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AdeptFile: The file lister for AdeptXBBS that looks professional in stark
contrast with Adept's messy and unpolished internal lister.
Release : 00.50 (middle alpha) |
Updated : 04/22/96 |
Changed lines are marked with a ------------------> |
Deleted lines are marked with a ------------------> D
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The Scoop: AdeptFile is more or less inspired by Wildcat 4.0's internal file
lister except mine is a WHOLE LOT better <g> Mine supports better
tagging, shows more files on the screen, looks better, and allows
for files with up to 32 characters (the largest that Adept's
file system allows anyway.)
PLEASE SEE ADEPTFILE.HISTORY FOR A LIST OF CHANGES!
ADEPTFILE .50 >>>MUST<<< BE RUN ON ADEPTXBBS 1.07<<E>> OR LATER! |
(Not tested with 'f', but it should work fine) |
Here's what doesn't work:
- The download counter doesn't work. Adept doesn't seem to
update it when a user downloads a file.
- [D]eleting a file and the [S]ysop functions are still
inactive. I just haven't been able to get Adept to delete a
file from the filebase yet. Maybe in 1.07e or f.
- There's a display bug when jumping between file areas (see
AdeptFile.History!) (Didn't fix it in .41 -- maybe .60. It's |
a harmless little bug)
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Big BBSes: AdeptFile .50 works alot better with large systems than previous |
versions did. ALOT. It's still a bit pokey when loading in |
large file areas, so you may want to pass up until I can find |
a faster undocumented API to load in the filebase (it's either |
that or ditch all the security features, which is unacceptable) |
Please note that you can abort any scan with CTRL-X if you get |
stuck in a bind! |
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Future : - The sysop functions that Adept sorely lacks.
- Make the [I]nfo screen fully functional. (almost done!)
- Maybe even expand into a full fledged file manager? Right
now AdeptFile is only good for listing the files in all
filebase. I'm thinking about letting it do searches, scans,
new file matches, etc, etc, etc. Now that I've taken the
hour to figure out Adept's file system, most of it should be
pretty simple (since I've written up my own subs to do the
dirty work and keep be away from the aFsys_() stuff.
- Faster load times! (almost there!) |
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Install : It's easy. Just unzip the bloody thing anywhere you want and call
it from your file menu. AdeptFile could care less where it
resides. Here's an example menu entry:
L ,10 ,\r\n[L]ist Files (Current Area),e:\adeptfile\AdeptFile.Erx
That's all that you have to do!
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Author : You know Matt Davis. He's the guy that writes all these great
free utilities for Adept that no one ever gives him feedback on.
You've probably run his voting door, CBV, data files, and maybe
even seen his 3D Adventure Door for Adept called EAMON. He has
also written a hoard of other things, but he didn't receive any
feedback so he's long since forgotten about them. Maybe if you
tell him what you think about AdeptFile he won't forget about it!
-Matthew C. Davis (McD)
1:3666/107.0@fidonet
205:310/120.0@ekonet
1-704-324-9949
SBC-Development
P.O. Box 300, No. 177
Hickory, NC 28603
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