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- PRO-INFO
- Extended File Information Door
-
- Written By Steve Barber
- (C)opyright 1991, Steve Services
- All Rights Reserved
-
- PRO-INFO Is An Official Part of
- The PRO-FILE Professional File System Package
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-
-
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- -----------------
-
- Although PRO-INFO is included in the shareware version of PRO- FILE,
- it can only be used with a Registered version of PRO-FILE. However, it can
- still be run locally if you have not registered yet, to give you an idea of
- what it is.
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-
- OVER VIEW
- ---------
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- PRO-INFO is a registration bonus included with PRO-FILE that serves as
- an extended file information door users can use online to receive
- additional file information not found in file lists. This extended
- information includes the last date of download, exact size, uploader, and
- estimated transfer time for any file.
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-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ------------
-
- You must have the following in order to use PRO-INFO:
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- 1) A Computer (Ha!)
- 2) 64k+ free RAM
- 3) Remote Access 1.0 or higher
- 4) Any Fossil Driver
- 5) A Registered version of PRO-FILE
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-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
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- All you have to do to install PRO-INFO is add an option on your file
- menu(s) to display a text file (Type 5) called PRO-INFO.Asc, and then
- create that text file in your RA text files directory. The contents of
- PRO-INFO.Asc are very simple.. one line:
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- C:\RA\PROINFO.Exe C:\RA\DorInfo1.Def C:\RA\PROFILE|
-
- In case your printer or screen can't pick up the up arrow at the beginning
- of the line above, it's the Ctrl-X or Alt-24 sequence. The first part is of
- course the name and path of the executable file. The second is your RA
- dorinfo1.def file and the last is the path of your PROFILE directory.
-
- ** YOU MIGHT NEED TO USE RACONFIG TO TOGGLE THE SHELL FROM TEXTFILES OPTION
- -- VERY IMPORTANT!
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- Make sure to adjust the line to your particular set up. I don't know about
- you, but I like to give the user the impression that this little utility is
- more like a part of RA, rather than a separate or "foreign" mechanism. This
- is why in the installation example, the text file method is used to run
- PRO-INFO instead of the menu command. This tends to be more direct and thus
- faster. Also, PRO-INFO was written specifically to be run from any
- directory. If it was written so that it had to be run in its or PRO-FILE's
- directory, then you would have to create a batch file to change directory,
- and thus would have to load command.com, and well, that takes forever, this
- is a 100% direct method of loading and should only take 2 or 3 seconds to
- load.
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- PRO-INFO can be run locally by typing in PROINFO LOCAL.
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- PRO-INFO Security Restriction
- -----------------------------
-
- PRO-INFO gives you the option to restrict access to certain file areas.
- To use this option, just create a file called ProSecur.Ctl and in it, list
- all the areas you want restricted by security level. For example:
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- K 100
- R 500
- X 1000
-
- The first line would restrict file information in area K to anyone who
- doesn't have a security level of 100 or more. Line 2 would restrict area R
- information to all users having a security level less than 500. Likewise,
- the last line restricts area X information to users who fail to have a
- security level of 1000 or more. You may have as many restrictions as you
- do areas. ProSecur.Ctl must be in your PRO-FILE directory in order for
- PRO-INFO to acknowledge it.
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-
-
- If you have any problems, comments, or suggestions, you can reach me at:
-
- The Gamer's Connection BBS
- SysOp Steve Barber
- (615) 391-4807 Nashville, TN
-