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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Netplex - Versions</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#004499" VLINK="#00224c" ALINK="#00cc00"> <H1><IMG SRC="images/world" ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE> Versions</H1> <HR> <P>This page details the changes which have been made to Netplex since the last released version.</P> <A NAME="022"><H2>0.22 (05 Sep 1997)</H2></A> <UL> <LI>A lot of work had been put into getting the serious error handling correct. Netplex is now significantly better at coping when, for example, the listening socket is forcibly removed. <LI>'Allow up to' field extended to allow up to 128 connections, as you can have when using the FreeNet stack. <LI>Connection timeout lower limit reduced to 1 minute. (DaveMac) <LI>Displays 'Waiting...' in the status window when idle. <LI>Displays a message in the status window when unconfigured. <LI>File buffer writable was a byte too small. (DaveMac) Also altered it so that its limits are 4-256K, in 4K steps. <LI>NpChoices now invokes Interactive Help using Help$Start. <LI>Some revisions to the messages and message tokens. <LI>'Wait for' field is now limited to the range 0 to 200cs. </UL> <A NAME="021"><H2>0.21 (29 Aug 1997)</H2></A> <UL> <LI>CGILibrary's URL-decoder revised by Jimmy Imossi to handle the '+' to space conversion. <LI>Error handling revised. Should be able to withstand the stack being removed and other natural disasters. ;-) <LI><I>Host</I> header field is now sent, as required by HTTP/1.1. <LI>If the web page directory can't be found, then Netplex will now inform the user rather than just aborting as it did before. <LI>Invalid requests were killing Netplex due to a missing ENDPROC. Thanks to Justin Fletcher for finding that one. :-) <LI>Location of the temporary directory is now configurable by setting Netplex$TempDir. Netplex will now create the directory itself and store files inside it, rather than just dumping them in Wimp$ScrapDir as before. <LI>Now automatically adjusts the WimpSlot, so that it won't run out of wimpslot memory, even with lots of connections configured. <LI>Perl files are now recognised and correctly handled as CGI programs. However, the Perl interpreter must <B>not</B> have been set up to run using a TaskWindow. <LI>Registered user encoding. <LI>Server errors now verify all sockets are working as intended. It will <B>not</B> now attempt to send the 'Internal Server Error' report to any connected clients. <LI>Shades the 'Choices...' menu entry when NetplexChoices is running. Not perfect. <LI>Small changes to NetplexChoices' windows. <LI>Sprites aren't contained in the country-specific directories now. <LI>Support for multitasking CGI programs has been added. The CGI program creates a system variable 'CGI$Active_<connection>' to indiciate that it wishes to multitask. Netplex will defer sending its output until the system variable has been removed. An example multitasking CGI program is included, called 'Velocity'. <LI>Suspect single-line IF construct (like with the -ve connections) altered in object_locate's RedirectionFiletype handler. <LI>The 'negative connections' problem has been tracked down and eliminated. Incorrect code caused certain connections get closed <I>twice</I> meaning that the connection count went negative. <LI>The 'Server:' header field has been altered to identify the host OS version. eg. <CODE>Server: Netplex/v.vv (RISC OS/v.vv)</CODE>. <LI>The FreeNet stack was causing Netplex to generate 'Bad descriptor' errors due to an incorrect loop check. Fixed. <LI>Type &FF8 (Absolute) CGI programs are checked to see if they are APCS-compliant binaries. If they are, they are invoked using UNIX-style redirection, allowing them to work properly. <LI>'Waiting...' readout added to the status window for when the server is idle. This also displays an appropriate message when the server is not yet configured. <LI>X-Licensee header field added. </UL> <HR> <H2>Thanks</H2> <P>Thanks are due to :</P> <UL> <LI>Alex Howarth (zarni) - for complaining about having to load ArcWeb <LI>Dave Lomax (DaveyBabe) - for help with testing and finding a bug in cgi-bin.dir <LI>Dave McCormack - for suggesting improvements and fixes <LI>Joe Oldak - for helpful comments, suggestions and enthusiasm <LI>Jon Ribbens (Salmon) - for the excellent <I>SysLog</I> <LI>Justin Fletcher (Gerph) - for <I>InetServices</I>, <I>WebSize</I>, <I>Imagen</I>, spotting bugs and constructive criticism <LI>Kaustav Bhattacharya (Kozzey) - for trying to run Netplex with Termite ;-) <LI>Mark Hoyle (skeeve) - for letting me crash various incarnations of Netplex on his machine <LI>Thom Stuart (th0m) - it was thom's original suggestion that I write a web server - he was complaining that DeltaNet didn't do POST <LI>& the other IRC #acorn and #argonet bods for their sage counsel (yeah, right ;-) </UL> <HR> <P><CENTER> <A HREF="a2-refs"><IMG SRC="images/buttons/bak" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER=0 ALT="[ Previous ]"></A> <A HREF="index"><IMG SRC="images/buttons/up" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER=0 ALT="[ Index ]"></A> <A HREF="a4-licen"><IMG SRC="images/buttons/fwd" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER=0 ALT="[ Next ]"></A> </CENTER></P> </BODY> </HTML>
