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Contents of the 1EDIT.DOC file




















-*- 1-EDIT -*-




Version: 1.01


by


Bob Ransom



Copyright (c) 1990
All Rights Reserved








































TABLE OF CONTENTS




What Is 1-EDIT? ................................. 2
Acknowledgements ................................ 3
Shareware & Warranty ............................ 4
FOSSILS, ANSI.SYS & Other Requirements .......... 5
LOCAL.DEF File .............................. 5
Locked COM Ports ............................ 6
Command Line Syntax ............................. 7
Colors ...................................... 7
Drop To DOS Security ........................ 7
Getting Started ................................. 7
Setting Up 1-EDIT Within QuickBBS ........... 7
Drop To DOS ..................................... 9
Local Drop To DOS ........................... 9
Remote Drop To DOS .......................... 9
The MENU Editor ................................. 11
The USER Editor ................................. 12
Mass User Updates ........................... 12
Registering 1-EDIT .............................. 14
Keys ........................................ 14
Installing Keys ............................. 14
Beta Sites ...................................... 15
Final Notes ..................................... 16























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WHAT IS 1-EDIT?




1-EDIT is a combined User Editor and Menu Editor for
QuickBBS systems designed to work reliably from remote.
Features include:

- Built-in FOSSIL routines for guaranteed remote
performance.

- Full carrier detection which returns to
QuickBBS when carrier is dropped.

- Automatic high speed performance with locked
ports at up to 38,400 baud (and possibly
higher).

- Status line showing user name, baud and modem
settings, and time remaining.

- Drop to DOS functions while online.

- User-definable colors.

- Full editing capabilities of nearly all fields
in the USERS.BBS file.

- Mass flag updating of user records.

- Mass "High Message Read" updating of all user
records.

- Full menu editing capabilities including
adding and deleting menus, renaming menus,
copying menus, plus direct editing of each line
of the menu record. Direct editing allows you
to insert, delete, change, and list the lines of
the edited menu, plus full menu simulation.

- Small file size: the program is only around
67K and will run in about 82K of memory. This
allows 1-EDIT to run easily from a Type 7 shell.





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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS




A big hearty "Thank You" to all those trusting soles who
opened up their machines and systems files to me to help
beta test this software. To make sure it works, a program
needs to be tested on as many setups as possible and the
owners of those systems must be willing to really give the
program a workout. These guys have. Thanks to Barron
Featherston, Bob Holiday, Chris Lamprecht, Jim Roe, Jim
Westbrook, Bill Chambers, George Vandervort, and John
Parlin.

Additional thanks go to John Parlin for creating such a
great FOSSIL interface for Turbo Pascal programmers. His
JPDOOR makes programming doors a breeze. Some background
is warranted here: I began this program well over a year
ago, using FOSSIL and door routines that I wrote myself.
My package was decent and workable -- not great, mind you,
but not bad. However, it never did all the things I
wanted it to do so development was put on hold for quite
a while. Then I took a look at John's package, yelled
"Eureka!" loudly, promptly ditched my door units and
replaced them with his, and began the final work on
1-EDIT. If you're interested in writing doors of your own
in TP, definitely take a look John's package. Registration
for it is only $15 and it is *very* complete, including
.TPU's for TP 4.0, TP 5.0, and TP 5.5.





















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1-EDIT: SHAREWARE & WARRANTY




Here comes the dull but necessary stuff:

SHAREWARE INFO

This program is released to the public as shareware. This
means try it and if you like it, you must register it
within a reasonable amount of time. The program is not
freeware nor public domain; it is copyrighted material
with all rights reserved. You are granted only a limited
license to test this software. You may not make any
changes to it whatsoever.

You may copy 1-EDIT and transfer it to others provided you
follow these brief rules:

1- You may not change the program, its archive, or its
documentation in anyway without express written consent
from me, the author.

2- You may not sell the program. This program may be
distributed on pay systems, but not on a
"fee-per-download" basis.

3- You may not distribute this product with other products
without express written consent from me.

Registration of 1-EDIT is a cheap $10 and covers you for
all future releases of the program. More information on
registering is included later in this document.


