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- Version 2, Revision 3
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- I found out from a SysOp who used Bvote that the security check levels were not
- working correctly for the high security levels that Remote Access has. This
- problem has now been solved.
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- Version 3, Revision 1
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- Ability for SysOp/CoSysOp (as defined in BVOTE.CFG) to modify the configuration
- file, BVOTE.CFG, from within Bvote. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LET HAVE ACCESS TO THIS
- FEATURE. Not that they can do any real damage, but someone might turn off a
- feature you want on, etc.
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- User Time Left is now monitored and will exit with Errorlevel 3 if this occurs.
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- Bvote now detects if there is a fossil driver or not. If there is NOT one then
- it will exit with Errorlevel 4.
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- A few cosmetic changes were made.
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- Many source code changes were made to make things work more efficiently.
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- Version 3, Revision 2
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- Made changes to the SysOp Menu's Change BVOTE.CFG Option so that when you press
- enter on one (leaving it blank) that it will leave it at the old value.
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- Version 3, Revision 3
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- Error was found in keeping up with the time. This has been fixed and you may
- now give Bvote any amount of time up to 24 hours.
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- Version 4, Revision 1
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- When a user is voting it does not return to the main menu instantly after
- voting. Bvote now returns to the voting menu instead of the main to make it
- more convenient for consecutive voting.
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- Bvote now displays ONLY those booths that a user can vote on when they go to the
- voting menu instead of letting you choose those that you have previously voted
- on before and then telling you that you can't vote on them. This should be more
- convenient for everyone. The same goes for the results menu if the Allow User
- To See Results Before Voting is set to No in the configuration.
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- The #1 voted-on topic is now displayed with a blinking attribute. This adds a
- nice touch to easily see which one is on top.
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- A couple of cosmetic changes and internal changes have been made. Some stuff
- was taken out of the source code due to non-usage. Hopefully I didn't take
- anything vital out of it.
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- Version 4, Revision 2
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- Direct Screen Writes have now been added. This makes it MUCH better for the
- local user as well as speeding it up for 9600 and above connections. Things are
- no longer slowed down for both due to slow ANSI writes. [Which means I now
- handle the ANSI writes myself]
-
- Noticed an error! A user could enter more than 20 choices per booth as well as
- being able to go over the 20 internal limit for number of booths. This has
- definately been fixed. If they go over the limit then this can crash the system
- quite easily by overwriting bad parts of memory...
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- Blinking of the Top Choice in Results was only working for the Local user. This
- bug has been fixed.
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- New SysOp Configuration option to select Direct or ANSI Screen Writes. Unless
- you go to the configuration and change it to (D) it will default to ANSI as it
- was before. Direct writes are MUCH faster. NOTE: No `Snow' Checking Is Done.
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- SysOp is now prompted for confirmation before deleting a booth. This is just to
- add a bit of protection against deleting the wrong booth.
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- A few more cosmetic changes were made.
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- Version 4, Revision 3
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- Change in wording was made. Bvote doesn't do actual Direct Writes. It can do
- BIOS writes. Direct Writes may come soon though.. I think you'll find the BIOS
- writes MUCH faster. This requires an IBM PC Compatible to do this.
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- Version 5, Revision 1
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- A nasty bug was smashed. If more than 16 booths were present then Bvote started
- overwriting parts of previous booths.
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- A simple "graph" has been added to Bvote on the results. It's simple, but adds
- a nice touch.
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- UPCOMING FEATURES BY 5.3:
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- 1) Hot Keys [S] and [P] that will work just like in QuickBBS - Pause and Stop.
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- 2) Better screens (I'm going to try to get some artistic friends to help out.)
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- FEATURES PLANNED ON:
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- These are features I want to add in the near future but can't promise. They
- include:
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- 1) BIOS Modem Writes along with FOSSIL support (Right now it's just FOSSIL)
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- 2) Support for more BBS types (probably via. Command Line parameters)
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- 3) Reorganization of the data files (that should be fun..)
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- 4) Give me a suggestion and I'll think about it.