DW_TIC History File
2.06 DW_TIC - Added code to fix a problem with "blank passwords"
causing tics to fail for invalid passwords.
2.05 DW_TIC - Added a limited way to add information to an
announcement, such as BBS information. If the file
ANNOUNCE.HDR exists in the DW_Tic directory, it will
be added to the beginning of each announcement.
The limitation is that it is added to the beginning
of the initial message. If you have enough files
that the messages gets split, only the first will
have the header.
On the plus side, the same replacement @variables@ that
can be used in the welcome and unauthorized message
files, can also be used in this file. (See docs for
list)
DW_SM - Updated the Area definition form code so that the
conference lookup can be done from DOSDir, BBSDir, or
MsgFile fields, and all fields will be updated.
2.04 - Updated my PCB library to fix a slight problem with
message posting.
DW_SM - Updated the conference lookup for the Message Base
file. Now when the Msg Base file is looked up, the
DOS Upload Directory and BBS Upload Description File
will be put in the appropriate fields. This works
both in the area dialog and the NA import dialog.
- Minor updates to the online help file.
2.03 DW_SM
- Fixed a NASTY problem with the IDX files not getting
updated properly or rebuilt if missing (don't know how
that one slipped by me). If you run into a
problem where you've added/imported areas and they
aren't showing up in the list/edit, try exiting
dw_sm, deleting the areas.idx file, and restarting
dw_sm. That will force a rebuild of the index file.
DW_TIC
- Fixed a cosmetic bug in announcements on incoming
files. Files that contained FILE_ID.DIZ files were
getting ten lines in the announcement messages even if
it only contained one. This could lead to large gaps
between file descriptions in the announcement
messages (did not affect bbs descriptions).
2.02 - All registrations and support are now done by me
(Herbert Bushong)
DW_TIC
- Vacation Mode was not implemented correctly and
wasn't working. Fixed.
- MSG file processing was broken. Fixed.
Also fixed various bugs that showed up once MSG file
processing started working.
Unknown_Areas weren't being correctly processed
(a bug was causing DW_TIC to think the directory
didn't exist). Fixed.
Added additional debug logging for MSG processing
Added missing logging of maintenance requests
- areas with no password defined or included in TIC
would cause file to fail with a password error
I've added some minimal checking for this to allow
the files to pass, but the easiest solution is for you
to set up a password with your hub.
DW_SM
- Changing the directory for an area in DW_SM caused
files to no longer get copied during processing if the
trailing backslash wasn't included. Fixed.
- F2 Conference Number Lookup not working for MsgFile field
Caused by PCBDAT variable not being set. Fixed so that
first the CFG pcbdat value will be tried, then
environmental variable will be looked for. If a
PCBOARD.DAT file can't be found, then F2 lookup won't
work.
Also fixed bug preventing lookup of conferences above
117.
Reported bugs - It's been reported that files coming down a hatching
lane from a feed are sent back up to the feed. This
occurred on a Planet Connect system and I haven't
been able to verify or track this one down yet.
2.01 (9/4/97) - Oops, forgot to post announcements for incoming files.
(Hatching did have announcements posting) Fixed.
I had added some code to my PCB tool library for
looking up conference MSG files, so I've incorporated
it into DW_SM. Pressing F2 while in the MsgFile
field for an Area (either Add, Edit, or import)
will prompt you for a conference number, then look
up the MSG File entry from the CNAMES files. Press
escape to abort.
There was no way to change a feed back to 0 once
it was selected to something else. Now, just F2 to
get the popup list, and hit ESC which will reset it to
0.
2.00 - 8-27-97 - Fixed (I hope) alternate spawn routine for executing
the various command lines so that the path and extension
isn't required if the program/batch file can be found
in the current directory or along the path.
If you have problems with it, try including the full
path and extension to the file.
2.00b - 08/97 - This is a complete re-write of DW_TIC from the
ground up, in C. It is still owned by ZT Technologies
but all programming has been turned over to
Herbert Bushong (me).
Since it has been totally re-written, I have been
able to implement several features that would have
been "difficult" at best, to implement in the old
version. All the config files have been completely
re-structured, and will require a complete install.
The System Manager program was built in parallel
with Tic Processing program (actually before it!)
To make configuration easy and painless.
A couple of important major new features deserve
mentioning:
- extensive Online Help was added to DW_SM
and Interactive Hatching in DW_TIC. Most
of the program text is also stored in the
compressed help file to reduce the size of the
EXE's.
- Tossing when Hatching. Now you can hatch files
and toss them to your BBS directories, all at
the same time if you desire!
- Passthru areas have been implemented with
automatic linking/unlinking to the hub as
nodes add/drop areas defined as passthrough.
- Most of the limits have been expanded greatly.
up to 65535 Nodes, Feeds, and Akas and Drops
per area can be defined.
Areas have a limit of 2^32 Area definitions.
This version will run a bit slower than previous
versions when processing files because of the expanded
limits mentioned above. This is because the program will
have to look up information more often on disk.
A good disk-cache should alleviate much of the delays,
and I'm still looking at ways to wring as much speed
as possible out of it.
