AmigActive 22/AACD 22.iso/AACD/Information/AmiBench/AmiBench_rev.log

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AmiBench 1.0 (25.10.1999) 15:22:17 by [e-mail]

Prototype of interface underway, logo made external to reduce code size.


AmiBench 1.1 (26.10.1999) 15:16:57 by [e-mail]

Serious problems with StormC have all but halted development - the
program compiled correctly if I added no spacing around the For Sale
objects, if spacing was added however, the program caused either an
illegal instruction or Line 1111 emulation error on startup. Removing
the spacing fixed the problem!?!?! I seem to have solved it by
deleteing all objects and project files and rebuilding them from
scratch....


AmiBench 1.2 (27.10.1999) 19:03:43 by [e-mail]

Completed loading, parsing and displaying of "for sale" options. "Wanted"
will be able to reuse 90% of the routines - only the base parse needs to
be altered.


AmiBench 1.3 (27.10.1999) 21:53:17 by [e-mail]

Wanted parsing and processing completed


AmiBench 1.4 (3.11.1999) 12:09:21 by [e-mail]

After repeated problems getting the network client to operate without
enforcer hits (for some reason, simply SENDING a message causes it to
generate hits in dos, timer and exec on quitting!??!?!) I'm splitting
the system into two sections: the core program and the network module.
Hopefully this will work better!!!


AmiBench 1.5 (4.11.1999) 20:46:25 by [e-mail]

Added menu and about window, links in about window use OpenURL to link
to the sites.


AmiBench 1.6 (6.11.1999) 13:20:31 by [e-mail]

Added range controls to "For Sale" and "Wanted" pages.


AmiBench 1.7 (6.11.1999) 16:30:22 by [e-mail]

Fixed problem with non-saving of layout and settings.


AmiBench 1.8 (6.11.1999) 19:48:42 by [e-mail]

Finished off the dealer directory page: added email and website controls,
sorting finished. Tidied up _hooks.c file and updated the code header to
match the new additions.


AmiBench 1.9 (7.11.1999) 21:44:04 by [e-mail]

Added auto-assign "AmiBenchOffline:" to ensure network module operates
correctly in borderline cases. Cleaned up network core and task launcher.


AmiBench 1.10 (8.11.1999) 13:24:35 by [e-mail]

Added more intelligent backup restoration (only incomplete/ failed files
are restored from backup), Fixed assign bug in LaunchAmiBenchClient(),
assign had not been updated correctly.


AmiBench 1.11 (11.11.1999) 15:22:11 by [e-mail]

Thanks to Niel Bothwick (who pointed out to me that OpenURL handles emails
correctly.. or, more accurately, that OpenURL 3 had actually been released.
DOH!) the arexx code is out, as is the mail mode cycle. Added localised
subject lines..


AmiBench 1.12 (14.11.1999) 19:49:50 by [e-mail]

Arexx code reinstated after serious problems getting any subject line
containing spaces sent to YAM via OpenURL 3 to actually work. Added status
and "short" columns to the advert lists (Wanted and For Sale), keypad
keys now allow browsing of the selected country (left and right change
the selected entry, up and down scroll the text in the advert display box).


AmiBench 1.13 (16.11.1999) 15:05:35 by [e-mail]

Changed advert parsing and display so that only the last 1, 2, 4 and 6 weels
of adverts are shown, and the country list only displays countries for which
the advert count (for the selected range) is >0. The "Entries" column in the
country list now accurately reflects the number of entries in the selected
range, rather than the number of entries in the data file.

Made the Amibench logos internal, will make the rest internal if no-one
complains about the doubling in binary size...


AmiBench 1.14 (18.11.1999) 21:25:51 by [e-mail]

Removed wraparound on next/prev, added toolbars to Sale and Wanted pages,
added "fake" delete option (works sort of like the status except deleted
entries aren't shown at all).


AmiBench 1.15 (24.11.1999) 13:39:10 by [e-mail]

Added multiselect delete to the For Sale and Wanted advert lists. Print
option attempted (VERY ALPHA!!)


AmiBench 1.16 (28.11.1999) 14:54:41 by [e-mail]

Added find window (still doesn't do much.. but I'm getting there), fixed
incorrect options in the toolbars.


AmiBench 1.17 (29.11.1999) 13:40:33 by [e-mail]

Attempted fix of reported Enforcer hits in startup code. (None found on
my system now)


AmiBench 1.18 (30.11.1999) 13:40:16 by [e-mail]

Test fix failed - this is a debug version only, revision bumb for
tracking purposes.


AmiBench 1.19 (5.12.1999) 16:24:17 by [e-mail]

Added new argument/tooltype checking, added support for more advanced
network module


AmiBench 1.20 (3.1.2000) 10:11:18 by [e-mail]

Modified Dealer Directory page layout, corrected OpenURL missing
message to indicate 3+ is required.


AmiBench 1.21 (8.1.2000) 16:36:49 by [e-mail]

Fixed:

    o Date sorting, absolute date was being calculated incorrectly so
      borderline dates could overlap. Note for the future: a year has
      approximately 365.25 days, not 356.25!!

    o column sort indicators were incorrect on startup.

    o Network module early cut-off did not detect/recover from 404s.


