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Revision History ---------------- V2.9 - Removed area-editor cache, it slowed down RAFT in some occasions. - When parameter /? was used an incomplete help-screen was displayed, it is complete now. - RAFT can now exclude unused areas from the area-list. - Added parameter /S for activating the short area-list without unused areas. - Added ALT-S key to the area-selector for switching between full area-list with unused areas and short area-list without unused areas. - Added the command SHORTAREALIST to the RAFT.CTL file for activating the short area-list without unused areas. - The replace function on an input file works now correctly. - The build-in editors now accept CTRL-END to erase input from the cursor to the end of input. - The build-in editors now accept CTRL-HOME to erase input from the cursor to the beginning of the input. - The build-in editors now accept CTRL-Y to erase a line. - Updated editors help-screens, more information added. - Added /B parameter for BIOS instead of DIRECT screen-writes, an ANSI driver is needed for this. - Added the command BIOS to RAFT.CTL file for activating BIOS instead of DIRECT screen writes, an ANSI driver is needed for this. - Rewrote file-adopt routines, it is now very fast, up to 2000% faster. - Added the command EDITOR to RAFT.CTL, with this command you can define your own editor to use for editing text, file-descriptions or the clipboard. - Updated the clipboard routines so that the external editor can also be used for editing the clipboard. - Fixed bug with word-wrapping in full-screen editor, word wrapping when you type works now correctly. - When line-drawing mode is activated, only line-drawing can be done, no other chars are allowed until you switch line-drawing off. - Line-drawing mode stays active even when you end editing, handy when you want to do line-editing over multiple text-lines. - When line-drawing is active, the text 'LM' is displayed in the upper status-bar. - Line-draw mode can now be (de)activated in the area-editor also. - Updated all help-screens, more information availble. - Updated manuals. - Updated RAFT.CTL, changed some text for clearer explaination. - Optimized some routines and memory usage. - Fixed some minor (cosmetic) bugs. V2.8 - Removed some invalid help-text. - You can now press CTRL-A in the editor for an ascii-table, choose the charachter and press enter and it will be typed in for you. - You can now press CTRL-L in the editor to activate line-drawing, with this option it is very easy to draw boxes and stuff, see RAFT.DOC fore more information - In monochrome-mode the cursor-bar would flash, this is fixed. - Changed the edit-text-line routines, when you enter on a text-line for editing, the line changes to edit-mode and you can edit up to 32767 chars of line-length. - Text-lines were displayed one char short on the display, fixed. - Changed the editor save-routine, when you press ESC, the question that asks if you want to save the changes is gone, ESC means now that you abort the edit, in the editor, press F2 instead to save your editing. - Removed the F10 key from the editor. - Totally rewrote the clipboard (block functions) routines, it now works like RAMGR. - Added an edit function to edit the clipboard. - Enchanced the paste-function of the clipboard, you can now paste the clipboard as text or as file-description. - The sysopname will now be used as default when you do a global change of the uploader-name. - Added /V parameter to skip RA version check, this is to use when you use a non-standard beta/gamma version of RA. - Added the command NOVERCHECK to RAFT.CTL, this does the same as the /V parameter. - The progress-bar was screwed up when doing a graphic-info-import (ALT-G), this is fixed. - Picture files (GIF/PCX) are now detected beter. - Some files were opened exclusive instead of shared, fixed. - Fixed the error 11 when entering a new area, creating a new/empty area now correctly creates the FDB files. - Fixed some line-wrapping bugs. - When a file didn't had a description, the last description wasn't deleted from the screen, fixed. - Overall performance increase up to 15%. - Speeded up reading of file-base, up to 50% - Beter memory usage. - Fixed some small bugs. - Updated the manuals. V2.7 - Added control file for customizing RAFT operations, see the sample RAFT.CTL file for more information, place this file in the same directory as RAFT.EXE. - The Archive-viewer and converter routines are totally rewritten, now you can define your own viewers (up to 32) to use with ALT-V, you can now also specify your own archive-converter, this is all done in the RAFT.CTL file. - Fixed a bug with the DIZ-Import function (ALT-D), no DIZ files were found when lower-case charachters were used in the file-name, now RAFT does. - The DIZ-Import routine now also recognizes ARJ 2.41 archives. - The DIZ-Import routine doesn't allow any wildcards anymore in the DIZ-Filename, this was a bug which in some situations resulted in unwanted unpacked archives. - When files are tagged and the edit-attributes function (F3) is choosen it will work globally, which means that all tagged files are changed. - With the numeric asterix key (*) you can now invert your file-tags, all tagged files will be untaged and all untaged will be tagged when you use this function. - Rewrote SORT-Routines, they are now about 250% faster. - When fast-keys were used, sometimes an trailing space would disturb the screen, this is fixed. - Fixed some minor bugs. - Updated