WARRANTY

No warranty of any kind, covering either hardware or
software damage, is neither expressed nor implied. Use
this program at your own risk.







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FOSSILS, ANSI.SYS, and OTHER REQUIREMENTS




There are a few things you should know before attempting
to boot 1-EDIT for the first time:


FOSSIL Driver

1-EDIT requires a FOSSIL driver to be installed and active
at all times. This shouldn't prove to be much of a
hindrance since 1-EDIT was designed for remote use. If
you are editing strictly from the local console, QUFE and
Menu Master do the same job with more bells and whistles,
and they *don't* require a FOSSIL. (However, they're not
meant for remote use, either.) 1-Edit has been tested
with both the X00 driver and the BNU driver.


ANSI Graphics

1-EDIT requires all users of the program to have the
ANSI.SYS driver installed - both on the BBS and remote
caller's systems. 99.9% of sysops do have it installed so
this shouldn't be a problem. If you're unfamiliar with
ANSI.SYS, see your DOS manual. ANSI.SYS is included with
all versions of DOS.


DORINFO1.DEF & LOCAL.DEF

1-EDIT requires a DORINFO1.DEF file to be present when
starting. First, some background on this file and how to
get around the necessity of having it: When QuickBBS
shells to another program, either through a menu Type 7
exit or a menu Type 15 exit, it creates two files on your
disk: DORINFO1.DEF and EXITINFO.BBS. Both contain
information for the child program to use in determining
the user's name, baud rate and modem settings, graphic
settings, etc. When you return to QuickBBS from the
shell, QuickBBS deletes both of these files. That's why
you can never find them on your disk -- they're already
gone.

Because 1-Edit requires DORINFO1.DEF and because a copy
won't always be available, I've made the program search
for a second file called LOCAL.DEF. LOCAL.DEF is nothing
but a copy of DORINFO1.DEF which should stay in your main
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QuickBBS directory. When run, 1-EDIT will first search
for the DORINFO1.DEF file. If it's not found, it will
then try to find the LOCAL.DEF file. If that's not found,
the program aborts. If it *is* found (remember, you're
supposed to leave it on your disk so it should be there),
1-EDIT will copy it over to DORINFO1.DEF. When you quit
1-EDIT, the DORINFO1.DEF file will be deleted.

A copy of LOCAL.DEF is included in the 1-EDIT archive
which you may edit to reflect your name and system name.
Here's what it looks like with my comments in braces { }:

-------------------------------------------------------
THE CREATIVE CONNECTION-SOUTHFIELD, MI-(313)559-9039
BOB {Sysop first name}
RANSOM {Sysop last name}
COM0 {Don't edit this!}
0 Baud,N,8,1 {No need to edit this}
0 {This does nothing - just a zero}
BOB {User first name}
RANSOM {User last name}
LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI {No need to edit; not used}
1 {1=Graphics. Don't edit}
32000 {User security level}
235 {User time remaining}
-------------------------------------------------------

Feel free to edit your copy of LOCAL.DEF to reflect the
proper sysop names and user names. The COM port setting
MUST remain as COM0 -- this indicates a local connect.
Changing the security and time remaining is up to you.
Time remaining is not counted while in local. After
editing, place the LOCAL.DEF in your main QuickBBS
directory and leave it there.


Directories

1-EDIT must be run from your main QuickBBS directory,
where USERS.BBS and CONFIG.BBS are located.

Okay, that takes care of the requirements. Now, you've
unZIPped the 1-EDIT file and put it and the edited
LOCAL.DEF into your main QuickBBS directory. Now you're
almost ready to get started.


Locked COM Ports

Locked COM ports are supported automatically by 1-EDIT.
There is no need to use DorSpeed, SetSpeed, etc. 1-EDIT
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has been successfully tested at speeds up to 38,400 baud.

COMMAND LINE SYNTAX




1-EDIT allows you to customize it somewhat via the command
line. These parameters may be included if you wish
(they're optional):

-Fxx Sets foreground color to xx. xx must be 0-7.
Default color is cyan (#3).

-Hxx Sets the highlight color to xx. xx must be 0-15.
Default highlight color is bright yellow (#14).

