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This is the quick start guide taken out of the Reference Manual. This guide has
been provided to show the user how TrackIt! works. This is not intended as a
substitute for the Reference Manual.
Quick Start Guide
Installing:
TrackIt! works from within your Telix script directory. Simply
place all the files into that one directory. Use ALT O,F to see
if you have a script directory defined in Telix's configuration
menu. If you do not, then the same directory which contains
TELIX.EXE is where you should unpack the distribution files.
Starting TrackIt!:
Load Telix. Go to the dialing directory. For every BBS you wish
to use TrackIt! with, simply list TRACKIT! as your linked script
file. Call the BBS.
Bringing up the edit box:
When you come to a prompt, do NOT type anything. Instead, press
the HOME key. An edit box will appear. The first line in the edit
box is the prompt (20 chr max) you were at when you hit home. The
second line, is where you place your reply to that prompt. The
last line is the maximum number of times to recognize the track.
How to use the edit box:
When you bring up the edit box with the home key, you start out
at the Reply String. The red arrow will indicate this. To move to
one of the other fields, simply use the TAB key. If the edit box
is covering part of the screen you need to see, you can move the
edit box itself with the arrow keys. When you are satisfied with
all the fields, you can use HOME or END to exit from the edit
box. If you use HOME, then TrackIt! will assume you are at that
prompt now, and send the Reply String. If you use END, it will
assume you are NOT at that prompt, and simply return you to
terminal mode. Please note, if you use HOME to exit, it will
count as a hit toward the maximum hits. See "Setting Maximum
Hits" for more information.
Reply String:
Simply enter what you would normally enter at the prompt in this
field. RETURNs will show up as a musical note, and ESCs will show
up as a back arrow. If you know this prompt will appear more than
once while you are online, and you will want a different reply
the second or third time, then use a PIPE to separate the
replies. You may use the INSERT key to generate the pipe.
Multiple replies are sent sequentially. The first time the track
is HIT (or is seen by TrackIt!) the first reply is sent, second
time, second reply, etc.. if it's hit more times than there are
replies, then the last reply is always sent. However, you must
have Maximum Hits set high enough to recognize multiple replies.
If you know the prompt will appear again, but are not sure what
reply you will want at that time, then simply leave Maximum Hits
set to one. When you see the prompt the second time, press HOME
again, and TrackIt! will go to that track automatically. Then you
may use INSERT (pipe) and put your second reply. Make sure you
update the Maximum Hits though, or this will not work.
If you don't know how many times the prompt will appear, or know
it will appear quite often (such as "Press a key" etc..), then
set the Maximum Hits to ZERO. Doing this will cause TrackIt! to
always recognize that prompt, and send the reply.
Once you set a track, it will take effect immediately.
Ending TrackIt!:
After you have entered all the prompts you wish to track, you may
end TrackIt! by pressing the END key.
Now that you have entered all the prompts and replies, hang up
and call the same BBS again. This time, just set back and watch.
If the BBS should happen to give you a prompt this time that it
didn't before, simply use the HOME key and add that prompt. The
order the prompts are in doesn't matter.
The Quick Start Guide only represents the very basics of
TrackIt!. There are several commands you may use in the tracks to
perform various task. An example would be @PASS as a reply. This
command would send whatever you have your password set to in the
dialing directory.
Most people prefer to see a program work before they take time to
read the documentation that comes with it. That is why I included
the Quick Start Guide. Now that you have had time to see the
basics of TrackIt!, please take time to read the rest of the
Reference Manual so that you can take full advantage of this
program.