BBS Toolkit/BBS Toolkit.iso/doors_1/catscan1.zip/HISTORY.DOC

Text File | 1992-05-16 | 21KB | 433 lines

Version 1.1 05/16/92

     o    Added the option to have multiple cofigs with out having
          multiple copies of Catscan.exe now just enter the command
          line like this  CATSCAN %1 C:\MYCONFIG\CONFIG.CFG  and
          that will use the exported configuration file you made
          from the export feature.  This will also be added to
          Catscan2.

     o    Added ADDFILE.TXT this will add a advertisement to you
          want one.  the lay out is simple,

     Line 1   C:\catscan\myadd.txt  The drive\path\filename of your
     Line 2   Read.ths              advertisement.
     Line 3   MyAdd.txt
     Line 4   NewBBS.ADD            All the names that you want the
          .                         the MYADD.TXT to be called in your
          .                         archives.  No Real limit but be
     Line 400 Lastadd.TXT           realistic.


     o    Catscan Will scan and process SDN files if you have
          Pak 2.51 set up as your pak archiver.





Version U 3/27/92

     o    Fixed catscan2 so that if it changes a archive over to
          another format and that file already exist in the
          database then it logs "File Already exists in the WC
          database, File name not changed" in the log..  And then
          I dont touch the database...

     o    Added a 4 second delay to catscan if the file fails then
          it will show the user the ending screen for 4 seconds.
          I changed the delay to 2 seconds if the file passes..

     o    Fixed a problem with Catscan passing some files where all
          the files in the archive failed the date scan.  This only
          seemed to happen to people wo had different tempdrives
          then where the catscan.exe file was located..

     o    Added The Option to Export and Import your configuration
          to a plain ascii text file.  THis sshould make a lot of
          people happy..  you will now not have to ever configure
          a new version again.. you may have to answer any new
          questions but you won't have to answer the ones you
          already answered.

     o    I am at 482 Registrations and still havent had a winner yet that
          has "Am I the 475th Person" on the order form.  So here is what I
          am going to do.  If one does come US Mail with in the next two
          days then they will Win.  If not then I will take any one on 500
          after the 500th registration.  That has "Am I the 500th Person"
          who has this on their Order for will Receive their copy free.
          I will tear up the check, or mail back the money Order.

     o    How many people would pay $15 more for a printed manual for
          CatScan?  The way I would figure it would be like this $25 for
          you to download the key like I have been doing, and $40 if they
          wanted a disk and printed manual?  Is this a feasable thing,
          would this intrest you?  Your feed back is apriciated.  BTW,
          This manual will not be done be me :)  it will be professionally
          done and about 40 pages.  The Cost is roughly 12$ per copy.






03/08/92  Version 'T'

     o    Fixed the problem when Catscan2 would re-archive a
          different archive and put 1 byte in for the size. This
          was true with gif files that were compressed too.

     o    Added some code that will check to make sure that the
          temp directory has files in it before it deletes the
          original archive..  (Thanks to Ron Woods who found this
          one).

     o    Fixed the Ansi Screen that was displayed to the Remote
          user now is only displayed to the user since it never did
          anything for the local end.

     o    Added code to get the full path of a file, so if you are
          in the same directory of the file you want to process
          with catscan or catscan2 you just have to type in the
          filename not the whole path..  (this was the source of
          a lot of problems that were occurring that couldn't be
          explained).

     o    Added the bug fix to prevent nodes from falling asleep in
          DV.  This was apparently a ASYNC bug that was caught by
          Scott Hunter.

     o    Put in the code fix for ASYNC that recognized a problem
          with some non name brand modems that would just drop
          carrier when catscan started to go out the com port.

     o    Cleaned up the local screen in catscan that would write
          all randomly in the upper window when a Color User
          uploaded a file.