-Sxxxxx Sets the minimum security level for the Drop to
DOS feature to xxxxx. xxxxx must be 0-32000.
Default is 32000. More on this feature later.

-B Tells 1-EDIT to make a backup of the USERS.BBS
file before editing it. Default is to NOT make
a backup. 1-EDIT has been tested to death and
works fine. However, if you often are plagued
with noisy phone lines, it might not be a bad
idea to use this feature.

? Brings up very short help screen describing
command line parameters.

None of these parameters are required; use any, all, or
none of them as you choose. The command line may be in
upper case or lower; it doesn't matter.




GETTING STARTED




With that boring stuff out of the way, we'll get on to the
meat of the program. I'm not going to bother taking you
through each and every option in the editors -- most
commands are pretty self-explanatory, so I'll just touch
on most of it and highlight oddities, etc. Any sysop that
has gotten a QuickBBS system up and running shouldn't have
any problems.

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Setting Up 1-EDIT Within QuickBBS


1-EDIT has been tested under both a QuickBBS Type 7 exit
and a Type 15 exit; either setup will work just fine.
However, because of its small size, 1-EDIT is probably
best run as a Type 7 except on systems with very tight
memory constraints (i.e. Desqview and DoubleDOS systems).
For Desqview/DoubleDOS users: As best as I can tell,
1-EDIT runs in about 82K of memory.

Here's a sample of how a Type 7 setup would look from
within Menuedit:
---------------------------------------------------------
Adding Entry

1 2 3 4 5
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
<^1^> ............ Run 1-Edit User/Menu Editor

Optional Data:
\command.com /c 1EDIT.EXE -F7 -H15 -S100

Type...........: 7
Security.......: 100
Key............: 1
Foreground.....: 3
Background.....: 0
A Flags........: --------
B Flags........: --------
C Flags........: --------
D Flags........: --------

---------------------------------------------------------

As mentioned earlier, the -F, -H, and -S command line
parameters are completely optional; leave them off if
you're happy with the defaults.


Actual Startup

When you first start 1-EDIT, it will check to see that a
FOSSIL is present. If not, the program aborts. From
there is begins its search for DORINFO1.DEF, using
LOCAL.DEF if necessary. Some values are initialized, then
an opening screen pops up. If you haven't registered your
program yet, the program will ring the bell then pause for
4 seconds to encourage registration. After the
pause you'll be prompted to "Press [ENTER] to continue:".
Press enter and you'll get the main menu.
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From the main menu you may choose to edit user files, menu
files or drop to DOS. At this point, registered versions
of 1-EDIT will show a status line on the local console
detailing who's online, baud and modem settings, and time
remaining. Unregistered versions show only the line
"Unregistered Evaluation Copy."

A side note that applies here and throughout most of the
program: Pressing [ENTER] or entering a question mark will
redraw the screen. This is really only useful in times of
high line noise, but it's nice to have available when you
need it.




DROP TO DOS FEATURE




This feature can be both very useful and very dangerous,
so please read this section carefully. Before attempting
to use the Drop to DOS feature, be sure your CONFIG.SYS
file sets COMSPEC=. 1-EDIT uses that
DOS environment to tell it where to find COMMAND.COM. For
more info on CONFIG.SYS files and setting COMSPEC, see
your DOS manual. If you wish to test whether COMSPEC= is
set or not, type SET at any DOS prompt. This will cause
DOS to display your environment settings

When displaying the main menu, 1-EDIT checks the users
security level (set in DORINFO1.DEF) against the security
level set on the command line (or the default, 32000). If
the user's level equals or exceeds that level, the Drop to
DOS function appears on the main menu. If the user's
security level is *less* than the specified level, the
option doesn't even show up as an option. This allows you
to have co-sysops be able to edit your BBS files without
actually cutting them loose in DOS.


LOCAL DROP TO DOS

Drop to DOS works two different ways, depending on whether
you're calling locally or remotely. When in local mode,
the drop to DOS is just a very simple shell. You hit "D"
and you get the familiar flashing cursor. (What actually
happens is a second copy of COMMAND.COM is loaded.) You
may run whatever files you need to run from here. When
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ready to return to 1-EDIT, simply type EXIT.


