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This is .... ▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀▀ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▀▀ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒█▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ A Files.Bbs Editor for Remote Access 0.04a Maximus 1.00 aXa 0.92 Copyright (C) 1990 by ShadowPlay Software & Patrik Sjöberg Another nice utility from ... ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▀▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▀▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒█▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒██ ▒▒▒▒██ ▀▒▒█▀▒▒█▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒▄ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▀ ▒▒█ ▒▒█▀▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▄ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▒▒█ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ █ To my Grandmother Birgit Lindström. █ ░░ █ █ ░░ █ I will always remember you !! █ ░░ █ █ ░░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ Disclaimer ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ What i will be telling you below you must understand and agree upon BEFORE you use any part of FEBBS: FEBBS 1.00 is subject to the following license terms and conditions. * FEBBS is copyrighted material. You may use it on a trial basis provided you do not violate the copyright and if you follow these simple rules. Use of FEBBS 1.00 on a regular basis requires purchase as described later. * You may not alter FEBBS 1.00 in any way, and you may not de-compile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse-engineer it. * LIMITED WARRANTY. ShadowPlay & Patrik Sjöberg does not warrant that the functions contained in the software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free. The ONLY Warrant we give is that FEBBS will occupy space on your disk. The author will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this program. Your use of the program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your realease of the author from any form of liability or litigation. Well that's that. Now on to the goodies... ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ What is FEBBS? ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Well, FEBBS is a program that will help you keep your Files.Bbs and file areas in shape. How many times havent you edited those files. And how many times havent you been "running" around in your "tree" just to get to each of them. This is where FEBBS comes in. Just sit tight and edit each and everyone of the Files.Bbs files from a directory of your choice. No more changing directories and unloading/Reloading your editor. Hurl files and decriptions easily between areas. Look inside your archives to determine what's in them and much much more... See the file Features.Feb for a more comprehensive list of features. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to get Started ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ 1. Unpack the Archived file containing FEBBS. 2. Read all the doc files contained in the Archive. 3. Put FEBBS in a directory you fancy. 4. Fire up FEBBS. FEBBS will now create a file called FEBBS.CTL. This file contains the setup info needed for FEBBS. >>> Oh by the way. If your upgrading from an older version of FEBBS you must delete the old FEBBS.CTL then redo the Setup. This is though the last time that this is necesary 'cause i've redesigned the controll file and put "air" in it so the next time i need to expand the control file i will use the air and you won't notice a thing. 5. First run the SETUP item. Wich should look like this... ──────────────────────────── Setup FEBBS... ──┌────────────────────┐──── s │ BBS Type ... │ebbs bs│ Paths and more. │Febb bb│ Keep BAK file. │ Feb eb│ Colours ... │■ Fe Fe│ List Setup │ ■ F F│ Areas to List │ ■ ■ │ Xternal Support │s ■ ■│ Save Setup. │bs └────────────────────┘bbs s ■ Febbs ■ Febbs ■ Febbs ■ The first question is the realy hard one :-) What type of BBS Software do you use ? Remote Access, Maximus, aXa ? This menu option lets you tell FEBBS what Area files it should be looking for. Either Files.Ra for Remote Access, Area.Dat/Area.Idx for Maximus or Axaareas.dat for aXa. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to get Started Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ■ Next up is to tell FEBBS some different items that will be essential for FEBBS. ┌─[ General Items ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Path to BBS Files : C:\RA\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ Adopted files : [0] (vDate) │ │ GIF Files : [0] │ │ DL Counter Style : [0] │ │ │ └─[ F2 - Save ]──────────────────────────────────────[ Esc - Exit ]─┘ * Path to BBS files is where your area files reside. That is where your Files.Ra, Area.Idx/Area.Dat or Axaareas.Dat resides. ( Depending on if your BBS software is Remote Access, Maximus or aXa ) * Adopted files is the comment that will be added to files adopted to Files.Bbs by FEBBS. An adopted file would look like this after an adoption... ┌─────────────────────┐ ANYFILE.ZIP [0] (vDate) └───────── Ordinary Zipfile └─────┬─────┘ └───────────── Comment choosen by You. * GIF Files is the comment that will be added to adopted GIF files. ┌────────────────────────────┐ ANYFILE.GIF [0] (640*480*256) └─── Ordinary GIF File. └─┬─┘└─────┬──────┘ │ └─────────── Added by FEBBS │ └──────────────────── Comment choosen by You. * Then it's time to tell FEBBS what style of DL counter you use. That is if you use any. A press of Alt-L inside the editor will add this to the description. ■ Next is to choose wether or not you would like FEBBS to keep BAK files of your Files.Bbs. That is Files.Bak of every saved Files.Bbs or not. >>> Note FEBBS always creates a BAK file when saving. This option only chooses wether or not to delete that Bak file after completed save of the current Files.Bbs. ■ After this it's time to be creative :-). Choose Colours ! This is your change to get seasick :-) Have Fun. >>> Note All the colours will not be updated until you enter the Save Setup item. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to get Started Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ■ Now it's time to get all the filelists to work. ┌─[ List Setup ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Total List Name : FILELIST.TXT░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ News List Name : NEWSLIST.TXT │ │ Days for News List : 30 │ │ Area Overview Name : FSTATS.TXT │ │ Areas Dir List : │ │ │ └─[ F2 - Save ]──────────────────────────────────────[ Esc - Exit ]─┘ * Total List name is the name of the global filelist that will be created for you when you either in batchmode or from the menu order a filelist. * The same goes for Newslist. Allthough this is a list of New files for the past number of days. Where number takes us to ... * ... How old files should be included in the newslist ? * The next list is a little overview of all your areas. Nothing fancy but it still an overview. * Areas Dir list is a list containing the directories of all your areas that is included in the filelist. This is to create a directory over Frequable directories for your mailer. More about this later. ■ Areas to list will bring up a list of all the areas specified in your filelist. Here you tag which areas that will be included in the lists. ■ Next up is the external support programs... ┌─[ Xternal Support Programs ]───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Archive Viewer : ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ Text File Viewer : │ │ Binary Viewer : │ │ │ └─[ F2 - Save ]──────────────────────────────────────[ Esc - Exit ]─┘ * Archive viewer is an external program like the very nice program SHEZ. Or an other archive program that you use. * TextViewer is what it sounds like. A textviewer like LIST or why not QuickEdit. * Binary viewer could be NU or why not use the nice program DP that is included in this archive. ■ You have now reached the final decision. Save or not to Save. When you do all the colour changes that you have made will be put to work. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How the Maintenance menu works ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The Maintenance menu have been simplified in this version of FEBBS. Gone is everything exept choose file area. If we look at the Choose Area list you will see a list of the areas represented in your Areafile. ( see above for info about the Area file ). From the list presented to you you can choose wich area to work on. The choosen area will also be shown in the square in the lower right of the main screen. Use either your cursor movement keys ( PgUp/PgDn/Arrows ), the mouse or press a number. If you press a number a small input field will pop up on the screen an you are able to choose area by pressing the areanumber. This will greatly oimprove the speed when choosing area if you are at the bottom of the list and wants to go to area 1. Then just press "1" and enter. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to Edit Your Files.Bbs ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ As said before when you have chosen an area to edit the you will find yourself inside an ordinary ASCII editor with your Files.Bbs loaded in it. From here it's just plain old booring editing <Smile>. If you are running FEBBS with Maximus or aXa then you perheps use Avatar codes in your Files.Bbs to increase the viewability. Starting with v1.00 of FEBBS there is no problem with theese ! Just enter them in the editor as you did before in your old editor. Commands availiable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Below you will find a list of the availiable commands inside the editor. F1 - This Help Screen F2 - Save Current Files.Bbs F3, ESC, Alt-Q - Abandon Changes. Files.Bbs NOT saved Alt-A - Adopt Missing Files to Files.Bbs Alt-B - External Binary Viewer Alt-C - Copy Line Alt-D - DOSShell Alt-F - Look Inside Archive / GIF Info. Currentline Alt-G - Add GIF Info to Description Alt-H - Hurl tagged Lines/Files to different Area Alt-L - Add DownLoad Counter as specified in setup Alt-M - Move Line Alt-R - Remove Both line and File ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to Edit Your Files.Bbs. Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Alt-S - Switch Area. To COPY or MOVE File/Desc. Alt-T - Tag Line for Hurl. Alt-U - Global Unmark of tagged Lines. Alt-V - External Text Viewer Alt-W - Sort Block. KeyUpd/KeyDown Block. Enter Sort Alt-Z - External Archive Viewer Ctrl-D - Remove missing files from Files.Bbs Ctrl-PgDn - End of File Ctrl-PgUp - Beginning of File Ctrl-U - Insert Line Ctrl-Y - Delete Line END - End of Line F4 - Move tagged Lines inside editor HOME - Beginning of line Insert - Toggle Insert mode ON/OFF PgDn, PgUp - One Page down/Up TAB - Justify comment at position 32 I will below describe the different commands that i think needs describing. The elementary ones like " F2 - Save Current Files.Bbs " will not be mentioned in this text. Alt-A - Adopt Missing Files to Files.Bbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A simpel press of Alt-A will get FEBBS working real hard <Grin> FEBBS will then compare the files in Files.Bbs with the files found in the directory of Files.Bbs. Any missing files will be added to the bottom