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ALLFIX version 4.40 build 3, Bugs fixed since 02-04-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 418 Reported on 13-04-96 Fixed on 16-04-96 Reported by Kasper de Roo Description FCOMP is incorrectly scanning the upload directories stored in the FAREA.DAT file from Maximus 3.0. Bug nr 421 Reported on 13-04-96 Fixed on 16-04-96 Reported by Gary Hall Description Renegade v04-05 has been released. FCOMP should no longer report ?.?? as the Renegade version number. This also needs to be changed in the documentation. Bug nr 423 Reported on 14-04-96 Fixed on 14-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description When selecting an area from the Browse list, ASETUP displays the next area. Bug nr 426 Reported on 14-04-96 Fixed on 14-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description ASETUP Index crashes if one of the managers does not contain any entries. Bug nr 435 Reported on 21-04-96 Fixed on 21-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description The Aka selection window, as in the Fileecho manager, is not displaying the second column of aka's correctly. Bug nr 436 Reported on 21-04-96 Fixed on 21-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description Updating to 4.40 Build 2 caused the File counters, as defined in the fileecho options menu to disappear. Bug nr 437 Reported on 21-04-96 Fixed on 21-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description Text in fileecho options window, beneath horizontal line, needs to be moved down one line. Bug nr 438 Reported on 21-04-96 Fixed on 21-04-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description ALLFIX is not recognizing .TIC files for aka's above number 20. It thinks that they are for someone else, and therefore, ignores them. Bug nr 442 Reported on 24-04-96 Fixed on 26-04-96 Reported by Sander Smeenk Description If the destination directory field is empty, ASETUP displays a random file area, if the "Use FDB" option is turned on. Bug nr 449 Reported on 30-04-96 Fixed on 03-05-96 Reported by Bob Brisco Description The .TIC files made by ALLFIX and by HATCH do not contain the build numbers. Bug nr 455 Reported on 03-05-96 Fixed on 03-05-96 Reported by Mark Bloss Description ALLFIX should never announce "unvalidated" files in a TAG file database. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 3, New features and changes since 02-04-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 38 Sugggested on 31-10-95 Implemented on 13-04-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Support up to 40 Akas and 40 domain names. ToDo nr 94 Sugggested on 27-11-95 Implemented on 16-04-96 Suggested by Andreas Soehnel Description Build support for T-Mail. ToDo nr 153 Sugggested on 28-02-96 Implemented on 15-04-96 Suggested by Teunis Brosens Description Add a mailer mode "McMail". The reason here for is that McMail uses a Portal of Power style outbound directory and a BinkleyTerm style alias file. ToDo nr 158 Sugggested on 06-03-96 Implemented on 28-04-96 Description Build request processor functions into ALLFIX. ToDo nr 163 Sugggested on 12-03-96 Implemented on 01-05-96 Suggested by Joaquim Homrighausen Description Add support for the NPD flag kludge. This flag tells software with support for proportional and non-proportional fonts to use the non-proportional fonts. This will help display tables and collumns correctly. Ex. ^aFLAGS NPD ToDo nr 185 Sugggested on 31-03-96 Implemented on 16-04-96 Suggested by Bryan Rapp Description Support T-Mail fileboxes. ZZNNNFFF.PPZ Where ZZ - radix-32, zone NNN - radix-32, net FFF - radix-32, node PP - radix-32, point Z - if this filebox is active, it is blank if inactive (hold), letter H Inactive means that the files remain on hold. ToDo nr 187 Sugggested on 31-03-96 Implemented on 01-05-96 Suggested by Robert Stark Description Automatically unpack the ALLTICS.xxx file. This file contains .TIC files. It is used in Planet Connect. ToDo nr 191 Sugggested on 08-04-96 Implemented on 08-04-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Add a commandline option, ReRequest, to force ALLFIX to send a new uplink request message for every fileecho which was requested and has not been received yet. ToDo nr 192 Sugggested on 08-04-96 Implemented on 08-04-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Add a new commandline option, ReLink, to force ALLFIX to send an uplink request message for each fileecho connected to the uplink systems listed in the Uplink manager menu. ToDo nr 197 Sugggested on 13-04-96 Implemented on 13-04-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Increase the maximum length of a fileecho tag from 12 characters to 40. ToDo nr 198 Sugggested on 13-04-96 Implemented on 13-04-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Increase the maximum number of fileechos from 2048 to 32000. ToDo nr 204 Sugggested on 14-04-96 Implemented on 01-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Offer the ability to specify the groups that should be included in a notify message. Ex: ALLFIX Notify -Groups 2,5,36..58 ToDo nr 211 Sugggested on 30-04-96 Implemented on 01-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Creating a notify or List/Query is taking an extremely long time. This routine needs to be optimized. ToDo nr 212 Sugggested on 01-05-96 Implemented on 01-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Support the @CHARS IBMPC 2 kludge line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 4, Bugs fixed since 05-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 433 Reported on 17-04-96 Fixed on 11-05-96 Reported by Ruud van Munster Description ALLFIX is sometimes unable to open the EzyCom file database