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Beta Mark Gilmore Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:15:34 -0500

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This BETA has been uploaded to ftp://ftp.gallops.com/ecs:

	4.2.007 (12/13/99)

*  171)	TVLFAVS.TXT has been renamed to TVLFAV.TXT.
	Please rename this file and update all refs in ECS.CFG accordingly.

   172)	3 new States (OPEN, RE-OPEN, & CLOSE) are now supported for the
	FILE Type (see ECS.HTM for details).

   173)	A new Type (MENU-FILE) is now supported which allows text files
	to be used as "menus" in separate windows.

*  174)	The new TV-GUIDE Event in EXAMPLE.CFG maintains a separate menu
	window which lists all TV shows currently on the air, plus shows
	which will air within 2 hours (adjustable). Favorites are marked
	with an asterisk ("*"). See EXAMPLE.CFG for instructions on how to
	use this window to select channels and announce/view/record shows.
	When inserting the TV-GUIDE Event in your cfg, also insert the
	new TVL PARSE Event.

   175)	The max size of a Text-Line has been increased from 65 to 128.

   176)	The Message Screen is now re-sizable.

*  177)	TVL listings now display times in AM/PM format (verus military).
	To update your cfg, replace your TVL Event with that listed
	in EXAMPLE.CFG. To modify other related files, execute TVLUPD.BAT
	(note that this will take a while). Then edit TVLFAV.TXT and make
	sure that all time fields have the added character (for "a" or "P"):

	C Date  Weekday   Time   Len Chan#  Channel    Show
	* ***** ********* ****** *** ****** ********** ****
	R --/-- --------- --:--- --- ------ ---------- Super Bowl~
	R --/-- --------- --:--- --- ------ ---------- World Series~

*  178)	EXAMPLE.CFG (TVL Event) now checks for TV shows every 5 minutes,
	so as to account for unusual start times.

   179)	Corrected a remote phone session problem whereby ECS could
hangup
	too quickly after playing messages and issuing the 15-second warning
	("please respond within 15 seconds").

   180)	ECS now supports the NAPCO GEMINI security systems via these new
	Types:
		Security-IFC-C
		Security-RTS-C
		Security-Zone-C
		Security-Area-C

   181)	Corrected a bug which caused certain hundreth values to be
	misinterpreted in Events. For example

   182)	Corrected a TVL problem caused by shows (usually on
special-feeds)
	which are NOT followed by another show within a "reasonable" time
	frame (on the same channel). This would cause TVL2.EXE to calculate
	a VERY long (and erroneous) duration for that show (i.e. over 999
	minutes), which would cause "***" to be placed in the show length
	field of that show's TVL.TXT line. To account for this, show "lengths"
	over 480 minutes are now treated as 60 minutes.

*  183)	EXAMPLE.CFG (via TV-GUIDE Event) now supports the ability to
	filter unwanted shows from your TV-Guide listings. To do so, just
	delete those shows in the TV-Guide window (via <DELETE> button).

*  184)	In TVLFAV.TXT, ONLY dashes are now treated as "don't-care"s.
	Previously, ALL non-alphanumeric characters were ignored,
	but this resulted in erroneous channel-name matches
	(e.g. "USA " would be considered a match for "USAP").

*  185)	A new argument is now required for TVL.BAT (to denote if you
wish
	to override the default channel #'s). Please append 0 (no override)
	or 1 (override) to your TVL.BAT Text Item:
	EXAMPLE:
	|	Text	     :TVL.BAT TZ-E 0

*  186)	The new TV-LISTINGS Event in EXAMPLE.CFG maintains a separate
menu
	window which lists the ENTIRE TV-listing file. See EXAMPLE.CFG for
	instructions on how to use this window to select channels and
	announce/view/record shows.

*  187)	When processing the SET/CHAR operator, ECS now resets the
character
	position index at the start of every Event (INCLUDING called Events),
	and when the Text-Line differs from the last one referenced with
	SET/CHAR. Previously, the index was reset only at the start of
	NON-called Events.
-- 
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026

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