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UPGRADE.020
Version 0.20 is a major upgrade from the previous version. What does this
mean? Well, you will not be able to copy SEAL.EXE over and go with it, you
will have to make a few changes (a few he says).
I have tried to make it as simple as I can by creating this step-by-step
process of upgrading. I could have added the upgrading into SEAL.EXE but
it would have increased the size of the executable by quite a bit and
I have been quite successful in keeping it small and memory efficient.
I suggest you print this file out, reserve 15 minutes to do this upgrade and
follow it step by step.
So without further ado (?) here we go...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BACKUP YOUR SQUISH.CFG AND TIC.CFG FILES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Delete any `;AnnounceHdr' or `;AnnounceFtr' lines you may have in your
Tick configuration file. There are no longer supported. Since announce-
ments are grouped by the echomail area they go into, a file area specific
header and footer file makes no sense.
The only Seal supported keyword that should appear in your Tick config file
is `;Announce'.
2. While you have your Tick config file in your editor, change all existing
`;EchoSpec' lines to `;FileSpec' lines. Same format just change the first
word. You might want to add such a line for every area if you have not
already done so. Seal will write one out anyway if one does not exist for
an area as follows:
;FileSpec 0 .
Save changes in your Tick config file.
3. In your Squish config file, make the following keyword conversions:
Pre-0.20 0.20
----------------- ------------------
;AnnounceNew ;Announce New
;AnnounceFtr ;Announce Footer
;AnnounceHdr ;Announce Header
;AnnounceTo ;Announce To
;AnnounceFrom ;Announce From
;AnnounceSubject ;Announce Subject
;ShowProtected ;Show Protected
;ShowFeeds ;Show Feeds
;NotifyWithList ;Notify List
;NotifyExclude ;Notify Exclude
;NoRescan ;No Rescan
;NoHelp ;No Help
;NoQuery ;No Query
;Sysop ;Sysop Name
;SysopFlags ;Sysop Flags
4. Delete `;AddNewNoPassthrough File' and `;AddNewNoPassthrough Echo'.
5. Delete `;AddNewAreasBBS' and `;NoSortAreas'.
6. For each EchoFeed you have, add the following if applicable.
Add `-$' to switches to create new areas from this feed as Squish-style.
Add `-0' to switches to create new areas from this feed as pass-through.
Add `-a' to switches to add new areas from this feed to AREAS.BBS.
7. For each FileFeed you have, add `0' to the flags to create new areas
from this feed as pass-through.
8. For each file feed, you may add any of `P&FTHC' to it's flags. These
flags will be added to the node's entry in your Tick config file when
an area is created from this feed. Note that the * will be added by
Seal if not present so you don't need to put it here.
9. Delete `;DefaultEchoSpec' and `;DefaultFileSpec' lines.
10. Add `;Areas EchoSpec <level> <grp(s)>' as the EchoSpec line for any area
listed in AREAS.BBS. <level> is 0..255 and <grp(s)> is any series of
printable characters except the period (.) which means no group. Ex.
;Areas EchoSpec 5 F FidoNet Area
11. Add `;NoDesc <description>' for a description for any area without one.
Ex.
;NoDesc (no description available)
12. Add `;Areas NodeDim <0|2|3|4>' to specify how to write the nodes in
AREAS.BBS. The numbers are as follows:
SQUISH.CFG AREAS.BBS
---------------- ------------------------------------------------------
;Areas NodeDim 0 1:234/56 78 90.1 123/45 67
;Areas NodeDim 2 1:234/56 234/78 234/90.1 123/45 123/67
;Areas NodeDim 3 1:234/56 1:234/78 1:234/90.1 1:123/45 1:123/67
;Areas NodeDim 4 1:234/56.0 1:234/78.0 1:234/90.1 1:123/45.0 1:123/67.0
13. Add as many of `;MaxCtl Extra <line>' as you wish to add extra lines
to the end of each area definition in the Maximus MSGAREA.CTL file created
with the MAXCTL command line parameter. Ex.
;MaxCtl Extra Disgrace ReadOnly
;MaxCtl Extra Twit ReadOnly
You need not add any of the following here:
Origin <num> RenumDays <num>
Type Squish RenumMax <num>
Type *.MSG Public Only
These are controlled by the corresponding switch from the EchoArea line.
14. Add `;MaxCtl Area <template>' to specify the template for the area name
when creating Maximus MSGAREA.CTL file. Ex.
;MaxCtl Area %g%#
The tokens supported are as follows:
%g Group letter
%# Incrementing number starting at 1
%T Echomail tag
%t Echomail tag with any of `AEIOU_-.' removed
15. Add `;Open' if you wish to run an open system.
15. Add `;Open Groups <grp(s)>' and/or `;Open Level <level>' to specify
a group and level profile for open requests.
16. Backup your SQUISH.CFG and TIC.CFG files.
17. Copy the old SEAL.EXE to SEAL018.EXE just in case you want to go back.
18. Run `SEAL FORMAT' and see what happens :-)
19. If everything looks good, stick with it. If things don't look good, then
stick to 0.18 and report all your problems to me immediately.
20. Read the documentation section on Running Seal and change your batch files
accordingly, ie `SEAL SCAN'.
21. Read the WHATSNEW.020 and SEAL.PRN file from top to bottom. There are
additions that aren't as necessary to put in here, but may be what you
have been looking for.
That's it (he says after 3 pages). Version 0.20 of Seal uses less memory and
operates faster than all other previous versions. I hope it performs as well
for you as it has for me.
... Robert