files. It seems that this problem does not always occur, but it does affect a few areas in particular. This problem occurs when there are not enough file handles available. Bug nr 453 Reported on 02-05-96 Fixed on 11-05-96 Reported by John McAlpin, Martijn Janssen Description ALLFIX is reporting the following error, even though the message base files are all located in the proper directory: Error opening Hudson Message Base dir: 'E:\BBS\MSG_BASE\' Unable to write new file report, HMB board : 19 This problem was the result of not enough file handles available. Bug nr 456 Reported on 06-05-96 Fixed on 07-05-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description Running ALLFIX Notify is causing ALLFIX to think that the some strange sequence of groups has been specified on the commandline using the -Groups switch. Bug nr 459 Reported on 06-05-96 Fixed on 07-05-96 Reported by Daniel Jacobs Description When calculating the Crc of a file, the file should be opened in read-denynone mode instead of read-write denynone mode. This will make it possible to open a read-only file. Bug nr 460 Reported on 07-05-96 Fixed on 07-05-96 Reported by Riley Williams Description ALLFIX hangs when a seenby list in a .TIC file contains more than 255 systems. Bug nr 462 Reported on 07-05-96 Fixed on 07-05-96 Reported by Jim Smoot Description FIXUTIL Pack is causing ALLFIX to create a very large STATFILE.FI$ and STATFILE.ID$ file which exceeds 28 MB. The cause of this problem is the change in the maximum length of the fileecho tag. The only way to solve this problem is by deleting the STATFILE.* files. Bug nr 464 Reported on 08-05-96 Fixed on 08-05-96 Reported by Ruud van Munster Description Concerning the EzyCom BBS, in order to reduce the number of filehandles that ALLFIX needs to open the file database files, a few small changes were necessary. ALLFIX will now require one less filehandle for updating the file database and two less for simply reading from the file database. Bug nr 470 Reported on 10-05-96 Fixed on 10-05-96 Reported by Eric Carriere Description When updating an alias file, ALLFIX always inserts new entries before a line containing a '*' character on the first column. The reason is that certain mailers use that symbol, and new entries must be placed before the line containing such a symbol on the first column. This, however, presents a problem when the alias file contains a string such as "*.*". Bug nr 471 Reported on 10-05-96 Fixed on 10-05-96 Reported by Sander Smeenk Description When using the "SortFiles.BBS" command, FIXUTIL will leave FILES.$$$ files behind in every directory that does not contain a FILES.BBS file. Bug nr 473 Reported on 10-05-96 Fixed on 10-05-96 Description While processing file requests, ALLFIX was aborting the scan right at the beginning due to a small mistake in the code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 4, New features and changes since 05-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 39 Sugggested on 31-10-95 Implemented on 09-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Place the reason a .TIC was rejected in a log file, making it easier for the SysOp to determine why a particular file was rejected. The name of the log file is BADTICS.LOG. ALLFIX will maintain this log file in the "Bad tics" directory. ToDo nr 84 Sugggested on 19-11-95 Implemented on 09-05-96 Suggested by Paul Lopez Description Set the "Use FDB" option to "n/a" for a passthru fileecho. ToDo nr 86 Sugggested on 22-11-95 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Bob Brisco Description Added a PAUSE and RESUME template, for the %PAUSE and %RESUME areamgr commands. The template names are PAUSE and RESUME. Samples can be found in the TEMPLATE.ZIP archive. ToDo nr 103 Sugggested on 05-12-95 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Steffan Hoeke en Jos Chrispijn Description Offer the ability in FIXUTIL to only execute the BuildDataBase on those directories that do not already contain a FILES.FIX database instead of rebuilding them all. This feature is controlled with the -CreateMissing switch. If this switch is used, only the missing FILES.FIX database files will be created. Ex. FIXUTIL BuildDataBase -CreateMissing ToDo nr 106 Sugggested on 09-12-95 Implemented on 09-05-96 Suggested by Tony Van den Bogaert Description Add another Semaphore field for echomail messages. That way, two different semaphores get made, depending on when new netmail and/or echomail messages were written by ALLFIX. ToDo nr 107 Sugggested on 10-12-95 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Jerry Schwartz Description Add a @passthru macro which is set to true for a fileecho that is passthru. This macro will return either "Yes" or "No". This macro will always return "No" when used in the FileFind and Request Processor templates. ToDo nr 109 Sugggested on 13-12-95 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Jeroen van de Leur Description Add a @prgname macro which returns the name of the program, such as "ALLFIX", "ALLFIX/2", or "ALLFIX!". ToDo nr 118 Sugggested on 01-01-96 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Barnaby Rushton Description Add a @systemstatus macro which returns "inactive" or "active", depending on the "inactive" settting in the Node manager. ToDo nr 132 Sugggested on 19-01-96 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by Scott Drake, Oran Meir Description Strip PCBoard color codes and macros from descriptions. Format for the color code is: @X## where ## is a number. Format for macros is: @name@ ToDo nr 216 Sugggested on 07-05-96 Implemented on 07-05-96 Suggested by A lot of people Description Built in the ability to automatically add file areas to the RemoteAccess BBS configuration