The OGMESSAGE program is used for sending quick messages to users
in a work group on a network. It provides a means of communicating
those quick notes to other users on your LAN without having to leave
your desk.
It requires VBRUN100.DLL to run since it is a VB application.
OGMESSAGE remains running as an Icon at all times, you can activate
the icon to send a message to another user. At the same time OGMESSAGE
is checking the postbox directory to see if any incoming messages are for you. OGMESSAGE will interrupt what you are doing to display the message that you are currently receiving.
Here are some short instructions for running OGMESSAGE
1) Find a central place on your network where everyone that you
want to receive messages can get to. Copy the OGMESS.exe program
to this area. All the users that need to use OGMESSAGE can run from
a single OGMESS.exe file. (This is to make LAN managers happier).
2) Activate the OGMESS.exe program for each user that you want to
receive messages. If the user has not been installed
before, a SETUP screen will appear.
The Username Prompt is asking for a unique user name for the
individual user that is to receive messages.
The PostBox Path prompt is asking for the path name for the
messages to be sent to and received from. This path name must be
the same for all users that you want to send and receive messages
from each other.
After the setup is complete an OGMESS.ini file will be created on
your windows directory
For Example,
Suppose Joe and Jane want to send messages to each other.
Joe's Setup
Username : JOE
PostBox Path: c:\postbox
Jane's Setup
Username: Jane
PostBox Path: c:\postbox
This setup would allow Joe and Jane to send messages to each other
3) After setup has been completed OGMESSAGE returns to an ICON.
Restore the Icon and you will be able to send a message
The rest of the procedures are very easy and intuitive.
If you like this program and plan to use it, Please Send $5.00 to
Steven R. Chavez
706 Spinnaker Drive
Perris, CA 92571
I originally placed the ogmess.exe program in the winadv forum under
shareware, but it had a HUGE BUG and did not work properly. So I am
releasing source code and all, so YOU can customize and Fix anything that
you don't like.
If you come up with ANY interesting new features that would enhance this
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cost of VB for a starving, yet deserving, programmer. There is no guarentee
either expressed or implied that this will work.
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