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- AmiBench Offline Browser - Prerelease version 1.21
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- Important notes:
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- - This program requires MUI v3.8 with the following custom classes:
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- BetterBalance.mcc v11.2 (included in AmiBench/Libs/mui/ )
- NList.mcc v19.97
- NListview.mcc v19.62
- NFloattext.mcc v19.46
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- These are avilable on Aminet, or you can find the latest versions via
- TUMULT at www.amiga.dk/tumult/
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- - If you want to use the data file update facility you will also require a
- bsdsocket compatible TCP stack like AmiTCP or Miami.
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- - OpenURL 3 is required for viewing websites and sending emails using any
- mailer other than YAM.
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- - You do not need to copy the 'twflists.library' file from the AmiBench/Libs/
- directory into your LIBS: assign. It will not affect the operation of the
- program if you do, but it will clutter up your LIBS: drawer.
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- Notes on usage:
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- - The interface should (I hope) be self-explanitory. The "for sale" and
- "wanted" pages operate in exactly the same way, with advertisements split
- into their country of origin to simplify browsing. The lists can be sorted
- on any column and in either direction (ascending or descending) by
- clicking on the column titles - an arrow indicates the sort column and
- direction.
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- - In order to use the download facility you must send your TCP stack online
- and then click on the Update Data Files button on the General page. A
- window will open displaying the overall download status, along with the
- status of each of the client tasks. You can cancel the download at any
- time via the Abort Download button. If any errors are encountered the
- partially downloaded files will be removed and replaced with your old
- data files.
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- - You can use either YAM or OpenURL to send messages to posters of adverts,
- or to companies listed in the directory. By default OpenURL is used to
- direct the email to your web browser or email package. If you set the
- "Send emails" cycle gadget to "direct to YAM" and fill in the command
- which will launch YAM if it is not loaded, then all emails will be
- created in YAM without going through OpenURL.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE: from version 1.11 onwards all email packages are supported
- via OpenURL 3. Direct support for YAM has been retained due to problems
- passing subjects containing spaces to YAM via OpenURL 3, if you use YAM
- I would strongly recommend using the "direct to YAM" option.
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- [Thanks to Neil for pointing out that my comments about THOR were utter
- rubbish without shouting ;) ]
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- - Each advert in the For Sale or Wanted lists has a 'read' status associated
- with it (I've borrowed the icons from YAM so we may want to change them
- before a distribution). The status is saved when you quit the program
- and, predicatbly, loaded when you start it again. If the status files
- (ads.index and wanted.index) are missing then all entries default to
- "unread".
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