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- 22-Jun-97 Tornado 1.3beta. "Bugs Killer" Version
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-
- ! Evident setting of paging topic in the Page_Sysop action optional
- data didn't work: at paging the topic was changed to the one entered
- by a user or cleared if TORNADO.CTL => [Miscellaneous] -> AskChatTopic
- parameter was set to "No".
- Noticed by Yurii Rashkovskii 2:461/136.2
-
- ! UserEditor: didn't work at all in the DOS version and had a lot of
- bugs in the OS/2 version. Created USEREDIT.CTL configuration file
- containing users list sorting criterion.
-
- ! Resume Registration feature somerimes worked incorrectly.
-
- ! If an .A?? file was assotiated to the menu item, in case of choosing
- this item at GoSub_Menu item this file was in fact displayed after
- redrawing screen (after pressing Enter or so).
- Noticed by Alex Henriksen (alexie@danbbs.dk).
-
- ! If there were many files in file areas, the OS/2 version displayed
- all the files after N number as offline, and in case of trying to
- return to menu program crashed (runtime error).runtime error.
- Noticed by Vadim A Abramov 2:5020/149.16
-
- % Configuration files parser has been slightly optimized.
-
- % A lump of code has been overlayed to reduce amount of needed memory.
- Now it's enough 400K for the DOS version to run.
-
- + Now in case of program execution terminating at local SysOp request
- (pressing ESC in call waiting mode) the Tornado returns errorlever
- code 10 at exit. This makes working in looped .BAT or .CMD file more
- flexy and comfortable.
- Proposed by Alex Henriksen (alexie@danbbs.dk).
-
- % Window interfase has been rewritten and highly optimized.
-
- + Now while installing new versions the installer will automatically
- update the configuration files.
-
- ! Next_FileGroup, Prev_FileGroup, Next_MsgGroup and Prev_MsgGroup menu
- actions didn't work.
-
- % Changing file/message group positions area selector to the first area
- in the group.
-
- % Next_FileArea, Prev_FileArea, Next_MsgArea and Prev_MsgArea now work
- only inside current group of arreas.
-
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- 17-Jul-97 Tornado 1.35beta
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-
- + Multiline mode will use sharing lines by directories:
-
- = TORNADO.CTL =======================================================
- [Files&Dirs]
- ;
- DoorInfoDir C:\TORNADO\LINE1 ; Directory where on calling external
- ; programs EXITINGO.BBS and DORINFO.BBS
- ; files will be created.
- ;
- =====================================================================
-
- + A new parameter wos added to file setting access level:
-
- = LIMITS.CTL ========================================================
- [Limit]
- ;
- Min_Speed 1200 ; Minimal connect speed for the access level. If the
- ; real speed will be slower, a user will be shown
- ; the TOOSLOW.A?? file and the sesion will terminate.
- ;
- =====================================================================
-
- + Now for each use an average CPS is calculate. It's included into the
- user information which is available by pressing F2 or in user editor.
- It's useful for evaluating connect quality with the user and is also
- used for calculating trensfer time (file send window).
-
- + A new parameter was added to file areas description file:
-
- = FILEAREA.CTL ======================================================
- [FileArea]
- ;
- UL_Security 256 ; Minimal access level to upload to
- ; the file area. Flags may be used,
- ; if separated by space.
- ;
- =====================================================================
-
- + Noe it's possible to toggle paging SysOp possibility on/off by press-
- ing Alt-P key combination. If it's turned to off, a flagfile TOR_NCHT
- is created.
-
- + New variables FromUsers_Area, File_From_User, UL_For_User were added
- to .LNG-files.
-
- + Private uploads (tm) feature was added. It enables users to exchange
- files via the BBS using a special file area rather than the common
- ones for the files to be only downloaded by the adressee user. Files
- lists are stored in .LST-files. The feature is activated by adding
- the Upload_Priv menu item to the .MNU-file.
-
- = TORNADO.CTL =======================================================
- [Files&Dirs]
- ;
- Priv_Uploads_Dir USERTAG\ ; Directory for private uploads.
- ;
- =====================================================================
-
- NOTE: Isn't yet thoroughly tested so may cause problems.
-
- % A search of messages to the user has been speeded up.
-
- + The ABBSCONV utility now may be informed by -G command switch about a
- mail areas group to be set as default.
-
- ! Tagging anything listed after search of the new files caused runtime
- error.
-
- + The Tornado/2 has finally become full-multithreaded: calling help
- window, change access level, user parameter editing and other dialogs,
- as well as any SysOp actions, don't slow down current session anymore.
-
- % Opening JAM-base in case of base files missing didn't result in
- cewating the base. Noticed by Kirill Zemskov 2:5020/620.22
-
- % Incorrect values were put to the SUBJ and TO fields of the reply
- message in the squish-areas.
-
- + A REXX utility to convert SQUISH.CFG to MSGAREA.CTL is included into
- the Tornado/2 package. (c) Oleg Deribas 2:461/13.
-
- ! If the FILEAREA.CTL contained a description of just one file area
- and menu items Next_/Prev_FileArea were called, the Tornado/2 was
- involved to looped re-reading this file.
-
- + Now it's possible to pass line number ("*N" macros) to the action
- menu "Exec".
-
- + Now in case of using DOS version of the Tornado under multitasking
- environments file access is shared in a right way.
-
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- 09-Jul-97 Tornado 1.36beta (may be gamma ;)
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-
- + New variables in the main configuration file:
-
- = TORNADO.CTL =========================================================
- ;
- [NewUsers]
- ;
- Show_News Yes ; Show news to user at enter
- ; Can be set to:
- ; Yes : show all news;
- ; Last : show only recent news (came
- ; after the user's last session
- ; No : show none.
- ;
- [Miscellaneous]
- ;
- Ignore_Old_Flags 3 ; Ignore flagfiles created earlier that
- ; <specified_number> hours ago.
- ;
- [FileAreas]
- ;
- Desc_Under_DLC Yes ; Create long single-line file descripti-
- ; ons for files download counters.
- ;
- =======================================================================
-
- ! Fixed OS/2 version bug that made Tornado crash after searching new
- files.
-
- ! Fixed a bug that resulted in runtime error aborting trying to downlo-
- ad a file with Read-Only attribute set. Thanks to Dmitry Liman
- 2:461/79.55
-
- ! If filenames were evidently mentionet into the additional info to the
- "Download" meny item, these files may be killed. Thanks to Dmitry Li-
- man 2:461/79.55
-
- ! Fixed a bug that got any user allowed to change to any directory in
- the DoorWay mode by giving it as a parameter to the CD command, even
- though it's disabled for this user. Noticed by Andrew Myasnikov
- 2:5030/548.30
-
- ! Aborting downloading caused in growing all the download counters by
- the aborted file size. Noticed by knight@megalog.ru.
-
- + List in user editor now can be sorted by the last call date.
-
- ! Runtime error # 103 aborts were patched.
-
- + Because of HDD upgrade (120MB to 1.2GB) Win'95 is now installed on
- the home computer and Win32 Tornado version is now under development.
-