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Date: 08/15/95
Program Name: Message Manager
Version: 1.1a
Creator: Eric Brunsen
Armadillo Software
6320 Chippewa Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80915
(719) 380-5718 voice
(See About information in program for my elec. addresses)
Program Function: Delete the 'Forum announcement headers' that are inserted
into the online message file produced by Golden Commpass
each and every time you enter a forum.
Disclaimer: You are free to use this version of MsgMgr as long as you
are willing to accept responsiblity for any problems
that might arise from using it. If you don't agree
with these terms then delete the program.
Cost: For this version of MsgMgr there is no cost.
If there is sufficient demand, I will add new
features etc., and then there will probably be
a licensing fee.
Introduction:
This program was written after I got tired of reading the 'Forum Announcement'
message every time I accessed CompuServe via Golden Commpass. If I was only
accessing 1 or 2 times a day, it might not have been so annoying, but I have
been accessing every 1 - 2 hours (yes, I was home ill & feeling bored) and
these message got really old. I have tested the program many times, and
have found no errors as of yet. According to Kevin Hine (Sysop GCP support
forum on CompuServe), the only concerns with deleting these forum
announcements are:
1. You will still get the ???/??? at the bottom of each 'Book' icon.
But GCP will loose the ability to distinguish between separate
online sessions. Therefore the first number would be meaningless,
and probably end up being the same as the total number of messages,
i.e., all the messages will index collate to a single online session...
2. the 'MESSAGES\RESET HI-MSG NBR...' dialogue will only be
enabled for Announcement pages.
Number 1 is pretty self-explanatory.
Number 2 means that you cannot reset HI-MSG NBR since you won't have any
'Forum Announcement' pages, and GCP needs these to reset the HI-MSG NBR.
Easy way around this is: next time you DL forums, don't delete the
announcement. Just edit the .MSG file with your favorite text editor
(E, EPM, QEdit, etc.) and copy the 'Forum announcement' to the position of
the message file area that you want to renumber from, and change the
pertinent info on this message (Date, time, messages, last message read, etc.)
- This shouldn't be difficult to add to Message Manager if this is something
folks want/need to have.
Installation:
To use this program, you must have REXX installed on your system.
If you do not have REXX installed, you can install it by using the
'Selective Install' feature of OS/2.
Run the mmInst.cmd file. This file will:
1. Copy the files MsgMgr.Exe, RxExtras.dll, and ReadMe.Doc into
the directory you specify.
2. Create a Program object on the desktop
That is all there is to it. To run it, just double-click on the
desktop object.
How to use:
To use the program, all you do is select the message files from which
you want to delete the 'Forum Announcements' and press the
"Delete" button. At this point the entire process is automagic if
no errors occur. If an error does occur, you will be informed of
the file that was being worked on and the action that was being
performed when the error occurred.
What the program does:
1. Deletes the existing forumName.GSM backup file
2. Copies the forumName.MSG file to forumName.GSM as a backup
3. Reads the forumName.MSG looking for "Forum Announcement"
msgs. If a message is not a 'Forum Annoncement", then
it is written to a temporary file.
4. Deletes the forumName.MSG file
5. Renames the temporary file forumName.MSG
Known Limitations:
No Online help (not much need for it in this program though)
Progress ribbon is not real detailed (3 ticks only)
Future:
I will first address those Limitations that are listed in
'Known Limitations'. After these have been addressed, I will
(if demand merits) add other features. I will gladly entertain
ideas/suggestions/requests from users of the program.
Some additional features that immediately come to mind are:
1. Message deletion/archiving based on age
2. More automated/less user-intensive (perhaps cmd-line options)
3. Action logging (so we know what we did/didn't do)
Please feel free to contact me at any of my electronic addresses, or to call
me if you have questions/comments.
Revision History:
1.0a Initial release
1.01a Added:
Install changes (WPS Object):
Trailing '\' character to the 'Parameters field'
Working directory entry
Pushbuttons are now diabled while the 'delete' action
is processing
Pointer is changed to clock during 'delete' action
Fixed:
Problem with not finding the GCP messages directory
1.1a
Added:
MsgMgr only displays only those .MSG files that have
been updated since the last 'deletion date'
Added 'Last Deletion Date & Time' field
Added 'All' button for selecting messages