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- RACE 1.40 now comes in registered and unregistered form.
- Upon registration you will receive a keycode which will
- unlock a few extra features. These registered only features
- are indicated below by (+) instead of * next to the item.
-
- If you are a RACE v1.30 user, you will find everything you
- used in v1.30 is still available in v1.40 even if you have not
- registered. Even in unregistered form, v1.40 has a number of
- new items available to you.
-
-
- New features in RACE v1.40
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-
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- * Built in support for an external message editor (supplied).
- ALT-E pops up the editor and allows you to write a message to
- the user currently on the main screen.
-
- (+) ALT-E within <V>alidation will allow you to write a message
- to the user currently being validated.
-
- * Updated RACE to RA's message base locking standards. A message
- may be posted to a user even if a user is online. This is used
- both in RACEEDIT and the welcome message feature of validation.
-
- (+) Password protection of the <J>ump and <U>tils commands to restrict
- use of RACE via DoorWay. Without the password (if enabled), the
- RACE user cannot jump to dos or execute any programs from the
- <U>til menu. Good for keeping remote co-sysops out of DOS.
-
- * Pop up pick window during validation allows selection of a
- different answer file.
-
- * <F>ind Answers in validation will now scan the answer file for
- additional answer sets from the current user. Note that the
- <S>ave command still works on each individual set of answers.
-
- (+) ALT-L pops up a window in which your "Today's callers" (contents
- of Lastcall.bbs) are displayed. You may then scroll around the
- list and select a user. RACE will then take you to that user
- record.
-
- (+) ALT-U works like ALT-L except that USERON.BBS is listed. This tells
- you which users (if any) are online at the time. Like ALT-L, you may
- select a user and be taken directly to that user's record.
-
- * ALT-M 'mode' switch command. If you have an EGA/VGA system, this
- will switch RACE from 25 line mode to 43/50 line mode or vice versa.
- RACE no longer forces 25 line mode on startup. RACE will take
- advantage of the full 43/50 lines for on screen reports or during a
- <R>eports => <U>ser list.
-
- * Group number has been added as a parameter for packing the user file.
- Group number has also been added to the display of users that are
- deleted during a pack.
-
- * Context sensitive help has been added to the Pack menu options.
-
-
-
- Fixes and improvements
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-
-
- * Changed searching by splitting "Name" and "Alias" search into
- two separate search items instead of forcing a search of both
- USERS.BBS and USERSXI.BBS when you only need to search for a
- real name. This speeds up the "Name" search considerably.
-
- * RACECFG now has a reminder on the main screen on how to save
- changes after editing a field.
-
- * <A>dd new user did not save any extended information if this
- info was edited during the <A>dd. This includes all items
- that are contained in USERSXI.BBS (handle, birthdate, first call,
- etc.).
-
- * <A>dd new user and <W>hoops! have been updated to RA 1.01 standards.
- What that means is that the user real name will be inserted into the
- alias field if: You are <A>dding the user and you do NOT manually
- enter a handle or when your restore a user with the <W>hoops! function.
-
- * An invalid USERON.BBS caused RACE 1.30 to end with a runtime error.
- RACE 1.40 now ignores an invalid USERON.BBS.
-
- * Any messages imported into the RA message base by RACE now have the
- LOCAL bit set. It has been reported that lack of this bit caused
- some message base utils (names unknown) to delete the RACE generated
- message during message base maintenance.
-
- * Both sort and pack did not operate properly if RA was active (no
- users logged on) in another partition. Sort/Pack was NOT designed
- to be used when RA was active. If you use either function now,
- they will perform the desired task but will NOT update the files.
- What this means is that you will have to manually copy the resulting
- *.NEW user files over the *.BBS user files.
-
- * "Searching" was not displayed during <V>alidation (as opposed to
- Ctrl-V type validation) while RACE was trying to find the current
- user's answers.
-
- * Error handling has been improved throughout RACE.
-
- * Numerous cosmetic changes.
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