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RAPFIX is a short little utility to fix a slight flaw in the logic of
RAP, in the absence of a bugfix to the RAP program itself.
This flaw occurs under bizarre circumstances. You will *NOT* need to
use this program unless:
1) You are not running RemoteAccess V1.11, and
2) Your system allows users to sign on with one-word names
I've been unable to determine exactly which BBS programs don't handle
this correctly, but I'm told that SOME of them will write a blank field
into DORINFO1.DEF where the user's last name should be. RemoteAccess
doesn't do this: it inserts the period character (".") instead of
leaving it blank, thus RAP works just fine with RA V1.11.
If RAP is working fine for you, you won't need this program. If, on the
other hand, you've found that some users can logon and use RAP fine the
first time, but the SECOND time they use it they are not found in the
userfile when RAP searches for them, then you will need to run RAPFIX.
RAPFIX will directly modify the DORINFO1.DEF file and "fill in" any
blank fields with a period character. Run RAPFIX immediately before
running RAP itself (be sure that RAPFIX, like RAP, can find the
BRUN45.EXE file). There is only one commandline parameter but it is
mandatory: the name (and, optionally, the path) of the DORINFO1.DEF
file.
Examples:
RAPFIX DORINFO1.DEF
Will fix DORINFO1.DEF in the current directory.
RAPFIX C:\RA\LINE4\DORINFO1.DEF
Will fix DORINFO1.DEF in the C:\RA\LINE4 directory.
Important note: it is possible that some DORINFO-using systems *MAY* try
to read this file back when the user exits RAP and reloads the BBS. If
the name of the user has suddenly changed, you might have some
problems... if this is the case with your BBS software, be sure that
your batchfile that calls RAP saves a copy of the "good" DORINFO1.DEF
file in a safe place before running RAPFIX and RAP. After RAP exits,
copy the "good" DORINFO1.DEF over the one that RAPFIX modified and that
RAP used to login the user.