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- Version 2.41
- 6-6-93
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- Scanvert does not require the D parameter anymore. Instead set the file area's
- longdesc bit in Raconfig|Manager|Filearea|(Areaname)|LONGDESC. If set to yes,
- the extended description importing function will be turned on. Please read the
- docs for parameter info, but as a general rule, simply removing the D (If you
- use it now), will make this version work properly.
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- Fixed a bug introduced in version 2.40 that caused some systems using EMS/XMS
- for swapping to lock up. Particularly dangerous on DesQview multinode systems.
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- Fixed the an error updating the filabase header files under some setups.
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- I still get reports of systems getting error messages along the lines of
- "Unable to find area in FILES.RA"; I have done all I could to fix those
- problems. If you get this error, make sure all your file area paths in RAConfig
- are in uppercase and do NOT have a trailing backslash. I am still searching for
- this problem, but the code has grown so much and my time has been so limited
- lately that I just have not been able to find the problem yet.
-
-
- Version 2.4
- 5-26-93
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- Scanvert is not longer a beta product. I am satisfied that it is solid enough
- to be considered final release code. I will hold a week or two in case more bug
- reports come in. In any case version 2.50 will be the final release in FREEWARE
- form. Serge Sozonoff will take over at this point and take it to version 3
- which will be SHAREWARE, inexpensive, of course.
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- We are getting closer to the final FREEWARE release. My goal is to kill all the
- bugs as much as it is practical and stop. Some can not be helped as they are
- internal to JPDOOR and I have no control over that.
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- If you use the message base posting function, there seems to be several bugs in
- the JPDOOR routines that cause the system to seem to lock up sometimes. In
- about 1-2 minutes the message gets posted and all ends well, but since I can
- not fix that problem, I would suggest that if your system is affected, you
- remove the B command line parameter or make it B0 to disable message base
- posting.
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- Implemented a screen saver/restorer so that the local screen does not get
- messed up while running the external archivers. Also, a lot more info is
- displayed to the screen while running.
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- The log routines have been substantially changed again. The default log is much
- more comprehensive now, and the format nicer to read
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- Separate work directories are now made for different nodes. It occurred to me a
- major problem could occur if one node was processing an upload and another node
- started Scanvert at that time. Now each node creates a SCANVERT.NN directory
- for it's own use (where NN is the node number). So it is now mandatory that the
- node number be passed on the command line of multiline systems. NOT DOING SO
- WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE GRIEF LATER!
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-
- Version 2.3Aß
- 5-19-93
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- The command line has been restructured to be more efficient with the limited
- space that RA allocates for a scan utility.
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- The order of the command in the command line does not make a difference
- anymore, with the exception that the very first parameter *MUST* be the file to
- process.
-
- If a separate log is desired for each line, use the N*N command. It will then
- make logs named like:
-
- SCANVE01.LOG
- SCANVE02.LOG
- etc.,
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- The logs are now created whenever the SCANVERT.EXE file is at.
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- Hopefully those "file not found errors" have been corrected, as well as the
- "Unable to open filebase header file" error.
-