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       Copyrighted Pete Rocca & Multiboard Communications, 1994-1997


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║ UpCheck - History                                                         ║
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     July, 1997 - Version 7.1f (freeware)

        - program status changed to freeware
        - no author support provided

     January, 1997 - Version 7.1 (full release)

        - Upcheck would occasionally not return to the original
          directory, and clean up it's work if the file failed the
          unpacking program.
        - Defaults adds the "-p*" to stop password RAR extractions
          from requiring sysop input
        - The template file it created for external posting did
          not have any linefeeds in it.
        - Uputils was not adding duplicate signatures to the dupebase
        - Can use *S in the scanning program to represent the work path
        - Can specify to add the users alias (if available) instead of
          real name to uploaded files.
        - Under busy networks it did not always delete all the work
          files created.
        - RTE 103 when doing an UPUTILS /Q was fixed

        There are still some things I wanted to get added, but will
        save for a future version and get this one out now.


     March, 1996 - Version 7.0 (full release)

        - Support for RAR files
        - Templated messages (*.TCM files)
        - No longer requires a fossil driver
        - Completely new setup program and new online help
        - Support for PCBoard
        - Support for external message posting packages
        - Added an option to remove high-ascii from descriptions
        - Added a semaphore path for online messages
        - Options to retouch a file date with newest/oldest dates
        - Direct ProBoard files.bbs support added
        - Fixed a bug in the Hudson posting routines
        - Added options to temporairily disable virus/dupe/age testing
        - Option to scan only after each extract
        - Option to continue processing past date check
        - Support for wildcards in UPCHECK.EXE
        - Fixed scanning wrong dir when processing non-SFX EXE files
        - No delays in local mode
        - Non-sensitive scan in RA FDB incase of external protocol messup
        - Much faster at scanning/storing duplicate sigs


     January 1st, 1995 - Version 6.00 (full release)

        - Now adds the reason for failure to the file listings
        - Support to use GUS for unsupported archive types
        - Support for future versions of RemoteAccess 2.x
        - Will use headers information in place of sysop name
          when running locally. (Uputils)
        - If you are using a RAM disk for your online messages then
          you can use a RASEM enviroment variable to point to that drive
        - Can disable Upcheck from recompressing the archive if it
          is already the same type as the type you are converting to
        - Increased the length of the 'scanning program' path
        - If an area was marked as '[Unused]' in RA 2.x but had a path
          in it that matched the uploaded files path, it could possibly
          not update the file listings
        - Fixed the "dos error 3-2 file not found" error that occurred
          on some systems if the full path wasn't specified.
        - Cosmetic, added commas in Uputils query display


     June 23rd, 1994 - Version 5.32 (full release)

        - Fixed a cosmetic problem in UpUtils that would cause the
          entire screen to change to a lightgray background and
          have flashing prompts - sorry folks!


     June 18th, 1994 - Version 5.31 (beta release)

        - Support for multiple line file description seperators in column 1
        - Even faster output
        - Support for metastrings
        - Fixed cosmetic bug that did not complete remote "thanks!" box
        - RemoteAccess compatible log file
        - Problem with text based filelisting formats, removed a filename
          from the list under certain conditions - Fixed.


     May 16th, 1994 - Version 5.30 (beta release)

        - Added "Test configuration feature"
        - Added full features to the UpUtils program in unregistered mode
          (I'm trusting you guys and gals on your honor here <g>)
        - Added a powerful text retrieval system, that allows
          UpUtils to use file descriptions from almost any text file,
          BBS list, or capture log
        - Fixed TriBBS 5.0 message base fault if the conference was
          over 64K in size
        - Made UpUtils "/I" feature add the extra info without needing
          the "/D" switch turned on.  It now performs description
          inserting about 5-10x faster
        - Made the screen rescyronize after multiple display blocks
          instead of after each character, making the modem throughput
          speeds increase dramatically (especially under OS/2)
        - Included a program called UPSAMPLE that will allow you to
          test the message posting features. (Even in unregistered mode
          so you can confirm that the routines work and you can see
          what the messages look like)
        - Included aggressive locking routines for better reliability
          on very active multiline systems
        - Added an indicator to show when UpCheck/UpUtils is being
          denied file access (so you don't think it crashed)
        - Fixed the inablilty to test files in the root directory
        - Added PCBoard, TriBBS, FILES.BBS file base support
        - Documentation now spans 31 pages
        - Although it was not too bad - I ran the documentation
          through a spell checker - 11 errors in 1680 lines :)


     May 1st, 1994 - Version 5.20 (beta release)

        - Added support for ZIP, LZH and SQZ self-extracting (SFX) files
        - Added support for TriBBS message structures
        - Included sample batch file in the UPCHECK.DOC to
          use multiple scanners, including TBAV, McAfee v2.0
        - Added online help in UPSETUP (handy)
        - Added an internal stats editor in UPSETUP
        - Killed the beeping sounds for errors in UPSETUP
        - Made the input interface in UPSETUP even more standard
        - Fixed the errors being reported as one number
          instead of two subparts as the documentation mentioned
        - Fixed an apparent lockup if a blank field was specified
          for the advertising file
        - Fixed unsupported files not failing if 'Pass Supported
          Files' was set to 'No'.
        - Fixed the slow screen draw with 28.8k modems


     April 25th, 1994 - Version 5.01 (public release)

        - Changed the EMS overlay system to full EMS/XMS/Disk
          swapping capabilities (now only uses 2k overhead)
        - Removed the need for external files to be defined
          using full paths (will now search the path for them)
        - Adding return code logging when a file fails
        - Fixed a bug when reading EXITINFO.BBS files
        - Updated the documentation to correct a address change
          (turns out I'm not moving for another year)

        * Sorry for the delay in making these changes, it was
          a very busy month for me.

