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Update record for Q.U.M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First I wish to thank the following beta-testers for their valued help, opinions and suggestions: ■ Stig Jacobsen Denmark 2:231/16 T.I.C. ■ Tommy Svensson Sweden 2:501/135 The Channel ■ Jan Ohberg Sweden 2:501/130 Plutten ╓───────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Vers. │ Date │ Remarks ║ ╟───────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.20α │ 15/08-89 │ ■ The following keys has been added to the Main Viewer: ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ │ ALT U : Update users security-level to the pre- ║ ║ │ │ defined in the configuration.(As in ALT-F5) ║ ║ │ │ CTRL - : Decrease users security-level by 1 ║ ║ │ │ CTRL + : Increase users security-level by 1 ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.20ß │ 07/08-89 │ ■ The password was reformatted incorrectly. If you ie. ║ ║ │ │ have entered a password as "1234tango" QUM would ║ ║ │ │ change this to "1234Tango" and QuickBBS would thereby ║ ║ │ │ not recognize the password. ║ ║ │ │ ■ When changing the preset 'Questionnaire-path' some ║ ║ │ │ trouble occured - Should now be fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ A Filler has been added to the Configurationfile so ║ ║ │ │ it's the LAST time you'll have to create a new - I ║ ║ │ │ promise! ║ ║ │ │ ■ It is now not possible to press ESC when QUM ask if ║ ║ │ │ you want to save the changes made. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.20ß │ 26/07-89 │ ■ The program has now been overlaid, so a great deal of ║ ║ │ │ memory is 'spared' ║ ║ │ │ ■ When using the function ALT-F9 "Dump info" you can ║ ║ │ │ now generate a message to the user in one of your ║ ║ │ │ conferences. This is quite important if you live in a ║ ║ │ │ country where the law demands, that the users have ║ ║ │ │ "act-insight" ║ ║ │ │ ■ Many small cosmetic bug's splashed! ║ ║ │ │ ■ When you have added a new (empty) record QUM will now ║ ║ │ │ jump to that record, ready for editing. ║ ║ │ │ ■ To prevent problems when you ie. want to set the ║ ║ │ │ 'No-Kill' attribute, but accendently sets the ║ ║ │ │ 'Deleted' attribute, the text 'Deleted' will be high- ║ ║ │ │ lighted when when the attribute is set. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The "Elapsed" field in the 'Special User Parameters' ║ ║ │ │ were wrong - Fixed! ║ ║ │ │ ■ Users with security-level 0 will now be included in ║ ║ │ │ the (F6) statistics. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Users marked 'Deleted' will now be omitted from the ║ ║ │ │ (F6) statistics. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Sometimes a problem occured when packing Marked users.║ ║ │ │ That problem is now history! ║ ║ │ │ ■ When pressing 'PgDn' in the help you sometimes got a ║ ║ │ │ lot of garbage on the screen... Fixed! ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.11α │ 10/05-89 │ ■ Hmrf, character #132 couldn't be used in input's ║ ║ │ │ ■ Remember to submit the file QUM.DMP when reporting ║ ║ │ │ bug's (Generated using CTRL-F1 in the main viewer) ║ ║ │ │ ■ Added a better on-screen clock ║ ║ │ │ ■ Fixed the sort menu ║ ║ │ │ ■ Sigh - The DataPhone field was copied into the ║ ║ │ │ HomePhone field - Fixed! ║ ║ │ │ ■ It is now possible to press ESC and save changes ║ ║ │ │ without leaving the edited field first. ║ ║ │ │ ■ A small error in the statistics, if the number of ║ ║ │ │ users with a specific userlevel was above 327, ║ ║ │ │ resulted in negativ results - Fixed! ║ ║ │ │ ■ You can now (again) use Y and N keys in the ║ ║ │ │ "Confirm please" window. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.10α │ 05/05-89 │ ■ The username and password will now be reformattet, ║ ║ │ │ because of the specific format of QBBS, so name and ║ ║ │ │ password will be written like (Jesper Larsen and not ║ ║ │ │ JESPER LARSEN) ║ ║ │ │ ■ If the questionnairepath was wrong, and you tried to ║ ║ │ │ dump the current users questionnaire, QUM would crash.║ ║ │ │ This has been fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ QUM will now check, and prevent you from leaving any ║ ║ │ │ of the current users datafields empty. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now QUM will search for QUM.CFG & QUM.HLP in the ║ ║ │ │ directory where QUM.EXE resides. ║ ║ │ │ ■ F10 and ESC has changed role, so now ESC will end the ║ ║ │ │ function, and F10 will undo the changes. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now the special scandinavian characters can be used in║ ║ │ │ the Password and City fields. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Ups! Couldn't leave the Attribute-editor - Fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Rewrote the online-help routines completly. ║ ║ │ │ ■ F10 now activates the Top-10 Menu, where you can view ║ ║ │ │ the Ten most active Uploaders, downloaders, callers & ║ ║ │ │ message writers. ║ ║ │ │ ■ All input/edit functions has been totally rewritten ║ ║ │ │ ■ New and (hopefully) better layout of the list-function║ ║ │ │ ■ Better 'pic-n-shoot' at the "Search for user" ║ ║ │ │ ■ CTRL Menu added ║ ║ │ │ ■ CTRL-F1 will now dump the current configuration to the║ ║ │ │ file QUM.DMP ║ ║ │ │ ■ The on-line help has been changed ║ ║ │ │ ■ I'm now checking the screenmode, so ie. CO40 will be ║ ║ │ │ trapped, 'converted' to CO80. ║ ║ │ │ ■ An introduction has been added via the <ENTER> key in ║ ║ │ │ the "Main viewer" ║ ║ │ │ ■ The screen-layout for the "Main viewer" has been ║ ║ │ │ changed a bit ║ ║ │ │ ■ Attributes will as usual be displayed as '■' when set ║ ║ │ │ but 'non-active' attributes will now be show as a '∙' ║ ║ │ │ instead of ' '. