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12/27/92 [v1.9] BRUN45.EXE no longer required! Added support for Fossil-based Multi-Port cards! When caller was required to enter a Category from the list presented, the program was allowing no input and defaulting to a random category. Now, if no Category is selected, the program will go back to the Main Menu. When displaying the available Categories, the program would not display any Categories that the caller was not allowed to access due to the Security level for that particular Category in the CLASSIFY.CAT. This has been changed to show ALL Categories, but NOT show the Category number for those the caller does not have access to. Certain places in the program did not stop displaying the Category files if the Categories were blank. It insisted on displaying all 340 Category entries. New option added to Main Menu... DOWNLOAD ADS. You can download ads from ALL categories or indivually selected categories. Options to select from last date called or from a particular date forward. This will require a CHANGE TO THE CLASSIFY.CAT FILE. You MUST ADD another field to the Category file to indicate if you want the ads in EACH category to be DOWNLOADABLE (Y) or not (N). Classified Ads supports either PKZIP or ARJ file compression. You must define which one or both in the CFG file. Please make the appropriate adjustment before running the door or you will encounter an Error 62 (Input Past End of File)... Added a SETUP program to help in the initial setup or editing of the Configuration file. Just type CLSETUP and supply the required information. When using the "Display All Ads" option off the main menu and you chose (S)hort display, the program would always return to the beginning of the ads list rather than pick up the display from the last ad you asked to see in detail. It will now pick up the list from the point of the last selection. With this release you can now define those categories that you want to make 'pay-to-advertise' categories. The category file requires a new parameter to be added to each category listed. If you want a category to accept paid advertising then use a Y else use an N. If you declare a category to be a 'pay category' the caller may post his/her ad, but the ad will remain INVISIBLE until you make it VISIBLE thru the NEW maintenance program (CLPAYMNT.EXE). In addition you can have a file displayed to the caller if they choose a 'pay category'. You may have one display file that will be displayed for every 'pay' category chosen OR you can create an individual display file for each 'pay' category. This is defined in detail in the CLASSIFY.DOC file. A new program has been included in this version that will make it a little easier for your callers to read the downloaded ads offline. After downloading the selected ads, the caller uses CLREADER to read the ads, one at a time. The caller must first unarchive the file and then use the resultant file as input to CLREADER. The first iteration of this reader is rather simple in functionality, and will be expanded in the future. Place CLREADxx.ZIP on your board for Download by your users. It contains a FILE.DIZ descriptor file. 10/12/92 [v1.8] Added support for TRIBBS software. We now access the TRIBBS.SYS system file directly! Now supports the shorter version of DOOR.SYS. However, it's use is NOT recommended, especially in a multinode environment. After a CHAT or DROP-TO-DOS the game screen will now be restored to its original state. Made the name of the CLEXCH EXPORT file name configurable by adding it to the CFG file. See DOCS! CLEXCH will now IMPORT all files it finds in the current directory, with an extension of .EXP. It will import ALL of them during one execution of the program. This will help those that have set themselves up as a HUB. Prior versions of CLEXCH required each EXP file to be imported individually during separate executions of the program. Added another COMMAND line option, IMPEXP, to CLEXCH. This option will signal CLEXCH to do an IMPORT of all .EXP packets and follow it automatically with an EXPORT of the updated database. All IMPORT and EXPORT transactions are now recorded in a file called CLEXCH.LOG. If the file exists it will append the information, if not it will create the file and add the information. Thus you are free to delete it at any time. We wish to thank the Sysop of Window In Time BBS for the working example of a Classified database exchange Batch file and associated documentation. You can find it in the Classified docs at the end of the Classified exchange explanation. Please feel free to contact the Sysop at the FIDO and/or BBS number supplied for further help!! Expanded the maximum number of CATEGORIES from 34 to 340 ! Made the WELCOME and GOODBYE filenames configurable, by allowing the Sysop to define them in the CFG file. Introducing a FOUL LANGUAGE checker. With this version you can have CLASSIFIED check for words you deem offensive. The program will check the MESSAGES, ALL description lines, Cost line, Contact line and Item line against a list of words you supply, in ASCII format, in a file called TRASHCAN. If a match is found the offending word(s) will be changed to asteriks (*). TRASHCAN can contain a maximum of 100 words. 09/17/92 [v1.7] Reported "OVERFLOW" error in CLPURGE. Seems as though there was some null records in the CLASSIFY.DAT file. I added some code to check for this and mark it as being deleted. Not sure where or how it came to be, but I will be doing some ongoing testing. CLEXCH was exporting null records instead of records that reflected the database. Therefore the file size looked as though it was correct, when in fact it was not. Fixed some screen display problems in CLEXCH. Screen should now restore after CHAT is engaged. 