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RWCSUMM Documentation ***VERSION 1.1 03/02/92*** rd:[RWBBS]
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This utility RWCSUMM.EXE is designed to extract from the CNFN;
C O N F E R E N C E S S U M M A R Y
information produced by "RWCnf 2.x" utility and place a copy of ONLY
the Summary Information in a Separate file so that the Sysop may use
the information in Bulletins and/or other Display files as needed.
This idea came from one of our registered users of RWCnf- What he
does was such a good idea that we thought we'd write this 'Quick and
Dirty' little program for him, and also make it available for anyone
else using RWCnf.
Tim Fierro likes to add the Conferences-Summary information to his
WELCOME and WELCOMEG files so that his users see exactly what his
conferences have inside them! (Great idea Tim!)
Heres how it works and what it does;
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Place RWCSUMM.EXE in your \RWCNF DOS directory.
Running this utility:
C:\RWCNF\> RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN,outputfilename
\_______/ ----------- ---------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| | | |
| | | -> Name of Output File
This is | | (Optional: Default=
where we | | SUMMARY.RWC
should be | |
running it | -> Location & Name of your CNFN file
from! |
-> The name of this program
The first commandline parameter is REQUIRED: It is the FULL
DRIVE:\PATH\Filename to the CNFN file created by RWCnf!
The second commandline parameter is OPTIONAL: If you use it,
it MUST be separated from the First parameter using a COMMA(,).
This is the FULL DRIVE:\PATH\Filename of where you want the
Conferences Summary information to be placed.
**NOTE: If the Output Filename already exists, it will be
OVERWRITTEN! Don't put the name of your WELCOME or
other PCB Display file here!!
After running the utility, you will have an output file that
contains only the CONFERENCES SUMMARY information. You may now
add this to any other display file using DOS to copy it to the
beginning or end of another file.
See the nexxt page for some examples of how to use it...
RWCSUMM Documentation EXAMPLES:
Lets say you want to make a bulletin out of the Summary file:
(We'll assume that you have already run the RWCNFU Update and
RWCNFR report programs....)
RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN,C:\PCB\BLT\MAIN10
Would write the conferences Summary into the filename used to hold
bulletin #10. It overwrites whatever was there if the file already
existed before running the program.
The above example is easy. Now lets say you want to add the Summary
info to your WELCOME file.
First, create a COPY of your WELCOME file like this:
COPY WELCOME WELCOME.SRC
From now on we'll use WELCOME.SRC in our batch files...
Now, in your event batch (or wherever you normally run RWCNFR)...
After running the RWCNFR.EXE program:
RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN
COPY WELCOME.SRC+SUMMARY.RWC WELCOME
Get it???? Its easy....!
** Tim one-upped me on this example. For something like the WELCOME
screen, you could simply use the %filespec to point to SUMMARY.RWC
which would be both easier and faster than the copying method.
Example WELCOME File entry: %C:\RWCNF\SUMMARY.RWC
RWCnf is a Conferences Menuing system for automatically making
your PCBoard 14.5"a" CNFN Display file. If you dont already have
RWCnf, you should get a current copy from either Salt Air, or from
us: Richware Shareware (708) 697-1606
The archive filename is: RWCNFxx.ZIP (Where xx refers to the version
number; currently 2.0 [RWCNF20.ZIP])
We are now also accepting VISA/MC online for registrations of RWCnf
and/or RWDir utilities on the (R)ichware Share(W)are PCBoard [RWBBS]
Happy Computing!
Rich¡