when auto-adding a new fileecho. Two new features have been added to the Group manager to help coordinate this. First, the "Add BBS" field determines whether or not ALLFIX should add new fileechos for this group to the BBS. The second option "BBS mask" determines which BBS file area ALLFIX should use as a template for the new area. A value of 0 disables the template feature. ToDo nr 217 Sugggested on 08-05-96 Implemented on 08-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Due to a number of problems with the naming convention used by ALLFIX for TIC archives, this system has changed. The current system will use the following naming convention: [nodeid].xxC where [nodeid] is a number based on the system address and xx is a number between 00 and 99. This system will hopefully solve the problem where ALLFIX unpacks files which are not TIC archives. It will make the naming convention easier to understand. ToDo nr 219 Sugggested on 08-05-96 Implemented on 08-05-96 Suggested by A lot of people Description Added the ability to also automatically add file areas to Concord BBS. ToDo nr 220 Sugggested on 09-05-96 Implemented on 09-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description In order to make the request processor in ALLFIX more universal, ALLFIX will assume that it is running in FrontDoor mode (i.e. it will expect the different parameters on the commandline), unless the -SRIF switch is used which tells ALLFIX that the next parameter after the -SRIF switch is the name of the SRIF file. Example: ALLFIX Rp -SRIF [SRIF filename] The name of the SRIF file is automatically provided by the mailers which support the SRIF standard. ToDo nr 221 Sugggested on 10-05-96 Implemented on 10-05-96 Suggested by A lot of people Description Added the ability to also automatically add file areas to Maximus 3.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 5, Bugs fixed since 12-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 447 Reported on 30-04-96 Fixed on 13-05-96 Description The carriage return that ALLFIX places into the keyboard buffer is 'leaking' through other DesqView windows. ALLFIX places this key into the keyboard buffer to prevent compression programs from waiting for keyboard input. Bug nr 474 Reported on 11-05-96 Fixed on 13-05-96 Reported by Robert Stark Description When selecting a file in Hatch, ALLFIX should display a directories contents when a directory name is entered without a filespec. Currently, it only lists the other directories in that directory. Bug nr 476 Reported on 12-05-96 Fixed on 13-05-96 Reported by Paul Lopez Description The request processor is not treating the limits "Max files" and "Max size" as disabled when they are set to 0. This means that it is only possible to freq something when the limits are set to something other than 0. Bug nr 478 Reported on 12-05-96 Fixed on 12-05-96 Reported by Hans Schuts, Andreas Soehnel Description ALLFIX is aborting with a "file not open" error when processing .TIC files. Bug nr 481 Reported on 13-05-96 Fixed on 13-05-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description The report sent to a user when fileechos were added or removed does not look correct anymore. Since the descriptions were moved to the right, due to the increase in the length of the file tags, they are wrapping over to the next line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 5, New features and changes since 12-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 231 Sugggested on 13-05-96 Implemented on 13-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description ALLFIX and ASETUP have been changed so that they can start up from a virtual dos window. This makes it possible to start ALLFIX up from a batch file running under a DOS mailer, for example. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 6, Bugs fixed since 14-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 486 Reported on 14-05-96 Fixed on 14-05-96 Reported by Freddy Verrezen Description When scanning for file requests, ALLFIX should not scan for more than 60 seconds. Otherwise, the remove system will hang up, due to a time out error. A Request Processor should return control back to the mailer after 35-40 seconds. ALLFIX has been changed so that it should return control after no more than 40 seconds, depending on the speed of your system. Bug nr 487 Reported on 14-05-96 Fixed on 14-05-96 Reported by Lutz Buchheister Description ALLFIX putting a "CHARS" kludge line in the messages instead of a "CHRS" kludge line. Bug nr 490 Reported on 17-05-96 Fixed on 17-05-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description When processing a file request, ALLFIX was not correctly checking the password assigned to directories in the "List" and "Sec list" files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 6, New features and changes since 14-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 4 Sugggested on 18-12-95 Implemented on 16-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Change the "Add FILE_ID" option so that a user can also force ALLFIX to add a (new) FILE_ID.DIZ to an archive, even if the file already contains one. ToDo nr 6 Sugggested on 20-12-95 Implemented on 17-05-96 Suggested by Bob Brisco Description Add a an icon to the selection windows to indicate that there are more options than can be seen in the window. ToDo nr 112 Sugggested on 27-12-95 Implemented on 15-05-96 Suggested by Oran Meir Description Support the index files for the PCBoard fileareas. ToDo nr 169 Sugggested on 19-03-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Peter Hampf Description Offer the ability to define and use an external editor whenever the internal editor is called. The external editor can be