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- AVIEW V3.1a (29-Aug-1993) BUG-FIX RELEASE (Not really a bug!)
-
- - Well, under Norton Commander V4.0, AVIEW didn't got any enough memory when
- using it with F3, when the view option in NC V4.0 is used, NC stays in
- memory, all 384 KB, this leaves not enough memory for AVIEW to execute
- some external utilitys (ARJ, SCANNER etc.), or even in some cases to
- execute AVIEW itself.
- AVIEW swappes itself out when executing an external utility (it always did),
- leaving only 2 KB of AVIEW in memory for swapping back, this still wasn't
- enough, several users reported error 5, 7 and 9, which all are memory
- errors, so i optimized AVIEW a lot, and made the code compacter, V3.1a will
- run under NC V4.0 when you use the view (F3) function, the only problem i
- discovered was that the virus-scanner cannot be run, (SCAN from McaFee,
- needs about 390 KB free).
- I've tested AVIEW with NC V3.0 and that combination works without any
- problems.
- You'll need about 600 KB free memory to run NC V4.0 and AVIEW together
- without any errors (if you use F3 to startup AVIEW).
- - A solution: (not a nice one), install AVIEW.EXE as external EDITOR and
- use F4 (or ALT-F4) to startup AVIEW, NC V4.0 will swap and enough memory
- will be availble, i think this is a major BUG in NC V4.0, the viewers are
- the only thing NC V4.0 will not swap for, maybe this is configurable?, I
- couldn't find something in the docs so i don't think so.
- - If some-one has any suggestions for resolving this problem, please let me
- know, i'm reachable on my BBS or CompuServe: Chris Buijs, 100117,3242.
-
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- AVIEW V3.1 (28-Aug-1993) OFFICIAL RELEASE
-
- - Added parameters to AVIEW, /? for help, /M for monochrome operation,
- /25, /35, /40, /43 and /50 for number of lines per screen to use.
- - When started in the file-selector (startup AVIEW without parameters or
- only with a drive or path, thus no filename), the file-selector will act
- as shell, so when finished viewing a selected file, you'll return to the
- file-selector.
- - Added more information to the file-selector, now the size, date, time and
- attributes of a file is shown.
- - At the top of the file-selector now the current directory is shown.
- - The file-selector now also has his own function-key-bar at the bottom of
- the screen.
- - You can now tag/untag directory/file entrys in the file-selector, simply
- press INS or SPACE for tagging/untagging per file, or the gray +, gray -
- or gray * for wilcard tagging.
- - You can now enter a new drive and/or directory in the file-selector with F2.
- - You can now rename files/directorys in the file-selector with F6.
- - You can now create directories in the file-selector with F7.
- - You can now delete files in the file-selector with F8 or DEL.
- - You can now do a DOS-Shell from the file-selector with F9 or ALT-J.
- - The SORT option in the AVIEW.CTL file was ignored by AVIEW, it now works
- okay.
- - The maximum number of files in an archive is raised from 256 to 384.
- - The maximum number of files in the file-selector is raised from 512 to 1536.
- - The maximum number of viewers is raised from 16 to 64.
- - The drive-space check before extracting files didn't work correcltly, now
- it does.
- - AVIEW aborted some times with an error 14 at start-up, this has been fixed.
- - Fixed errors that occurred when files in an archive contained paths.
- - Updated files in an archive included the tempory-path from AVIEW, this
- is fixed.
- - Some errors didn't gave a beep, now it does.
- - AVIEW now uses maximum compression on updated-files.
- - The interface between AVIEW and the external archive-utilitys is now fully
- configurable, see the sample AVIEW.CTL for more info.
- - When an error occurres with an external archiver utility, AVIEW will now
- show the return-code.
- - When a filename in an archive contained a path, and there were
- forward-slashes used (ZIP), and error occurred, this is fixed.
- - Rewrited lots of archive-routines, they are now more compact and faster.
