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- THD PROSCAN VERSION 5
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- THD ProScan Version 5 has some minor changes from version 4. The main
- reason for its release was the release (finally) of PKZIP 204e. Because this
- new version of PKZIP changes the code for its self extracting archives THD
- also needed to be revised (to recognize them).
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- Also because of this revision, PKZIP version 204e is absolutely
- required for the testing of "ZIP" archives. Use of earlier versions will
- cause valid files to fail.
- ---***---
- THD ProScan now recognizes the newest self extracting archives from
- PKZIP. However because of the inability to find anyone with a registered
- copy of PKZIP, I have made a "guess" as to what will constitute the "AV"
- protection in these new "ZIP" files. There is no guarantee that the method
- used therein will be 100% accurate. However if I find it is not, I will
- certainly release an update to take care of that.
- The other MAJOR change to this version is the introduction of the
- "HACK LIST". By using a list of filenames THD can reject (without testing)
- any file found on that list. That list MUST be one line per entry with file
- names only (no extensions). It is 100% compatible with the HACK REPORT's
- "COL" file (the comments in that file will be ignored). The filenames in
- that list must be in CAPITAL letters ONLY. Files rejected for testing by
- this method will be moved to the "reject" directory for later testing by the
- sysop.
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- **************************** INSTALLATION SAVIOR ***************************
- Due to popular demand the installation has been simplified for
- those persons running VERSION 4 of THD ProScan. The installation can now
- accept a path to a version 4 THDPRO.EXE as its parameter.
- Typing ...
- THDINSTL.EXE C:\PRO-4\THDPRO.EXE
- will cause the install to search the THDPRO.EXE in the "C:\PRO-4" directory
- and if found use the paths etc from that file. It will then prompt you for
- the name of the hack list to be used (which can be skipped by pressing
- "ENTER").
- Another suggestion from a user prompted me to allow THDPRO to accept a
- second parameter. That other parameter must be supplied AFTER the filepath
- to be tested and can ONLY be a number between 0 and 8. Using such a
- parameter will cause the user output to be sent to the comport corresponding
- to the number sent as the second parameter. Selecting "0" will cause all
- remote output to be suppressed (for use by users who are still online to
- a BBS). This will be useful for those persons running multi-node BBS's who
- wish to use the same copy of THD ProScan for both nodes. In this case one
- could configure THDPRO.EXE for com1 and override that setting when a file
- was to be tested on com2 by supplying "2" as a parameter after the filepath.
- The only acceptable separator for these parameters is a space. Please note
- that this tester was not written for multitasking and I cannot guarantee
- the results if it is called by both nodes at the same time. If the comport
- is supplied with a "/" or other separator, the second parameter will simply
- be ignored and all output will be sent to the default comport.
- THDPRO.EXE C:\FILES\TEST.ZIP
- would cause the Test.zip to be tested using the default
- comport for user output.
- THDPRO.EXE C:\FILES\TEST.ZIP 4
- would cause the Test.zip to be tested using comport 4
- regardless of the default comport.
- The delays internal to the tester (specifically the delay for ansi
- detect and the final delay while the ansi finishes) have been lengthened to
- allow some very fast systems with slow connect rates to complete their task.
- The delays will only be used when necessary to send the proper code and will
- not waste time after the code has been sent.
- One of the biggest headaches with version 4 has been it's annoying
- tendency to choke on archives which had files with illegal filenames. When
- an archive was extracted which had a space (or other illegal character in
- its name) the tester was unable to delete it at the appropriate time and
- would choke with a runtime error. This has been repaired in version 5.
- Beginning with Version 5, THD Proscan will now display the name of the
- file being tested as well as an ending message to let you know that it has
- finished running.