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  1. Program Name/version/release:           8012IPF/v1.1/16 Feb 1995
  2. -----------------------------
  3.  
  4. Target:                 Os/2 2.x
  5. -------                 (program has been created under os/2 2.1 italian
  6.                          release, tested under Warp too)
  7.  
  8. Author:                 Michele Vignali
  9. -------                 -fidonet                Miki Vignali 2:332/801.2
  10.                         -internet               vignali@nabucco.eng.unipr.it
  11.                                                 piervig@magoo.cedi.unipr.it
  12.                                                 vignali@presto.eng.unipr.it
  13.  
  14.  
  15. IMPORTANT NOTES:               ---**** WARNING ****----
  16. ----------------
  17.                 You ''must'' have IPFC.EXE ver 2.20.000 June 27 1994
  18.                 to run the program, otherwise anything can happen.
  19.                 You must also have a bbs list in FLM format. FLM is
  20.                 the program by which many BBS make their list.
  21.                 Read PROBLEMS section (below) if you don't have IPFC 2.20
  22.                 I've tested my program only with FLM 1.24 ( (c) by A. Pasquale)
  23.  
  24.                 FLM 1.24 produce a list like this:
  25.  
  26. ⌐---------Sector number
  27. V
  28. -
  29. | ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
  30. | ║                                                                            ║
  31. 1 ║                             Banana's BBS - Parma                           ║
  32. | ║                                                                            ║
  33. | ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
  34. |                                < Comment >
  35. |                                   ...
  36. |                                   ...
  37. |
  38. -
  39. | Generated by FLM 1.24, Sun Dec 04 04:28:30 1994
  40. 2
  41. | Complete List of files:
  42. |
  43. -
  44. | ╓────────────────╥──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
  45. 3 ║ Area FAMGA000  ║ AMGA _ Antivirus                                         ║
  46. | ╙────────────────╨──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
  47. -
  48. | VCHK620.LHA    49443 07-05-94  [   3] Virus Checker 6.20
  49. | VSCAN504.LZH   46330 06-20-91  [   5] VirusScan 5.04
  50. |
  51. |                      2 files in this area (94 KBytes)
  52. 4
  53. |                                 ...
  54. |                                 ...
  55. |                                 ...
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  57.  
  58.  
  59. LICENSE:        There is no license, so don't cry if the program
  60. --------        does not make coffee or creates problems on your systems.
  61.                 The program is under free distribution.
  62.  
  63.  
  64.  
  65. OPTIONS:
  66. --------        Input file list ->              The BBs file list in TEXT
  67.                                                 mode and FLM format.
  68.                                                 (Required)
  69.  
  70.                 Output file list ->             Temp file name , can be
  71.                                                 anything (i.e: john.ipf )
  72.                                                 (required)
  73.  
  74.                 Title ->                        Usually your favourite BBs
  75.                                                 name. Remember Must be a
  76.                                                 word; you can use _ to
  77.                                                 connect words (i.e:
  78.                                                 my_favourite_bbs)
  79.                                                 (required)
  80.  
  81.                 Logo.bmp ->                     It's a Windows BITMAP logo
  82.                                                 of your BBs, if you have
  83.                                                 one logo ,otherwise you can
  84.                                                 put anything you want, also
  85.                                                 nothing.
  86.                                                 (optional)
  87.  
  88.  
  89. COMMENTS:                      ---*** IMPORTANT ***---
  90. ---------
  91.                 If list is too big, program will split it in blocks.
  92.                 This is due to the fact that VIEW.EXE (or IPFC.EXE) have
  93.                 some trouble handling big list; if you compile a big file
  94.                 (over than 1.5 Mb, but problem could arise from the number
  95.                 of words in your document) view.exe will load it but
  96.                 searching function will not work.
  97.  
  98.                 If you want to see only a big list you have 2 choices:
  99.  
  100.                 1st)    Create a Program Icon in your desktop by mask
  101.                 ^^^     folder, then fill the option of this program
  102.                         in this way:
  103.  
  104.                         PROGRAM NAME     : VIEW.EXE
  105.                         WORKING DIRECTORY: The directory where the
  106.                                            splitted .inf will be
  107.                                            moved.
  108.                         PARAMETERS       : 0.INF+1.INF+2.INF+...+N.INF
  109.                                            where N is the last .INF
  110.                                            file created by 8012IPF.
  111.  
  112.                 From version 1.1 the 1st step will automatically done by
  113.                 8012IPF.EXE.
  114.  
  115.                 2nd)    Just set a variable in config.sys
  116.                 ^^^
  117.                         SET BBSLIST=0.INF+1.INF+ ... +N.INF
  118.                         where N is the last .INF file created by 8012IPF.
  119.  
  120.                         and when you want access the list just type from
  121.                         prompt '' VIEW BBSLIST ''
  122.  
  123. PROBLEMS
  124. ---------
  125. 1)      Problem running IPFC compiler directly from 8012IPF can occur using
  126.         Warp 3.0 (or beta release); you can use this command line to  compi_
  127.         le by hand your .IPF blocks:
  128.  
  129.                         IPFC -i <filename>.IPF
  130.  
  131. 2)      I've not tested 8012IPF under IPFC 2.00, this does not mean that
  132.         list cannot be compiled by this version of IPFC.
  133.         If you have only IPFC 2.00 you must compile the .IPF by hand (and pray)
  134.         because command line parameters are different from version
  135.         2.20. To compile you must proceed in this way :
  136.  
  137.                 1) use 8012IPF as if you have the IPFC 2.20
  138.                 2) probably the compilation will fail (don't worry)
  139.                 3) Get the control of your computer and compile all .IPF
  140.                    in your current directory using:
  141.  
  142.                         IPFC /INF <filename>.IPF
  143.  
  144.                 Goto to the first step of section COMMENT (above).
  145.  
  146. 3)      Refer to EXAMPLE.CMD for a simple command line example.
  147.  
  148.  
  149.