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          QFE File Editor - Version 2.0ß  -  08-04-90 By Jim Black

      This program will allow QuickBBS/RA sysops to edit thier file areas
  with little work.  It will read information from your FILES.RA *OR*
  FLSEARCH.CTL to find out where your areas are located.  QFE Started out
  as a QuickBBS utility, but like everyone else, I switched to RemoteAccess.
  QFE will always support QuickBBS And other files.bbs types of BBSs, but
  RA will get most of the attention now.  The name still remains QFE since
  someone already bet me to RAFE!  RAQFE seems too long to type!

Flags: QFE displays a flag column to show the statistics of each file.
   'D' Deleted from list! (Displayed in red) This flag is displayed on
       files that are on the drive, but not in the files.bbs list.
   'S' System date!  Any file that contains an invalid file date will
       automatically have the S flag toggled on at startup.  This means
       that the filedate will be touched with the system date at save.
   'M' Missing!  This flag is displayed on all files that are in the
       files.bbs list, but are missing from the drive.  This checks the
       archive bit of the file as well as it's existance.
   'T' Transfer file to another area!  You will be prompted for a new
       file area to transfer this file to.

Commands:
   While in 'area selection mode', simply use the arrow keys and return
   (or your mouse and the first button) to select an area.

   While in 'edit mode', the following keys are valid:
   ESC  Abort all changes and return to 'area selection mode'!
   F1   Save all changes made.
   F2   Toggle deleted 'D'.  You have the ability to remove or add files
        to the list.  This can also toggle comments to be removed.  If a
        file, that is physically on the drive, is flagged for deletion
        at save time, you will be asked if you wish to physically remove
        it from the drive (defaults to No).
   F3   Toggle Move/Transfer!  This key has two purposes, depending on
        the mode you are in!  Normaly, this is the transfer flag toggle,
        which allows you to transfer a file from one directory to another.
        This key also allows you to mark files to move within the current
        file area when doing a block move (F7).
   F4   Toggle System date!  Simply flag a file to be date touched.
   F5   Sort Filelist!  You are prompted to sort your list by filename,
        filedate, or description.  Files are sorted between comments if
        any comments exist.
   F6   Rename file!  Renaming is done at the time you choose a name,
        but the FILES.BBS is not updated until you type F1 for save
        so be sure you don't abort your changes if you have renamed files.
   F7   Tag a file to be moved with F8.
   F8   Moves any tagged files to the current cursor line.
   F9   Add comment!  This will insert a comment line into your files.bbs.
        QFE handles comments in a manner that may be slightly different
        than what you may be used to.  All comment lines must start with
        a minus (-) sign (put in automatically when pressing F9).  You
        type the description in the description field as if it were a file.
        Blank or null lines are not suported as a comment.  All lines must
        begin with a minus sign.
   F10  Display a Quick-Help! screen.
   PgUp/PgDn allow you to jump forward or backward a full screen.
   ^X   Delete from the cursor position to the end of the line.
   ^D   Duplicate the above description!  This also allows incrementation
        of a group of files: for instance: [1/5] in the description means
        disk one of 5 in a set, and ^D automatically ads 1 to the first
        number making the next description [2/5] and so forth.
   ^G   Insert GIF resolution.  Where GIF files seem to be standard on all
        Bulletin board systems, I felt it useful to be able to insert the
        GIF header (Resolution and colors) directly into the description.
        ^G will insert from the begining of the description and move the
        existing description over.
   delete, backspace, insert, home, end, and return all work the way you
   would expect them to.

Enviornment variable RA:
    Weather you are running RemoteAccess or any BBS that used the standard
    files.bbs, you can set the Envionment variable RA to point to the path
    where your FILES.RA or FLSEARCH.CTL resides.  This will allow QFE to
    find the areas list from any directory you run it from.  The areas list
    is searched for in the following order:
      1. FILES.RA in the current directory
      2. FILES.RA in the directory pointed to by the enviornment variable RA.
      3. FLSEARCH.CTL in the directory pointed to by RA if it exists or
         FLSEARCH.CTL in the current directory if RA doesn't exist.
    To set RA add the following line to your Autoexec.bat:
    SET RA=C:\RA  (Assuming that c:\ra is your bbs directory).
    Note:  If you are using a registered version, QFE.KEY should go in the
    directory pointed to ny RA.

