List of the Arachne system files

Main configuraton file ARACHNE.CFG

Expected in: .\ARACHNE.CFG
when not found there: [arachne directory]\ARACHNE.CFG
written always to: [already existing file]

ARACHNE.BAT, CORE.EXE

Expected in: .\
when not found there: [system path]\
CORE.EXE is main executable file of Arachne. It cannot be run standalone, it must be run from inside of ARACHNE.BAT. Command line arguments of ARACHNE.BAT will be passed to CORE.EXE.

Command line arguments:

URL	Start with desired document (default protocol is file:)
-o	Start in online mode (eg. with Connection @PPP.EXE ...)
-x [URL]	Start in fullscreen mode [and display desired document]
-s	User have to select video adapter, then go to SETUP.HTM. SETUP.BAT does this.
-c	Continue offline browsing (if you use Connection READY, it will force offline mode)
-cg	Continue offline browsing without reseting graphics mode (only for internal use of Arachne !)
-r	Continue online browsing (eg. with Connection @PPP.EXE ...)
-rg	Continue online browsing without reseting graphics mode (only for internal use of Arachne !)
-f	Create new font information (FONTINFO.BIN)
-u	Unload packet driver (ARACHNE.BAT only)

Plug-in configuration file MIME.CFG

Expected in: .\MIME.CFG
when not found there: [arachne directory]\MIME.CFG
this file can be modified (but not rewritten) by Arachne Package Manager

Icon configuration file WWWMAN.CFG

Expected in: .\WWWMAN.CFG

filename_fragmet icon_filename
filename_fragmet icon_filename
...

The Other *.CFG files

usually: [arachne directory]\*.CFG

*.OOK files

usually: [arachne directory]\OOPS\*.OOK

Arachne Packages

Can be found on diffent places

Cache index file

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\CACHE.IDX

BinaryRecord
BinaryRecord
BinaryRecord
...
BinaryRecord

int itemlength;//in this file, always 0x01A8
struct HTTPrecord cacheitem;

#define URLSIZE 256
#define STRINGSIZE 40

struct HTTPrecord
{
 char URL[URLSIZE];    // Uniform Resource Locator
 int x;                // coordinates where the document was last displayed
 long y;               //
 long size;            // size in bytes
 char knowsize;        // logical - size is valid
 char mime[STRINGSIZE];// mime type
 char locname[80];     // full filename (after conversion to TXT,HTM,GIF,BMP)
 char rawname[80];     // full filename (before conversion)
 int handle;           // file handle
 long lastseen;        // last seen time
 char postflag;        // it is result of 
...
};

History file

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\HISTORY.LST

Cookie database

User definable filename and location, usually: [arachne directory]\COOKIES.LST

Runtime configuration file ARACHNE.PCK

Expected in: .\ARACHNE.PCK
when not found there: [arachne directory]\ARACHNE.PCK
written always to: .\ARACHNE.PCK

#define MAXBACKTRACE 64
#define MAXTITLELEN 100

#define SWAP_DISK 0
#define SWAP_XMS  1
#define SWAP_EMS  2

struct ArachnePick
{
 char graphics[16];//last video mode
 char GUIstyle;    //0-menu on the right side,
                   //1-menu like normal browser
                   //2-almost fullscreen
                   // & 4 ...fullscreen (3rd bit set)
 char xSwap;       //see SWAP_DISK, SWAP_XMS, SWAP_EMS
 int mousex,mousey,framescount; //mouse x and y, number of frames
 char target;      //current target inside frameset
 char newframe;    //new frame to be loaded
 long cachesize;   //size of HTTP cache - not yet implemented
 int history;      //current pointer to history file TADYJSEM.BYL
 int backtrace;                       //pointer to backtrace_target
 char backtrace_target[MAXBACKTRACE]; //trace targets of clicks
 char title[MAXTITLELEN];             //main title of the entire frameset
};

//there are 16 frames allocated. Each frame have following structure:
#define STRINGSIZE 40

struct HTMLframe
{
 //general information:
 char framename[STRINGSIZE]; /target=....
 struct HTTPrecord cacheitem;//seee cache index for "HTTPrecord" declaration
 struct ScrollBar scroll;    //frame size is declared in scrollbar structure

 //this is required for Netscape & MSIE compatibility..
 char allowscrolling;
 char marginwidth,marginheight;

 //real position in frame, in pixels
 int posX;
 long posY;

 //document status: LOCAL/REMOTE/VIRTUAL/MAIL , 0...3
 unsigned status;

 //hidden frames are 1) parent frames 2) overwritten child frames
 //if parent is overwritten, this frame should be hidden:
 char hidden,parent,next;

};

//end of frames

struct ScrollBar
{
 int max_xscrsz,max_yscrsz,xscr,yscr,xscrsz,yscrsz;
 int xsize,ysize,ymax,xtop,ytop;
 int total_x;
 long total_y;
 char xvisible;
 int x_decrease_gap; //for scrollbuttons
 int x_increase_gap;
 int y_decrease_gap;
 int y_increase_gap;
 int gap;
 char onscrollx,onscrolly;
 char scrollbarstyle;
};

Icon files

Expected always in: [arachne directory]\SYSTEM\

GIFIKN utility will allow you to customize Arachne toolbar. It is available to owners of commercial multilicense (see file REGISTER.HTM).

Font files

Expected always in: [arachne directory]\SYSTEM\

See also details about distribution X_LOPIF graphics library for C language.

The waste

Can be found on diffent places