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TechnoSTAT v1.6 History Release Information
Copyright (C) 1993 by Eric Scales
==============================================================================
Tuesday 03/23/93 9:00pm (v1.6)
Fixed a problem with the unregistered version... When I compiled, I didn't
bother to check to see what the bulletin looked like when TechnoSTAT was
unregistered.. Needless to say I was embarrassed at the results. I forgot
to call a function to enable the default colors and the program was
generating its own colors. (Flashing Dark Gray bulletins are not
attractive :)
I removed the sound that TechnoSTAT makes when it is unregistered.. I know
this is very annoying and could turn most Sysops to take TechnoSTAT out
of their batch files.. The 5 second delay was changed to 4 1/2 seconds.
(BIG DEAL <G>)
Moved the header of the bulletin to the left 2 spaces and tried to center
everything accordingly. (It drove me nuts that it wasn't centered
correctly) If you think anything needs to be centered better, please tell
me as looking at this screen for hours on end makes everything look
centered.
Changed the routines that open and read the PCBSTATS.DAT, TSTAT.KEY, and
TSTATCLR.CFG to better support file-sharing methods. Anyone running
multinode and having problems, please report them! Hopefully this should
speed it up a slit second or two also :)
Changed the code around a bit to allow registered users to not have a color
configuration file.. Before if you were unregistered it didn't care one
way or the other because it didn't read the file in anyhow, but if you were
a registered user the file had to be there or it exited with errorlevel 7.
(I was too lazy to change it then <G>) Now if you are a registered user
and it finds the color config file, it will exit with an errorlevel of 9 if
the file was unable to be read in.. I suggest if you like the colors the
way they are and you are a registered user, that you go ahead and delete or
rename the TSTATCLR.CFG file. This will slightly speed TechnoSTAT up as if
the file is not there, it doesn't have to read it in therfore speeding the
process up..
A few Errorlevel changes and additions.. See the documents for more
details..
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Sunday 03/21/93 9:38pm (v1.5a)
Again another version :)
Changed the TSTAT.REG file around to include a little more information..
Changed the bulletins to have "[UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY]" for an
unregistered version. The BBS name will be at the bottom for the
unregistered version.
Added two more lines to the tstatclr.cfg file. Line # 18 is the line that
says "Registered to:" at the bottom of the bulletin. Line #19 is the BBS
name. THIS IS FOR REGISTERED VERSIONS ONLY!
Finally have the STATKEY.EXE file finished. It has been included in this
zipfile. StatKey will generate a TSTAT.KEY file to register TechnoSTAT if
you have a valid security code. You can upload your tstat.reg file to
E.D.S. Development and I will send you a message with the correct security
code. Everything you enter must be exactly as you will enter it into
StatKey (This means capital letters, leading zeros, etc.).
Redid the History.doc file. It was out of sync..
==============================================================================
Sunday 03/21/93 4:20pm (v1.5)
Yes, we already have another version <G>
This shouldn't affect anyone but the registered users..
A color configuration file calles TSTATCLR.CFG was added..
This config file configures the colors of your bulletin.
Everything except the TechnoSTAT header, reg #, and tagline at the bottom
can be configured as a different color.
Another Errorlevel was added..
Errorlevel #7 (Unable to open file TSTATCLR.CFG)
Color configuration only available for registered users!
The docs have been changed and a PCBoard Color Code table was added to the
zip file.
==============================================================================
Saturday 03/20/93 5:40pm (v1.0)
Official Release to the public...
Took out the beta time checking.. Since we are out of the Beta cycle, it
is no longer needed..
Added code to detect a TechnoSTAT key in the same directory as TechnoSTAT.
This will make registrations much easier.. Just pop a key file in the
directory and the UNREGISTERED prompts are all unlocked..
Compiled without Debug information. (To lessen the EXE size)
Errorlevels have changed.. DISREGARD THE ERRORLEVELS IN THIS DOC!!
PLEASE REFER TO THE ERRORLEVELS IN THE TSTAT.DOC FILE!!
If you have any problems please call: (812) 423-3394 E.D.S. Development
to report them..
==============================================================================
Monday 03/15/93 6:44pm (BETA)
Added a routine that will check the filesize of PCBSTATS.DAT and make sure
you did not enter an invalid node number.. Before it would generate a
bulletin with 0 stats..
Errorlevel #6 was added.. (Invalid Node)
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Monday 03/15/93 5:34pm (BETA)
Put a routine in to check to make sure it wasn't thirty days old to prevent
old beta copies from being run instead of the newer ones...
Fixed a programming error.. I was not closing the PCBSTATS.DAT file after
I read it in.. I don't think this would have caused any harm, but if so,
it's fixed now...
Added another commandline parameter.. Either SYSTEM or the node number.
TechnoSTAT will now either create a systemwide bulletin or a bulletin for
a seperate node.. Along with this came a small cosmetic change in the help
screen displayed by entering TSTAT with no arguments... Added two new
errorlevels..
The current errorlevels are as follows:
0 Successful
1 Not enough command line arguments
2 Could not open the PCBSTATS.DAT file (First command line argument)
3 Could not create output file (Second command line argument)
(No need to delete this file before running TechnoSTAT because if the
file is present, it gets overwritten)
4 Your Beta version of TechnoSTAT is too old..
Call (812) 423-3394 to obtain a new copy...
5 The file seek to the proper node in PCBSTATS.dat was not successful..
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Sunday 03/14/93 3:07pm (BETA)
First Official Beta Release...
Test thoroughly and report your findings to E.D.S. Development