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02/12/93
[v3.1] NOTE: You MUST run MM31CVT.EXE to convert/expand the Master
User File (MMAST.DAT). The program will also DELETE the
existing MESSAGE Database. Due to a requirement to incorporate
more information into each Message record we could not keep
any current messages. (ONLY RUN THIS ONCE AND BACKUP THE
DIRECTORY BEFORE YOU START!!!!)
The Configuration file has been expanded to include two(2)
new entries. These entries are required to accomodate the new
Match Maker Exchange program. See DOCs for explanation!
BRUN45.EXE is no longer required!
Added support for Multi-port cards!
When at the "Enter Alias" prompt, caller will be required to
enter a "Q" to quit. Previously an "enter" key would have done
that, but if a caller pressed "Enter" too many times, when the
door started, they would be returned to the BBS prematurely.
State/Country information expanded to 3 characters to
accomodate foreign country definitions.
Maximum number of questions has been increased to 100 from 50
Added another option to the Sexual Orientation match criteria.
(A)ll will allow for the matching on ALL Sexual Orientations.
If the Sysop changes, adds or clears all questions the Match
Maker will force the caller to answer those questions. In this
version the caller will be taken DIRECTLY to the CHANGED/NEW
questions without having to see any of the others. Previous
version of the Door required the caller to have to step thru
ALL questions. We have included a new MMNEWQUE.TXT file to
reflect this change. If you have created your own then you may
want to change the wording to reflect this enhancement.
All KEYBOARD responses will now require that you press the
"Enter" key. The "hot key", although a good idea, seems to have
caused some frustration on the part of callers accustomed to
working with 'non-hotkey' systems.
Added a "Color ON/OFF' option to the Main Menu to allow callers
to turn the color ON/OFF by just selecting the option. Turning
color off will more than likely speed up the screen displays
for slower modem users. Whichever option the user chooses, that
option will carry from logon to logon, until changed again.
Added 2 new options to allow your callers to DOWNLOAD the
questionaire file, develope their answers and UPLOAD answers to
the door. You MUST run the maintenance program and select option
# 7 to CREATE a formatted questionaire file for download.
New callers will now be asked whether they want to answer your
questionaire while online or take the default answers, download
the questionaire and upload their answers on next call. The
default answers to ALL questions will be the "A" choice.
MMAINT was not deleting entries you marked for deletion using
option #1.
Changed 'Sexual Preference' wording to 'Sexual Orientation'
Added a file called PROTOCOL.DAT. This file will contain ALL
the protocols you allow to be used on your system along with
the name of the batch files that each protocol will use for
UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD. See Docs for more info.
With this version of Match Maker we are introducing a program
called MMEXCH.EXE. This program will allow you to exchange
Match Maker USER and MESSAGE databases with other BBS'. The
MMEXCH requires a separate Registration number and makes the
networking of Match Maker relatively easy to facilitate. Your
MMAKER config file MUST be updated woth 2 additional entries,
whether you use the MMEXCH or not!
Reformatted the documentation and added a Table of Contents.
Just bear in mind that I hate writing documentation <grin>
We have expanded the use of the TRASHCAN file. It will now be
used to check against the contents of all messages entered. It
will only check the body of the message and will replace all
occurances of words found in the MMTCAN.DAT, with asteriks.
11/08/92
[v3.0] WARNING: If you are upgrading from a prior version, you must
run MMDATCVT.EXE to convert the MMAST.DAT file to accomodate
the changes made in the way the program handles multiple
answers per question. Just run MMDATCVT.EXE! All entries in
the database will be marked as being (S)traight, so if you
activate the Sexual Orientation option, be sure to let your
callers know that they will have to update their Personal
Information if they have another preference!!!
Added support for TRIBBS software. We now access the
TRIBBS.SYS system file directly!
After a CHAT or DROP-TO-DOS the game screen will now be
restored to its original state.
The program was counting each use of the door twice in the
same call. In other words if you said you wanted to allow
each caller to use the door 2 times a day, the program would
only allow 1 use; if you said 4 uses per day it would only
allow 2 uses a day.
Added the ability to choose more than 1 answer to a question.
Added the option to allow multiple alias' for every caller.
You control this thru the Configuration file.. Be sure to
make the appropriate change to the CFG file. See DOCS!!!
We have moved the majority of the prompts, used throughout
the program, to an external file. We DO NOT suggest that you
change anything in the file as it may cause problems. We will
at some future date allow for changes. The file name is:
MMAKER.TXT. Be sure to copy it to your MMAKER directory.