of the Files.Bbs Alt-B - External Binary Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you press Alt-B the current Files.Bbs will be saved to disk to free up some memory and the Binary viewer specified by you in the setup will be loaded with the commandline the name and full path to the file you where standing on inside the editor. Ex. of CommandLine : C:\DIV\DP.EXE C:\FILE\FENRIS.ZIP └──┬──────────┴────────┬──────────┘ └ Your Setup └ Part added by FEBBS. >>> Note. That if you have performed a hurl but not yet placed the descriptions you will get less memory than if you place the descriptions before you do the shell. All this aplies to all shells to Dos or other external programs. Alt-Z - External Archive Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the Above. Alt-V - External Text Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the Above. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to Edit Your Files.Bbs. Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Alt-D - DOSShell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the Above. Although this one will only load an extra copy of Command.Com ( or whatever command processor you use ) into memory. No Commandline is passed. Alt-C - Copy Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pressing Alt-C will Copy the line you are standing on to a buffer. And pressing Alt-C again will transfer the buffer to line you area standing on. A status indicator in the lower right of the screen will indicate if something is in the buffer. Alt-M - Move Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Move line works just like Copy line although the line you are standing on will be moved to the buffer instead of copied. Please See the "F4" option also for moving files inside the current Files.Bbs. Alt-G - Add GIF Info to Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are editing an area that has GIF files in it and you are standing at a line with a GIF file at it like this ... NICENICE.GIF [0] ... and you press Alt+G you will get this... NICENICE.GIF [0] (640*480*256) That is, the Resoloution and how many colours will be added to the description of that particular file. Nice if you have GIFs in your Files.Bbs that where there before FEBBS Adopt function came along to add the resoloution for you. Alt-F - Look Inside Archive / GIF Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option lets you look inside Archives. That's your packed files. You will see a window with the contents of the archive you where standing on with the cursor. At the bottom of the window is the archived files Date and size. If the file is a GIF file instead of an archive you'll see a info-window containing relevant info about that paticular GIF picture. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to Edit Your Files.Bbs. Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Alt-S - Switch Area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This one is handy. It lets you switch area from inside the editor. You will no longer have to go to the main menu to swap area. This function works just like the choose area item. Just cruise between your areas and select a new one with enter. You will upon selection be transfered directly to the new area. >>> Note. The Files.Bbs you leave will automaticaly be saved. All editing of the file will be saved and if you wish to discard your changes you will have to choose F3 (or ESC or Alt+Q) to abandon your changes. And take of from the main menu for new adventures in Files Land. Alt-R - Delete File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pressing Alt-R will Delete the file and and description not only from the list but from the disk as well. >>> Note. FEBBS will ask you if you're sure when deleting files. No harm done if you choose the wrong file. Reason: Why would you want to delete a file ? Imagine... You have just recived the latest DSZ and now you have put it in its apropriate directory. But there resides the old DSZ as well. Now you can choose the add missing files function to make your Files.Bbs up to date and then while your at it delete the old version from inside FEBBS. Now there's no risk that you will forget to delete the old files and therefore you save diskspace. Alt-T - Tag Line for Hurl. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag line will simply tag the line you are standing on. It will change colour to the colour chosen by you in the setup to indicate that it is tagged. If the line is already tagged then the line will be non-tagged. Simply a Tag-Toggler. Alt-U - Global Unmark of tagged Lines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option clears all tags in the current Files.Bbs Alt-H - Hurl tagged Lines/Files to different Area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option will let you hurl (move) the already tagged lines to a differnt area. The select area window comes up again and all the commands described in this window above is working. Then when you have chosen a area to hurl to the files will be copied there and then the old files.bbs will be saved and the bew one loaded. When the chosen area has been loaded just move to the position you would like to give the hurled files descriptions and press Alt-H again. The descriptions will now be placed where you where standing when you pressed Alt-H. >>> Note. If the file areas you are hurling between is on the same drive no physical moving is done. Only at directory level are the files moved. This makes the Hurl process extremly fast. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ How to Edit Your Files.Bbs. Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Alt-H - Hurl tagged Lines/Files to different Area (Cont.