defined in the "External programs" menu. ToDo nr 170 Sugggested on 20-03-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Dan O'Reilly Description When ALLFIX reports that it has requested an area from an Uplink, log the address of that uplink. ToDo nr 180 Sugggested on 24-03-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Ajmal Rehman Description Add an option in the Node manager to control whether or not a node gets a new fileecho announcement, when a new fileecho was automatically added. ToDo nr 188 Sugggested on 31-03-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Darr Hoag Description Offer the ability to log the path statements in a .TIC file. This option should be added to the "Log options" menu, so that users can turn it off. ToDo nr 205 Sugggested on 21-04-96 Implemented on 15-05-96 Suggested by Michael Bauer Description Offer the ability to hatch a particular file periodically even if it has not changed. A new field has been added in the Hatch manager with the name "Always". If this field is set to Yes, then ALLFIX will hatch the file whenever the file exists and the file attribute is turned on. ALLFIX will still turn off the file attribute when the file is hatched. The reason for this is to prevent ALLFIX from hatching the file each time it runs. The purpose of this switch is to hatch the file even if it is a dupe. ToDo nr 207 Sugggested on 24-04-96 Implemented on 17-05-96 Suggested by Olaf Westrik, Martijn Ruygrok Description Add an option to toggle the automatic clean up mode in ALLFIX, which deletes any netmails where the file attach is missing. The name of the option is "Auto clean up" and can be found in the "Global options" menu. If you are updating from 4.40 build 5 (DOS) or 1.10 build 3 (OS/2) or 1.20 build 3 (WC) then you should manually set this option back to Yes. For new installations or people updating from older versions, this value is automatically set to Yes. ToDo nr 209 Sugggested on 01-05-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Peter Davies Description When a system is removed from the Node manager, it should also be removed from the ALLFIX.DAT file. This will prevent the situation where the node in question is automatically added to any outstanding uplink requests. ToDo nr 224 Sugggested on 10-05-96 Implemented on 14-05-96 Suggested by Chris Stone Description InterMail uses the request file as the response file. This means that ALLFIX should read the contents of the request file and then use the same filename for the list of files to send. If the last parameter, namely the name of the response file is missing, then use the name of the request file. Example for InterMail: d:\allfix\allfix rp %a %n %x %f Where the last parameter, %f, is expanded to the name of the request file. ToDo nr 234 Sugggested on 15-05-96 Implemented on 15-05-96 Suggested by Fidel Leon Description Support the PCBoard subject kludge line. Example: #255@SUBJECT:subject#0xE3 ToDo nr 236 Sugggested on 16-05-96 Implemented on 16-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms, and others Description Add the ability to create an ALLFILES listing. This feature has been built into FIXUTIL. Usage: FIXUTIL Allfiles -File <template> -Name <filename> See ALLFILES.APL for an example template file. FIXUTIL will only scan the files areas that are defined in the FileFind file areas menu. If there is a need for a seperate list of fileareas for this feature, then that will be added at a later date. ToDo nr 238 Sugggested on 17-05-96 Implemented on 17-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description It is possible to assign a password to a fileecho by entering the destination directory of that fileecho in either the "List" or "Sec list" file and assign a password to it. ToDo nr 239 Sugggested on 17-05-96 Implemented on 17-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description ALLFIX has the ability to build an index file which it uses to execute the file requests faster. Large systems may choose this method, by simply using: FIXUTIL CompileRequestIdx To build the index file. Please note that file is not automatically updated by ALLFIX when importing files. You need to manually (once a day) update this file by running FixUtil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 7, Bugs fixed since 19-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 491 Reported on 18-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Tobbe Spijker Description ALLFIX is using the main aka for the @akatouse macro in a banner template regardless of the aka set in the fileecho manager. Bug nr 492 Reported on 20-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by John Sakers Description Include the build number in the ASETUP header on the top of the screen. That will help the beta team figure out which version that are working with. Bug nr 493 Reported on 20-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description The @passthru macro is not reporting the passthru status of fileechos in a new file report. Bug nr 494 Reported on 20-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description HATCH should place an "Origin" verb in the .TIC files because the value of the @fileorigin macro is empty if that verb is missing. Bug nr 495 Reported on 20-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Doug Attig Description When entering a complete filename in HATCH, it is unable to find the file. Bug nr 496 Reported on 20-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Harald Harms, Peter Hampf Description Calling up the external editor the first time always results in an error message, even though nothing went wrong. The second time everything works great. Bug nr 497 Reported on 23-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Paul