Once the caller has answered the questions, they will be
allowed to change them INDIVIDUALLY. Previous versions only
allowed the caller to change all the questions or none at all.
This will be handled via Option #2....
You can now change ALL questions, INDIVIDUAL questions or ADD
questions and force the caller to answer those you have changed.
Previously the callers would have to re-answer ALL questions
even if you only changed 1 or 2. They will not be able to bypass
this feature! The maintenance program will handle the clearing
of the answers based on your choice. If you ADD any questions
you will do that with an ASCII editor, but use the maintenance
program to clear the question number(s).
When the caller chooses Option 6, "Display Door Users", they
will be asked if they wish to display ALL or (M)ale or (F)emale
callers. This will help those that have large databases.
Maintenance program changed to allow Sysop to review ALL entries
in the database or selective entries.
TRASHCAN file will now be searched for ALIAS' and LOGON NAME
matches. Update your TRASHCAN accordingly.
Program will not save any messages that do not contain detail
lines
We have added another field in the database to handle SEXUAL
Preference, (S)traight, (G)ay or (B)i-Sexual. This will be
optional. If you want the user to be able to choose their
sexual preference and to make it part of the Match criteria,
you must set the appropriate configuraiton file entry else
you can set the configuration file entry to bypass it!!!
BE SURE TO MAKE THE CFG FILE CHANGE, EITHER WAY!!!
I have updated the MMNEWQUE.TXT file that is displayed when
you force the callers to re-answer all or selective
questions. You can use the supplied one or make your own..
The format of the question file(s) have changed. You must now
insert another entry (an "S" or "M"), just prior to each
question. This will signal whether the program should accept a
(S)ingle answer choice or (M)ultiple choices. Please check the
DOC file for the exact placement in the question file(s) and/or
the supplied MMQUESTM.QUE file.
Added a new option to the Configuration file to indicate if
you want to use the European or American date formats.
07/01/92
[v2.6] Under certain circumstances an alias would not be rejected
even though the name was in the TRASHCAN file (MMTCAN.DAT).
The fix for this will also correct a problem whereby your
login would be rejected if you replied with the ENTER key to
the message "Is this correct", after you entered your alias
AND if there was a blank line in the MMTCAN.DAT file.
06/16/92
[v2.5] New MMAINT.EXE file to correct a problem it had in recognizing
a registered version of MMAKER. This only affected those that
run GT Power AND use GTUSER.BBS on the first line of the
configuration file.
Well it looks like I may have inadvertantly left some code in
the program when I made changes to the message entry in the
last release. Some symptoms were scrambled text when listing
the message with the 'L' command, duplicated text on multiple
lines and scrambled text when the message is saved. Everything
would look fine when entering the message.
**** My sincere apologies for the inconvenience ******
06/02/92
[v2.4] Under certain circumstances, when entering a message, the
line number would start at 7 rather than 1.
You can now use an environmental variable for Non-Standard
IRQs. This will eliminate the need to have multiple batch
files to execute the door. See DOCs under NON-STANDARD COM
SUPPORT for details.
You can now use environmental variables, on the first line
of the configuration file. This will eliminate the requirement
that you create an individual configuration file for each node
in a multinode environment (ONE config file for ALL nodes!!).
See DOCs under MULTI-NODE SETUP for details.
Made some changes to fix the TIMEOUT errors encountered
when using a 486 with/without DesqView. Need feedback !!
Made some changes to correct the Error #6 (Overflow Error)
when using SpitFire version 3.2/SFDOORS.DAT. I need some
feedback on this one as well!
Added support for GT Power's GTUSER.BBS file. To use this
you will be required to add lines to your configuration
files. Please see Docs for changes. Need some feedback on
this as well!
If you had multiple messages waiting and you replied to the
first one, then replied to the second one, immediately
thereafter, the second message would would start with a line
one greater than the last line number in the first message.
In addition, it would include the text from a portion of the
first reply in the second reply.
Made some changes to the message input routines to do a better
job of handling the word-wrapping. There were some complaints
of words being dropped when they were input at the end of a
sentence and then subject to word wrap. Please let me know if
this is any better.
Made some changes to elimimate the need for having SHARE.EXE
loaded in a SINGLE node system... still required for
multi-node operations! Need some feedback... if you are running
a single node system and do not have Share loaded and all works
well, please let me know!!!
05/03/92
[v2.3] When using the MMAINT program to search for a user, using their
Logon Name, a match would not be found. it would work fine for
a search by Handle.
With this version the use of the Personal Identification Number
(PIN) has been eliminated.
