, even has nice special ANSI effects! MailWrite ========= Whay hey hey! Now we're cooking! This door has come along in leaps and bounds this evening.. It now writes mail to people! Hehe, it even handles multiple user mails (e,g, messages with more than one recipient) currently it does not do anything with internet/fideonet messages it does not let you select any flags, or attach files orlots of things actually, but hey, it works.. And I love it when doors compile and run first time after you spend 4 hours coding it.. :-) oh, and you can wipe-out all the files in a mail dir and hbbs won't complain, it'll just re-init everything for you automatically.. Editor ====== it had to happen sooner or later... A line editor! Yippie! Well, this is in a very early stage at the moment, it took me all of about 2 mins to write this one... it's also more of a "creator" that "editor" at the moment too :-) p.s. did you noticate that I've not started the "readMail" door yet :-) 7-12-1995 ========= Bollox... Life still sucks, aquafresh is sitting here next to me playing Sega Rally on my saturn, and he's quite shit at it :-) hehe.. Anyway, erm.. MailScan ======== Done more work, it's coming along quite nicely (still) 6-12-1995 ========= Well, life's still fucked today. The new fucking stereo for the car's gonna cost 300 quid, i need a new fucking head gasket for the engine, at another 300 quid. Then I need to replace a camera at 35 quid, and a personal stereo at 50 quid, followed by a new thermostat for the car at 20 quid followed by a new stereo surround for the car at 40 quid and 100 fucking quid for a new window in the car. FUCK Anyway... 5-12-1995 - The (Extremely) Bad Day =================================== ------------------------------------------------------ Warning - This Section May Cause Viewers Some Distress ------------------------------------------------------ Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck, how bad can my life fucking get.. My car was broken into tonight, and I've just had the window broken, £300 quids worth of car CD player, 2 cameras and my personal stereo all fucking nicked. If I catch the bastard who did it I'm gonna rip his fucking head off, shove a 20000 volt mains cable up his ass and drop a bloody piano on has bollox. Today started badly when I noticed that a collar button had fallen off my shirt. Checked the mail, "Argh!" A letter from the bank saying "Please pay in 762 pounds into your account within the next 10 days", "Great" I thought. When I got to work ten mins late, all the fucking users rang me up saying "I can't get into vista" because the supposed "patch" from DEC had made the VT320 emulator even WORSE, then I couldn't send a fucking fax from the fax machine as it would not do 40 page faxes, the paper just jammed. So I tried using windows 95 on my pc to send a fax via my 28.8k courier and all it says is "Fax Transmission Inturupted", Great Fucking Help that is. So we try another PC, it then comes up saying "Intermittent memory error" and fucks itself. So that pissed me off, then we got a new printer in and we couldn't plug that into the fucking machine it was supposed to plug into as it came with a parallel interface rather than a serial interface. Then the pathworks license allocator would not fucking work so all these PC's could not map thier "E:" drive to the (crap) VAX. So I had to spend 3 bloody hours fixing that. Then I came to set up my own spare PC and would the hard disk parition itself ? Would it fuck as like.. So, i then got another HD slapped that in all fine, copied about 200MB of warez 2 it. By that time it was about 7:30pm so i thought "I'm off now.." Went to my car, noticed the light in the glove box was on and I thought to myself "I'm sure I shut that when I came back from lunch", Went to open the door of the car and noticed the window had been smashed and my fucking new car cd player had ben nicked! Not only did they nick my car CD player, but they nicked my new "Alannis Morissette" CD I bought YESTERDAY! That was still in the cd player from lunchtime it. Argh! Now it's started snowing (had to snow the day my car has no fucking glass in the window of course, couldn't snow the next week could it, no, even the fucking weather has it in for me today), So it's fucking freezing and I've got to drive 8 miles home with no window, so I sat in my car freezing my nuts off all the way home. After I get home, I turn my Pentium PC on to copy all the warez from my spare PC, and after a moment i notice that it's making a rather loud sound. Fuck, the cables have just hit the fan that sits ontop of the pentium chip. Fuck you INTEL, why did you have to design such a shite processor! Then I checked out my "Home