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Note. No checking is ever done that enough diskspace exists on the drive you are hurling to ! Your on your own here to check that theres enough space on the disk. >>> Note. If a file that you are hurling already exists in the area you are hurling to FEBBS will ask you if you wish to overwrite the file. If you answer Yes the file will be overwritten but the description won't transfered to the new area. This is to prevent dupe descriptions in the area. FEBBS simply assumes that the description already in the area is the correct and simply Zonks the new one. F4 - Move tagged Lines inside editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moves the tagged lines inside the editor. When you press F4 will all the tagged lines in the editor be moved the line you are standing on. Nice if you wish to move a number fo files. A bit too much job to do that with Alt-M. Alt-L - Add DownLoad Counter as specified in setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you press Alt-L a Download Counter will be addded first od the description. The style of the counter must you specify in the setup. If no counter specified the description will be justified at position 14. Alt-W - Sort Block. KeyUpd/KeyDown Block. Enter Sort ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This one lets you sort a block that you first mark with the arrowkeys. Ctrl-D - Remove missing files from Files.Bbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you press Ctrl-D FEBBS will check that all the files in Files.Bbs realy exists. If not the description in Files.Bbs is removed. TAB - Justify comment at position 32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes when descriptions of files that take more than one line it is nice to be able to indent the following lines at a position that will look nice when your BBS displays them. Pressing tab will do that for you with the line you are standing on. If the line doesnt fit it well be wrapped to the next line. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ What about the Filelists ? ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ A new and very Important feauture in FEBBS is the ability to create filelists for your daily maintenance. FEBBS will ( if you ask nicely :-) ) create four types of lists. Thoose are ... * Total Filelist of all chosen areas. * A Newslist of new files in all chosen areas. * An Overview list of all chosen areas. * A list over the physical directories that your areas resides in. These files can either be created from the menu or by calling FEBBS with commandline parameters. If you are running FEBBS with Maximus or aXa then you perheps use Avatar codes in your Files.Bbs to increase the viewability. Febbs will when run in theese two modes strip all Avatar codes from the lists and therefore make the lists very viewable in text also gone is all thoose happy faces that the users hate when they tried to read the lists or even worse... Print them ! Have you ever seen what Avatarcodes does to a Printer ? It isn't a pretty sight i might tell you. Well FEBBS will take care of it all so Happy Filelisting and to your users Have a Nice Reading ! Maybe the directory list needs a little explaining ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The directory list is meant to keep your Frequable directories up to date. That is this file that is used by Your mailer to determine wich directories that are frequable. Havent you sometime redesigned the physical location of your file areas ? And did you at that time remember to modify the list over frequable directories ? The answer is most likely to be NO. Well, FEBBS will now take care of that for you. But maybe you got a few areas that you do NOT want to be included in the filelist but you wish to be frequable anyway. An exampel is my Beta directory where i keep Beta versions of my software. Still i wish this directory to be frequable but i do not wish to display to the oublic what is going on here. >>> So therefore you simply create a file called FEBBOK.TXT ! This file will automaticly at creation time for the directory list be added to the above mentioned list. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ What about the Filelists ? Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Mine looks like ... C:\FEBBETA ... Nothing Fancy att all. When, How, Where ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The both files, Overview list and Directory list, will automaticly be created when you choose the Total list from either the main menu or via the commandline. >>> Note. If you do not wish to create theese lists simply leave them out of the setup. That is do not give them a name just leave the input field blank. The commandline parameters are "N" and "F". Where "N" stands for Newslist and "F" for Full list. Ex. C:\FEBBS> FEBBS N Would create a newslist. And ... C:\FEBBS> FEBBS F Would create a Full list over all your areas. An overview list and a directory list. Ofcourse can you state ... C:\FEBBS> FEBBS F N This is my recomendation if you wish to create both a Full list and a news list since both lists area created at the same time. FEBBS doesn't have to scan all your areas twice this way. But what is a filelist without some nice advertising in the beginning ? Yes let's have som nice info about your BBS in the beginning of the Filelists. So simply create a header in a style you fancy. >>> Call it FEBBHEAD.TXT. And put it at te same location as FEBBS.CTL, FEBBOK.TXT and the rest of FEBBS and it will automaticly be added to the beginning of your file lists. Now youre ready to start creating those nice lists that everyone just loves to download. I would recomend that you somewhere in your nightly maintenance add the command to create the lists and then simply after creation Zip them up and copy them to your Filelist area. Maybe something like this ... ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ What about the Filelists ? Continued ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ C: CD\FEBBS FB F N PKZIP FENRIS FENRIS.TXT COPY FENRIS.NEW D:\FILE\TEXT COPY FENRIS.TXT D:\FILE\TEXT COPY FENRIS.ZIP D:\FILE\TEXT D: CD\RA This is my batchfile for creating my lists. Nothing Fancy at all. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ FEBBS Versus Viruses and LZEXE ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The versions before 0.06 of FEBBS was packed with LZEXE.EXE (c) 1989 Fabrice BELLARD. This to prevent the program from being attacked by viruses. But with the release of the unpacker for LZEXE this is not a reliable method any longer. Therefore FEBBS scans itself upon execution and checks if any changes were made to the EXE code. If there were FEBBS will halt with an error message. The same is if you use FEBBS with Dos Version < 3.00 and have changed the name of the EXE file from FEBBS.EXE. FEBBS can not find itself then and therefore stops executing with an errormessage saying that it couldn't find itself for the check. This does not apply to Dos version >= 3.00. >>> NOTE. Due to the CRC check of the EXE file you can *NOT* pack this program with LZEXE. And you can't alter the code in any way. ( Wich the license forbids you to any way !! ). ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ FEBBS --- In the future. ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ New functions are being implemented as soon as I have the time and get some good idea that's worth implementing. A good idea is this ... ■ Scan for Dupe entries in Files.Bbs. And for you out there with a monochrome monitor.... At last is FEBBS equipt with a choose colour option to let you trim all the colours so that they will fit your monitor What would you like to see in FEBBS? It is only my imagination that holds me back... ( And spare time :-) ) ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ The Last Request... ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Well.... Be honest with me... Did you like it ?!? If you like it and use it then REGISTER. Please ... How to register: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two ways of registering. One is for you on a tight budget and the other is for all the rest. ■ Tight Budget Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is simple. Just send a POSTCARD of your hometown with your NAME and some sort of ADRESS on it. That is your FidoNet Node or where you live. And you could also supply the name of your BBS and type of BBS software. ( that is RA/MAXIMUS ). Or why not a Souvenir of you hometown or pieces of code in Turbo Pascal. ■ The Rest of You ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have put many hours of work into this program and all im asking for is a litle support to pay my phonebills. The current price of FEBBS is 100SKR ( $18 ). And should either be inserted at my Bank account ( 713.007.105-8 ,Nya Sparbanken, ClearingNr 8103-4 ) or send an International Moneycheck to ... Patrik Sjöberg Sörbygatan 69B 802 55 GEFLE Sweden. If you insert money at my bank account take a copy of the receipt and mail me so i see that you have registered. Otherwise i won't be able to se what your name is. I think that if you can afford a BBS, a Computer, a modem and probably EchoMail, then you also can afford a stamp and a postcard ! You may try out FEBBS for two weeks - running FEBBS for longer than this, requires registration as described above. Thanks for your support. If you decide to register the second way ( "The rest of You " ) i will supply you with a custom made version of FEBBS with the Name of your BBS or Your name as a background, the last screen taken away and a thank You message under the "General Info" option in the main menu. You will either recive it via netmail or snailmail on a 5.1/4" diskette. ( Your Choice ! ) If you prefer 3.5" just add 25 SKR ( $5 ) and i will be more than happy to do so. That's the registration part. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ The Last Request... ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Any other comments of what you think of FEBBS and suggestions of future enhancements you would like to see can be sent via NetMail to me. Or log on to my BBS, +46-26-62 80 57 FenrisUlven // 2:205/208, HST+ Speed and 24Hr open. My adress is as follows... SHADOWPLAY C/O Patrik Sjöberg Sörbygatan 69B S-802 55 GEFLE SWEDEN ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ Upgrades ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Upgrades: How much i still would like to send you all a upgrade for free i can't do that ! My phonebills wouldn't stand it. So if you would like a upgrade of FEBBS when it sees the light of day you will have to send me some money. That is for 30 SKr or $6 i will supply you with an upgrade when it's ready. Via disk or Netmail. If you live closer and take the upgrade via netmail you will recieve more upgrades for your money than if you live on the other side of the planet and demands a disc. The money is not for profit just to cover the costs of distributing FEBBS. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░ The last Part ... ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The Maximus interface was written by, and is Copyright by Anders Brink // (c) 1990 SoftSpeed SoftWare The compressed files interface that i use is Robert W. van Hoeven's great unit called ... TxCFI -- Compressed Files Interface (c) 1990 Robert W. van Hoeven Release : 8.10