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SysOp Companion v1.0 Installation & Program Usage
Shareware Version
A WWIV User Editor
Enclosed Software & Documents are Copyright (c) 1997 Chris Duerr
All Rights Reserved
■ Program Description
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'SysOp Companion' is a full featured WWIV User Editor compatible with
Windows 95. SysOp Companion has been tested successfully with stock
WWIV v4.24, and _should_ work well on earlier systems.
Version 1.0 of SysOp Companion has been released as Shareware. You
may use this software for a trial period of 30 days free of charge.
Should you desire to continue your use of this software after the 30
day trial period, you are strongly encouraged to register this soft-
ware with the author. Registration is inexpensive, and grants usage
of the software for an indefinite period of time. For registration
details, see the file REGISTER.TXT for more information.
This program may be redistributed provided that it is kept in its
original .ZIP archive and no additional fee is required for download
or transfer.
Please read the installation instructions, program usage information,
compatibility notes, and the disclaimer given below before executing
this software.
■ Installation
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Installation of SysOp Companion v1.0 is very simple. To ensure a safe
installation, I suggest you take the following steps. No installation
program is provided.
1) As with any freely distributed program, you should scan the files
in this program archive with an updated virus scanner.
2) Important! Before using SysOp Companion, backup your WWIV USER.LST
data file. This file is in the 'DATA' subdirectory of your main
WWIV directory. To backup this file, simply copy it to another
directory. Should your \DATA\USER.LST file ever become corrupted,
simply delete the corrupted file, and replace it with your backup.
3) Copy SYSCOMP.EXE to the subdirectory of your choice. I suggest
creating a \SYSCOMP\ subdirectory branching off of your main WWIV
directory and copying the .EXE file there. However, as of version
1.0, SYSCOMP.EXE may be placed in any directory.
4) Create a Shortcut to SYSCOMP.EXE in Windows 95 entitled 'SysOp
Companion v1.0'. Refer to your Windows 95 manuals or on-line help
for information regarding the creation of shortcuts.
5) Test the shortcut out. If there are any problems re-read the above
mentioned steps and try again. If you are still having problems,
contact another SysOp using SysOp Companion for help. If all else
fails, read the AUTHOR section for information about how to get a
hold of me.
6) Read the 'Program Usage' section for program setup instructions.
■ Uninstalling
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To uninstall SysOp Companion, simply delete the provided SYSCOMP.EXE
program executable and accompanying documentation / readme files. You
may also wish to remove any program shortcuts in Windows 95 that you
may have created. No uninstall program is provided.
■ Program Usage
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As with most Windows 95 compatible software, using this program is
quite simple and straightfoward.
Before you can begin, you will need to load your 'USER.LST' file.
Start SysOp Companion and click on 'File', and select 'Open'. A
familiar 'Open' dialog will appear. Select the Drive and Directory of
your 'USER.LST' file and click on Open. If the file was opened
successfully, the filename and path will appear below the main scroll
bar.
You may use the scrollbar to scroll your user records, or enter the
user number at the prompt in the upper left hand corner.
The 'LOAD' / 'RELOAD' button will load the current user from file
into the tabbed notebook. By checkmarking 'AUTO-LOAD', user records
will automatically be loaded into the tabbed notebook.
The 'SAVE' button will save the current user record to file. By check
marking 'AUTO-SAVE', user records are automatically saved when a new
user or file is loaded, or when the program exits.
The tabbed notebook contains a great deal of user information to edit
as you please. Should an invalid entry get entered and saved, the
program will save the entry as ZERO or NULL. During the Debug stage
of SysOp Companion's development, I did everything I could to make
either it crash or WWIV crash, and could not succeed. Infact, WWIV
handled invalid entries quite well. Although I've tested invalid
entries quite thoroughly, I do not recommend you go and do the same
without first backing up your USER.LST file.
As of version 1.0, some data entry options are not available for
viewing/edit. Please note that the fields which do not work are not
intentional software cripples. These fields are also non-operational
on registered versions. Future v1.x versions will allow editing of
these features.
The bottom status bar contains basic program hints, information,
errors, or warnings that may need to be aware of.
As of now, no further documentation is provided. I plan to better
document this program in the future.
■ Compatibility Notes
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If you have successfully run SysOp Companion on software or an
operating system not listed below, please contact the author with the
updated information. Thank you.
This Program has not been tested on non-Pentium based systems, how-
ever it should be compatible with all Windows 95 supported hardware.
- Windows 95
Successfully tested on Windows 95 v4.00.95a.
- Windows NT
Not Tested. This software may very likely be somewhat compatible
with Windows NT v3.51 or better. However, it has yet to be tested,
and I can not recommend you test it yourself... but if you do, I'd
be very interested in knowing the results.
- Windows 3.1
Not Tested. This software may work provided that Win32 is loaded,
however I wouldn't recommend it.
- WWIV BBS
Successfully tested on Stock WWIV v4.24 'USER.LST' data file. This
software should be compatible with most earlier versions and future
v4.xx versions. Source Code Modifications not directly altering the
current User Record Structure (not including reserved data storage)
should be fully compatible with SysOp Companion.
This software has been tested successfully while operating
simultaneously with stock WWIV v4.24. It is not likely that any data
loss or corruption can occur while operating WWIV and SysOp Companion
simultaneously. I run WWIV & SysOp Companion simultaneously quite
often, as I would expect any 24 hour SysOp would, and have had no
problems what-so-ever. However, I am forced to advise you to take
caution in doing so yourself.
■ Technical Notes
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This software creates no permanent or temporary data files. No
additional modifications (other than those made by the user) are made
to the WWIV 'USER.LST' file. This program accesses no other WWIV data
files, and is completely unaware of concurrently running instances of
either itself or WWIV software.
■ Disclaimer
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THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY
OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE
OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO
WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. GOOD DATA PROCESSING
PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED
WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER
MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY
LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO
PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.
Windows (R) 95 and Windows (R) NT are copyright (c) 1981-1995 by
Microsoft Corporation. WWIV is Copyright (c) 1988-1996 by WWIV
Software Services.
All registered trademarks and trademarks trademarks are property of
their respective owners and appear for identification purposes only.
■ Author / Contact Information
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You can contact me via E-Mail at the following addresses.
cduerr19@mail.idt.net via Internet
duerchr@charlie.cns.iit.edu via Internet
3 @19907 via WWIVLink
You may also visit us at on the World Wide Web at :
http://hudson.idt.net/~cduerr19/sc/sc.html