Contents" insurance to check wether my car stereo comes under it, and NO, course it fucking doesn't. FUCK. Damn this stupid fucking country. I couldn't afford "Fully Comprehensive" insurance earlier in the year because no insurance companies would do it as I'm 21, have a BMW 316 and haven't got any "No-Claims" bonus. The fucking insurance cost nearly as much as the car did. After all, the car was made in 1983 and I bought it for 750 quid but the insurance still costs 500, third party only (not even fire and theft..) CUNTS, I HATE LIFE IT SUCKS, WHY DO WE HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING, I JUST WANT TO SIT AT HOME PLAYING SATURN/PSX/NEO-GEO/3DO GAMES AND CODE ON MY AMIGA WITH A BOTTLE OF MALIBU SITTING NEXT TO ME, WITH AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF PC'S I CAN KICK THE SHIT OUT OFF FOR BEING SO DAMN CRAP. FUCKING COUNTRY, FREEDOM, BOLLOX I SAY. Oh, and I've not done a fucking thing on HBBS today either. 3-12-1995 ========= Created the "Download" door modified transfer door to (temorarily) handle downloads Common/Structures.C ------------------- modified Struct TaggedFile (removed ExplicitPath and added WarezFile) done more work on the mail scanner CliProtocol =========== Removed banner Control ======= fixed bug in loading data from "HBBS:System/Protocols" file it was looking for "UNIDIRECTION" or "BIDIRECTION" but the data file had "UNIDIRECTIONAL" and "BIDIRECTIONAL"... (note the "AL" on the end!! whoops!) 2-12-1995 ========= done more work on the mail scanner 1-12-1995 ========= Oh shit, Time's running out, it's that festive season again.. Node ==== Fixed bug with SetWatchTitles() that would still try and set the window and screen titles of the watch window even if it was closed.. (caused system crash) N_ND->ActiveDoor->SystemOptions is always allocated, this would have been a null pointer if an <door>_param_xx=<blah> was not specified, which caused problems for doors that do not check for a null pointer.. It also makes the door coder's life easier (but not mine) as it's one less thing they have to worry about. Done loads more on the mailscan door this evening too.. 29-11-1995 ========== Yeah! Another 2 months at macmillan.. Coooool. Loadsamoney.. No Erm, back to life and hbbs and that kind of thing.. !NewDoor/Main.C =============== set default stack size to 16k, this is because if you call many routines in the shared library (hbbscommon.library) you might run out of stack space causing spurious errors at random places due to memory corruption. All_Levels (access file) ======================== Setup "C" and "EMAIL" doors to use the "write_mail" door (see below..) note the use of _Param_1=<blah> Mail (note: as of today none of this works, I'm just laying the groundwork for it..) ==== Created all the dirs for the mail sub-system. HBBS:Mail/Public HBBS:Mail/Users HBBS:Mail/Sysop HBBS:Mail/Groups HBBS:Mail/Groups/LSD (for use with example setup, see BBSGroups in BBSGlobal) HBBS:Conferences/<confname>/Mail from the above you can see that there are a few places for mail to reside. each user will have a *private* mailbox, they have a directory in HBBS:Mail/Users the dir name is the same as the users ID (not handle) e.g. HBBS:Mail/Users/1 the sysop has his own private mailbox (as well as a user mailbox) in which stuff like sysop comments are placed there is a public dir, any mail in here is scanned by all users everytime they login, this is where system ealls go each conference has it's own mail dir, this is where conference related mail goes it can be addressed to individual users or ealls, e.g. this is where you'd tell all your amiga users to download a new amiga release, rather than creating an eall in the public mailbox then you have group mail, a user can address a mail message to a particular group group mail works on a sort of bulletin board principle, a tag for each user having read a message is saved so they dont read it again. mail will have expiry dates! (yeah, ok, all you sysops fed up of asking users to delete thier mail can line up in a queue and thank me one at a time!) Write_Mail ========== Started writing this door now, just creating some routines that will be put into hbbscommon.c at the moment, like things for checking a list of user handles passed to a function via a string, it then checks the usernames are valid, and passes them, as well as the id numbers, back to the user as well as a return value. (true, false) See HBBS:Source/User_Doors/Mail/Mail_Common.c for some interesting info on how mail messages are made.. 28-11-1995 (AM) =============== Just got back from watching the new james bond film "Golden Eye", if you've not sen it yet then do so now! It's cool... Total Blast Fest! Why do I do this ? It's 01:36 am and I'm sitting here coding... !?! Still, Sega Rally on my saturn is COOL, got it on saturday so spend most of saturday evening with 4 m8s playing it on it's split screen mode. Gfx wise it's just as good (if not better) than ridge racer on my ps-x... Control ======= Checking some enforcer hits caused by a missing conference directory. It turned out it was caused by the routine HBBS_DoErrorMessage() in HBBSCommon.library when it was passed a null pointer for the errormessage HBBSCommon.C ============ Fixed enfocer hit in HBBS_DoErrorMessage() Node ==== Calls "CheckUser" system door to check that the users account is ok. the users setting for language is not used. .TXT is NOT automatically appended to a screen name. If a user is not vaid (i.e. not logged in) then the first language defined in BBSGlobal will be used. See HBBS:BBSGlobal, LanguageExtn and LanguageName. SelectLanguage Door, New User Door, CheckUser Door and Node_Input.c - DisplaySpecialScreen(). CheckUser ========= Door Created Checks all the users userdata is current and valid. Can be used to check for stuff like sentbys. Currently only checks selected language and conference are valid. SelectLanguage ============== Displays a list of languages availiable to the user and lets them pick one 23-11-1995 (PM) and 24-11-1995 (AM) Alpha Release 03 ==================================================== Argh, It's 1:54 am and I need sleep... I'm just about to lha this up now then I'm off to bed... L8rz... Ok, the main things that have been done between this alpha version and the last one is the handleing of uploads. File ID's are now extracted and added to file lists.. (p.s. I've not included ZIP,UNZIP, LHA, TXTExtract, DMSDescript, GIFDesc or any other util used for handling archives or file ID's as you should already have these, I will however release them with the full version of HBBS) Oh, and I noticed that HBBS has been spread around many BBS's, i don't want HBBS being spread in it's current form (i.e. unfinished), I'm only releasing it like this to other possible sysop's and door coders.. It *may* be spread to all coders/sysop conferences however.. But not to general Amiga Warez conference... And woe-betide anyone who uploads it to Aminet!! Just so you know.. I've put some small files in HBBS:Nodes/Node3/PlayPen/T for you to test the uploads with. copy them into the nodes playpen when HBBS tells you to copy files to the playpen Have fun now.... Node ---- Now Supports 2 new door types. these are: SCREEN : just displays a text screen (pass the full file name as to _Door option) SSCREEN : displays a Special Screen (pass just the screen name with a path and without an extension as the _Door option.. E.G. 1 QS_Type_1=SSCREEN QS_Door_1=QuickStats typing QWS at the bbs prompt will force hbbs to look in the conference's screens/special dir for a file called "QuickStats.<LanguageExtn>" (e.g. QuickStats.TXT), if it's not there it'll look in the node's screens/special dir followed by hbbs:screens/special.. E.G. 2 QS_Type_1=SCREEN QS_Door_1=HBBS:Screens/Misc/QuickStats.TXT typing qs at the bbs prompt will force hbbs to display the file above.. HBBSCommon.library ------------------ HBBS_LoadConfig() does NOT call HBBS_LogError() when it can't open a config file anymore.. If you have optional config files then you get rather large ErrorLog files. I might make it off-onable tho.. Let me know if you want it ? *I* AddCreds -------- Door Created! You should notice the stats going up a bit for uploaded files.. Also...., Get this: I've built in a little auto-award part to this door, check out the file HBBS:Doors/System/AddCreds/AddCreds.CFG basically you can get AddCreds to automatically add extra (or even remove) credits for a particular file or files. As Always, Amiga Wildcards are supported so you can have: AwardFile_1=LSD#? AwardOpts_1=*3 or AwardFile_2=PGS-ZD.LHA AwardFile_2=+2000000 You get the jist... (it supports +,*,- and / options ) Cool, isn't it ?? MoveFile -------- Created Door it basically moves a file from the playpen to a HOLD, BAD or UPLOAD dir. I wrote this at about 1:20am and I need some sleep now so I've not had change to test it much, although it appears to be working ok.. If it give you greif then remove the door from the "System" door list.. It does however check for validated disks, free disk space and valid assigns, something that /X NEVER DID!! :-) But hey, that's a suprise right! NOT!!!! If it cannot move a file then it'll attempt to put it in HBBS:LostFiles and will tell you so (also logs this in HBBS:ErrorLog) 22-11-1995 (PM) and 23-11-1995 (AM) =================================== CheckTags --------- Nothing changed, just a reminder that you can use all wildcards here.. so #?.l??, *.ZIP or even ~(#?.LHA|#?.LZH) (the last example would clear all tags that did not end in .LHA or .LZH just if you didn't know what the ~, | or () things did.. :-) Amiga wildcards rule... Node & HBBSNode.library ----------------------- The MaxLen option of HBBS_AdvancedGetLine() works ok now.. (yeah!!!) for an example, upload a file with no File_ID.DIZ, the ModifyDIZ door uses this function.. File ID related doors --------------------- Updated bits and bobs here and there... looking much more like it now.. System/FileID ------------- There's now an option called Add_RenameDIZ_n=TRUE|FALSE option for each file type.. I was thinking of making the lines in the file be the format n_OptionName=blah rather than OptionName_n=blah what do you think... 20-11-1995 (PM) and 21-11-1995 (AM) :-) ======================================= HBBSCommon.C ------------ Added HBBS_SaveFile(), it saves the ln_name items of a linked list to a text file. Needs more error checking added to it. For an example see "hbbs:source/doors_system/checkfiles/Main.c" FileList -------- Changed output of ansi a bit recognises the P id. ExtractDIZ ---------- Created work/<filename>.ADD as well as work/<filename>.DIZ now. the former is the file that gets stored in the archive as the file_id the latter is what is added to the file lists.. (it ADDS file_id's as well as extracts them now..) AddDIZToList ------------ This now works fine.. I'll have to make it read the following files before it adds a diz.. work/<filename>.DIZ work/<filename>.MISC stuff like sysop comments, sent by etc are stored in the .MISC file in the format of the file list. 19-11-1995 ========== Just a reminder, if you want to test the upload door using something like Zmodem from your terminal program, then load it up, make sure you are using Node 3, set your terminal programs serial device to NullModem.device (instead of serial.device) and set the unit number to 7. Then make sure node 3 is running the await connect door. If so then just type ATD in your terminal program, press return and after a few seconds it should connect to the BBS! Whay.. Then log in as normal and just type out the "U" door... Distribution archives are now called HBBS-A??.L?? the first .LHA file is renames to .LHA to stop /X systems skipping it due to the archive being a multivolume archive. Common/Stuctures.c ------------------ Added Various items to various structures, you *MUST* re-compile *all* of your programs that #include this file. Node ---- When waiting for a call, Pressing F8 to switch between window/screen now causes the "await" (await connect) door to re-display the await.txt screen Added a MaxDIZLines to the node settings. (N_ND->NodeSettings.MaxDIZLines) N_ND->MaxDIZLines defaults to the above setting when the node is reset. JoinConference -------------- Modified so that it copies N_ND->CurrentConf->MaxDIZLines to N_ND->MaxDIZLines when you join a new conference. Skips conferences that a user doesnot have access to when they use > or < at the prompt If they are a NEW user then the conferences that they do not have access to will notappear in the list If they are NOT a new user but don't have access to a particulat conference then that conference will show up in RED. CheckFiles ---------- removed checking of sysop file and loading diz. moved LoadDIZ to a more generically usefull function called HBBS_LoadFile() and placed it in HBBSCommon.c changed references from Ask_UL to Conform_UL HBBSCommon.c ------------ Added HBBS_LoadFile(), loads a file into a linked list, one line of text for each node in the list. free output with FreeStrList() get items with HBBS_ListName() etc.. Rather handy i thought... AskUl ----- Renamed to ConfirmUL to avoid confusion between AskUL and AskULFiles (yet to be created) 14-11-1995 ========== Released alpha version 02 onto digital candy this morning. FileList -------- Sucessfully calls the "A" door to tag files 12-11-1995 Alpha Release 02 =========================== Heheh, well, I didn't get my arcade machine yet, still waiting for it to arrive, but I did get a sega saturn last weekend, so most of this week has been spent playing on that and watching various films like Under Seige 2, Clueless and Apollo 13.... Sorry people! Oh well, atleast I got loads of work done on it this evening... it's 10:00pm now and I started at 5:00pm so I think I've been productive today.. Tomorrow is cinema day (cheap day!) so I doubt I'll get much done then.. The distribution of this (alpha) version if done by multi-volume LHA archives now, each file will be called HBBS-A<release>.L?? e.g. HBBS-A01.LHA HBBS-A01.L01 HBBS-A01.L02 Door coders should set their program's stack to 16384 (or thereabouts) if they are going to spawn other programs themselves (using HBBS_RunDOSCMD()) to do this use LONG __stack=16384; somewhere just after your includes.. AskUL ----- Door Created, all working OK.. Await Connect (Door) -------------------- if Await.TXT if found in a screens dir then it does not display the list of function keys to you. (i.e. you're supposed to have them in the .txt file) Created a nice little Await.TXT and stored it in HBBS/Screens/.. Special/Ansi/Await.TXT Common/Strings.c ---------------- added str_CSI_SF1-10 for shifted function keys System/FileID (Config File) --------------------------- changed @?