Limits:
    QFE currently supports up to 100 areas each containing up to 600 files.
    any more will simply be ignored and QFE will not allow you to change
    the existing files.  Future releases will allow more directories to be
    used, but these numbers should be enough for most people.   I plan on
    increasing the areas to 200 and the files as high as ram would allow.
    First I have to play around with extended memory though.
    Notice the length of the description field.  If you find that you are
    chopping off some of your descriptions you will have to get used to the
    size of the field or not use QFE.

Notes:
    One thing you may notice is that blank filenames and/or directory names
    may appear in the list.  this is simply due to your having blank lines
    in your FLSEARCH.CTL or your FILES.BBS lists.  Simply remove the blank
    lines and you will have no problems.  Also having ^Zs (MSDOS end of file
    marks) has been known to create errors.  All ^Zs should be stripped if
    they exist.

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NEW TO RELEASE 2.0Beta OVER 1.1

o  Completely re-wrote all the display routines.
o  Adding mouse support.
o  Now has Comment Support (In sorts and file moves within a files.bbs).
o  Added File tag toggle (F7)
o  Added File Move within filelist (F8)
o  Added comment insert (F9)
o  Added Help screen (F10)
o  ^D (duplicate above field) now checks for [ / ] and increments the file
   number in a group. ex: [1/5] meaning disk one of five.
o  ^G inserts a .GIF resolution in the description.
o  fixed a bug that would strip off the first character of the description
   when proccessing filedoor's non-standard indented descriptions.
o  In earlier versions files with the archive bit not set would show up as
   missing files.  Now archive and non-archive bit files show up.  All other
   Attributes (system, read-only, hidden) won't be found.  This had to be
   fixed because most backup software tampers with this attribute.
o  Makes use of 43/60 line mode on EGA/VGA monitors.
o  File transfer bugs fixed:
   o Changed File transfer so that if a problem exists in copying the file
     it will be added back to the original list.
   o Now transfering files doesn't reset the filedate.
   o Now you wont be allowed to transfer missing files.
   o Now you won't be allowed to transfer files if destination area
     contains a file by the same name.  It used to be overwritten.
o  The enviornment variable RA is used to find the Files.ra or Flsearch.ctl
   so you no longer have to run from the bbs directory.
o  Makes use of the RemoteAccess filelist path for CD-Rom directories
o  Can now have up to 600 files in an area, and 100 areas.
o  Added support for a key file (For registered users).
   The Key file (QFE.KEY) will:
   1. Personalize your copy of QFE with your name.
   2. Allow you to change most of the colors.
   3. Allow you to override the 43/60 line mode and force 25 lines.
o  Added QFECFG.EXE which allows registered users to customize QFE.
o  Compiled in Turbo Pascal ver 5.5 rather than 3.1

Near future plans for Release 2.0 (Non-beta):
o  Drop down menus instead of function keys for options (With mouse control)
o  Pop-Up option mouse boxes for setting flags
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If you consider QFE to be of use to you, please send a $10 registration fee
along with the following information to:
       Jim Black                   (Make check payable to Jim Black)
       90 Salem Street
       Methuen MA 01844


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  This will encourage me to come out with more software for QuickBBS/RA
  and new updates of QFE.  Also, be sure to include all the information
  that will be nessasary for me to send updates to you.  You will recieve
  a Key for QFE either in the mail or at your Fido address.

  Feel free to write with comments or bug reports.
  Call [phone] 300-14,400 HST Fido Node 1:324/115
  Enter "SYSOP" in response to the Comments? prompt in the new user
  Quesionnaire for imediate access to the Visiting SysOp file areas.