REMOTE DROP TO DOS

Things become a bit more complicated when dropping to DOS
remotely because 1-EDIT goes on hold during the shell.
This is similar to Type 7 and Type 15 exits out of
QuickBBS -- when you shell out, you loose QuickBBS's
ability to send things through the modem, watch carrier
and time remaining, etc. The same happens when you shell
out of 1-EDIT -- whatever you shell to must take over all
modem functions including FOSSIL interface, carrier
detect, etc. Because of this, a warning pops up when
executing the shell reminding you not to go and try to
load WordPerfect or something that has no modem routines.

When you do execute the shell, you're prompted to enter a
filename to execute. Leave this field blank and 1-EDIT
will return to the main menu. If you do execute a program
or batch file, BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE FILE EXTENSION WITH
THE FILENAME (i.e. ".EXE", ".COM", ".BAT"). You may also
include as many command line parameters as you can fit
into the field. These parameters will be passed on to the
child program. When you exit the child program, you'll be
returned automatically to 1-EDIT's main menu.

A sample batch file called DOSSHELL.BAT is included in the
archive for you to look over. It details how you can set
up a true drop to DOS from 1-EDIT using CTTY COMx or (a
better method using Gateway) CTTY GATEx. If you decide to
try this batch file, be sure you pass your baud rate to it
on the command line: DOSSHELL.BAT 2400 (or whatever rate
you're using). Also, be sure to test this batch file
carefully before relying on it!
















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THE MENU EDITOR




Those of you familiar with Adam Hudson's original Menuedit
will feel right at home here. When you first choose the
menu editor from the main menu, you'll be presented with a
directory of the menus in your QuickBBS menu area. 1-EDIT
uses the CONFIG.BBS file to determine the path to this
area. After displaying all of the menus you'll have the
option of editing/adding a menu, renaming a menu, copying
a menu, deleting a menu, or relisting the files.

There's no need to explain most of these functions. One
thing you might like to know is that any rename, delete,
or copy operation can be stopped by pressing [ENTER] on a
blank input field.

Choose the option and you'll be prompted for the menu
filename to edit. Input the name. If the menu isn't
found, you'll be asked if you wish to create it. After
entering the menu name, you'll be dropped onto the main
menu editor menu. From here you can do a variety of
things, all very similar to the same functions in
Menuedit.

Rather than beat a dead horse trying to detail each
section of this menu, you should just play with it a bit.
It's pretty easy. Start by copying a menu, any menu, to
another menu file called, maybe, TEST or FRED or
something. Then hack on that copied menu. You'll get the
hang of it pretty quickly (like instantly, I hope).

















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THE USER EDITOR




Most all of this section should be pretty easy to figure
also. For the most part, everything is self-explanatory.
Press the plus key (+) for the next user or the minus key
(-) for the previous user. When moving from user to user,
if you hit the beginning or end of the USERS.BBS file, the
program will "wrap around" for the next user. Example:
You come to the last user in the file, say user #100, then
press the plus key (+). 1-EDIT will "wrap around" to user
#0.

Pick and choose the fields you need to edit, press the
bracketed key <>, and you edit to your heart's content.
One note of interest: Should you go to edit a field and
then decide not to change anything, just press [ENTER] and
that field will remain unchanged.

NOTE: It's impossible to edit your own user file while
shelled out from QuickBBS. This is not a bug in 1-Edit;
rather, it's a feature (sort of) of QuickBBS. When you
log-off of QuickBBS, it updates your entire user record --
completely overwriting any edits you make. This will
happen whether you edit with 1-Edit, Useredit, Qufe, etc.
To edit your own record, you must log-on to QuickBBS under
another name -- maybe "Joe User" or somesuch -- and then
do the editing to your "real" record.

At the bottom of the screen, you'll see a small window
with choices to add a user, delete a user, toggle NO-KILL
and other flags, etc. uit takes you back to the main
menu. ther clears this small window and replaces it
with a different set of options that allow you to make
mass updates to flags or high message read numbers (see
below), and to edit some of the other user fields that
aren't often edited. To return to the first set of
options, press again.