Lopez Description InterMail does not expect a '+' symbol in front of the files that it needs to send in a file request. Bug nr 498 Reported on 23-05-96 Fixed on 23-05-96 Reported by Fidel Leon Description The Subject kludge line in the PCBoard message base is not correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 7, New features and changes since 19-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 244 Sugggested on 18-05-96 Implemented on 19-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms, and others Description Offer the ability to specify a seperate log file for the request processor. ToDo nr 246 Sugggested on 21-05-96 Implemented on 21-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Add an option to the Node manager that can be used to tell ALLFIX to move all files for a system to the holding directory of that system. This option, called the "Copy other files" will tell ALLFIX to copy all other files to the holding directory. If Del/Sent is turned on, ALLFIX will move the file. If Trun/Sent is turned, ALLFIX will truncate the file after copying it. This option can be used to futher automate sending files to other systems via other media, such as FTP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 8, Bugs fixed since 24-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 360 Reported on 17-03-96 Fixed on 29-05-96 Reported by Jeff Schrunk Description When ASETUP swaps to DOS (using ALT-Z key combination), the DOS environment is corrupted. After swapping several times, the computer hangs. Bug nr 485 Reported on 13-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Gary Hall Description ALLFIX is not stripping the color codes from file descriptions taken from the Renegade file database. Bug nr 499 Reported on 23-05-96 Fixed on 28-05-96 Reported by Tim Strike Description ASETUP is not clearing the screen properly when a very long command is entered in the Magic filename manager for the ExecCommand type. Bug nr 500 Reported on 23-05-96 Fixed on 28-05-96 Reported by Pat Reilly Description It seems that once ALLFIX starts adding areas to the BBS, it will not stop, even after disabling the option. Bug nr 502 Reported on 23-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Lutz Buchheister Description ALLFIX is reading headers in the FILES.BBS files as if they are files, when creating an ALLFILES listing. They end up in the list as a long list of 0's (since the filename is empty and the description is also nothing). Bug nr 504 Reported on 28-05-96 Fixed on 28-05-96 Reported by Martin Alexanderson Description It is not possible anymore to enter domain names for zones in which you do not have an aka. Bug nr 508 Reported on 28-05-96 Fixed on 28-05-96 Reported by Frank Brinkman Description ALLFIX is not putting a ^AREPLY: kludge in the FileFind replies. Bug nr 509 Reported on 28-05-96 Fixed on 28-05-96 Reported by Gary Hall Description ALLFIX needs to strip color codes from the Renegade file description. The format is: ^ followed by 1 digit, and | followed by 2 digits. Bug nr 512 Reported on 29-05-96 Fixed on 29-05-96 Reported by Theo Rosbag Description If a request processor log is not specified, then the request processor activities are not logged in the main log as it should. Bug nr 513 Reported on 29-05-96 Fixed on 29-05-96 Reported by Doug Attig Description The Crc's in the .TIC files sent out by the request processor are incorrect. Bug nr 514 Reported on 29-05-96 Fixed on 29-05-96 Reported by Klaus Nitsche, and others Description When reading a description from the SynchroNet file database, ALLFIX was always reading the wrong description. Bug nr 520 Reported on 30-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description The request processor is not finding files when the file names are not entered using uppercase letters. Bug nr 521 Reported on 30-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description It is not possible to define the holding directory anymore, in the Node manager. It is marked as "n/a". Bug nr 523 Reported on 30-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Many people Description The AreaMgr report sent by ALLFIX when adding new fileechos contained some cosmetic problems, due to the possibility of longer fileecho tags. Bug nr 524 Reported on 30-05-96 Fixed on 30-05-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description The ReRequest command in ALLFIX would request an area as many times as it was requested, which is obviously not necessary. If an area was requested by 5 different people, then it does not need to be re-requested five times from the uplink. Bug nr 526 Reported on 31-05-96 Fixed on 31-05-96 Reported by Chris Stone Description ALLFIX (RP) was still putting a plus sign in front of files to send, when InterMail was being used. Bug nr 527 Reported on 31-05-96 Fixed on 31-05-96 Reported by Fidel Leon Description If a file is moved to the bad tics directory due to a possible virus, the entry in the badtics log file does not contain an adequate description of the reason the file was rejected. Bug nr 528 Reported on 31-05-96 Fixed on 31-05-96 Reported by kurt.adkins@jukjoint.warp.co.uk Description FCOMP is not properly reading the CNAMES.