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ATT - File attacher for Wildcat/Tomcat 3.5 and OLX
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Tomcat! now supports attached files, but there's no way of getting them
there from your reader, well at least not until now. ATT allows you to
attach (and detach) files to your mail packets.
How to install ATT
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First, put ATT in the same directory at OLX, and OLX's config files.
ATT needs to be installed in two places in your copy of OLX 2. The
first is hung off a function key or ALT key so that you can run it to
detach files that may have be downloaded in a QWK packet. This is easy
simply go into the "Alt Keys" setup in OLX, and make a key to run
ATT, such as ALT-T
ALT-T \OLX\ATT.EXE
The path to ATT is quite important, as your OLX directory (where
ATT.EXE is) may not be in your path, and when these function keys are
pressed the current directory is the work directory.
Secondly, you need to have ATT execute just before the REPlies are
compressed, so it can attach files to outgoing replies. You do this by
changing the definitions for the packers:
packer old new
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ZIP packer PKZIP ! \OLX\ATT.EXE PKZIP !
ARC packer PKPAK ! \OLX\ATT.EXE PKPAK !
LZH packer LHA a ! \OLX\ATT.EXE LHA a !
ARJ packer ARJ a ! \OLX\ATT.EXE ARJ a !
How to use ATT
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To 'detach' or grab files that have been downloaded and included in
your Tomcat! packet, simply press ALT-T (or whatever other function
key you defined in the setup above), and ATT will show you a list of
available files, and which conference they were in. Simply bring the
hilite bar to the file you want, and press return. You'll be prompted
to where the file should be placed, and that's all there is to it.
To 'attach' files, ATT runs just before the packet is compressed, and
displays a list of your outgoing messages. If you want to attach a
file to any of them, simply bring the hilite bar to the appropriate
entry and press return. You'll be prompted for the file to attach.
When you've attached any or all the files you want, press ESCAPE, and
the replies (and the attached files) will then be compressed.
Common questions
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Q: How come the colors are so ugly?
A: ATT tries to find your CONFIG.OLX file for the colors. The solution
is to set an environment variable to point to your OLX directory
(which contains CONFIG.OLX). ie. SET OLX=C:\OLX
Q: When replies are packed, PKZIP now returns an error back to OLX.
A: Maybe you're running out of memory. Because ATT runs as a shell in
front of the packer, it will require more memory than the packer
alone did. Either add SWAP: in front of the command line (such as
'SWAP:\OLX\ATT.EXE PKZIP !' or set the swapping option on in the
toggles configuration of OLX.
Q: Does ATT work with other mail readers or mail doors?
A: Maybe and No. ATT may work with other mail readers (it will work
with SLMR), but I don't know, I haven't tested it, and I'm not
making any guarantees. As for other mail doors, NO. Tomcat 3.5 for
Wildcat! 3.5 is the ONLY mail door that supports uploading and
downloading attachments.
Q: If I go and read my replies, all the attached files I had dissappear.
A: Sorry, just a side effect of how it all works. I understand OLX 3
will fully support all of the attached files. In the meantime
you'll have to re-attach those files.
Q: How do I reguster ATT?
A: You don't, it's free. Send a donation to you favorite local BBS or
charity instead. (hopefully a BBS that has Tomcat <grin>)