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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. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 17-Jul-97 Tornado 1.35beta ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + 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. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 09-Jul-97 Tornado 1.36beta (may be gamma ;) ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + 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" menu 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. + Thinking about ShareWare ... ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 18-Aug-97 Tornado 1.37gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ * I leave for vacations today for some 10 days so Win'95 version of Tor- nado isn't completed yet. It works quite fine in both local and remote modes, but file transfer feature isn't yet implemented at all. So one should wait for the first Tornado/Win32 alpha version till my return. % The call waiting mode is completely rewritten, as well as modem res- ponse parser. This resulted in some changes in the main configuration file. The TORNADO.CTL => [Modem] -> ModemType parameter has been remo- ved, and the things below have been added: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [Modem] ; Modem_Connect CONNECT ; String coming from a modem in case of ; successful handshake ; Modem_Ring RING ; String coming from a modem in case of ; incoming ring ; Modem_NoCarrier NO CARRIER ; String coming from a modem in case of ; handshake failure ; Modem_Ok OK ; String coming from a modem in case of ; succesful initialization ; ===================================================================== ! A bug, that caused deletion of downloading files while local down- loading, has been removed. % Plenty of minor additions and fixes, not too important to mention them especially. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ xx-Sep-97 Tornado 1.4gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + Great day for all the fans of scripts and built-in languages ;) I finally have got anough time and inspiration to implement this feature in the Tornado. No too detailed description here, just see the new chapter dedicated to it in the main documentation file. The only thing to mention is that all the stuff to create registration queries is now completely deleted, because it's now possible to create them using the reserved name NEWUSER2 in scripts (see documentation for more details). .LNG-files don't contain [Files] -> Questionarie parameter anymore. % The way of download counters displaying has been improved a bit. This resulted in appearing the TORNADO.CTL => [Colors] -> flist_DLC parameter and adding keyword DLC to the TORNADO.CTL => [FileAreas] -> List_Options parameter. These improvemetns were proposed by Alexander S Tokareff 2:5077/27. + Not_Archive parameter added to .LNG-files ! While reading Hudson-style mail areas text of messages was wrapped incorrectly. Noticed by Mike Gee 2:/464/6.13. + External protocols suppord has been added, causing PROTOCOL.CTL configuration file and TORNADO.CTL => [Files&Dirs] -> Protocol_CTL parameter to appear. + Some parameters have been added to the mail areas configuration file: = MSGAREA.CTL ======================================================= [MsgArea] ; Private Ask ; Whether to consider all the messages ; sent to this mail area as private: ; ; Yes - all private; ; No - none private; ; Ask - ask user whether to consider ; the message as private. ; Type Echomail ; Mail area type: ; ; Echomail - echomail; ; Netmail - personal mail ; ===================================================================== These two parameters were proposed by George Brink 2:5004/28 and Alexander S Tokareff 2:5077/27 respectively. ! If the TORNADO.CTL => [Modem] -> Layer parameter has been set to UART the COM-port couldn't be intialized. Noticed by Victor Hutoryansky hutor@nurgroup.kz. + Whatsnew exceeded 100K :) + Added "$FILE:<¿¼∩_Σá⌐½á>" macros to be used in .LNG and .A?? files % Chat_Log parameter has been moved from [Miscellaneous] to [Files&Dirs] section. + Msg_Keys,YesNo_Keys, YesNoQuit_Keys, Post_Keys, FArea_Keys parameters have been added to .LNG-files. They contain hotkeys list, tips on which are set in MsgString,Yes_No,Yes_No_Quit,Post_Menu and FAreaLine parameters respectively. Proposed by Roman Rupp 2:246/6010 + Logoff_Message, Use_FS_Editor, FS_Ansi_Required parameters have been added to .LNG-files + External message editor can now be called. + New parameters have been added to the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [NewUsers] ; FS_Editor Ask ; Full-screen editor using (Yes, No, Ask) ; [Miscellaneous] ; Logoff_Ask Yes ; Whether to ask user confirmation on ; the session ending at choosing ; 'Logoff' menu item. ; Logoff_Mail Yes ; Ask user whether does he want to le- ; ave a message for SysOp before end- ; ing session. ; External_Editor gedit.exe -N*N ; Command line to call external full- ; screen message editor. ; ===================================================================== ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 09-Oct-97 Tornado 1.45gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + Line modifiers are now available in .MNU files. + $FLGS macro added (describes user flags). % A minor change in the script language: now built-in variables names are similar to those of the corresponding macros. Script programmers are now free to change anything they want from withing their scripts. ! Fixed an error that disabled Tornado/DOS to list more than 114 file areas. It's interesting that this time it was bug of the Borland Pascal, not mine ;) ! Fixed an error that made Tornado hang while selecting any file after search new files or search by mask. Noticed by Dmitry Liman, 2:461/79.55. + New script statements are added: DownLoad, UpLoad, UpLoadPriv, ChangeFileArea, ChangeMsgArea, ChangeFileGroup, ChangeMsgGroup, Filelist, UserInfo. See docs for more info. % Some tuneup of the installer was made. % Reserved .A?? file and script names NEWUSER1, NEWUSER2, GOODUSER, NOTAVAIL were renamed to NEWUSER, REGEND, GOODUSR, NOTAVAL, respect- ively. + Now it became possible to show more than one files in the reserved cases (see paragraph 7.4. of documentation). One can place to the di- rectory, specified by the [Files] -> TxtFiles variable of the current .LNG-file, files with numbers from 1 to 9 added to the reserved file-name. For example: LOGOFF.ANS, LOGOFF1.ANS, LOGOFF2.ANS, etc. These files will be displayed in turn. Proposed by Witaly Legnin, 2:5020/987. + The reserved START .A?? file and script name was added. + Now the Tornado package includes .LNG, .MNU and .A?? files in German. My great thanks for the translation to Roman Rupp, 2:246/6010. ! If DLPath variable of the FILEAREA.CTL configuration file contained a directory with long name, Tornado assumed no files to be presented in this area. Fixed. + I've got a new e-mail, konst@f777.lugansk.ua so all who suffered from temporary absence of my old email may feel free to use the new one to wwite to me. % Since old ReadString script statement now treats number-type variables as well, it's been renamed to ReadVad. ! Try to view archive file attributed as Read-Only caused Runtime Error #5. Fixed. Noticed by Dmitry Krasnikov, 2:5070/98.40. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 14-Nov-97 Tornado 1.50gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ % Menu files treating engine has been sped up. + A new variable is added to the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [Files&Dirs] ; SuxxUsers_List suxx.ctl ; Suxx users list - bad users list. If ; one is online Tornado sometimes emula- ; tes line disturbances and can break ; the session. ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Jay Konoplyanska 2:5022/30.2 + Some other new variables in the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= ; [Files&Dirs] ; TRC_Log trc.log ; Log file name to store TRC (Tornado ; Relay Chat) input into. ; [FileAreas] ; UpLoad_Overwrite No ; Enabling/disabling overwriting files ; stored in the upload directory by up- ; loading a file with the same name. ; ===================================================================== The TRC_Log facility was proposed by Arseny Osipov 2:5030/359.33 + New statements were added to the Tornado built-in script language. These are: GetStringLength (Str, Num) - stores String-type Str parameter length to the Number-type Num parameter; ReadKey (Str) - waits for pressing any key and returns the resulting value in the String-type Str parameter. + New macros were added to the Tornado built-in script language: $FNAM $LNAM $LFKB % Script errors are now output both to the logfile and to the user screen. + Tornado/2 now supports the standard COM.SYS driver shipped with OS/2, in addition to the SIO fossil. + Tornado/2 is now able to change task header depending on user actions. ! Fixed error which disabled Tornado running under Windows NT to open message base with type set to FIDO in the MSGAREA.CTL=>[MsgArea]->Ba- seType parameter. Noticed by Dmitry Maevsky 2:5032/5. ! Fixed a couple of errors in the built-in DoorWay. All noticed by And- rey Bragnik 2:461/96. + Added new parameter Are_You_Sure to *.LNG-files. + Added -R command line parameter which stops Tornado timeslicing mechanism. ! Bug, resulting in displaying wrong current message number and total messages amount in Hudson-style message areas, was removed. ! Fixed errors in the impementation of the FileDisplay statement of the Tornado built-in script language. Noticed by Dmitriy Aljoshin (daljoshin@glasnet.ru) ! The FILEAREA.CTL => [FileArea] -> Scan_NewFiles variable did not fun- ction. Fixed. Noticed by Denis Kostylew 2:450/82. