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- BEFORE INSTALLING ANY NEW FILES, MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP ALL YOUR
- OLD MAILLIST FILES!!!! IT IS UNLIKELY ANYTHING WILL GO WRONG DURING
- UPDATE AND INSTALLATION, BUT IF SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG, YOU WILL NEED
- YOUR BACKUP. YOU MUST TAKE THIS ADVICE SERIOUSLY!!! ONCE YOU HAVE MADE
- A COMPLETE BACKUP, COPY THE NEW MAILLIST FILES INTO THE SAME SUBDIRECTORY
- THAT CONTAINS THE OLD MAILLIST FILES.
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- CHANGES IN VERSIONS 5.1 AND 5.2:
-
- On the FILE UTILITIES Menu:
- C. Search For Someone
-
- You will now have the option of searching through the current list
- only or searching through all lists. Pressing the <F9> key switches
- between these two modes.
-
- On the SPECIAL OPTIONS Menu:
- E. DOS Commands
-
- Instead of seeing a menu of possible commands, you will "shell" to
- DOS. That is, you will temporarily be placed outside MAILLIST so that
- you can execute DOS commands from the prompt as you normally would.
- IMPORTANT: Remember that MAILLIST is still running. You must not
- turn off the computer without first returning to MAILLIST and exiting
- as you normally would. To leave the DOS shell and return to MAILLIST,
- simply type the word EXIT at the prompt and press <ENTER>. Note that
- the amount of RAM available for execution in the DOS shell is limited.
- Starting TSR (memory-resident or pop-up) utilities while in the DOS
- shell will probably create conflicts and most likely will cause MAILLIST
- to fail.
-
- H. View Error Log
-
- If error messages are generated during the operation of MAILLIST, they
- are usually saved in a file named ERROR.LOG. This menu option allows
- you to view this file. If you are seeking support, the last message
- on the list is usually the most significant one. Note that ERROR.LOG is
- an ASCII-format file and can be also be read or printed using DOS commands
- or your word processor. If the file becomes too large, it cannot be
- displayed while running the MAILLIST program, but can still be accessed
- via DOS or most word processors. It is safe to delete or rename the
- ERROR.LOG file (a new one will be created if needed). Note that some
- earlier versions of the program used the filename MERROR.LOG.
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- CHANGES IN VERSION 5.3:
-
- Added another "extra" field
- Improved error handling
- Faster record filtering
- Internal changes for increased efficiency
- Separate MUPGRADE program provided to registered users to
- update files form earlier versions
-
- On the SPECIAL OPTIONS Menu:
- D. Change Defaults
- 1. Program Defaults
-
- A new option has been added: "Printer Port". In the past, all printer
- outputed was automatically directed to LPT1, the most commmon printer port.
- You can now set this to whichever printer port you are actually using. If
- you select an invalid port, the printer output will be save in a file of
- that name, with the extension PRN.
-
- A new option has been added: "Prefix Validation (Y/N)?" In the past,
- the program checked prefixes against a list of standard prefixes
- such as Mr., Ms., etc. The purpose was to help reduce data entry
- errors. However, we have found that some users need to enter unusual
- prefixes in this field. You may therefore turn off prefix validation
- with this option.
-
- H. File Repair
-
- This option has been removed. If you need to update file structures
- from a previous version, use the MUPGRADE program provided to all
- registered (paid) users. If your file structures have been damaged,
- you should use your backup copies. If you failed to make backup copies,
- you may need to call or write for technical support.
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- CHANGES IN VERSION 5.4 AND 5.5:
- Internal changes
- Updated documentation
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- SOURCE CODE:
-
- If you have been using the source code to customize your copy of MAILLIST,
- note that we have made changes in the code relating to the features
- listed above, as well as small efficiency changes throughout the code.
- All the separate PRG files have been combined into one big file called
- MAILLIST.PRG. ERRORSYS.OBJ and MFUNC.OBJ have been combined into M.OBJ,
- which must be linked with MAILLIST.OBJ. Starting with version 5.3, most of
- the memory variable names have been changed. Note that this is Clipper
- Summer '87 source code.
-
- IMPORTANT: SOURCE CODE WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AFTER VERSION 5.5.