-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*[ QFRONT REVISION HISTORY ]*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Version Date Description ------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 5.00c 09/14/91 Changed the [SPACE] hotkey during user logon to [RETURN] because of possible script problems. Path to QMASTER.ZIP is configurable now. You can have one QMASTER.ZIP for your entire system instead of one for each node on your system. See the documentation for complete details. AutoMail now can handle a situation that occurs if a remote PCBoard doesn't have the "scan message base" prompt enabled. QFront now respects the # of rings to answer the phone as defined in PCBSETUP. QFront now removes files from the file request list that are successfully received/sent during a file request/ file forward session Mouse support can be turned on/off on the call-waiting screen now. QFront now respects a communications port of "0" in PCBSetup, to signify no modem is attached. QFront's file request module can now read PCBoard index files created with MAKEIDX, resulting in MUCH, MUCH faster location of requested files on your system. The "INCLUDEINDEX" option in QFRONT.CTL was added because of this. See the documentation for details. AutoMail downloads start faster (approx. 3 seconds faster on startup). "MASTERINCLUDE" option in QFRONT.CTL added. See documentation for complete details. 5.00b 09/05/91 Coupled events would cause lockups - fixed. 5.00a 09/04/91 Wide beta test cycle begins. 4.99.57 09/03/91 Changed format of QFRONT.CTL; see docs for more info. FREQ!door supports @X color codes. QFront accepts [ESC] and now [SPACE] as a hotkey for the user to press to logon to the BBS. 4.99.56 08/23/91 The file forwarding module is now installed. 4.99.55 08/20/91 The file request module is back, complete with internal Zmodem support! AutoMail now has the following built-in protocols: Xmodem, True Ymodem, Ymodem-G and Zmodem. The ability to shell to an external protocol is still supported if you want to do that (although it is recommended that you use the internal protocols whenever possible). Improved critical event handling. Previously, QFront would log off all users on PCBoard on all nodes when a critical event goes off on the network. Now, all QFront's on the network will update PCBoard's event time with any upcoming critical events on other nodes. This ensures that all users will be logged off on all nodes when a critical event needs to run. AutoMail and file request events may now be specified as CRITICAL, and QFront's across the network will now respect that flag. PCRelay and NetMail doors are now supported in AutoMail. Fixed a bug in the event manager that involved the midnight rollover. If, for example, you had an event set for 00:05 and had the "Time before an event to take modem off-hook" option set to say 10, QFront would not take the modem off-hook until 00:00. It now properly takes the modem off-hook at the correct time, (23:55 in this example). Fixed a bug where long BBS names in PCBOARD.DAT would get cut off at 50 characters by QFront. Fixed a bug where QFront would not recognize 14400 baud connect rates. These are returned by USRobotics Dual Standard modems. (Thanks, Tony McClenny!). 4.99.54 08/14/91 Fixed nasty bug where unvalidated incoming AutoMail runs would cause systems to lock up tight. (Thanks Sparky!!) Added option to the 'View/delete QFront log files' menu off the call-waiting menu called 'Exit to main menu'. You can select this option rather than hitting the ESC key; handy for mouse users. Added options to the 'View/delete QFront log files' menu off the call-waiting menu that allow you to delete any QFront log file. QFront now properly updates the USERNET.DAT file when you take QFront off-line on a node. If another node does a WHO in PCBoard, the node you take off-line will no longer appear in the list. This behavior is exactly the same as PCBoard. Cleaned up the AutoMail nodelist setup in QFConfig. Hopefully, it's easier to understand now. Improved the timeout checking function in AutoMail. If a NEWS file was encountered in a QFront -> PCBoard AutoMail run and a More? prompt was encountered, AutoMail would hang up with a timeout error. This has been corrected. AutoMail no longer auto-detects the remote front-end type. Previously, AutoMail would automatically detect if the remote system is running QFront or PCBoard and respond accordingly. This behavior is undesirable in certain situations; thus, you must now manually select the remote front-end type in the AutoMail nodelist setup for each node. When "Swap to disk or EMS during shell" is turned ON, QFront will now swap more of itself out, leaving only about 12.8k of QFront in memory. QFConfig now respects up/down arrow keys much better for two or more column entry screens.