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$NOMACS$
History of ProDOOR changes (in reverse order)
---------------------------------------------
12-Mar-92
Corrected a long-standing bug that prevented prodoor from creating a
new CONFINFO file with over 130 conferences when additional
conferences had already been allocated with EXTADJ.
09-Mar-92
More changes to possibly remove the need for SET NOSAVE=ON setting.
19-Feb-92
Added logic to keep the "Time limit reduced because an event is
pending" message at the bottom of the screen in visual edit mode.
18-Feb-92
Added a check for conference specific PROFREE files in the form
PROFREE.nn
where nn is the conference number.
Corrected logic in com port re-initialization that may correct
problems on systems needing the SET NOSAVE=ON environment.
12-Feb-92
Added a check for security specific PROTRNS files, using the format
xxxTRNS
where xxx is the user level. For example,
010TRNS
would be used in place of PROTRNS for level 10 users.
Changed messages regarding "protocol driver registration" to be a
little more generic.
06-Feb-92
Corrected PROSM to not stop on user records with 65535 "earned kbytes".
05-Feb-92
Added a check for the environment variable
SET NOSAVE=ON
to disable the new user file SAVE/RESTORE logic during EXEC and shell
functions. Shawn, please see if this makes your lockups go away.
04-Feb-92
Removed '1 file(s) copied' message when transferring between doors.
Added progress messages on screen while dropping carrier.
29-Jan-92
Corrected $DOOR.NAM loader was to prevent stripping off all text
following '#' in description lines.
24-Jan-92
Removed changes in G;Q processing made back in december.
Changes in prokit to make logon/logoff caller log entries when
running doors in local testing mode.
20-Jan-92
The <no description given> message was not being inserted in upload
descriptions when a caller drops carrier before inserting a valid
upload description.
09-Jan-92
Changes in helpfile processing to prevent @WAIT@ macros from
triggering pauses in un-selected topics.
08-Jan-92
Corrected detection of invalid uploads.
04-Jan-92
Added a check for $ immediately following protocol letters in
PROD.CNF. If present, this flags the protocol to make all downloads
FREE to callers who are using registered protocol drivers.
03-Jan-92
Added logic to recognize "Allow one-name users" in
pcbsetup.allow_onename.
31-Dec-91
Changed format of $DOOR.NAM file during uploads to eliminate the 255
character length limitation. Example of new $DOOR.NAM format:
J:\PLAY3\TESTFIL1.ZIP
| This is the description text for TESTFIL1.
| This text consists of any number of lines,
| all beginning with the vertical bar character
| and ending with a blank line. Filespecs must
| include the PLAYPEN directory for the current
| node.
J:\PLAY3\TESTFIL2.ZIP
| Short, single line description.
Each description line begins with a "|" in column 1. The description
ends on a blank line. Note that the last line in $DOOR.NAM must also
be blank.
This change makes it possible for other programs to insert data from
FILE_ID.DIZ files during PROUTEST processing without truncation of
the description.
29-Dec-91
Corrected logic to properly detect unregistered versions of Puma/Mpt.
Eliminated delay before dropping carrier when G;Q (quick logoff) is
used.
20-Dec-91
Changed DSZLOG parsing logic to better handle protocols that do not
include the full directory\filename in DSZLOG entries.
Added logic to detect and report unauthorized tampering of HSLINK.EXE
following file transfers.
Added logic to detect registered protocol drivers and to thank the
user for registering.
18-Dec-91
Added logic to save current PCBOARD.SYS and USERS data before calling
an EXEC program, and to reload these records on return from such
programs.
Added logic to use the contents of PRODOOR.CMD (if any) on return
from an EXEC program as the next command line to be executed.
10-Dec-91
Changed ProKit internal EXTUSER declarations to help K-Mail to use
CONFINFO/ EXTESER data. See EXTUSER.DCL for the new declarations.
Existing data files are not changed in any way.
28-Nov-91
Changes in prokit library to preserve conference numbers > 255 under
pcboard 14.5.
Changes to correct transfer logging when '*.*' is used in a download
protocol definition.
Note: You cannot use '*.*' in bidirectional protocol definitions.
26-Nov-91
Re-released as ProDoor 3.44.
Changes in ProKit library to preserve current conference information
even if invalid according to current CONFINFO settings. This may
help K-Mail and other PCB145 compatible doors to work better.
