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Maximus 3.0 Manual Upgrade Procedure
====================================
This document describes the MANUAL conversion procedure for
upgrading a Maximus 2.0 system to Maximus 3.0.
In almost all cases, you will want to use the AUTOMATIC conversion
procedure to do the upgrade. Only use the MANUAL conversion procedure
if your Maximus control files are extremely complex and the automatic
conversion procedure does not convert the control files properly.
Please see the README.1ST file for information on the AUTOMATIC
upgrade procedure.
Manual upgrade steps
--------------------
- MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.
- Run the install program. Select "upgrade", but in the upgrade
screen, DESELECT all options except for the "Extract 3.0 files"
and "convert tag file" options.
* Convert EVENTS file to the new format. (See the system
documentation.)
* MAX.CTL: Remove "Area Data" and "Area Index"; add "MessageData
MAREA" and "FileData FAREA". Change "File Password User.Bbs" to
"File Password User".
* Convert msgarea.ctl / filearea.ctl to the new control file format.
See the program documentation for more details on the new syntax.
* Edit menus.ctl to change:
Area_Change File -> File_Area
Contents -> File_Contents
Download -> File_Download
Locate -> File_Locate
NewFiles -> File_NewFiles
Upload -> File_Upload
Type -> File_View
Raw -> File_Raw
Override_Path -> File_Override
Area_Change Message -> Msg_Area
Enter_Message -> Msg_Enter
Forward -> Msg_Forward
Xport -> Msg_Xport
Statistics -> MEX m\stats
Remember that "Area_Change File" becomes just "File_Area",
and similarly with "Area_Change Message". The new commands
need no arguments. The final line should look something
like this:
Msg_Area Twit "Area Change"
Also, the replacement for the old Statistics command should
look something like this:
MEX m\stats Twit "Statistics"
* Add the following to MENU MESSAGE:
NoDsp Msg_Change Twit "`46" ; alt-c
NoDsp Read_Previous Twit "`75" ; left
NoDsp Read_Original Twit "`115" ; ctrl-left
NoDsp Read_Next Twit "`77" ; right
NoDsp Read_Reply Twit "`116" ; ctrl-right
NoDsp Msg_Reply Twit "`16" ; alt-q
NoDsp Msg_Reply Twit "`19" ; alt-r
NoDsp Msg_Kill Twit "`37" "="; alt-k
%Msg_Download_Attach Disgrace "!Download Attaches"
%Msg_Reply_Area . Disgrace "&Reply Elsewhere"
* Remove all "MenuHeader" lines from MENUS.CTL.
* Add the following to the MESSAGE, FILE, CHAT and CHANGE menus
(respectively):
HeaderFile :m\headmsg
HeaderFile :m\headfile
HeaderFile :m\headchat
HeaderFile :m\headchg
* In MAX.CTL, revise "Format {Msg/File}Format" to use "%-20"
instead of "%-9.9".
* Add to the SYSTEM section of MAX.CTL:
%File Callers Callers
MCP Pipe \pipe\maximus\mcp
MCP Sessions 16
File Access Access
* Remove these statements from the SESSION section of MAX.CTL:
Userlist Minimum
Userlist Maximum
Ratio Threshold
Upload Reward
Define <priv> <keyword>
* Add these statements to the SESSION section of MAX.CTL:
Check RIP
MaxMsgSize 8192
Min RIP Baud 65535
RIP Path RIP
Track Base Trk
Track View Sysop
Track Modify Sysop
Uses EntryHelp Misc\Msgentry
Uses HeaderHelp Misc\Hdrentry
Attach Base Att
Attach Path Attaches
Attach Archiver ZIP
Kill Attach Ask Normal
* Add this statement to the MATRIX section of MAX.CTL:
Message Edit Ask LocalAttach Normal
* Add "Include Access.Ctl" immediately after the "End System
Section" line in MAX.CTL.
* Add to the READER menu in menus.ctl:
Msg_Restrict Disgrace "Restrict Date"
* Remove all of the following lines from colours.ctl:
Menu {Name,Highlight,Text}
Hotflash {Bar,More,Clear}
File {Name,Size,Date,Desc,Find,Offline,New}
Message {From,FromTxt,To,ToTxt,Subj,SubjTxt,Attrib,Date,
Address,Locus,Body,Quote,Kludge}
FSR {MsgNum,MsgLinks,Attribute,MsgInfo,Date,Address,Static,
Border}
* Add "set maximus=d:\path\max.prm" to autoexec.bat (DOS) or
config.sys (OS/2).
* Remove all "Define xxx" statements from the SESSION section of
max.ctl.
* Change to your \max\olr\dats directory and run "del *.*". This
will cause a one-time loss of the users' off-line reader area
mappings. Users who upload packets which are replies to messages
created by Max 2.x will be prompted to enter a new area when
uploading those packets.
* Change to your \max directory and run "cvtusr -p".
* Change to your \max\rip directory, "mecca *.mec" and "mecca
*.mer".
* Change to your \max\misc directory, and "mecca *.mec".
* Change to your \max\hlp directory, and "mecca *.mec".
* Change to your \max\lang directory, and "maid english".
* Change to your \max\m directory, and enter at the command prompt:
for %f in (*.mex) do mex %f
(If you run this from a .bat or .cmd file, replace "%f" with
"%%f".)
* Change to your \max directory and run:
silt max -u
* Change to your \max directory and run:
fb -a
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