Version History ----- 2.0 ----- CHANGED - The distibution archive name format has changed to match the rest of my PPE's. The format is HB_NF##.ZIP where ## is the version number. This is a major version update. I've done some major updating to Newsflash and incorporated every request I could find, and then some. If I missed any, please let me know for the next release. All KEY files will still work. No need to re-register. Read the docs for descriptions of the new options. NEWSFLSH.PPE Added - Each entry can now have up to a 30 character subject. Added - Subject can be Left, Centered, or Right justified. Conflicts with Date justification are taken care of as well. Added - Color of Subject can be selected. If you choose random, and the date is random, the same color will be used for both. (Looks better) Updated-Besides choosing a justification for the Date, you can now also Suppress the date display. This allows you to only display a subject line if you want. Date checking is still implemented. Added - 'Include' file support. You can know use PCBOard's %FILESPEC option in your news file to have the contents of another file displayed inside your NEWZ file. Added - The Separator Bar can now also be an %FILESPEC include file. This allows you to have "multi-line" separator bars easily. Added - If you have registered (remember, the KEY file is FREE!!) you can now disable the display of the registration information (including version number). This will make the appearance of newsflash look seamless with PCBoard. changed-During MAINT runs, the text that was copied was displayed. It's no longer displayed (slight speed increase and was a debug thing to begin with. NEWSEDIT.PPE Updated-Input routines to ask for the subject. Just hit enter for a blank subject. fixed - Separator bar wasn't being read from the configuration file, now it is. I've thoroughly tested the PPE on my system with as many different options as I could think of. Everything appears to work as it should. If you find any problems, PLEASE let me know. ----- 1.3 ----- Fixed - I hope. I believe I found the problem of running MAINT with the optional news file on the command line. If anybody uses this method, I hope they let me know if they are having problems as I don't use this method myself Added - Customizable separator (between date and entry). This is added to line 6 of the CFG file. See the included CFG file for example. Do what you want with it, I believe the line limit is 256 characters. It defaults to the old separator, also shown in the sample CFG file. Added - Date placement option. This is line 7 of the CFG file. It should be L, C, or R. It Defaults to L. L = Left (same as before) C = Centered R = Right (last digit is in Column 78) Recompiled with PPLC 3.20 - Requires PCBoard 15.22+ Still haven't figured out why the display isn't being restored after running maintanence or the editor. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open for suggestions. ----- 1.21 ----- Fixed a possible bug that could occur during power outage during the maintenance leaving a temp file that wouldn't be deleted. The temp file will be deleted at the next maintenance run now Maintenance release. Optimized the code. Added - ability to display Language/Graphic/Sec specific Header file Added - ability to display Language specific News files Noticed that the RANDOM color option often (well most of the time) chose the same color for the date and Separator bar. Have added some code that should make this occurence happen less often. ----- 1.20 ----- There was a line limit in NEWSFLSH.PPE of 78 characters, INCLUDING @x color codes. This line limit has been removed to allow for more color codes in the text, but it is up to you not to create a line that is too long. Modified the PPE to allow for RANDOM Color schemes each time. There is still a bug I haven't tracked down, which prevents the PPE from performing maintanence on a news file that is specified on the command line. This is next on the agenda for version 1.3 Minor tweaking to the editor. Broke some code, somewhere, which is preventing lines with only spaces or Tabs to be recognized as not a blank line. until fixed in 1.3, use an alt+255 Hard Space to create blank lines. ----- 1.10a ----- No changes to NEWSFLSH.PPE NEWSEDIT.PPE added to ZIP. NewsEdit is a PPE to add new entries to a news file used by NEWSFLSH.PPE reducing entry errors. ----- 1.10 ----- Two command line options added. NEWSFLSH.PPE [MAINT] [FileName] MAINT - Performs maintenance of news file removing old entries. Must be the first argument if used. Filename - Newsfile to display. Overrides Config file entry. If used with MAINT, then maintenance is performed on specified file instead. Filename MUST reside in the PPE directory Another option added to the configuration file. Now the color of the bar that separates the Date from the entry can be entered. Online registration ppe added to my BBS for Instant KEY file generation. This is still a free PPE and so is the registration. ----- 1.00b ----- Needless pause replaced in later beta version. Beta release: Included new security routine for registering. Released as freeware to test registration routine libraries. ----- .90 ----- Not released: First draft, works correctly on home system.