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REMEMBER: You must rerun SETUP after installing a new version!
Version 2.21 (10/13/94)
Bug Fixes:
New virus routines in 2.20 didn't always properly detect viruses
Changes:
Redesigned FILE_ID.DIZ not to use high ASCII characters because
of user requests
Version 2.20 (09/20/94)
Note:
This version was delayed because I recently (and unexpectedly) moved,
and City Lites BBS shut down. I am working on pursuing new support
avenues and making registration easier (particularly credit card
registration), but my moving didn't help.
Bug Fixes:
Adapted PCBoard 'TEST' support to work with 15.2 betas (the parameter
passing was changed on me)
Archives with nothing in the root directory may have failed date
checking previously
Some incorrect RAM drive handling on certain failing ZIPs was fixed
Changes:
Reordered testing order in PCBCheck so the very first thing done is
importing the FILE_ID.DIZ (that way the FILE_ID.DIZ is almost
certain to be imported, even if PCBCheck or the upload fails)
Better PKZIP and ARJ error handling should make less -35 errors
F-Prot and McAfee's SCAN support is now automatic and built-in. Note
that changes in SETUP (running SETUP should properly import your
old virus scanning settings, even if you previously used F-Prot,
Scan, or a different scanner)
Should now include subdirectories in archives in the date/age/total files
scan - leading to more correct results (particularly if the root
directory of an archive was empty or sparsely populated)
Dropped 'REFRESH' mode because PCBFiler now allows direct importing of
FILE_ID.DIZ (in 15.2 betas)
Version 2.11 (07/08/94)
New Features:
Now autodetects FOSSIL compatible ports set up as COMM-DRV ports
Bug Fixes:
Memory management bug prevented proper removal of work directory
if archive contained a large number of subdirectories
Converting all archives to a master type no longer interferes with
non-archive file recognition
If a RAM disk filled up PCBCheck correctly moved operations to the
hard drive, but still reported an error (though the file passed)
Remote background text color may have been displayed incorrectly for some
color scheme (.SCR) files
Eliminated possible conflict between converting archive types and
offline uploading (which would've also interfered with REFRESH)
Version 2.10 (06/27/94)
New Features:
FOSSIL communications support
Sysops can limit FILE_ID.DIZ import length
Blank lines can be removed from imported descriptions (FILE_ID.DIZ)
DESC.SDI support (kind of)
Bug Fixes:
New swapping routines should fix problems where an unreasonable error level was
returned by PKUNZIP.
Once again improved the odds of a corrupt archive being failed instead
of being treated as a program error
Resolved header problems which caused mail which should have been sent
to the sysop to be sent to PCBCheck
Last line of a FILE_ID.DIZ may have been cutoff previously
Add files to archive should now work (previously it had troubles finding
the file it was supposed to add)
Fixed RAM disk support (PCBCheck didn't always switch over to the hard
drive when the RAM disk became full, rather it sometimes returned
an error message)
Version 2.0b (04/15/94)
Changes:
Mail sent by PCBCheck now bears the return address 'PCBCheck' rather
than 'SYSOP' in case sysops don't read mail from themselves
PCBCheck will remove blank lines from the FILE_ID.DIZ (sometimes)
Bug Fixes:
Registered users need not be so careful about method of key entry
(you'd know if it affected you)
PCBCheck now properly fails files, rather than interpreting some
corrupt files as external program failures
If the archive already contains the file to be 'added' PCBCheck will
not add it a second time
Version 2.0a (04/07/94)
Bug Fixes:
PCBCheck tried to delete files from the delete files list if they
occurred anywhere in the path- no real harm done, just inconvenient
Fixed some pointer problems which caused random errors
No more -37 errors on attempts to delete files from archives
Multiple acceptable non-archives didn't always work in 2.0
(NOTE: the above bug caused lockups during the archive detection
phase on some configurations)
Accepted non-archives will include 'OK' notation on testing line
Version 2.0 (04/01/94)
New Features:
PCBCheck can change the format (archive type) of recognized archive
uploads to one master type (only with PCBoard 15.1+)
PCBCheck will now test embedded archives as deeply as possible
PCBCheck's date checking will now check ALL the dates in a file to
see if a set percentage of the files are newer than the
specified date (more accurate then 'newest date' comparisons)
A trashcan list can be used to reject uploads with bad filenames
New OFFLINE mode allows PCBCheck to check files while PCBoard isn't
running (like local mode) but also moves them to the UPLOAD directory
and imports the description (same effect as a local upload!)
PCBCheck can now append the oldest file date to description
PCBCHECK.EXE should be SIGNIFICANTLY smaller. No, it was not
compressed (PKLITE-type) in any way. Rather both PCBCheck and
SETUP were rewritten and HIGHLY optimized
Archives can now have non-standard extensions and still be detected
SETUP can now modify any configuration file (not just PCBCHECK.CFG)
Redesigned SETUP program and reorganized pages
PCBCheck can now support color schemes other than the default
You can choose which SCR file to use as a background from SETUP
PCBCheck can now delete named files from archives
You can now instruct PCBCheck to allow unrecognized files to pass
The '?' wildcard can be used in the acceptable non-archive extension list
PCBCheck now has a built-in PCBoard mail engine
PCBCheck can send mail to the sysop to notify him of uploads which
failed virus checking
PCBCheck can send mail to the sysop to notify him of PCBCheck internal
(or external) errors
SETUP can shell to your DOS editor in either PC-DOS or MS-DOS or your
VDM QBASIC editor in OS/2 to edit KEYWORDS.PCB, TRASHCAN.PCB, and
DELETE.PCB from within SETUP
Bug Fixes:
The user entered description should appear on the remote screen under
description now (previously only the descriptions from FILE_ID.DIZ's
were displayed remotely)
ATTACHed uploads are now scanned for viruses and date checked, etc...
though if they are unrecognized they will still pass (same criteria
as if you have instructed PCBCheck to accept all files).
As version 2.0 was considered a complete rewrite, the WHATS.NEW list
for versions after 2.0 will not contain change made in versions 1.X.