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|  FILES2TG 1.00.wb2 New features and fix documentation
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|  Full Featured FILES.BBS to Telegard 3.0 converter.
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|  Copyright 1994-1996 by Dave Turner & THN Programming,
|  All rights reserved.
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|  As of: January 21, 1996
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  Since the first wide beta (wb) release, there have been a few bug fixes,
  and additions made to FILES2TG.EXE. The following is a list of important
  changes/fixes made since v1.00.wb1 (WideBeta-1).

            Any [b] bug fixes are things that HAVE been fixed.

  *NOTE*  This version is also a wide beta version, and will most likely
          be the LAST wide beta revision before v1.01 is released public.

[a] = Anecdotal Comment       [b] = Bugfix        [r] = Revised
[+] = Addition                [-] = Removed       [f] = Future Addition


    [b]  Fixed a rather nasty bug which caused the last link in an .FBE
         extended description linked list not to be set to -1. This bug
         caused problems  with some utilities such as FFList, Bluewave,
         and any other utility that did not correct for the error (like
         Telegard does)  The last link in the FBE for a file now should
         ALWAYS be -1.

         Although  this  problem shouldn't have caused much trouble, If
         you want, you can  (1)  Re import file descriptions   or   (2)
         Use Lars Hellsten's FMAINT to pack extended descriptions.  
         
          Thanks to Michael Smith for reporting this one!

    [b]  Changed the order of the command  line  parameters help screen
         displayed when using /?, ? or -?. The argument letters spelled
         the word "BUM" and some people (picky people) were upset.

    [-]  Removed the "ForceDiskSwap /X" command line argument.  If  you
         were using it in the past, please read on...

    [+]  Added new command line argument (/E"??") which allows  one  to
         choose the swapping (swap location) type on-the-fly.  If  this
         parameter is not specified, Telegard's configrec.swapshelltype
         (taken from CONFIG.TG) will be used instead. Valid shell types
         depend on your hardware, but EMS, XMS and DISK are available.

    [+]  Added better swap error handling routines. As a matter of fact,
         the original code didn't have any error trapping.  If there is
         an error during swap,  a message will be returned to the user,
         and all activity will be stopped.   This error returns the DOS
         errorlevel 3.

    [r]  An  optimization of memory usage has solved many problems when
         running under DESQ.  Problems in the past were because of  the
         swapping routines not getting enough memory. The best settings
         (for now) is to use "direct to screen writes" and  "virtualize
         text".

    [r]  Logging is disabled by default. If you wish to use the logging
         functions, pass the parameter.

    [b]  Refreshing entries  was not working properly w.r.t writing the
         fbrec.uldate or fbrec.filedate. Minor problem: Forgot to  code
         it ;>

    [b]  /Ignore extended descriptions now functions as it  did  before
         the WideBeta-1 release.  



    [f]  A future release of this programme will implement better  file
         handling under larger multi-node systems.  These features will
         includes (1) complete OS awareness (2) OS specific time slices
         (3) 100% open for-short-time-only files  (4) Record locking if
         SHARE.EXE is present  (5) use of DESQ video segment.   **THESE
         ARE FEATURES TO BE ADDED AT A FUTURE DATE, SOMETIME BEFORE THE
         FINAL RELEASE **