SFLOGIN V2.0 Beta 2.0 - README.TXT

This is a proper beta NOT a marketing beta.  It is a complete re-write of
SFLOGIN as a 32 bit DOS application.  Please give us your feedback on
any problems or difficulties.

To install the program, from the 'File' menu in program manager select 
'Run' and enter the program path to the SFLOGIN SETUP.EXE.  If installing 
from a floppy diskette the program will be A:\SETUP, otherwise enter the 
path that you extracted the SFLOGIN.ZIP file.

The documentation is not yet complete and please make note of the additional
information in this file.  The documentation does list all the changes to
SFLOGIN in the 'What's New' section.

The fiNDS offline indexing is not part of this release.  It will be
available in the next beta.  Beta 3 will be a 'functionally complete' release,
including documentation.

SFLOGIN is now configured using a windows configuration utility, SFCONFIG.EXE.
This program writes a SFLOGIN.INI file in the SFLOGIN program directory. The
SFLOGIN.CFG is not longer used!!

The windows Help files are not completed for SFCONFIG.EXE.  To get an idea of
the options and what they do, please have a look at the documentation.

There is also a Windows message editor, used to change any of the SFLOGIN 
internal message strings.  This allows an administrator to create differnet
messages files to support local languages.

Read the documentation fully.  Virtually every aspect of SFLock is 
customizable. The documentation is provided in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF)
format.  See the file DOCREAD.TXT for details on obtaining the free Adobe
Acrobat viewer.

If you have any problems PLEASE contact us by www, phone, fax, or email.

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CHANGES IN THIS VERSION
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· Rewrote the program completely as a 32 bit DOS extender application.  
  This reduced the real mode memory requirements to no more than 430K,
  and increased stability and performance.

· Added spinners to dialogs when waiting for server response.

· Added bindery support.

· Added intelligent switching between NDS and bindery mode.

· Tree walker now allows browsing of multiple NDS trees simultaneously.

· Using the /J- (Do not jump to login) option will attach you to the 
  required NDS tree or bindery server, without invoking LOGIN.EXE and
  processing the login script.

· Added the /Q option to enable quickpick operation.  Previous login 
  names are remembered, and can be recalled by pressing <F6>.  This 
  allows users who share a workstation to quickly and easily login.

· Added the /M option and the message editor to allow editing and 
  customisation of all SFLOGIN messages.  This provides the ability 
  for administrators to locally language enable SFLOGIN.

· Improved alias handling by changing the /L option to support multiple options.

· Added capability to pass parameters and options to the Novell LOGIN.EXE while 
  in command line mode.  This is done by pressing <F4> and entering the parameters
  in an edit box.

· Added the password changer.

· SFLOGIN will now ask the user to change their password if grace logins are detected.

· Rewrote the core program to launch via SFLOGIN.COM

· Rewrote the password entering functionality to no longer use the keyboard buffer.  
  Passwords are no longer limited to 16 characters.

· Updated pricing.

· Major update of documentation

· Added automatic fallback to text mode graphics if not enough memory to start in SVGA 
  graphics mode.

· Quote enclosed the username and tree name on passing to the Novell LOGIN.EXE, so that 
  names and containers with spaces are properly parsed.
  
Screen Building Elements

· Added graphics mode capability for displaying high resolution login screens.

· Added the /G option and the #FORCEVESA screen command to disable autodetection and force 
  VESA graphics compatibility.

· Added the #Terminate screen command to optionally prevent automatic fallback from graphics
  mode if there is not enough workstation memory.

· Added the #TreeBrowser screen command to allow disabling of the tree browser.

· Added the #SaveUserName screen command to allow a default user to easily be configured 
  and used. 

· Added the #PasswordEcho(FALSE) screen command to disable the echoing of dummy characters
  in the password dialog box.

· Added the #ClearScreen macro to simplify the process of clearing the screen.  This is 
  equivalent to the command #Erase(0).

· An additional background colour is available: - TRANSPARENT. This is used to overlay text 
  onto graphics. eg #Backgroundcolor(transparent).

· Added the graphics mode for displaying high resolution login screens.

· Added support for monochrome monitors.

· The first key pressed when the screen saver is active will now only be passed into an active
  dialog if it is alphabetic or a number eg you can now press <esc> to exit the screen saver 
  without it exiting the program.