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FixAllUser v1.0
By Bart Flentje
October 1, 1994
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Legal:
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FixAllUser is provided "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied as to the merchantability or fitness
of purpose. The risk as to the quality and performance of the
software is the end user's. The Author shall have no liability
or responsibility to the user with respect to the liability, loss
or damage caused or alleged to be caused by this software,
including, but not limited to, any interruption of service, loss
of business or anticipatory profits or consequential damages
resulting from the use of, or the inability to use the software.
The information in this document is subject to change without
notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the
Author. Any registration fee sent to the author is non-refundable
and by registering your SHAREWARE the user acknowleges such.
However, the author will do what he/she can to make operation or
setup of such program simple and straight forward.
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR SYSTEM BACKED UP!
Copying and Distribution:
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FixAllUser is (c) copyrighted 1994 by Bart Flentje. It is also
registered with United States Library of Congress as such. That
means registered versions of FixAllUser cannot be copied and/or
distributed without the express written consent of the author.
However, FixAllUser can be copied and distributed so long as it is
an unregistered SHAREWARE version. No changes or modifications
may be made without the authors approval.
Registration:
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FixAllUser is NOT public domain, it is SHAREWARE. That means that
you have to pay registration fees ($7.00) if you use FixAllUser.
Registering your software also supports all new updates that may
be developed and gives you other special options that the unregistered
version does not have.
Requirements to run this program:
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This program was designed for Wildcat! v4.x and ONLY v4.x. DO NOT
try to run this on any version of Wildcat! prior to version v4.x.
What is FixAllUser?
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FixAllUser is a Wildcat! v4.x utility that will make cosmetic
changes to your ALLUSERS.DAT file. It will fix unwanted From
fields as well as fixing Address1, City, State, and Zip info.
What exactly does it do?
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Do you ever get those 12 and 13 year schmucks that fill out the
NEWUSER questionnaire, and when they get to the "From" field they
enter something idiotic like "From Hell" or "Home" and even
"The Bathroom Pot"?
Fear no more...this utility will change this. FixAllUser fixes it
in the sense that it erases the from field and takes the city and
state information, combines it, and then rewrites the from field.
Simple..."I can do this with WCCode, why do I need your program" you
ask yourself?? Because it does the whole damn database in seconds!
I have a user database of 973+ and it only takes 22 seconds.
Now it does more....like the following...
1) Beautifies the Address1 information...puts all of the information
in proper case...
BEFORE: 1718 hIckoRy HILL
AFTER: 1718 Hickory Hill
2) Beautifies the City field...puts all information in the proper
case...
BEFORE: minNeaPolis
AFTER: Minneapolis
Also, any City field that starts with a "St" as in St. Paul, will
correct to "St.". Also, if the a city field starts with "saint"
as in Saint Paul, it will do the same. In the REGISTERED version
look for a user definable city change filter as in the following..
BEFORE: mpls
AFTER: Minneapolis
or
BEFORE: IGH
AFTER: Inver Grove Heights
3) Beautifies the State field and puts the proper two letter state
code in place of full name style.
BEFORE: miNNesOta
AFTER: MN
or
BEFORE: mn
AFTER: MN
This function works with all 50 states, DC, Ontario, Manitoba,
New Brunswick, and New South Wales. This function Assumes the
long version of the state is spelled properly. Look for fuzzy
logic in the REGISTERED version which will guess which state it
should be if it is spelled improperly.
4) Beautifies the ZIP code field. If it senses only a five digit
zip code with the dash at the end, it will truncate the dash...
BEFORE: 55122-
AFTER: 55122
or
BEFORE: 55122-2410
AFTER: 55122-2410 no change
5) Fixes the From field. It erases the old From field and inserts
the "City" + "," + "State". If the city or the state field is
a null field, it will place "-UNLISTED LOCATION---" in the from
field. In the REGISTERED version, look for a user definable
replacement string.
6) In the REGISTERED version, it will put the Alias field in the
proper case as in the following...
BEFORE: bartMan
AFTER: Bartman
7) In the REGISTERED version, it will also modify Address2 and the
computer type fields.
How do I install FixAllUser?
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There is one easy step!
Place it in your Wildcat! home directory or place it in a directory
that is in your DOS search path.
How do I run FixAllUser?
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Change directory to the directory of your ALLUSERS.DAT file and run
the program. ie. FIXAUSER.EXE
*****> ********
****> You can run FixAllUser while Wildcat nodes are up, but no one can
****> can be logged on. It will give you an error and halt if this is
****> the case. To be safe, pull down all nodes before running!
*****> ********
When FixAllUser runs, it will first search in the current directory
for ALLUSERS.DAT. If it does not find the file, it will stop. When
it does the find the file, it will immediately search for ALLUSERS.BAK.
If it does NOT find ALLUSERS.BAK (an assumed backup file), it will
rename your old ALLUSERS.DAT file to ALLUSERS.BAK, make the changes,
and then rewrite all new changes to ALLUSERS.DAT keeping a backup at
all times. If it originally DOES find ALLUSERS.BAK, it will prompt
you to overwrite this file or not. If you say no, it will immediately
stop. If you say yes, it will erase the backup file (ALLUSERS.BAK),
rename the ALLUSERS.DAT file to ALLUSERS.BAK, make the changes, and
then rewrite the new data to ALLUSERS.DAT keeping a backup at all
times.
That's it!
Any Questions?
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Bart Flentje, the author of this program and other fine programs may
be contacted in the following ways:
Bit Debris Communications
1718 Hickory Hill
Eagan, MN 55122-2410
FIDO 1:282/4074 using 1-612-452-8413
Internet Bart.A.Flentje-1@umn.edu
I also frequently call the MSIHQBBS, at least twice a week, you may
leave a private message there.
Look for these other fine programs!
-----------------------------------
- CalCat! v5.4 the ultimate holiday screen swapper that knows of 242+
holidays. Also does non-holiday swapping of user defined screens.
Full RIP and ANSI support.
- ManDown v2.0 force your callers to download the file(s) of your
choice before being upgraded. Change profiles and add time.
Full ANSI and RIP support.
- UserRec v1.1 converts Wildcat! v3.x door drop files to Wildcat! v4.x
drop files and back. Updates ALL information including UPLOADS and
DOWNLOADS AND User Profile!
- Mighty Moe v1.0ß a silly little door game I wrote in QuickBASIC by
accident. This door is very simple and has a FREE registration!
- UtilMenu v1.4 expands your DOS hooks to many. Wildcat! v4.x made
this program obsolete, but is useful for those who run any other
version of Wildcat! or any DOOR.SYS supported BBS.
Side Notes:
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Register CalCat! or Mandown and get FixAllUser or UserRec for FREE!
You MUST remind me of this deal or I may forget. (I am a fulltime
student so my mind may be else where!)
Thanks for taking the time to read this...(if you get this far!)
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