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- Archie 1.62!
-
- >>> The differences between 1.60 and 1.62:
-
- • Made Archie compatible with *either* LaunchRRH or LaunchSS files. It
- first searches for LaunchRRH. If it doesn't find it, Archie looks for
- LaunchSS.
-
- • Added code to the file search routines so that if you have a bad path
- and file name for one of your file sections, Archie no longer bombs --
- it shows you the error and continues with the rest of its display.
-
- • Rewrote Command 95 -- list most recent callers -- so it works now. You
- need to specify the location and name of the CallerLog in the menu
- option field.
-
- • Retitled two STR resources -- Host/Second Sight Name and Archie Menu
- -- eliminating request for a path. Putting a pathname into these strings
- made for strange behavior under MultiFinder.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.59 and 1.60:
-
- • Altered code to try to make Archie work under MultiFinder. I’d
- appreciate feedback on whether or not I succeeded.
-
- • Expanded "String not found" message to try to trap bug which sometimes
- appears when Archie tries to read a STR resource. If you notice Archie
- flashing a "No string available for STR " message, please copy the full
- content of the message and let me know.
-
- • Modified BBS Activity report to show CrashMail event count and to
- eliminate "other errors" count, which was confusing since no one (not even
- I) was sure what those errors were.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.58 and 1.59:
-
- • Added Command 132, which is exactly like Command 131, but saves the
- older entries (prior to the current date) in an .arch textfile.
-
- • Added Command 133, which clears the UserLog of all “Combined message
- section” choices.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.57 and 1.58:
-
- • Added Command 131, which clears a file such as the Tabby Log (for
- which it was designed) of all entries which don’t contain the current
- date.
-
- • Adjusted the SIZE resource and added more CODE segments to try to
- reduce Archie memory requirements.
-
- • Fixed some small bugs.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.56 and 1.57:
-
- • I added Command 130, which resets the text file specified in Optional
- information to a length of zero. This command was prompted by the Tabby
- Log file, which quickly grows so long that I have trouble reading it.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.55 and 1.56:
-
- • Added display and editing of Host 2.0 restriction flags to most Archie
- UserLog commands and also enabled Archie to globally set and clear these
- flags in the entire UserLog via a new command, 129.
-
- • Found and fixed a bug which led previous versions of Archie to misread
- restriction flags.
-
- • Added a new from-the-menubar command: “Hang up without update.” This
- command destroys the LaunchRRH file and returns control to Host without
- updating your stats. It’s the same as Command 101.
-
- • Added a new from-the-menubar command: “Chat,” so you can annoy—I mean
- talk with—callers while they’re in Archie. I’m a burst-speed typist, and
- sometimes the Chat mode doesn’t keep up with me. If you’re missing
- characters, type slowly while in Chat. To end the Chat, reselect the
- menu item.
-
- • Fancied up the CallerLog Report (now called BBS Activity, so you can
- use it as a caller information command): added display of remaining disk
- space and recent callers.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.54 and 1.55:
-
- • I altered Archie’s commands 87 and 88 (Global New File Display) so
- they give the caller the option of seeing new files since the last call,
- or files uploaded during a selectable time period. Thanks to Ray Terry
- for the suggestion. The “new since last call” option doesn’t use hours,
- minutes and seconds in its calculation, so it may show some already-seen
- files under some calling conditions, but never more than a day’s worth.
-
- • In my quest to replace Scott Watson’s UserEdit utility, I added
- command 128, which lets you clear the UserLog SYSTEMx.MSG read flags
- remotely, so you can easily display new sets of system messages without
- going into UserEdit. This command is optionally password protected, just
- like the UserLog viewing commands (if you put a word in the Optional
- Info field of the menu, this word is used as a password). While I was
- adding password protection, I added the same feature to the UserLog
- backup command.
-
- >>> The differences between 1.52 and 1.54:
-
- • Archie is compatible with the altered UserLog format introduced with
- Host 2.0b12.
-
- • Archie will now run in a stand-alone mode—without a LaunchRRH file in
- its environment—if you hold down the mouse key when launching Archie.
- (This technique is different from a no-longer-applicable kludge I put
- into Archie 1.53 requiring a file called “Archie Run”.) Archie still
- requires the standard Host amenities—Config file and UserLog—in order to
- operate, but if the mouse key is depressed, Archie uses the first name
- in the UserLog as an assumed ID and proceeds as if you had connected
- locally through Host before launching Archie. This feature makes it
- easier to install and debug Archie, and enables you to use Archie for
- certain quick & dirty maintenance operations for which it is well-suited
- without having to log onto Host.
-
- • Archie now has another option for the Multiple Default Menus feature:
- If a menu used to launch Archie contains a semicolon, Archie uses the
- menu name *after* the first semicolon as its default menu, substituting
- colons for every semicolon after the first one. This allows you to put
- Archie default menus into folders, to clean up your main desktop. Here’s
- an example:
-
- If you launch Archie from a menu called
-
- Sysop powers;HD;ArchMenus;Sysop
-
- Archie stores the name after the first semicolon and substitutes colons
- for the remaining semicolons, then uses that menu as its startup menu.
- In this case, Archie would start up with a menu called Sysop in a folder
- called ArchMenus on a volume called HD (HD:ArchMenus:Sysop is the path).
- Keep your volume, folder and file names short for maximum flexibility.
- You can also use “partial paths” to save a bit of space: if Archie is
- running on the HD: volume, you could launch the above example from a
- menu called Sysop powers;;ArchMenus;Sysop. That would translate into
- :ArchMenus:Sysop, which would have the same effect.
-
- Apart from these specific additions, I also fixed a small bug which
- affected the accuracy of the CallerLog report if a caller requested it
- more than once during a single Archie session.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I’ve included a copy of this note in the Archie Stuffit archive for
- distribution.
-
- Pete Johnson
- January 26, 1989
-