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RA TO EZYCOM
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If you are presently running an RA system and wish to
convert to Ezycom, then there are a few things you must do
first.
This has been tested with Remote Access V1.11. We can not
guarentee that it will work with later versions.
We have supplied you with Utilties that will convert your
file, message, menu and userbase to Ezycom format. All these
utilities will be run from your Ezycom system directory.
The converters can be found in CONVUTIL.ARJ.
Extract them using "ARJ e CONVUTIL.ARJ"
1)RATOEZYF
--------
This will import you file directories defined in <RAconfig>,
to config and also convert all your RA files.BBS. To run
RAtoezyf, type RAtoezyf <RApath>. Where RApath is your RA
system directory.Once it has converted your file areas you
will be prompted for the file description position (default
14) but if you have download counts then make it 19.
E.G. RATOEZYF C:\RA
This function will NOT convert any CD Rom file areas over.
Use CDFBBS to perform that function.
2)RATOEZYM
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This will import your message area directories defined in
< RAconfig> to config.
To run RATOEZYM, type RAtoezym <RApath> where RApath is your
RA system directory.
EG: RAtoezym C:\RA
3)USER2EZY
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This will convert your RA users.bbs so it can be used with
EZYCOM.
To run usertoezy, type Usertoezy <old userbase path>
where: old userbase path is where your RA users.bbs resides.
Eg: USER2EZY C:\BBS\USERS.BBS
4)MNUTOEZY
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This will convert your RA.mnu's to Ezycom .mnu's.
To run Mnutoezy, type Mnutoezy <old mnu path> <Ezymnupath>.
E.G. Mnutoezy C:\RA\MENUS C:\EZY\MENUS.
When using converted .MNU from RA/SBBS/QUICK to Ezycom,it
must be noted that changes are required,file area paths are
not valid for file lists,downloads etc.Instead a templating
approach is required (/F).Check documentation on menuing for
this.Instead of a path,you can use a File Area Number for
file lists etc,this points to the number in the Config-
Files-Fileareas.
5)MSGTOEZY
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This will convert your message base to Ezycom format.
To run MSGTOEZY, TYPE MSGTOEZY <msg base path> where msg
base path is where your RA message base files reside.
E.G. MSGTOEZY C:\RA\MESSAGES
If you have large message areas, it will take quite some
time to convert. We suggest putting a cache on your hard
disk for this operation. Bring down any multitasking or
networking as well. This will get it over as quick as
possible.
6)CDFBBS
This will convert CD Rom Files.BBS over to Ezycom.
The difference being that you do not require a FILES.BBS.
The command line is
CDFBBS <CD Rom Path> <ezycom file area> [Files.BBS path and name]
The converter will look in <CD Rom Path> for the actual files.
If, the path/name of the FILES.BBS is not mentioned, then it will
look in <CD Rom Path> for the FILES.BBS
The <ezycom file area> is the file area number for Ezycom.
Eg: CDFBBS Z:\Files\CDIBM 5 Z:\LIST\FILES.101
This will convert your CD Rom files in Z:\FILES\CDIBM using the
files list Z:\LIST\FILES.101 to file area 5 of ezycom.
7)OFF2EZY
This is similar to the previous one, but will convert files that
are not found as well over to Ezycom.
OFF2EZY <path> <ezycom file area>
Eg: OFF2EZY C:\FILES\IBMGEN 5
8)EZYAREA
This will convert a standard AREAS.BBS from QEcho, Tosscan,
IMail, and the rest across to Ezycom format.
You must setup all your export nodes in the ezycom node manager
first.
It will create areas that are not defined yet. It must be noted
that changes to each and EVERY area will be required, but at least
every node will be flagged for that area in your export list.
format: EZYAREA <path>
eg: EZYAREA C:\TS\
This now completes the conversion from RA to Ezycom.
The utilities used can now be deleted, as they will no
longer be required.