the manual. V2.6 - Before quiting RAFT, RAFT now ask if you are sure. - All screen-writes are now direct, in a future release a bios-option will be implemented. - Changed some colours. - Fixed bug when inserting a new area, the HDR, IDX and TXT files weren't updated, now they are. - Removed move-area function, screwed up filebase, will be rewritten and implemented in a future release. - After deleting/inserting/adding an area, the screen wasn't updated, now it is. - Greatly optimized memory usage. - Added a 'backup area', this is an virtual area for backing up file-data (not the files itself) and file-descriptions, this can be handy to restore lost file-descriptions. - Added /C parameter to create/compile the backup-area. - Added ALT-B in file-area selector to goto the backup-area. - Added ALT-E in file-area selector for erasing an area. - All functions in the file-editor execute faster now, the index-files are updated after an function instead of updated at the same time as the HDR files, this enchances speed greatly. - RAFT hold now less open files at a time. - Added Block function (ALT-B in file-editor), with this option you can COPY/CUT/PASTE from/to an clipboard, the clipboard is usable over all areas, great for copying entry's to several area's, the data in the clipboard is saved when exiting RAFT so when RAFT is executed you can still paste the data from a previous run. - Fixed some small bugs. - Updated documentation V2.5 - New features/fixes since V2.2: - Fixed bug with archive-convert option, when converting an archive to the same format (source and target format the same), an error occurred, this is fixed. - Removed scroll-bar from file-editor. - Speeded up the area-selector (50 %). - Speeded up the file-editor (15 %). - Speeded up sorting (8 %). - Optimized all file-routines, all file-actions are faster now. - You can now also press F10 to quit the full-screen file-description editor (just handy when you are used to Norton commander :-). - Added a function to the DIZ-importer, now you can select to keep or strip carriage-returns or/and line-feeds. - When selecting the import-function, now as the default the path to the current file-area is given and a default filename FILE_ID.*. - Rewrote error-handling routines, now clear messages are shown when an error occurrs. - Fixed some small allocation bugs. - Some cosmetic changes. V2.4 - Never released. V2.3 - Never released. V2.2 - Major update, many new features/fixes. - Added RAUS, an upload scanner to use with the upload-checking option of RA V2.xx. - Added convert option (ALT-C), with this option you can convert archives from one format to another, the convert option uses the well known archive converter of Robert W. van Hoeven, named: Make Them Anything (MTA). - Added Graphic-Info insert option (ALT-G) with this option you can insert/update the picture-dimensions plus number of colors of a GIF or PCX file, the info is inserted at the beginning of a description, when info already exists at the beginning of a description, it is updated. - Added sorting on file-extension. - Added sorting on file-size. - Added sorting on file-date. - Added sorting on upload-date. - Added sorting on last-downloaded-date. - Added sorting on number of downloads. - All sort options can be done ascending or descending now. - Filedate can now be edited (file-attributes). - Upload date can now be edited (file-attributes). - Last downloaded date can now be edited (file attributes). - Fixed paste option (F9 in file-area editor), when pasting the tagged files would be pasted ON the line standing on, now pasting is done begining at the next line. - All tempory files have now unique names when created, this to fix some problems in a multiline environment. - Cleaned up some code. - Updated the manuals. V2.01 - Oops, very small bug-fix, when entering a filename, no wildcards were accepted, they are now accepted correctly. V2.0 - 17-May-1993, Official Release, non-beta! - I can now also be reached on Compuserve, my ID is 100117,3242. V2.0ßM - Never released, pre-release version. - Finished all functions for release version. - Added /M parameter to startup in mono-mode (B/W). - All integers are now handled as unsigned integers. - Fixed text-bug when asking for default costs (asked for minimum age) - Added more info in area-selector. - When asked for input the first charachter replaces the default input. - Fixed bug when asked for input, the cursor could be placed beyond the end of the input. - Added Flag-editing in area-editor (at last). - The import function now also imports the decription when it's spread over more then one line, also the plus (+) lines of some file-list packages are supported. - Added extended checking on inputs, now filenames, paths and numbers are checked for correct input. - Fixed bug, RAFT didn't correctly detect any return-codes after executing an external utility or after an dos-shell, now it does. - Changed some colours for more uniform appearance. - Fixed small bug in swapper when allocating XMS. - Optimized reading of filebase (a litlle bit). - Updated manual. V2.0ßL - Changed some colors. - Added AVIEW support, AVIEW is an archive-manipulating utility and is now used by RAFT for viewing archives. - Added an archive-viewing option, press ALT-V to activate. - After executing external utilitys, RAFT wouldn't check return-codes, now it does. - RAFT didn't swap itself out of memory before executing an external utility, now it does. - When swapping RAFT would try first XMS, then EMS and as last