PROCOMM PLUS for Windows version 1.02 Release Notes May 10, 1993 The following changes have been made for the PROCOMM PLUS for Windows 1.02 maintenance release: WINDOWS ASPECT The Termkey command has improved stability for internal ALT-key accelerators and now executes properly when preceeded by the SENDKEY command. The SHELL command now reads the COMSPEC or SHELL settings in order to launch the proper command processor. The SET DIALDIR MAXDIAL command now accepts integers 0-999. The DISABLE command now works as documented in the ASPECT Reference Manual. ASPECT support corrected for expressions float=float/int The PASS indicator in the dialing window is now updated correctly when queue dialing is specified in a script. The NEWITEM command now works as documented in the ASPECT Reference Manual. ASPECT now defines Error 0 as "Invalid Attribute". Format string support enhanced for the * (field precision) and %% (literal %) identifers. Both DDE client and server support enhanced. The FLISTBOX command now saves selected filenames in alphabetical order. Set/Fetch commands now execute correctly when used with SET DIALDIR ACCESS. $OSVER now correctly reports the DOS version. DIALING DIRECTORY When entries are highlighted and copied, the Port settings now reflect each entry's port field contents. The ADVANCED button is now greyed in cases where advanced options do not exist. EMULATIONS AT&T 605/4410 Downloadable function key sequences can now contain empty mappings without erasing the current function key mapping. VTxxx The command for transparent print on/off is now interpreted correctly. Answerback supported when ^[[>c or ^[[>0c is received. Tab sizes are now doubled in double-wide character mode. MISCELLANEOUS Ampersands no longer appear as underscores in the Notes field of the scripts dialog box, the File Upload dialog box, and the Dialing Directory dialing window. Version 1.02 will restore to a minimized state if it was last run minimized. Current script on the Action Bar is now updated after an unsuccessful dial. PWKEYMAP.FON now loads under Windows 3.0. The Terminal Setup Line Wrap checkbox now works properly. Setup corrects problem with "Tab stops every n position" for 132-column emulations. Version 1.02 now flushes the contents of the current screen before the program shuts down. In Setup, selecting Font Based on Window and OK immediately takes effect. In the PCPLUS Narrow font, size 9, ASCII character value 186 was reversed with value 199. This has been corrected. If an invalid COM port is selected, the phone icon and online/offline indicator both report the correct port status. Version 1.02 now looks at the Capture file path defined in User Settings before creating the file. Version 1.02 now drops DTR and RTS when it switches ports or the program is closed. Record Mode correctly interprets quoted strings received from a host. PRINTING The Dialing Directory now uses the printer specified in Printer Setup. Printer fonts list is now updated when a different printer is selected. In Printer Setup, the Alt-S accelerator was used twice. Headers now print with any top margins. Headers are now printed when the Screen to...Printer function is executed. PROTOCOLS Kermit No longer adds an extra carriage return to uploads using Kermit TEXT mode. Now properly truncates mainframe long filenames and file extensions. RAW ASCII Uploads now support software flow control. NEW PW.INI STATEMENTS The following two statements can now be added to the PW.INI file: Disable DEC Keypad Application Mode=1 This statement may be inserted into the [options] section to disable DEC keypad application mode in VTxxx emulations. Setting it to 0 will enable the keypad application support (default). SelectionToClipboardOnly=1 This statement may be inserted into the [options] section to disable sending data to the COM port when the user highlights a portion of the terminal screen and clicks the right mouse button. Setting it to 0 (default) enables both copying the text to the Windows clipboard and sending the data out the open COM port. ============================================================================== PROCOMM PLUS for Windows version 1.01 Release Notes August 25, 1992 The following changes have been made for the PROCOMM PLUS for Windows 1.01 maintenance release: WINDOWS ASPECT The Windows ASPECT script language has improved execution speed. Scripts can now be expected to run between seven and twenty times faster. The MSPAUSE, CLIPTOFILE, WHEN ISKEY, and DIALQUEUE commands now operate as described in the Windows ASPECT Reference Manual. The $TIME and $USERWIN system variables now operate as described in the Windows ASPECT Reference Manual. The $FLOWSTATE system variable now dynamically changes