03-23-94 v3.1 ------------- CONFIG CHANGE! Having to put the path information to the config file was running some people out of room in the CMD.LST editor. To make this a little more friendly, I have taken CDC's suggestion to pick up the path to the ppe and assume that the config file will be in the same directory. So, if your config file isn't in the same directory as TV.PPE, then please move it there. Also, you need to shorten your command line in CMD.LST and any door batch files you've setup: Old: D:\TV\TV.PPE D:\TV\TV.CNF New: D:\TV\TV.PPE TV.CNF In other words, take out the drive and path info before the config file and you will be okay. 02-26-94 V3.0 ---------------- A complete rewrite using the PCboard programming Language! I'm mainly trying to duplicate the old Textview, so I will have a place to start from. Some things can't help but to be enhanced because the PPL has many advantages. The door now loads instantly, and uses PCBoard's communications and downloading routines. The search feature has been improved, and now looks more like the Text Search feature used in PCBoard message bases. 11-22-92 V2.94 -------------- The BIOS drivers have been replaced with a new FOSSIL driver. Change line one of the config file from INTERRUPT or HANDSHAKE to FOSSIL to enable this logic. This will enable support for special multi-port hardware via Fossil interface. Added ability to run HS/Link protocol for downloading only. Sample H.BAT is included. 09-27-91 V2.93 -------------- The Ledge PCBoard, support board for TextView has moved! The new number is 818-896-4015. You can now register Textview by MASTERCARD, VISA or AMERICAN EXPRESS! Just call The Ledge and type REGISTER at the main menu command prompt. Added the capibility to shell to another program batch file from the Textview menu. You can run anything you want as long as you have the memory available to support it. I am using this routine to run a credit card registration door from inside my TextView New User door and it works great! You have to edit line 13 of your .CNF file to give the name of the batch file or program you want your users to be able to run. The batch file name becomes the command name. So, if you want to run a batch file from TextView called REGISTER.BAT, you would add the word REGISTER to line 13 of the .CNF file and the command "REGISTER" to your textview menu. Your caller would then type the word REGISTER to run the routine. 12-08-90 V2.92 -------------- Found that my routines for updating the call waiting screen on PCBoard 14.5/S and /D versions wasn't working correctly. Fixed. Fixed a problem that ignored a "N" answer to the "More" prompt during text searches. 12-01-90 V2.91 -------------- TextView will now update the call waiting screen when a user hangs up inside the door. PCBSTATS.EXE, which is distributed with PCBoard, must be in the path. Line 12 of the .CNF file now points to your PCBSTATS.DAT file, you must include the path. It should look something like this: D:\PCB\GEN\PCBSTATS.DAT 06-16-90 V2.9 -------------- TextView is now compatible with PCBoard 14.5 variables including @VARIABLES@ and color macros (@X00 and @XFF). Added "Sub-Door" mode. Line 11 of the .CNF file is now a switch that you can turn on or off (Y/N). If you put a Y on the line then follow it with a semicolon and then the prompt you want displayed. Example: Y;Do you want to View the Scorecards? Textview will follow it with a (Y)es, (N)o, (G)oodbye: The main reason for this addition is to consolidate TextView and Scoredoor into one program for better support. Full details are in the docs. Fixed bug in colorizing routine where if a user had no protocol selected, he saw the color variables $GREEN0$WHITE$ when prompted to select a protocol. Fixed logging to DOWNLOAD.TXT file broken and gone undetected since version 2.5! Changed download batch files (X.BAT, Y.BAT, etc.) so that the DSZ.LOG file is created in the default \PCB directory. This eliminates log problems with multi-node systems. Added an environment variable for non-PCBoard systems that run conversion programs that don't properly convert the users page length setting. Sysops running TextView on systems such as Searchlight and Wildcat complain that there is no "More?" prompting. To set automatic "More" prompting at every 23 lines on systems with this problem, put this string in your environment before running TextView: SET TVPAGE=ON Added a second environment variable to allow setting the default compression extension to one other than that defined in PCBOARD.DAT. If your compression extension is set to .ZIP in PCBOARD.DAT, but you'd like TextView to use .LZH as the default then set the following variable in your environment before running TextView: SET TVCOMP=.LZH Be sure to type the environment variables in all CAPITAL LETTERS. 