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History of Changes in Power List
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1.0 Original release
1.1 Made just a few cosmetic changes.
1.2 Attempted to find and correct a problem that would occassionally
lock up the program during a file copy routine.
1.3 Fixed an over sight on my part. The door would only recognize
com1. I added a line to the config file so be sure to read the
DOCS!!!!
1.4 Another over sight on my part sorry. It seems I forgot that some
Sysops might have a DIR file that was more than one screen. The
program would prompt more input every 23 lines but would allow
no input except a carriage return. This is fixed now.
1.5 I messed up guys and gals and made it impossible to exit with-
out the CAPS LOCK key on. OOPPSS!!
1.6 Some users had trouble with some directory numbers not being
accepted or being told they were not there when they were. This
is now fixed. Also the door was creating an unwanted file in
the temp directory, I removed that.
2.0 First I had to fix a couple of input errors that I over looked.
The adopt screen is now built in and you will not need the file
ADOPT.SCR anymore. The registered version of Power List will
not display this file.
The help menu is now built in and you will no longer need this
file either.
I revised the menus so as to be more descriptive and to
facilitate an expert mode for users familiar with the commands.
Added an expert mode for those users who know their way around
the program. This speeds up the door a little as the screens
display a little faster.
Added SCAN ability based on either the LastDirListing data
from the users file, or the user can input a date of his/her
choice.
---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This last change required I add a line to the config file so
please be sure to change your config file or the door will crash.
2.1 Added the ability to abort a file date scan prior to its
finishing. I am still working on adding the extra description
lines to the list. I originally left them out for sake of size
as I was attempting to keep the download to a minimum.
2.2 Added a text search routine. You can now search for all
occurances of a string and abort at any time and still download
the list from where you aborted.
I still have not try to get the extra description lines as that
would increase code size dramatically as well as the size of the
file the user downloads. And the purpose of this utility is to
keep transfer time to a minimun. If the user want's multi-line
descriptions he/she can select entire directories to download.
The scan routines are a little faster now and also are a bit
more explanatory. The program keeps you informed as to how far
the scan has progressed.
3.0 This version is a complete re-write using Ted Freemans' Door-
Frame. This was needed in order to get rid of the lock ups
occuring upon exiting the door.
Power List should now work with other BBS packages besides
PCBoard, however I have no way of testing it so if you try it
on another package and have trouble let me know. If it works
properly you will tell me when you register. Right? <GRIN>
!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!
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This version requires a change to the config file so be sure
to read the docs!!!!
The capability to understand PCBoard's @X codes is no longer
available. This is not to say that it won't be back some
day, but for now you will have to keep a DIR and a DIRG menu
file available for Power List to use.
3.1 Fixed some array boundries that were causing a couple
problems.
Added "K" command to the main menu to turn HotKeys on/off.
3.5 Changed the (T)ext Search option so that each time a match is
found it is displayed on the screen. Also added the ability
to abort in the middle of a text search, and progress to that
point is still logged in your POWER LIST.
Changed the output of the (S)can by Date options to match
that of the (T)ext Search option and also added the ability
to abort that one as well.
Made a few cosmetic corrections to a couple of screens.