04/01/92
[v2.2] If a caller chose to change all the answers to the questionaire,
their changes were not being recorded in their database record.
Several complaints that the "brown on black" colors were hard to
read on some monitors. Changed them to yellow.
When a new user is presented with their PIN, they will be
required to re-enter it. Hopefully this will remind them that
they must write the number down.
Under certain circumstances a new caller will fill out all of
their info and answer all the questions, logoff and call back
in again only to be told that their First Name/Alias already
exists.. this version will fix the problem but you must run the
maintenance program once and re-index the master file.
You can now use an environmental variable for Non-Standard
IRQs. This will eliminate the need to have multiple batch
files to execute the door. See DOCs under NON-STANDARD COM
SUPPORT for details.
You can now use environmental variables, on the first line
of the configuration file. This will eliminate the requirement
that you create an individual configuration file for each node
in a multinode environment (ONE config file for ALL nodes!!).
See DOCs under MULTI-NODE SETUP for details.
03/06/92
[v2.1] One more time... Error #63 , when a new user was being added
to the INDEX files. The user was being added to the main
database, but not to the Index file. If you have users that
attempted to get into the door but enountered the error 63,
then run the MMAINT pgm and select option # 5. This will
recreate the indexes and the users that had gotten the Error
63 will now be indexed. Sorry again for the inconvenience..
This has not been a good week!
03/04/92
[v2.0] Error # 63, when a new user is being added to the database.
Sorry for the inconvenience, as this should have been caught
during version 1.9 testing (author choking himself!!!)
03/02/92
[v1.9] Added time remaining as part of each menu prompt.
MMWELCOM file would not stop scrolling if there was a full
screen. This change will now allow the file to be of an
unlimited length.
Added a new option to the maintenance program (MMAINT) to
clear all questionaire answers in every users record. This
will allow the Sysop to institute a new set of questions and
the user will be forced to answer them the next time they use
the door. A new text file called MMNEWQUE.TXT is required. A
sample file is included in this ZIP. You may change it anyway
you want. This option requires the Door to be REGISTERED!
There was a report of 2 callers accessing the door at the same
time. Both were new and when they finished answering the
questions, both were added to the MMINDEX files, but only one
was added to the master file. Rewrote one of the routines and
this should fix the problem.
The birth date entered by the user, will be displayed as the
Birth Sign (Aries, Leo, etc) when being displayed with option
#5 and option #6.
Changed the screen used to list all MatchMaker users to
accomodate the Birth Sign display.
With this version, you will NOT be able to display a screen at
logoff, showing the name(s) of those that may have adopted the
door. This was necessary to make room in the program for more
options.
Expanded the number of lines you can enter in a message from
10 to 15.
After entering a message you are presented with a choice of
saving, editing, etc. If you pressed enter you would be returned
to the Message Center menu, thus losing what you had entered.
Now, if you press enter you will be asked the question again.
When you aborted a message it would take you back to the Main
menu. It will now take you back to the Message Center menu.
Added a reminder, at the bottom of the screen, as to the number
of lines permitted in a message.
02/26/92
[v1.8] If caller chose Option #1, then Option #5 (chose someone to
review), pressed "E" to prematurely terminate the answers
display, then chose Option #1 again, the callers info would
be replaced with the info from the person previously reviewed.
Some BBS Software was generating mixed case for the caller's
name, thus erroneously reporting that a caller's alias was
already in use!
If a caller reads all mail addressed to him/her, logs off and
comes back on, the system tells him/her that there is mail
waiting. When the caller goes to the Message area and tries
to read the personal mail the system just goes back to the
menu as if it did nothing. In actuality there were no messages
to read. Problem existed in the routine used to check for mail
at logon.
Under certain circumstances, the program would display a msg
that there were no matches, even though there were matches
displayed on the screen.
Made several changes to the screen displays. Nothing dramatic.
MMAKER.EXE size reduced!
02/19/92
[v1.7] Entering a message to someone, already in the database, the
program did not recognize their existance.
Changed Message database structure to allow the existance of
unlimited number of messages in the registered version. This
requires that you remove line number 10 from the Config file!
If you have an existing Message database, you must run the
maintainance program and select option #3 (Recreate Message
Indexes).
When trying to backspace over characters you entered, while
logged on LOCALLY, the system would lock up.
02/05/92
[v1.6] Corrected a problem whereby caller reading personal messages
was getting the correct header info (To, From, Subject), but
message text was from another message.
When sending a message, the program will now check to ensure
that the person is in the database.
