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- Bindscan is a documentation tool for
- Novell System Administrators. It uses the
- Novell API to scan the Bindery for User,
- Group, and File Server information. This
- information is then printed in concise
- reports.
-
- Bindscan is written in Clarion
- Professional Developer version 2.0 using
- a custom bindery interface.
-
- Registration
-
- This software is not free. You may use
- this software for a limited time to
- evaluate it for usefulness. If after
- evaluation you find that you intend to
- keep it you must register it.
-
- Register this software by sending $35.00
- to:
- DAKWARE
- D. Kelleher
- 113 Grove Street
- Bangor, Maine 04401
-
- Support will only be given to registered
- users. All registered users will receive
- the most up to date copy and a printed
- manual.
-
- Improvements will be made periodically,
- suggestions and comments are welcome.
- Please write to the above address or
- leave messages on the Educational
- Performance BBS (207) 827-0512
-
- New releases will be made available to
- registers users.
-
- System Requirements
-
- Bindscan requires a workstation running
- DOS 3.x, with 640k RAM, attached to a
- Novell File Server running Novell 2.1 or
- greater. Because the reports require many
- function calls available only to
- Supervisor, the user running Bindscan
- must be Supervisor or have Supervisor
- equivalence.
-
- Files
-
- The following files are on the
- distribution diskette:
- BINDSCAN.EXE The Bindscan program
- BINDSCAN.HLP The On-Line Help file
- BINDSCAN.CTL The Report Options file
-
-
- Installation
-
- Install Bindscan by copying the three
- files listed above to any drive. It is
- suggested that the files be copied to the
- SYS:PUBLIC directory on the file server.
- This will allow access to Bindscan from
- any directory while logged into the
- server. Assuming floppy drive is A:
-
- NCOPY A:BINDSCAN.* SYS:PUBLIC
-
- A search drive should be mapped to
- SYS:PUBLIC so that the Bindscan utility
- can be accessed from any directory.
-
- Startup
-
- Start Bindscan by typing BINDSCAN at the
- DOS prompt.
-
- Menu Operation
-
- Select a menu option by highlighting the
- appropriate bar and pressing ENTER. The
- following keys are active on the menu:
-
- Up Arrow Up One Line
- Down Arrow Down One Line
- Home Top Line
- End Bottom Line
- ESC Quits Bindscan
- ENTER Selects Highlighted Function
- F1 Display Help Screen
-
- The first letter of the Menu Selection
- will highlight that selection. For
- example, pressing S once highlights
- Set Report Options
- pressing S a second time highlights
- Sys Login Script
-
- Change File Server
-
- Change File Server will display a list of
- currently attached file servers. Select
- the file server to be to default file
- server and press ENTER.
-
-
- The following keys are active on the File
- Server screen:
-
- Up Arrow Up One Line
- Down Arrow Down One Line
- Home Top Line
- End Bottom Line
- ESC Quits File Server Screen
- ENTER Selects Highlighted Function
- F1 Display Help Screen
-
- NOTE: The file servers displayed are
- those file servers attached, the user
- must be logged into any server selected
- as Supervisor or equivalent before
- running reports. Bindscan does not
- provide any facility for logging into
- file servers.
-
- Set Report Options
-
- Set report Options allows the user to
- select the DOS output device name and an
- optional printer setup string.
-
- Menu Operation
-
- Select a menu option by highlighting the
- appropriate bar and pressing ENTER. The
- following keys are active on the menu:
-
- Up Arrow Up One Line
- Down Arrow Down One Line
- Home Top Line
- End Bottom Line
- ESC Returns to Main Menu
- ENTER Selects Highlighted Function
- F1 Display Help Screen
-
- The first letter of the Menu Selection
- will highlight that selection.
