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- What's New in ProDoor 2.8?
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- Added 'Keep uploads inside conference' prompt.
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- Added 'scan' flag in conference status display.
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- Added $...$ macro expansion in external archive command lines.
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- Added 'Ffilename' parameter to ProEdit to allow direct editing of
- external conference files without any additional configuration files.
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- Added 'HAS REPLYS' display even on personal messages (not just messages
- to 'ALL').
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- Added 'join by name' feature. Allows you to use 'J TOOLS', for example,
- to join the TOOLS conference.
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- Added 'search aborted' message when ^K is used during (Y)our scans.
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- Added 'Use real name for SYSOP' switch from pcbsetup.
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- Added (D)ate and T(i)me to message header editor.
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- Added (E)cho toggle to modify header function.
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- Added (F)ind-info command during message entry.
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- Added (F)lag option at most 'More?' prompts, allowing you to flag files
- for download while scanning directories.
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- Added (FL)ag command to explicitly add to the flagged file list or to
- unflag the flagged files.
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- Added (LIB) support for multi-node CD ROM operation.
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- Added (MG)graphics-mode command in message reader (and ProEdit).
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- Added (NODE) command to Mail command prompt (and therfore to ProEdit).
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- Added (Q)uit option at (J A) configuration prompts.
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- Added (REPLY) to message command. Added (MOVE) message command.
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- Added a check for destination user name during message entry.
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- Added a check for undefined (blank) upload directories.
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- Added a check for upload duplication in the private dir.
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- Added a check for ^K to abort an ARCM run.
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- Added a minimum security level of 100 for sysop functions in mail reader
- in case the sysop has the security level (function code '=') set too low.
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- Added a warning message telling the user when automatic disconnect will
- take place in a file upload.
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- Added ALT-P printer-on toggle.
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- Added ARCTV.EXE module, which brings back non-batch text viewing
- function.
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- Added automatic (enter) at the end of sysop macro function keys.
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- Added automatic detection of 'RZ' to start zmodem uploads from the main
- menu.
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- Added automatic selection of (L)ocate vs. (Z)ip based on detection of
- wildcard in the search key.
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- Added automatic threading after (K)ill, (CO)py, (RE)ply and (MOVE)
- commands.
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- Added check for 'event buffer' when events are active.
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- Added check for 'keyboard timeout minutes = 0'.
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- Added check for 'recycle with modem off-hook'.
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- Added check for 'display news only if changed' flag to not display
- conference news files on (J)oin.
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- Added checks in install program for more common installation errors.
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- Added City and Last On in message reader when user record is available.
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- Added code to honor default color and intensity from pcbsetup.
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- Added code to update USERNET.DAT to show current activity instead of
- 'out of code in door' all the time.
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- Added color hilight during zip scan in message reader.
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- Added default protocol pointer in protocol listing.
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- Added display when invalid-archive handler deletes an invalid archive.
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- Added entry in config file to allow ARCM filename prefix to be specified
- seperately from SCRATCH prefix.
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- Added file limit on protocols by filespec (instead of by file).
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- Added free 'ARCM' downloading as well as any other files you wish to
- allow free access to.
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- Added logic to detect invalid answers to yes/no questions, preventing
- 'accidentally' answering a prompt the wrong way.
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- Added message status code and reply status to (Q)uick scan display.
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- Added multi-line description entry for new uploads.
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- Added new 'PROFREE' data file which lists filespecs that are not to be
- charged when downloaded.
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- Added new 'TAGLINE' environment to allow the sysop to control the
- contents of the 'Via ProDoor' message tagline. Add
- SET TAGLINE=Anything you want
- to your AUTOEXEC, PRODOOR or PROEDIT batch file to use this feature.
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- Added new visual commands:
- ^W-Beginning of line,
- (Home)-Beginning of line,
- (Ctrl-Left)-Word left,
- (Ctrl-Right)-Word right.
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- Added PROUSER file display if the caller has mail waiting.
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- Added recognition of error-free protocols in ProConfig and ProDoor.
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- Added environment
- SET CITY=ON
- to enable city lookup and display in message headers.
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- Added status line indications for ALT-F and ALT-P toggles.
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- Added support for 'echo mail' mode in conferences.
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- Added support for chr(0)-leadin function keys in Visual Edit mode
- (Qmodem DoorWay mode compatible).
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- Added sysop (F)ind-user function to display sender's user info.
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- Added the first 75 characters of message text to the (Q)uick scan mode.
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- Added time-left to 'More?' prompt displays.
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- Added word-wrap during multi-line upload description entry.
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- Changed (J C)onfig to (J A)uto-config.
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- Changed ARCM command to allow conferences not selected for auto-
- join/scanning.
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- Deleted (F)ilter function due to lack of interest.
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- Deleted (NULLS) function due to lack of interest.
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- Disabled local keyboard translation when a caller is online and using
- the visual editor (this allows sysop keys such as PgUp to work).
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- Fixed k-bytes-left at filespec prompt when > 32megs are available.
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- Improvement in command-prompting on return from F5(shell to dos).
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- Increased 9 filespec limit to 50 filespecs.
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- New ARCM format to simplify packet parsing.
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- New files PROXTRA.EXE and PRORARC.BAT must be in your prodoor directory.
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- New message entry within ProDoor/ProEdit sets 'mail waiting' flag.
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- ProDoor now honors PCBoard's ARCHIVE EXTENTION settings in 'Options 2'
- of pcbsetup dated 10-24-88.
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- Recompiled with Turbo Pascal 5.0.
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- Removed all .ARC file specific code in ProDoor.
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- Rewrote (F V), (VX), (TEST) and (REARC) commands to use command-lines
- defined in the prodoor configuration file.
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- Rewrote display handler for better scrolling and status-line protection
- with ansi graphics.
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- Added '$R$' macro to specify 'result message file' in outside batches.
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- The files PROARC, PROARC.BAT, PROTEST, PROTEST.BAT and PROEXT are no
- longer needed.
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- Updated protocol letters to follow new PCB 14 conventions.
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