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===============================================================================
Files Listing For FileMaster v2.10
===============================================================================
FILEMAST.EXE 223674 7-11-94 11:42a
FMAST210.DOC 46754 7-11-94 4:46a
FMAST210.NEW 5734 7-12-94 2:23a
REGISTER.DOC 2444 7-10-94 3:48p
FILE_ID.DIZ 409 7-10-94 3:45p
===============================================================================
FileMaster Bug Fixes, Changes, & Enhancements
===============================================================================
07/10/94
The first public release of FileMaster ( now at version 2.10 ).
1. FIX - Documentation updated.
2. FIX - Cosmetics.
3. ADDED - Color configuration option on the BBS Configuration menu.
4. FIX - File Not Found error when importing FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI
from added files. This error was occurring for ARJed files only
due to a command line bug when shelling to ARJ.
5. ADDED - Delete/Move option when importing files and Delete option
when a matching file is found. If the (R)eplace option is
selected to replace an old file with a newer one, the old file can
now be moved out of, or deleted from the BBS directory.
6. FIX - FM will now not include the FILES.BBS or FILES.BAK files on
importing/adding new files from directories.
7. ADDED - Better CD-ROM support, including a seperate file
availability indicator and ask on creation of all files lists.
8. ADDED - The FILES.BBS file for each area will now be written with
the same area header that was/is being used in the all files
lists.
9. FIX - File Not Found error when importing files from FILES.BBS.
This error was caused by a failure to close the FILES.BBS file,
causing opened file limits (FILES= statement in CONFIG.SYS) to be
reached.
04/01/94
There is still no direct fix for CD-ROM areas. The way around the file access
error when FM tries to write a new FILES.BBS to the CD-ROM is to put your CD-ROM
FILES.BBS files in an HD directory and name them in some identifying way, then
define the list directory and file name in PROCFG or FM. Example:
Create directory CDLISTS under your MAIN BBS directory and copy all your CD-ROM
FILES.BBS lists into that dir, naming the lists according to what CD they are
for;
C:\PB\CDLISTS
NIGHTOWL.BBS <--- List for NightOwl CD
CD002.BBS <--- List for CD-ROM #2
In FM-->Area Config, the corresponding entries for "List:" would be:
C:\PB\CDLISTS\NIGHTOWL.BBS
C:\PB\CDLISTS\CD002.BBS
At this point, the above set-up is only to avoid FM ending in an error when
it tries to write to a CD-ROM. I will be adding a fix for this at a later time
so the above steps will not be necessary.
1. FIX - FileMaster (FM) will now make a backup of pre-existing FILES.BBS
files. FM will first delete a FILES.BAK file if it exists in a BBS
file directory then rename a prexisting FILES.BBS file to FILES.BAK.
2. ADDED - Upon initial installation FM will ask if you want to import
pre-existing files or FILES.BBS files in your defined BBS file
directories. If you choose to do so FM will first grab file and
description information from an existing FILES.BBS file. It will then
check for any files in each directory that did not exist in the FILES.BBS
and import them, automatically importing a FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI file.
3. FIX - Out Of String Space errors fixed by changing string variables to
dynamic arrays of fixed length strings. Instead of only 64k available
for use to FM for string space, all available conventional memory can
be used.
4. FIX - Scrolling backward in the View/Edit/etc. routine when there are
no records will not cause an error.
5. ADDED - Import functin on View/Edit/etc. menu. This function is like
#2 above, but imports "orphaned" files into the master list, just in case
you put files in your BBS dir's without using FM and later you want to
add those files to the master list.
6. FIX - The Copy/Move routine was reporting a String Space corrupt error due
to the fact that a DOS shell was being used to copy/move files and string
pointers were being changed by DOS. An internal copy/move routine is now
being used to avoid the error. However, a side affect is that only a 2k
buffer is used to do the copying/moving, slowing the operation down a bit
and causing the HD to work harder. I'll be searching for a more efficient
way to do this.
7. ADDED - Registration requirement. Registration consists of filling out
the registration card and sending it to me by NET/SNAIL-MAIL. There is
still no money required. The Copy/Move and Sort functions are disabled in
then unregistered version.
03/20/94
1. The first wide beta release of FileMaster v2.00ß
2. FileMaster v2.00ß is almost completely a re-written version of
FileMaster v1.00 which was never released to the public.
Although workable, v1.00 was extremely slow and the user interface
was extremely rough. Nearly a year has passed since the idea of
FileMaster first began being coded. Version 2.00ß includes direct
support for ProBoard v2.00.
3. File indexing, much improved sort routines, search options, and
global change options were added.
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