POW - Update History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ v1.0 - 7 Dec 93 - First Shareware release. ~~~~ v1.01 - 19 Dec 93 - Maintenance Release. ~~~~~ Fixed program lock-up caused by PageDown in some circumstances. Warning now given if text in editor not saved when exiting POW, with option to Save msg or Cancel exit. Optional Cancel on exit - in case user chooses exit in error. v1.02 - 17 Feb 94 - Maintenance Release. ~~~~~ Bugfixes:- Overflow error caused by large conference list in QWK control file. Overflow error caused by too many read messages. ERROR 380 Invalid Property Value. Hide/Kill top QWK pkt left Selected pkt name as old filename. SpaceBar msg navigation wrong when focus on some Toolbar buttons. Changing some header fields in editor didn't mark msg as edited. Current pkt was shut down when Kill/Hide different pkt. Problems with some Progress Boxes. Additions:- Improved error trapping and reporting. Creates intermediate dirs in paths if reqd & checks for valid dir names. Configurable font for editor. Editor TextBox width set according to text width (72chars). Add/Drop/Reset support for more mail doors. Exit button added. Additions and improvements to docs/help. v1.03 - 26 Feb 94 - Maintenance Release. ~~~~~ Bugfix:- Creating new folder when saving msg caused POW to loose focus. Amendments to docs/help:- Contact info for CompuServe changed & Internet added. v1.10 - 4 June 94. ~~~~~ Bug Fixes:- Editor Font user selection not set for next run FidoTag used Alt-F (conflict with File menu) - changed to Alt-I Exit from Editor even if no change caused "Not Saved" warning msg ANSIART not working in some cases Additions:- Automatic (or Manual) Installation File Attachments QMail door Add/Drop/Reset conf support Option to Beep on Personal msgs (To/From) Option to skip msgs already read Option to return to Conf/Folder List or continue (with/without beep) Improved Internet EMail support ("To:" line in reply, etc.) see ReadMe.TXT Advanced Options, including Quoting style and QWK pkt management Insert added to File Menu in Editor - merge text file into msg Search & Replace in Editor Reformat selected text in Editor Improved spelling checker now included with POW REP Index List format changed to show more relevant info Improved spacebar msg navigation Automatic ANSIART option for msg reading v1.20 - 2 Nov 94 ~~~~~ Bugfixes:- Editor - pick new tagline didn't set "edited" flag. Error if REP dir set to root. Getting double spaces in quoted text. Edit Menu - 2 "T"s Cut, Steal Tagline - Steal Tagline item removed. Enable Msg Editing didn't change cursor to I beam. Add folder, type in name, CANCEL it, POW still created it. Signatures description for F11 & F12 not working. Conf name wrong in REPLIES Folder when Conf changed in Editor. Reading an empty QWK left Progress Box on screen. Fatal Error if MESSAGES.DAT too big (replaced with warning msg). Replies to Compuserve msgs via Internet got quote string wrong. Replies to Compuserve msgs via Internet got "To" name wrong. Internet detection not working correctly with Wildcat 4 BBS software. Additions:- File Requests Allow for extra long Internet messages Option to run PKZIP/PKUNZIP as icon. Option to skip closing window (the "Thanks for using POW" one) Change to Upper/Lower case of marked text facility in Editor. Tagline selection - Default, Preset, Sticky, Sequential, Random. DOS type printing, using default printer font, bypass Win print Left Margin for printing ÿ chars removed from Subject in header. Re: chopped off Subject in MsgList, thus sorts better & no "Re: " All Dirs except Temp can now be Root (eg E:\) Remove excess blank lines from end of msg. Check for tearline when importing txt file into editor. "Enable Edit" on Edit Menu (Temp config - not saved to INI) Added warning for too big MESSAGES.DAT, returning to QWK Open. Stop saving msgs when Folders database full, preventing fatal error. Added warning for Folders database nearly full. Internet reply - get Subject: line from original & copy to reply Long Internet Subjects catered for. Internet Newsgroups supported Put date of QWK pkt in caption Group Messages feature - Conf & Name in recipient list text file. Show Information about the BBS. (Name, Location, Phone, Sysop, ID) UserName saved in INI for Personal msg beep in Folders with no QWK open Disabled "From me" beep in REPLIES Folder Improved Exit checks for edited msg - Cancel unload editor, cancels Exit Error and Warning Messages added to docs/help Ability to skip Corrupted or Empty msg and continue Longer conference names allowed for when reading messages v2.0 - 6 Jan 96 ~~~~ Bugfixes:- Editor text width wrong Editor text font not held for next run Editor window size not being saved Printer Font Option not being saved Too many files in QWK dir gave unrecoverable error Missing Data errors in Editor not returning to Editor Inability to read QWK files with invalid Date/Time value QWK file date format should be as ShortDate in Windows Control Panel QWK Info not saved if POW unloaded rather than using Exit Error "Can't show non-modal form when modal form is displayed" at startup "Loading Program" message disappeared during startup Occasional problems Killing replies and saving to REP Quoting selected text in big msg not working correctly Dir Setup - "Cancel" not working properly when creating directories View Screen - Next button & PgDn overflow error View Screen - Fault in saving Font for Graphics mode Loss of Network drive could cause unrecoverable "Disk not Found" error Deleting msg in Folder occasionally produced wrong Msg List display Toolbar hot keys Q and W not working if QWK contains no msgs Numerous minor problems cured Additions/Changes:- Toolbar for Editor User selected fonts extended to include all controls and View Screen Character conversion for high ASCII chars in a Windows ANSI font Check that all chosen fonts exist Mixed case Internet addresses now allowed Empty Subject field now allowed Add, Replace & Delete in Tagline Options Delete in Signatures dialog Multiple Folders directories via command line Custom Installation - VBXs & DLLs put in POW dir, option for Windows/System Insert key shows msg Index (Message List) Advanced Options section added to General Options dialog Detects POW already running & prevents running 2nd copy Win95 detected and small adjustments made Help buttons added to various dialogs Docs/Help improved Registrations now handled directly by author POW - v2.0 QWK mail reader for Windows. 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