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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Licensing Terms and Restrictions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
(C) Copyright 1993, Jim Dailey, FidoNet 1:106/202, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
THE Son of BONK Node List Editor, (SOBNLE), IS AND WILL REMAIN THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OF JAMES DAILEY. BECAUSE SOBNLE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, I PROVIDE
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY AND WILL ONLY GUARANTEE THAT SOBNLE WILL TAKE UP SPACE
ON YOUR DISK. SOBNLE IS OFFERED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE
QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF SOBNLE, AND THE ACCURACY OF ITS ASSOCIATED
DOCUMENTATION, IS WITH YOU. SHOULD SOBNLE OR ITS ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION PROVE
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION.
A LICENSE TO FREELY USE SOBNLE IS GRANTED TO ALL NON-COMMERCIAL USERS. IF YOU
RUN A SUBSCRIPTION BBS, OR RUN A BBS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR BUSINESS, YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO MAKE A ONE TIME $100 DONATION TO A CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS ABUSED
CHILDREN. YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE SOBNLE WITH YOU APPLICATION. IF YOUR APPLICATION
IS A COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OR A SHAREWARE APPLICATION YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE
THE ONE TIME DONATION. DONATIONS ARE TO BE MADE ON BEHALF OF FIDONET.
YOU MAY POST SOBNLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM YOUR BBS, OR DISTRIBUTE SOBNLE THROUGH
FIDONET FILE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. YOU ARE NOT TO MODIFY THE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION FILE INCLUDING
RE-ARCHIVING THE DISTRIBUTION FILE.
2. YOU ARE NOT TO REVERSE ENGINEER, MODIFY IN ANYWAY ANY FILE IN THE
DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE.
3. YOU ARE NOT TO SELL OR CHARGE A FEE FOR SOBNLE. IF YOU RUN A
SUBSCRIPTION BBS, SOBNLE IS TO BE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD OR NOT
AVAILABLE AT ALL.
4. YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM CHARGING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOBNLE.
Special Thanks to:
Vince Perriello - for giving us BINKLEY Term
The Opus development team of Wynn Wagner III and Doug Boone.
FidoNet - a major contributor to global communciations.
IBM for OS/2 (all versions).
Last but not least - all those who took the time to file request and test
SOBNLE for me, and to send me your comments, suggestions, and bug reports.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
SOBNLE is a powerful, fully featured FidoNet Version 7 format nodelist editor
and browser. The features include:
1. Supports multiple nodelists.
2. Simultaneous display of multiple nets from multiple nodelists.
3. Display, in a tree view format, an overview of the adminstrative nodes
within a nodelist.
4. Edit, and delete existing nodes. If a node is edited or deleted, and it
is displayed in other windows, the other windows are automatically
updated to reflect the change.
5. Add new nodes to a nodelist. If other windows contains a list of nodes
for the net the new node is added to, the other windows are update to
include the new node.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Net Nodes Display ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This window displays either a list of nodes within a particular net, a list of
zone or region independent nodes, or a list of nodes that are the result of a
nodelist search.
Double clicking the left mouse button on a nodes entry, will invoke the editor
dialog. The editor allows you to change the information for the selected node.
Clicking the left menu on a nodes entry, will cause a pop-up menu to be
displayed that offers you several options:
1. Add a new node
2. Edit the selected node clicked the mouse button on.
3. Delete the selected node clicked the mouse button on.
4. Refresh the list of nodes in the window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Administrative Nodes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The tree view display shows an overview of the adminstrative nodes in a
nodelist. There are 3 levels in the tree.
Zone These are the zone coordinators. Double clicking on a zone
coordinator opens a window with a list of the independent nodes
for the zone. Pressing the "+" key on the keyboard or clicking
the "+" will expand into a of regions within the zone.
Region These are the regional coordinators. Double clicking on a region
coordinator opens a window with a list of the independent nodes
for the region. Pressing the "+" key on the keyboard or clicking
the "+" will expand into a list of nets within the region.
Net Double clicking on a net opens a window with a list of nodes for
the selected net.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu provides several options to help make your life easier:
Configuration Invokes the configuration dialog.
Change Font Allows you to change the font used in the windows. When a
font is changed, all opened windows and subsequently opened
winodws will use the new font. The new font is saved and
will be applied the next time SOBNLE is used.
Note: This option is only available from the main window.
Main Window Forces the main window to get the desk top focus.
Default Nodelist Invokes a dialog to change the default nodelist.
Note: This option is available only in the main window.
Add New Node Invokes a dialog to insert a new node into the nodelist.
Delete Node Inokes a dialog to delete a node.
Edit Node Invokes a dialog to edit a nodes information.
Refresh Refreshes the list shown in the window.
Note: This option is not available in the Adminstrative
window.
Exit Closes the active window. If the active window is the main
window, all other windows are closed and SOBNLE terminates.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. List Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu allows you to open one of several lists:
Admin Nodes Opens a window with a tree view of the adminstrative nodes
within a nodelist.
Net List Opens a window with a list of nodes for a particular net.
Search Node List Opens a window with a list of nodes that match your
specified search criteria.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. SOBNLE Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
With this dialog, you enter information for all of the nodelists you want to
access with SOBNLE. The first nodelist entered will become the default
nodelist used by SOBNLE. You may change the default nodelist via the Options
pull down menu. If a zone and net are entered, SOBNLE will display the nodes
for zone:net from the corresponding nodelist when it is started.
When all the information for a nodelist has been entered, selecting the Add
button, will add the information to the listbox. Double clicking a nodelist's
entry in the list box will delete the information for that nodelist.
Zone Default zone when this nodelist is used.
Net Default net when this nodelist is used
Name This is the name you nodelist compiler uses to prepend to the node
index and the DAT file. Usually this name is NODEX
Path The path name where your nodelist is located.
Note: A trailing slash is not need for the path name.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Node Prompt ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is entered when SOBNLE needs a complete nodenumber to complete your
request.
Zone Zone the node belongs to. If you entered a default zone for
the nodelist, it is automatically entered.
Net Net the node belongs to. If you entered a default net for
the nodelist, it is automatically entered.
Node The nodes actual node number.
Point If the node is a point, the point number.
Select Nodelist The default nodelist is automatically selected for you and
is displayed in the list box. If you wish to use another
nodelist for this request, click on the down arrow of the
listbox and select the desired nodelist.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Change default nodelist. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The default nodelist is automatically selected for you and is displayed in the
list box. If you wish to use another nodelist for this request, click on the
down arrow of the listbox and select the desired nodelist.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Delete Node Confirmation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is presenting the information for the node that you requested to be
deleted. Selecting OK, will cause the node to be deleted from the nodelist.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Net List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is entered when SOBNLE needs the zone and net to create a window
containing a list of nodes.
Zone Zone the desired net is. If you entered a default zone for
the nodelist, it is automatically entered.
Net The net whose nodes you wish listed. If you entered a
default net for the nodelist, it is automatically entered.
Select Nodelist The default nodelist is automatically selected for you and
is displayed in the list box. If you wish to use another
nodelist for this request, click on the down arrow of the
listbox and select the desired nodelist.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Nodelist Search ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter your search criteria in the entry field. If you do not select any of the
radio buttons, SOBNLE assumes you want a SysOp name and will use the SysOp
index.
Note: If any of the radio buttons are selected, an index will not be used for
the search. Instead the entire nodelist will be read looking for entries that
match your search argument.
The default nodelist is automatically selected for you and is displayed in the
list box. If you wish to use another nodelist for this request, click on the
down arrow of the listbox and select the desired nodelist.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Edit/Add node ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is used to edit information for an existing node, or to enter
information for a new node. Unless specifically noted, all fields are
optional.
SysOp Name The name of the SysOp for this node.
Note: This field is required.
System Name System name for this node.
Location City, State/Country for this node.
Telephone Nodes telephone number.
Note: This field is required.
Modem Type Encoded modem type. Please consult the doc's for your nodelist
compiler for an appropriate value.
Modem Baud Maximum baud rate for this node. Select a value other than the
default by clicking on the down arrow of the list box.
User Cost The cost that a BBS user will be charged for sending a netmail
message to this node.
Call Cost Actual cost to call this node.
Hub Node If this node belongs to a HUB within the net, enter the HUB
number.
Note: If the node is a point, this field will not appear.
CM Node can receive mail 24 hours a day.
Zone Check if node is a zone coordinator.
Note: If the node is a point, this field will not appear.
Region Check if node is a region coordinator
Note: If the node is a point, this field will not appear.
Host Check if node is a net host.
Note: If the node is a point, this field will not appear.
HUB Check if node is a HUB
Note: If the node is a point, this field will not appear.
SysOp Index For add node, check if you want the SysOps name added to the
SysOp name index.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Accelerator keys provide a fast way of performing common functions. When two
keys are joined by a plus sign (+), use these two keys together. Press and hold
the first key and then press the second key.
GLOBAL KEYS
ESC Terminates an active dialog.
F1 Context sensitive help.
Alt Activates the menu bar.
Alt+F4 Terminates SOBNLE
SOBNLE Specific KEYS
ALT+A Opens Adminstrative node list.
ALT+C Opens the configuration dialog.
Note: Available in the main window only
ALT+D Delete an existing node.
ALT+E Edit an existing node.
ALT+F Change the window font.
ALT+G Change the default nodelist.
Note: Available in the main window only
ALT+H Select the Help pull down menu.
ALT+I Insert a new node into the nodelist.
ALT+L Select the Lists pull down menu.
ALT+N Open a new window for a specific net.
ALT+O Select the Options pull down menu.
ALT+R Refresh the list for the active window.
ALT+S Initiate a nodelist search.
ALT+X Closes the active window. If the active window is the main window,
all windows are closed and SOBNLE terminates.