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N| 000001c0 65 74 70 6c 65 78 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 73 69 |etplex is now si| 000001d0 67 6e 69 66 69 63 61 6e 74 6c 79 20 62 65 74 74 |gnificantly bett| 000001e0 65 72 20 61 74 20 63 6f 70 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 |er at coping whe| 000001f0 6e 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 |n, for example, | 00000200 74 68 65 20 6c 69 73 74 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 73 6f |the listening so| 00000210 63 6b 65 74 20 69 73 20 66 6f 72 63 69 62 6c 79 |cket is forcibly| 00000220 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 27 41 | removed..<LI>'A| 00000230 6c 6c 6f 77 20 75 70 20 74 6f 27 20 66 69 65 6c |llow up to' fiel| 00000240 64 20 65 78 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6c |d extended to al| 00000250 6c 6f 77 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 31 32 38 20 63 6f |low up to 128 co| 00000260 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 61 73 20 79 6f |nnections, as yo| 00000270 75 20 63 61 6e 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |u can have when | 00000280 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 65 4e 65 |using the FreeNe| 00000290 74 20 73 74 61 63 6b 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 43 6f 6e |t stack..<LI>Con| 000002a0 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 69 6d 65 6f 75 74 20 |nection timeout | 000002b0 6c 6f 77 65 72 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 20 72 65 64 75 |lower limit redu| 000002c0 63 65 64 20 74 6f 20 31 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 2e |ced to 1 minute.| 000002d0 20 28 44 61 76 65 4d 61 63 29 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 44 | (DaveMac).<LI>D| 000002e0 69 73 70 6c 61 79 73 20 27 57 61 69 74 69 6e 67 |isplays 'Waiting| 000002f0 2e 2e 2e 27 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 |...' in the stat| 00000300 75 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 |us window when i| 00000310 64 6c 65 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 44 69 73 70 6c 61 79 |dle..<LI>Display| 00000320 73 20 61 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 74 |s a message in t| 00000330 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 75 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |he status window| 00000340 20 77 68 65 6e 20 75 6e 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 | when unconfigur| 00000350 65 64 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 46 69 6c 65 20 62 75 66 |ed..<LI>File buf| 00000360 66 65 72 20 77 72 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 77 61 73 |fer writable was| 00000370 20 61 20 62 79 74 65 20 74 6f 6f 20 73 6d 61 6c | a byte too smal| 00000380 6c 2e 20 28 44 61 76 65 4d 61 63 29 20 20 41 6c |l. (DaveMac) Al| 00000390 73 6f 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 69 74 20 73 6f |so altered it so| 000003a0 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 73 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 73 | that its limits| 000003b0 20 61 72 65 20 34 2d 32 35 36 4b 2c 20 69 6e 20 | are 4-256K, in | 000003c0 34 4b 20 73 74 65 70 73 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 4e 70 |4K steps..<LI>Np| 000003d0 43 68 6f 69 63 65 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 69 6e 76 6f |Choices now invo| 000003e0 6b 65 73 20 49 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 |kes Interactive | 000003f0 48 65 6c 70 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 48 65 6c 70 24 |Help using Help$| 00000400 53 74 61 72 74 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 53 6f 6d 65 20 |Start..<LI>Some | 00000410 72 65 76 69 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |revisions to the| 00000420 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 65 | messages and me| 00000430 73 73 61 67 65 20 74 6f 6b 65 6e 73 2e 0a 3c 4c |ssage tokens..<L| 00000440 49 3e 27 57 61 69 74 20 66 6f 72 27 20 66 69 65 |I>'Wait for' fie| 00000450 6c 64 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 65 |ld is now limite| 00000460 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 6e 67 65 20 30 |d to the range 0| 00000470 20 74 6f 20 32 30 30 63 73 2e 0a 3c 2f 55 4c 3e | to 200cs..</UL>| 00000480 0a 0a 3c 41 20 4e 41 4d 45 3d 22 30 32 31 22 3e |..<A NAME="021">| 00000490 3c 48 32 3e 30 2e 32 31 20 28 32 39 20 41 75 67 |<H2>0.21 (29 Aug| 000004a0 20 31 39 39 37 29 3c 2f 48 32 3e 3c 2f 41 3e 0a | 1997)</H2></A>.| 000004b0 3c 55 4c 3e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 43 47 49 4c 69 62 72 |<UL>.<LI>CGILibr| 000004c0 61 72 79 27 73 20 55 52 4c 2d 64 65 63 6f 64 65 |ary's URL-decode| 000004d0 72 20 72 65 76 69 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 4a 69 6d |r revised by Jim| 000004e0 6d 79 20 49 6d 6f 73 73 69 20 74 6f 20 68 61 6e |my Imossi to han| 000004f0 64 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 2b 27 20 74 6f 20 73 |dle the '+' to s| 00000500 70 61 63 65 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e |pace conversion.