Hello Internet Chatter, Welcome to mIRC 5.02 - What is new ?? * mIRC 5.02 is a buggy fix release after the popular version 5.0 It fixes the small buggies that turned up in the previous version 5.0 and brings several new features to IRC chatting. The package includes a new list of IRC servers and a fresh IRC Intro. Also a new mIRC FAQ is available for solving virtually all possible problems with mIRC. mIRC comes in a 16 and a 32 bit self extracting and installing cabinet. The 16 bits version runs on win 3.1 and above on a (TCP/IP) Winsock. The 32 bits version needs Windows95, or Win3.11 with the win32s extentions. * File names and download addresses: MIRC502S.EXE The 16 bit mIRC issue size 813056 bytes MIRC502T.EXE The 32 bit mIRC issue size 724992 bytes MFAQ32HP.ZIP The mIRC FAQ (Help format) size 92263 bytes MIRCFQ32.ZIP The mIRC FAQ (Write format) size 84263 bytes The 16 bit mIRC (for win 3.x): ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/winirc/mirc502s.exe Terre Haute, IN ftp://ftp.midtenn.net/pub/mirrors/winsock-l/winirc/mirc502s.exe Cookeville, TN The 32 bit mIRC (for Win95, WinNT and Win32s): ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/IRC/mirc502t.exe Terre Haute, IN ftp://ftp.midtenn.net/pub/mirrors/winsock-l/Windows95/IRC/mirc502t.exe Cookeville, TN The mIRC FAQ (Help format): ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/IRC/mfaq32hp.zip Terre Haute, IN ftp://ftp.midtenn.net/pub/mirrors/winsock-l/winirc/mfaq32hp.zip Cookeville, TN The mIRC FAQ (Write format): ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/IRC/mircfq32.zip Terre Haute, IN ftp://ftp.midtenn.net/pub/mirrors/winsock-l/winirc/mircfq32.zip Cookeville, TN More download addresses are available on the mIRC Web site, on the Download page; http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.html * What is new in mIRC 5.02 ?? mIRC's new version 5.02 is mainly created to solve some small problems of version 5.0. As usual also some new features are introduced and old features and options are improved. Also mIRC's interface is restyled to fit better to modern Windows (Win95) look and feel. The Alias, Popups and Remote sections are all placed into one editor now. This offers a somewhat faster and more compact interface for you to construct your own script lines. Some small scripting examples are included in mIRC to show new users its ease of use. The switchbar appearance changed with the addition of mini-icons to the buttons. Scripts can now even add sub-menus to the channel, query, nicklist, and menubar popups! * What is fixed in mIRC 5.02 ?? A small misconception disabled the functionality of the !@#$%^.... keys for Scandinavian users. This is fixed now, sorry folks! The toolbar appearance is changed and toolbar button colors now appear correctly under different color setups. * 21/04/97 - mIRC v5.02 Fixes and Additions: 1.Fixed Alt-Gr key for non-UK/US keyboards. 2.Fixed joining a channel in channel folder. 3.Perform section now performs after MOTD is completely processed, and the Channels Folder now pops up after the perform section is completed. 4.Now handles numeric 437 Nick/channel is temporarily unavailable. 5.Fixed long server version bug (yeesh). 6.Added .ln property to $sline() to return line number of selected item. 7.Fixed /aline/rline bug when a colour is specified. 8.Can now specify colour number without the "-c" prefix for /aline, /iline, and /rline. 9.Fixed bugs in !nick filename. 10.Fixed $scriptdir in on LOAD/START events. 11.Fixed loadbuf/savebuf gpf with invalid parameters. 12.Now uses a tabbed dialog for aliases/popups/remote so you can switch between them easily. 13.Now adds lines to custom windows using "normal" text colour. 14.Can now use nickname in $query(), returns $null if not in query with nickname. 15.Improved Control-Tab routine for tabbed dialogs. 16.Fixed ! remote halt suffix bug. 17.Improved Find Text routine in APR dialog. 18.Fixed an old bug in the {} bracket counting routine. 19.Added a "{}" button to APR dialog to check if the {} count in the current script is correct. 20.Fixed mIRCLink INI file bug. 21.Changed toolbar appearance, also toolbar button colours now appear correctly under different colour setups. 22.Changed switchbar appearance, also added mini-icons to buttons. 23.Fixed /sline command. 24.Fixed /play not allowing following commands to be processed. 25.Fixed up/down keys in custom window editbox. 26.Improved /loadbuf and /savebuf, can now specify a range of lines. eg. /loadbuf 5-25 @moo moo.txt /savebuf 1-50 @moo moo.txt 27.Fixed Next/Timestamp conflict in system menu. 28.Fixed finger server problem with unix fingers (?) 29.Can now use %variable for menuITEM or menuTITLE, if the variable is not defined, the menu item or entire submenu is not displayed. 30.Changed popup menu routines in various places to accomodate 31. 31.Added "menu" prefix for use in scripts. Allows you to add sub- menus to the standard menus: menu status { } You can also add sub-menus to the channel, query, nicklist, and menubar popups. All loaded scripts are scanned for menus to add. For custom windows you can use: menu @window { [dclick /command] } You can specify @window as the popup filename when creating the window with the /window command. The dclick specifies the command that should be performed when a user double-clicks in a @window. The line-number of the line that was clicked is in $1 for listboxes. 32.Directory displayed to a user in a fileserver now appears as a root directory instead of the full directory path on the HD. 33.Added $version identifier which returns the mIRC version number 34.Added /ctcpreply [message] command. 35.Fixed /unload -rs switch. 36.Added "fixed width buttons" switchbar option. 37.Fixed bug in Installation Program which was resulting in mIRC reporting an install error for some people. 38.Added -s switch to /aline, /iline, and /rline, to select the line that was just added, or if you want currently selected lines to remain selected you can specify the -a switch instead. 39.Fixed memory bug when processing lines in listboxes. 40.Can now also use Alt+APR to switch quickly between tabs in the editor dialog. 41.Added $mircini and $ddename identifiers. 42.Now checks for and prevents double-separators in popup menus. 43.DCC Send/Get switchbar buttons now turn light grey when the transfer has finished. 44.Optimized DCC Send/Get switchbar buttons progress display routine. 45.Fixed /window [x y [w h]] bug. 46.Fixed text bolding in mark/copy. 47.mIRC now converts old remote .ini files when they are loaded, each section is loaded and automatically converted. Removed "convert" menu option. Same for /load command. 48.Added on DISCONNECT event, eg.: on 1:DISCONNECT:/echo *gack!* 49.Tooltips should now display correctly under different setups. 50.Fixed small connect retry bug. 51.Fixed window sizing problems when main mirc window is minimized. 52.If "show queries in active window" is checked, private actions now appear correctly in a channel window. 53.Added .mrc script file extension to the file dialogs extensions list. 54.Added colours toolbar button. 55.Can now get and read long filenames in fileserver. 56.When you press a function key and all windows are minimized, mIRC defaults to using the status window. 57.Fixed gpf bug with on start/load/connect combo and /loading files. The on connect event now triggers *after* normal processing of the End of MOTD raw event. 58.Fixed $readini -n switch. * mIRC Homepages on: http://www.mirc.co.uk/index.html http://www.moc.kw/mirc/index.html http://www2.axi.net/mirc/index.html http://www.conesul.com.br/mirc/index.html http://www.geocities.com/~mirc/index.html http://splash.ee.techpta.ac.za/~mirc/index.html http://www-2.nijenrode.nl/software/mirc/index.html