home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- RBBS-PC ===> PC-File III (tm) Users Log Conversion Version 3.0
- PCF-USER
-
- This program will convert RBBS-PC's Users Log into a format which can
- be imported into PC-File III for sorting and report generation. It con-
- verts names to 'LAST, FIRST' format for sorting purposes. It will also
- pad upload, download and security level numbers with zeros to allow proper
- sorting according to these values, i.e. security level 5 will be 005. Your
- security levels can be from 000 to 999, and upload/download values can be
- from 0000 to 9999. If values greater than these are needed, let me know
- and the program can be modified accordingly.
-
- One other point should be noted. This takes advantage of the Mailmerge
- format for importing into PC-File. That format is simply a sequential file
- with fields separated by commas and strings with commas in them enclosed
- within double quotes ("). If a user has used a double quote in his
- password, City/State or computer name, PCF-USER will replace the double
- quote with a single space. This is necessary to avoid the fields being
- thrown off in the conversion process.
-
- Use PC-File's PC-IMPOR.EXE program to import the data into your PC-File
- database. You will first need to go into PC-File and define the data base.
-
- The format is as follows:
-
- NAME 31 GR 3 (Graphics mode )
- CITY/ST 24 PB 3 (Prompt Bell on/off)
- PASSWORD 15 XP 3 (Expert mode on/off)
- SL 3 (Security level) NL 3 (Nulls on/off )
- COMPUTER 19 (Computer used) UC 3 (Upper Case on/off )
- USED 4 (Times used ) LF 3 (Line feeds on/off )
- DNLD 4 (Downloads ) PL 2 (Page Length )
- UPLD 4 (Uploads ) LDIR 8 (Last DIR date )
- LAST_ON 14 (Last access ) ET 3 (Last call length )
- LMSG 5 (Last msg read ) RECNO 5 (Users log rec. # )
- MW 2 (Margin width )
-
- Once created, import the data file into PC-File using the Mailmerge
- (commas & quotes) format option.
-
- PC-File III is an excellent User Supported database package that
- is flexible and easy to use. It is copyrighted by Jim Button and
- I would encourage you to register your copy with Mr. Button. Good
- software such as this must be encouraged.
-
- If you would like to assist the Fargo IBM PC Users Group in maintaining
- and expanding their bulletin board system, send your contribution
- to: Fargo IBM PC Users Group
- c/o Loren D. Jones, Sysop
- P.O. Box 9121
- Fargo, ND 58109
-
- Your help is much appreciated! We hope you find this useful.