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- Q&A
- Questions and Answers
- Regarding PRO-FILE Professional File System
-
-
- This documentation has been provided as a means of support and
- instruction to aid you in solving both casual and urgent problems
- and to answer questions not mentioned in the PRO-FILE documentation.
-
- If you can not find the answer here, then please by all means,
- contact me, Steve Barber, and I'll be glad to help. Furthermore,
- all reported problems will be placed in this file and released in
- future versions.
-
-
-
- CASUAL INQUIRIES
- ----------------
-
- Q: When I try to generate a master listing (Alt-T), PRO-FILE won't
- -- do anything. I also noticed that option was darkened on the main
- menu. What do I need to do?
-
- A: The Alt-T option is darkened because you have an un-registered
- -- version. The generation of master listings is a registration
- bonus and will become active upon registration.
-
-
- Q: I have set up PRO-FILE to generate a master listing and place it
- -- in an area for users to download. I also have a zipped version
- compiled and added to the database by a disk update (Alt-K) along
- with it (See AutoDriv.Lst), but PRO-FILE puts both the
- AllFiles.Lst and AllFiles.Ans in the directory and the disk
- update picks up the AllFiles.Ans, and I don't want that in the
- listings.
-
- A: The solution is simple. Just delete the file AllFiles.ANS from
- -- disk before performing the disk update.
-
-
- Q: Is there any way to use PRO-FILE remotely?
- --
- A: Not really. PRO-FILE has no direct support for remote use.
- -- However, if there is a high demand, remote support will be
- included in future versions. For now, if you absolutely must
- use PRO-FILE remotely, you can use a program such as PC-Anywhere
- or other full-fledged gateway program.
-
-
-
- PROBLEMS
- --------
-
- Q: I deleted a file a few days ago and now PRO-FILE won't let me
- -- recover "un-delete" the file information.
-
- A: You waited to long to recover the file. Un-Deletes should be
- -- performed soon after you delete the file. If you did not delete
- the file from disk, then just add the file again.
-
-
- Q: I used PRO-FILE to add a few files areas, and I changed my file
- -- menu to show the new areas, and users can list the file lists,
- but they can't upload or download from the new areas.
-
- A: When PRO-FILE adds a file area, it doesn't set the security level
- -- for up/downloads. It will use the default security levels
- RAConfig uses. But, in this rare occasion, you must use RAConfig
- to set the up/download security levels for the new areas.
-
-
- Q: I added a file area with PRO-FILE, and all looks good in PRO-
- -- FILE, but now my BBS file menu doesn't show the new area.
-
- A: Any time you add or delete a file area with PRO-FILE, it will
- -- take care of all necessary changes except the file menu. You
- must manually add the option to list the new area using RAMenu.
-
-
- Q: I just removed a whole area, but I didn't remove the area's files
- -- from disk because I thought I might want to recover the area.
- Now I need to recover the area's file information. I noticed the
- area letter in PRO-FILE is gone though. How do I do this?
-
- A: As stated in the docs, when you remove a whole area, the file
- -- information is completely removed from the database almost like
- what a Pack Database (Alt-P) does. Thus, you can not recover the
- file area. However, if the physical files themselves are still
- on disk, you can do a Disk Update (Alt-K), and PRO-FILE will add
- the files again. However, some of the information such as the
- description, rating, and download count will have been reset.
-
-
- Q: When I did a disk update (Alt-K), it added all the files in the
- -- directory, but I have some files in the directory I don't want
- added such as sysop only files uploaded by users.
-
- A: Go ahead and use a disk update and then delete the unwanted files
- -- using the Global by Area (Alt-L) command.
-
-
- Q: I've got a lot of new files in a particular area, and PRO-FILE
- -- has never added them. What should I do?
-
- A: It is likely that either the path to the file area that's always
- -- missed is wrong, or, you have specified for only one area to be
- searched for new files. If the latter is the case, then use the
- SetUp (Alt-U) option to change the search for all areas;
- otherwise, check the path(s) to the missed areas.
-
-
- Q: I'm still using FileDoor and am having trouble with PRO-FILE not
- -- picking up the download count and uploader.
-
- A: PRO-FILE does support FileDoor, but you must set FileDoor up a
- -- specific way for the two to be compatible. First, make sure
- FileDoor is writing a log to your main RA log file. Next, find
- out what style it is using (OPUS/FRONTDOOR). Last, be sure to
- use the Alt-U Set-Up option in PRO-FILE to re-configure PRO-FILE.
-
-
-
- UNANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
- ----------------------
-
- ** These problems have not actually occurred, but in the event that
- they do, these solutions should fix the problem.
-
- Q: I made some updates to the areas and files, and for some reason,
- -- when PRO-FILE exited, it didn't update all the area lists. Now
- how do I get the other area lists generated?
-
- A: Use the Alt-G Generate Areas Listings command and select the
- -- option to generate all area file lists.
-