MASS UPDATES

From the ther window, you have the ability to do mass
updates to flags and high message read numbers. What's
this good for? Well, a couple of things:

Some of you use a combination auto-executed menu options
and flags to show your BBS users a news file. After they
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read the file, you set that flag to OFF. When you create
a new news file, you must go back and turned everyone's
flag back on again. Mass Flag Upd. allows you to do that.
You're asked for the flag you wish to set (A, B, C, or D),
the flag position to set (1-8), and whether you want it on
or off. After entering the information, 1-EDIT will go
through and reset that flag bit for each user in the
USERS.BBS.

Mass updating of high message read is usually good after
you either bomb your message base, or do a slightly messed
up message renumber. I've had a few occasions where my
message base has gotten destroyed and I've had to delete
all the files. After doing so, all the user records still
contain the old high message read numbers, so the users
all get the "No new messages" line when they attempt to
read new messages. Using this mass update option lets you
reset everybody's high read number back to 0 (or whatever
number you want).
































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REGISTERING 1-EDIT




KEYS

1-EDIT uses a "keyed" registration system similar to that
used by QuickBBS. The information used to create your key
is your system name and sysop name as contained in your
CONFIG.BBS file. Unregistered versions of the program
(programs running without the key) have a 4 second pause
built in at the beginning of the program, plus the status
line is disabled. Registered versions will also show the
registered system name and sysop name during the opening
screen (i.e. "Registered to: Creative Connection Bob
Ransom"). These are the only differences between
registered and unregistered copies. 1-EDIT has no built
in self-destruct mechanisms or other disgusting things.

When you register 1-EDIT, you'll receive a small key file
that will disable the bell ring and pause, and enable the
status line. If you hold a valid Fidonet node number,
your key file will be sent to you through netmail file
attach. Sysops who aren't a part of Fidonet or who are
outside of the continental U.S. and Canada will receive
their key files on a disk through the mail.


INSTALLING KEYS

When you receive your key file, it will be named something
like LASTNAME.KEY (where LASTNAME is your last name).
Place this key file into your main QuickBBS (where 1-EDIT
will be running from) and rename it 1EDIT.KEY. Be sure to
check your spelling here: "1-EDIT.KEY" won't work; only
"1EDIT.KEY" will.

Leave this key in place for as long as you use 1-EDIT. It
will be good for all future releases of the program. If
for some reason I should need to make a change in the key
encryption routines (which would invalidate your key), a
new key will be sent to you immediately.

REGISTERING

A registration form called REGISTER.DOC is included in the
1-EDIT archive. Please complete this form and mail it
with your check or money order for $10 (U.S. funds) to the
address on that form. You key will be sent to you within
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a few days of receipt of your check.






BETA SITES




The following are the sysops and systems where 1-EDIT was
beta tested:

SYSTEM SYSOP PHONE FIDONET

Revelstone Barron Featherston 313/542-4043 1:120/210
Holiday Magic Bob Holiday 313/552-8605 1:120/125
BillsBoard Bill Chambers 512/447-9248 n/a
Atlantis Chris Lamprecht 512/836-8777 1:382/36
Middle Earth Jim Roe 512/835-4848 1:382/19
JimNet Jim Westbrook 512/837-0953 1:382/29
Lounge Lizard's
Retreat George Vandervort 512/357-6904 1:382/8
City Terminal John Parlin 612/938-4301 1:282/12

More likely than not, you should be able to find the most
current version of 1-EDIT on one of these systems.






















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THE END




Okay, I guess that wraps it up. Hopefully this document
is complete enough that you can set up and run 1-EDIT
without problems. Should you encounter a problem of some
kind or an unfound bug, please be sure to let me know.
Suggestions for enhancements are always welcomed, too.
You can contact me through the main QuickBBS Support echo,
through the QuickPro echo, through the Quick_Beta echo, or
by netmail.

The current version of this program is available for file
request from my system under the magic name of 1EDIT.
First time callers can also download the program from the
QuickBBS Files section.

-Bob Ransom
27840 Lathrup Blvd.
Lathrup Village, MI 48076

The Creative Connection BBS
24 hours / 7 days
300-1200-2400 Baud / 8-N-1
313/559-9039
1:120/96






















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