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- RWCSUMM Documentation ***VERSION 1.1 03/02/92*** rd:[RWBBS]
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-
- This utility RWCSUMM.EXE is designed to extract from the CNFN;
-
- C O N F E R E N C E S S U M M A R Y
-
- information produced by "RWCnf 2.x" utility and place a copy of ONLY
- the Summary Information in a Separate file so that the Sysop may use
- the information in Bulletins and/or other Display files as needed.
-
- This idea came from one of our registered users of RWCnf- What he
- does was such a good idea that we thought we'd write this 'Quick and
- Dirty' little program for him, and also make it available for anyone
- else using RWCnf.
-
- Tim Fierro likes to add the Conferences-Summary information to his
- WELCOME and WELCOMEG files so that his users see exactly what his
- conferences have inside them! (Great idea Tim!)
-
- Heres how it works and what it does;
- ====================================
-
- Place RWCSUMM.EXE in your \RWCNF DOS directory.
-
- Running this utility:
-
- C:\RWCNF\> RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN,outputfilename
- \_______/ ----------- ---------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- | | | |
- | | | -> Name of Output File
- This is | | (Optional: Default=
- where we | | SUMMARY.RWC
- should be | |
- running it | -> Location & Name of your CNFN file
- from! |
- -> The name of this program
-
- The first commandline parameter is REQUIRED: It is the FULL
- DRIVE:\PATH\Filename to the CNFN file created by RWCnf!
-
- The second commandline parameter is OPTIONAL: If you use it,
- it MUST be separated from the First parameter using a COMMA(,).
- This is the FULL DRIVE:\PATH\Filename of where you want the
- Conferences Summary information to be placed.
- **NOTE: If the Output Filename already exists, it will be
- OVERWRITTEN! Don't put the name of your WELCOME or
- other PCB Display file here!!
-
- After running the utility, you will have an output file that
- contains only the CONFERENCES SUMMARY information. You may now
- add this to any other display file using DOS to copy it to the
- beginning or end of another file.
-
- See the nexxt page for some examples of how to use it...
-
- RWCSUMM Documentation EXAMPLES:
-
-
- Lets say you want to make a bulletin out of the Summary file:
- (We'll assume that you have already run the RWCNFU Update and
- RWCNFR report programs....)
-
-
- RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN,C:\PCB\BLT\MAIN10
-
- Would write the conferences Summary into the filename used to hold
- bulletin #10. It overwrites whatever was there if the file already
- existed before running the program.
-
-
- The above example is easy. Now lets say you want to add the Summary
- info to your WELCOME file.
- First, create a COPY of your WELCOME file like this:
-
- COPY WELCOME WELCOME.SRC
-
- From now on we'll use WELCOME.SRC in our batch files...
-
- Now, in your event batch (or wherever you normally run RWCNFR)...
- After running the RWCNFR.EXE program:
-
- RWCSUMM.EXE C:\PCB\GEN\CNFN
- COPY WELCOME.SRC+SUMMARY.RWC WELCOME
-
- Get it???? Its easy....!
-
- ** Tim one-upped me on this example. For something like the WELCOME
- screen, you could simply use the %filespec to point to SUMMARY.RWC
- which would be both easier and faster than the copying method.
- Example WELCOME File entry: %C:\RWCNF\SUMMARY.RWC
-
- RWCnf is a Conferences Menuing system for automatically making
- your PCBoard 14.5"a" CNFN Display file. If you dont already have
- RWCnf, you should get a current copy from either Salt Air, or from
- us: Richware Shareware (708) 697-1606
- The archive filename is: RWCNFxx.ZIP (Where xx refers to the version
- number; currently 2.0 [RWCNF20.ZIP])
-
- We are now also accepting VISA/MC online for registrations of RWCnf
- and/or RWDir utilities on the (R)ichware Share(W)are PCBoard [RWBBS]
-
- Happy Computing!
-
- Rich¡