John Allen's Attacher history

Version 1.00

Initial release on the Archimedes World cover disc, December 1997.

Version 1.01

  • Added discard button
  • Changed uudecoder to add line containing just ` before end if one does not exist
  • Corrected bug which meant that scrap files were not deleted at desktop closedown
  • Stopped Attacher partially accepting files for any icon in the main window, now only accepts for code/decode icons
  • Copes with no blank line between base64 coded files (provided that there is a boundary)
  • Copes corectly with base64 "Content-disposition lines"

Version 1.02

  • Now correctly identifies directories and applications in image files preventing a complete crash (thanks to David Pilling for spotting that)
  • Further modified the algorith to correct the ending of uuencoded files
  • Corrected message sending so that data received from another application is acknowledged (spurious error reported by TTFN and Termite)
  • Changed the download new version path to get the zip file
  • Corrected misinterpretation of Content-disposition lines if second line of header
  • Added interactive help to discard button

Version 1.03

  • Changed base64 header detection to allowheader lines to be split over multiple lines
  • Added option to not open the main window at startup
  • Added option to not have icon on the iconbar (there still has to be an icon if the main window does not open at startup)
  • Corrected base64 decoder to cope with lines containing carriage returns where files are (e.g.) downloaded on a PC
  • Added Binhex detector to decoder (but no Binhex decoder as yet)

Version 1.03a

  • Changed web and e-mail references to reflect my new URL/domain, bramber.org.uk.

Version 1.03b

  • Changed web and e-mail references to reflect my next new URL/domain, johnallen.org.uk.

Version 1.04

  • Incorporates TypeTrans 1.04 modified to work correctly with the new shared C library
  • Corrected uu file splitting code to work with new shared C Library
  • Sprites for RiscOS 4 incorporated
  • Changed e-mail and web references to my new johnallen.com domain

 

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