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Tritel User File Editor
by
Seth Goldberg
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Public Release
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TriEdit User Reference Manual
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Disclaimer & Registration Info..............................Page 2
Instructions on Use.........................................Page 3
TRIEDIT.CFG.................................................Page 4
Using TriEdit as a Menu Command.............................Page 5
Errors and Problems.........................................Page 6
History.....................................................Page 7
Tech Support................................................Page 8
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Disclaimer and Registration Information
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!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta
WARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGW
This is a Beta Test Copy of the BEST Software that ever hit the
market for TriTel :>. Please Use it wisely. I will not be held
responsible for its misuse and damage resulting therefrom.
As this Utility DIRECTLY modifies your Users.dat file, I
Recommend that you BACK UP the USERS.DAT File (or Set the Flag in
the Config. File <<See Below>>
You Have Been Warned!!You Have Been Warned!!You Have Been Warned!!You
!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta release!!ßeta
WARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWA
Registration Info
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Ho-Hum. Here it Comes. Another pitch from another desperate, broke
Shareware author. Well, listen up 'cuz with regsitration ya get
LOTSA goodies. The version being distributed is <<UNFORTUNATELY>>
Crippled a bit. When you register, you will get the following
additions:
1)Ability to Change Default Protocol
2)Ability to Change Default Editor
3)Code Written SPECIFICALLY for a Door <<See Below>>
4)Optional File Ratio Checking } During
5)Optional Post/Call Ratio Checking } Editing
6)User Specific AnSi/Ascii File Ratio Warning Screen Generation
7)User Specific AnSi/Ascii Post/Call Ratio Warning Screen Generation
Since this Utility has taken me approxamately three months to
conceive (Pardon the pun), Code and Debug, then redebug (Sorry to
show off there :)) I think a registration fee of $20.00 U.S.
Currency ONLY is a perfect amount. If you pay $35.00, then you will
receive the new version on DISK Delivered to your door. Each
Update you will also receive on disk. However, if you only want
the Disk (1 ONLY) then the Charge is $5.00 (in addition to the
$20.00 Registration.)
If you Register, you will also et my undying grattitiude.
<<WOW, you say???>> Well, I thank, in advance whomever reg's this
'Ware.
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Instructions On Use
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TriEdit is a Utility that I have thought about writing, but never
really knew how to do it, until I got really experienced in QuickBASIC
4.5. It was then very easy to CONCEIVE the Util. But still HELL to write
it. Ok, 'nuff sed. Now, to Run this program, you will need:
IBM/Compatable PC/AT/XT/386/486/586/RISC CPU
256K Available RAM (Desqview Window of 180k + 50k Extended
Support)
COLOR Monitor (otherwise I Coded all those colors for NOTHING!!)
TriEdit Does the following:
It Allows yoy to modify your User File without having to keep
reloding TriTel and flicking billions of keys. Not to Mention
<<Sorry Mark>>
your almost LOSING YOUR VISION watching the screens SCROLL AND
SCROLL
AND SCROLL.... anyway, This is a LOT faster, looks better and is
really fun to use.
There is only one problem with it. It cannot modify the User Name.
I will be dead honest with you all- The Name is connected with
another file called USERS.IDX and in that file , a CRC-32 must be
generated for the String of the User Name. I looked EVERYWHERE FOR THE
DAMN ROUTINE, but only found it in the DSZ source Code, in Pascal.
Needless to Say i didn't (and still don't know) WriteLn from
Push/Pop. So, I was unable to translate PASCAL to BASIC. Sorry I
REALLLLLLLY wanted to get that in on this version. -IF anyone finds me a
CRC-32 Routine, in Basic or Assembler that Calculates the CRC-32
ON A STRING (NOT ON A FILE), I Will gladly give that person a FREE
registered copy of this software (a retail value of $20.00 oooh, ahhh.)
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The TriEdit Configuration File:
TRIEDIT.CFG
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The TRIEDIT.CFG File is NECCESARY for running triedit. IT MUST
BE IN THE DIRECTORY FROM WHICH YOU RUN TRIEDIT. The File MUST
Have ALL of the Following Lines populated with CORRECT information:
Line 1 C:\TRITEL\MWORK\USERS.DAT <----User Data File
2 C:\TRITEL <----Main TriTel Directory
3 The Operating Room <----Board Name
4 The Surgeon General <----SysOp's Name
5 000000000000 <----Registration Number (all 0's
if)
(not
Reg'd.)
6 Yes <----Backup USERS.DAT Before
Beginning Triedit.
The File is RENAMED to
"USRS.DAT" ONLY ONCE!!!!!
(Not Constantly Re-Backed Up)
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Using TriEdit As a Menu Command
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TriEdit is a PERFECT addition to your Sysop Menu!!
Just make a batch file in which DOORWAY (R) is used to allow the user or
Co-SysOp or whoever, to modify the user file. It looks really kool and
its a way ot show off your new utility. The Following is the
recommended batch file for DOORWAY:
@ECHO OFF
cd\doorway
DOORWAY COM2 /V:D /O:T /G:ON /B:MZ /S:C:\TRITEL /P:C:\TRITEL\TRIEDIT.EXE
CD\TRITEL
BOARD
In the batch file, "/S:C:\TRITEL" is where doorway can find your
pcboard.dat and pcboard.sys data files, so be sure they are created
before allowing any user to use triedit.
And, Obviously, "COM2" is the port you're using.
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Errors and Problems
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I have tried to code for every conceivable error, but no program is
100% error-free and mine is not exception. Hopefully, when you use it,
it will be in a good mood and won't decide to nuke your user data file,
but if it does, ya gotta have backed it up or used the configuration
option.
In the event that there is an error, the program has a built on
detector. It will say, at the top of the screen, UNEXPECTED ERROR!!!
If it does say this, please take down all pertinent information, along
wiht copies of your config. files and such and upload the information in
a message to me (seth goldberg or The Surgeon General) on any TriTel
Support Board. Send the Message Net Mail. That Should do it.
I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY USING THIS UTILITY AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED CREATING
IT!!!!
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History
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Version # Description
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∙1ß Basic User Instruction. No Good Stuff Yet.
∙2ß Configuration File Optionality Added
∙3ß More Fields & Bugs Squashed
∙7ß Versions ∙4ß-∙6ß skipped due to TROJAN
-----NOT!!!----- heheheehhe
∙9ß Fixed ALL VISIBLE PROBLEMS- First Public
Release. Enjoy it!!!
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Tech Support
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If you need any help with this or any more of my utils, I can be
reached at (516)867-2644 (14.4k/96oo/24oo/12oo) or on any TriTel Support
Board that Carries the TTN Network Mail Service. Please Leave me a
message about a certain SPECIFIC problem; i can't clear up anything if
you say something vague like, "It don't Werk. My Config File's normal, I
think, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." - I NEED SPECIFIC INFO PLEASE!!!
Thanx Dewdz/Dewdettz -'BergSoft Corp. '92-
The Surgeon General a.k.a. Seth Goldberg
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I am a Tritel Registered
SysOp (#28)
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