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Softerm Modular Communications and Terminal Emulation
READ.ME - Documentation Supplement
November 30, 1993
To obtain a hard copy of this document, you may want to type,
COPY READ.ME LPT1
Or you can pull it into the NotePad in Windows and print it from
there.
Contents:
I. Install Procedure
II. Changes to Softerm Modular
- Close Appended Capture (new option)
- Profile data base not created automatically
- "If File Exists" now supports Zmodem (see also topic VI)
- Auto-detect ZModem and CompuServe B+ protocols
- Mark/Copy -> Transmit to host feature
- Drag & Drop file uploading
- Hot Spots on the monitor
- Hide option when downloading
- New Paste option
III. Printing to a Network Printer
IV. Nationality Profile Character Representations
V. Softrans File Transfer Protocol Source Code
VI. Zmodem File Transfer Protocol
VII. CompuServe B+ File Transfer Protocol
VIII. New Modem Drivers
IX. Asynchronous Tcp/Ip Support
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I. Installing Softerm Modular Plus
Run Setup program to create Softerm Plus Group and Program Entries
or follow these steps:
NOTE: If you don't want to use the TCP/IP Slip Kernel, you can
delete all of the files listed in setps 1 through 5 and the
goto step 8.
1. Create these 3 directories off of the Softerm Directory:
BIN
ETC
SETUP
2. Move these files to the BIN sub-directory:
WPING.EXE
WSCM.EXE
TCPIP_SL.EXE
WSAFMT.DLL
WSAVM.DLL
WSLIPKIF.DLL
WSCM.HLP
WPING.HLP
LOADTCP.BAT
RMTCP.BAT
WINSOCK.DLL
3. Move these files to the ETC sub-directory:
PROTOCOL
SERVICES
MODEMS
4. Move these files to the SETUP sub-directory:
PHONES
5. If your Modem is connected to COM1 and you want the Slip Kernel
to use this modem enter the following command at a DOS prompt:
copy NETINFO.1 SETUP\NETINFO
Otherwise, if your Modem is connected to COM2 and you want the
Slip Kernel to use this modem enter the following command at a
DOS prompt:
copy NETINFO.2 SETUP\NETINFO
6. Add the following lines to the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET TCPOPEN=C:\SOFTERM
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\SOFTERM
CALL LOADTCP
NOTE: Change C:\SOFTERM to the drive:\Path where Softerm is
located.
7. Reboot your PC and continue.
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8. Create a new group entitled "Softerm Plus".
9. Create a new program within that group giving Windows
the full path and program name to SOFTERM.EXE.
And that's it. In the SOFTERM.MDB file, you can go in and
add or delete any dial sessions that you like. Double click
on it with the mouse, and you are set.
If you would like to create a Softerm Icon that Starts a specifyed
Session, for example an Icon that will start Softerm Plus and
connects to Compuserve;
Create a new program with in the Softerm Plus Group giving the
full path and program name followed by the Session Name and "/p";
C:\SOFTERM\SOFTERM.EXE "CompuServe"/p
If the Session Profile is in a deferent Database file than the
default, (Last Database file opened), the add the database file
name to the command line arguments;
C:\SOFTERM\SOFTERM.EXE MYDATABS.MDB "CompuServe"/p
II. Changes to Softerm Modular
--------------------------
Please make a note of the following changes in the manual:
1. Please add the following information to Close Capture:
a. The cascading menu now appears similar to:
┌────────────────────────┐
│ Save Capture │
│ Discard Capture │
├────────────────────────┤
│ Close Appended Capture │
└────────────────────────┘
b. Close Appended Capture
If the Terminal Emulation printer definition option Append
Disk Printer File On Close (p. PE.8) is enabled and
printer data has been redirected to a disk file, use this
option to permanently close the file.
Important: A capture cannot be active when this option is
used.
2. If the named profile data base does not exist, it will not be
created.
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3. The description of "If File Exists":
If a file with the name you have assigned already exists on
your PC, you can specify that you want to:
- Resume the transfer (if you are using Zmodem);
- Replace the existing file;
- Append the received data to the end of the existing file,
or;
- Stop the file transfer.
4. Auto-detect ZModem and CompuServe B+ Protocols.
These download protocols will start receiving a file
automatically when you are downloading. You no longer
need to go in and start the download manually.
The program is set up so that you can enable/disable the
autodownload session by changing it under the Settings
menu, selecting Terminal Emulation, and Auto Download.
Under the Dialog box for Auto Download, you can set your
default download path, and set your options for "If file
exists....".
5. Mark/Copy -> Transmit to host feature
Now you can mark a section of text using your mouse and
transmit it to the host. If it is a single character,
like 'x', double click on it. That will send it. If it
is a block of text, mark it off with the mouse, click on
the EDIT menu, and select transmit to host. The block
will be received at the other end of the connection.
This is defined under Settings, System Environment, and then
select Edit Action Options. From there you can set up how
you want the transmission to be formatted, and where you
want it to go.
6. Drag & Drop file uploading
This allows you to drag a file out of the File Manager
in Windows, and drop it into the window in which you are
connected, and it will upload the file to your host. Note,
you must be at the place on your host where you can do that!
Uses default session protocol, if none, it uses the
character protocol.
7. Hot Spots on the monitor
If you are on a service that asks you to press (Enter) to
continue, all you have to do is double click on a blank
area of the screen. That will send a carriage return to
the other end. It will also send entire words, finding the
beginning and the end of the word. By double clicking on
that word, it will transmit it to the host or to clipboard,
dependant upon how it is configured. It can also transmit
an entire page of text, by highlighting it with the mouse,
then clicking somewhere inside of that block, and it will
be transmitted. Refer to item #5 for defining the settings
for this option.
8. Hide option when downloading
There is a button that you can select in the download
screen that will minimize your session while you are
downloading and maintain the download.
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9. New Paste option
You can now cut & paste from outside files, using Shif