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NetSend V2.00
Copyright 1993, Greg Ratajik.
August 23, 1993
Genie : G.RATAJIK
CompuServe: 74555,542
Internet : G.RATAJIK@genie.geis.com
or : 74555.542@compuserve.com
Voice : (301)/916-0018
To register, send $15 check or money order, payable
to Greg Ratajik, to:
Greg Ratajik
1722 Forres Ave.
St. Joseph, MI 49085
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NetSend is a Shareware program. If you find NetSend
useful, please send $15 to the above address (And if you find it
VERY useful, feel free to send what you think is a fair price.)
Registering Chkpath will allow you to receive notification of
changes up to version 4.0. If you plan on using more than 8 copies
of NetSend for one site, please contact me for a site license.
I hope you find NetSend useful, but (DISCLAIMER) I am
in no way responsible for any damages the use of NetSend may cause.
If you have any questions, comments, ideas, etc, feel free to
contact me. I'm always looking for ways to improve my software!
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I. General
NetSend will send a message to a user, a group of users,
a user Group, a LAN, a Domain, and will send the message with
any combination of the above. NetSend will also load the list
of users from a data file, and will load the message from a
data file.
NetSend is very useful if you send a lot of messages to
more that just a domain/LAN. It's also great if you have a
standard message you send out on a regular basis, to a regular
list of recipients (You can set up a Icon that you just click
on and it will do everything.)
II. Using NetSend
A. Command Line parameters.
o /U= This parameter tells NetSend to load the list
of users to send to from a file instead of
from the keyboard. This file must be in the
form:
USER1
*DOMAIN1
*LAN1
Up to 255 recipients may be entered. Each
recipient must be on a line by itself. If you
are sending to a Domain or a LAN, you MUST
enter a '*' as the first character of the
name. (i.e. in the above list, the actual name
of the LAN is LAN1.)
Generally, and editor that doesn't try to
format a files text can be used to enter the
user list.
o /M= This parameter tells NetSend to load the text
of the message from a file instead of from the
keyboard. The file may be up to 1000
characters for sending to a USER, and up to
200 characters if sending to a LAN or DOMAIN.
o /P Pause after error. If you enter this
parameter, NetSend will pause when it
encounters a error. This is very useful if
you are running NetSend from a Icon (If you
run from a Icon, and don't enter this
parameter, you must likely won't be able to
even see the error.)
Example. Send from user list USER.LST, message file
MESSAGE.TXT and pause after errors:
NetSend /U=D:\NETSEND\USER.LST /M=MESSAGE.TXT /P
(If the user and message files are in the current
directory, you don't have to enter a path.)
To run the program from a ICON, you would enter the
NetSend.exe program and path as the file name, and enter
/U=D:\NETSEND\USER.LST /M\MESSAGE.TXT /P
as the parameters.
Any mix and order of the parameters are allowed.
B. Interactive mode.
1. If NetSend is not passed any parameters, or only
one of the parameters, if will prompt the user for
information. (If the /U or /M parameter are
entered without a =FILENAME, NetSend will prompt
the user for the names of the files to load.)
2. The first thing NetSend will ask for are user ID's.
These can be User ID's, Domain names, or LAN names.
If you want to send to a Domain or LAN, you must
enter a '*' as the first character of the name.
Enter as many names as you like (up to 255). When
you are done, just enter a blank line (Hit the
enter key only)
3. Next, NetSend will prompt you for the message text.
Just enter up to ten lines of text. Enter a blank
line when you're done entering the message.
While this is a fairly primitive way of entering
text, it get's the job done. If enough people
register this version, the next will probably be a
PM based program, with a much better way to enter
lines.
4. NetSend will list the users it sends to and report
any errors it encounters. If you entered the /P
parameter, it will only pause after the last send
error to the last user.
C. Hidden Parameter's
1. If you would like to send a 'Test pattern', enter a
/T as a parameter. NetSend will prompt you for the
user ID's to send to.
III. Technical information
NetSend is just a front end to NetMessageBufferedSend
(The LAN API that net messaging uses to send 'Blue Boxes') If
you are interested in using a program that gets away from the
LAN API's altogether (And can send much longer message's,
better control of message groups, etc.) take a look at
NetMail, another of my ShareWare program.
The reason that a '*' has to be entered is to indicated to LAN
messaging (via NetMessageBufferedSend) that the recipient is
a LAN/Domain.
IV. Other shareware/PD programs to look for:
o ChatterBox - Allows users to send one line messages to
each other across a LAN. Very nice for non-critical
messages. One of the first OS/2 1.3 program to use real
custom animated pushbuttons.
o DeleteDir - A simple full-screen program to delete a
directory and all files/directories that are children to
it.
o ChkPath - Will check the path's you set in your
config.sys, and let you know if you've got problems.
o PWh - Path'ed Where. Will search a path for a file. PWH
will tell you every place it hit's the file. Very useful
for checking what version of a program you using.
o SMPrint - Prints a text file on a HP printer, in
landscape mode.
o MDD - Multiple make directory. MDD will create a
multiple directories (i.e. if you wanted to make
C:\GREG\PROGRAM\SOURCE20\MDD\RELEASE, MDD could do it in
one shot.)
o WHO - Will display information about all users of a
LAN/Domain.
o QWHO - Displays all user ID's currently on a LAN/Domain.
o NetChat - This program allows many users to have Chat
sessions over the LAN. It allows each user to set up
Conference groups and security levels. Each Conference
can have as many users as you want chatting. This is
similar to CompuServer's CB, or a BBS's multi-node chat
area.
o NetMail - Improved net massaging (i.e. "Blue Boxes") This
program gives you better control of system level LAN
messages. You can enter message subjects, set priority
levels, and type in longer messages.
NetMail allows each user to set up their own message
groups, along with global message groups. Each user can
choose which groups to receive messages from, and what
groups to send messages to.
NetMail also let's you choose whether to get the message
in the traditional VIO BlueBox (but better looking!), a
PM Message Box, or to display no message but to retrieve
it at a latter time.
This program makes Net Massaging easier to use, and less
annoying to the recipients.
o VTree - Visual directory tree.
o EDCNFG - PM based program that will verify everything's
okay in your config.sys, keep track/retro changes into
multiple config's, and edit/setup a config.sys
o HPMLib - Library tracking system
o HPMCook - Cooking software
o HPMDiet - Dieting software