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NameChng, the new aliasing door for PCBoard, by
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Before we get started, I want to take the time to say THANKS for helping me
beta test NameChng! I really appreciate any and all feedback I can get on the
door and am planning on adding new features and/or expanding the door as per
your suggestions and comments. I also have many expansions for this door and
it will eventually grow into the next door I'm writing.
The beta test is almost over. A few minor features I've talked about
but never written are all that's missing. [Namely the ALL parameter on
NameChk] If there are any suggestions you have for new features, bug
reports that you haven't sent, anything like that, get them in to me
soon!!
A little bonus tidbit for those of you taking the time to read all these
docs, the registration fee for NameChange WILL be going up to $20 with the
first non-beta release. Of course, all registrations received prior to
a non-beta release will be valid (and at the cheaper $15). So, if you
think you're gonna be using NameChange, there are DEFINATE benefits to
registering early!!
I can be contacted via e-mail as BOB GAGE on Sybil BBS (always...I'm the
sysop, so I'm on 4 to 5 times a day, minimum), in the Admin conference on
ThrobNet (ThrobNet sysops only), and in the Sysops, Shareware, and LapTop
conferences on U'NI-Net/US. It would be BEST if we can keep the beta test
messages on Sybil, but I understand the realities of long distance calling. If
you're a ThrobNet or U'NI-Net/US sysop, I'll get your messages there, it just
takes a bit longer for them to bounce around. But I'll make a deal with ya,
if you make a bug report on Sybil that results in a new version, I'll upload
the new version to your board first. (ie if you call me I'll call you)
As with any beta test software that affects your USERS file, you should backup
your USERS and USERS.INF files BEFORE installing NameChng. It hasn't done
anything nasty here in awhile, but I haven't set it up from scratch again
either, and the potential IS there. If you are installing NameIndx, make
sure you back up all your PCBNDX files as well. As I said in the sysop docs,
DO NOT try to set this up on a RAMdrive, you will be BEGGING for trouble!
IF A USERS RECORD GETS SCRAMBLED, it may need to be fixed manually using PCBSM.
If the *.SNC or *.ALI file exists, you can restore the record by running
NameChk with the alias file and node number of the alias to restore.
The node number is the first three digits of the *.SNC *.ALI file name.
If the *.SNC file does not exist, you'll have to do it by hand. Find
the user (either by real name, or by alias if you've packed/sorted the
user base since they changed to the alias they are stuck in) with Alt-F,
then hit F2 til you get the conference registrations. What you'll find
are lots of L's that need to be removed. Either change them to R, RX,
or delete them depending on the conference. The Reg and eXpired flags
need to be set for each conference, the Scan and Confsys flags are not
changed by NameChng so they should be kept the same. Take note in the
editor, LS needs to become RS or RXS, just typing R or RX will erase the
S - Scan, which is only user restorable (ie only they know what they had
their scans set to), so be careful typing! The name field will also be
wrong, it may need to be changed twice to get the index files rebuilt
correctly (ie to a temporary name so PCB will fix the NDX files, then to
the real name). ** After PCB rebuilds the index files, they will need
to be re-built again by NameIndx if you are using the NameIndx option.
PCB will have removed any aliases starting with the same letter as the
changed names.
KNOWN BETA TEST SITES:
John's House, Sysop John Bohman
Bloomfield, NJ
201-893-8082
Technoid's Toybox, Sysop Rick Kuban ** First Registered Version!!!
Garland, TX
214-226-6017 HST