@@@ file. Bug nr 530 Reported on 01-06-96 Fixed on 01-06-96 Reported by Mark Storm Description When changing a group to "pass thru" the Dest field is not displayed properly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 8, New features and changes since 24-05-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 140 Sugggested on 06-02-96 Implemented on 31-05-96 Suggested by Manni Struck Description Build simple syntax checking in the template file routines, which check the syntax BEFORE executing the template. Both ASETUP and ALLFIX should return errors if the template is incorrect. ToDo nr 247 Sugggested on 21-05-96 Implemented on 31-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description When copying/moving other files to the holding directories for nodes, also send the netmails in the form of a .PKT file. This option has also been expanded to copy any other netmails for nodes in the Node manager to the holding directory in the form of a .PKT file. ToDo nr 250 Sugggested on 28-05-96 Implemented on 31-05-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description Added three fields which can be used to define strings and masks to filter from descriptions taken from the file database. The options, "Filter string", can be found in the fileecho options menu. The text that is removed depends on the pattern. The pattern can contain any ascii characters. It can also contain the wildcards, * meaning one or more and a '?' meaning exactly one, character. It may also contain sets, designated with '[' ']' characters. Ex: @[A..Z]*@ removes things like @HITHERE@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 9, Bugs fixed since 02-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 531 Reported on 01-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Athur Stark, Michael Bauer Description It seems that ALLFIX is not properly processing AreaMgr requests sent to one of the last 20 AKAs (ie. AKA 21-40). Bug nr 532 Reported on 01-06-96 Fixed on 03-06-96 Reported by Hinrich Donner Description The message: 'Node is not allowed to send files in this fileecho :' does not contain the name of the file echo, just the origination address. Bug nr 535 Reported on 02-06-96 Fixed on 03-06-96 Reported by Fidel Leon Description ALLFIX is still not adding the extended description in the PCBoard message base correctly. Bug nr 538 Reported on 04-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description The syntax checker for the template files does not accept the following construction: @test(@echostat,=,"+")@add(@connected,1)@end Bug nr 539 Reported on 04-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Arthur Stark Description When using T-Mail, any crash mails made by ALLFIX are still placed in the "inactive" filebox. Bug nr 540 Reported on 04-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Jeff Schrunk Description Running FIXUTIL Purge seems to delete the FILES.DIR file for TAG. Bug nr 541 Reported on 04-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Robert Stark Description Viewing the RPREPORT template as type "Report/FileFind/Bill/Rp" is not working properly. Bug nr 543 Reported on 05-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Klaus Nitsche Description When adding a file area to the Maximus BBS system, ALLFIX should be updating the FILEAREA.CTL file instead of the FAREA.DAT and FAREA.IDX file. Due to the structure of the FILEAREA.CTL file, ALLFIX will insert new areas in the same division as where the file area pointed to by the bbs mask is located. If a bbs mask is not entered, then the area will be appended at the end. Bug nr 545 Reported on 05-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Scott Drake Description ALLFIX is complaining about not being able to open the template file, even if there is not one defined. Bug nr 549 Reported on 06-06-96 Fixed on 07-06-96 Reported by Andreas Rehberg Description ALLFIX needs to properly interpret MGSID kludge lines that contain internet addresses. An AreaMgr message containing such a MSGID, for example, is not handled properly. Ex: @INTL 2:2426/2160 2:2426/2160 @FMPT 100 @MSGID: <199605291952.p45001@ol.maus.de> 9ddb1b99 @ORIGID: <199605291952.p45001@ol.maus.de> @REPLYADDR Karl-Heinz_Wachtendorf@ol.maus.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 9, New features and changes since 02-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 256 Sugggested on 04-06-96 Implemented on 07-06-96 Suggested by Dave Blagburn Description Add the ability to auto-add file areas to PCBoard. ToDo nr 257 Sugggested on 04-06-96 Implemented on 08-06-96 Description Add the ability to first sort fileechos by their groups and then by their tags instead of simply by their tags. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 10, Bugs fixed since 09-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 550 Reported on 10-06-96 Fixed on 14-06-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description When setting the "Sort by group" option to Yes, the entries in the fileecho manager are not sorted properly and ALLFIX is not able to find any fileechos when tossing files. Bug nr 557 Reported on 12-06-96 Fixed on 15-06-96 Reported by Jeff Schrunk Description ALLFIX should not be creating a semaphore file when running in request processor mode. Bug nr 558 Reported on 12-06-96 Fixed on 15-06-96 Reported by Noam Enav Description ALLFIX is trimming all empty lines from a FILE_ID.DIZ, even empty lines in the middle of the file description. Bug nr 559 Reported on 13-06-96 Fixed on 15-06-96 Reported by Freddy Verrezen Description There is a spelling mistake in FIXUTIL CompileRequestIdx: 'successully created' Bug nr 563 Reported on 15-06-96 Fixed on 15-06-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description When hatching files using the internal hatch manager in ASETUP, ALLFIX would continue to re-hatch files if the files were already in the destination directory. This would continue unless the duplicate file checking was turned on. In that case, it would stop after the second time. If the duplicate file checking was not turned on, then ALLFIX would end up in an endless loop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 10, New features and changes since 