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MAKEDAT 1.0
Utility Program for UPLOADER and LISTREC
(C)Copyright 1993 Rand Nowell
RaLin Enterprises Software
- All Rights Reserved -
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│▒▒▒ What is MAKEDAT? ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
MAKEDAT creates a Data FIle to be used with LISTREC, and in the future,
UPLOADER.
It creates a file containing required information from FILES.RA, to allow
LISTREC to include more information when listing HDR files.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│▒▒▒ Why A Seperate Data File? ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Some will ask, why create another file, instead of reading FILES.RA?
There are a couple of reasons, many people don't have 200 or more file areas
on their BBS, so why check all 200 records in FILES.RA, everytime a HDR is
displayed? FILES.RA contains a record for a minimum of 200 areas, whther
they are in use or not.
I also wanted the output displayed a certian way, and I found it easier to
do it with a dedicated file.
The only real drawback to this method, is that you need to run MAKEDAT
whenever you make any changes to FILES.RA using RACONFIG, such as adding or
deleting a file area, changing the file area name etc.
The file created by MAKEDAT is named ULLR.DAT for U-p-L-oader-L-ist-R-ec.Dat
Currently it is NOT used by UPLOADER, but will be in a future release.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│▒▒▒ Creating the Data File ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
First, place MAKEDAT.EXE in a directory thats included in your DOS 'PATH'
statement, this way it can be called from any drive/directory.
Second, log onto your HDR directory, exmpl: D:\FILEDATA\HDR
Third, Type MAKEDAT....
Ahhhh...but wait, two things to be aware of... MAKEDAT looks for the
enviornment variable 'RA' to determine which directory FILES.RA is located
in... if this variable is NOT set, then you need to specify your RA system
directory on the command line, like: MAKEDAT C:\RA\
The trailing backslash can be included or left off, MAKEDAT will make sure
its used if you don't. If the RA variable is not found, MAKEDAT will
display a message and Abort.
A copy right notice will be displayed, and MAKEDAT will list the number of
records read from FILES.RA (which will be a minimum of 200), and the number
of records written to ULLR.DAT, which will be the number of File Areas you
have activated in RACONFIG.
ULLR.DAT is created in the current directory, this "SHOULD" be your HDR
directory, as LISTREC will only search the directory it is called from when
its run.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│▒▒▒ Listing The Data ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
MAKEDAT ? will show a short Help screen.
If you wish, you can list the information contained in ULLR.DAT either to
the screen or the printer.
MAKEDAT L will list to the screen.
MAKEDAT P will list to the printer.
The listing of each area, is the same that is shown when running LISTREC,
doing this can give you a quick rundown of your File Area setup, without
having to run RACONFIG.
For the purpose of simply doing a File Area view, you can create a copy of
ULLR.DAT in you RA directory, or anywhere else for that matter. But to be
used with LISTREC, it must reside in your HDR directory!!
REMEMBER, for the Data to be current, MAKEDAT needs to be run after any
changes made to your file areas with RACONFIG.
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│▒▒▒ And.... ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
LISTREC and MAKEDAT are still FREE RemoteAccess utilities.
I hope you find them useful, if you do, I'd like to hear about it.
LISTREC.DOC lists the various ways you can let me know what you like or
dislike about these programs, and what you'd like to see in the future.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│▒▒▒ In Closing ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
For those of you who have tried my program T2A - the RA Text to Ansi
program, a new version is in the works! This new version will support RA
2.00g fully, it will have its own dedicated Editor with pop-up charts for
choosing RA system variables and Ansi color codes to paste directly into the
text you are editing.
You will be able to Edit and Compile via picklists.
Many new options, watch for it!
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