     o    Fixed a problem with Catscan2 always deleting the
          runlater.txt file, this would leave all unprocessed files
          unprocessed if catscan2 was ran on a directory for
          maintenance.  Now the only time catscan2 deletes the
          runlater.txt file is if it is processing the runlater.txt
          file then after finishing it deletes it.

     o    Fixed a slight problem with catscan and catscan2 they
          would check the date of the files then delete the
          unwanted files from the archive.  This was letting some
          files pass because they had some boards advertisement in
          it that was the only file that passed,  now I delete the
          unwanted files then check the date.  Also Note Catscan
          will not remove the unwanted files from the archive, only
          catscan2 will do that if it re-archives the file.


      o   Fixed the Misterious 10310 Error in Catscan2


     New Modems are on-line the new Layout looks like this:

      Line 1   [phone]  Dual Standard
      Line 2   [phone]  Dual Standard  16800
      Line 3   [phone]  Dual Standard
      Line 4   [phone]  Dual Standard
      Line 5   [phone]  HST 14400

     The Lines do not rotate so you will have to have all numbers
     In your dialing directory if you want to reach them all.



     I would like to thank every one for waiting patiently for
     this release.  I know it has taken along time to get it
     out but circumstances beyond my control caused me to
     concentrate my time and programming skills on a project
     from my employer.  This is the final version of 1.0 and
     there will not be another version for roughly 2 months.
     After this is distributed I plan to start all over with
     version 2.0 and take all the suggestions that everyone
     has given me and make them a reality.  1.0 is a fine
     piece of software and many will agree that it has saved
     them many hours of BBS maintenance that would have
     normally had to be done manually, not to mention the
     comfort it gives your users to see and know that every
     file is really scanned..

     Thanks to everyone who has registered the program already
     and those that are planning on registering.  It really
     makes sitting in front of this PC for hours much easier.

                       Mike Ortiz...


Heres the Free COPY Phrase.

    "Am I the 475 person"  if you put this on the order.frm and you
are at least the 475th person to register that has it on the form
then you will receive a free copy...

                        Mike Ortiz...




12/04/91 Version 'S'

     o    Boy If i ever could just fix one thing with out breaking
          another I would just die....   Anyway found several other
          bugs actually someone else pointed them out in the
          Wildcat Echo  you know who you are since I forgot your
          name..

     o    Fixed it so it now scans .EXE files when uploaded,
          actually it scans anything it can't unzip  thats the way
          it should be, it will even scan a doc file even though
          its really not neccesary on a true doc file..

     o    Catscan was Zipping up the files in the TXTNAMES.TXT file
          on the fly... Now this is my true intensions but not
          until I should be doing it on the fly... So now the file
          is not compressed at the time of the upload...

     o    Fixed a problem with Catscan passing files if all the
          Files failed the date scan...  This is true only if you
          had the flag set to let some files fail but atleast one
          had to pass and they all failed...




11/30/91 Version 'R'

     o    Fixed Catscan and Catscan2 so they now put comments on
          ARJ files.

     o    Fixed the problem with catscan2 putting 0 in for the size
          on some files when it updated the file database.

     o    The User screen only is displayed when someone is online
          now.  If you do a local upload it wont show up..

     o    Fixed the problem with catscan2 whipping out some files
          and just putting a zip comment on them with no files in
          them, this only happened if you converted the whole
          directory.

     o    Catscan2 now will not compress the file AVEXTEND.TXT for
          those with the registered version of pkzip who wanted to
          put their extended -AV on the file.

     o    I know i keep saying this but I think catscan is about to
          be released,  one thing that I am going to do before so
          is change the configuration program...  the next version
          out is going to have a different configuration program
          and it will work like this...  I will ask you were all
          the files for catscan are going to reside..  Ie..
          C:\CATSCAN  and then all you have to do is put in that
          directory the following files..
          CATSCAN.KEY    catscan key
          RUNLATER.TXT   files to be processed by catscan2
          TXTNAMES.TXT   file extensions that should be compressed
          BADNAMES.TXT   files to be deleted from archive
          SCREEN.SCR     the ansi display screen
          ZIP.CMM        your comment file..

          there will be no option to change these names they will
          have to be called the above names and they all will have
          to reside in the same directory..  This will eliminate
          all those questions and typing in all that info...  so
          start now by putting all the catscan required files in
          the same directory if you already haven't done so..  The
          archivers can still be put where ever you want and called
          what you want.