09-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 254 Sugggested on 31-05-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Brian Hertizger Description If ALLFIX detects a file size and date in the FILES.BBS style file, it should use that information, instead of accessing the disk/CD-Rom. ToDo nr 260 Sugggested on 04-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Joaquim Homrighausen Description It is no longer necessary for ALLFIX to not announce files that are not listed in the file database. This was necessary in the past to prevent special files from being announced (think of special index files for 3rd party utilities). However, with the FILES.FIX databases, this added security is no longer necessary. ToDo nr 262 Sugggested on 06-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Peter Hampf Description In the template editor menu, use the letter E to call up the external editor and the key combination ALT-E to call up the internal editor. ToDo nr 263 Sugggested on 06-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Carlos Fernandez Sanz Description When deleting a node in the Node manager, also ask the user if the node should be deleted from the Group manager. ToDo nr 264 Sugggested on 06-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Carlos Fernandez Sanz Description Add a @systems macro that generates a list of all of the systems that are connected to a given fileecho. This macro can only be used in the Notify and AreaMgr templates. Possible use: @echostat@just(@fileecho,L,14)@just(@echodesc,L,39) @copy(@systems,1,39) @overflow ToDo nr 265 Sugggested on 15-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description If "Sort by groups" is turned on, then the group should be displayed in the first column whenever displaying a list of fileechos. ToDo nr 266 Sugggested on 15-06-96 Implemented on 15-06-96 Suggested by Harald Harms Description When deleting a node from the Node manager, the user is asked if the node should also be deleted from the fileecho manager, the new file reports, and the magic filename manager. The user has to answer Yes or No three times. Add a "Yes to all" and "No to all" option, to make it easier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 new feature(s) and/or change(s) ALLFIX version 4.40 build 11, Bugs fixed since 16-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 566 Reported on 17-06-96 Fixed on 20-06-96 Reported by Freddy Verrezen Description When the REQUEST.IDX file is used to speed up searching for file requests, ALLFIX is not timing out after +/- 35 seconds as it should. Bug nr 569 Reported on 18-06-96 Fixed on 21-06-96 Reported by Michael Bauer Description ASETUP crashes when trying to rebuild the index files for the Group manager. Bug nr 573 Reported on 18-06-96 Fixed on 21-06-96 Reported by Dave Blagburn Description Auto-adding file areas to PCBoard does not work yet. It seems that the wrong routine (one for another BBS) is being called. Cause: Accidentally left some debugging code in the source. Bug nr 574 Reported on 18-06-96 Fixed on 18-06-96 Reported by Hans Schuts Description When hatching a file that was already in the destination directory, ALLFIX would delete the file, when the file was converted using the EAC utility and the filename did not change as a result of converting it. For example, when a .ARJ file was "converted" to a .ARJ file. Bug nr 577 Reported on 20-06-96 Fixed on 22-06-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description When auto-adding a fileecho, ALLFIX should keep the "Sort by groups" option into consideration. In build 9/10 it is not yet adding the areas in the correct order when the "Sort by groups" option is turned on. Bug nr 578 Reported on 20-06-96 Fixed on 20-06-96 Reported by Gary Hall Description ALLFIX was not correctly reading the file descriptions from the Renegade v05-11 file database. Bug nr 580 Reported on 20-06-96 Fixed on 20-06-96 Reported by Fidel Leon Description The extended subjects in PCBoard were still not correct <sigh>. Let's hope that they are correct now, after the 3rd attempt. Bug nr 581 Reported on 21-06-96 Fixed on 21-06-96 Reported by Peter Hampf Description The internal editor should be activated with ALT-E and not ALT-Enter. Bug nr 582 Reported on 21-06-96 Fixed on 22-06-96 Reported by Thomas van Spronsen Description When using @just(@month,L,3) in a message, it returns 2 characters instead of 3. When 3 is replaced with 4, ALLFIX and ASetup returns the first 4 characters. Bug nr 583 Reported on 21-06-96 Fixed on 22-06-96 Reported by Egons Bush Description When pressing CTRL-Y in the internal editor, the cursor remains in the same column. It should move to column 1. Bug nr 584 Reported on 21-06-96 Fixed on 22-06-96 Reported by Andreas Soehnel Description When using the Janus prototol for file requests, it seems that ALLFIX is called up for each file that is requested. The problem is that ALLFIX keeps creating the same .PKT file. This overwrites the one that was just made. - Mailerexit Allfix rp - searching FILES - sending FILES - creating ABCDEFGH.PKT >- sending ABCDEFGH.PKT - Mailerexit Allfix rp - searching NEWFILES - sending NEWFILES - creating ABCDEFGH.PKT >- sending ABCDEFGH.PKT Bug nr 585 Reported on 22-06-96 Fixed on 22-06-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description Under certain circumstances, the routine calculating the filename to be used for a TIC archive could cause an overflow error. This would result in a runtime error 215 in the Dos version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 12, Bugs fixed since 23-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 586 Reported on 24-06-96 Fixed on 26-06-96 Reported by Joaquim Homrighausen Description When running under