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 19-Dec-97 Tornado 1.52gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ - The obsolete *.LNG file variable Last_Calls has been removed. + A new variable is added to the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= ; [FileAreas] ; Long_Desc_Pos 14 ; The starting position of long desc- ; riptions in FILES.BBS ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Tomas Nehybka, 2:421/25.21. + Two new statements were added to the Tornado built-in script lan- guage. These are SubString an Val. ! Bug caused the Tornado built-in script language IF statement to work improperly, is removed. Noticed by Alex Belov, 2:5023/17.14. ! If long name (OS/2 HPFS) of the file of Squish-styled messagebase contained point symbol, Tornado opened this area incorrectly. Fixed. Noticed by Albi Rebmann, 2:2471/77. % If the file hasn't been downloaded completely, it is now marked as Hidden to avoid touching them by other programs. Proposed by Alex Be- lov, 2:5023/17.14. % "-" symbol in user name as well as "+" sign in telephone number con- fused Tornado. Fixed. Noticed by Peer-Mario Boettcher 2:240/9201 + It's now possible to send one-string message to the user using Alt-M hotkey without switching to the chat mode. Therefore *.LNG variable Msg_From_SysOp appeared. Proposed by Andrei Rigikov 2:5030/596.15. + String editor is now capable to remove whole string. ! Locate DoorWay command wasn't worked is the OS/2 Tornado version. No- ticed by Andrey Bragnik 2:461/96. + The "user list" facility has been improved. This caused tornado.ctl-> [Colors]->userlist_Numbers, as well as *.LNG Enter_User_Nums variab- les to appear. ! While searching personal mail in Squish-styled message base, the mes- sage header was displayed incorrectly. + The user can now download new mail in QWK-format. Therefore *.LNG va- riables QWK_Scan, QWK_Adjust and QWK_Not_Found were appeared, as well as two TORNADO.CTL variables: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [Miscellaneous] ; QWK_Pack pkzip -a %1 %2 ; Command line to pack QWK packets. ; Macros are: ; ; %1 - path to and name of the QWK-file ; %2 - list of files to pack (filenames ; separated by space). ; QWK_UnPack pkunzip -o %1 ; Command line to unpack QWK packets. ; The %1 macro, meaning rep-file name, ; can be used. ; ===================================================================== This feature hasn't been implemented sooner because I hadn't the QWK files format description. It was kindly offered by Jean-Philippe Luiggi (jeanphilippe.luiggi@hol.fr). + New parameters in the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= ; [FileAreas] ; UpLoad_AjustDate Yes ; Adjust date of the uploaded files ; to the current one. ; [Colors] ; mread_Normal LightGray/Black ; Message editor: normal text mread_Quote Green/Black ; Message editor: quoted text mread_Origin White/Black ; Message editor: origin line and ; tearline ; ===================================================================== + The OS/2 version of Tornado can now recognize file as new using the 'Creation' HPFS Attribute. No need now to play with the file date anymore. Proposed by George Brink, 2:5004/28. ! References to files to be downloaded were removed incorrectly from download filelist. Noticed by Alexander S Tokareff 2:5077/27. % The OS/2 version of Tornado restores the task header to the one which was before Tornado launching. Thanks to Alexander S Tokareff 2:5077/27. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 09-Feb-98 Tornado 1.55gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ % I've forgotten to add "fullscreen editor" parameter in the useredit. + Delay and FilePost statements added to the built-in script language. + Language files now support XLAT feature. No more need in separate .LNG-file for each supported codepage. See TORNADO.DOC, "Messages language customizing" chapter for more info. Idea of Dmitry Maevsky 2:5032/5. ! If Hangup statement used, all macros assignments throughout the script were discarded. + $DTLK, $PROD, $LTME, $FGRN, $MGRN macros added. ! After logging in after registration failure due to carrier loss, user was locked out in some cases. Fixed. ! If file- or messagearea groups weren't described, choosing "quick change group" menu item made Tornado