08-10-91 - Released version 3.5j

           The following files have been updated and will be neccessary
           for the proper operation of the door:

           SALES.EXE
           OPTION2.EXE
           CONVDB.EXE

           In order to update the door properly you will need to perform
           the following operations:

           - UNZIP new files into the sales directory.
           - Read MANUAL.TXT
           - Run General Setup Features 2 and save configuration.
           - Run Create Index Files

           Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

08-10-91 - Finished first draft of documentation.

08-08-91 - Modified keyword search to allow additional description
           lines to appear for an item.

         - Fixed the color of the text when exiting from the door

         - Added a log entry stating when an order has been placed
           and where it lives.

         - Fixed bug in Categories that made the screen overflow
           when using more than 2 screens of categories.

         - Added the ability to use Gerry Freymans and Sparky's
           Fax Doors.

         - Started New Documentation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
           HOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

08-07-91 - Fixed problem in the setup program with freight always
           defaulting to 'N'.

         - Added the ability to supress the taxation portion of the
           door.  Can be accessed and toggled in the setup options
           page 2.

         - Updated the freight supression ability.

         - Fixed miscellaneous quirks here and there.

         - Fixed a bug that suppressed the cursor on quantity during
           the flagging of an item.

         - Fixed a bug in the new order placement section that caused
           the system to hang.

         - Fixed a bug in the setup options screen 2 that would only
           allow 1 digit for conference designation.

         - Fixed a bug that created a runtime 2 error in the display
           categories module of the door.  This was a hard one to
           beat!!!!!!!!!!!!

         - Created a users file for The On-Line Sales Door
           The door now keeps a users file for it's users.
           The user will only need to fill in the order placement
           screen once.  It works as follows:
           The first time this version of the door is run it will
           create a file named SALEUSER.  This is the user file.
           When the user enters into the order placement screen
           the system will check against SALEUSER to see if this
           person has placed an order before.  If it finds a matching
           record it will pull up the previous entries and ask the
           user if they wish to edit the entries.  If the user answers
           yes the system will store the changed entries.

           ******  THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ITEMS ************

           ****** NOTE *********
           If you have a previous version you will need to run option
           'D', Define a Language File, from the setup menu.  This will
           properly update your SALESTXT file.  If you are using the
           default prompts that come with the Sales door then just copy
           the SALESTXT file included with this release and ignore the
           above.

07-30-91 - Here goes a pile!!!!!!!!!!!!

           ******************** NOTE ************************
           This is release 3.5G.  You will have to run the new
           setup program to proprerly operate the latest version.

           There are now 2 General Setup screens.  Please access
           both screens in order.  It's safer<grin>.

07-30-91 - Added the ability to import invoices and memberships
           to a conference message base.
           
         - Modified the membership portion to automatically enter
           the order placement module and pull the membership with
           it. This is performed using TXT2MSG.  The release file
           has been included in this archive.

         - Fixed the printer bug.  The system now just spools the
           whole file to the printer.

         - The system no longer differentiates between the memberships
           and invoices when printing.

         - Optimized the size of the file.

         - The following is a list of necessary executable files:
                SALES.EXE
                SETUP.EXE
                OPTION1.EXE
                OPTION2.EXE
                CONVDB.EXE
                SALESTXT.EXE

07-16-91 - The following files have been modified in release
           3.5F:

                SALES.EXE
                CONVDB.EXE

           Due to the changes it is essential that you recreate
           your indexes.

07-16-91 - Optimized the indexing section of the setup program.
           Please recreate your indexes before running this new
           version.

07-16-91 - Fixed bugs that hung the system.  Not 100 % sure I have
           it fixed as of yet.  Please let me know if you have a
           problem.

07-16-91 - You can now have both numeric, alpha, or alphanumeric
           item numbers.

07-16-91 - Added highlighting of the keyword when using the keyword
           search module.

06-26-91 - The Latest Version of the Sales Door can now be file
           requested from two different networks.  FIDONet at
           1:259/206 or PODNet at 93:9630/6.  The magic word is
           SALES.

06-26-91 - Fixed a bug that caused a runtime error in the categories
           section of the program.

06-16-91 - Fixed bug on main menu that prompted with stxt[?]
           Fixed bug that did not allow zmodem to show on protocol
           menu

06-11-91 - Added Print Option
           You can now select whether or not you wish to print your
           invoices and memberships.  If you set the flags to yes,
           inside the General Setups options screen, the system will
           automatically print the invoice or membership to the parallel
           printer port you have selected within PCBoard.

06-11-91 - Added Languages Capabilities.
           You can now define language files that will be called
           according to the language selected by PCBoard.  The
           file named SALESTXT.EXE can perform this function.  It can
           be run as both a door and stand alone.  I have added routines
           in the General Setup module that will generate the proper
           batch file for running SALESTXT.EXE locally.

           SALESTXT accesses files named SALESTXT.???.  The ???
           stands for the PCBoard language file extension.
           ie: PCBOARD.FRE will result in SALES looking for
           a file named SALESTXT.FRE.  If it does not exist
           it will default to SALESTXT.

           I have made SALESTXT.EXE into a door for various reasons.
           The least of which is portability.

