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- ƒ FAP v2.00 ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Copyright Steve Mulligan 1992 - 1993 ƒ
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- NOTE : If you use FAP and you NetMail me, Steve Mulligan, at 1:163/307.30
- then I will send you a NetMail every time I release a version of
- FAP and I will tell you when and where I have sent it.
-
- ƒ Introduction ƒ
-
- File Announcer for Points (also called FAP) is a program that will scan
- any specified directory for new files and write them to a PKT file for your
- mailer to process. It will convert RSP files to messages for you. I made FAP
- because I like to F'REQ files a lot. Sometimes too much. Anyhow, I get all
- these files in and forget that I F'REQ'ed them and when I go look in my
- NetFile directory, I've got a ton of files. After a while, I wished I had a
- program that would announce these files for me when they arrived.
-
- ƒ Setting Up FAP ƒ
-
- To install FAP, just copy all the files to your mailer directory (if you
- have one). Files in this archive should be:
-
- FAP.EXE - Executable program you run
- FAP.OVR - FAP Overlay file
- FAP.DOC - Your reading it
- FAP.CFG - Sample config file
-
- After all the files are in the right spot, edit the text file FAP.CFG and
- change the options as necessary. See the next section on how to set up the
- configuration file.
-
- ƒ FAP And The Config File ƒ
-
- Here is a list of all the config verbs that FAP understands. All commands
- and parameters are not case sensitive. They can have spaces anywhere. If a
- line starts with a ; then it will be treated as a comment and skipped.
-
- The NetFile option tells FAP where to look for new files. You can
- enter up to 32 of these. Duplicates will be ignored.
-
- NetFile e:\modem\bbs\file
-
- The PKTPath command points to the directory that PKT files are to be placed
- in.
-
- PKTPath e:\modem\bbs
-
- The Area option is the area tag of the echo area that FAP's messages should
- be tossed into. This should be a valid area on your system so your mailer
- will be able to process the PKT files FAP creates.
-
- Area CVPFILES
-
- The FileExclude verb tells FAP where to find the list of files to
- exclude from new file scanning. This file holds the full path and file name
- of any file that has been scanned by FAP. If a file is found in a
- directory and is in the FileExclude file, it is not announced. You can
- manually edit this file with a text editor. The default is EXCLUDE.DAT
-
- FileExclude FAP.DAT
-
- The NumberAnnounce verb tells you how many files announcements will go in
- each message. The default is 3. If there are more than the number
- specified, it will be broken into multiple messages. You cannot have more
- than 32 files per message. Any number greater will be reset to 32.
-
- NumberAnnounce 3
-
- The AddressFrom verb is to define the address the message is from. This
- MUST be included if there is no AddressTo verb.
-
- AddressFrom 1:163/307.30
-
- The AddressTo verb is to define the address the message is from. This
- MUST be included if there is no AddressFrom verb.
-
- AddressTo 1:163/307.30
-
- The From verb is what appears on the From line of the message. FAP and then
- the version is the default. If you want the right version number displayed,
- do not include a from line.
-
- From FAP v1.10
-
- The To verb is what appears on the To line of the message. All is the
- default.
-
- To All
-
- The Subject verb is what appears on the Subject line of the message.
- "New Files" is the default. (without the surrounding quotes). In all
- messages (after the subject) there will be a set of square brackets that
- hold the number of messages that have been announced.
-
- Subject New Files
-
- The OriginLine verb tells FAP what to put on the Origin Line of your
- message. DO NOT PUT YOUR ADDRESS HERE. It will be added to the end
- of the Origin Line by FAP. The default is:
- 'Point System Using FAP ' + Version + ' * (' + FromAddress + ')'
-
- OriginLine Carp Valley Point * Carp, Ontario
-
- The TICAnnounce verb tells FAP if it should read into TIC files and
- announce the files that appear in them. Valid options are Yes and No. The
- default is Yes.
-
- TICAnnounce Yes
-
- The RSPAnnounce verb tells FAP if it should convert files with the RSP
- extension into a message. Valid options are Yes and No. The default is
- Yes. Sometimes when you file request a file from a BBS but you get the
- password wrong or the file cannot be found, they BBS will return a RSP file.
- FAP will post this file to you message base.
-
- RSPAnnounce Yes
-
- The AlwaysExclude command will always exclude certain files from a scan.
- This is usefull to exclude mail packets or files you get on a regular basis.
- There are no defaults. You can have 32 of these.
-
- AlwaysExclude *.PKT
- AlwaysExclude *.SU*
- AlwaysExclude *.MO*
- AlwaysExclude *.TU*
- AlwaysExclude *.WE*
- AlwaysExclude *.TH*
- AlwaysExclude *.FR*
- AlwaysExclude *.SA*
-
- ƒ Running FAP ƒ
-
- Once you have done all the above, you can run FAP. It takes one command
- line argument; the config file name. You can rename FAP.CFG to any file and
- then type FAP <configname> or just keep the name and run fap without any
- command line options.
-
- FAP will display a title screen and proceed to scan your directories using
- some calls to DOS. It will then put a list of all files that did not appear
- in the ExcludeFile file in a PKT file, awaiting your mailer to toss it.
-
- If a file did not appear in the ExcludeFile file, it will be added so that
- when FAP runs again, you will not get the same files announced over and over.
-
- FAP runs best in a batch file. If you have a batch file to run your mailer
- and unpacker, make sure FAP is run BEFORE the mail is unpacked. Otherwise, you
- wont get the files announced until next time your mailer is run.
-
- If you continue to use FAP, I REALLY REALLY want to hear from you. I just
- want to know if you like the program or you think I should stop development.
- If you wish to make a comment (PLEASE) NetMail Steve Mulligan 1:163/307.30
-
- ƒ Beta Testers Wanted ƒ
-
- If you are in the 163 or 243 net or you don't mind polling long distance
- you are eligible to be a beta testers. Simply NetMail Steve Mulligan at
- 1:163/307.30. I will reply to you and tell you how to get the latest beta
- versions of software I make.
-
- ƒ On the Drawing Board ƒ
-
- This is a list of all the features my Beta Testers and I want to have added
- to FAP. I'll get around to it in a while. PLEASE ADD TO LIST AND FORWARD TO
- STEVE MULLIGAN 1:163/307.30. If you want to become a Beta Tester, NetMail me
- and I'll send you beta releases.
-
- 2.50 ˙ Change all config errors to errorlevel to 3
- All runtime errors to errorlevel 2
- Finding and announcing files to errorlevel 1
- No files announced to errorlevel 0
- ˙ Option to write file announcement to Text File.
- ˙ Add byte count in file announcement.
- ˙ Header & Footer in file announcement.
- ˙ Update FileExclude at the end of program execution.
- ˙ Due out Jun 93
-
- 3.00 ˙ Allow user to change appearance of file announcements.
- ˙ Due out Sep 93
-
- 4.00 ˙ Get rid of excess units and global variables.
- ˙ Due out Dec 93
-
- If you have any additions to this list or any bugs, please let me know!
-
- Steve Mulligan 1:163/307.30@fidonet.org
-