crash. Fixed. Noticed by Sergey Panteleev 2:461/119.13. ! In case of insufficient memory available, any try to use messagebase caused runtime error #203. Fixed. % Fixed some minor bugs concerned to displaying users information. * Fixed a lot of minor bugs noticed by Alex Radzishevsky 2:461/113 who has finally returned after year-and-a-half voyage to Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky. Thanx 2 him :) + ASCII-codes can now be used in string variables of the built-in script language (using #<code_number> format). They can even be mixed with the plain text. Example: S = #13"String"#27 % Mail areas scanning to pack messages in QWK-format can now be inter- rupted in usual way. + Now TOR_FILE.XXX file is not just a flag which informs that some fi- les were uploaded while the last session, but it also contains a list of these files. ! In some cases no offhook was done even though RING string has been received from modem. Fixed. ! Fixed a bug, which disables Tornado/2 to find new files in fileareas located on a HPFS-formatted volume. Noticed by Georgi Fofanov 2:5050/29. % Fixed some minor bugs in "no hotkeys" mode. + Search new files procedure now treats time (not just date) of the user's last session. % If defined an alias, it will be used to identify a sender in TRC. Proposed by Dmitry Maevsky 2:5032/5. % Technical info about user entering/leaving TRC is now logged in the TRC logfile. + Added line wrapping in TRC. % "%2" macro of TORNADO.CTL->[Miscellaneous]->QWK_Pack parameter now means the name of file containing a list of files to be packed. % WELCOME, LOGOFF and NEWS files are now also stored in a QWK-packed, as it should be. Noticed by Roman Rupp 2:246/6010. + Command aliasing is now provided in the built-in script language. This feature which was implemented in dBase-like languages means that any string-type variable can be assigned value which is a statement of the language and can be executed as usual statement if preceeded by "&" symbol. For example: S = "UserInfo " + "("#34"Konst"#34")" &S These statements make UserInfo ("Konst") statement to be inserted into the script. Note that immediate variab- le translation into the statement is also possible, for example: &"UserInfo " + "("#34"Konst"#34")". Proposed by Eufeny Kalinenko 2:5004/530. + $EXEC:<filename> macro is provided. It tells Tornado that the script stored in the <filename> file is to be executed. Can be used in .LNG-, .A??- files. + Among other dropfiles Tornado now generates DOOR.SYS file before pro- gram invoking. Thanks to ron hossack (rhossack@genesisnetwork.net) for kindly provided format description. + UpCase, LoCase, and PrCase statements were added to the built-in script language. They uppercase, lowercase and capitalize the para- meter string respectively. + Internet e-mail to/from FIDO gatewaying feature is provided. The cor- responding parameter has been added to MSGAREA.CTL: = MSGAREA.CTL ======================================================= [MsgArea] ; GateWay 2:46/128 ; Internet gate address. If the parame- ; ter is specified, and message area is ; of Netmail type, Tornado will skip ; asking the receiver address and auto- ; matically add the address specified in ; the parameter, in case "To:" message ; field contains "@" character. When an- ; swering messages in such areas, the ; receiver's address is defined using ; @RFC-From ¿ @RFC-ReplyTo kludges. ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Tobias Ernst [tobi@bland.fido.de]. + In order to improve work with CD-stored areas (if there exist rest- rictions to the access time), filelists can now be composed in the "extended" format, as follows: filename.ext size date [dlc] description where filename.exe - name of file to download, size - its size, date - file date in format specified in the TORNADO.CTL->System->Date_Mask parameter, [dlc] - download counter, description - file description. This caused a new FILEAREA.CTL parameter to be added: = FILEAREA.CTL ====================================================== [FileArea] ; FList_Format FilesBBS ; Dscription file format. Can be one ; of the following: ; ; FilesBBS ; standard files.bbs: ; filename.ext [dlc] desc ; ; CD-List ; extended files.bbs for CD-stored ; areas: ; filename.ext size date [dlc] desc ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Tobias Ernst [tobi@bland.fido.de]. + Now users can individually choose areas to be scanned while creating a QWK-packet. Therefore, such .LNG-file parameters are added: QWK_List,QWK_EnterNum, QWK_Controls, No_QWK_Areas, QWK_Added, QWK_De- leted, as well as Select_QWK .MNU-file parameter. ! Filemanager failed to process HPFS long filenames, when in Manual Send mode. Noticed by Anton Kolyada 2:461/81. + One more quite useful feature is now provided: = FILEAREA.CTL ====================================================== [FileArea] ; Copy_Local No ; Whether to copy to the temporary ; directory on the HDD the files to ; be downloaded before start download. ; Useful if the files are stored in ; the devices that should be accessed ; minimally possible time (CD-changÑrs ; or so). ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Tobias Ernst [tobi@bland.fido.de]. + When using non-batch external transfer protocols (those not allowing sending more than one file per time), Tornado didn't ask filename be- fore transferring. Noticed by Roman Rupp 2:246/6010. % Bulletin creating time can now also be displayed besides creating da- te, in order to ease defining "how new" are displayed bulletins. ! If drawing of the.A??-file specified in the .MNU-file [Header]->Disp- layFile parameter was interrupted, some menu was displayed. Fixed. Noticed by Alex Bobkov 2:5020/347.42. ! XModem and YModem protocols caused OS/2 Tornado version crash. Fixed. Noticed by Roman Rupp 2:246/6010. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 18-Apr-98 Tornado 1.56gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + A new macro $USRS is added. ! Fixed some bugs related to choosing QWK areas ! Fixed some bugs related to packing messages to QWK packets. ! It was impossible toenter "@" symbol to the "To:" field of the messa- ge, so gatewaying feature was in fact senseless. Fixed. ! Try to put an empty string variable out to screen or file caused run- time errors in scripts. Fixed. + After chatting initiated by the Sysop (using Alt-C hotkey) is fini- shed, the screen is now restored. % Some minor improvements of QWK stuff. ! Nested IF-blocks of the built-in script language did not work. Fixed. + Some new commands are added to the new built-in script language. Tho- se are: KeyPressed, FileExists, FileGetEOF, StrPos, Random, WriteMsg, ShowRawDir, GetFirstTagged, GetNextTagged, PageSysOp, DoorWay, and FileSize. + New main configuration file parameters: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [Files&Dirs] ; BadPasswords_List badpwds.ctl ; Bad paswords list - list of the ; words which are prohibited to be ; used as passwords ; [Miscellaneous] ; UserInfo_MinSec 2 ; Minimal access level to see detailed ; information about users. ; ===================================================================== + Forbidden_Password parameter is added to the .LNG-files. ! Logging feature was active regardless to the value of the TORNADO.CTL => [Files&Dirs] -> LogFile variable. Noticed by Misha Suslin 2:5020/1065.21. ! Fixed bug which disabled session breaking at limits expiry (according to LIMITS.CTL => [Limit] -> Max_Session and TORNADO.CTL => [NewUsers] -> Register_Time variables. Noticed by Nataly Shkreba 2:5001/30. ! Incorrect parsing of parameters by the SubString statement is fixed. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:5032/5.40. ! OS/2 version crash at attempt to reply to a message using an external editor is fixed. Noticed by Roman Rupp, 2:246/6010. ! Connection speed was not always correctly transmitted to the external protocols. Noticed by Roman Rupp, 2:246/6010. ! VIewing user information while chatting sometimes caused negative va- lue of the time left to appear. Fixed. Noticed by Sergey Zamoshnikov 2:461/1111. ! If one-line file descriptions were too long, showing these files cau- sed hangups (for DOS versions) of abnormal termination (for OS/2 ver- sions). Fixed. Noticed by Sergey Afanasyev, 2:461/789. % Now $TIME, $TTME, $OTME and $ETME macros values are renewed even if a script is running. ! A lot of minor bugs is fixed. ! Fixed a bug which resulted in incorrect searching for a personal mail in a hudson-base. Noticed by Alex Bobkov, 2:5020/347.42. + Using of an external chat program is now possible. This caused such new variable to appear in the main configuration file: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [Miscellaneous] ; External_Chat ; chat.exe *P ; Command line to invoke an external chat ; program. All the macros, mentioned in ; the EXEC menu command description, can ; be used. If the parameter is an empty ; string, the internal chat facility is ; used. ; ===================================================================== Proposed by Roman Rupp, 2:246/6010 % Exec statement of the built-in script language now accepts one more parameter - a number-type variable to store the errorlevel of the in- voked program. + Built-in script language now supports procedures. ! CopyLocal now works properly with external protocols. % JAM-related part of the messagebase processing library is