22-Nov-91
More changes in file transfer logging logic.
21-Nov-91
Changes in DSZLOG processing.
17-Nov-91
Added new 'PR' sysop read mail command to route the current message
to the printer.
Added new 'CAP' sysop read mail command to capture the current message
and append it to the end of CAPTURE.TXT.
16-Nov-91
Command lines passed to EXEC- were not including a leading space.
14-Nov-91
The remainder of the user command line is now passed to EXEC- command
lines when called from PROX??? files.
The EXEC- function now closes down the COM port prior to execution
and re-opens it afterwards.
Added code to verify uploads exist even though DSZLOG says they are
there.
06-Nov-91
Changes in upload processing to allow uploads which are NOT listed in
DSZLOG to again be accepted.
02-Nov-91
Changed EXEC- command translation to not display "processing your
request".
Note that if you pass $R$ on the EXEC command line, this will specify
the full filename of the "result file". If this file has been
written to by the EXEC program, the contents will be automatically
displayed by prodoor on return from the EXEC.
Modified PRONS.COM module to move the status lines to the top of
screen and to lock only those two lines. This allows better screen
management with full-screen protocols, such as HSLINK.
Some HSLINK bidirectional uploads were STILL being logged as free
downloads. I've finally tracked this down to a bug in the way HSLINK
writes to the DSZLOG file. Please get a newer HSLINK beta.
01-Nov-91
Increased heap memory allocation by another 2k.
30-Oct-91
Increased heap memory allocation by 2k.
Added new command translation in PROX??? files:
0,NAME,EXEC-COMMAND LINE
which causes the specified command line to be executed when the named
command is issued at the required security level. Any any $ or @
variables in the command line will be expanded before passing control
to the program or batch file.
Some bidirectional uploads were still being logged as downloads.
24-Oct-91
The FV function was incorrectly saying all files are "free downloads".
Some bidirectional uploads were being logged as downloads. This has
been corrected.
23-Oct-91
Some late 22-oct betas would not remember upload descriptions given
in advance and would require re-entry after uploading. This has been
corrected.
22-Oct-91
Changes in DSZLOG handlers to better handle bidirectional uploads, as
with the new HS/Link protocol.
Added a check for '*' immediately following the protocol letter in
prod.cnf. If present, all downloads using the defined protocol will
be considered "free". For example:
;
95 H* 0 T 50 HS/Link (Bi-directional) FREE!
hslink -p$N$ -u$PLAY$ $@$ -a
;
95 H 0 R 0 HS/Link
hslink -p$N$ -u$PLAY$
;
Some early 22-oct betas would incorrectly detect downloads as newly
uploaded files and prompt the caller for descriptions. This has been
corrected.
14-Mar-91
Slight change to allow RECYCLE3 to tell the difference between
prodoor and prologon without patching prodoor.exe. Reposted as
PROD342.ZIP with a different release date.
13-Mar-91
Bugfix release 3.42 as PROD342.ZIP.
10-Jul-91
Please note: ProDoor 3.4 and later require RECYCLE3.ZIP -- earlier
versions of RECYCLE may not function properly due to the new
SET PCBDOOR...
variables that are now present in the $door.bat files.
Corrected logic to allow conference specific display files in
conferences which do not have download directory listing files
defined.
Added a test to prevent attempted expansion of @x variables when the
two characters following @x are not proper hex digits. This should
prevent unexpected expansion of character sequences that are not
really valid @x codes.
Added a check for the environment variable:
SET NOTEAR=ON
and if present, the door will no longer insert the "---" tearline
before the message tagline.
08-Mar-91
Bugfix release 3.41 as PROD341.ZIP.
Corrected an error in OPEN DOOR logic that totally prevented opening
doors that are flagged to require pcboard 14.5 USER.SYS or DOOR.SYS
files.
Corrected OPEN DOOR command to correctly select a door by name when
the door name has numbers in it.
Added command line passing to door files.
Added logic to insert the following lines prior to executing a door:
SET PCBDOOR=open door command parameters
SET PCBDRIVE=C:
SET PCBDIR=C:\PCB3
SET PCBDAT=C:\PCB3\PCBOARD.DAT
SET PCBNODE=3
SET PCBPORT=1
for compatibility with recent pcb145+ betas.
Additional changes are required in your PRODOOR doorfile for
operation with doors using DOORS.SYS or USERS.SYS files. Use the
provided PRODOOR.INS and PRODOOR files.