12-26-89 V2.8 ------------- Added a text-search routine for REGISTERED users. Users may now select (S)earch from the command line and scan specific files, or the entire list of displayable files for text strings. The door then shows each line that the string is found in with a count of times found at the end. Added "Summary" option for file scanning. Users can get a summary of how many times text appears in each of the chosen files, or use the "verbose" mode to show the line that the text appears in. Download section now assumes the default file extension found in PCBOARD.DAT. In other words, if a user selects to download a file called DLNAME, the door will add .ZIP to it if you have selected ".ZIP" as your default file extension in PCBSETUP. Added chained commands to the download section. Now a user can enter: Command? D FILENAME.ZIP Z G To download FILENAME.ZIP via Zmodem protocol and log-off without going thru various menus. I have included a Qmodem 4.1x script in this release. This allows your callers to log onto PCBoard, open a TextView door, download a file and log off automatically. You may post TVSCR10.ZIP for downloading on your system if you like. 12-02-89 V2.7 ------------- Changed local display during download to put the status line on top of the screen similar to the PCBoard shelled protocol screen. Added an information screen in the file transfer section telling the caller the file name, protocol and estimated transfer time. Changed protocol selection screen to show default protocol from the PCBoard USERS file. If the default protocol is changed, then it will also be changed in the USERS file. ALL TRANSFER BATCH FILES CHANGED! Please update your transfer batch files (X.bat, Y.BAT, Z.BAT, etc) with the ones accompanying this version. Made wildcards in download filenames illegal for security reasons. 10-1-89 V2.6 ------------ Fixed a bug in the download routine that would cause some systems to freeze if a user selected a protocol not on the menu. Changed protocol menu display to not show MNP protocols if the caller isn't using an MNP modem. 8-24-89 V2.5 ------------ Changed commands to make them more like standard ones in PCBoard. The Menu On/Off command has been removed. ------------------ Changed line 8 in .CNF file to allow for logging to a different file other than CALLERx. There are now four options for line 8. You may log to CALLERx, FILE, BOTH or NONE by putting the first letter of your choice on line 8 (C/F/B/N). ----------------- Added compatiblity with PCBoard 14.2 @COMMANDS@. You can now use these variables in all TextView files including TVHELLO, TVBYE, TVx, PROT, TVDIR or any other file displayed by TextView. ----------------- Added "Not Registered" messages for systems that have not registered Textview. Sysops who register will receive a file called TV.SYS that will automatically register this and all future versions of TextView. --------------- PROT menus (PROT1, PROT1G, PROT2, PROT2G) are no longer required. Instead, TextView uses a file called PROT.DAT to get it's protocol information and creates menus from that. The format of PROT.DAT is similar to PCBPROT.DAT, with entries that look like this: X,N,Xmodem The entries are defined as follows: X= Letter to appear on Menu to run Protocol N= Error correcting Modem required? (Y/N) Xmodem= Name of protocol as it will appear on Protocol Menu. A sample PROT.DAT file is included in with TextView. This file is exactly the same as the one used in the BBSList door, for sysops using both doors. line 9 of the .CNF file has been replaced by the feature introduced below: -------------- Line 9 of the .CNF file now affects registered versions of TextView only. A filename can be placed on this line that contains filenames and paths of files to be displayed in the order they appear on the menu. This feature will cut down maintenance considerably for registered users who use TextView for online magazines that change daily or weekly but maintain the same filenames issue to issue. If the word DEFAULT appears on this line, then registered versions will utilize the TVx format for display files. --------------- 1-7-89 V 2.4 ------------ Added a separate menu for error correcting protocols. PROT1 and PROT1G now have your non-error correcting protocols, while PROT2 and PROT2G will have both error correcting and non-error correcting protocols. The callers with error correcting modems will be shown PROT2 while other callers will see PROT1. If you don't have an error correcting modem, then you don't need the PROT2 files at all, as they will never be shown. 12-26-88 V 2.4 á2 ----------------- Fixed a bug that caused aborted uploads if a user has more than two words in his name. So, now when DICK VAN DYKE calls your BBS, he'll be able to get your files. You MUST update your protocol batch files (X.BAT, Y.BAT, etc) with this update! 12-23-88 v2.4 á1 ---------------- TextView will now report cps and errors to the caller log and download.txt. Be sure to update your protocol batch files (X.BAT, Y.BAT, etc) to the ones in this ARC. They must include a line that says: SET DSZLOG=TEMP.LOG 12-17-88 V2.3 ------------- Official Release! 12-07-88 V2.3 á17 ----------------- CHANGE IN .CNF FILE! Line 10 is now the name of the door. This is what appears on the Sysop Status line. I am personally running four TextView doors. I can never tell if a person is in my "NewUser" or "NewsBytes" or "Support" or what..so I've added this option. The name will also appear at the top of the downloading screen. 