09/02/92 [v1.6] Well, v1.5 slipped out with a bug in it so we are forced come out with 1.6... If security levels for DELETE and MODIFY, as defined in the configrations file, were lower than the caller's security level, the callers were denied access to those functions. It would only work if you were the Sysop or if you left it at 0 in the configuration file. 09/01/92 [v1.5] A reported problem relating to Sysop not being able to access the MODIFY, ADD, DELETE functions if the config file contained a security value other than 0 for those options. Made some changes to reduce the delay present when displaying the opening screen. This change will affect registered versions. Non-registered will still have a slight delay. File structure changes made to CLPURGE to correct the Error 62 problems. In the unregistered version the Sysop was not able to change the security levels for the ADD/MODEIFY/DELETE options. This was an oversight on my part as I left code in the program while testing. With this version your callers can now leave and receive messages, independant of the BBS software message base. CLASSIFY now has its own message database. Callers are notified of any pending messages when they open the door or they can choose option #7 from the main menu and then option #1 from the Message Center menu to check for mail. They can also reply to any messages they read. This also ---> requires an ADDITION to the CFG file to control the minimum security level that can access the message base. With this version the ADOPT-A-DOOR option, as well as the recognition of anyone that has helped register the Door has been removed. This was required to make room for the code necessary to implement the new message capability. A new option has been added as part of the MODIFY command to change the Category of the ad being modified. Available only as a sub-option of the MODIFY command. ---> YOU MUST DELETE LINE #6 FROM YOUR CONFIGURATION FILE!!!!!!! (THE LINE FOLLOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER) Changed CLPURGE to pack the Message database. It will purge all deleted messages found. 08/09/92 [v1.4] If you were trying to turn off the ADOPT-A-DOOR option thru the configuration file, it was not working. I was forcing it on in unregistered versions. Fixed! The Short display was showing the cost of an item, even if the category was setup to not show the cost field. It was picking up the cost from a prior record. You now have a choice as to whether you want the dates in the American (MMDDYY) or European (DDMMYY) format. This is configurable in the CFG file. Expanded the number of categories to 34. Changed the message presented to a user that did not seem to have ANSI loaded. The old message referred to CLASSIFY as a game, the new message refers to it as a Door. With this version of Classified Ads we are making available the ability for you to setup a network of BBS' to share or exchange Classified Ads databases. You will have to run a conversion program and make a change to your CFG file to choose whether you want to display the name of the BBS that the Ad was originated on. Note: To import/export the databases requires an optional program, called CLEXCH and requires a separate registration. Added several options to the Configuration file related to the Database Exchange feature. You must make the changes regardless of whether you will be using the Exchange feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | You MUST run the conversion program, called CLCONVRT | | regardless of whether you will be using the Exchange feature. | | To execute the conversion program, enter the following after | | changing to the directory containing the CLASSIFY database: | | | | CLCONVRT CLASSIFY.CFG | | | | If you use a different name for the CFG file, substitute that | | name for CLASSIFY.CFG. | | | | THIS CONVERSION PROGRAM IS TO BE RUN ONLY ONCE! | | | | BACKUP CLASSIFY.DAT and CLASSIFY.INX first !!!!!!!!!!! | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The DELETE option will now display all ads entered by the caller (or ALL if Sysop is logged on) in the short format and allow caller/Sysop to pick the one they want to DELETE. It will then display the ad in deltail and ask if you wish to delete it and then ask a second time to avoid problems. The MODIFY option will now display all ads entered by the caller (or ALL if Sysop is logged on) in the short format and allow caller/Sysop to pick the one they wish to MODIFY. The ad is then displayed for modification. When MODIFYing the (L)ong Descriptions the program would not accept a 2 digit line number. Therefore if you tried to Modify Long Description line 10 it would place you on line 1. |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Expanded the Category file to include another field. This | | will allow you to set a security level for each category. If | | the caller's security level is less than this security level, | | they will NOT be able to enter or view an ad in that category.| | A category security level of 0 allows anyone to have access. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| If the program finds a file called WELCOME, it will display that file after the opening screen and before the main menu screens. WELCOME must reside in the same directory as CLASSIFY.EXE If the program finds a file called GOODBYE, it will display that file when the caller exits the program. It will display prior to displaying the file called ADOPT.SYS (if you have created it). GOODBYE must reside in the same directory as CLASSIFY.EXE |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Added 3 options to the Configuration file to give Sysop | | control over which Logon Security Levels can access the | | Add, Delete and Modify options. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Added another option to display the Categories from the Main Menu. 06/18/92 [v1.3] There has been a number of requests (more like pleas <g>) that I do something about the display and acceptance of the date entered when the caller is in the Display option. I do hope that this meets with everyones acceptance. 06/14/92 [v1.2] CLPURGE would not recognize a registered copy of CLASSIFY if you were running GT Power and pointing to GTUSER.BBS on the first line of the config. New CLPURGE.EXE enclosed. 05/31/92 [v1.1] In unregistered version, the program would not allow the user to enter a cost amount and would show the Want Ad category as deleting messages after 0 days. Added a word-wrap routine to the program. It will be in effect when a caller is entering the Long Description. It will not be in effect when you are modifying a single line in the Long Description nor for any other input area. The text in the Long Description will no longer be converted to upper case. It will remain as the User inputted it. 05/22/92 [v1.0] Initial release