-
- Output Device
-
- The Output Device parameter is a DOS
- device name or a file specification. If
- it is a device name, the reports are
- written to the DOS device, if the Output
- Device is not a DOS device, it is assumed
- to be a file specification and the
- reports are written to the file. If the
- file already exists, information in the
- file will be replaced. If the file does
- not exists, it will be created. If the
- file specification is invalid, the
- reports will be printed to LPT1. The
- following is a list of valid DOS device
- names:
-
- PRN 1st Parallel Printer
- LPT1 1st Parallel Printer
- LPT2 2nd Parallel Printer
- LPT3 3rd Parallel Printer
- COM1 1st Serial Port
- COM2 2nd Serial Port
- AUX 1st Serial Port
- NUL No Device
-
- NOTE: Printer Timeout Should Be Set to
- TI=0, AutoEndCap for Network Printers.
-
- Setup String
-
- The user may enter any printer control
- string to be sent at the top of each page
- of the reports. To enter a non-printable
- control character, press the ALT key and
- type the ASCII equivalent on the numeric
- keypad. For example, to enter ESC, hold
- ALT and press 27 on the numeric keypad.
-
- BINDSCAN.CTL
-
- The Report Options will be saved in
- BINDSCAN.CTL and read in each time
- Bindscan is started. The rules for
- loading BINDSCAN.CTL are as follows:
-
- If BINDSCAN.CTL is found in the default
- directory, the Report Options are loaded
- in. If BINDSCAN.CTL is not found in the
- default directory, the DOS PATH is
- searched and the first BINDSCAN.CTL file
- found is loaded. If no BINDSCAN.CTL file
- is found in the DOS PATH, a new file is
- created in the default directory.
-
- BINDSCAN.CTL defaults are Output Device:
- LPT1 and no setup string.
-
- User Report
-
- After selecting this option, Bindscan
- will read the bindery and display a list
- of users on the selected file server. The
- user may then select one or more users to
- be printed by marking the user list with
- the F5 or F6 keys. When ENTER is pressed,
- the report for the marked users will be
- printed on the Output Device.
-
- Selecting Users To Be Printed
-
- Once the bindery has been scanned for
- users, move the highlighted bar on the
- list by using the following keys:
-
- Up Arrow Up One Line
- Down Arrow Down One Line
- PgUp Up One Page
- PgDn Down One Page
- Home Top Of Page
- End Bottom Of Page
- Ctrl PgUp First Page
- Ctrl PgDn Last Page
-
- Mark Users To Be Printed
-
- Use the following Keys to select users to
- be printed:
-
- F5 Toggles The Mark For
- The Highlighted User
-
- F6 If No Users Are Marked, All
- Users Are Marked. If Any Users
- Are Marked, All Users Are
- Unmarked
-
- ENTER If No Users Are Marked, The
- Highlighted User Is Printed. If
- Any Users Are Marked, Only
- Marked Users Are Printed.
-
- Other Keys:
-
- F1 Help Screen is Displayed
- ESC Return To Main Menu
-
-
- After ENTER is pressed
-
- The Bindery is read and the report is
- printed.
-
- Group Report
-
- After selecting this option, Bindscan
- will read the bindery and display a list
- of groups on the selected file server.
- The user may then select one or more
- groups to be printed by marking the group
- list with the F5 or F6 keys. When ENTER
- is pressed, the report for the marked
- groups will be printed on the Output
- Device.
- Selecting Groups To Be Printed
-
- Once the bindery has been scanned for
- groups, move the highlighted bar on the
- list by using the following keys:
-
- Up Arrow Up One Line
- Down Arrow Down One Line
- PgUp Up One Page
- PgDn Down One Page
- Home Top Of Page
- End Bottom Of Page
- Ctrl PgUp First Page
- Ctrl PgDn Last Page
-
- Mark Groups To Be Printed
-
- Use the following Keys to select groups
- to be printed:
-
- F5 Toggles The Mark For
- The Highlighted Group
-
- F6 If No Groups Are Marked, All
- Groups Are Marked. If Any Groups
- Are Marked, All Groups
- Are Unmarked
-
- ENTER If No Groups Are Marked, The
- Highlighted Group Is Printed. If
- Any Groups Are Marked, Only
- Marked Groups Are Printed.
-
- Other Keys:
-
- F1 Help Screen is Displayed
- ESC Return To Main Menu
-
- After ENTER is pressed
-
- The Bindery is read and the report is
- printed.
-
- File Server Report
-
- After selecting File Server Report, the
- Bindery is read and the report is
- printed.
-