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The Ultimate Hypertext Manager
Version 1.01 (25 April 1996)
1. Functionality:
This program introduces the notion of (elementary) hypertext to BBS's
running RemoteAccess (RA). Sysops can write their own text files
(e.g., online help for their users) and link them together. With the
registered version of this program, sysops also have the possibility
of letting their users start selected programs from within these text
files.
2. Syntax:
A link to another document (file) is inserted as follows:
<href=filename><text to appear on screen>
where 'filename' stands for the name of the file that must be opened
when the user selects this item, and 'text to appear on screen' is
what the user will see.
A selection that will launch another program looks as follows:
<shell=commandline><text to appear on screen>
with the same conventions as before. The extension (.EXE, .COM, or .BAT)
MUST be specified. 'commandline' can contain SOME of the parameter
specifications that RA allows (namely *b, *n, *p, *t, and *o). TUHM will
expand these the same way RA does.
Note that an href/shell must be specified on a single line (i.e., you
cannot split the definition across lines).
Registered users can add color to their text by inserting ^1, ^2, ^3,
or ^4 just before where they want the color to change (actually, even
unregistered users can do this, but it will have no effect). When no
color is specified, the default color 1 is used. The colors can be
specified with the TUHMCFG program, though only registered users will
notice a difference when running TUHM. (Note that ANSI.SYS, or the
equivalent, must be loaded for TUHMCFG to run properly.
3. Example:
The following text gives the user a simple menu from which he can choose
several possibilities:
1. Get some help about <href=c:\ra\tuhm\tuhm.hlp><using TUHM>
2. Launch <shell=c:\games\addictive.exe><an addictive game>
3. Get some ^2help^1 about <href=c:\ra\mybbs.txt><finding your way around this BBS>
The first and third lines will open the specified files (when the user
selects them), while the second one will start a program.
The word 'help' on the third line will be colored differently (color 2,
a color specified by the sysop, will be used).
Finally, the files 'Example.txt' and 'Example2.txt', included in the
archive, are an example of two files that are linked.
4. Installing the program :
You can place the program in any directory; the only thing that you
must do to give users access to the program is installing it as a door
program in RA. Assuming that you installed it in a directory called
TUHM, the command line you specify would look like this:
C:\TUHM\TUHM.EXE *! filename
'filename' is the path and name of the file that you want your users
to see when starting the program. For example, it could be a file
containing the example lines above. The '*!' freezes RA's timer,
which is necessary because TUHM does its own time management.
Registered users receive a key file (TUHM.KEY). This file MUST be
placed in the RA root directory (the one to which the RA environment
variable points).
5. Keypad:
The following keys are available to the users :
* Tab, Arrow Up, 8 => next link/shell in same file
* Shift Tab, Arrow Down, 2 => previous link/shell in same file
* Enter, Right arrow, 6 => follow link
* Esc, Left Arrow, 4 => return one level
* Page Down, 3 => next page
* Page Up, 9 => previous page
6. Registration:
And now for the big surprise... Registration only costs 100 BF (fl 6,
5 US$, 3 GBP), except for the French who will have to pay 100 FF (eat
your heart out Chirac).
This money should, one way or another, come in the hands of the author.
e-mail: vancamp@rma.ac.be
frankvc@glo.be
Fido: 2:292/8013.2
You may send your registration directly to him at the following address:
Frank Van Camp
Beekvelden 25
2840 Reet
Belgium
Bank account: 979-3710633-97 (Argenta bank in Belgium)
US residents may register in US$ using check, money order, MasterCard, or
VISA (send cash at your own risk) with Brazerko Communications.
See BRAZERKO.REG for an order form. If the order form is missing you
can contact us at sales@brazerko.com, 1:320/42, +1 860 892 INET (voice),
or +1 860 886 1441 (Sea of Noise BBS).
In order to make the key-file, we need the following information:
sysop name
BBS name
Fido-address
This information must be EXACTLY as it appears in your RA settings
(i.e., case sensitive, including all commas and periods).
The key will be sent to you through netmail (or e-mail). Just copy that
file to your RA directory and your program becomes a registered one and
all the features become available.