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- QFE File Editor - Version 2.0ß - 08-04-90 By Jim Black
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- 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!
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- 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.
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- Commands:
- While in 'area selection mode', simply use the arrow keys and return
- (or your mouse and the first button) to select an area.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Name:__________________________________ Home Phone:______________________
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- BBS Name:______________________________ BBS Phone:_______________________
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- BBS Fido address (If any) __:____/_____ QFE Version registering:_________
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- BBS Software:__________________________ Baudrate:________________________
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- Address:_________________________________________________________________
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- Comments:________________________________________________________________
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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.
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- Feel free to write with comments or bug reports.
- Call (508)682-0133 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.
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