11-22-88 V2.3 á16 ----------------- CHANGE IN .CNF FILE! Compiled with new version of Prokit that supports animated ANSI files. Delete Line 9 of the .CNF file. Sam Smith informed me that it is not needed because Prokit will automatically put ANSI files in non-stop mode. This makes the Y/N entry for more prompts kind of futile as it is already handled inside the door when it detects the characters that ANSI files use to clear the screen. Line 9 is now the protocol letter that you use for your full-flow protocol (Ymodem-G or whatever it's being called this week) See beta 15 notes for details on this entry. 11-15-88 V2.3 á15 ----------------- CHANGES IN .CNF FILE! Line 9 now tells TextView weather or not you want the files to be viewed to use "more" prompting. Put a Y on this line for more prompting. Put a N on this line for no more prompting. This was added so that Sysops using TextView for ANSI file viewing won't have the ANSI screens interrupted by the more prompt. If you are using TextView to display normal text files, put the letter Y on this line. Line 10 tells TextView which letter you are using for an error free transfer protocol like Xmodem-1K-G (Ymodem-G). If you don't have an error correcting modem, just put the word NONE on this line. If you are running an error correcting modem, like the USRobotics HST, then put the menu selection letter you've chosen in PROT(G) on this line. For example, if you use the letter F for Xmodem-1K-G like PCBoard 14.0 does, then put a letter F on this line. NOTICE: ------- It appears that the beta process for PCBoard 14.0 will be comming to a close in the near future. I plan on releasing TextView 2.3 officially the same day PCBoard 14.0 is released. This means that I will be freezing this version as far as new features. I will be working on bug reports only from here until the release date. THANKS to all for the great suggestions and assistance! 11-13-88 V2.3 á14 ----------------- Major Update! More Features! Smaller Code Size! ---------------- A major change in the way TextView handles protocols. There have been requests to allow Sysops to define protocols and protocol letters. To accomidate this, I've taken most of the code that handles protocols out of TextView. Now TextView will look for a files called PROT and PROTG in the same directory as your TV.EXE file. This is your Protocol menu. There are sample PROT(G) files included in this ARC file. IMPORTANT: for each protocol you put on the Protocol Menu you must have a .BAT file named after the menu letter you have given the protocol in the PROT(G) file. So...if you aren't changing your protocols at all, then you need do nothing but copy the PROT and PROTG files into the same directory as TV.EXE because I've already set-up the old letters as the default. If you now want to change: [Y] Ymodem (Xmodem-1K) to: [O] Xmodem-1K (Old Ymodem) Like PCBoard 14 has, you would have to change that in the PROT and PROTG files, plus rename Y.BAT to O.BAT (That's the letter O not the number 0). If you want to add Jmodem to your list of protocols, you must put a new line in PROT and PROTG and also create a batch file called J.BAT that send the Jmodem commands. Use one of the existing .BAT files (X.BAT, Y.BAT, Z.BAT) as a model. If you don't handle this correctly, Textview will tell your caller that the selected protocol is not available. Sysops running my BBSList door may use the same PROT, PROTG and download batch files (X.BAT, Y.BAT etc.) for both doors as long as TV.EXE and BLIST.EXE are in the same directory. ------------ TV.EXE will now automatically colorize your TVDIR file using the same procedure as Prodoor. if you have a TVDIRG delete it and TV will colorize it for you without the need to have two DIR files on your disk. ------------- Recompiled under Prokit dated 11-13-88 to eliminate problem Beta 13 had with displaying the SCRIPT0 file when a user returned to the BBS, plus a lockup when users logged off inside the door. 11-07-88 V2.3 á13 ----------------- Recompiled under Turbo Pascal 5.0. 10-29-88 V2.3 á12 ----------------- Fixed bug that kept [D]ownload off the command line in beta 11. 10-28-88 V2.3 á11 ----------------- CHANGE IN .CNF FILE. Line 6 now describes which download procedure to use (Single, Multiple or None). If you don't allow downloading, then put the letter N on this line. If you only allow one file to be downloaed, then put the letter S on this line. If you have a list of files available for download then put the letter M on this line. Line 7 is also changed. If you have multiple files for download then you need the path to the files (example: C:\TV\DL). If you only have one file available for download then you MUST include the filename in the path (example: C:\TV\DL\FILES.ARC. This change was made because the old way was awkward when there was only one file to download. 10-22-88 V2.3 á10 ----------------- Added a check to be sure that the user has enough time to download the file before the transfer starts. 10-20-88 V2.3 á9 ---------------- CHANGE IN .CNF FILE. TextView will now allow you to provide a list of files that can be downloaded inside the door. Line 7 of the .CNF file must now show the path to these files. The directory of files is called TVDIR and should be located in the same directory as the rest of your Textview display files (TVMENU, TVHELLO, etc). WARNING: Be sure that the path listed in line 7 has ONLY the files you want to be downloaded, as ANY file in that path will be available for download! I don't want to hear from people who put C:\PCB\MAIN as the path and are now upset. 