Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : TAPEDR42.ZIP
Filename : WHATS.NEW

 
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WHAT'S NEW IN VER 4.2 08-26-91

Ver 4.2 will use all the same commands and files as before. just
copy the TAPE42.EXE ,Rename your TAPE41.CFG To TAPE42.CFG if you
like and change the calling batch files to call TAPE42 TAPE42.CFG.
If you would like to use the errorlevels in 4.2 then READ ON!.


Prompts:

When entering a filename tape door will no longer use the hot
key setting at 12 characters but will now wait for 15 chr to
lessen the confusion when a 12 character filename is entered
there by killing the hot key effect.


Volume check:

Tapedoor will now check for the existence of the Volume text file.
when prompted for a Volume number their file is in, If the caller
chose volume 1 it will attempt to find the coinciding text
file for this area if found it will then prompt for the
filename if the door is set to use filenames not volume numbers
If The volume text file did not exist it will display a error
and return them to the volume prompt.


File Check:

Each time a filename is entered Tapedoor will open the Volume
text file for that file and input the first 13 bytes of each
line and compare each file in the txt file to their file name
if the file was not found it would return them to the same spot
before entering the bad file name after displaying a file not
found message.

Errorlevels:

Tape Door now uses errorlevels in the calling batch file
errorlevel 255 is passed when a user selects 4 to exit the door
errorlevel 254 is passed when the user restores a file and a
errorlevel of 253 is passed when a user aborts a restore job.

Here is my batch file! (TAPEDOOR.BAT)

@ECHO OFF
CD\SF\DOORS\TAPEDOOR
:LOOP
TAPE42 TAPE42.CFG
IF ERRORLEVEL 255 GOTO GONE
IF ERRORLEVEL 254 GOTO RESTORE1
IF ERRORLEVEL 253 GOTO NOPE
GOTO GONE
:RESTORE1
REM ERR=254 WAS CALLED "CALLING TAPE DRIVE/POST.BAT"
CALL-IT.EXE POST.BAT
DEL POST.BAT
GOTO LOOP
:NOPE
REM ERR=253 WAS CALLED "ABORTED RESTORE JOB"
GOTO LOOP
:GONE
REM ERR=255 WAS CALLED "EXIT DOOR"

New displays:

The main menu has lost its Box surround the display to speed up
the menu.
After the post message is displayed or the users choses EXIT
it will display there files or volume number that their about
to restore and give them the option to abort the restore job and
pass a errorlevel of 253 to the calling bat file.


// Ver 4.1 //

Will respond to symbols in the text display to color the string or
parts of it,,, more info in the color me section.

Tape door 4.1 is now a stand alone EXE

Will now return the comport as 0 when the sysop logs on locally to
force a bad command if the CTTY COM Command is used to allow the sysop
to use the door, and not beat on the modem.

Tape Door will now display a message on how the sysop has setup the door
to restore the file, Read and edit POST.MSG this will be display just
before tape door exits.

Will allow the sysop to set how many files the user can restore at one time
this is for tape drives that can restore multi files from their tape.

Will allow the sysop to set if * or ? will be used in the filename, on some
drives this will restore all of a volume to the bbs.

Now allows the sysop to choose whether to restore Volumes or files to the
system, if Restoring by vol you will have to backup each program to a volume
of its own this way will allow programs with multi files to be restored to
bbs, tape door will allow you to use 99999 volumes. the volume number will
be sent to TAPE_41.BAT as %2 and will set the filename to *.* as %3.



  3 Responses to “Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : TAPEDR42.ZIP
Filename : WHATS.NEW

  1. Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

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