Main Index
Fido System For Windows

Commands

File Menu

Area Menu

Message Menu

Config Menu

ToolBar

Toolbar

Editor Commands

Editor

Hot Keys

Hotkeys


File Menu

Write to file	:	With this command you can write your message to a normal ASCII  file.(You will be prompted for a file name)

*Print	:	This will print the current message

*Printer Setup	:	Here you can change your default settings of your printer

Exit	:	This will exits the program


Area Menu

Change area 	:	You will get a dialog with your area name's in it

sorted by name with description and if there is

newmail it will say so.

Example :

Net mail	(New) Fido Net mail Area

Badmail	Bad echo mail

New Mail Area's	:	You will get only the area's with newmail in it

1. 	: 	These numbers will hold the last 5 area's your were in

2.

3.

4.

5.


Message Menu

List Message	: 	You will see all message in this area by message number .

(You can also use Alt +l for it)

Next	:	You will go to the next message.

(You can also use the Right arrow for it)

Prev	:	You will go to the Pervious message.

(You can also use the Left arrow for it)

Change message	:	With this you can change the current message & Flags.

You can also click with the left button of you mouse on

the header of the message

New message	:	You can write a new message in the current area. If it is a

net mail area the AKA's will not be checked .

You can use the INSert button for it.

 Reply message

Net mail Reply	:	This is the Net mail reply , you will reply in the first area off Areafs.fw.(this is the net mail area)

Reply current

message	:	This will reply the message in the current area the text will  include a '>' .

Reply with

hidden info	:	This will reply the message in the current area the text will  include a '>' and the msgid and pid etc. will included.

Forward	:	This will forward the current message to any area in areafs.fw. (you can select the area from a dialog box)

Hidden info

From message	:	This will show you the msgid and other kludges from the current message.

Delete current

message	:	This will delete the current message.

(You can use DEL or ALT+D for it)


Config Menu

Tossing On/Off	: 	This will turn the tosser on/off when you exits the

program. If it has a V check mark for it it is turned on.

Sound On/Off 	:	This will turn the Sound on/off when you exits the

program. If it has a V check mark for it it is turned on.

Body font	:	With this you can change the font type and color of your

text.(only the font will e saved to disk)

Header Font	:	With this you can change the font type and color of your

Header.(only the font will e saved to disk)

When you change a font please consider that there are font's that are Non Proportinal. This means that a letter will not have the same widht.


ToolBar Menu

Please push a button.


With this button you can go to the pervious message

Note: You can also use the Left arrow key for that.


With this button you can go to the next message

Note: You can also use the Right arrow key for that.


With this button you can change from area


With this button you can Change from a area but it will only display area's with new mail in it.


This will get all the message's in the current area.

It will be listed by Number  By    TO  Subject.


This will get the editor .

You can write a complete new message with it.


This will get the editor .

It will perform a reply to the current message


This will perform a forward of the current message .

If you want's it will forward to another area.

It will ask you for that.


This will perform a hidden reply to the current message

So it will include the hidden info like msgid pid path etc.


This will perform a net mail reply in the first net mail area of Areafs.fw (this willbe the first record).


This will change the current message.


Editor Menu

Buttons

Save	:	This will Save the message.

Cancel	 	:	This will Cancel the current message

*Import	:	With this you can Import a ASCII file with a length off  32kb.

Origin	:	With this you can change override the default origin of this area.

Fields

From / To field 	:	Here you set the name where the mail comes from going and where it's going to.

FromAka / ToAka	:	Here you set the AKA where the mail comes from going to.

THIS WILL NOT BE CHECKED from the nodelist yet and  FSFW will not match the AKA ( the TOAKA field is only necessary for net mail message)

Flags 	:	Here you set the Flags off a message default Private and  Local will be set. If your are doing a file attach you  will get a  dialog where you can select a file (one per message).

Pvt	:	Private

Loc	:	Local

Crs	:	Crash

Hld	:	Hold

Fla	:	File attach

Frq	:	File Request

Kls	:	Kill Sent

Rcv	:	Received

Snt	:	Sent

Dfs	:	Delete file sent

Imm	:	Immediate (only Dbridge)

Dir	:	Direct


Hotkeys

Alt + S	: Turn off/on sound

Alt + W	: Write to file

Alt + D	: Delete current message

Alt + L	: List all message in the current area

Alt + X	: Exist the program

Alt + C	: Change area

Alt + N	: Change area(only displaying the area's with Newmail

Alt + R	: Reply Current Message

Left Arrow	: Go to the pervious message

Right Arrow : Go to the next message

+	: next reply chain

-	: pervious reply chain

Ins	: Start's a new message

Del or Alt+D	: Delete the current message