improved. Sources by the courtesy of Alexander S Tokareff, 2:5077/27. + Nice day for those using REXX. Tornado/2 now accepts REXX scripts. Such functions are available at the moment: Clear, Hangup, ChangeFileArea, ChangeFileGroup, ChangeMsgArea, ChangeMsgGroup, FileList, DoorWay, FileDisplay, Write, WriteLn, AddToDownLoadList, DownLoad, Upload, Message, UpLoadPriv, ShowRawDir, FilePost, WriteMsg, UserInfo, PageSysOp, ReadVar, KeyPressed, ReadKey, SetCursorCoord, SetColor, YesNo, SetMacro, and GetMacro. Parameters syntax is the same as that of the corresponding statements of the built-in script language. Reserved names of the .TRX files (Tornado RexX files) are similar to names of the built-in script lan- guage hooks (see Chapter 8.6. of documentation). New menu command ad- ded - Exec_Rexx. Special thanks to Alexander S Tokareff 2:5077/27 for active support. ! User with an insufficient access level could download the files which considered to be unavailable by specifying range of file numbers ra- ther the one file's number. Noticed by Nikolay Romanov, 2:5061/17.7. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 08-Nov-98 Tornado 1.60beta ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ ! Some extra symbols were added to the IEMSI strings. Fixed. Noticed by Alexander Trunov 2:5069/1.54 ! Private upload did not work in case Save_Tag_Path and Priv_Uploads_Dir parameters are different. Fixed. Noticed by Nikolay Romanov 2:5061/17.7 + New main configuration file parameters: = TORNADO.CTL ======================================================= [NewUsers] ; Display_Lines_Ask Yes ; Ask at registration of new user the ; desired number of lines to display, ; of assume the default value specified ; by Display_Lines parameter (Yes/No) ; Location Yes ; Ask at registration of new user the ; geographic location of the new user ; (Yes/No) ; Accept_Registration Yes ; Ask user to confirm finishing regis- ; tration process ; Ask_Alias Yes ; Ask new user for alias at registra- ; tion. ; [Miscellaneous] ; Page_Times_Limit 3 ; How many times can user page Sysop ; per one session ; MsgQuote_Prefix Yes ; Put the quoted message author's inti- ; als at quote-replying to the message ; in a message area (Yes/No) ; ===================================================================== ! The built-in Doorway has some troubles in handling ReadOnly, Hidden or System files. Fixed. Noticed by Serge Guzikov 2:5010/83.10 + New statements of built-in script language: FileDelete, GlobalSearch, NoYes, GetCursorCoord, KeyMacro, NewFilesSince, NewFilesSinceLast, Log, Ord. + A new symbol - "%" - is used in logfile to mark execution of scripts. Proposed by Michael Suslin 2:5020/1065.21 % If name of a file area or message area contains color codes, these codes now are stripped out before putting the names to logfile or QWK export file. ! It was impossible to set flags needed to execute some commands. Fi- xed. Noticed by Serge Guzikov 2:5010/83.10 ! If the registration is aborted due to lost connect, registration re- suming caused More parameter to acquire "no" value. Fixed. Noticed by Jack Lensky 2:461/445.686 % $ETME macro can now be changed from within scripts. + .TRS (tornado script) and .TRX (tornado rexx) scripts now accept pa- rameters specified in the script invoking commands after the script name and separated by spaces. ! Fixed several minor bugs which caused improper treating of REP-pa- ckets uploaded by users. % Zeros are used rather than command-line *P and *H macroparameters when running in local mode. Adviced by Oleg Deribas 2:461/13. ! Fixed an annoying bug which made tornado.ctl->[FileAreas]->Upload_Ad- justDate feature function improperly. ! "free" attribut of files marked for downloading is no more lost after restoring the file list from a .LST file (SaveTagLisg feature). % If tornado.ctl->[Miscellaneous]->Chat_Time_Suspend variable is set to "yes", being in chat mode now prevents session from termination, even in case the session time is out. ! Fixed a minor bug which caused .A?? files strings which contained symbol with ASCII code #1 (wait for pressing Enter) to be displayed incorrectly. Noticed by Roman Rupp 2:246/6010. ! If menu file specified in Gosub_Menu parameters doesn't exist, Torna- do prompted user to choose and then looped. Fixed. Noticed by Leon Afanasev 2:5030/614.29. ! An user with insufficient access level for downloading files from an area still could easily view them using Type_File menu item. Fixed. Noticed by Evgeny Morozov 2:4651/666.15 ! Displaying file description allowed macros to be used (even $EXEC), which provided a considerable hole. Fixed. Noticed by Evgeny Morozov 2:4651/666.15. Additional thanks to Vladyslav Yakubovich 2:454/11 for localizing the bug and its consequenses. ! If an user upload was cancelled due to carrier loss, the user was not provided with an extra time for upload. Fixed. ! Feature that disables searching for new files in an area (file- area.ctl->[FileArea]->Scan_NewFiles No) did not work properly. Fixed. Noticed by Vladyslav Yakubovich 2:454/11 % The apostrophe ("'") symbol was not entered properly when asking for user name. Noticed by Yuriy Talakan' 2:5042/7.24 - tornado.ctl->[Miscellaneous]->Txt_More_Disable parameter is now remo- ved as obsolete. ! Creating JAM-type message bases caused hang. Noticed by Vitaly Portu- nov <port@gymn1.