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- ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ EFL 1.31 DOCUMENTATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║
- ╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
-
- For ProBoard version 1.21 and above (c) 1990-2 Philippe Leybaert
-
- What is EFL?
-
- EFL is an Enhanced File List utility, and it offers ProBoard
- users a way to list and tag files for download.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ EFL 1.31 feature list │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- + Support for ProBoard CD-ROM listing
- + Easy and fast file listing and tagging
- + Immediate download of tagged files
- + Complete tracking of tagged files across multiple areas
- + New file indicator, a flashing '*' near the comment line
- + Supports external file viewers
- + Saves tagged files on exit, and will load them upon re-entry
- + Easy scrolling through the file list - forward and back
- + Choose file area within EFL, move back and forth or pick from
- list - no need to exit EFL to change file areas
- + Status bar on top keeps track of useful user information
- + Status bar on bottom keeps track of selected files
- + Support for European date format
- + Configurable color prompt, all 15 colors supported
- + Configurable word-wrap, toggle on or off - user can also
- choose
- + Configurable coloring of the file list regions - name, date,
- size, comments
- + Easy to use configuration utility - will import EFL 1.21 .CFG
- file
- + Supports any ProBoard-defined batch protocol that uses
- DSZCTL.TXT format, also supports non-batch protocols
- + Supports all security features of ProBoard.
- + Updates the appropriate areas of the user record with the
- number and amount successfully downloaded
- + Proper log file entry into the ProBoard log for both
- successful and unsuccessful downloads
- + Supports the hot-keys 's' for stop and 'p' for pause
- + Goodbye after download
- + and more!
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ EFL 1.31 Installation │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The Enhanced File List PEX file provides ProBoard 1.21 and later
- with the ability to easily list and tag files. EFL was designed
- to give the Sysop complete control over the color regions of the
- file list, word-wrap, tag character, and more.
-
- A configuration utility (EFLCFG.EXE) is provided to setup EFL
- very quickly.
-
- Follow these simple installation steps:
-
- 1. Place EFL.PEX, EFLCFG.EXE, into your PEX directory.
- If you have a registered version, place the EFL.KEY file
- in here too.
-
- 2. Run EFLCFG and choose the color combination and options you
- want. If you are upgrading from EFL 1.21, you can import
- the EFL.CFG file by selecting 'R'.
-
- Note: if you have a monochrome monitor - the color schemes
- inside EFL.INI are as follows:
-
- Black = 0, Blue = 1, Green = 2, Cyan = 3, Red = 4, Magenta = 5,
- Brown = 6, White = 7 Gray = 8, Light Blue = 9, Light Green = 10,
- Light Cyan = 11, Light Red = 12, Light Magenta = 13, Light
- Yellow = 14, Bright White = 15
-
- Hit 'S' to save the EFL.INI file.
-
- 3. Copy EFL.INI into your STARTUP directory.
- *** NOTE ***
- With multi-line BBS's you will have to copy the file to their
- respective startup directories - this allows you to have a
- different setup for EFL on each node if you wish.
-
- 4. Place the EFL.ANS file into your textfiles directory defined
- in PROCFG. This is the file that is read when users ask for
- help by pressing (?).
- You can modify this file with your favorite editor or THEDRAW
- since it supports ANSI colors. There is no limit to the length
- of this file and EFL will prompt the user with More[Y,n].
-
- 5. Install a line in your file menu and use MENU 60 - run ProBoard
- SDK file.
-
- 6. Put "EFL" in the data field.
-
- Example:
-
- 0 1 2
- 1234567890123456789012345...
- <^F^>ile List via EFL
- Hotkey : F
-
- Function : 60 - Run ProBoard SDK File
-
- Data : EFL
-
- Level : 1
- Flags : --------------------------------
-
- Color : White on Black Example Text
-
- 7. If you are using FrontDoor and have a high-speed modem, please
- read the special FrontDoor note below.
