Suntan Special version 0.69

Suntan Special Web edition

## Release Notes

#### New Features of Version 0.69

1. Install is now supported from a temporary directory that contains a space character.
2. Pressing Start without a sequence selected now does nothing
3. Broadband edition discontinued.
4. Speed and reliability of Application page improved
5. Add variables to disable Firefox and Thunderbird installation
6. Add variable to bypass NetDrive registration
7. Add variable and app to restore Samba server settings
8. Reorganized Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird and OpenOffice
9. Purged many obsolete apps
10. Added GetDriverVersion to utilities
11. Streamlined Visual SlickEdit installation
12. Updated wget from 1.11 to 1.16
13. supported file download from HobbesArchive.com and mirrors
14. upgrade to unzip.exe version 6.00
15. Installation on Warp 4 sets environment variable for TEMP directory
16. Logging is now robust even for verbose installer logs
17. Suntan Installer ensures longnames on appsDir and tempDir
18. All apps use DoWarpIN.cmd for unattended operation
19. Suntan Installer creates an icon in the setup folder
20. Updated style sheet to match Blonde Guy website
21. Updated style sheet to match Blonde Guy website
22. Flattened Contents webpage to make viewing easier on small screens
23. OS/2 Developers Toolkit now downloaded from 88watts.com
24. Display Monitor saves Window Position before rebooting
25. Documented commands sent by LogCdi
26. Corrected error in EditFile Set command
27. support for doobleQT6
28. support added for large fonts with Xworkplace
29. better support for Software Choice items
30. apps from 88watts.com are now downloaded as needed
31. Support added for Warp 4 guest in VirtualBox
32. All platforms (Warp 4, MCP, eCS, ArcaOS) tested under VirtualBox
33. support for pentium builds of Mozilla products
34. support for Lucide under MCP added
35. current catalog now included in web version

#### New Features of Version 0.68

1. Import sequence can now handle a space in the path to the imported sequence
2. Reboot automatically terminates CAD_POP to avoid a pop-up window
3. 134 new and updated applications
4. Turbo-mode now waits 10 seconds before rebooting
5. A new setting, yumignorerpmdb, can be set to ignore some rpm errors
6. Warp 4 support has been reinstated. Base Warp 4 is once again supported.
7. Fix bug that cputemp creates two copies of rdsmr.sys in config.sys
8. Add unzip6 and zip3 to all platform sequences
9. make all apps use DoYum.cmd
10. scanextra now checks web apps
11. Make sure the utilDir exists before using it; p7zip for example
12. Make sure p7zip exists before using it; Firefox for example
13. Password change to protect PhoneHome
14. Installer should say Update rather than Install if it's an update
15. Installer can now also Remove Suntan
16. make ArcaNoae work via web
17. Now supports Warp 4 in Virtual PC
18. A new sequence verb, 'Refresh', refreshes the application list from the web site

#### New Features of Version 0.67

1. Applications that are the configuration type are no longer marked up to date after execution
2. A bug that failed to execute the last line of a sequence was fixed.
3. Tested ArcaOS 5.0x support
4. Files changed:
   - acp.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ApplicationEd.cmd - many changes
   - apps.seq - many new apps, support for ArcaOS
   - ArcaOS50.seq - platform sequence to support ArcaOS
   - cd-installer.cmd - removed
   - cleanup.seq - checks for missing unicode.sys
   - dev.seq - revise gcc installation
   - DoWarpIN.cmd - safer use of REXX queue
   - ecs10.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs11.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs12.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs12R.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs20.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs21.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - ecs22.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - EditFile.cmd - new function and lots more logging
   - freewarp.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - InstallApp.cmd - restores directory when through
   - mcp.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - QuerySettings.cmd - added osDir
   - warp4.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
   - wseb.seq - added support similar to ArcaOS
5. Added code to check on a new version of Suntan Special
6. Revised documentation to include ArcaOS
7. make apps that need it use set osdir=
8. obsolete cd-installer.cmd
9. make more apps use DoYum and DoWarpIN

#### New Features of Version 0.66

1. Fix use of wget to download applications with long url
2. Check if downloaded files files are present before installing app
3. Added product date to each cdi file and to Suntan Special to make Update Available more reliable
4. Added DoYum and DoWarpIN functions to standardize installation behavior
5. Extra files supplied by user are optionally stored in the setupDir
6. Numerous bug fixes and enhancements suggested by users

#### New Features of Version 0.65

New Web edition for free download. No apps included.

