THD PROSCAN VERSION 5
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     THD ProScan Version 5 has some minor changes from version 4. The main 
reason for its release was the release (finally) of PKZIP 204e. Because this 
new version of PKZIP changes the code for its self extracting archives THD 
also needed to be revised (to recognize them).
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     Also because of this revision, PKZIP version 204e is absolutely 
required for the testing of "ZIP" archives. Use of earlier versions will 
cause valid files to fail.
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     THD ProScan now recognizes the newest self extracting archives from 
PKZIP. However because of the inability to find anyone with a registered 
copy of PKZIP, I have made a "guess" as to what will constitute the "AV" 
protection in these new "ZIP" files. There is no guarantee that the method 
used therein will be 100% accurate. However if I find it is not, I will 
certainly release an update to take care of that.
     The other MAJOR change to this version is the introduction of the
"HACK LIST". By using a list of filenames THD can reject (without testing) 
any file found on that list. That list MUST be one line per entry with file 
names only (no extensions). It is 100% compatible with the HACK REPORT's
"COL" file (the comments in that file will be ignored). The filenames in 
that list must be in CAPITAL letters ONLY. Files rejected for testing by 
this method will be moved to the "reject" directory for later testing by the 
sysop.
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**************************** INSTALLATION SAVIOR ***************************
              Due to popular demand the installation has been simplified for 
those persons running VERSION 4 of THD ProScan. The installation can now 
accept a path to a version 4 THDPRO.EXE as its parameter.
     Typing ...
THDINSTL.EXE C:\PRO-4\THDPRO.EXE
will cause the install to search the THDPRO.EXE in the "C:\PRO-4" directory 
and if found use the paths etc from that file. It will then prompt you for 
the name of the hack list to be used (which can be skipped by pressing 
"ENTER").
     Another suggestion from a user prompted me to allow THDPRO to accept a 
second parameter. That other parameter must be supplied AFTER the filepath 
to be tested and can ONLY be a number between 0 and 8. Using such a 
parameter will cause the user output to be sent to the comport corresponding 
to the number sent as the second parameter. Selecting "0" will cause all 
remote output to be suppressed (for use by users who are still online to 
a BBS). This will be useful for those persons running multi-node BBS's who 
wish to use the same copy of THD ProScan for both nodes. In this case one 
could configure THDPRO.EXE for com1 and override that setting when a file 
was to be tested on com2 by supplying "2" as a parameter after the filepath. 
The only acceptable separator for these parameters is a space. Please note 
that this tester was not written for multitasking and I cannot guarantee 
the results if it is called by both nodes at the same time. If the comport 
is supplied with a "/" or other separator, the second parameter will simply 
be ignored and all output will be sent to the default comport.
     THDPRO.EXE C:\FILES\TEST.ZIP
              would cause the Test.zip to be tested using the default 
comport for user output.
     THDPRO.EXE C:\FILES\TEST.ZIP 4
              would cause the Test.zip to be tested using comport 4 
regardless of the default comport.
     The delays internal to the tester (specifically the delay for ansi 
detect and the final delay while the ansi finishes) have been lengthened to 
allow some very fast systems with slow connect rates to complete their task. 
The delays will only be used when necessary to send the proper code and will 
not waste time after the code has been sent.
     One of the biggest headaches with version 4 has been it's annoying 
tendency to choke on archives which had files with illegal filenames. When 
an archive was extracted which had a space (or other illegal character in 
its name) the tester was unable to delete it at the appropriate time and 
would choke with a runtime error. This has been repaired in version 5.
     Beginning with Version 5, THD Proscan will now display the name of the 
file being tested as well as an ending message to let you know that it has 
finished running.