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History of ProDOOR changes (in reverse order)
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13-Mar-91
   Bugfix release 3.42 as PROD342.ZIP.

10-Jul-91
   Please note: ProDoor 3.4 and later require RECYCLE3.ZIP -- earlier
   versions of RECYCLE may not function properly due to the new
        SET PCBDOOR...
   variables that are now present in the $door.bat files.

   Corrected logic to allow conference specific display files in
   conferences which do not have download directory listing files
   defined.

   Added a test to prevent attempted expansion of @x variables when the
   two characters following @x are not proper hex digits.  This should
   prevent unexpected expansion of character sequences that are not
   really valid @x codes.

   Added a check for the environment variable:
        SET NOTEAR=ON
   and if present, the door will no longer insert the "---" tearline
   before the message tagline.

08-Mar-91
   Bugfix release 3.41 as PROD341.ZIP.

   Corrected an error in OPEN DOOR logic that totally prevented opening
   doors that are flagged to require pcboard 14.5 USER.SYS or DOOR.SYS
   files.

   Corrected OPEN DOOR command to correctly select a door by name when
   the door name has numbers in it.

   Added command line passing to door files.

   Added logic to insert the following lines prior to executing a door:
      SET PCBDOOR=open door command parameters
      SET PCBDRIVE=C:
      SET PCBDIR=C:\PCB3
      SET PCBDAT=C:\PCB3\PCBOARD.DAT
      SET PCBNODE=3
      SET PCBPORT=1
   for compatibility with recent pcb145+ betas.

   Additional changes are required in your PRODOOR doorfile for
   operation with doors using DOORS.SYS or USERS.SYS files.  Use the
   provided PRODOOR.INS and PRODOOR files.

   The correction involves the replacement of
      rem call up pcb145 on return from new style doors
      if exist users.sys pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M
      if exist door.sys pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M

   with
      rem call up pcb145 on return from new style doors
      if exist users.sys goto return145
      if exist door.sys goto return145

   and the addition of
      :return145
      echo  >$door.bat pcb145/key:open;prodoor^M
      echo >>$door.bat door
      $door

   to the end of the PRODOOR doorfile.


20-Apr-91
   Some display lines were being split in the middle of @X sequences
   at about character 200 in the expanded text.  This has been changed
   to split at 250, fixing some displays that were not processed correctly.

11-Apr-91
   A "More" prompt was sometimes happening in ANSI displays when the
   cursor is on the last line of the specified page size.

10-Apr-91
   Changes in parsing of $DOOR.RES result files to allow ansi codes
   to be preserved.

02-Apr-91
   Changed F4(find) function in extended conference configuration to
   initially clear the conference name.

   Added current conference number to PROUTEST.BAT command line.

   Added "node paging sysop" and "user logging on" status codes for
   USERNET.DAT.

01-Apr-91
   Official release of prodoor 3.4.

   Increased heap allocation to prevent runtime error 203 in some cases.

   Added a check for "event scueduled in 1440 minutes" message.

28-Mar-91
   Increased heap space in normal version by 5k to allow more
   extensive PROTRNS files.

27-Mar-91
   Some 26-mar betas had a broken ZIPM function.

   More work on the documentation.

   Prepared first beta of the complete set of release files, posted
   as PROD34B.ZIP.

   Merged functions of CHKPATH.EXE with PROSM.EXE; CHKPATH.EXE is no
   longer used.

   ** Note: the environment setting
        SET OVCRT=ON
   may be needed under DesqView and other windowing/timeshare systems to
   prevent screen bleed-through or background lockups.

   Added
        SET PROTRNS=ON
   environment setting to assist in development of PROTRNS files.  When
   present, the program will output all translatable messages surrounded
   in {...}.  These can be used to determine changes or additions that
   are possible in the PROTRNS files.

   Added "/ $LASTMSGNO$" after display of current message number.

   Added #, !, -, $ and _ to list of characters that filenames may start
   with for automatic directory colorization to work properly.

   Added '*' flagging of newer files in file listings.

   Added (CHAT U), (CHAT A) and (CHAT ?) commands to control and report
   node chat availability status.

   Added @WAIT@ macro, which acts like @MORE@ used to.

   Added a check for $HELPFILE$ on a line by itself.  If present, the
   remainder of the current display file will be processed as a multi-
   topic help file with topic and subtopic prompting/searching.

   Added a check for @X codes in DIR files.  When one of these codes is
   found, the program disables automatic colorization for the remainder
   of the DIR file, allowing @X codes to take control.

   Added a new help file:
        PROFV
   which is active at the (F V) and (VX) prompts.

   Added code that will check for the environment variable
        SET ECHOFLAG=ON
   and if found, will creat the file
        ECHOFLAG
   in the prodoor directory whenever an "echo" message is saved.  It
   will be the responsibility of your mailer system to remove this file
   when mail has been transferred.

   Added explicit (G) option at 10 second countdown for automatic logoff.

   Added logic in (W)rite-user-info function to reject passwords that
   are listed in the new PROPCAN file.  Passwords that contain parts of
   the username are also automatically rejected.

   Added logic to allow prodoor to open doors requiring USER.SYS or
   DOOR.SYS files by means of a call to PCB145 with a /KEY parameter.

   Added logic to allow xx/xx/xx date formats as well as xx-xx-xx.

   Added logic to check for PROTRNS when PROTRNS.LNG is not found.

   Added logic to disconnect a user after repeatedly entering invalid
   input at any prompt.

   Added logic to expand $ and @ macros in DIR files and in results of
   (F), (L), (N) and (Z) commands.

   Added logic to flush message file buffers when checking for
   end-of-messages. This corrects the operation of the 'messages left by
   alternate node' detection.

   Added logic to help in accessing pcb145-specific doors within prodoor
   and prologon.  The new logic executes the command
     pcb145/key:open;doorname^M
   prior to executing the DOOR.BAT file for doors that require doors.sys
   or users.sys files.  This in conjunction with some changes in your
   board.bat file will allow a temporary way of accessing all doors
   within prodoor.  This method will be replaced with direct file
   updates in the prodoor 4.0 betas.  See sample PRODOOR and BOARD.BAT
   files.

   Added logic to honor the "disable uploads XX minutes prior to event"
   option from pcboard.dat.

   Added logic to periodically update USERNET.DAT file even when the
   current node status has not changed.  This is needed in cases where
   the USERNET.DAT file is erased by PCB145.