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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Dial IP Info ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program was originally written to make a connection to the internet thru
- ppp.exe, check for email, let me know if I had any, and disconnect. It was/is
- supposed to do this in the BACKGROUND/UNSEEN at timed intervals throughout the
- day so that I could know fairly soon when I got email, without having an
- expensive direct internet connection. It basically does this, and more. It
- ended up turning into a full fledged dialer.
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- It has something old, something new, something borrowed, something OS/2. When
- I first started I went looking for what was out there to use to get done what I
- needed. I ended up using 3 good packages out there:
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- rxpop.zip freeware from By Christoph Lechleitner
- and
- nyts204.zip freeware The New York Telephone
- Scheduler Version 2.04 By Stu Mark
- and
- rxu1a.zip freeware from By Dave Boll
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- rxpop has routines excellently showing how to use REXX commands to check for
- your email!
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- nyts is a nice handy little scheduler. You might talk to him about trying to
- do away with the first cmd.exe window that pops up in the background and then
- goes away. It would be nice to not have it show up at all!
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- rxu was formerly called ybda or something and has a lot of rexx routines that
- call C functions which really make rexx more functional. If you have ybda I
- assume you will want to delete your ydbautil.dll or whatever it is and just use
- the newer rxu.dll.
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- I am including them because I like them and think you will too.
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- The rest is all mine. I have turned it into a GUI program and here it is. It
- is shareware, NOT FREE, but hopefully has a reasonable price. I am asking a
- small price for my work, not for the others.
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- Price: $5 to $20 U.S. dollars. Pay what you think it is worth or what you
- can pay. Pay in the middle and feel o.k. If you think it will save you a lot
- of time writing your own and does a good job for you pay more, and if you can't
- afford it right now, pay less. If you rip me off you hopefully aren't a
- christian and you will surely hasten people not to program for OS/2 since they
- can't make any money at it, and it will be just another log in the fire come
- judgement day.
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- rxpop.zip includes: chkpop.cmd, getpop.cmd, pollpop.cmd, readme.rxp
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- nyts204.zip includes: nytsii.doc, nytsii.exe, nytsii.stu, pmpop.exe Use this or
- use your own.
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- rxu1a.zip includes: file_id.diz, procs.cmd, rxsrs.exe, rxu.dll, rxu.dsc,
- rxu.inf
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- my stuff includes: dialip.exe, killbn.cmd, killhex.cmd, showini.cmd,
- notify.cmd, vputil.dll
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Creating an ID ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- CREATING AN ID
- ===============x'ime' it will rebuild the connection string from the current
- settings at that time before dialing.
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- Notes:
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- The 'Connection Commands' are used to build the connection string. Whatever
- variables you denote in the connection commands will be replaced when you build
- your connection string.
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- your login_name were 'stan' then <login_name> would get replaced with 'stan'.
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- The 'Extra Variables' tab is where you can define any extra variables you need,
- var1...var10, which you can specify in your connection string. The variables
- will be replaced (even recursively) by their values when you do 'Build
- Connection String'. These are the built in variables:
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- <modem_string_1>
- <modem_string_2>
- <login_name>
- <com_port>
- <baud_rate>
- <dial_program>
- <dial_string>
- <var1>
- <var2>
- <var3>
- <var4>
- <var5>
- <var6>
- <var7>
- <var8>
- <var9>
- <var10>
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- <login_password> is the only var. that will not be replaced (until it dials).
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Your Section 1 title ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 1.0 Very first release
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- 1.1 Major Enhancements!
- New code to allow user to program their own ppp
- connection string!
- Added variables for use in connection string.
- Fixed dumb bug of not allowing typing into ID field.
- Also added predefined templates for building connect
- strings to attach to compuserve (ppp) and Spry.
- Added new command line args -noshow and -ex
- Stopped sharing password with IBM software.
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- 1.2
- Window list now tells what dialip is doing when it is
- not showing.
- Can autostart a program upon connection.
- Updated get mail to use and index and name new mail:
- mail_path\emINDEX.msg
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- 1.3 Major Enhancements! 1996/12
- Added: Higher priority to connection so it will work
- better (I was starting to not connect at night
- presumably when they were busier),
- Do Not Hang Up If check for and find Mail (this
- is so you can normally use the -hu flag so it
- will normally hangup, unless it finds mail,
- then it will stay connected),
- Manual mode connection, Inactivity Timeout,
- MRU size, Flow Control flag.
- Fixed: 1.2 might have hung up if you tried to start a
- 2nd one when another was already connected.
- Does not tie up program while dialing. You can
- tell it to hang up or exit if you change your mind.
-
- 1.32 Major Enhancements! 1997/01
- Added: Modem choice with init strings.
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