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- CNFNRIP Version 1.0 Beta
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- History: June 10, 1993 initial Beta release.
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- Disclaimer:If it screws up something it's your problem.
- But the only PCBoard files affected are CNAMES in read only
- and writes a CNFNR file.
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- What it does:
- The program reads your cnames file and creates however many screens
- are needed to display your conferences. There are 36 conferences
- per page with the first position occupied by MAIN BOARD on each
- screen. Along side of each conference name is a button that is
- activated by your users mouse. When the button is selected, the
- user is taken to the selected conference with no keyboar inputs
- required.
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- Why I did it:
- I run several nets with a total of 208 conferences on my board
- I wanted to have a conference menu that was interactive. I set
- down with RIPaint (Cost $200.00) and spent over 6 hours drawing
- buttons, defining mouse areas, etc etc. Sometime in the 6th hour
- the "oh crap!" light went on, I like my conferences in alpha order
- with a 2 letter net prefix, City2City was getting ready to add
- some more conferences and I was going to have to spend a bunch of
- time creating new CNFN ripscripts. Out of desperation I wrote this
- program. It creates the scripts with no need of the $200.00 program
- or any more energy than typing in your board name, telling it the
- security level for this menu, answering if you want it sorted in
- alpha order, and where cnames lives.
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- What to do:
- Unzip CNFNRIP to any directory of you choice. Run CNFNRIP and
- answer the following questions:
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- Where is your CNAMES file?
- EX: h:\PCB\MAIN\CNAMES If you get this wrong you will get an error
- pgm 64. This beta user interface is crude. I am working on the
- pretty one as we speak.
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- Security Level?
- EX:60 would show only conferences that the security level was 60
- or less.
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- Sort the conferences?
- EX:You can leave the screens in conference order or sort them by
- alpha order, now you see why I like to preface all my conferences
- with a 2 letter net identifier ie:FN Freespeech. That way my
- conferences get sorted alpha by net and alpha within a net.
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- Where should I put it when I am done?
- The path and file name to generate.
- EX:h:\pcb\gen\cnfnr
- c:\pcb\gen\cnfnr50 for a menu for security level 50 users
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- I hope the fact you saved $200.00 and countless hours is worth
- the $10.00 for registration. Registered users will receive a
- copy that allows you to change the colors to suit yourself.
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- As well as a pretty color, error checking for input, etc. etc.
- user interface. I would have killed for this a few days ago so
- I decided to release it in this rough but usable form.
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- To Register send $10.00 to: Abject Poverty BBS
- 700 Chateau Ln Ste 146
- Riverdale, Ga 30274
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- You can reach me via the BBS, or any FredNet conference.
- You may also call me voice at 404-907-4170
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- Please let me kmow of any changes you would like to see.