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- RAPFIX is a short little utility to fix a slight flaw in the logic of
- RAP, in the absence of a bugfix to the RAP program itself.
-
- This flaw occurs under bizarre circumstances. You will *NOT* need to
- use this program unless:
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- 1) You are not running RemoteAccess V1.11, and
- 2) Your system allows users to sign on with one-word names
-
- I've been unable to determine exactly which BBS programs don't handle
- this correctly, but I'm told that SOME of them will write a blank field
- into DORINFO1.DEF where the user's last name should be. RemoteAccess
- doesn't do this: it inserts the period character (".") instead of
- leaving it blank, thus RAP works just fine with RA V1.11.
-
- If RAP is working fine for you, you won't need this program. If, on the
- other hand, you've found that some users can logon and use RAP fine the
- first time, but the SECOND time they use it they are not found in the
- userfile when RAP searches for them, then you will need to run RAPFIX.
-
- RAPFIX will directly modify the DORINFO1.DEF file and "fill in" any
- blank fields with a period character. Run RAPFIX immediately before
- running RAP itself (be sure that RAPFIX, like RAP, can find the
- BRUN45.EXE file). There is only one commandline parameter but it is
- mandatory: the name (and, optionally, the path) of the DORINFO1.DEF
- file.
-
- Examples:
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- RAPFIX DORINFO1.DEF
-
- Will fix DORINFO1.DEF in the current directory.
-
- RAPFIX C:\RA\LINE4\DORINFO1.DEF
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- Will fix DORINFO1.DEF in the C:\RA\LINE4 directory.
-
-
- Important note: it is possible that some DORINFO-using systems *MAY* try
- to read this file back when the user exits RAP and reloads the BBS. If
- the name of the user has suddenly changed, you might have some
- problems... if this is the case with your BBS software, be sure that
- your batchfile that calls RAP saves a copy of the "good" DORINFO1.DEF
- file in a safe place before running RAPFIX and RAP. After RAP exits,
- copy the "good" DORINFO1.DEF over the one that RAPFIX modified and that
- RAP used to login the user.
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