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CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS IN VERSION 7.8
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1. ARCTOOL used an array method of storing it's file information, and this
had the effect of limiting the total number of files that it could display
to around 512. Also, this took up about 2K of stack with EACH archive that
was opened. Completely changed this so that BOTH archives and files inside
of archives can be displayed up to the available memory. In a typical
system, there should be around 300K available for ARCTOOL. This means that
you could handle a total of 2500+ archives or files. The next step would be
to allocate the buffers in EMS which could be done.
2. Added a file counter to "READING ARCHIVES .." so that on slow systems or
reading from floppy disks, you can tell how many files have been read so
far. BIG archives may take a minute or so, and some folks thought that the
system had hung.
3. Added the ability to ESCAPE out when reading archives. Previously, once
it started, you HAD to let it finish, now pressing ESCAPE aborts.
4. Added a "MAKE SURE PRINTER IS ON.." window to the "PRINT FILE" facility
to allow ESCAPE to be pressed to abort the printing of a file.
Occasionally, the 'P' key would be accidentally pressed, and if it happened
to be an EXE or COM file, the printer went crazy.
5. Reworked the whole mechanism for finding and reading the CFG file.
Normally, the CFG file was to be stored in the same directory as AT.EXE.
However on some systems, problems were experienced finding the file. Also,
on systems with MULTIPLE hard drives, the CFG could have been on another
drive completely. ARCTOOL should now CORRECTLY find the CFG file.
6. HOWEVER, JUST IN CASE, Added the "SET ATCFG=somepath" feature to allow
the explicit definition of where the CFG file can be found.
7. Added the /D switch to allow reading the CURRENT directory ONLY without
subs and without using the CFG file. Some folks had LONG directory names,
and it was very painful to have to continually enter :
AT \mypath\mypathsub1\mypathsub2\mypathsub3\mypathsub4\
every time one wanted to view ONLY the archives in that directory. Now you
can just enter AT /d from that directory, and all of the files in THAT
DIRECTORY ONLY will be displayed.
8. Added the SFX=ON,OFF switch to the CFG file. This can be entered BEFORE
and AFTER any pathname, and reading of SFX files will be activated and
deactivated as desired.
9. Added the ASSOCIATE facility. This works by keeping a list (up to 10) of
the file extensions that are associated. i.e. the extension 'TXT' could be
associated with the program LIST.COM and pressing return on a file with
that extension would execute LIST.COM for that file. This is REALLY nice
for viewing odd file types such as WORDPERFECT or LOTUS.
10. Changed the VIEW facility to allow for viewing ANSI files. Many BBS
files contain files with ANSI codes, and viewing them is allowed by
pressing ALT A when in the file viewer.