-
- That's it!
-
- *******************************************************************
- NEW! EFLCFG supports two environment variables (EFLINI and EFLPEX)
- placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file that will allow you to run
- EFLCFG from anywhere providing:
-
- A. EFLCFG.EXE is somewhere in your path.
- B. EFLINI is defined as your ProBoard STARTUP directory:
- eg. SET EFLINI=C:\PB
- C. EFLPEX is defined as your ProBoard PEX directory:
- eg. SET EFLPEX=C:\PB\PEX
-
- Once this is setup, EFLCFG will read/write .INI, .CFG, and
- .KEY files from the defined directories.
- *******************************************************************
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Using EFL 1.31 │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Take a look!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o All of EFL's commands are available from the Tag menu.
- o The top line contains useful information and the bottom line
- keeps track of tagged info.
-
- Here's what it looks like:
-
- EFL 1.31 │ Area: 100 │ Node: 1 │ Dn: 822 │ Up: 21 │ Time: 58 │ Top
- -------- ----------- -------- --------- ------- -------- ---
- version Area number BBS Node Downloads Uploads Time Pg
- number CD=CD-ROM number to you from you Remaining #
- FREE or FR (in Kb) (in Kb) (minutes)
-
- A . <*> flashes if New File!
- B .
- C .
- file listing
- T .
- U .
- V .
-
- Help file Some Commands Available # files tagged Amount dl time
- ------- ------------------------------ -------------- ---------- ---------
- (?)Help│ Tag:A..V │ (/)Dload │ ($)Batch │ # Tagged: 3 │ Kb: 848 │ Time: 58
- help bar
-
-
- EFL allows you to very easily Tag or Untag any file on the screen.
- Just press the appropriate letter that is listed along the left side
- of the screen to Tag or Untag the file. EFL will update the tag
- information on the bottom bar, keeping track of tagcount, tagsize,
- and download time. After you have selected your files, you can go
- into the batch menu ($) or directly into the download menu (/) to
- quickly download your files. EFL 1.31 also remembers your tags when
- you leave it, and will give you the options of deleting or listing
- them upon re-entry.
-
- Access to all of EFL's Functions
-
- (?) - Display help file.
- (/) - Enters the download menu.
- ($) - Enters the batch menu.
- (3) - Page down the file list, can also use the (Enter) key.
- (9) - Page up the file list
- (7) - Goes to the top of the file list.
- (*) - Re-displays the whole screen.
- (&) - Toggles Word-Wrap.
- (Esc) - Escape takes you back to ProBoard.
- ([, ], =) - Navigates through the file areas: forward, back, and
- pick from list.
- (Enter) - Page down the file list.
- (!) - Quick logoff.
- (P) - Pauses display when listing.
- (S) - Stops display when listing, gives user control of commands.
-
-
- BATCH MENU
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Selecting the ($) command takes you into the batch menu.
-
- (A) - Add a file, filename needs to be exact (for now).
- (S) - Subtract a file: EFL will prompt you for # to delete from
- the list.
- (C) - Clear all: resets the tagged file counters to zero. EFL
- will ask the infamous "are you sure?" before clearing.
- (V) - View a file, only available if the viewer is defined in the
- EFL.INI file. The external file viewer needs to be
- correctly installing before this function works. Consult the
- docs of the viewer of your choice.
- (D) - Goto the download menu.
- (Esc) - Go back to the file listing.
-
- DOWNLOAD MENU
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Selecting the (/) command takes you into the download menu.
-
- (Enter) - Checks for file accessability and then prompts you to
- make a protocol selection.
-
- (B) - Goto the batch menu.
- (Esc) - Go back to the file listing.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ FrontDoor notes - high speed modems only │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Read CAREFULLY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- In the FDSETUP, under Modem -> Messages:
- change the 1200 line from "CONNECT 1200" to "CONNECT 1200/".
