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- FrontDoor 2.12 Shareware release notes 940302
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- IMPORTANT:
- ----------
-
- If you have registered FrontDoor 2.11, your registration code will
- NOT work with this version of FrontDoor. All registration sites have
- received the new registration codes. If you have not yet received it,
- please contact the site where you registered 2.11. Once you receive
- the new code, use the new FDSETUP (2.12) and enter your registration
- code once again.
-
- Please refer to the files in the REGISTER archive for information
- about how to obtain your personal registration code.
-
-
- On with the show, what's the news?
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-
- This release is a maintenance release, intended to fix bugs that were
- found in 2.11. Some new features have, however, been added. Apart
- from the notice above regarding the registration codes for 2.11, you
- should simply unpack all the program files (.EXE and .OVR) on top of
- the old ones. If you are upgrading from 2.02/Noncommercial, you must
- first obtain FrontDoor 2.11 and follow the upgrade procedures given
- in the archive.
-
- The following is a list of fixes and new features:
-
- GLOBAL
-
- - Fixed problem with extended modem responses for 21600, 24000,
- 26400, and 28800 baudrates.
-
- - Added automatic recognition of CD-ROM drives (controlled by
- MSCDEX or similar driver) so that path resolution is not
- attempted on such pathnames. If you used NORES just to get
- around this problem, you can now stop using it.
-
- FDSETUP
-
- - The "Delay before first call" option has been moved to the
- event behavior to allow this to be set for specific events.
-
- - The minimum "Seconds before passing to BBS" has been restored
- to 11 as requested by a few users. The default, however, is
- still 30.
-
- - Because the modem response handling in the Mailer has been re-
- written, you may have to change your Answer Delay setting if
- you use the Manual Answer and LDFRS features of the Mailer.
-
- - Added "NoDial" setting to Modem Manager. If the Mailer makes a
- match with an entry that has this flag set, the dial attempt is
- immediately aborted and the mail bundle is placed on Hold. This
- allows you to prevent the Mailer from calling specific systems
- based on nodelist flags, baudrates, or specific network
- addresses. This is not supported in the Terminal.
-
- - The use of the '|' and '/' characters in modem responses is no
- longer required to allow the Mailer to distinguish between,
- for example, CONNECT 1200 and CONNECT 12000; nor is the '|'
- character required after the "CONNECT 300" definition, if
- previously defined as "CONNECT|".
-
-
- MAILER
-
- - The NOFTSC1 command-line switch and FDOPT option has been
- renamed to NOFTS1 to conform with FDSETUP's Security Manager
- screen.
-
- - The "Lock Keyboard" (<AltL> or /L: command-line parameter)
- function is NO longer case INsensitive, e.g. specifying
- "KBDlock" will not unlock the keyboard if it was locked with
- "kbdlock".
-
- - The 'v' (lowercase V) character forces the Mailer to lower the
- DTR signal and the '^' character forces the Mailer to raise the
- DTR signal, when encountered in any of the modem command
- strings. The '`' character is translated to a 0.5s pause ('~'
- is still a 1.0s pause). This is also supported in the Script
- language and the Terminal's initialization string.
-
- - Because of the above changes, the command "SENDNOXLAT" has been
- added to the script language. This command will transmit the
- specified string untranslated to the modem. Mnemonics (i.e.
- <CR>) are still, however, supported by the SENDNOXLAT command.
-
- - The "PROTOCOL:" and "COMPRESSION:" modem responses returned by
- some modems are now supported and translated to one-line
- messages such as LAPM (for LAP-M), MNP, etc.
-
- - The following new macros have been added to the External
- Request Processor and Service Request interface:
-
- =M Same as =F but without a path (the file is always located
- in the FrontDoor SYSTEM directory).
-
- =W Translates to "LISTED" or "UNLISTED" depending on whether
- or not the remote system was found in your Nodelist
- Database. For outbound sessions, =W will always
- translated to "LISTED".
-
- =Q Same as =R but without a path (this is only available in
- the ERP interface).
-
- =E Same as =T but without a path (this is only available in
- the ERP interface).
-
- =Y The current TASK= setting. For the Shareware version,
- this will always be '0' (zero).
-
- TERMINAL
-
- <+> - Added support for "Auto Doorway Mode". If enabled, the Terminal
- will enter raw keyboard mode upon receipt of the <Esc>[=255h
- sequence and exit raw keyboard mode upon receipt of the
- <Esc>[=255l sequence. The terminal emulation protocol must be
- ANSI for these sequences to be honored by the Terminal.
-
- - The Terminal no longer enables FOSSIL software flow control.
- The Ctrl-S (XOFF) and Ctrl-Q (XON) keys will, however, function
- as before.
-
- - The ten minute timer, after which the Terminal returns to the
- Mailer if it was invoked with <Alt-J>, is now configurable in
- the Terminal settings screen in FDSETUP.
-
- - The Terminal Phone Directory would not allow you to add more
- than 100 entries. The correct limit is 400 entries.
-
- - The Terminal now includes the complete time elapsed since the
- start of a connection as opposed to just minutes and seconds.
-
- - <Alt=> can now be used to toggle the state of "Raw mode". This
- means that <Alt=> cannot be transmitted in "Raw mode". This
- was added for use in those environments where ScrollLock has a
- defined function.
-
- EDITOR
-
- - A new editor macro has been added (~W). It is identical to the
- ~X (Export to file) macro with the exception that it does not
- include the message header information. This can be used with
- spell checkers and external conversion and translation
- utilities.
-
- <+> - The ability to specify whether or not you want ^A (extended
- message information) lines to be included when you export a
- message with <AltF2> (or from the Message Survey function) is
- now available in the Shareware version.
-
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- Copyright 1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.
-
- Absolute Solutions
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