The correction involves the replacement of
rem call up pcb145 on return from new style doors
if exist users.sys pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M
if exist door.sys pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M
with
rem call up pcb145 on return from new style doors
if exist users.sys goto return145
if exist door.sys goto return145
and the addition of
:return145
echo >$door.bat pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M
echo >>$door.bat door
$door
to the end of the PRODOOR doorfile.
20-Apr-91
Some display lines were being split in the middle of @X sequences
at about character 200 in the expanded text. This has been changed
to split at 250, fixing some displays that were not processed correctly.
11-Apr-91
A "More" prompt was sometimes happening in ANSI displays when the
cursor is on the last line of the specified page size.
10-Apr-91
Changes in parsing of $DOOR.RES result files to allow ansi codes
to be preserved.
02-Apr-91
Changed F4(find) function in extended conference configuration to
initially clear the conference name.
Added current conference number to PROUTEST.BAT command line.
Added "node paging sysop" and "user logging on" status codes for
USERNET.DAT.
01-Apr-91
Official release of prodoor 3.4.
Increased heap allocation to prevent runtime error 203 in some cases.
Added a check for "event scueduled in 1440 minutes" message.
28-Mar-91
Increased heap space in normal version by 5k to allow more
extensive PROTRNS files.
27-Mar-91
Some 26-mar betas had a broken ZIPM function.
More work on the documentation.
Prepared first beta of the complete set of release files, posted
as PROD34B.ZIP.
Merged functions of CHKPATH.EXE with PROSM.EXE; CHKPATH.EXE is no
longer used.
** Note: the environment setting
SET OVCRT=ON
may be needed under DesqView and other windowing/timeshare systems to
prevent screen bleed-through or background lockups.
Added
SET PROTRNS=ON
environment setting to assist in development of PROTRNS files. When
present, the program will output all translatable messages surrounded
in {...}. These can be used to determine changes or additions that
are possible in the PROTRNS files.
Added "/ $LASTMSGNO$" after display of current message number.
Added #, !, -, $ and _ to list of characters that filenames may start
with for automatic directory colorization to work properly.
Added '*' flagging of newer files in file listings.
Added (CHAT U), (CHAT A) and (CHAT ?) commands to control and report
node chat availability status.
Added @WAIT@ macro, which acts like @MORE@ used to.
Added a check for $HELPFILE$ on a line by itself. If present, the
remainder of the current display file will be processed as a multi-
topic help file with topic and subtopic prompting/searching.
Added a check for @X codes in DIR files. When one of these codes is
found, the program disables automatic colorization for the remainder
of the DIR file, allowing @X codes to take control.
Added a new help file:
PROFV
which is active at the (F V) and (VX) prompts.
Added code that will check for the environment variable
SET ECHOFLAG=ON
and if found, will creat the file
ECHOFLAG
in the prodoor directory whenever an "echo" message is saved. It
will be the responsibility of your mailer system to remove this file
when mail has been transferred.
Added explicit (G) option at 10 second countdown for automatic logoff.
Added logic in (W)rite-user-info function to reject passwords that
are listed in the new PROPCAN file. Passwords that contain parts of
the username are also automatically rejected.
Added logic to allow prodoor to open doors requiring USER.SYS or
DOOR.SYS files by means of a call to PCB145 with a /KEY parameter.
Added logic to allow xx/xx/xx date formats as well as xx-xx-xx.
Added logic to check for PROTRNS when PROTRNS.LNG is not found.
Added logic to disconnect a user after repeatedly entering invalid
input at any prompt.
Added logic to expand $ and @ macros in DIR files and in results of
(F), (L), (N) and (Z) commands.
Added logic to flush message file buffers when checking for
end-of-messages. This corrects the operation of the 'messages left by
alternate node' detection.
Added logic to help in accessing pcb145-specific doors within prodoor
and prologon. The new logic executes the command
pcb145/key:open;doorname^M
prior to executing the DOOR.BAT file for doors that require doors.sys
or users.sys files. This in conjunction with some changes in your
board.bat file will allow a temporary way of accessing all doors
within prodoor. This method will be replaced with direct file
updates in the prodoor 4.0 betas. See sample PRODOOR and BOARD.BAT
files.
Added logic to honor the "disable uploads XX minutes prior to event"
option from pcboard.dat.