@ codes to {?} codes (like the menu prompts use..) don't forget to use options like lha's -m for other diz extractors.. ExtractDIZ (Door) ----------------- Actually extracts the file id's now... *** Door not finished, until futher notice you must specify all options in the System/FileID file for each type of file to prevent errors Node ---- You now have to press ShIFT+F10 to log a user off instead of just F10 which is safer, no more accidental logoffs Runs a system door called Speed_<baudrate> after frontend. (still displays the screen too...) You can press F4 to re-display the await connect screen 2-11-1995 ========= Doh, I'm slipping, not been doing any coding for ages again, it's this damn new playstation games that I've bought.. :-) Too many games coming out on it now! Oh nooo!! I just remembered, my new *arcade* machine is arriving next week complete with magic sword, gryzor, rygar and snow brothers P.C.B's.. That means at least a week of no more coding... ExtractDIZ ---------- Did a bit more work on it.. It's getting there... 24-10-1995 ========== ExtractDIZ ---------- Created door, not finished in today's session.. It will be a dual function door that will ADD and EXTRACT/UPDATE file id's from/to uploaded files... you specify the mode using N_ND->ActiveDoor.SystemOptions AwaitConnect ------------ Added F5, Toggle Modem Debug Who --- Changed ANSI Wall ---- Changed ANSI Added a line of -'s to the top of the screen before the wall lines are printed only adds lines to the wall if the line is 4 chars or more CheckTags --------- Re-Wrote most of the CheckTags door. It's now LOADS smaller, and much more optimized It does not call the Add_Tags door once for each file the user wants to tag, instead it calls it once with all the files to tag as parameters Added help to it fixed all bugs with old version (due to re-write..) it now will ignore spaces before,between and after parameters. (other door writers should take note of how this is done, check out the source..) 17-10-1995 ========== Created CheckFiles door, created CLIProtocol door uploading to the node's playpen now works! Modified the protocols a little bit (see struct ProtocolNode in structures.h) 11-10-1995 ========== Control ------- Removed enforcer hit when "control" closes. Node ---- Node's now save their screenmode preferences to hbbs:system/data/nodex_private.cfg to save a node's window position and screenmode click the "Save Windows" button on the node's settings window. Removed enforcer hit after a node shuts down. NewUser ------- NoNewAt_<BAUD>.TXT works HBBSNode -------- Added DOOR_PausePrompt(char *prompt) to the library. it does the same as a @^PAUSE^@ command in a screen file... Ahh shit, not worked on hbbs for 2 weeks. At this rate it's never gonna get finished! 25-09-1995 ========== Wrote the Select_Mode utility (HBBS:Utils/Select_Mode) Changed the "SetupAssigns" script. The docs (BBSGlobal.Guide has not been updated yet!) The current mail doors (MS, R, E and C at the bbs prompt) will be scrapped as my (little) brother wrote them and they're shite and full of memory leaks! Check out HBBS:Docs/Doors.TXT for full explanation of how each door works! (note, I've just started working out how the new mail doors will work) Control ------- Moved scr#? options from BBSGlobal to seperate file The Save Button on the Config window now works! Node ---- The scr#? settings in NodeGlobal and NodeLocal still work, but they will also be moved to a seperate file soon! You can now have a door type CLI as well as NORMAL in the Command list files (HBBS:Commands/System), e.g. FrontEnd_Type_1=NORMAL FrontEnd_Door_1=HBBS:Doors/System/FrontEnd/FrontEnd.HBBS FrontEnd_Type_2=CLI FrontEnd_Door_2=HBBS:Scripts/CheckMem The "Checkmem" program above is a normal amigados program. note: the node number is still added to the programs arguments, as are the BBS Prompt commands! (great for shells eh!!) CheckTags --------- you can go "A *" to clear all file tags at the BBS prompt added a few more printed messages HBBSCommon.library ------------------ FreeStr() now actually sets the variable being freed to NULL regardless of a call to freevec()