| 00000510 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 45 72 72 6f 72 20 68 61 6e 64 6c |.<LI>Error handl| 00000520 69 6e 67 20 72 65 76 69 73 65 64 2e 20 20 53 68 |ing revised. Sh| 00000530 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 |ould be able to | 00000540 77 69 74 68 73 74 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 |withstand the st| 00000550 61 63 6b 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 |ack being remove| 00000560 64 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6e 61 74 75 |d and other natu| 00000570 72 61 6c 20 64 69 73 61 73 74 65 72 73 2e 20 3b |ral disasters. ;| 00000580 2d 29 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 3c 49 3e 48 6f 73 74 3c 2f |-).<LI><I>Host</| 00000590 49 3e 20 68 65 61 64 65 72 20 66 69 65 6c 64 20 |I> header field | 000005a0 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 61 73 20 |is now sent, as | 000005b0 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 48 54 54 50 |required by HTTP| 000005c0 2f 31 2e 31 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 49 66 20 74 68 65 |/1.1..<LI>If the| 000005d0 20 77 65 62 20 70 61 67 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 | web page direct| 000005e0 6f 72 79 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 62 65 20 66 6f 75 |ory can't be fou| 000005f0 6e 64 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 4e 65 74 70 6c 65 78 |nd, then Netplex| 00000600 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 77 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d | will now inform| 00000610 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 | the user rather| 00000620 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6a 75 73 74 20 61 62 6f 72 74 | than just abort| 00000630 69 6e 67 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 64 69 64 20 62 65 |ing as it did be| 00000640 66 6f 72 65 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 49 6e 76 61 6c 69 |fore..<LI>Invali| 00000650 64 20 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 |d requests were | 00000660 6b 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 4e 65 74 70 6c 65 78 20 |killing Netplex | 00000670 64 75 65 20 74 6f 20 61 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 |due to a missing| 00000680 20 45 4e 44 50 52 4f 43 2e 20 20 54 68 61 6e 6b | ENDPROC. Thank| 00000690 73 20 74 6f 20 4a 75 73 74 69 6e 20 46 6c 65 74 |s to Justin Flet| 000006a0 63 68 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 66 69 6e 64 69 6e 67 |cher for finding| 000006b0 20 74 68 61 74 20 6f 6e 65 2e 20 3a 2d 29 0a 3c | that one. :-).<| 000006c0 4c 49 3e 4c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 |LI>Location of t| 000006d0 68 65 20 74 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 79 20 64 69 72 |he temporary dir| 000006e0 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 63 6f |ectory is now co| 000006f0 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 62 6c 65 20 62 79 20 73 65 |nfigurable by se| 00000700 74 74 69 6e 67 20 4e 65 74 70 6c 65 78 24 54 65 |tting Netplex$Te| 00000710 6d 70 44 69 72 2e 20 20 4e 65 74 70 6c 65 78 20 |mpDir. Netplex | 00000720 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 77 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 |will now create | 00000730 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 74 |the directory it| 00000740 73 65 6c 66 20 61 6e 64 20 73 74 6f 72 65 20 66 |self and store f| 00000750 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 73 69 64 65 20 69 74 2c 20 |iles inside it, | 00000760 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6a 75 73 74 |rather than just| 00000770 20 64 75 6d 70 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 69 6e | dumping them in| 00000780 20 57 69 6d 70 24 53 63 72 61 70 44 69 72 20 61 | Wimp$ScrapDir a| 00000790 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 3e 4e 6f |s before..<LI>No| 000007a0 77 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 |w automatically | 000007b0 61 64 6a 75 73 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 57 69 6d 70 |adjusts the Wimp| 000007c0 53 6c 6f 74 2c 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 |Slot, so that it| 000007d0 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 75 74 20 6f | won't run out o| 000007e0 66 20 77 69 6d 70 73 6c 6f 74 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |f wimpslot memor| 000007f0 79 2c 20 65 76 65 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 6c 6f 74 |y, even with lot| 00000800 73 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 |s of connections| 00000810 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 65 64 2e 0a 3c 4c 49 | configured..<LI| 00000820 3e 50 65 72 6c 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 |>Perl files are | 00000830 6e 6f 77 20 72 65 63 6f 67 6e 69 73 65 64 20 61 |now recognised a| 00000840 6e 64 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 6c 79 20 68 61 6e |nd correctly han| 00000850 64 6c 65 64 20 61 73 20 43 47 49 20 70 72 6f 67 |dled as CGI prog| 00000860 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 |rams. 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