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*) added code and descriptor to detect invalid telephone exchanges
like 911. Descriptor is 'InValidExchange'.
InvalidExchange 911
InvalidExchange 411
*) Fixed a bug which was writing an extra byte into EXITINFO.BBS in
the RA 2.00g1 versions.
*) First version with support for RA 2.00g1.
*) Changed the validation requirement from Password to Birthday
in order to remain somewhat compatible with other BBS packages.
The user's password is no longer stored anywhere in RA and this
is so drastically different from other BBS programs that the
birthday requirement will be used from now on.
*) Removed the VDVariable @PASSWORD due to RA 2.00 future
compatibility issues.
*) New Vd.Cfg descriptor "NoFirstDigit". This allows you to tell
VD what digits are not allowed as first digits in the phone
number. No defaults!! Examples:
NotFirstDigit 1
NotFirstDigit 2
*) Fixed a bug which caused double chars to appear on the BBS
screen during a CHAT.
*) Changed the Chat Prompt so that the SysopName is not hard-coded
into it. You can put it there using the @sysop vdvariable in
the language file if you want to.
*) Added 3 entries to the language file that somehow got overlooked
for a total of 39 entries. Use the new language files which
accompany this release.
*) Added 8 new VD_Variables mainly for use in the language file, so
that changing these defines in the vd.cfg file will result in
the new values automatically being plugged into the language
file at runtime.
@Home HomePhoneKey definition
@Data DataPhoneKey definition
@Abort AbortKey definition
@Edit EditKey definition
@Yes YesKey definition
@No NoKey definition
@LDCode PreDialLDCode definition
@Sysop SysopName from vd.cfg
NOTE: the included language files have been modified to take
advantage of these new vdvars.
*) Added Key definitions for the menu keys as well as the YesNo
response keys. The keys are defined in VD.Cfg thusly:
HomePhoneKey 1 - "Home" phone number
DataPhoneKey 2 - "Data" phone number
AbortKey A - "Abort" ValidOOR Key
EditKey E - "Edit" phone number key
YesKey Y - "Yes" response key
NoKey Y - "No" repsonse key
the definitions above are the default values if the cfg file
descriptors are not used.
*) Added the LANGUAGE descriptor to allow you to name your langauge
file anything you like. Full paths are acceptable and if no
path is present, the environment variable path will be used to
find the langauge file. The .ANS or .ASC extension will be
assumed. Default = VD-LANG
*) Changed the way the Environment variable is handled with regard
to ValidOOR finding it's files. Now for ANY file except VD.CFG
ValidOOR.Key:
if no path is specified in vd.cfg and no validoor env.
variable is used, VD looks in the current dir.
if no path is specified and the validoor environment
variable is set, vd looks in the dir pointed to by the
environment variable.
if a path of ANY type is specified (determined by the
presence of any backslash(\) or colon(:) in the descriptor
filename, it will override the environment variable in
every case.
See vd.cfg for more info on each file.
*) Beginning with this release, VDUtil will now be included in
the ValidOOR ZIPchive. See VDU.DOC for release history of this
utility.
*) Added PreDialLDCode descriptor. This allows you to put your
own Long Distance access code into VD. If left out, the default
value is "1".
PreDialLDCode 1
*) ALL display files are now optional (as noted in vd.cfg) and have
equivalent lines in vd-lang.a?? to replace them if they are
commented out in vd.cfg. This means that ValidOOR will now run
without those extra text files if you want to do it that way.
*) Done away with vd.cfg descriptors SYSNAME1 and SYSNAME2. A
similar line is now located in the language file on line 34 or
the SYSID descriptor will display a file in its place.
*) All data sent through the modem is now found in a language
file. This file supports ANSI and ASCII flavors.
*) Added ANS/ASC support to all displayed files such as the ones
pointed to by the ValidGoodbye descriptor. If you do not put
an extension on these filenames in vd.cfg, either .ANS or .ASC
extensions will be added to the filenames based on the user
settings in EXITINFO.BBS.
*) Added four new display files to replaced some formerly hard
coded text in older versions of ValidOOR. The descriptors are
SysID, UsedNumber, BadNumberDisplay, and ReadyForCall. See
vd.cfg for examples. These display files also support the
.ANS/.ASC processing.
*) Added Flag Toggle to the Flag setting routines. The T in the
flag mask will cause that bit to be toggled. See VD.CFG for
usage examples.
*) Major changes to PRINT routines. All local screens are printed
through ANSI device driver. ValidOOR will now require an ANSI
driver.
*) Eliminated the "Display" descriptor in VD.CFG
*) Removed F-10 advertisement and added minor advertisement during
program initialization.
*) Eliminated the YOURCITYST descriptor. This should now be
put into the language file.
*) Changed default twitline to "System Error - Disconnecting..."
*) Changed QUICKPHONE descriptor to PHONE as it was causing some
confusion. VD still supports QUICKPHONE although it is not
documented.
*) Fixed VD so that non-registered users could not run BETA copies.
Added Errorlevel 20 for this type of exit.
*) Changed Encryption routines so that keys no longer need to be
uppercase only.