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The user database window consists of an overview of the users in the
database, and some options to add and edit user records.
This window consists of several gadgets:
Users in database
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This is a list of all the users on the user database, sorted in the
order they were added to the database. To the far left is the user
name, the next field is for any alias that might be configured for
this user. Next comes the date this entry was added to the database,
and to the far right is any comment that might be associated with a
user. Several users can be selected for deletion with multiselection
using the mouse and the shift key. Double-clicking on a user will
open the enter message window, ready to enter a message to that
person.
Sort
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This function will sort the user entries in the window alphabetically,
but the result will not be updated on disk.
Delete
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This function will delete the selected user(s) from the user database.
That is, the users will only be marked as deleted, but won't
physically be deleted from disk until the "Maintenance" function is
used.
Save
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This function will update the currently selected user with the
information contained in the various string gadgets in the window.
New
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This function will let you add a new user to the database. When you
have finished entering the information you want, select "Save" and the
user will be added to the user database.
Maintenance
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This function will optimize and remove out deleted entries from the
user database.
Name
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This is the user name of the currently selected user. This field will
be used for loopup when entering messages.
Alias
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This field contains the alias you want the user to be known under. By
using this field wisely, e.g. all you close personal friends could be
given the same "friend" alias and by entering "friend" in the username
field when entering a message, you will be given the choice to send
the message to all users with "friend" as alias.
Address
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This entry usually contain the email address (or the equivalent
depending of the system type). This entry will also be used for
loopup when entering a message, although the user name got a higher
priority.
Comment
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This field is for adding any comment you might want to an user entry.
A typical user entry on Internet might look something like this:
Name: Petter Nilsen
Alias: thor-guy
Address: pettern@thule.no
Comment: This guy is one of the THOR authors
See the Arexx-script Adduser.thor located in rexx/ for an example of
using the user database from ARexx.
The position and size of this window is saved with the rest of the
settings in the section Visual configuration window.
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