          The Final Release will also have an external editor for
          it to cut down on the file size and provide a more
          convenient way of configuring the program.

     o    As mentioned in the 'Q' release I offered the 225+ person
          to register that put on the order.frm "Am I the Lucky
          one" a free copy..  well Chris Sweeney of Troy, OH was
          number 228 WON the Free copy.. His 30$ check was shredded
          and he was given a complementary copy..  I like the idea
          so well I'm doing it again...  since I'm almost up to 240
          lets make the 275+ registration that writes on the reg
          form "Yes, I read the documentation"  will get the next
          free copy...  Thanks everyone....

     o    Also remember if you want me to send you a disk I will
          automaticly send it upon the completion of 1.0 unless you
          specify different and want me to mail you the Beta copy
          immediately.  I think there was a little misunderstanding
          in how that was to work,  If you want a beta copy on disk
          Ill send you one just tell me that's what you want.  But
          if you want to wait for the final version on disk then
          that is what everyone else is doing..  Just let me know
          I can't read minds...

     o    One other thing If by chance you haven't gotten your key
          and you have mailed in the reg form then leave me a
          message,  although I think I have everyone covered there
          is now way for me to know that your not taken care of if
          you don't let me know...  If its been over a week since
          you mailed the reg form and you still don't have your key

          just give my system a call and ill take care of you
          immediately..  I am out to get satisfied customers not
          make any one angry...

     o    I have added another line for your convenience the
          support BBS now has 4 lines below is the phone numbers.

          [phone]  HST 1440 Locked
                    2071  HST Dual Standard Locked
                    2072  HST 1440 Locked
                    2073  HST 1440 Locked

          I do not have phone rotation so the number you dial is
          the number you get, put all the numbers in your dialing
          dir...  Everyone gets access to the Catscan files,
          Catscan registered people get free access to the rest of
          the system, and Non-reg catscan people get access to the
          whole system but have to maintain a 10:1 ratio  excluding
          any catscan related files.  Seems fair doesn't it...



11/10/91 Version 'Q'

     o    Fixed the bug that was only updating the Wildcat
          Database randomly..  It should update the Wildcat
          Database all the time now when a files extension is
          changed and when a gif file is compressed..


11/09/91  Version 'P'

     o    Boy every time I think I'm so close to being done I find
          10 more things I want to add before I put it out.  I
          really think this is going to be all that is added before
          version 1.0 makes it out.  Although I'm going to start on
          2.0 right after I mail the disks out I have to stop with
          version 1.0 somewhere..  Those that ordered Disks will
          get them very soon,  If you ordered a Disk and Have not
          got your key call my BBS, It is there waiting for you to
          pick up.  Just go to the message menu and do an [U]nread
          personal in [A]ll conferences even if it says you have no
          mail waiting do it and it will pop up..  If for some odd
          reason it doesn't then leave me a comment, I will post it
          almost immediately for you.

     o    Second thing I would like to say is if you have a problem
          with catscan not working for some reason or another just
          let me know.  I received a letter today from a lady in OH
          saying that she was never going to send me a dime because
          every version of catscan she got had an invalid key.
          This is the first negative response I have had towards
          catscan since it started and if there is one unhappy
          person then there is bound to be two or three.. Call my
          BBS and get answers immediately  I answer my mail 4-10
          times a day..  I will respond.  No had this lady had left
          me some type of mail regarding here problem I could have
          told here that there is a file called NEWKEY.ZIP for
          download on my system and it will work..  She took more
          time writing me a letter on how unhappy she was that she
          could have gotten allot further asking for help.  My
          conclusion here is that she really didn't want to run the
          program anyway, cause a 96 byte file kept here from doing
          it..  So I guess what I'm getting at is if you really
          want to run catscan and you can't get it to run give me
          a chance to help you...