        * What's on deck? - Support for Tribbs, QBBS, RBBS, PCBoard
                          - Context sensitive help in UpSetup


     April 10th, 1994 - Version 5.00 (public release)

        - Added RIP graphics
        - Added JAM message base format
        - Added internal ZIP file commenting
        - Added the option of having a security level/flag override to
          force a file to return as passed (good for co-sysops)
        - Added internal GIF/JPG specificiations support
        - Failing archives now also insert 'Added information'
        - Fixed the problem of EXE/JPG/GIF/Unknown type archives not
          being adopted into the filebase
        - Added option to restrict min/max resolution of GIF/JPG
        - Added internal quick-scanning when using UpUtils (40% faster)
        - Added option to UpUtils to allow the adding of ZIP
          comments to all your files
        - Made UpCheck to include overlays for reduced memory
          requirements as new features are implemented
        - Added EMS support for the overlays
        - Added the option of having files within an archive under
          a certain size to be skipped from processing (good to
          keep the database size as small as possible)
        - Allow you to turn off FILE_ID processing (this allows non RA
          BBS packages still be able to have messages sent to the user
          and/or sysop when files fail or are suspicious, as both Hudson
          and JAM message bases are very popular)
        - Added tonnes of feautures to UpUtils
        - Added the ability to send an online message to the user
        - Added the ability for you to specify 'who' sends the messages
        - Increased the read buffer for faster duplicate checking
          when your database gets large.
        - Increased speed in some areas (about 5-10%)


     March 25th, 1994 - Version 4.01 (public release)

        - allowed lowercase and !#$%^ characters in archiver setup


     March 22nd, 1994 - Version 4.00ß (unreleased beta)

        - Added the ability to recompress files with a new type
        - Unfound files are adopted into the file base
        - Bad files can be removed by CRC signature
        - Can add archive info to the description base, such as
          Uploader name, number of files, oldest and newest dates.
        - Can specify file extensions that you wish not to be
          accepted.  When an archive contains only these files,
          it will fail, if it contains a lot of these files,
          it can warn the sysop
        - Messages to the sysop are sent to the sysop's name as it
          appears in UpSetup (for better luck when searching new messages)
        - Filebase is ALWAYS updated with the archives new size,
          name or anything else that changes during processing
        - Descriptions are inserted into failing files if
          they exist (allows ease if the sysop decides to keep it)
        - Archives are detected on signature, not extension
        - Added support for UC2, SQZ and ZOO
        - Can allow unsupported file types to pass, and can also
          warn the sysop of this
        - Added support for embedded archives, can search 10
          levels deep with unlimited number of embedded files
        - Duplicates can be determined on bytes as well as files
        - Nicer interface in UpSetup
        - ANSI.SYS is no longer required to be loaded
        - More options in UpUtils
        - Can rename improperly named file extensions
        - Fixed the slight chance of program hang if the user hung
          up during the scan
        - Improved the SHARE compatibility from 99.99% to 100.01% :)


     March 12th, 1994 - Version 3.11 (public release)

        - Added feature that allows the Sysop to receive a message
          when the file fails
        - Added feature to UpSetup that tells whether or not a file
          or path exists, to assist in sleepy moments of 3am
          configuration (this should save many hours of massive confusion)


     March 11th, 1994 - Version 3.1 (beta release)

        - Added features to UpUtils
        - Fixed small bug in UpUtils that was claiming a file to be
          a duplicate when it wasn't.
        - Increased dupe checking speed in UpUtils
        - Added feature to UpCheck that allows normal processing if
          dropfile is not found. UpCheck will default to LOCAL mode
          if the dropfile is missing. (However, the user won't get
          a message if the file failed as the user's name is in
          the drop file.) To ensure that UpCheck runs at full
          capability, make sure that the drop file is present.
        - Fixed a real stupid mistake with the releasing of a subdirectory.
        - Made the detection of duplicate much more secure.
        - Shrunk the memory requirements (only requires 60k
          for itself now, down from 110k)


     March 8th, 1994 - Version 3.0 (beta release)

        - Added visual user interface
        - Added support for writing hudsonbase messages
        - Shrunk the size of the dupe database (35%)
        - Sped up the checking of duplicate files
        - Made configuration program to help make setup easy
        - Made the UpUtils program, nice all-in-one version
          of AddDesc, AddDupe and DupDesc!
        - Improved looks and handling of log file
        - Added statistics recording


     March 3rd, 1994 - Version 2.0

        - First public release of the program