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YOU MUST HAVE TLINK 7.0 OR LATER TO EVEN START THIS!!!
CONVERT.PRG IS TRIPEDIT.PRG VERSION 6.2, YOU CAN USE EITHER PROGRAM!
READ MISCDOCS.DOC FOR CHANGES!!!! and VARIABLE.DOC
YOU CAN USE CONVERT.PRG (WHICH IS THE LATEST TRIPEDIT.PRG v6.X)
CONVERT.PRG Will be updated if there are any conversion problems not
Tripedit.prg!
If you are registered send me a S.A.S.E so I can send you back 7.0
by mail. Or send me one for the hell of it so I can send you an
update when I make them. Ive been good about sending them out
when I have a disk to slap it on and send it.
SEE MISCDOCS.DOC FOR ALL NEW UPDATES
NOW FOR THE CONVERSION - Its easy.. ( USE TRIPEDIT.PRG VERSION 6.2 )
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RUN TRIPEDIT.PRG ( 6.2 ) or CONVERT.PRG
Press "U" for Utilities
Press "Q" For Quick Conversion
TEDITPRO.PRG is used with TLINK 7.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
You will then be prompted from here on out. You can selectively convert
different sections at a time. This is the order in which it converts
TLINK over: (ITS BEST TO DO THE WHOLE CONVERSION AT ONCE)
The conversion will create a Folder called TLINK64 and Convert ALL your
message Bases into this folder, and then TRIPDATA.DAT / TRIPUSER.DAT
Examples: (Your BBS Path may vary)
It will ask if you want to convert:
Converts C:\BBS\TRIPDATA.DAT to C:\BBS\TLINK64\TRIPDATA.DAT
This will Copy all your Message Base Paths, File Areas Etc..
Converts C:\BBS\TRIPUSER.DAT to C:\BBS\TLINK64\TRIPUSER.DAT
This will convert your TRIPUSER over to the newer format. It use to be
288 Bytes per record and is now 400, and the HighMsg Counters are 4 bytes
long instead of 2.
MORE IN DEPTH NOTES:
====================
Access Bits will be converted over and any Bit 32 (Email , Sysop Access)
will be moved to bit 64. Sysop Access must have Bit 64 On in special.
Anywhere in TRIP.DOC it mentions Bit 32 that means 64 in TLINK 7.0.
Special Access Bits still stay the same.
File Areas - If you use File SET #1, and SET #2 , they are combined together
like Set#1 - 13 Areas and SET #2 - 15 Areas , means you will have 28 file
areas. You may have to do a MASS Security access change using TEDITPRO.PRG
Converts C:\BBS\TRIPBASE\*.IDX to C:\BBS\TLINK64\*.IDX
Converts C:\BBS\TRIPBASE\*.IDX to C:\BBS\TLINK64\*.DAT
All the *.DAT Files stay the same only the *.IDX files change in size to
about 3842 Bytes instead of about 1782.
Thats it and TRIPEDIT will walk you through the conversion and then after
you have converted the data over just exit TRIPEDIT and use TLINK70 from
then on. Use TEDITPRO.PRG not TRIPEDIT.PRG with 7.0. TLINK 7.0 will only
call TEDITPRO.PRG from the dropdown menus to.
After the conversion and testing you can use either BBS because they wont
use the same files so you can just use TLINKX.X if you cant do the
conversion or you dont want to go to 7.X. BUT! All changes and improvements
will be made with 7.X only.. There is not much difference except for some
touch ups and you would have 64 File Areas, 64 Message Bases , 4294967296
total Messages, Faster Menus, 64 Access Bits and anything else I can touch
up.
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I had to convert both TLINK and TRIPEDIT so there may be things that need
to be updated that I may have missed and I am working on that now. It takes
alot of time to go over every possible option in both programs and I am
doing my best.
If you find any errors then please drop me some mail on my BBS by calling
916-349-8517 and using the Handle: TLINK , Password: TLINK. I set up that
basic profile so you can call leave email and jamm or dload the newest 7.0
thats put on the BBS. 7.0 also requires the REGBBS.DAT after 10 Messages
or 10 users so if your not registered.. oh well..
Mike Caldwell
SoniC! SoftwarE
P.O. BOX 41073
Sacto,Ca 95841