home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Aminet 19
/
Aminet 19 (1997)(GTI - Schatztruhe)[!][Jun 1997].iso
/
Aminet
/
comm
/
cnet
/
cnet_toolkit.lha
/
CNet_ToolKit.INTRO
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1997-04-05
|
6KB
|
107 lines
****************************************************************************
CNet Amiga Tool Kit, v3.00 compiled by Dotoran of Frontiers BBS!
A Collection of Useful ARexx & MCI SubRoutines & Procedures!
Please use ANY of these in your OWN ARexx/Text Creations!
$VER: CNet Tool Kit, v3.00 (5-Apr-97) by Dotoran!
****************************************************************************
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These routines have all been tested thoroughly under CNet Amiga, v4.26b!
The routines should also function correctly under v3.05c, unless specifically
stated otherwise. I encourage all 3.05c SysOps to UPGRADE to v4.xx as soon
as possible! It's unbelievable what this thing can do! ;-)
Full descriptions of the Usage and Returned Values are given for each
routine, which will hopefully make you 100% aware as to EXACTLY how to USE
each routine.
Some of the routines state they need to use the "rexxsupport.library"
for their operations. I've found that all you really need to do to insure
that this library is in place is to include this line somewhere near the
beginning of your program:
a="rexxsupport.library";if ~show("l",a) then if ~addlib(a,0,-30) then exit
The above command line will check to make sure the needed library EXISTS,
and will add it to the list of available libraries. If the library does NOT
exist in your LIBS: directory(or within your valid PATH assignment), then
your program will terminate. (See the ADDLIB() routine if you wish to be
given an error message in this event).
All the routines included in this file were written so that they could
simply be copied(or pasted) into the included "NewDoor" file. Please check
routine [42] in the REXX kit for more information on this "NewDoor" file.
It should be noted, however, that none of the actual routines included
in the ToolKit use command aliases or abbreviations, like tr, se, gc, etc.
This was done just in case YOUR program uses some different abbreviations
or none at all.
I've also included an ARexx version of the RUN command, which you can
use to test out your ARexx creations, without having to manually add(or
adopt) them into the system.
THANK YOU'S & OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'd like to take this space to thank a few people for their efforts on
making the newest version of the ToolKit possible:
PMK, alias Peter M. Klein. Once again, it would have been near impossible
for me to complete this project if it weren't for the help of Pete. In
fact, most of the routines in BOTH ToolKits are written by Peter himself.
He has truly been a helpful guide and an inspiration to me in the 2 years
that I've known him. I wish the span of space between us(me in New York,
USA and he in Copenhagen, Denmark) was not so great, as I would sure like
to shake this man's hand! You all may have heard that PMK is no longer
with us in the Amiga Community. He is one of MANY who will be VERY sorely
missed! I wish Peter all the best in his future endeavors. ;-)
ALL CONTRIBUTORS to the ToolKits: Aunt Bea, Thomas, Bill Beogelein, Lord of
Flies, and mUB. Some of the BEST new additions to the ToolKits were made
by these individuals! Thanks for sharing guys!
BILL BEOGELEIN, alias Bill Allen. Although I came nowhere NEAR tapping the
reserves this man had concerning CNet, I did use some of his routines I
thought REALLY made a difference.
AUNT BEA, alias Henry "Hank" Priebe. Here's another guy I was able to tap
into for some great ideas. I wish we could pull him back to Earth long
enough for him to release some of his larger works, as he really DOES
have some good stuff out there that's WORTH sharing! HINT! HINT!
mUB & THOMAS, two of PMK's connections. Each of these contributers wrote mods
that I use constantly, like the Mail Header. I'm sure PMK would also like
to Thank these two guys as well! Keep up the good work guys!
LORD OF FLIES, who was the original author of the 2-column layout for use in
the G/P/News areas. I believe it was this routine we were asked about the
MOST! Either by people asking me out of the blue if it were possible(if
they happened to see me on Internet IRC) or if they saw the mod in use
on MY board, then it was more like, "Hey Dotoran! Way Cool! How'd you
get the 2 columns in your DOORS?!?" Again, thanks LF for a GREAT mod!
ANYONE ELSE I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN. I'm sure there may have been one or two
people I may have forgotten, or a few that Peter might have wanted to
Thank, but was unable to as this portion was written right before the
release date, so let me take this last second to thank ANYONE ELSE that
may have had an impact on the completion of this project. PLEASE LET ME
KNOW I FORGOT YOU, so you can be OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED in the next
version I release!
WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED? / WHAT CAN YOU DO?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you have a routine that you have found to be quite useful in many of
the files that you've written, then please send us a copy. We'll look at it,
optimize it(if possible), and include it in the next version of the ToolKit!
Of course, we'll give YOU credit for coming up with the idea too!
Alright, enough talk! It's the ROUTINES you're interested in if you're
reading this file right now, so I won't hold you up any longer! Hehe
- Dotoran (Dave)
****************************************************************************