05 Sep 15 10:25, you wrote to me:

 ml>> if you are using AMU, which you mentioned before, and it is the cause
 ml>> then AMU can be fixed since it is open source and the C++ code is
 ml>> available... the problem with that is that i am not a C/C++ coder...
 ml>> i find the freeware version of AMU is 3.20... a quick look at the
 ml>> available source code shows that AMU apparently only has structures
 ml>> for up to RA v2.02... if that's the case, then definitely stop using
 ml>> AMU until it can be fixed for the version of RA you are running...

 MA> AMU work with 2.52 structures (i think)... are the same as 2.62.1?

no... i have the following structure files...

 *  struct.111     v1.10/v1.11/noncommercial
 *  struct.200     v2.00
    struct.202     v2.02 (unofficial)
 *  struct.250     v2.50Gamma (1996)
    structra.250   v2.50beta (1995, unofficial)
 *  struct.262     v2.62 (2002)
    struct.26P     v2.62Gamma (2000)

the ones with * are official and valid for the version noted up to the next
version... v2.62 brought some changes necessary to handle y2k concerns and
the storage of a complete four digit year instead of only two digit
years... the user record in 2.62 changes size due to LastTime, FirstDate,
BirthDate, SubDate fields being made larger to store the additional first
two digits of the year... that affects the user data file... the
exitinfo.bbs file did not change as previously unused space was employed to
hold the leading year digits... the timelog and event files also changed
sizes because of the additional leading year digits...

 ml>> aside: i personally don't know why one would need a tool like AMU...
 ml>> i've never used it and never had any need to... with the default
 ml>> available tools and some scripting, everything that must be done can
 ml>> be done...

 MA> I use AMU for daily bulletins too.

yeah, i have a few tools here that generate bulletins... most of what i
used to use i had to drop because of y2k problems and data structure
changes as noted above... i have a stats program that i need to try to get
back to and get finished to replace the one that has been used that has an
ugly y2k bug... the fun of development was lost when so many left for the
internet :(

)\/(ark

... Relax.  It's only ones and zeroes.
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