with the state of XON/XOFF (Software) Flow Control. The Procedure Calling convention of PROC1(a,b,c) now supports up to 10 arguments. The TRANSMIT DDE server command no longer converts strings to lowercase or sends quote marks that act as a string terminator. CONVERT The program now properly converts the Dialing Directory parity/databits fields from the DOS version of PROCOMM PLUS. The program now converts entries whose names begin with spaces. DIALING DIRECTORY The Dialing Directory now allows entries to be deselected with the standard Windows Ctrl-key convention; however, note that the entry will not change color until the focus is moved. The current highlighted entry is always considered "selected" and will be included as part of a dialing queue. Use of the scroll bar no longer automatically selects entries. The Print dialog options now operate as described in the User Manual. The Notes function now supports editors which do not assume the ".TXT" extension. The Sort function now sorts names in ascending order and totals in descending order. Tab and Cursor Keys now work after the Alt-A accelerator command is used. EMULATIONS Characters received when a UART parity error is detected are displayed to the screen. Switching between 80-column and 132-column displays has been improved. Remappable keys are now echoed to the screen during half-duplex operation. ADDS 60/90 Correctly supports cursor positioning sequences containing nulls and corrects support for cursor positioning beyond column 10. AT&T 4410 No longer "eats" the first character in a download function key sequence with seq.length=0. DEC VTxxx - Support for the following sequences has been improved: Esc F (7-bit mode), Esc(A (UK Character Set support) and Esc[?21 (VT52 mode). DG 210 Supports cursor positioning sequences containing nulls and now properly wraps when a cursor-down is received on the last line of the screen. IBM 3101 High-bit characters are properly displayed, and font switching has been fully implemented. TTY Clears the screen when a formfeed is received. Wyse 50 FUNC key now supported. Also, the Esc2 Clear Tab Stop support corrected. MISCELLANEOUS Record Mode now operates correctly when calling a bulletin board running WildCat! software. The Meta Key button operation has been fixed. Connection Logging now operates as described in the User Manual. The internal .GIF Viewer will now save graphics as .BMPs on all systems. Scripts run from the command line will not overwrite modem initialization characters still in the transmit buffer. PRINTING If the emulation is changed during a DEDICATED PRINT, the Dedicated Print mode is cleared. Support has been enhanced for all Windows 3.1 printer drivers. PROTOCOLS Zmodem Now truncates filenames greater than eleven characters and corrects a problem that occurs only when uploading to Delphi. CIS-B Now searches for uploads in the default upload directory, and support has been added for long paths when uploading. CIS-B also synchronizes faster when auto-downloading is not used. Kermit Now properly supports the TEXT attribute. Support for encoded file names has been improved. PW.INI ADDITIONS To add a new PW.INI parameter, run Windows Notepad and open the file PW.INI (contained in your Windows home directory). Each new parameter should be entered on a separate line under the [Options] heading. Xoff Delay=seconds This entry tells PROCOMM PLUS for Windows how long to wait before timing out after an XOFF has been received. The default is 20 seconds. ANSIBBS Eat Music=0|1 This entry determines how PROCOMM PLUS for Windows will treat the ANSI Esc[M sequence. A setting of 0 makes PROCOMM PLUS for Windows use the VT100 delete current line function, while a setting of 1 forces the ANSI-BBS emulation to "eat" incoming music sequences. The default is 1. DialDirMaximized=0|1 This entry allows PROCOMM PLUS for Windows to track whether the Dialing Directory was left in a maximized state. The default is 0, indicating the directory was not maximized. Printer Shutdown Delay=seconds Some emulations which perform Dedicated Print do so by opening the printer, printing a single line and closing the printer for each line in the job. This causes Windows to send a formfeed after each line, ejecting the page. This entry creates a time window during which the printer will remain open (even if the emulation instructs to close the printer). The default is 10 seconds. SETUP The modem initialization string has been increased to 79 characters. Path names are now saved when a root directory is specified. Support for non-supplied font sizes has been improved. The ASCII Download CR-LF option now correctly sends a LF when specified. The ENQ Answerback now correctly transmits control characters.