           As most of you know, you will need valid PCBOARD.SYS and
           PCBOARD.DAT files to run this way.  For thos of you who
           don't know, simply go into PCBoard locally, from the main
           menu press F5.  Copy PCBOARD.SYS and PCBOARD.DAT to a
           your sales directory.  Go into the SETUP program for SALES
           and create a new configuration with all paths to leading to
           you sales door directory.  Save the configuration using F10
           and Select Define Language Files from the Setup Main Menu.

           You will now be asked for a filename to edit/convert.  Enter
           the name of the file.  If it does not exist the system will
           create it for you.

           Once you have done this you will see 2 lines of text.  The one
           that is red is the line in the file you are editing.  The other
           is the original prompt from the sales door.

06-11-91 - Fixed bugs in the trapping of character values for
           flagging and categories.

06-08-91 - Fixed a bug in the freight calculation.

06-08-91 - Version 3.5 Wide Beta Released.

        All comments are welcome.

06-07-91 - Fixed Category bug that caused runtime error.

06-07-91 - Fixed Keyword bug that caused runtime error.

06-07-91 - Added Freight Option

        You can now select whether or not you are going to use
        the freight option in your setup.

        If 'N' is specified the door will not prompt for freight
        company.

06-07-91 - Added Membership Registration Option.

        This option will allow you to accept membership registrations
        and automatically upgrade the users security level.  If you
        cannot accept VISA, Mastercard, or AMEX, this option will not
        be all tha useful.

        It works as follows:

                You must first create your memberships list, refer to
                membship.doc and MEMB.TXT.  It is really straight
                forward.
                Next, select 'Y' for memberships in the setup program
                option 1.
                Specify what the name of you memberships list is and
                the name of the file you wish to log all membership
                registrations to.
                Save the configuration file.

        When you run the door you will see that another option will
        appear on the main menu.

06-06-91 - Added Indexing, Category Functionality and increased limits.

                   THE DATABASE IS NOW UNLIMITED!!!!!!

        The On-Line Sales Door now works with indexing.  To index
        your current database use selection 2 from the setup program.

        This conversion will create 26 SALESNDX.? files, a CATEGORY.BBS,
        an 10 ITEMNO?.NDX and as many CAT?.BBS files as you have categories
        defined.

        This may take a while depending on the size of your databse.
        I have tested it on a file with 5500 entries and a 286-10. It
        took about 5 minutes.

        I fixed the bug with the categories.  The system will now handle
        up to 99999 categories and as many items in each category as you
        need.  That should be enough<grin>.

05-31-91 - Fixed 2 bugs

        Fixed a bug that specified an invalid orders directory.  Caused
        door to hang.

        Fixed a bug that messed up the default taxation.

05-30-91 - Added Key File Encryption

 The On-Line Sales Door Now operates with a KEY file.  To Obtain a Key
 File Just enter the Sales Key Door.  This key will enable all functions
 in the sales door.

 The following type of keys are available:

 Demo Key: Allows you complete use of all functions for a 1 month trial.
           Price: Free.

 1 Year Key: Allows all functionality for a 1 year period.
             Price: $40.00

 Unlimited Key: Allows all functionality forever.
                Price: $120.00

 The change in structure has been due to high demand, support and
 modifications.
 Anyone that has already registered The On-Line Sales Door has been
 setup for an Unlimited Key.  All other registrations will be applied
 against the above rates.

 If you do not have one of the above keys you cannot access credit card
 verification, downloading of invoices, or save more than 1 order at a
 time.  There is also about a 20 second delay upon entering the door
 that will dissappear.

 Version 3.4b of The On-Line sales door contains all information.  As of
 this point I will not support any earlier versions of the sales door.
 Please download the appropriate file and your registration Key.


05-13-91 - Added Credit Card Verification.

        - When Running Setup if you enter a 'Y' for Credit Cards will
          enable the credit card verification Routines.
          If card verification is enabled you also have to select which
          cards you use on the system.  At the moment VISA, Mastercard, and
          AMEX are supported.

05-26-91

        - New Setup Program Created.  Now supports Multiple Configurations,
          sorting of configurations, reading and modification of existing
          configurations.

October 13 1989 - added Keyword search capablities and BBS or company name
                  to configuration file.  The BBS or company name will be
                  displayed at the top of each page that is displayed.   


Well at this point I lost track of the dates so here is a list.

- place orders online.
- flag items for order as you browse the database.
- tax calculations added.
- freight calculations added (Up to 4 different types + other field).
- tax and freight defaults added to configuration file.
- Canada and USA prompts default added to configuration.


Back to The Dates!!!!!!!!

- Apr 25th 1991 - Added the first setup program.
- Apr 26th 1991 - Fixed The Bug stopping the entry of taxation.
- Apr 26th 1991 - Added Communications Port definition
- Apr 27th 1991 - Enhanced Screen Writes
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added downloading of invoices option
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Zmodem
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added MobyTurbo
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Ymodem
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Ymodem-G
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Xmodem
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Xmodem/CRC
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Xmodem-1k
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Qmodem-G
- Apr 28th 1991 - Added Ymodem-1k
- Apr 29th 1991 - Added New Options to Setup Program.
- May 13th 1991 - Added VISA, MasterCard, & AMEX Credit Card Verification
- May 13th 1991 - Fixed Amounts Bug in Order Placement
- May 13th 1991 - Fixed Taxable Amount on ASCII Invoice
- May 13th 1991 - Added Credit Card and Expiry to ASCII Invoice