1. installs ecups support including new HP printers
2. Replace Wget from earlier versions; replace with eCS-MT version.
3. Ensure Wget in suntanDir is used by Suntan.
4. combine suntan/cdi.cmd and chooser
5. When installing Suntan, look for prior installation in a suntanDir, if different, put up dialog.
6. When installing Suntan, save any old sequence files.
7. Check for Setup and for apps-db and cd-log on installation.
8. SunBatch should ask to repeat or skip when an app fails
9. When running yum, offer to repeat. doYum.cmd.
10. modify yumutil to use doYum
11. When installing yum, ask user if it worked.
12. Supplemental install for Firefox 38 features without using yum.
13. Webfonts fix for redundant fonts.
14. InstallApp replaces cd-installer as the way to call another application
15. Add utils, gcc4core, refresh to extra apps.

#### New Features of Version 0.64

1. fixed reboot function in virtual machine (no boot manager)
2. if Suntan Special cannot download a file for an application, then the user will be prompted for the file.
3. The webmaster of the os2site chose to restrict access except to authorized users. The only exception is to allow OS/2 users, so I added a user agent string to wget to inform os2site that Suntan Special is an OS/2 user.
4. Timestamps added to the log.
5. Simplified by switching collections to individual applications

#### New Features of Version 0.63

1. Fixed syntax error in MessageDialog.cmd
2. Message text may be copied to the clipboard
3. Faster screen update on Application Dialog
4. Fixed the File table full bug
5. Added checkboxes to the Application Page to select which applications are displayed.
6. Consolidated Suntan Special versions to Broadband and DVD.

#### New Features of Version 0.61

1. Rewrote the batch processing program. Now called sunbatch.cmd, batch processing is more robust and reliable. In particular, the name of the sequence file and line number are correct, and the start/stop, pause and resume buttons work better.
2. Added Suntan Special DVD edition which combines all versions of Suntan Special into one distribution.
3. Fix for pressing Start Sequence with no sequence selected
4. New EditSequence command
5. Documented commands available to sequences
6. ProNews migration
7. PMMail 3.06
8. Fixed Syntax error message when cdglobal(x) called with x not in settings.
9. New applications cleanBonus and cleanSetup applications help to keep stored applications organized

#### New Features of Version 0.60

1. Simple installation of applications from the web.
2. Broadband edition for users with good internet connections.
3. Clear display of updates available for installed applications.
4. Improved error handling while running sequences.
5. Uninstallation program to remove Suntan Special
6. All applications now use recursive SuntanMkDir rather than SysMkDir.
7. New Delete and Import buttons on Sequence Page.
8. Ned dialog for Directory picker
9. New dialog for OK/Cancel Query
10. Fix updates for members of collections; snap3, uniaud114
11. Dev tools to Programs->Development DevFolder()
12. Fixup OS/2 toolkit - rc.exe is all over the drive ecs=4.0.10;os2=4.0.11;tk=5.0.7;cpp=3.11
13. Display message on right panel of application page when starting refresh
14. set command for sequences
15. settings for eCS vs OS/2
16. in Warp4.seq and FreeWarp.seq it goes to turbo mode while executing fp15, ddp2, wr_8425 and un_0980.
17. New dialog to Choose Edit paths
18. fixed sourcedir rewriting on installation
19. adjustable pause time
20. applications sunup and phoneHome are withdrawn
21. Suntan Special no longer requires an entry in the system PATH
22. scanExtra application checks for extra files required by sequence
23. sequence page front if running

#### Applications added or updated

The following applications are new or updated for this release.

- MasterSequence - Create master sequence
- suntan - Suntan Special

Last Modified: 11 Aug 2025
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