-
- Also make sure you add an errorlevel for 12000 in the FDSETUP,
- under Misc -> Errorlevels. Then in your bbs.bat file, add the
- necessary support for responding to that errorlevel.
-
- This will allow FrontDoor to properly answer 12000 bps calls,
- which otherwise come in at CONNECT 1200. Of course, you will
- need the proper modem (like a USR Dual Standard) in order for
- users to connect at that bps rate.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ EFL 1.31 Technical Notes │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- EFL and EFLCFG are written in C++ using Borland C++ 3.1. EFL use
- about 45K of memory, and supports 8086/286/386/486 computers.
-
- File access information:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Only two files are created by EFL, both are located in the
- startup directory:
-
- + EFL.TAG - a file used to save file tag info, it is only
- created upon exit of EFL and then read back
- when entering.
-
- + DSZCTL.TXT - needed by protocols, such as DSZ/GSZ, in order to
- process the "batch" request. Note that this
- filename is configurable in PROCFG. Each line
- lists the full path and filename to the file.
-
- The following external files are opened read-only by EFL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- + EFL.KEY - registration key file.
-
- + EFL.INI - the configuration file for various colors and options.
- If it doesn't exist, default values will be used.
-
- + FILES.BBS - the file listing.
-
- + FREEFILE.CTL - a listing of files that can be downloaded "free", i.e.
- no update to the user record after download.
-
- + ONLINE.PRO - provides additional user information.
-
- + PROTOCOL.PRO - provides protocol information.
-
- + EFL.ANS - Help file for EFL, placed in the textfiles dir.
-
- The following external files are appended to by EFL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- + PROBOARD.LOG - updates to the main log.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ EFL 1.31 Registration │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Many hours have been spent into the design and development of EFL.
- If you are still using it after 30 days - you must register.
-
- Registering EFL provides you with the following benefits:
-
- + Maximum number of tagged files increases from 5 to 30,
- totally configurable.
- + "UNREGISTERED" sign replaced with your name and BBS name in
- both EFL (on startup) and EFLCFG (main screen).
- + EFLCFG goes right into color selection, bypassing help screen.
- Help is still available via (H).
- + Free minor and major releases up to but not including version 2.0.
- You will be able to download the future releases of EFL off my BBS.
-
- Registration is easy, just fill out the EFL.REG file and a check
- or money order (payable to Paul Tabara) in the amount of $10 US
- dollars to:
-
- Paul Tabara
- P.O. Box 361
- Champlin, MN 55316
- USA
-
- You will receive your personalized "KEY" file through Netmail or
- it will be uploaded to your BBS if you don't have a FidoNet node
- number. If none of those options are possible, you will receive
- a disk in the mail.
-
- Thank you for trying out EFL! I know you and your users will
- enjoy using it.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Notes of recognition │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- I would like to thank all the users that provided me with ideas,
- encouragment, bug reports, Netmails, and registrations. You
- really made me continue to work and refine EFL into this release.
-
- Special thanks to the following guys that really made a difference:
-
- Jim Biggs
- [The O-Zone BBS (612-537-8659) | 1:282/30]
- ──────────────────────────────────────────
- - Last minute bug reporting.
- - For pointing out that some users just have don't have ANSI.
-
- Philippe Leybaert
- [The Home of ProBoard (32-91-66-22-91) | 2:292/1905]
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- - Last minute testing and notes.
- - Word wrap problem from you know where - fixed!
-
- Henk Van.Ess
- [4.3.2.1 Ups & Downs (31-21-55-28-681) | 55:222/105]
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- - Consistant reports from you and your users.
-
-
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- For the latest shareware version, or if you have any
- questions/comments call:
-
- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Rivendell BBS - Home of ProBoard Support USA ║
- ║ (612-323-9473) ║
- ║ 1:282/90 ║
- ║ HST/V.32/V.32bis/V.42/V.42bis ║
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