Version 5.5 Build 450.2: Info on update released July 9, 2002
SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT THIS UPDATE:
- V5.5 Build 450.2 is a minor update over 450.1.
HOWEVER, it is a major update if you are upgrading from v5.4.449.6
previous versions. You should read the AUP 450.1 history changes.
A converter tool is required (convertwc55.exe) to convert from
v5.4.449.6 or less to v5.5.
- Before you run the AUTOUPDATE, make sure Wildcat! is shutdown
completely. AUTOUPDATE does tells you to shut it down, but some
people don't read the initial screen.
- After you run the AUTOUPDATE, you need to do two things:
1) Run ConvertWc55.EXE if you are upgrading from v5.4.449.6 or
anything less. If you currently have 450.1, you don't need
to run this conversion utility.
2) Run AddPrompts.exe to update the language prompts. A new
switch /FULL was added to perform a complete prompts update.
Previous, it only added new ones. If you converting, you
need to use the /FULL switch.
- If you have a license for WcReports, you should also run
WcReportsUpgrade.exe
Changes, Fixes, New Features and Enhancements by Wildcat! Component
WCSERVER
- WCSERVER.EXE had a kill date of May 31. Removed and immediately
re-released on May 31.
- Wildcat! SDK functio, DeleteFileRec(), now honors the
TFileRec.NeverDelete option.
Note: automated tools expecting to be able to delete records, must be
aware of the records NeverDelete flag.
WCBASIC
- modules updated
html-personal.wcc - allows password changed via WEB
ques.wcc - now supports user validation field
wcrefresh.wcc - file area synchronization w/ LFN support
download files.wcc - extra waitenter was added by mistake
msgutil.wcc - new message prompts updated.
the follow modules were updated for string escaping adjustments:
htmlutil.wcc
html-file password.wcc
html-create message.wcc
html-new message.wcc
html-message.wcc
html-msgselect.wcc
- AUP distribution of wcrefresh.wcx was recompiled for LFN support.
Note: It was missing from distribution since 449.6
TEMPLATES
- URL typos fixed:
http\template\File_listing.htm
http\template\File_New.htm
PROMPTS
- AddPrompts.exe was updated.
For 450.1, customers were required to copy the prompts.new file
over the language\wildcat.wcp to get the full new 450.1 prompts.
The addprompts.exe utility did not change existing prompts nor
did it remove old prompts.
The new 450.2 Addprompts.exe now has a /FULL switch which will
allow you to update prompts which has changed and remove old
prompts.
TIP: Run Addprompts.exe /FULL, allow it to analyze the changes
and then answer N to the "final update proceed" question.
Then review the log file addprompts.log to see what prompts
were changed.
If you modified any of the base package prompts, you will lose the
changes if you perform a /FULL update. Make a backup of the
language\wildcat.wcp or use the WCPROMPT.EXE utility to export the
current prompts to *.PRM files.
WCCORE.DLL
- Fixed the Full Screen Editor "Escape" layout.
- Fixed a WCT template buffer corruption bug
CONVERTER
- Fixed ConvertWc55.exe utility to read the configuration data path to
locate the files database.
- Converter now copies the SystemPassword (if defined) from the from
HKEY_CURRENT_USER wildcat folder to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE wildcat
location. This eliminates the need to run wcSYSPW again to reset the
password in the new location.
WCMAIL
- Fixed bug reading badly formatted BASE64 messages.
NOTE: WCMAIL v.5.5.450.2 was AUP released on June 7, 2002, 5:00pm
WCREPORTS
- Fixed some compatibility problem with WCREPORTS (in general VB
applets)
- If you have Microsoft OCX missing files when you run WcReports, use the
WcReportsUpgrade.exe setup to install the missing files.
WCCONFIG
- Fixed minor display bug with WCONFIG | COMPUTERS | HTTP Proxy checkbox
WEB SERVER
- Default Security Profile home page now works for HTM and WCT
extensions. The *.WCT file is searched. If not found, the *.HTM is
seached. If not found, the default index page is used.
- Fixed redirection to proper default home page after a new questionaire
is completed. The fix includes support for default Security Profile
home page.
- Updated MIME_TYPES.CFG with new mime types (i.e., text/html xml
required for IE browser)
- Fixed all web pages escaping/unescaping issues originating with
fixing bug of downloading of files with long file names.