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> ! If there was insufficient memory to open JAM message base, Tornado could crash with runtime error. Now the memory lack just prevents ba- se from opening, but doesn't cause crashes anymore. + Two more reserved .TRS filenames added: UPLOAD.TRS and DOWNLOAD.TRS. Proposed by Max Chistyakov 2:5032/5.40. ! If just one message language description file presend in the .LNG fi- les directory, no codepage choose menu was provided. Fixed. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:5032/5.40. % Local upload now supports wildcards. ! StrPos statement of built-in script language did not work properly. Fixed. ! At end of chat screen contain was restored but status line was also kept. Noticed by Vitaly Kovalevskiy 2:5020/1513.4 + Sound sequence associated to paging event is now stored in separate file and can be easily configured. The file must be located in the main Tornado directory and be named PAGE.TOR. The file is of quite simple format, with just two statements: TONE [hz] [sec] (a tone with [hz] Hz frequency and [sec] 100ths secs duration) WAIT [sec] (a pause of [sec] 100ths secs length) % USEREDIT.EXE must now work also on PentiumII-based systems. ! If no file areas defined in FILEAREA.CTL, downloading file from with- in DoorWay mode caused hang. Noticed by Tolya Borisenkov 2:451/13. ! If the name of file, displayed using Display_File menu command or Fi- leDisplay script statement, contains 8 symbols, the file was displa- yed 9 times in a row. Great thanks to Vladimir Crick 2:5030/457.23 whose bug report make it possible to catch and fix the bug. ! At termination of scripts user time was decreased by $OTME macro va- lue. Fixed. Noticed by Vladimir Crick 2:5030/457.23. ! Doorway allowed not ready device to become current. Fixed. Noticed by George Yohng 2:454/1.68. ! Each block of built-in script language statements like below: --- if expr goto label end --- caused loss of 8 bytes of memory, up to causing runtime error 203 crash. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:5032/5.40. + Built-in script language now supports invoking other TRS-scripts from within a script using Call statement. ! OS/2 version error, which enabled using a variable with no value wi- thin expressions, is fixed. Noticed by Kosh 2:5020/1286.9. % Now even if only the most fresh news are to be displayed (specified as tornado.ctl->[NewUsers]->Show_News Last), the newly registered users has yet to read them all, regardless the news date. Proposed by Youra Shirikov 2:5020/390.23. ! JAM "lastreads" worked incorrectly while QWK packing. Fixed. % Now at invoking of external programs in single-line systems DOORIN- FO1.DEF file is generated, rather than DOORINFO0.DEF as it's been earlier. Please note it those who may have used the obsolete name so- mehow. ! FileList menu command optional data were ignored. Noticed by Valentin Chernyak 2:468/37.44. ! "Autoexec" items of menu were always executed, regardless flags sta- tus and the actual access level. Fixed. Noticed by Dmitriy Aljoshin <daljoshin@glasnet.ru>. + A new Page_Limit parameter added to .LNG files. ! $DAOB macro could be changed from within scripts. Fixed. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:461/35.40. ! It was possible to download a file from an area supposed to be un- available according to DL_Security status, using Global_Search. Fixed. Noticed by Evgeny Morozov 2:4651/666.15. ! Only the first level IF/ELSE/END nested block worked properly. Fixed. + A pack of configuration variables is added to the built-in script language. They make it possible to get Tornado system directory name, name of logfile, current mail area origin and so on. See Chapter 8.2 in TORNADO.DOC for further information. ! Some bugs related to nested calls of procedures in scripts are fixed. Thanks to Dmitry Shtivel 2:450/89.22. % Now is again used JAM message base treating module of earlier Tornado versions, rather than that of the last version. Even though it is a bit slower (some actions to speed it up have already been taken), it requires considerably less amount of memory. ! $USRS macro was not available from within scripts. Fixed. Noticed by Alexander Yujakov 2:5004/11.30. ! Using $EXEC macro in .LNG files to call scripts caused some troubles. Fixed. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:5032/5.40 ! Direct assigning of negative values to numeric variables in scripts did not work properly. Fixed. Noticed by Andrey Subbotin 2:5054/31.3. % $PROT macro can now be changed from within scripts. Now it's enough to assign to this macro the number of built-in protocol or the letter of the external one, in order to change "Protocol" field of user parameters. ! When using Avatar emulation, the symbol with ASCII code #1 was not properly recognized as a command to wait for pressing Enter. Fixed. + Win95/98/NT version of Tornado is now available. Only as a beta ver- sion at the moment, though ... You get full set of bugs, crashes and other bonuses likewise ;) I appreciate much any suggestions and advi- ces, which will help me improve its reliability up to that of DOS and OS/2 versions. My special great gratitude to people who made it pos- sible to issue the Win95/98/NT Tornado version: √ Boris Loboda 2:461/256, extensive consulting in issues of Delphi communications programming under Windows.. √ Maarten Bekers 2:285/233.5 (EleBBS program author), useful advices and warnings as to not-so-obvious yet annoying issuis he was faced to programming EleBBS/W32. √ Oleg Rokhlin 2:461/600, being so kind as not to distract me from programming Tornado (at least too often :), extensive testing job. ! Today_Callers menu command displayed time of user session termination rather than time of the session beginning. Fixed. Noticed by Alexan- der Lyashuk 2:454/9.212. + New frames_Color, news_Frames and news_Date parameters are added to the main Tornado configuration file. They allow color change of input fields borders, frames and dates for news. Proposed by Bryan Turner 1:124/7013. + German system messages file is included to the Tornado package since this version. Now to make Tornado speak German to sysop you should simply rename tornado.ger -> tornado.msg. Special thanks to Roman Rupp 2:246/6010 for translation. % Plenty of minor changes, fixes and improvements. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 01-Dec-98 Tornado 1.65gamma ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ + WARNING. Since this version Tornado is distributed within the unlimi- ted shareware concept. It means one may use unregistered copy of the product for non-commercial purposes without any limitations, but in case one wants to use extra functionality and/or support the author, a keyfile must be bought. See details in LICENSE.DOC. ! Scanning JAM-base for personal mail displayed just one message in each area. Fixed. Noticed by Dmitry Razbegaev 2:5020/1572.777 ! Installation program did not renew configuration files. Fixed. % Win32-óÑαß¿∩ now accepts line modifiers in .CTL-files. + Great day for fans of cursor menus! Tornado now supports this featu- re. The only parameter of a .MNU file [Header]->Arrows_Setup must be customized. See main documentation for the syntax. + ReadKey script language statement now catches cursor keys. Special constants (keyb_Up, keyb_Down, keyb_Left, and keyb_Right) are now available. It' s possible to define what cursor key was pressed by comparing the resulting value with these constants. + Input fields now also support cursor keys to move cursor. ! If external protocols are used, full paths of files to download were not stored in the list file. Noticed by Max Chistyakov 2:461/35.40 ! Thanks to reports of Michail Shatalov 2:5025/6.52 many bugs are fixed in Win32 version. + Developing of support of Telnet and Finger internet services in Tor- nado verions for OS/2 and Windows is now under way. Depending on how actively will Tornado consumers be registered, it will be decided whether to disable this functionality in unregistered version. % Del_Start_Line and Del_End_Line parameters are removed from .LNG-fi- les and replaced by common Del_Lines parameter. ! Tabulation symbols in .TRS-files were not treated correctly. Fixed. + New macro: $NODE. & My main e-mail has changed from konst@cca.kharkov.ua to konst@quake.vostok.net. Please do not use the first one anymore. ! Searching for new files covered all the fileareas without regard to filearea.ctl->[FileArea]->Scan_NewFiles parameter. Fixed. Noticed by Andrey Timoshin 2:5020/718.50 ! If a new user enters with EMSI with no telephone numbers specified, Tornado didn't ask user for them. Fixed. Noticed by Andrey Ryabchukov 2:461/103. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ * * *