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- Documentation for TGUpload V1.31
- ===============================
- READ ALL OF IT !!! The online help is NOT complete !!!
-
- !!! THE MOST ADVANCED LOCAL UPLOAD PROCESSOR FOR TELEGARD 2.7 !!!
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- ... and the most AWESOME thing i've seen so far !
-
- Features :
-
- - upload in one or more directories.
- - sort all or single filebase(s), rewrite and therefor pack them.
- this way no need for extra filepackers
- - powerful browse mode : view nearly all data of a file-record, just
- press return and u can edit it.
- - easy handling.
- - automatically inserts FILE_ID.DIZ if file is in ZIP format.
- (In fact, it grabs the most information it can pack into TG's
- limited space - that are 260 chars )
- - automatically inserts GIF specs when ul'ing new GIFs
- - if entering a verbose description and saving the record, TGUpload
- searches for a free record in VERBOSE.DAT instead of just appending.
- This will take a moment if u have a large VERBOSE.DAT, but this
- way u allways have used your precious hard-drive to the best.
- - if one of TG's download dir's points to a cd-rom, it will be skipped.
- - if waiting for keyboard input, TGUp gives its free time back when
- running under a multi-tasking environment such as DesqView (tm),
- Windows etc.
-
- Warranties : NONE ! Use at your own risk !
-
- I strongly recommend to make a backup, just to make sure that TGUP works
- save on YOUR system too !
-
- Requirements :
- ==============
- - A BBS running Telegard 2.7
- - Some Ram (i have successfully testet it running in a DV Window w/ 500k
- free)
- - COMSPEC environment variable must be set.
- - PKUNZIP has to be on the path.
-
- USAGE :
- =========
-
- Well, here we go... though i'm german and my english is probably not the
- best, i'll try everything that you understand at least the basic operation
- of TGUP. The online help system is currently NOT covering every possible
- action you can do w/ TGUP, so be sure to read EVERYTHING closely !
-
- Brief overview over availabale keys :
-
- while at the MAIN screen :
- ==========================
-
- ALT-A - start a simple, global search routine. currently searches only
- the filenames.
-
- ALT-F - global "fix" of the file-records.
- fixes on/offline, when online filesize is also fixed.
- fixes ul'ed date (in string format) -> to numeric date that
- TG uses.
-
- ALT-S - global sort'n'rewrite of the filebases.
- all filebases are read-in and writed back in sorted order
- (filename ascending).
-
- ALT-U - local ul-mode
-
- while in browse mode :
- ======================
-
- ALT-C - clear tags.
-
- ALT-D - delete file(s) - records and optional physical.
-
- ALT-F - fix current filebase
-
- ALT-M - move file(s) to selected destination dir
-
- ALT-S - sort'n're-write current filebase
-
- ALT-T - toggle On/Offline on high-lighted or tagged files
-
- ALT-V - toggle validation on high-lighted or tagged files
-
- TAB, Cursor Left/Right
-
- - switch display to one of three different data screens
-
- Cursor Up/Down
-
- - scroll one filerecord up/down
-
- Pg Up/Down
-
- - advance one page up or down
-
- CTRL-Pg Up/Down
-
- - jumps to beginning/end of the filebase
-
- Any Alphanumeric Key jumps to the first matching filename (if there is one)
-
- RETURN
-
- - lets u edit current record
-
- SPACE
- - Tag current record
-
- Uploading files :
- =================
-
- Select one Filebase (by highlighting it trough moving w/ the cursor keys)
- and hit RETURN or select several Filebase by tagging them w/ SPACE and then
- hit RETURN.
-
- If that filebase doesn't exist, it will be created automatically !
-
- If TGUpload finds anything that is not yet in the TELEGARD Filebases, you're
- prompted to ul it. You can then enter either (y/ENTER) or (n/ESC).
- TGUpload DOESN'T find files like 4DOS DESCRIPT.ION files (which has
- the HIDDEN attribut) like TG does. I'd allways found that annoying.
-
- Now, if you're about to edit a record, TGUpload starts there in the
- field for the description and then moves (by RETURN or CURSOR DOWN) to
- the verbose description. If you want to edit ul'ers name and such stuff,
- move to those input fields from the first line of the verbose description
- using CURSOR UP. But i don't think that you will have to in most of the
- cases because TGUpload suggests all relevant data.
- If you'd made a mistake, just hit ESC and TGUpload will abort editing
- the current file and skips to the next in the queue (if there is any).
-
- Starting BROWSE mode :
- ======================
-
- Just high-light the filebase you want to browse and press return.
- You can now navigate through the filebase using the cursor-keys,
- pg up/down, ctrl-pg up/down, the TAB key or just press return on
- a high-lighted record if you want to edit it.
-
- You may also tag one or more filerecords and perform DELETE or MOVE
- actions on them... or do the same thing w/ a high-lighted record
- (if no others have been tagged!)
-
- If you press ALT-V on a filerecord and this file hasn't been validated
- yet AND the usernumber is <> #1 then you're show the file-data of that
- user and asked if you wanted to credit him/her.
- This action can be done on either high-lighted or tagged files.
-
- Pressing ALT-T on a filerecord simply toggle the filestatus for that
- file from on- to offline and vice versa.
- This action can be done on either high-lighted or tagged files.
-
- ALT-Z invokes a DOS-Shell with the COMSPEC specified command processor.
- TGUP swaps automatically to XMS/EMS/DISK (if it swaps to disk, it chooses
- the swap path specified in STATUS.DAT).
-
-
- Leaving BROWSE mode :
- =====================
-
- Just press ESC...
-
- While you're back at the Filebase selection box, hitting ESC ends the program.
-
- Registration:
- =============
- I'd appreciate ANY amount for the work that i put into this project.
- The program has NO limits and delays anyways, so it's up to you
- supporting MODEM WORLD BBS with a donation or not.
-
- Distribution:
- =============
- Is limited to BBS which charge nothing for dl'ing this file (except a usual
- ul/dl ratio there maybe).
- It is under no circumstances allowed to distribute via shareware/pd vendors!
- For offering it on a CD-Rom u should contact the author for permission (not for
- a fee of course)
-
- Author :
- ========
-
- Joern Knechtel
- Rhoenstr. 10
-
- 8750 Aschaffenburg / Germany
-
- Email : MODEM WORLD BBS ++49-6021-92200 Fido 2:249/26
-
-
- Credits :
- =========
-
- Thnx Martin Pollard (and the rest of the crew :-) for
- writing Telegard.
- Thnx also TechnoJocks for their TTT toolkit.
- Thnx also Phil Katz for PKZip, which offers by far the best
- compression/speed performance.
- Thnx to ABSoft for their TPMULxxx and TPGIFxxx *.TPU's
- Thnx to Ralf Brown for his great work : both, the Interrupt-List
- and his SPAWN() function.
-
-
- History :
- =========
-
- After 2 years of waiting that one of those guru's makes the TG sysops
- happy w/ something that is really working...
-
- V1.0 - Initial Release 04/05/93
-
- V1.1 - BugFix : V1.0 exits w/ a run-time error if to many
- Filebases have been tagged.
-
- Now allows entering a verbose description too.
-
- V1.2 - Now suggests automatically a description if the file
- to be uploaded is in ZIP format and contains FILE_ID.DIZ.
- This will save a lot of work i guess...
-
- V1.21 - Forgot to save the correct numerical date to the file-records,
- this has been fixed.
-
- V1.22 - Fixed incorrect display of TG's MCI colors when searching a dir
- for new files.
- - FIRST PUBLIC release
-
- V1.23 - added Browse Mode (now it grows more & more into a real
- filemanagment tool instead of a simple
- upload)
- added filebase sorting
- fixed error that exits TGUp when running w/ command.com
-
- V1.24 - added automatic insertion of GIF specs when uploading new
- GIFs.
- - fixed error that exits when a filebase is setup, but hasn't
- been created... TGUp now creates this first record automatically.
-
- V1.25 - added best fit fill logic for FILE_ID.DIZ
- - added moving of files
-
- V1.26 - oops, moving of files if source & destination path were the same
- resulted in a loss of files - fixed (and now forbidden).
- - fixed again (and hopefully the last time) a bug w/ the numeric date.
- - added XMS/EMS/Disk swapping routine when searching for File_ID.DIZ
- - this makes TGUp a little less memory dependant.
-
- ... several bugs fixed (and i'm sure there are still some :)
-
- V1.29 - added "i was born under a wandering bar" :-) for sorting and fixing
- file base commands.
- - fixed an anoying bug that was reported by my beta-tester Mario
- Carrano, but never (Nearly never :-) happened to me, which
- allowed files being ul'ed multiple times in the same dir.
-
- V1.30 - the SECOND PUBLIC release. (oops ? no, sorry :-)
-
- V1.31 - added a DOS-Shell for the Browse-Mode
- - skipps FILES.BBS when uploading files
- - when validating a User, FilePoints are added according to the
- settings in Syste-Setup.
- - when fixing single or all filebases, filepoints are set
- according to their setting in System-Setup
-
-
- ...and still a long way to go...
-
-