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- PCBoard will allow file descriptions to be formatted in a variety of
- ways. When the format is something other than the default, Robocomm is
- not capable of keeping track of the file descriptions. The result is just
- the first line of the description is keep while the rest is thrown away.
- In Robocomm the first line is part of the database while the remainder
- is kept in a separate "memo" file.
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- DIR4ROBO is an interface between Robocomm and boards that provide
- descriptions in a format other than the PCB default. It was developed for
- use with Computer Connection and has only been explicitly tested there.
- However, the functions which make up the program were developed for a
- broader purpose and I would expect them to work anywhere. The description
- format, is calculated by looking at the text rather than passed parameters.
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- DIR4ROBO operates by reformatting the new files list in a format that
- ROBO can understand to a file called "newlist.dat." Just after ROBO hangs
- up, it checks it's directory for a file by that name and if it is found,
- it appends the listed files to its new file list. It first checks to see
- if it already has that filename from that board.
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- Installation:
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- The installation described here will only work for Robocomm 3.0 or latter
- because it uses commands introduced in that version.
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- 1. Locate DIR4ROBO in the same directory as Robo or on the path.
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- 2. On ROBO's agenda screen, issue the command 'C' and fill out the
- Command box as follows:
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- ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Send Command ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø
- ≥ Command: N;S;A ≥
- ≥ Capture Results (Y/N): Y ≥
- ≥ Append Mode (Y/N): N ≥
- ≥ From system: COMPCONN ≥
- ≥ Conference: 0 ≥
- ≥ Perm/Temp (P/T): P ≥
- ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ
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- The system name, of course, must correspond to whatever name
- you have used.
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- 3. On Robo's agenda screen, issue the command 'R' and fill out the
- command box as follows:
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- ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Run Outside Program ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø
- ≥ When Online with system: COMPCONN ≥
- ≥ Program to execute: DIR4ROBO COMPCONN.CAP ≥
- ≥ Perm/Temp (P/T): P ≥
- ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ
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- Thats all there is to it. When completed, your agenda item should
- look as follows:
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- Call Computer Connection
- ˛ J;0->Capture & Append: N;S;A
- ˛ Run Program "DIR4ROBO COMPCONN.CAP"
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- I don't think there should be any problem, but I have thought that before
- when there was. I can be contacted either thru Computer Connection or on
- my own board which is Opus_386, Davis, CA, 916-753-6321.
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- History:
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- V2.0 5/3/91
- Corrects a problem related to the maximum size of a description. Vers 1.0
- assumed that 8 lines was the maximum length of any description. Vers 2.0
- ups the maximum to 5000 characters which is something over 100 lines. You
- should note, the program will be slow with descriptions of that size since
- it does a fair amount of checking for transmission garbage, execessive
- space, control characters etc.
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- V1.0 3/29/91
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