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Ok, I'm releasing this version now. There's no need ║ ║ │ │ to let it 'rust'... ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.03ß │ 04/04-89 │ ■ Now the cursor also disappears on VGA screens. ║ ║ │ │ ■ QUM should now work properly when the Extented ║ ║ │ │ LastRead option is turned off. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now PgUp and PgDn also works when there are less than ║ ║ │ │ 10 users in the USERS.BBS ║ ║ │ │ ■ QUM now checks for the presence of FILEDOOR.UPD (A ║ ║ │ │ upload/download utility by Stig Jacobsen) and warns ║ ║ │ │ you if it finds it. ║ ║ │ │ ■ When manually entering a new user, the LastDate field ║ ║ │ │ will now contain today's date. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Is the "Check for Snow" working now? ║ ║ │ │ ■ QUM will now check, to see if the size of the LASTREAD║ ║ │ │ and USERS.BBS releates properly. ║ ║ │ │ ■ ESC will now exit from the program from the "Main ║ ║ │ │ viewer" ║ ║ │ │ ■ QUM will now be shipped out as an LZH file due to the ║ ║ │ │ good compression factor. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The "°" previously used as marker has been replaced by║ ║ │ │ the "■" because I found that the "■" was easier to ║ ║ │ │ 'look' at. ║ ║ │ │ ■ In the setup-menu, where you enter the path to your ║ ║ │ │ questionnaire, I previously checked to see wether the ║ ║ │ │ file really existed but now the check will first be ║ ║ │ │ done when you press ALT-F5 (View questionnaire) ║ ║ │ │ ■ The Questionnaire window has been enlarged. ║ ║ │ │ ■ When pressing ESC at the "Sort users" menu, you'll now║ ║ │ │ return to the "Main viewer" ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.02ß │ 17/02-89 │ ■ The selection of record after finding a user by either║ ║ │ │ Name, city or password has been made "point'n'select" ║ ║ │ │ ■ A new form of help/manual has been included. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Size of EXE file has been shrunk down by app. 12 Kb. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.01α │ 10/02-89 │ ■ The setup is now checking that the specified question-║ ║ │ │ naire file exists. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Miscellaneous parameters has now got their on pull- ║ ║ │ │ down menu. ║ ║ │ │ ■ In previous versions, the DirectVideo and CheckSnow ║ ║ │ │ status were retrieved from the CONFIG.BBS file, but ║ ║ │ │ now you can set these parameters in the setup-menu. ║ ║ │ │ ■ If the number of users were to high, the percentage ║ ║ │ │ calculation in the statistics went negative - Fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The statistics wouldn't recognize new added users ║ ║ │ │ because of the method involved in scanning the records║ ║ │ │ ■ If you had more than 16 userlevels in use, the user- ║ ║ │ │ level statistics would overflow - Fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ A rather grave window-management error has been fixed ║ ║ │ │ in the 'Pack userfile' section. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The number and size (in percent) of deleted users is ║ ║ │ │ now show in the 'Pack userfile' section. ║ ║ │ │ ■ ALT-F9 now dumps th current users information to a ║ ║ │ │ file named <UserNumber>.QUM ie. 152.QUM. This includes║ ║ │ │ the info. from the questionnaire. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 1.00α │ 05/02-89 │ ■ Confirmation when clearing today's limits has been ║ ║ │ │ removed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ An runtime-error occured if the QUM.CFG format was ║ ║ │ │ illegal (ie. from an older version). Fixed. ║ ║ │ │ ■ A "Delete users by security-level" has been added. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Many improvements to the Configuration Menus. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.10ß │ 22/01-89 │ ■ The viewing speed has been increased, by shortening ║ ║ │ │ some of the used strings. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Improved and corrected the helptexts. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The Configuration Menu is now as good as complete. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Improved the cursor-control in the colour editor. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.09ß │ 13/01-89 │ ■ Now Q.U.E. will update users via the ALT-F5 command ║ ║ │ │ using a new CFG command: S <SecurityLevel>. ║ ║ │ │ If S is set to 10 and the users where you use ALT-F5 ║ ║ │ │ on has a securitylevel of 10, then Q.U.E. will prompt ║ ║ │ │ you, to wether you want to raise that users security- ║ ║ │ │ level to S (in this case, to 10) ║ ║ │ │ ■ You can now set a flag specific flag for all users ║ ║ │ │ through the ALT-F7 function. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The QUE.CFG 'language' has changed again - See QUE.CFG║ ║ │ │ for further details. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The Questionnaire file was not closed, if the current ║ ║ │ │ user couldn't be found in it. ║ ║ │ │ ■ I find, that Q.U.E. has become so advanced, that the ║ ║ │ │ name "QuickBBS User Editor" is obsolete - That is why ║ ║ │ │ the program is now called "QuickBBS User Manipulator" ║ ║ │ │ ■ It is now only possible to enter the first 8 char's ║ ║ │ │ of the filename used in the 'List users' section. ║ ║ │ │ ■ When pressing a numerical key, that keystroke will now║ ║ │ │ be used as the first cifer in the requested record no.║ ║ │ │ ■ Now QUM will automatically create and insert default- ║ ║ │ │ values into QUE.CFG. An ALT-F10 option has also been ║ ║ │ │ add to the main menu - Here you can change your setup.║ ║ │ │ ■ ALT-F8 now resets the "Today's limits" for the current║ ║ │ │ user. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.08ß │ 12/01-89 │ ■ Sort option added as ALT-F4 in viewer. ║ ║ │ │ ■ When you press a numerical key [0..9] you will be ║ ║ │ │ able to enter a number between 0 and MaxNumberOfUsers ║ ║ │ │ and QUE will then jump to that record. ║ ║ │ │ ■ ALT-F5 will now give you the opportunity to view the ║ ║ │ │ questionnaire for the current user. Usefull when ║ ║ │ │ upgrading users. ║ ║ │ │ ■ The file FLAGS.CFG has been renamed to QUE.CFG, and a ║ ║ │ │ new option has been included into this file: ║ ║ │ │ If you write Q <name on Q-A file> you can use the ║ ║ │ │ ALT-F5 option. ║ ║ │ │ ■ HOME and END now works in the 2 User-Edit screens. ║ ║ │ │ ■ F10 has been made the only exit/save key available, ║ ║ │ │ instead of F2 for save and F10 for quit. ║ ║ │ │ ■ ALT-F6 now inserts the users current upload/download ║ ║ │ │ sizes into the homephone and dataphone fields. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.07ß │ 08/01-89 │ ■ Changed F10 to be used as 'Return to DOS' key instead ║ ║ │ │ of ESC. Moved the old F10 function to ALT + F4. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Searchmenu added instead of using both F5 and ALT-F3 ║ ║ │ │ to active some kind of search. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Added a status of the currently used securitylevels. ║ ║ │ │ This can be seen in the F6 (Statistics) function. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Move Security field up, for faster updating. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now the cursor should disappear on all VDU types ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now both F2 and <ENTER> can be used as 'accept' keys ║ ║ │ │ in the userlist mode. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Improved the editor, so now the fields should be ║ ║ │ │ cleared as intented. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Some 'Please confirm' has been included in the 'Add ║ ║ │ │ user' and the 'Pack userfile' functions. ║ ║ │ │ ■ I think that the 'List users' should now be properly ║ ║ │ │ aligned. ║ ║ │ │ ■ It is now tested, that the LPTx: is online and ready ║ ║ │ │ before writing to it. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.06ß │ 06/01-89 │ ■ Ups! I had forgot all about the LASTREAD.BBS file... ║ ║ │ │ ■ Added ALT menu. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now you can change the total call counter and the ║ ║ │ │ name of the last user online. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Snowchecking status is now retrieved from the ║ ║ │ │ CONFIG.BBS file. ║ ║ │ │ ■ It is now, not possible to set the 'Deleted' flag ║ ║ │ │ when the 'No-Kill' flags is set too. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Now the password is ONLY visible when you are editing ║ ║ │ │ the password field. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Checks to see if the Extended LastRead function is ║ ║ │ │ toggled on or off in CONFIG.BBS. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Included the security level in the list option. ║ ║ │ │ ■ Added a 'Search for users with a specified flag set' ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.05ß │ 05/01-89 │ ■ Hid the cursor, so it wouldn't jump around the ║ ║ │ │ screen. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.04ß │ │ ■ Added some extra featurs and repaired some mishaps. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.03ß │ │ ■ Sent the first beta-copy for testing to Stig Jacobsen.║ ║ │ │ Got a lot of ideas and suggestions in return... ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.02ß │ │ ■ The 'skeleton' looked good, so I continued working... ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ ----- │ -------- │ -------------------------------------------------------- ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 0.01ß │ │ ■ Got the idea to the program and made a 'skeleton' for ║ ║ │ │ the (then) maybe future release. ║ ║ │ │ ║ ╙───────┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ --------------------- ### End Of Update-Documentation ### ---------------------