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RAHelp
Help/TextFile Full-Screen Driver
Written by Ken Reily and Chris Bongaarts
Gotta get this outta the way...
If any computer related component blows up, it's not my fault.
Ok, now to the fun stuff...
What is it: It's a program!
Besides that: It's a full-screen text(help) file driver for RA or
QuickBBS. It was intended for scrolling through help files, but it can
be used for just about anything.
Installation...
Ok, here's basically how it works. UnZIP this archive into a separate directory
on your HD. Put the RAHELP.CFG file in the path that RAHELP will be called from
(usually the RA system directory or, if using a type 15 exit, wherever you
decide to CD to in your batch file.) You should call this from a type 7 menu
item in RA (Or type 15 for patient people). Since this program is not exactly
memory efficient, we strongly suggest you use the swap to disk function. Call
RAHELP from your menu item's
Optional Data line like this:
<path>RAHELP.EXE*M <FILENAME> [DEBUG]
Where: RAHELP.EXE is the program.
<FILENAME> is the file name to display before the
main menu. This is usually the help file for the
current area the user is in. This file need not be
in the RAHELP.DAT file.
[DEBUG] is a parameter that will cause the program to stop
and display all system variables. Use this if you
think that something is not being read correctly
from the config file.
*M, of course, indicates the Swap function.
The two Data files you will need are RAHELP.CFG, the configuration file, and
RAHELP.DAT, the file containing the files to be displayed and their
descriptions. Let's go through RAHELP.CFG.
RAHELP.CFG is the configuration file. This must be placed in the
directory that RAHelp is called from. This is the first file RAHelp will
read, and contains all the names of operating directories that will be
used in the course of the programs operation. Please refer to
instructions placed inside the config file. All lines beginning with ;'s
are ignored.
The RAHELP.DAT file is basically your menu file. It is entered as an ASCII text
file in the following format:
Column 1 Column 15
MSGHELP Help Entering Messages
FILEHELP Help with File XFers
DISCLAIM.TXT Disclaimer! Read this!
The file to display, extension or no extension, should begin on column one(1).
The description (What actually appears on the main menu) should start at column
15 and go through column 72. Any ASCII text can be entered for either of these.
If there is no extension specified, then .ASC or .ANS is used depending on the
status of the users ANSI bit. You may have up to 100 help files in RAHELP.DAT
as of this writing. Future versions may include formatting of menus, thus
shortening the description length; you should plan your descriptions
accordingly.
Registration of this program as of v1.0 costs only $5. Future versions
may have increased registration fees, so getting your registration
number now insures minnimum investment. Your registration number will be
good for all future versions of RAHelp. Send $5 check or money order
with the registration form to:
Ken Reily
8432 Virginia Rd.
Bloomington, MN 55438
Thanks to:
John Parlin (Author of JPDoor) for his perserverence in answering my
stupid questions, and for making this program so much easier to
bring to you
John Jacobs for being a great guy, and lending a routine or two
All the users of "The Game Center BBS" for helping me during the
seemingly endless period of testing and re-working
For more info, comments, suggestions, a good
conversation, and a great time, call
The Game Center BBS (612) 942-7531
2400 baud -- 24 hours
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