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Software Grove Messages for Networks - version 1.3
Additional Information
This file contains information which does not appear in the current manual.
1) Setup protection. Messages has a new setup program. This
new setup has an additional feature that will give you the
option of restricting MESSAGE-CENTER installations. You can
provide a password at the first installation that will be
required each time a Message-Center is installed. To disable
this feature, simply click on "Continue" without entering a
password (only when you are asked to provide the first one).
Setting or disabling the password is permanent.
2) Default areacode. Setup provides a place to input your default
areacode. You can still change it using the Messages' Options
Editor.
3) Network database. The default installation will assume that
you want to read the database cardfiles (inboxes and callers)
from a central location and will look for them on the network
path you specify during installation. To read them from your
local machine, you must provide the full file and pathname
(e.g., c:\messages\inboxes.crd) using Messages' Options Editor.
4) Name completion. If the options, COMPLETE_TO_NAME and
COMPLETE_FROM_NAME, are on, Messages will interactively
auto-complete any unambiguous name in the For(To) and/or
From(M) fields (assuming that INBOXES.CRD and CALLERS.CRD
are provided and contain entries).
5) Dropboxes. Clicking on the "dropdown arrows" beside the For(To)
and From(M) fields will toggle display of a listbox of the
predefined names possible for that field (assuming that INBOXES.CRD
and CALLERS.CRD are provided and contain entries). The For(To)
field will allow multiple names to be selected. The From(M) field
will try to predetermine a subset of names based upon any partial
name you have already typed.
6) Login. You can login as any other user, in order to access their
InBox or to assume their Message-Center rights. You must provide
a complete pathname to their messages.ini file and know their
password in order to successfully login.
7) Startup options. The option, START_AS, allows Messages to start
as the PAD, LOG, or ICON.
8) Notification options. The option, POPUP_NEW_MESSAGES, can force
the PAD or LOG window to popup into any new messages as they are
received. The existing options, FLASH_NEW_MESSAGES and
BEEP_NEW_MESSAGES, still work as before. Another option,
FLAG_NEW_MESSAGES, works like the flashing icon, but changes the
icon to reflect the flags of the first new message (e.g., URGENT).
9) User flags. Each message may be flagged with any of three user
flags. These can be used by you to mean anything and are easily
toggled on/off. They are simply displayed as 1,2,3.
10) Printing options. New single-line printing formats are provided
(printing a log, or using the listltr.frm template). In addition,
printing any multiple-message form with less than a full page of
messages will prompt you for the starting point. For example, if
you selected two messages to print on the 4up form, you could specify
the lower two quadrants to be used. This will allow you to save
paper.