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- 980218 Thor 2.6 API documentation
-
- Copyright © 1994-1998 Ultima Thule Software, All Rights Reserved.
- Authors: Eivind Nordseth, Kjell Irgens, Petter Nilsen
-
- This API documentation package is NOT public domain, but it is freely
- distributable. In other word it is FreeWare. (Note: Thor is
- ShareWare.) This means that you can copy this API documentation
- package and give it to all your friends, upload it to a BBS or include
- it in a PD-library. The only restrictions are: All the files
- included in this archive must be in their original form without
- additions, deletions or modifications of any kind. Thor API
- documentation may not be distributed for profit. Only a nominal
- charge may be associated with its distribution. The Thor API
- documentation is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, and
- the authors is not responsible for any damage this software may do.
- (Just in case :-)
-
- Do not release any modifications of the code examples included in this
- package. If you have suggestions for code improvements, please
- contact the authors.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Thor API documentation package consists of:
-
- o docs/bbsread.doc - Autodoc for V5 of bbsread.library.
- o include/#? - Include files for V5 of bbsread.library.
- o parsemsg/#? - Source code of a message parser, which adds messages
- from ABBS/MBBS to the message database. Will also
- parse newfiles lists and conference lists.
- o scriptserv/#? - Source code for a script server. This program is
- used by the ABBS/MBBS Ncomm scripts to gain knowledge
- of the different events to do. It has also other
- features used by this NComm script.
- o packhippo/?# - Source code for an events packer, which makes upload
- packets in Hippo format.
- o common/#? - Some small code stubs which are common for scriptserv
- and parsemsg.
- o WatchTHOR/#? - Source code for the WatchTHOR mail notification
- utility.
-
- Some of the source uses utgui.library for displaying progress
- requesters. The api for utgui.library is not included here. (Since
- the utgui.library probably will be obsolete in later versions of Thor,
- the docs for utgui.library is not released.) If you want to compile
- the soures which uses utgui.library, you must comment out all calls to
- utgui.library.
-
-
- HOW TO USE
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- We have not included any detailed step by step guide to how to program
- utilites and modules for Thor.
-
- Some general advices:
-
- o You should read the source code provided, docs/bbsread.doc and
- include/libraries/bbsread.h carefully before doing any programming.
-
- o If you are to write a module for Thor, you should first make a working
- message parser. After the parser is up and running, you should set up the
- event configuration for the events you want to support, and then make a
- event packer.
-
- o If you are uncertain of how to use any of the provided functions, look
- into the source code examples to see how thay are used there. If you
- still are uncertain, send us an email and we'll try to answer your
- questions.
-
- If you have any questions regarding the use of the Thor API we are
- reachable on the Thor support email address: thor@thule.no
-
-
- HISTORY
- ~~~~~~~
- 951105 - Initial release of the API documentation
- 950524 - THOR 2.3 API documentation, no changes except for the archive name
- 951020 - THOR 2.4 API documentation, minor header files changes
- 970825 - THOR 2.5 API documentation, changes:
- - Length of paths for UnArchive() and Archive() has been doubled to 500
- characters.
- - Forwarded messages will not be purged on pack/purge before the event
- has been executed and the events purged. MDF_REFERENCED is the private
- flag added to messages that should not be purged.
- - API change allows for creating a list of file attachments at pack/purge
- time, so they can be browsed later for copying, deletion etc. New tag
- PD_AttachmentList to PackDataFile() added for this purpose.
- - WBRK_MarkDeleted can be set on a kill, which will really delete a
- message if it matches a kill. WriteBRMessage() will not write the message
- to the database if a match with this tag is found. NOTE: This introduces
- a slight API change in in what WriteBRMessage() returns. If possible,
- do not rely on this return value if it's anything else but 0, which
- means failure. -1 is returned on messages that are not added to the
- database due to a kill match on the above tag.
- - BRKILL_Description tag added to the kill interface.
- - UnArchive() will now fail if the archive is 0 bytes.
- - The temp directory when packing will be created now if it doesn't exist.
- - Messages with MDF_DELETED flag set can still be read, unless the
- MDF_UNRECOVERABLE flag is set.
- - New public function SortMessageArray() added.
- - Replaced the internal function for sorting lists with a new one based
- on the mergesort algoritm, which is a lot faster.
- - Subject sorting will also make sure the messages are sorted on date, so
- the oldest messages comes first.
- - 2 new tags added, UBRM_ClearMarked and UBRM_SetMarked.
-
- 980218 - THOR 2.6 API documentation, changes:
- - Bumped the version to 6.
- - confdata.cd_ExtraFlags field added with CDXF_ONLYHEADERS as the only flag
- for now.
- - confinternal.ci_NumQueued added that will contain the number of queued
- messages in this conference.
- - confdata.cd_HighMark added that can contain the high mark for messages or
- headers collected for this conference.
- - New message flags:
- MDF_QUEUED - Message is queued for future collection of the main body
- and header
- MDF_EMPTY_BODY - Message consists of only a header and no full body
-
- - New tag for ConfigConf(): CC_HighMark
- - New tags for WriteBRMessage(): BRMSG_MsgSize, BRMSG_SpecialID, BRMSG_ErrorString,
- BRMSG_TextPartUniqueID, BRMSG_TextPartFilename, WBRMSG_Queued and WBRMSG_EmptyBody.
- - Many of the tags for WriteBRMessage() can now also be used in UpdateBRMessage().
- - New tags for UpdateBRMessage(): UBRM_SetQueued, UBRM_ClearQueued, UBRM_UpdateHeaders
- and UBRM_UpdateText.
- - Will search in message-id too as default in SearchBRMessage()
- - Comments on kills works as they should.
-