Scrabble Door - Whats.New

v3.0N Sat  08-17-1991

  -  Some major changes made in the way Scrabble handles the PASS.DAT
  file.  This will, hopefully, correct the problems with running the
  SDMaint utility.

  -  Included a ViewPass.Exe utility to see what's really in there!

v3.0M Tue  11-20-1990

  -  Changed the TopTen Winner's Bulletin to include some CR/LF's so
  that the maximum length of each line would be shortened.  These long
  lines were causing display problems with certain BBS programs (GT in
  particular).

  -  Found a minor glitch in the dictionary look-up routine in that it
  wouldn't find the FIRST word in the dictionary.  This HAS BEEN
  CORRECTED!  Thanks to Morton Cohen for finding this one!

  -  Have decided to change the format of the Scrabble.Gam file to be
  identical to the Multi-Node version game file.  This will enable the
  Game Editor program to work with both versions.

  PLEASE - Run Convert.Exe ONE TIME ONLY to convert your pre-Version M
  game files to the new format, then delete Convert.Exe!  It will create
  a ScrbGam.Bak file just in case.

  -  I've spent quite a bit of time refining the Status Bulletin
  routines (for both versions).  Hopefully, things will be a little
  better formatted from now on.  As a result, you'll need to upgrade
  both Maintenance programs as they both use the new Game Status
  procedure.

  -  I've improved the routine for reading the Scrabble.Cfg file so that
  any additional line comments are now ignored.  This will allow you to
  keep comments in the file for later reference.  Must be at least ONE
  space separating the config information and any comments!

  -  Along with the new Game file structure I've been able to utilize
  the procedures from the MN version for determining when a game is
  complete and Open for re-use.  This should solve any problems you have
  had with regards to recycling completed games.  Let me know ASAP if
  you have ANY problems.

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