home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Ham Radio 2000
/
Ham Radio 2000.iso
/
ham2000
/
bbs
/
build12
/
build.doc
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-09-05
|
6KB
|
174 lines
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ FBB BBS/Server │
│ Build Version 1.2 ├┐
│ By ││
│ Paul Howard-Beard ││
└┬─────────────────────────────┘│
└──────────────────────────────┘
New Features of Version 1.2
───────────────────────────
A new window has been added to show what 7Plus parts of a file are missing.
A better 7Plus interface has been added, for use with 7Plus versions 2.00
and onwards.
A bug that caused problems with single letter filenames in certain message
conditions has been fixed.
Please replace any older versions of BUILD with this version as soon as
possible.
Reason for this utility
───────────────────────
The BUILD utility was created to save the FBB SysOp a lot of tedium when
combining 7Plus parts on the FBB BBS. With the manual system each file had
to be made using the 'M' command. Once all the parts were made, the SysOp
had to exit FBB and run 7Plus to combine the parts into the original
file. This is not fun when there are over twenty parts!!
BUILD does all of this for you, with an easy to use entry system.
All the SysOp has to do now, is run BUILD and enter the file name of the
7Plus parts, the starting message number of the FIRST received part
(NOTE: This does not mean the message number of 7Plus .P01 although
normally it is) and the message number of the final part.
The 7Plus parts may be in any sequence, BUILD will sort them out.
The purpose of the first and last message numbers is to specify a scan
range. The closer the scan range the faster the build will become.
The file name is needed to verify that all the 7Plus parts belong to
the same file.
Example
───────
In the following example we want to build the the DIR.COM file.
Here is a sample FBB message listing:
1825 PN 3767 Z21HOR ZS3AAK 0822/1337 Requested File - DIR.P02
1824 PN 3767 Z21HOR ZS3AAK 0822/1337 Requested File - DIR.P01
1823 PFL 390 ZS6AI @ZS6AI Z21HOR 0823/2030 Re: init.srv
1822 PN 3767 Z21HOR ZS3AAK 0822/1337 Requested File - DIR.P03
1821 PN 3134 Z21HOR ZS3AAK 0822/1337 Requested File - ADDPATH.P03
1820 PN 3057 Z21HOR ZS3AAK 0822/1337 Requested File - DIR.P04
When asked by BUILD to "Enter 7Plus filename >"
You would enter DIR and then press enter.
When asked by BUILD to "Enter the first received message number >"
You would enter 1820 and then press enter.
When asked by BUILD to "Enter the last received message number >"
You would enter 1825 and then press enter.
BUILD will then proceed to try and build the DIR.COM file. If all is well
you will given a successful completion message otherwise the diagnostics
will tell you where the problem lies.
That's all there is to it !!
Installation
────────────
Copy the BUILD12.EXE file in the FBB directory and run it. This is a
self extracting file and will produce two EXE files: BUILD.EXE and
GORES.EXE (This file is no longer supplied with BUILD. It is available on my
BBS and several other BBSs if you would like to use it).
There are two ways of using BUILD:
You can exit FBB with Alt-F9 and run it by entering BUILD.
or you can make it resident by using the GORES utility.
I put the following statments in my START.BAT file which starts FBB, to
make the installation of BUILD automatic.
gores build.exe
gores/u
The 'gores build.exe' goes in near the beginning of the .BAT file, before
the BBS startup.
The 'gores/u' goes at the end of the .BAT file to remove the BUILD TSR from
memory.
Once FBB has started, you can evoke BUILD at any time by pressing
'Cntl-Left Shift-Tab' together. The BUILD utility will be started.
For Gores to work well, you need an expanded memory manager, if you don't
have expanded memory, Gores will still work, but it swops to disk and
hence is much slower.
I use MS-DOS 6 and another system using QEMM 386 and Gores works well on
both.
Technical Notes
───────────────
There needs to be a directory \FBB\GPSERV\BUILD for BUILD to work
correctly. The completed file is stored in it.
7Plus.exe needs to be in \FBB\GPSERV.
These two directory structures are part of the GPServ structure so they
have been kept that way for compatablity purposes.
Disk caching is highly recommended.
All the error messages are self explainatory.
Final Notes
───────────
If you find this utility useful please send me a message
and I will add you to my support list.
I have tried to make BUILD compatible to many versions of
7Plus but as 7Plus is also updated from time to time, I
can't guarantee that BUILD will be compatible with newer
versions. If you have a problem with a new version, please
send me a copy of the 7Plus you are using and I will update
BUILD.
This program may be copied and distributed freely as
long as it is distributed unchanged and in it's entirety.
As such, the author makes no warranty, actual or implied,
for damage, loss of data.
Work in Progress
────────────────
The next version of BUILD will have a automatic 7Plus error recovery feature
included to ease the building of corrupted 7Plus parts. At the moment the
SysOp has to do the 7Plus error recovery manually.
There is also work in progress that will interface BUILD with GPServ that
will completely automate 7Plus error correction messages with FBB so that
no manual messages have to take place, i.e. all the routing will be done
fully automatically.
I can be reached at Z21HOR@Z21HOR.MAS.ZWE.AF
or by Snail Mail
c/o TSCS
P.O. Box 66031
Kopje
Harare
Zimbabwe
AFRICA
Have Fun !!