- - Added ARC support with PKPAK/PKUNPAK instead of PAK, PAK is still used for
- PAK files.
- - Added BACKUP command to RAFT.CTL for identifing backup-files created by
- the editor used in the edit-function, these backup-files are deleted after
- an edit/update now, so you can now also use editors which create
- backup-files.
- - ADDED SCREENMODE command to RAFT.CTL for defining number of lines per screen
- to use.
- - On EGA and VGA adapters, AVIEW now detects when the screen has more then 25
- lines and will automatically use them.
- - AVIEW detects SFX files faster now.
- - AVIEW reads the contents of archives faster now.
- - All files are opened shared now.
- - Cleaned up code
- - Updated help-screens.
- - Fixed some bugs in the user-interface.
- - Fixed some mouse bugs.
- - Beter memory support.
- - Optimized some archive routines.
- - Optimized the file/directory routines.
- - Updated the manuals.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V3.0 (23-Aug-1993) OFFICIAL RELEASE
-
- Well, after a crash i lost some bits of the source code of AVIEW, so i decided
- one day to rewrite the darn thing, after struggling with the code i did a
- couple of things, i rewrote totally the user-interface and the archive-
- routines, they are blazing fast now!
-
- The following things are new/changed since V2.0:
-
- - AVIEW now recognize ARC, PAK, LZH, ZIP, ZOO and ARJ files by looking into
- the internals of the file, also LZH, ZIP and ARJ self-extracting files can
- now be manipulated, strange file-extensions are not a problem anymore also.
- - An Archive can have now any file-extension, AVIEW will determine what type
- of archive it is by looking into the internals of the file.
- - Everything operates faster, the archive routines are speeded up dramatically.
- - Added mouse-support, you can now use AVIEW with a mouse.
- - Now you can define up to 16 viewers to use for viewing files from an archive,
- very handy for backups of pictures or documents (i use it myself :-).
- - Added NOMOUSE command to AVIEW.CTL, with this parameter you can force AVIEW
- to ignore a mouse when detected.
- - Added SORT command to AVIEW.CTL, with this parameter you can tell AVIEW how
- to sort the file-list as default.
- - The temppath is now used for creating tempory directorys in, the temppath
- can now be a any directory, only the tempory directorys in it will be
- deleted.
- - When AVIEW now is started without any parameters, or only with a path,
- a file-selector will be poped up, with this file-selector you can choose
- a file from any drive and/or directory.
- - Enchanced the sort-option, more sort-keys and you can sort ascending
- or descending.
- - The syntax of some commands in the .CTL file are changed, for external
- utilitys (VIEWER, EDITOR and SCANNER) you can now use a %F variable to pass
- the full path+filename off the file under the cursor-bar
- - SCANNERPARM in the .CTL file is gone, not needed anymore.
- - Added some keys, and some keys work differently.
- - Added an ADD function to add file(s) to the archive, press F7 to activate.
- - Added fast-keys to the menu's/file-list, jump to an entry by simply pressing
- the first charachter of the entry.
- - Added AVIEWNC.EXE utility for easy installation into Norton Commander
- versions prior to V4.0.
- - Added AVIEWNC4.EXE utility for easy installation into Norton Commander V4.0.
- - Operation of archives-in-archives is now much faster/beter, up to 16
- archives can be stacked in archives.
- - All operations will work now also on archive-in-archive, some functions in
- prior versions would only allow to update the head-archive, now all archives
- can be manipulated up to 16 deep.
- - Support for PKPAK and PKUNPAK has been removed, for ARC files now the PAK
- routines are used.
- - Some cosmetic changes (it is a rewrite).
- - On a input-box you can now press F2 for a file-selector, when selected a
- file, the full drive+path+filename is inserted into the input-box, so that
- you can select or edit it.
- - Some problems are fixed automatically because of the rewrite.
- - Updated the docs.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V3.0 (22-Aug-1993) PRE-RELEASE
-
- - Aaaarrrgghh!!, the wrong executable was packed in this package, DON'T USE
- IT!, it doens't work good at all!
