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OLX2SPD v1.01
DOS utility: Converts folders from OLX to SPEED 1.40 format
Freeware, copyright (c) 1994 [94/08/28]
by
David Daniel Anderson
Reign Ware
** READ REIGNWAR.TXT FOR LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO **
OLX2SPD will convert offline mail reader folders from OLX (v3.x and 1.5x)
to SPEED format (v1.4x, and maybe earlier versions too).
Basic usage: OLX2SPD folders(s)_to_convert[.SAV]
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Basic examples:
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OLX2SPD c:\olx\*.sav
OLX2SPD c:\olx\4dos.sav
OLX2SPD c:\speed\#folders\*.sav
OLX2SPD humor.sav
Step by step (be SURE you understand how OLX2SPD works FIRST):
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*** CAUTION: read "Notes:" below before doing this! ***
1) Backup your c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS directory to a temporary on-disk archive:
DOS command= PKZIP -rP -wh c:\SFSAVE.ZIP c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS\*.*
2) Copy your OLX *.SAV folders to your c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS\ directory so that
OLX2SPD can properly append the OLX folders to any existing SPEED folders
which share the same name:
DOS command= COPY c:\OLX\*.SAV c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS\
3) Convert the OLX *.SAV folders to SPEED v1.40 (*.CNF and *.IDX) folders:
DOS command= OLX2SPD c:\speed\#folders\*.sav
4) Then, you can simply delete the OLX *.SAV folders from the SPEED folders
directory:
DOS command= DEL c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS\*.SAV
5) Start up SPEED, and verify that the folders are okay.
DOS command= c:\SPEED\sr.exe
6a) If the folders WERE successfully and satisfactorily converted, then you
should also delete the OLX *.SAV folders in the original OLX directory,
and the temporary on-disk backup archive. Now you should be completely
converted from OLX to SPEED!
DOS command= DEL c:\OLX\*.SAV
DOS command= DEL c:\SFSAVE.ZIP
6b) If the folders WERE NOT successfully and satisfactorily converted,
then you should return everything to the original state, and try to
figure out what went wrong before starting again (or giving up):
DOS command= DEL c:\SPEED\#FOLDERS\*.*
DOS command= C:
DOS command= CD \
DOS command= PKUNZIP -d -Jhr -o c:\SFSAVE.ZIP
DOS command= DEL c:\SFSAVE.ZIP
Notes:
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*) OLX2SPD will convert any number of OLX folders.
*) OLX2SPD should accurately preserve all of the information contained
within the original OLX folders, -except- the "Receipt" and "ExHeader"
fields in the headers. (I don't quite know what to do with them yet.)
*) OLX2SPD does not alter the original OLX folders in any way. You must
delete them manually after conversion. (See "Step by step:".)
*) The resulting SPEED folders will always be in the same directory as
the OLX folders that OLX2SPD converts.
*) OLX2SPD will APPEND the OLX folders to any existing SPEED folders
that it finds in the same directory as the specified OLX folders.
*) SPEED author Jim Smith has said that the SPEED folder format will change
when SPEED v2.x is released, so please, use *EXTREME* caution if you try
OLX2SPD with anything other than v1.40 of SPEED. (Use backups copies!)
** READ REIGNWAR.TXT FOR LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO **
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REVISION HISTORY
v1.00 : 1994/08/24. First public release. DDA
v1.01 : 1994/08/24. Rearranged statements in "showhelp" procedure. DDA
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