BBSListr

New in Version 5.1

    Fixed a bug which prevented the person who entered an entry from editing
    it (only the sysop was able). Now the Sysop, the person who entered it, 
    and the name listed as the Sysop of the entry can edit an entry (as it 
    was meant to be).

    I am including a DBF and a set of correct NDX files because of a bug
    in the PCBoard DOS code, see the next section. You can edit the
    entry that is there and change it to your BBS, or add your own entry
    and then delete the entry that is there.


    **DOS Users***  Please take note, There are serious bugs in the DBase code
    in PCBoard. I was able to recreate the bugs many have reported but there 
    isn't anything I can do about it. All the changes I tried made the
    situation worse, twice crashing the system and preventing PCB from loading
    until I rebooted.
    This only affects the DOS version of PCBoard. 
    
    The bug occurs when the PPE tries to create the necessary index files. 
    Even though you may have plenty of files handles, PCB/DOS appears to
    run out at 20 handles, but this only seems to occur when CREATING the 
    indexes. Once they exist, things seem to follow the really number of 
    handles defined (FILES=## in config.sys). 

    If you must re-create the database files from scratch, here's how I was
    able to get it up and running with the DOS code.

    Delete all the NDX and DBF files. Run the ppe.
    If it crashes, look in the directory for an NDX file with a size of
    0. If it exists, delete it (you might find it's attribute read-only, if so
    change it). You will probably need to drop the node to dos while doing this
    as PCB may hang on to the file handle preventing deleting while it's loaded.
    Re-run the PPE. It will try to create any missing NDX files. It may crash 
    again, but should get farther. repeat the above, deleting any bad
    NDX's and re-running the PPE until all the indexes are created.

    After that everything should work fine.

New in Version 5.0



    New Registration Code Routines added. Your old registration numbers are no longer
    valid. You will need to get a new KEY file. The information on how to obtain it is
    in the NEWKEY.TXT file. It is free to all existing registered sysops.

    Major Overhaul. The BBS data is now stored in a Database file for faster 
    access, searches, updates. This version is a *complete re-write* of the
    previous version.

    To convert your previous BBS.LST, run the ppe after installing and 
    configuring, from the main prompt with the command line:
    PPE d:\path\BBSLISTR.PPE CONVERT
    then give the full path\filename of your previous list file. See the 
    UPDT-LST.TXT for warnings and instructions.
    All conversion code will be removed in the next version.
    
    As I said, this is a complete re-write. All that is left of the old code
    is one conversion routine. This is also the first Intelec Software PPE 
    that hasn't been reduced in size (it's actually about 2K larger), but
    I have added a lot of enhancement/improvements. 
    
    Memory requirements *should* still be less as I've reduced some of the 
    variables overhead, but I won't guarantee it. Also, the PPE will use
    14 - 16 file handles while it's running due to the Indexes. Ensure that
    you have enough file handles available (bump up the FILES= in your
    CONFIG.SYS if needed).

    Features: More data! Longer fields! Downloadable List created on the fly!
              "Form"-like display of BBS entries.     


All Intelec Software is now owned by John Young
Support and Programming now done by Herbert Bushong

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New In Version 4.1 (09/16/95)

     Added option to log as a door being opened in caller log.

New In Version 4.0 (07/02/95)

     Fixed bug where it was looking for PROMPTS.EXT even if EXT didn't exist.