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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// TOPBLT - PCBoard Top User Statistics Bulletin Generator
// Copyright (c) 1992 by K. Anderson
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// What's new since TOPBLT v0.8?
//
// 03-27-92 - TOPBLT v0.9b
//
// - Did some more optimizations - was able to remove one function
// and drop the code size by a few K..
//
// - Changed code to implement file sharing. Now when TOPBLT opens
// the USERS and USERS.INF file, it prevents any other program
// to write to the file while TOPBLT is reading from it. Multinode
// systems should now have no problem running TOPBLT while there
// are active nodes.
//
// Let me know if there are any difficulties.
//
// - Thanks to Stew Francis
//
// (I probably wouldn't have added it
// unless someone had prompted me to..)
//
// - Removed the /TMP:filename.ext command line option. A unique
// temporary filename is generated internally now each time.
//
// - Intending to do all sorting internally by the next release.
// This will save the system call from being executed and will
// decrease memory requirements by at least 70K (and it should
// also be faster..).
//
// 03-25-92 - TOPBLT v0.9a - (Not publicly released) Quick (?) bugfix...
//
// - ugh. If the /HDR:GENERATE option was used and/or the /COL,
// /EXC or /TMP option was used in the same command line, the
// last options (/COL, /EXC, /TMP) would report that they
// couldn't open the specified file.
//
// This bug SEEMS to be fixed.. I haven't found a combination
// that produces it again. Fixing it involved engaging in some
// shoddy programming by making a variable global..
//
// - Found another bug. The temporary file sometimes had 'garbage'
// user names (those starting with a space for example) which
// would get inserted into the bulletin with inaccurate
// statistics. This only seems to happen when the /EXC: option
// is used. - FIXED.
//
// 03-20-92 - TOPBLT v0.9 (yes Greg, ANOTHER version!)
//
// - Support for generation of HEADERS internally (so you don't need
// a different external header file for each bulletin type).
// Specify this with: /HDR:GENERATE
//
// - Thanks to Jeff Gerschkow for the idea.
//
// - ANOTHER command line option - /DAT - Stamp the time and date
// onto the end of the bulletin showing when it was created.
//
// - The /EXC:filename.ext exclude option now works. The filename
// is a straight ascii text file containing the names of users you
// do not wish to be entered into the bulletin (for example, names
// of SysOps, unwanted users, etc.). The format is one name per
// line - the current maximum # of exclude names is 50. (Contact
// me if you need to exclude more than 50 users...)
//
// - /TYP:ULBYTES/DLBYTES still not functional.. argh..
//
// - Known bugs: None (yet). But please let me know if you have bug
// reports, fixes, suggestions, comments, etc..!
//
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