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- MAKEDAT 1.0
- Utility Program for UPLOADER and LISTREC
- (C)Copyright 1993 Rand Nowell
- RaLin Enterprises Software
-
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- - All Rights Reserved -
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- │▒▒▒ What is MAKEDAT? ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
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- MAKEDAT creates a Data FIle to be used with LISTREC, and in the future,
- UPLOADER.
-
- It creates a file containing required information from FILES.RA, to allow
- LISTREC to include more information when listing HDR files.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │▒▒▒ Why A Seperate Data File? ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Some will ask, why create another file, instead of reading FILES.RA?
-
- There are a couple of reasons, many people don't have 200 or more file areas
- on their BBS, so why check all 200 records in FILES.RA, everytime a HDR is
- displayed? FILES.RA contains a record for a minimum of 200 areas, whther
- they are in use or not.
-
- I also wanted the output displayed a certian way, and I found it easier to
- do it with a dedicated file.
-
- The only real drawback to this method, is that you need to run MAKEDAT
- whenever you make any changes to FILES.RA using RACONFIG, such as adding or
- deleting a file area, changing the file area name etc.
-
- The file created by MAKEDAT is named ULLR.DAT for U-p-L-oader-L-ist-R-ec.Dat
- Currently it is NOT used by UPLOADER, but will be in a future release.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │▒▒▒ Creating the Data File ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- First, place MAKEDAT.EXE in a directory thats included in your DOS 'PATH'
- statement, this way it can be called from any drive/directory.
-
- Second, log onto your HDR directory, exmpl: D:\FILEDATA\HDR
-
- Third, Type MAKEDAT....
-
- Ahhhh...but wait, two things to be aware of... MAKEDAT looks for the
- enviornment variable 'RA' to determine which directory FILES.RA is located
- in... if this variable is NOT set, then you need to specify your RA system
- directory on the command line, like: MAKEDAT C:\RA\
-
- The trailing backslash can be included or left off, MAKEDAT will make sure
- its used if you don't. If the RA variable is not found, MAKEDAT will
- display a message and Abort.
-
- A copy right notice will be displayed, and MAKEDAT will list the number of
- records read from FILES.RA (which will be a minimum of 200), and the number
- of records written to ULLR.DAT, which will be the number of File Areas you
- have activated in RACONFIG.
-
- ULLR.DAT is created in the current directory, this "SHOULD" be your HDR
- directory, as LISTREC will only search the directory it is called from when
- its run.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │▒▒▒ Listing The Data ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- MAKEDAT ? will show a short Help screen.
-
- If you wish, you can list the information contained in ULLR.DAT either to
- the screen or the printer.
-
- MAKEDAT L will list to the screen.
- MAKEDAT P will list to the printer.
-
- The listing of each area, is the same that is shown when running LISTREC,
- doing this can give you a quick rundown of your File Area setup, without
- having to run RACONFIG.
-
- For the purpose of simply doing a File Area view, you can create a copy of
- ULLR.DAT in you RA directory, or anywhere else for that matter. But to be
- used with LISTREC, it must reside in your HDR directory!!
-
- REMEMBER, for the Data to be current, MAKEDAT needs to be run after any
- changes made to your file areas with RACONFIG.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │▒▒▒ And.... ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- LISTREC and MAKEDAT are still FREE RemoteAccess utilities.
- I hope you find them useful, if you do, I'd like to hear about it.
-
- LISTREC.DOC lists the various ways you can let me know what you like or
- dislike about these programs, and what you'd like to see in the future.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │▒▒▒ In Closing ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- For those of you who have tried my program T2A - the RA Text to Ansi
- program, a new version is in the works! This new version will support RA
- 2.00g fully, it will have its own dedicated Editor with pop-up charts for
- choosing RA system variables and Ansi color codes to paste directly into the
- text you are editing.
-
- You will be able to Edit and Compile via picklists.
-
- Many new options, watch for it!
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