code page 850, the characters used to form the corners of menu borders are not displayed correctly. Bug nr 587 Reported on 25-06-96 Fixed on 27-06-96 Reported by Tero Kilkanen Description FCOMP is calculating the file database name for Concord. This is, however, not necessary, since that name is stored in the filearea configuration. It should be using the variable "Basename". When auto-adding a new file area, ALLFIX should calculate the file database name and store it in the "Basename" variable. Bug nr 588 Reported on 25-06-96 Fixed on 25-06-96 Reported by Noam Enav Description When selecting a new file in HATCH, also read the new description from the file database. Bug nr 591 Reported on 25-06-96 Fixed on 25-06-96 Reported by Hans Schuts Description It seems that since beta 10, ALLFIX is not removing the files from the inbound after they have been processed. Hans is using the EAC utility to convert the files to Rar format. Bug nr 600 Reported on 29-06-96 Fixed on 29-06-96 Reported by Jeff Schrunk Description The request processor does not seem to find all of the files. Only about 1 out of 5 files in the file areas if found. This problem occured when the REQUEST.IDX file was not being used. Bug nr 603 Reported on 29-06-96 Fixed on 29-06-96 Reported by Brian Hertziger Description The "Semaphore" field in the "Filenames" menu is highlighted when the cursor is moved to it, however, there is not edit field associated with that menu item. Therefore, it should be skipped. Bug nr 604 Reported on 29-06-96 Fixed on 29-06-96 Reported by Harald Harms Description If the number of files matching the filespecs requested exceeds the maximum, ALLFIX says that it could not find the files, rather than saying that the maximum for the number of matches has been reached. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 13, Bugs fixed since 30-06-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 576 Reported on 20-06-96 Fixed on 02-07-96 Reported by Jerry Schwartz Description The following template is not working properly. The @overflow lines are not displayed correctly. @filebegin @filterdesc ║@just(@filename,L,13)@just(@filesize,R,9) @just(@filedesc,L,45) ║ ║ @overflow ║ @test(@filemagic,<>,"") ║ FREQ: @just(@filemagic,L,30) ║ @end @end Bug nr 599 Reported on 29-06-96 Fixed on 02-07-96 Reported by Ron van de Velden Description When ALLFIX processes an AreaMgr request with more than 100 %RESEND commands, ALLFIX sees everything past the 100th entry as a request for a new fileecho. Bug nr 606 Reported on 30-06-96 Fixed on 01-07-96 Reported by Bryan Rapp Description ALLFIX should place normal (i.e. not hold and not crash) files into the Active filebox for T-Mail. Bug nr 612 Reported on 30-06-96 Fixed on 01-07-96 Reported by Dale Prevette Description When hatching more than one file, HATCH stores the path so that the user does not need to enter it more than once. However, the paths is shortened each time a file is hatched. Example: d:\files\local\ (first time) d:\files\ (second time) d:\ (third time) Bug nr 615 Reported on 03-07-96 Fixed on 03-07-96 Reported by Harald Harms, Hans Schuts Description If "Add FILE_ID" was set to Yes, ALLFIX would add a new FILE_ID.DIZ, regardless of whether the archive already had one. In some situations, it would not even try to unpack a FILE_ID.DIZ file. Bug nr 617 Reported on 04-07-96 Fixed on 04-07-96 Reported by Tero Kilkanen Description ALLFIX is unable to open the Concord file database files: + 29 Jun 19:16:29 AFIX ALLFIX/2 v1.10 build 11 29-Jun-96 17:29 # 29 Jun 19:16:29 AFIX Command : Scan ? 29 Jun 19:16:31 AFIX Unable to open FDB : ALL Uploads ? 29 Jun 19:16:33 AFIX Unable to open FDB : DOS BBS door software ? 29 Jun 19:16:33 AFIX Unable to open FDB : DOS BBS software utils ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 13, Bugs fixed since 06-07-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug nr 619 Reported on 08-07-96 Fixed on 08-07-96 Reported by Hans Schuts, Harald Harms, and others Description Depending on the settings in the internal Hatch manager, ALLFIX would sometimes hatch files that were just processed. This would if the file being imported matched the filespec in the Hatch manager. Bug nr 620 Reported on 09-07-96 Fixed on 09-07-96 Reported by Jim McLaughlin Description The ReLink function in ALLFIX only relinks the first 255 fileechos. Bug nr 625 Reported on 11-07-96 Fixed on 11-07-96 Reported by Peter Hampf Description ASETUP was not sorting the fileechos correctly when "Sort by group" was turned on. Bug nr 631 Reported on 12-07-96 Fixed on 12-07-96 Reported by Dave Blagburn Description When Auto-adding a file area to the BBS, the new dir file is not created, nor is the FILEAREA.FIX file being updated. After the new area has been created, ALLFIX hangs when it tries to unpack the FILE_ID.DIZ file from the file. Bug nr 632 Reported on 12-07-96 Fixed on 12-07-96 Reported by Fidel Leon Description The BADTICS.LOG file does not report that the destination directory does not exist, when this is the error that caused the file to be moved to the bad tics directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 bug(s) fixed ALLFIX version 4.40 build 13, New features and changes since 06-07-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ToDo nr 287 Sugggested on 11-07-96 Implemented on 11-07-96 Suggested by Hagen Herrschaft Description FIXUTIL Allfiles does not accept a template file that contains a path or an extension. In order to be more user friendly, ALLFIX will strip the extension and the path from teh template name. It will search for the template in the ALLFIX template path, regardless if a path has been specified. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 new feature(s) and/or change(s)