Added:

    o More comprehensive line checking; advert lines are rejected if
      their TAB count is incorrect, they contain escape characters or
      the line is empty. Corrupt .tsv files can now be handled without
      crashing the program.

    o MOTD display and download. MOTD is a CrawlingObject so large
      MOTD files can be shown, smooth scroll reset is implemented
      internally so there is no need to take special precautions with
      the MOTD file.

    o AREXX can now be used to force the tool to check both the data
      files and MOTD. Send commands to AMIBENCH.n (where n is the
      program instance, normally 1). Valid commands are:

        UPDATEDATA  - starts data file download
        UPDATEMOTD  - starts MOTD download

    o Columns in the advert lists (For sale and wanted) can be turned
      on and off via the prefs.

          ** IMPORTANT NOTE ** IMPORTANT NOTE ** IMPORTANT NOTE **

      This feature is very alpha! At present this feature mucks up the
      sorting if columns are deactivated.. (eg: if you activate Status,
      Name and Date, Status and Name will sort correctly but Date
      actually sorts on Emails)

Changes:

    o Changed "Country" string (in the title of country listviews) to
      "Countries" in line with the "Entries" column heading.


AmiBench 1.22 (15.1.2000) 21:38:29 by [e-mail]

Fixed:

    o New sort routine for the For Sale and Wanted advert lists now
      sorts correctly, even when columns have been deactivated. (NOTE:
      there are still issues with the sort column/direction mark - if
      you turn off Short and Address, set Date as the sort column and
      then turn on Short, the mark will say Short is the sort column
      whereas it's really still Date.. I'm working on a solution).

    o Delete now removes the correct items, lists are deactivated
      during removal so the operation is faster.

Added:

    o Added custom class verification routine - no more cryptic "Unable
      to create application" if a class has not been installed - it'll
      tell you what's missing.

Changes:

    o Renamed motd file from motd.tsv to motd.txt on request from Tom.

    o Name, email, address and website sorts in the advert lists are
      now case insensitive.

Known bugs / "features":

    o On 8-bit screens the AmiBench logo may display incorrectly
      after the toolbar images have been loaded (ie: after changing
      the the For Sale or Wanted page and then back to the General
      page). This is a bitmap remapping problem caused by the
      restricted number of colours available to the system and the
      way in which MUI handles remapping, a fix will almost certainly
      cause a speed problem when displaying the General page,
      workarounds will be investigated.

    o The Search options open the search window, but don't actually
      do anything. this is simply due to the fact that I haven't
      finished the search routine yet ;) I have allowed the window
      to be opened to see if there are any suggestions/complaints
      about the general layout.


AmiBench 1.23 (19.1.2000) 15:47:18 by [e-mail]

Fixed:

    o [Attempted] The balance object at the top level of the interface
      (the one between the menu list and the page display area) was
      not setting the weights after a reload. Possible cause was the
      explicit weight specification in the setup call. Removed these
      settings to see if the problem can be resolved.

Changes:

    o Replaced CrawlingObject with NFloattext object on request of
      Mark, removed auto-wraparound on the scroll code as it's no
      longer needed.



AmiBench 1.24 (23.1.2000) 20:33:24 by [e-mail]

Removed auto-assign, new assign is ADD: assumed made by installer.
Added screen titles and altered name to "AmiBench Desktop Directory"


AmiBench 1.25 (17.2.2000) 20:27:18 by [e-mail]

Added AACD check requested by Neil, Indicies will no longer be saved if
the program is run from the Amiga Active CD itself.


AmiBench 1.26 (18.2.2000) 17:07:11 by [e-mail]

Added:

    o "Update MOTD" and "Update Data Files" gadgets are (in theory)
      disabled when the program is started from an AmigaActive CD.

    o If any adverts are rejected by the parser (either they are not
      'legal' lines or they contain escape sequences liable to cause
      MUI text formatting errors) the text for the advert is dumped
      to t:AmiBench.errors.


Changes:

    o Altered code to recompile under vbcc. This was quite a bit of
      work, but the MUI settings now works correctly and the code is
      smaller (even when only optimised for the 68020) than the code
      generated by StormC.

    o Recoded "time range" code to be more bomb proof.

    o Increased advert parse buffer to 20k to handle extremely long
      adverts.

AmiBench 1.27 (02.08.2000) 10:21:48 by Chris Page

Added:

    o AmiBench location gadget to the preferences to allow the user
      to alter the hostname checked for datafiles.

    o Checks that the main window can open, fails with an error if
      it can't.

Changes:

    o amibench.nop.org.uk appears to be behind a gateway that requires
      explicit specification of the full URL to the file in the HTTP/1
      request. All calls to the download module have been changed to
      include the full URL spec of the form

      Network.module <host> http://<host><file> .. etc..




AmiBench 1.28 (07.10.2000) 12:08:27 by Chris Page

Added:

    o started adding the code behind the search facility.

Changes:

    o altered bits of the code to reflect my departure from TWF LLC
    o removed the custom datatype picture class, it wasn't being used
      and it was just taking up binary space...


AmiBench 1.29 (30.11.2000) 18:03:33 by Chris Page

Added:

    o APPREADY arexx command. Returns RC_OK when app is ready to
      receive command.

Changes:

    o UPDATEDATA and UPDATEMOTD  are now synchronous calls. RC is set
      to ERROR if no host is set in the preferences or there were
      errors in the download and FATAL if there was a problem setting
      up the network.