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LOGINFO for RA Version 2.00
(C) 1990, 1991 by Douglas Kennedy, Lehigh Acres, FL 33936
All rights reserved
The author is not responsible for any damage caused by this
program to your system or anything else. This program has been
tested, however, use it at your own risk.
LOGINFO is shareware and may be distributed freely as long as no
fee over $2 is charged.
COPYRIGHTS/REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
--------------------------------
Remote Access and RA are copyright Andrew Milner and Continental
Software.
D'Bridge is copyright Chris Irwin.
WHAT LOGINFO DOES
-----------------
LOGINFO looks at a log file and then uses the information in the
file to compile statistics. LOGINFO was written for RA logs, however
it may work with other logs. LOGINFO uses your log file data to do
many things. It creates a summary of message area usage (how many
messages were posted in each area). It produces a report of how
many total callers, how many at each baud rate (up to 9600), BBS callers,
uploads, downloads, etc. Finally, it tells who called and tells what each
person did while on line. A help window has been added so that you may
easily use LOGINFO. Do not press ESCAPE to exit this window unless you
want to leave the program. Most of the functions are called by using the
function keys, except, color configuration which is Ctrl-C.
EASY PREVIEW OF LOGINFO
-----------------------
If you are anxious to see what LOGINFO does, without taking five to
ten minutes to configure it, there is a simple way. Just use any text
editor (EDLIN if neccassary) and change the line C:\RA\RA.LOG (first
line without a ; ) in LOGINFO.CNF to the path and filename of your log
file. Then run the program by typing LOGINFO at the DOS prompt. This
will show you what LOGINFO looks like and how easy and useful it will
be to you. After you've done that follow the section on configuration
below to get the most out of LOGINFO.
HOW TO CONFIGURE RA LOGINFO
---------------------------
The hardest part about using this program is the configuration.
This usually only needs to be done once, but if you add or delete
message areas the configuration is easy to change using a text editor.
Setup can be done one of two ways. You can use a text editor to edit
LOGINFO.CNF or run INFOCNF.EXE. Follow the directions carefully and make
sure you have a printed copy of one of your logs (it will be needed to
answer a majority of the questions).
If you use a text editor you can see the sample configuration. Some
of these will not be needed to be changed if you are running RA.
It is suggested that you use a text editor, but you can configure
the program by running INFOCNF.EXE. If you want to see the sample
configuration use TYPE (or another Text file Viewer) to look at
LOGINFO.CNF before running INFOCNF.EXE.
In previous versions, the color configuration was setup in
LOGINFO.CNF. This is now done in the program by hitting Ctrl-C. This
makes it easier to change the colors and allows you to see how the colors
will look together.
SPECIAL CONFIGURATION NOTES
---------------------------
Not all of the message areas and message area identifiers have to
be used. Just leave the line blank (no text OR spaces) when using a
text editor or hit return when asked for the message area when running
the configuration program. If you only leave how the message area is
shown on the screen blank that area will still show up.
The last twenty message area identifiers can be used to count
the same message area twice (or different things on the same log line).
The first twenty exit the counting procedure as soon as they are found,
but the last twenty check the remaining message area counters.
When entering the names to be used on the message info screen,
remember that LOGINFO automatically puts a ':' at the end of your
identifier.
If you have D'Bridge writing to your log file, you will need to
run KILLEOF.COM with your log named RA_DB.LOG to remove the End Of File
marks that D'Bridge writes to the file before running LOGINFO.EXE.
LOGINFO.EXE turns off the cursor on a 386 and some 286's. If the
cursor is not off on your computer try running LINFO286.EXE.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS/RECOMENDATIONS
----------------------------------
To run this program your system must have at least one disk drive.
You should have at least 128K of RAM and should have the ANSI.SYS driver
installed on your computer. To do this put DEVICE = ANSI.SYS in your
CONFIG.SYS file. CGA or better is also required.
REGISTRATION
------------
LOGINFO is a shareware product and continued use after 30 days
requires you to register it. Registration fee is twenty dollars ($20)
in United States currency plus name, address, and version number.
You can also get a copy of the newest version by sending an extra
two dollars ($2), version number, and what size disk drive you have
(5 1/4 or 3.5). Customized versions will be written on request for
registered users for an additional ten dollars. Feel free to distribute
this program to other people and upload it to BBS's as long as no fee
over $2 is charged for the program.
No registrations will be accepted for earlier versions as of June
1, 1991.
I can be contacted through FidoNet at 1:371/19, RA_UTIL echo, or at
the address below. Please send Echo Mail messages to Doug Kennedy. I
hope you enjoy the program and please report any bugs, comments, and send
registration to:
Douglas Kennedy
620 Highland Ave.
Lehigh Acres, FL 33936
Changes since version 1.10:
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Version 1.12 - allows up to fourty message areas, added file error
messages, slightly improved time it takes to read log.
Version 2.00 - easier access to statistics and users who called, color
configuration is done in the program, added windows for
many of the functions, and turned off the cursor. Much
improved over 1.xx.
This program was written using Turbo Pascal 5.5.