-
-
-
- AVIEW V2.0 (31-Jan-1993)
-
- - Before extraction AVIEW now asks if you want to expand/create directorys
- that are included in an archive, you can now extract all files to one path,
- also the files that were originally in a subdirectory when packed.
- - When editing a file and NO was answered on the question to update the
- archive, AVIEW reported an incorrect error (Edited file cannnot be found),
- this is fixed.
- - When you convert an archive, AVIEW asks after converting if you want to
- delete the old archive.
- - When using Shift-F2, and only a drive was given as extraction-path an
- error occurred, this is fixed.
- - Drive-space is checked now before extraction and converting.
- - Removed some routines that were used double.
- - Fixed some minor bugs.
- - Updated the manual, some cosmetic changes also.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.95 (20-Jan-1993) BUG-FIX Release.
-
- - There was a serious bug in V1.9 when no EMS/XMS could be used for swapping,
- the swapper didn't opened a swapfile before swapping which resulted in an
- error, this is fixed.
- - Modified some colours so that it looks more like a norton viewer.
- - Modified some messages, now the appear in message-boxes.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.9 (17-Jan-1993)
-
- Sorry about the quick update, there were several things that could be done
- in a jiffy...
-
- - Optimized some menu/input and message routines.
- - Updated the swapper and fixed some small bugs in the file-swapper.
- - Added sort option (F6), now you can sort the listing on filename, date and
- size, default is filename.
- - The grey '+' and '-' keys now remember the last select/deselection strings.
- - When converting from ARC files, PKUNPAK was called for every file, now it
- goes in one pass (PKUNPAK is called once for all files).
- - The position of the selection-bar in the list isn't resetted to the first
- file anymore, the position is restored after an operation (Viewing/Editing/
- converting etc.).
- - Number and size of tagged files are now shown in upper status-bar.
- - Now you can use the current-path as extraction-path, just enter NO path.
- - ARJ files with security-envelopes are now also recognized.
- - When no EMS, XMS or disk-file could be used for swapping, a normal EXECUTE
- is perfomed without swapping, former AVIEW would exited with an error.
- - When a swapfile is used by the swapper, it is now put on the drive of the
- TEMPPATH instead of the current drive.
- - Updated the manual.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.8
-
- - Fixed a bug when AVIEW wanted to view an archive in the root-directory of
- a disk, the message 'File not found' appeared, FIXED!
- - When swapping between drives when unarchiving or converting, AVIEW sometimes
- forgot to which drive to return after the operation, the message
- 'File not found' or 'Path not found' appeared, FIXED!
- - Now you can only define a drive (e.d. C: or D: etc.) as temppath, a
- path is added automatically, the root-directory is not used anymore
- on the drive of the temppath.
- - Fixed bug with ZOO extractor, wrong parameter was used, only 'x' was
- used instead of '-e', FIXED!
- - When you pressed ESC after choosing the convert-option (F5), an
- 'access denied' would occurr in some situations, FIXED!
- - ARJ, LZH and ZIP Self-extracting archives can now also be processed.
- - Fixed lots of bugs in the EMS/XMS/Disk swapper, and made it faster too.
- - Added NOCOLOR command to AVIEW.CTL, handy for users with a LCD-Screen.
- - Fixed some minor (cosmetic) bugs.
- - Optimized some file-routines, AVIEW executes faster now (about 5 %).
- - Updated manual.
- - Added the file TODO.DOC.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.7
-
- - When only a file-name was given as parameter, the viewer and editor
- couldn't find the file you specified to view/edit, this is fixed.
- - The delete-function now also works on ZIP and ARC archives.
- - The tempory-directory AVIEW uses can now be freely defined, normally
- AVIEW would create one on the actual drive, this was not very handy
- when using AVIEW on a floppy-drive, the tempory-directory can be
- defined in the AVIEW.CTL file with the TEMPPATH command.
