v4.7 Small bug fix, Real small. May have gone un-noticed. If you saved the first page, then went onto the Second page, and changed your mind about the Newsletter by hitting ESC key. The First page would have shown up when you re-created your next NewsLetter. This is fixed. The auto-trim feature seems to be working pretty good! See below: v4.6 HAS A NEW FEATURE THAT INVOLVES THE .CFG FILE (CATNEWS.CFG) PLEASE READ! Catnews! v4.6 now has an auto-maintenance function built-in for keeping old newsletters in line. Line 5 of the .CFG file (Below your Key Code) SO, FOR UNREGISTERED USERS, PLEASE PLACE Zeros' or Something on LINE 4. CATNEWS.CFG MUST HAVE 5 LINES IN IT!!!! What is the Auto-Maintenance Function? Well, Today I was thinking about how to keep from going in and deleting OLD Newsletters, but saving the last 3 or 4 around in dated order. So I looked at the C source code and found a way to KEEP a specified number of Newsletters. Line 5 (of .CFG) will specify how many Newsletters to KEEP when you enter a new one. For Example: If Line 5 had a 4 on the Line, When you run Catnews! and enter another Newsletter (and Dont Delete the old Newsltr.BBS), Catnews! will create the New NEWSLTR.xxx for you and KEEP the LAST 4 that were in the Previous NEWSLTR.XXX (as you specified it on line 5). If you want to keep all the NEWSLETTERs the way v4.5 and below did, Simply put a 0 on LINE 5 to disable the Maintenance function. Line 5 can be any number you specify, MUST BE AN INTEGER, from 0 to 9999. After 9999 Newsletters, (If anyone ever reaches that many , it will start deleting the 10,000th. After you make this change to your CATNEWS.CFG file by adding a LINE 5, Use the DOS Attribute command and make the CATNEWS.CFG read ONLY so you don't accidently delete or over-write your .CFG file. This is important for Registered USERS since I don't CHARGE for UPGRADES on my Products and will not change your KEY CODE that you use. This SHAREWARE version is still listed at $15.00 + $5.00 handling and you get a DISK shipped to you. v4.5 Re-Compiled the Catnews Program with BIOS Screen Writes. Some People were reporting that the CATNEWS program was showing PathNames or garbage in the Program and in the NEWSLTR. I had seen this only when running under Windows. I never saw it under DOS. Either Way, I Re-compiled the program with Some changes. Hopefully it is fixed! V4.4 was a Beta Test and NOT Distributed. v4.3 NetWork users kept getting a Command Line error when catnews started. This is fixed. Catnews or CATNEWS /Q is the only accepted line. v4.2 A few Users requested that I add the option of Adding an additional page when you completed one. So now, in addition to the F4 to Save, there is a PgDn key option to Save and bring up another Page. This will continue until you actually Finish with the F4 key. Here are the Editor Options. F4 - Saves and Finishes the Newsletter. ESC - Quits without saving. PgDn - Saves current page, and Brings up a new blank page to edit. *** Sound a Problem? *** I added a /Q Command Line switch to Disable sounds. To disable Sound, start Catnews with a /Q Ex. CATNEWS /Q v4.1 3 different Headers are added to the Catnews! v4.1 The Header will change from the standard one when News is APPENDED to the OLD news. This results in a change of "look" when the Next date comes up. As soon as CATNEWS! Reads in the OLD Newsletter, it will Read the old Header, and Change to a New Header for the Current News. There are now 3 different Catnews! Headers that will show as your Newsletter Gets longer. When only 1 newsletter is created with 1 date, the Standard Catnews Header is used. As you Add to the Newsletter, the Header will rotate for each date. ***NOTE!!! The HEADER of the NEWSLETTER will only change on FUTURE newsletters you Enter. I don't touch the newsletters that you already have written, (meaning previous dates). As you add onto the NEWLETTER by Selecting [N]o Deletion, it will change the header of the Current Newsletter. As you use Catnews!, you will see the Newsletter Header is changing from 1, 2, and 3. 1, 2, and 3 providing that you would never delete the Old News. v4.0 Release for Compatibility for WC4.x and WC3.x Versions. NOTE! Catnews will NOT work with the TEST DRIVE Version as this uses WC @CODES@. BBSNews will work for the TEST DRIVE Version as it uses ANSI Codes. Small Fix for RIP Screen display that may have gone un-noticed. v3.3 Cleaned up the Sound Effects and Rip Screen a bit. No other change. FidoNet Address changed to 1:2614/716 FREQ' CATNEWS for latest at any time. v3.2 No difference in the Results of the Program. However, this release is just a clean release to keep the version number straight. v3.1 was renamed to v3.2 for clean release. v3.0 Well. Version 3.0 now has a full feature full screen Editor that lets you Edit the actual Newsletter. The Newsletter created has a "VGA Look and Feel" to it and the new window interface lets you create the newsletter on the fly. CatNews v3.0 is Now shareware and can be used or evaluated for 15 days. After that period, you must either register it with me or delete it from your hard disk. Only $15.00 US. Credit Card Door ONLINE at Maddog Productions. I have recently installed WC Charge, an online credit card ordering door for users to register the shareware or the BBS subscriptions. For fast service of your Key Code, You can Register ONLINE and within 24 to 48 hours, I will have your Key Code waiting for you in the Email section of the Private Mail Conference. The cost is $15.00 US + $5.00 for Handling. (Total cost is $20.00 by CC).