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This document describes most of the major new features and functions, as well as some minor corrections and additions, in FrontDoor 2.32.mL since version 2.31.mL (released on 16-Jun-98).
Various notes ============= (*) There is now a native (32-bit) OS/2 version available of FrontDoor 2.32.mL! FD (Mailer) =========== (*) FD now supports the use of $[]-style macros in the DIAL .. END section of FDNODE.CTL. This will allow different tasks to use different calling prefixes (among other things) and for these prefixes to be changed at specific times of the day (by exiting to the batch file to change the contents of the environment variable). (*) Improved handling of STQ (STatic Queue) SPOOL entries. (*) Corrected handling of HUB-ROUTE and HOST-ROUTE commands in regards to the points of a hub. (*) FD will now create the semaphore FDTIMSNC.nnn in the semaphore directory as soon as it has synchronized its time from a remote time source. This semaphore can then be used in batch files and by other programs to update network servers, etc. (*) The nodelist browser has been modified to show "??" for stray node and point entries when browsing the Zone and Net levels. (*) The way FD "bumps" ARCmail filenames when receiving a duplicate filename has been modified so that the .MO9 extension is bumped to .MOA and .MOZ is bumped to .MO0. (*) Fixed FD to properly handle the "CONNECTING", "ALERTING", and "CALL SENT" modem responses during inbound calls. FM (Editor) =========== (*) FM should no longer allow a JAM-type folder to be selected (in any given situation) if FDOPT contains NOJAM or /NOJAM is specified on the command-line. (*) The problem with macro definitions that expand to more than 150 characters being truncated has been fixed. (*) FM's JAM handling code has been made somewhat more bullet-proof against corrupt JAM message bases. (*) The nodelist browser has been modified to show "??" for stray node and point entries when browsing the Zone and Net levels. (*) FM's parsing code for .CCL files has been made more tolerant to leading and trailing whitespace; this should allow for the contents of .CCL files to be evenly formatted/aligned. FDNC (Nodelist compiler/manager) ================================ (*) FDNC now supports the use of $[]-style macros in the DIAL .. END section of FDNODE.CTL. This will allow different tasks to use different calling prefixes (among other things) and for these prefixes to be changed at specific times of the day (by exiting to the batch file to change the contents of the environment variable). (*) The problem with flags for new (manually created) nodelist entries not being saved unless you actually went to the "Flags" field to edit it has been fixed. (*) The nodelist browser has been modified to show "??" for stray node and point entries when browsing the Zone and Net levels. FDSETUP (Configuration/Setup) ============================= (*) The handling of the "Modem.Command strings" settings has been modified so that it is possible to specify leading and trailing spaces for all strings that are not terminated by a vertical bar (|) character. This should allow for software that requires a space in dial prefixes, etc. to allow "Vmodem" (Internet) connections.