- - After a dos-shell, AVIEW returns to the directory before the dos-shell,
- this fixes the problems occurring after a dos-shell (lots of files
- couldn't be found).
- - The path+filename in the upper-leftcorner of the screen is now also
- truncated like the path+filenames of the archive when it gets to long.
- - ARJ and ZIP now uses maximum compression when used.
- - AVIEW now trys to swap to EMS, XMS or DISK before any program is
- executed or before a dos-shell.
- - All return-codes of the archivers and virus-scanner are now checked,
- and a message is displayed when something went wrong.
- - If the extraction-path does not exist it is created automatically.
- - Added Convert-option, now you can convert archives between ARC, ARJ, LZH,
- PAK, ZIP and ZOO with function-key F5.
- - Optimized lots of routines and fixed some minor bugs.
- - Updated the manual.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.6
-
- - Changed screen-layout, the colomn with the ratio and CRC are gone, instead
- the full path (when availble in an archive) and filename is shown.
- - When Shift-F2 (unpack) is pressed, AVIEW will always ask for an
- extraction-path before unpacking.
- - Fixed bug when using the wildcard (de)selection (grey + and -), when a
- file didn't had any extension, it couldn't be (de)select with the wildcard
- (de)selector.
- - The default viewer is now WPVIEW instead of LIST.
- - Gained some speed after optimisation.
- - Fixed some minor bugs.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.5
-
- - Changed name of archive from AVIEWnn.ARJ to NCAVnn.ARJ, there was already
- a utility called AVIEW with a higher version-number, so My AVIEW was
- removed from lots of BBSes because the sysops thought it was a old version.
- - Added .LHA and .SDN file recognition, now these files are also seen as
- archives.
- - Added support for a virus-scanner, now you can define a virus-scanner
- in the AVIEW.CTL file, this scanner wil be used on files unpacked with
- the unpack (F2) function.
- - Added SCANNER keyword to AVIEW.CTL for defining virus-scanner.
- - Added SCANNERPARM keryword to AVIEW.CTL for defining parameters for
- the virus-scanner.
- - Removed function-keys F6 (tag) and F7 (untag).
- - Added wildcard selection/deselection, press the grey + for wildcard
- selection, press the grey - for wildcard deselection.
- - By mistake the error-capture routine was switched off, this would generate
- some illigal error-messages in some cases, this is fixed.
- - Fixed some minor bugs.
- - Updated documentation
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.4
-
- - Never released
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.3
-
- - Added an edit-function (F4), when a file is edited, and your editor
- returns to AVIEW, the file in the archive is updated with the edited
- version, before updating, AVIEW prompts you with a yes/no question.
- - Added a control-file, AVIEW.CTL, must be in the same directory as
- AVIEW.EXE, you can define your own viewer, editor and default
- extraction-path in it.
- - Optimized some memory-routines
- - Fixed some minor bugs.
- - Updated the doc-file.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.2
-
- - Fixed a huge memory-bug, when an archive was viewed with lots of files
- a error 14 would occurr, this is fixed.
- - Memory-limits weren't checked, this sometimes resulted in a 'hang', this
- is fixed, all limits are checked.
- - Multiple file-extraction (tagged file) from ARC file works now also,
- in version 1.0 and 1.1 AVIEW only allowed one file to be extracted,
- this is fixed.
- - Added full error-handling and messages.
- - Added delete-function (F8).
- - Optimized some routines.
-
-
-
- AVIEW V1.1
-
- - When standing on the last entry in the file-list and you would
- press arrow-down, a strange jumping of the list occurred, this is fixed.
- - Now you can use all the cursor-keys (Home, End, Pgup, Pgdn, etc.).
- - The filelist is now sorted.
- - Now all archives unpack into the extraction-path you give, sometimes
- an archive was unpacked into the current directory, this is fixed.
- - Optimize some routines.
- - Updated documentation.
-
-
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- AVIEW V1.0
-
- - Initial release.
-