This is the complete version history for AnswerBook.

• fixed currency convertor
• fixed box office scores
• fixed domain/whois lookup
• fixed canadian and international weather forecaster
• fixed news
• fixed translator
• ebay/sports lookups still not yet available

• fixed sports scores
• fixed domain/whois lookup
• minor fixes to weather forecaster & movie lookup
• new feature: definition aliasing (see .abhelp)

• fixed eBay listings
• fixed weather forecaster
• fixed sports scores without scheduled games
• fixed mIRC $abfilter() scripting bug that caused calc issues
• fixed movie lookup giving occasional errors
• new feature: movie actors/actresses lookup (bio & films)
• added .abjump (/server), .abjoin and .abpart
• currency converter now ignores $ signs and commas
• calc now ignores commas
• units converter now ignores commas

• fixed conversion with negative input
• fixed translator
• fixed ip lookup
• added feature to allow ignoring of new version of AnswerBook

• new plugin: news headlines
• new plugin: weekend boxoffice stats and movie info lookup
• new plugin: sports schedules and scores
• new plugin: word of the day
• improved TV plugin (default now shows new episodes; can now specify broadcast network; added a few new shows to the xml document)
• calculator now works even without specifying 'calc', ie: ?? 5*3^10
• fixed minor eBay plugin display bug
• fixed phone number lookup
• miscellaneous fixes

• recoded from scratch
• new release version notation
• plugin-based feature system
• database engine for fast, indexed definition/quote lookups
• per definition/quote access permissions
• simultaneous/concurrent lookups
• 3rd-party plugins are now possible
• uniform command prefixes (ie: most commands now start with .ab)
• all settings now available through .abset
• way too many other changes not listed here

• Fixed currency exchange
• Fixed Ebay lookups
• Fixed stock quotes

• changed .deldef to allow deletion of defpack defs (for those defs that interfere with lookup commands)
• added whois.arin.net lookup for IP address lookup (?? ip or ?? arin )
• added .findquote public command to search the quotes file (wildcards supported)
• minor script changes to support server-based statistics
• note: mIRC v5.9 is required for this version, please update the mirc32.exe in your AnswerBook folder
• Fixed stock quote lookup
• Fixed US & Canadian residential phone number lookup
• Fixed trademark search
• Fixed .CA lookup when encountering unavailable domains

• added support for 3rd-party addons (scripts/defpacks) (.loadaddon/.unloadaddon)
• fixed US forecaster
• fixed peon level (level 30, flood exempt) and up will be able to perform queries even if queries are set to be only accessible by voice/ops
• note: you can find defpack addons for your bot at http://forums.blueorbb.com or you can export your own defs and share them with other users (.exportdefs)
• note: defpacks (right now) uses mirc variables for storage; the more defpacks you load, the slower AnswerBook will be to load at startup. Usage performance remains same however; only loading addons and starting up will be slower.
• minor script changes

• fixed dcc lookups
• added horoscopes (?? horoscope or ?? hs, updates daily at midnight)
• added trademark lookup (?? trademark or ?? tm)
• added .addpeon that lets a person to be added to a flood-exempt list although that person won't able to add definitions
• added .onbook and .offbook to turn disable abook without closing mirc
• added automatic resetbook (default every 4 hours; silent reset; no msg; configurable through abook setup dialog)
• changed ini's to mrc's (hope this dont screw anyone up)
• changed .accessbook to allow .accessbook where optional
• changed literals to reflect new domain for AnswerBook: www.answerbook.net
• for people who update their abook remotely, use new cmd .killexe in order to upload new exe and other files (via ftp or whatever) then issue a .rehashbook and your AnswerBook will be updated without restarting mirc
• minor script changes

• fixed translator
• also you should note that you must be using mirc v5.82 or else you'll get code like $lines(quotes.txt) when using .quote

• added ?? whatsnew to see usage for all new features
• added thesaurus <-- heavily requested feature, finally in
• added random quotes system <-- also by popular demand
• added sports scores (scores are live if game is in progress)
• added .statusbook that shows stats for abook
• added .accessbook to show user access level to abook
• added .backup to backup your custom definitions
• no longer require .diebook; closing abook's mirc will automatically close the AnswerBook server process from task list
• fixed translator bug which wouldn't accept accented chars.
• major scripting tweaks and enhancements
• beta -> added 3 languages translations, Chinese, Korean, Japanese. Requires UTF Simplified, UTF Korean, UTF Japanese viewer (such as NJWin www.njstar.com) - not documented: en_ch, en_kr, en_jp
• also it'd be super if you could tell all your other buddies who runs AnswerBook that the new homepage for AnswerBook is at www.blueorbb.com/answerbook/. My other domain is dead so I'm unable to notify them of new upgrades.

• Added business reverse phone # lookup (?? usbiz/?? cabiz)
• Various script changes

• fixed really nasty mirc loophole

• fixed ebay (they changed their web layout slightly)
• added self-repairing routines for all functions to allow automatic adaptation to minor web redesigns

• messed up calc, sorry
• fixed error with forecaster

• fixed US forecaster (this time, i added some change-resistant coding)
• fixed some more exploits that crashes abook
• added ebay item lookup (?? ebay #########)
• revamp of mirc coding
• changes to abooksrv.exe to support BlueOrbb (a new mIRC-independent version of AnswerBook for personal lookups, look for it in a few weeks at www.blueorbb.com. Win9x/NT/2K only)

• fixed US forecaster (this is starting to become a chore)
• added ebonics translator (?? en_eb text)

• fixed stock quote lookup (again, sorry, silly mistake)
• added ICQ UIN lookup with online status (if enabled) and other info
• added webserver software/OS lookup

• fixed quote lookup
• mirc5.8 will no longer be used (incompatibility with certain msg scripting functions causing problems with abook)

• fixed US forecaster freezing abook
• fixed calc exploit that crashes abook
• added US & Canada residential phone number lookup

• added currency converter between 62 countries/currencies (updates approx. once every 2 days)

• fixed some words giving trash definitions
• fixed domain lookup not responding
• added a whole slew of metric/imperial conversions (eg: inch-cm, mile-km, ft-m, ga-l, lb-kg, etc)

• added stock quote lookup for US and Canadian Exchanges, type ?? quote for usage
• added support for more domain registrars other than NSI (not fully tested)
• added support for multi-word custom definitions using _ as space, add by using .adddef holy_cow text and use by ?? holy cow
• added ?? f-c and ?? c-f for conversion between Fahrenheit and Celcius
• the update notification is now built into the main program for more efficiency

• added genie (magic 8ball type) with customizable responses using genie.txt
• fixed some more issues with US forecaster
• fixed using forecaster and spellchecker without parameters causing hang

• fixed some issues with the US forecaster
• added spellcheck feature, see readme for more details

• included VB6 Runtime DLL (MSVBVM60.DLL), MSINET.OCX and MSWINSCK.OCX (sorry about that, I didn't realize so many people didn't have these files)

• First public release