10-15-88 V2.3 á8 ---------------- Added a switch in the .CNF file Line 8 to toggle Writing to the Callers log and DOWNLOAD.TXT on or off. TV still won't write to the caller log if the sysop is on locally regardless of this setting to avoid messing up the caller log on single node systems. 9-21-88 V2.3 á7 --------------- Added a message telling user if time has been added for use inside of the door. Deleted an extra space in the caller log entry that was causing an allignment problem with CALLS.EXE reports. Added Routine to check for presence of each download batch file (X.BAT, Y.BAT, Z.BAT, G.BAT). If any are missing then that protocol isn't displayed in the protocol menu. This is for Sysops who want to delete a protocol. 9-12-88 V2.3 á6 --------------- Made Ymodem-G (Xmodem-1K-G) appear on the protocol menu on local connections to end confusion about the dissapearing Ymodem-G. On a remote connection, Ymodem-G only appears on the menu if there is an error correcting modem at both ends. 9-8-88 V2.3 á5 --------------- Fixed problem where downloads were reported as FILENAME.ARC.ARC. 9-7-88 V2.3 á4 --------------- Included PROCHAT which is a text file displayed by Prokit when chat mode is activated. Adjusted the more prompt so that my author credit dosen't count in the TVHELLO(g) file causing the more prompt to appear to happen prematurely. 9-6-88 V2.3 á3 --------------- Re-compiled with Prokit dated 9-5 to correct problems with displaying the (More) prompt too soon. 9-3-88 V2.3 á2 --------------- Changed the download Batch file format so that TextView and BBSList could share the same files rather than having a double set. Batch file for Zmodem is now called Z.BAT instead of TVZ.BAT. X.BAT for Xmodem, Y.BAT for Ymodem, etc. Sysops who are upgradign to this version must put the new Batch files in the TextView Directory! 8-30-88 V2.3 á1 ---------------- Eliminated line 7 of the .CNF file which was a switch to include Ymodem-G to the list of protocols. TV now checks PCBOARD.SYS to see if the error correcting modem flag is set and adds Ymodem-G if it is. Added PCBoard 14.0 compatibility. 8-23-88 V2.1 ------------- Fixed conflict when a BBS runs more than one TextView door with different files to be downloaded in each door. Modified protocol batch file parameters to send the full path instead of just file name. This requires a change in TV.CNF line 7! 8-22-88 v2.0 ------------- Official release of TextView 2.0 8-19-88 V2.0 á8 ---------------- Changed the [X]pert Toggle to [M]enu-On/Off. Menus now default to being on regardless of the users expert status on the main board. Too many lost souls in the door couldn't figure out what [X]pert meant. 8-14-88 V2.0 á7 ----------------- Stopped door from writing messages to caller log if sysop is on in Local mode. Changed due to complaints from one node sysops that the door was "messing up" the caller log. Added [X]pert mode for those that don't like to sit thru menus over and over. 7-25-88 V2.0 á5 ---------------- Changed Download batch handling so that one set of batch files can be located in the same directory as TV.EXE instead of having several sets of batch files in different directories for multiple TextView doors. Now passing Username and filename as %1 %2 %3 to the download batch files so the sysop will know who is on during a transfer. Changed position of filename to be downloaded in .CNF file. 7-23-88 V2.0 á4 ---------------- Added more color. Changed bad transfer reporting to internal rather than Batch file method. Added a Ymodem-G option for boards running error correcting modems. 7-20-88 V2.0 á3 ---------------- Expanded the Transfer protocol routine. Improved error reporting to caller log. 7-18-88 V2.0 á2 ---------------- Added option to give an amount of time specified in the .CNF file to users of a level also specified. The time added for use in the door is deducted when the user leaves the door. The idea is to allow boards with mandatory registration to let a first time caller go into the door and read new user bulletins and/or download info on the BBS (the files listing here at The Ledge). 7-17-88 V2.0 á1 ---------------- Added a switch to the .CNF file to allow the sysop to permit the downloading of one file in the door at "no charge" to the user's upload/download ratio. The idea is to let the user save time by downloading the text info in the door rather than reading it online. Successful downloads are reported in CALLERx and DOWNLOAD.TXT, but does not reflect in the USER file. 7-2-88 V1.2 ------------ Changed [Q]uit to [E]xit. Added [H]angup which will execute a proper logoff and write "User off Automatically" to the Caller log. 6-26-88 V1.1 ------------ Naturally, after weeks of beta testing with no problems, a bug showed up after the first day of official release. V1.1 corrects a problem where an endless loop of "invalid command" messages might develop if the caller hangs up during certain functions. 6-25-88 V1.0 ------------- Initial release