旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Maximus Copyright 1997 � � User History cooke@playcom.com � � Editor Written by: Larry Cooke � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� v0.01� thru v0.04�: These versions were for just the basic screen colors, layouts, and basic i/o routines. v0.05�: At Gary Gilmore's suggestion, I added a second color option in the configuration menu. I really liked his suggestion over my version, I left the old version in as some beta testers liked it. Also, added the purge menu option stuff though the actual purge routine wasn't quite finished in this version. v0.06�: Finished the purge routines. Purging from the command line is now possible with MUE. I also added time slicing for those using Win95, OS/2 has had it since the first version... v0.07wb: This was the first wide beta version released. v0.08wb: Corrected a problem in the Key Label definitions. Seems if you put a value in the A-G keys they'd actually be saved in the Q-W positions. Corrected a problem when entering values greater than 65535 in the Matrix Credit/Debit fields, by default this also corrected some of the other fields too. Note that a value cannot exceed 65535 due to limitations in the field sizes as defined by Scott Dudley. Thanks to Bill Cooper for the heads up on both of these mites! Fixed the ChatA flag option. (Boy, I never dreamed I had this many critters in this program!) :-) Seems I had reversed the logic so it was reporting the reverse value. Thanks to Jack Smith for reporting this one! Implemented the page up/down keys in this version. Currently set to a value of 10. Thanks to Michael Kirst for reminding me to implement them. MUE will no longer display a Sysop level user's password regardless of the show password option. The only way to see a sysop's password is by pressing the W key to change it. This is a minor attempt to keep prying eyes from knowing them. Thanks again to Michael Kirst for this suggestion. I broke the time portion in the 1Call and LCall fields. These are now fixed. Thanks to Jack Smith for reporting this error. Fixed a problem with packing/purging users. If a USER.EXT file didn't exist, MUE would blow up with an error. This is fixed now. Thanks to Bill Cooper for reporting this error. v0.09wb: Corrected yet another problem in the Key Label definitions. This one is very embarrassing, I was displaying key choices 1 thru 9 and A thru W. Should be (and is now) 1 thru 8, A thru X. Thanks to Michael Kirst once again for noticing and reporting this mite! For those that defined your keys, they will be skewed by one after key 8. Sorry about this, but you'll have to reenter your definitions. Finally got the LIst option working. Of course the milage on this one will undoubtedly vary for you. :-) If there are any mites left, most likely it will be in this new routine. Please let me know if you find any! v0.10wb: Fixed the LCall field not being displayed in the LIst routines. - LC Also, corrected a display problem in the fourth screen, the MtxCrd and MtxDbt fields were overflowing. Also corrected a minor screen paint error. Thanks to Gary Zarzycki for pointing these out. Finally implemented the displaying of the Key definitions. The key definition is now displayed in the Expire field when editing users keys (pressing K). Corrected a logic flaw with the /g command line switch. I was setting the value to 1 if a number specified was greater than the last user record. Per Phil Roberts suggestion, MUE will simply jump to the last user record under these circumstances. v0.11wb: This is the first version made available via FTP, I'll leave it up to Gary Gilmore to distribute it via the FDN since this version expires on 3/31/97. v0.12wb: At Gary Zarzycki's suggestion, I moved the page number box (LIst mode) to the bottom of the screen and added a background color to help make it a little more readable. Thanks Gary! Fixed a bug in my routine for the OS/2 version that due to a typo wasn't releasing timer ticks, MUEP was sucking 100% of the CPU... v0.13wb: Fixed the D052 or P052 error when packing or purging the user base again. Temporary fix for this if it comes back again is to simply add a description to any user record, I recommend your user record as it's not likely to be deleted and thus recreate the error later. To add a description, load MUE(p) and on your user record press E to edit and then press your up arrow key once to highlight Description. Press enter and enter a description, any text will do for this purpose. This will create the USER.EXT file and should prevent the error. Added the ability to pass a config file name to MUE(p). With this, it is possible to use different configurations. The switch for this is /c. Example: MUE(p) /cD:\MUE\MUE001.CFG Added a Sort option. This can be accessed by pressing Ctl-S or Esc > File > Sort from the main menu. This option strictly sorts in memory. I see no need at this time to permanently sort the user file. As usual, I have tested this quite a bit but if you find anything wrong let me know. v0.14wb: Fixed a problem with the default for displaying the password not being saved to the .CFG file. Thanks once again to Michael Kirst for reporting this one. Also fixed it to prompt with a nag notice to save any changes made for the Sound and Show Password settings from the menu. Seems I forgot to add checks for any changes made to these two settings. Now you'll be nagged to save the .CFG file if you make changes without saving them. Thanks to Michael Andrews I have fixed an problem with external protocols not being listed in the available protocols. This only affected those with external protocols. Added a secondary sort when sorting the user base. Added Global Key Settings. With this I changed the menu a bit, there is now a Global menu choice. Within this menu you can choose the Key Settings, Purge Settings, and Sort the user base. I have created a document for this beast as now. I'll reserve this file for the purpose of changes made and use the document file to explain the uses of any new features. Also removed the expiration checks. Hopefully MUE is stable enough at this point to not have to worry about permanent support on beta versions. v0.15wb: Fixed a bug with saving the user base after sorting. While there wasn't any bugs per se in MUE, it appears the USER.IDX file needs to be deleted. The USER.IDX file is automatically recreated the next time Maximus is ran. Also fixed a screen bug when choosing Save As sorted from the menu. Screen wasn't repainting properly. Thanks to Ed Seneshen for reporting this error. v0.16wb Added the /a## command line switch. You can now add user descriptions via mex or mecca using this option. Corrected a fatal assumption in one of my .PRM checks. I was assuming the Maximus .PRM file would always be named MAX.PRM... Thanks to Zdravko Blagdan for reporting this error. Added logging when packing/purging users. To use this feature you'll need to specify a log file from in the configuration menu. Added the ability to determine sort direction. You can now sort in ascending or descending order. v0.17wb In my haste to release v0.16wb I forgot to remove some test code that prevented the /a## command line switch to the description to the USER.EXT file. This is now corrected. Thanks to Gary Gilmore for reporting this. v0.18wb Fixed a problem with the Expirey section. If a user was set to expire and you pressed the X key and then escape, his settings would be lost - this is now fixed. I think I corrected a display problem in the City/St field. Apparently on some users it's displaying garbage. Hopefully this one is fixed now. Thanks to Zdravko Blagdan for reporting these. Did some general clean up and added a .MEC sample file in MUEDESC.ZIP.