02/03/92
[v1.5] Error 70, "Permission Denied", generated when running under a
network and more than 1 caller accesses the database.
Support for "Adopt-A-Door" has been removed. You must make a
change to the CFG file to delete the line relating to
"Adopt-A-Door". If you wish you may use the ADOPTxx.ZIP to
promote this concept. ADOPTxx.ZIP is part of the Sunrise
Door Collection!
Caller can now (Q)uit back to the BBS from the "Is this your
first visit?" prompt.
I have now made the WELCOME screen an external file. This will
allow you to use your own words to greet your callers and/or
define the ground rules for the use of the MatchMaker Door.
NOTE: Registered versions of MatchMaker have the option of
using a Welcome screen, non-registered versions MUST
use the supplied welcome file called MMWELCOM and MUST
not make ANY changes to the text!
If you create your own text file, be sure you name it MMWELCOM
Added a new option to the CFG file. This option will allow you
to DISABLE the Message Center function. This option will be
line number 9. 1 = yes, allow callers to leave/read message
0 = no, do not allow any message functions
If a new caller used the door AND did not choose to use the 3
lines of optional information, the information from the last
entry in the database was being used. This should be fixed!
When making a match, and no matches were found, the "No matches
Found" message was not always being displayed. While I was
fixing this I also changed the wording of the message, as
suggested by a Sysop.
New option added to config file to control the number of
messages you want to allow in the message database. This option
is being added for those with memory constraints. This will be
removed in a subsequent release.
Redesigned the User index files. This will now allow an
UNLIMITED number of users to exist in the database, rather than
the imposed 1000 limit. If you are upgrading from a prior
release you MUST run MMIXCVRT.EXE. MMIXCVRT will convert your
MMAST.INX file into index files named MMINDEX and
MINDEX.A - MINDEX.Z (You can then delete MMAST.INX).
Maintenance program (MMAINT) has been enhanced so you do not
have to define the purge criteria on the command line when
running it locally. Purge criteria will be requested when you
choose the option on the menu. An option was also added to
allow for the recreation of the User Indexes.
If you choose to change the Questionaire Answers, you will be
asked to confirm since once you start you can not stop.
Cleared up a number of Error 55 problems.
01/04/92
[v1.4] If you entered a message line that did not contain a blank
(ie: one continuous line of text) the program would abort with
an "Illegal Function Call", Error # 5. - Fixed
Some Error # 63s were showing up in the Error Log. I found
some possible causes. Please keep an eye peeled for any
reoccurances.
Duplicate Alias' were being allowed, under certain
circumstances, believe I got this one fixed.
Error #70 when running under a metwork environment. This was
a file sharing problem. - Fixed
01/03/92
[v1.3] If caller attempts to enter more than one alias the program
rejects the attempt. In prior versions the caller was
immediately returned back to the BBS. This change allows for
3 attempts to get things right...
Added the ability(optional) for each user to add a narrative
about themselves; 3 lines/74 characters per line. The prompts
will be presented to each NEW caller... all present users can
update theirs by choosing option 1 on the Main Menu and then
changing any or all of the 3 lines (lines 6, 7, 8). BE SURE
TO NOTIFY YOUR CALLERS OF THIS CHANGE (if you are already
running MatchMaker).
>>>>>>>>>>> NOTE: You must run MMCONV.EXE if you have been running
^^^^ MatchMaker versions prior to this one.. see README.1st
When the user chooses option 5, he/she will be presented with
a new screen of information, prior to being shown the answers
to the questionaire. Included in the display will be everything
the user entered (City,State,Age....etc).
12/29/91
[v1.2] Added an option to control when you DO NOT want the DOOR
to be used. Allows for 5 Blackout periods. This requires
a configuration file change. SEE DOCS for DETAILS!
Added an option for callers to read messages they have
entered and allow for caller to delete them.
Added an option to the "Private Message Center" menu to
allow the Sysop to review every message in the message
base and optionally delete any he/she finds inappropriate.
This option will appear on the menu for the Sysop only,
however, it can only be chosen if the Door is REGISTERED.
12/18/91
[v1.1] MMAINT maintenance program accessed the Menu during an
Event. Fixed
Match screen display changed to include the match
percentage(%) for each entry selected.
"File Already OPEN" error message displayed if you ran
a match and received "No Matches" then ran the match
process again. FIXED.
When making selections for a match and you selected the
"B" Sex option the program would not find matches. FIXED
The match percentage algorythm, was incorrect. FIXED
New heading for the match display.
12/16/91
[v1.0] Initial release