- Fixed extra "/" in URL when URL has "PUBLIC/"
- Fixed a bug in 449.5 where a new user account created, but did not
complete the quesnew questionnaire did not delete the account.
- NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS AN UNOFFICIAL SUPPORT ITEM:
WEB Server IP Address Binding
It is now possible to bind the single IP address to the WEB HTTP port
on multi-home machines. The Windows registry is used to set the
Host domain name or IP address. Use the WcRegEdit.exe utility.
Examples:
wcregedit /local /value:wcWeb\HostAddress /string:208.247.131.29
wcregedit /local /value:wcWeb\HostAddress /string:bbs.winserver.com
Either an IP address, domain name or computer name can be used. If
blank or the variable "hostaddress" is not defined, the web server
falls back to binding all addresses on the machine. Note: Winserver
does't bind all. Windows Socket commands does. It accepts one ip
address or all ip addresses on the machine.
We want to see how this works before we add it to the other Wildcat!
TCP/IP services (FTP, TELNET, etc).
WCDRAW
- Fixed the "Display Macros" listbox in wcDRAW.
WCSMTP
- Added support for outgoing email footers (no X-headers are supported
since it will require extension header parsing). Only the conference
0 footer will be read.
- SMTP will now strip the "/" string found in the user name prior to
authentication. I believe this will help users who have virus
protectors designed to have a SMTP login field format of
"username/domain" as part of the virus protector shell. However, if
the user disables the virus protector, the setup is still there in the
SMTP client thus causing authentication errors (user "username/domain"
user not found).
WCFTP
- File Owner can no longer delete a file, only the File area Sysop
(this was added in 450.1, but was incorrect)
- File Owner/sysop can now overwrite/replace a file.
- New FTP trace log option:
Optional Registry DWORD item, wcFTP\EnableFTPTrace, allows for tracing
a single session. Use WcRegEdit to set it on or off:
wcregedit /value:wcFtp\EnableFtpTrace /dword:1
wcregedit /value:wcFtp\EnableFtpTrace /dword:0
NOTE: This is mainly for debugging/solving ftp client issues. DO NOT
ENABLE THIS OPTION FOR NORMAL FTP OPERATIONS SINCE IT WILL TRACE
CONCURRENT SESSIONS IN THE SAME FILE WITHOUT SESSION
INFORMATION.
- Anonymous FTP Connections limits
Optional Registry DWORD item, wcFTP\AnonymousFTPLimit, allows you to
limit the number of current Anonymous FTP connections to your system.
For example, if you set this value at 5, only 5 anonymous accounts at
the same time. Use WcRegEdit to set the value:
wcregedit /value:wcFtp\AnonymousFtpLimit /dword:5
WCRADIUS
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- Restored the call type in wcRADIUS back to DIALUP call type. This
fixes the multiple logon problem.
WCPOP3
- POP3 will now strip the "/" string found in the user name prior to
authentication. I believe this will help users who have virus
protectors designed to have a POP3 login field format of
"username/domain" as part of the virus protector shell. However, if
the user disables the virus protector, the setup is still there in the
POP3 client thus causing authentication errors (user "username/domain"
user not found).
- Fixed a minor bug with the "TOP x y" command, shows double dots.
- Fixed a BASE64 conversion buffer overwrite bug.
MISCELLANEOUS
- New file wciphlpapi.dll is now distributed with WINSERVER.
A new dll called wciphlpapi.dll is now required by WINSERVER. This
new dll resolves the 450.1 dependency on the Microsoft IP helper
library (iphlpapi.dll) which is not found on NT 4.0, Win 9x systems
unless it was specifically installed by the user (usually
software developers or some other Microsoft application).
What this means is that, a) v5.5.450.2 will once again work on ALL
Windows operating systems, and b) that wcSMTP will fall back to only
using 1 DNS server address when the Microsoft DLL (iphlpapi.dll) is
not installed on the machine. When installed, wcSMTP will support
multiple DNS address lookups.
- "Check for Mail" access check. ANSI/TELNET Logins only.
A popular request was "How do you disable the automatic check for mail
during logins?" The typical answer was wcBasic recoding of the
LOGON.WCC module. Now ANSI/LOGONS will check to see if the user has
"Check for Mail" access. You can set/unset the access in wcCONFIG |
Access Profiles | Menus