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Tic2FB - Version 3.00 by Mark R. Evans
Bound for OS/2 and DOS
A Maximus-CBCS FB.EXE to TIC Interface
for OS/2 v1.x and above
and MS-DOS v3.x and above
January 2, 1993
Copyright (c) 1993 Mark R. Evans
All Rights Reserved
LICENSE
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Permission granted to use this program, and distribute it to others.
The original documentation and program must be distributed in
unmodified form. For information, contact the author at FidoNet
1:382/90.0, or P. O. Box 163611, Austin, TX 78716, USA.
WARRANTY AND STATEMENT OF LIABILITY
-----------------------------------
Tic2FB does not carry any warranty of any kind, including that of
fitness for any particular purpose. You use Tic2FB at your own risk.
If it causes damage to your hard disk, your life, your marriage, etc.,
you take full responsibility. You acknowledge this in full by using
Tic2FB. Tic2FB is not licensed for legal use in any jurisdiction
where local or regional law renders this Warranty and Statement of
Liability invalid.
COST
----
Tic2FB is free. Use it for free, distribute it for free. You may not
charge any fee for distribution of Tic2FB.
DESCRIPTION
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Tic2FB provides a link between Maximus-CBCS v2.x and TICK written by
Barry Gellar. Tic2FB will automatically create a batch file to run
Maximus' FB.EXE on all the areas that have received new files via
TICK. Unlike other interfaces, you do not need to create an external
translation file showing how Maximus' file areas correspond to TICK's
areas. Tic2FB will look at your AREA.DAT and TIC.CFG and determine
what areas belong to each other. This means you can update either
your Max configs and/or TICK configs without having to worry about
updating anything for Tic2FB.
Tic2FB is a 'bound' application so it will run under OS/2 or DOS!
USAGE
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You must run Tic2FB _BEFORE_ you run TICK. Tic2FB will read the .tic
files in your inbound directory and create the batch file to run
FB.EXE. Tic2FB supports the following command line options:
Usage: TIC2FB -a[area.dat] -b[batchfilename] -f[fb.exe] -i[.tics]
-l[LogFileName] -t[tic.cf]
-a Complete Path and FileName of Area.Dat. If this is not
specified, Tic2FB will look in the current directory.
-b Path/Name of BatchFile to create. If you DO NOT use the -b
command line switch, Tic2FB will spawn (call FB.EXE)
internally and not create a batch file. This is very useful
when running under OS/2.
-f Complete Path and FileName to FB.EXE. If this is not
specified, Tic2FB will use FB.EXE.
-i Path to incoming .tic's. This option is REQUIRED! You must
tell Tic2FB where your inbound .TIC files are located.
-l Create a log file showing activity. Default TIC2FB.LOG. If
you just specify -l, Tic2FB will create a log file in the
current directory called Tic2FB.LOG. You can optionally
specify a path with a filename for Tic2FB to use as a log
file.
-t Complete Path and FileName to TIC.CFG. If you do not
specify the -t switch, Tic2FB will look for TIC.CFG in the
current directory.
EXAMPLES
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Tic2FB -iD:\Inbound -aC:\Max\Area.Dat -bC:\Max\Run_Fb.Bat
-fC:\Max\Fb.exe -lC:\Max\Logs\Tic2Fb.Log -tC:\Tick\Tic.Cfg
This example will look for inbound .TIC's in the D:\Inbound directory,
use Max's AREA.DAT in the C:\Max directory, create a batch file called
RUN_FB.BAT in the C:\Max directory, use C:\Max\FB.EXE as the command
to execute, create a log file called Tic2Fb.Log in the C:\Max\Logs
directory and use the TIC.CFG file in the C:\Tick directory.
EXAMPLE BATCH FILE
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------- ProcTic.Bat ---------
@echo off
:TickTest
rem ....Testing for Tic Files
if not exist d:\msg\protin\*.tic goto DoNothing
rem - Run Tic2FB to build FBRUN.BAT
Tic2Fb -aC:\Max\Area.Dat -bc:\Max\FbRun.Bat -iD:\Msg\Protin
-tC:\Max\Tick\Tic.Cfg
rem - Let RAID announce the new files to our LOCALFILE echo...
rem - Let RAID create any new areas sent from our uplink
c:
cd\Max\Raid
Raid Announce
Raid AutoCreate
rem - Let TICK process the incoming files...
c:
Cd\Max\Tick
Tick >>c:\Max\Logs\Tick.Log
rem - Call FBRUN to update Maximus area index file...
c:
cd\Max
Call FbRun
rem - We done!
:DoNothing
c:
Cd\Max
--------- EOF ---------------
SUPPORT
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You may contact Mark Evans, the author of Tic2FB, at FidoNet 1:382/90.
The author of TICK, and the author of Maximus WILL NOT provide any
support for Tic2FB.