     o    Ok, now for the new features..  Fixed a major bug on
          recursed directories that had directories more than 2
          levels deep were locking up the system, It's zapped and
          will go as deep as you want.  (there is one limitation
          and that is as long as the pathname does not exceed 150
          characters, but that should be pretty rare..

     o    Fixed another nasty bug that would just skip archives in
          archives that were more than 2 deep now it should go
          forever (with the same limitations above, 150 chars Max).

          I tested a file that had 8 archives deep with mixed
          formats and when it was done it had changed them all to
          zip all the way down to 8th archive deep...

     o    Added a little feature for those few that asked for it,
          its called EXCLUDE.TXT this TXT file will hold all the
          directories that you want catscan to ignore scanning on.
          Read the EXCLUDE.TXT file included in this archive for
          more information and examples.
     o    Catscan now reports that the key has Expired and were to
          get a new one when the date expires.  This was throwing
          some people and leading them to believe that it was
          something they changed...  Where can you get a current
          key? MY SYSTEM!  don't make it harder than it is... No
          naturally those who register never have to get another
          key in their life.

     o    Fixed the misspelling in the SCREEN.SCR file I misspelled
          the word Integrity in the screen. :)

     o    Catscan2 no longer requires you to have a valid
          ALLFILES.DAT to run.  For systems that don't have
          ALLFILES.DAT just create a dummy file called ALLFILES.DAT
          then configure catscan2 and after your done configuring
          catscan2 then delete the ALLFILES.DAT file you created.
          Now anyone that is running Wildcat 3.0 Should NOT do
          this. DO Not go and Delete your ALLFILES.DAT file Wildcat
          3.0 SYSOPS!  The reason for this is for people who want
          to run catscan2 on a different machine that does not have
          Wildcats ALLFILES.DAT file on it, but i don't want to
          disable checking in the config for the correct path and
          file for the users who need that extra help...

     o    Added another LOG file this log file is called FAILED.LOG
          and is only written to by CatScan when a file fails in
          anyway.  It will be created in the same directory as your
          other LOG file so more than likely it will appear in your
          WC30 directory.  I did this because I went to run WCPRO
          and find all the files that failed the scan, and with
          17,000 files this took 10 minutes..  Well no more now it
          will take seconds all I have to do is look in that
          file...

     o    This feature has been in CatScan since day one but many
          sysops keep asking for it anyway.  If you want to only
          accept .ZIP files or .ZIP and .LZH files even though
          Catscan will convert them then here is how you would do
          it.  For your .ARJ archiver define it to be PKUNZIP and
          for your .ARC archiver define it as PKUNZIP.exe too.
          what will happen here is say a .ARC gets uploaded what
          will pkunzip do when it tries to uncompress it!  Its gona
          say this file is trashed and report a failed integrity.
          So this gives you the power to handle it that way if you
          want..  If you do this then you don't need the ARJ
          archiver even on your disk..  Whalla, just a hint from a
          friendly SYSop...


     o    That's about it on this version I must say that I am
          impressed with all the registrations that I have gotten
          apparently I am doing something right...  So he is just
          a little something extra.  I have 204 registrations right
          now for the first person that has reg number 225 or
          higher that writes on the order.frm they send in "Am I
          the Lucky One" I will tear up there check or mail back
          their money order and give them a free copy... Just one
          way I would like to say Thank you everyone.  Also only
          the people that read this file will know so you may very
          well have a good chance just because you took the time to
          read this...



P.S.      The DOC file hasn't changed in this version so rely on
          this file for the new features...