a disk-file, now RAFT first trys EMS, then XMS and then a disk-file. - Fixed small startup-screen bug. V2.0ßK - Optimized variable use, less memory usage. - RAFT selects now the correct video-mode instead of the video-mode entered in RACONFIG. - In both the area-selector and the file-area editor you can now press ALT-J for a DOS-Shell. - When ENTER was pressed on an unused area a ugly message was displayed, now RAFT says that the area is not in use and asks if you want to activate (create) the area. - Added insert (create) area option in area-selector, with F7 or INS you can now insert a new area. - Added add (create) area option in area-selector, with F2 you can now add a new area at the end of the list. - Added move area option in area-selector, with F6 you can move an area to another area-entry (number). - Added change area option in area-selector, with F3 you can edit all the parameters of an area. - Optimized some memory usage and overlayed some routines. - Some cosmetic changes. V2.0ßJ - Well this is a minor bug-fix, didn't had much time to develop the unimplemented features yet, but squased some bugs instead. - Fixed a bug in the full-screen-editor, when a description was imported with ALT-D (Auto describe), and it contained more then 18 lines, RAFT would abort with an error, this is fixed. - When a new area was created with RACONFIG, RAFT said that it was an unused area, now raft (when needed) creates the filebase files when they not exist. - All file-areas that are flagged with the CD-ROM Flag, are NOT scanned for missing files anymore, when you forgot to insert a disk for example, RAFT would flag all files in the area as missing, this is fixed. - RAFT works now correctly in multiline environments, a share problem with some files, this is fixed. - RAFT cleans up the memory and files more efficient now. - Optimized some memory usage. V2.0ßI - Added a parameter, with /N on the command-line you tell RAFT to NOT check for any files when you enter an file-area, this can be handy when you enter a huge area. - Added a new function in the file-area editor, you can now import a description from a DIZ file in an archive, press ALT-D to use this function, you can enter de file-name of a DIZ file, default is FILE_ID.DIZ, archives supported: .ARC, .ARJ, .LHA, .PAK and .ZIP, read the doc-file for which external utilitys you need for this function. - Optimized the keyword/filename search routines, 8% speed increase. - Fixed some memory allocation routines. - Fixed some cosmetic bugs. - Fixed some minor bugs. - Updated the doc files. V2.0ßH - Added wildcard file-find search to area-editor, press ALT-F. - Added keyword search to area-editor, press ALT-K. - When a new file was adopted within RAMGR or with RAFILE, or when a new empty text-line was inserted in RAMGR then RAFT would give an error 63 when the entry was read in by RAFT, this is fixed. - Optimized lots of routines, compacter/faster code now. - Optimized the missing-file-check routines, 25% speed increase. - Fixed some minor bugs. - Added some info at certain screens. V2.0ßG - Maybe no-one noticed, but in the area-selector and file-editor you can jump to an entry by simply typing the first few karakters, fastkeys... - Before copying/moving files the drive-space of the destination drive is checked, when not enough room, the copy/move function will be aborted. - When copying/moving now the filename(s) are shown so you can see which file RAFT is moving/copying. - Added 'number of entry's' to the file-editor, in the upper-right corner the number of entry's in the area is displayed. - When asked for uploaders-name now the sysop-name is given as standard instead of '<Unknown>'. - Changed some colors. - Some buffer/memory managment changed, RAFT consumes less memory now and is slightly faster. - When a text-line was longer then 79 chars, RAFT would abort with an error 5, this is fixed. - Sometimes the copy/move function would also copy/move untagged entrys, this is fixed. - Optimized some stuff and fixed some minor glitches. V2.0ßF - Fixed EXPORT (ALT-X) bug, sometimes an error 5 would occurr, this is fixed. - On some areas (mainly new areas just created), RAFT would say that the area wasn't in use when it was used, this is fixed. - Added an import function to import a FILES.BBS like file, wildcards are allowed when the filespecs of the import-file is given. - Added a update function for updating the file-date/time/size in the file database, ALT-U is the key. - Added a touch function to touch the upload-date, ALT-T is the key. - Updated the help-screens. - When RAFT enters an area all files are checked if they exist or not, when not the missing flag is automatically set. - Fixed some cosmetic bugs. - Fixed some minor other bugs. - Optimized lots of routines, all file handling is faster now. Things to do before major release: - Add a group manager. - Add the 'change file-area attributes' function. - Add the 'insert a new file-area' function. - Add file-find function. - Add keyword-find function. - Add an automatic describe function which reads FILE_ID.DIZ like files from archives. V2.0ßE - Fixed some cosmetic bugs with the popup-windows, sometimes the screen was restored incorrectly. - The index-files weren't updated correctly after a copy/move/insert or delete, this is fixed. - Completed even more functions. V2.0ßD - Test version, never released. V2.0ßC - Test version, never released. V2.0ßB - Added lots and lots of functions. - Some cosmetic changes. - Added documentation. V2.0ßA - First open beta release.