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What’s New…
Version 1.6 of AreaFix is a small code cleanup, with reduced memory
requirements and compatibility with Fido point standards. Versions
1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 were skipped to align the AreaFix version number
with its littermates, TImport, TExport and TSet.
Version 1.1 of AreaFix has several substantial changes.
The configuration dialog now offers three options, as follows:
• Message to Sysop: if enabled (checked), sends a message to the local
sysop anytime the areas.bbs file is altered by
AreaFix.
• No Password for List: if enabled (checked), allows remote sysops to
use the -L and -Q switches to get listings of
Echoes, even if they don't have a password. They
cannot, however, make any changes to the areas.bbs
file without a password. To request listings without
a password, they enter only the switches (-L and/or
-Q) in the subject line of the message to AreaFix.
If this option is disabled, a password is required
for all AreaFix functions.
• Write to Tabby Log: if enabled (checked), AreaFix writes a short
status report to the Tabby Log whenever it runs.
Other new features:
• AreaFix now backs up the areas.bbs file before altering it. The backup
can be found in the Tabby folder under the name “areas.bbs.bak”.
• AreaFix now displays its icon while it’s running.
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Version 1.0 of AreaFix looks in the Tabby folder for a file called
AreaPass
to use for passwords. This provides a couple of benefits:
<1> You can exceed the six-character limit of Tabby 2.0 passwords.
- and -
<2> You can have an extra level of security by assigning a different
password for AreaFix functions than you use for normal
board-to-board communication.
If there is no file called AreaPass in the Tabby folder, then AreaFix
uses the Password file created by Tabby for its password source.
Format for the AreaPass file is identical to the Password file:
NodeID <tab> Password <return>
NodeID <tab> Password <return>
etc., with no spaces. For more information, *please* read the AreaFix
documentation.
-- Pete Johnson