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- ╘════════════════════ A BBS Statistics Generator ════════════════════╛
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- │ TOP STAT v0.1ß ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 12/06/94 ▒ │
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- First version. Released to the public as a beta version
- % Brand new program, have fun !!
- + Produces ASCII/ANSi bulletins
- + Reconizes deleted and 'hidden' users
- + Uses command line options
- + The RA environment variable is used to find the RA System Directory
- + Reads CONFIG.RA for the MsgBase and TextFile Paths
- + Checks that CONFIG.RA and USERS.BBS actually exist
- + Can use users handles instead of their real names.
- + Generates - Top Uploaders (Kb)
- - Top Downloaders (Kb)
- - Top Message Writers
- - Top Callers
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- │ TOP STAT v0.2ß ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 21/06/94 ▒ │
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- % Optimised ANSi bulletin routines. Bulletins are now 30%-35% smaller
- than previous versions.
- + Added new bulletins - User Age Statistics (Graph)
- - Times Called (Graph)
- - How Long Ago (Did they call) (Graph)
- - Top Downloaders (Kb)
- - Top Uploaders (Kb)
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- │ TOP STAT v0.30 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 31/08/94 ▒ │
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- % First non-ßeta version.
- % Changed the look of the bulletins. The ANSi bulletins are now even
- smaller and should display quicker.
- + Added the small utility ONTODAY to the archive. Produces an ASCII/ANSi
- bulletin of the users that have logged onto your system today.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.32 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 09/10/94 ▒ │
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- % General bug-fix
- - Removed the ONTODAY utility, it is now distributed in a separate
- archive
- # Changed the ASCII/ANSi generating routines.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.34 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 02/01/95 ▒ │
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- % Another General Bug fix
- # TopStat will no longer bomb-out if a user has Downloaded/Uploaded
- more than 32MB
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- │ TOP STAT v0.35 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 20/01/95 ▒ │
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- % Just a general optimization of the code.
- + Now auto detects if mono or color display.
- + Allows user to force use of MONO or COLOUR display.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.36 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 03/03/95 ▒ │
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- # Fixed a slight problem with the months ago routine. Seems that it
- didn't quite handle change of years properly.. Which made the 'How
- long ago (Did they call)' bulletin extremely in-accurate.
- % Updated the ANSi routines (again) should produce smaller bulletins
- than previous versions.
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- ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ TOP STAT v0.37 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 10/03/95 ▒ │
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- % New options, further optimization of code.
- + ONTODAY is now fully configurable via a control file.
- + added '-SYSOP' command line options.
- + Added new bulletin - Security Levels (Graph)
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- │ TOP STAT v0.38 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 17/03/95 ▒ │
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- % Added support for multi-line BBS's
- + Added SHARE support. Will use file sharing and locking if SHARE
- is loaded.
- + Added new bulletins - Male / Female Stats (Graph)
- - Upcoming Birthdays (List)
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- │ TOP STAT v0.39 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 24/03/95 ▒ │
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- % Added more bulletins.
- + Removed need for an '=' sign in the control file.
- + Added new bulletins - User Settings Report (Graph)
- - Most Active Message Areas
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- │ TOP STAT v0.40 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 02/06/95 ▒ │
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- % Updated the 'Upcoming Birthdays' routines. Sorts information far
- quicker, with far less disk access.
- + Added exclude specific users support
- + Added guest accounts support. By default it will exclude any account
- marked as a guest account. You can include them if you so wish.
- + Added SETUP.EXE, a small program used to either create an initial
- TOPSTAT.CTL file or to ugrade your existing TOPFILE.CTL with the
- latest options.
- # Should no longer produce a runtime error when there are no users to
- process.
- % Changed the message base routines. It will now continue processing the
- areas, and ignores any that don't exist.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.41 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 28/07/95 ▒ │
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- % Re-wrote the bulletin generation routines.
- + Added new security level bulletin.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.42 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 01/09/95 ▒ │
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- % Whole program has been re-written for speed and size.
- + Added a control file option to disable the [ENTER] prompt, for those
- who use an 'animated ENTER prompt' program.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.43 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 20/10/95 ▒ │
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- % Rewrote the configuration file routines, now uses less memory.
- # Fixed a slight problem with the 'Top Uploaders (Files)' bulletin.
- # You can now change the 'Upcoming Birthdays' bulletin's colours.
- (used to ignore any attempts to change them via the configuration file)
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- │ TOP STAT v0.44 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 08/03/96 ▒ │
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- % Rewrote the configuration file routines to use less memory.
- + Added support for RemoteAcess v2.50 messagebase.
- + Rewrote the setup program. Now is menu driven.
- + Added support for AVATAR bulletins.
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- │ TOP STAT v0.45 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 22/03/96 ▒ │
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- % Bug-fix release
- # Fixed a runtime problem when running with RemoteAccess v2.50
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- │ TOP STAT Version Legend ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- + New Features
- - Took out something
- # Bug Fix
- % General note
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