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OS/2 Help File
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1994-04-28
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Program by:
Dennis Frost
PMArchie is a shareware front end program to the archie program for OS/2. Some
of the features of PMArchie include threaded searches, printing and ftping
abilities.
To register PMArchie just send me an email message or a post card telling me
what you think about PMArchie.
Email:
dfrost@wvuvphs1.hsc.wvu.edu
dlfrost@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Snail Mail:
Dennis Frost
1335 Stewardtown Road
Apt K-20
Morgantown, WV
26505
Check out Rolodex/2 at your local BBS or ftp site.
Also look for Envelope/2, an envelope printing utility to come to a ftp site
near you.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IBM TCPIP ver 2.0 is required for archie.exe.
Archie.exe is required to be in the working directory or path. You can find
archie.zip at ftp-os2.cdrom.com in pub/os2/2_x/network.
Copy vrobj.dll to a directory in your libpath in the config.sys.
That's it, you have just finish setting up PMArchie for OS/2.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Main Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Just check the boxes for the different search criteria you want.
The Search String entry field is where you enter the filename that you want to
search for.
Case sensitive, Exact, Regular and Case insensitive are different ways to
search for your filename.
Alex, List one match per line, default are the different ways to return the
results of the search.
Max number of hits to return is the maxinum number of results to list. The
default is 95.
Specifies server host will use that archie server instead of the default archie
server.
Query niceness level can be between 0 and 35765.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. List Servers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you click on List Servers button from the main menu it will return a list
of archie servers. These archie servers can be used with the Specifies server
host on the main menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Search ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is a typical result from an archie search. The Host ftp.egr.msu.edu is
the ftp site where you can find rolodx23.zip file. You can save this result to
a file by pressing the File button. It will prompt you for a name to save the
file as. By selecting ftp.egr.msu.edu with your mouse or keyboard and then
pressing either FTP or FTPPM will start a ftp session to the site selected.
The Print button will print the results to the printer selected. See print
options for more details.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The printer queues list box list the availibiles printer to print the archie
search results. The Print button will print the content of the archie results
to the printer selected. The Printer Setup button will allow you to change the
setting on the printer selected. And the Cancel button will return to you to
your archie search results.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Kill ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you press the List Searches from the main menu, it will bring up a list of
search id. You can stop a search by selecting the corresponding search id and
pressing the kill button.