Copyright: PBBSFMGR Copyright@1993 Gerral Reeves


CONTENTS
PBBS File List Manager

 Contents

 Menus

 Main Menu

 File Menu

 Edit Menu

 Info Menu

 Search Menu

 Configuration Menu

 Windows Menu

 About Menu

 Windows and Lists

 Configure Windows

 Display File List Window

 Edit File Description Window

 Main List Window

 File List

 Forum list

 File Area

 Buttons and Other Areas

 Dispaly File List Button

 Edit File Description Button

 Edit File List Button

 Display Area

 Info Area

 Status Bar


Main Menu

 This is the Main Menu, From here you have access to the numerous options avaliable. Please click one of the menu selections for a more detailed description.


INFO_PP
Info Item

 This item showes a dialog box with the number of Records, and the Total Size of the current File List.


CONFIG_PP
Configuration Item

 This item opens the Configuartion Window , From which you set numerous options.


Change Dat File
 Change *.DAT File

 To get to this Item, You must first close ALL file list windows, then select the File Menu and choose the Change *.DAT File.

 Use this Item to load the in Data for a Differnt Node  I.E. PowrBBS1.DAT or Powrbbs2.DAT.


 File Menu

 The file menu has the following selections:

 Open

 This item opens new Main List Windows . You may open up to eight (8) File List Windows at any one time.

 Save

 This Item Saves the currently selected File List Window, to Disk. Before the Save, PBBSFMGR makes a backup copy using the *.BAK for a filename template.

 Close

 This item close the currently selected File List Window. Before close the window, PBBSFMGR check to see if it needs to be saved, if so, you are ask if you want to save the list.

 Exit

 this item closes all open File List Windows and exits PBBSFMGR. Before closing each File List Window, PBBSFMGR check to see if they need to be saved, if so, you are given a chance to save the list.


Edit Menu

 The Edit menu has the following items:

 Cut

 This item cuts the currently selected record to the clipboard. No Files are manipulated.

 Copy

 This item Copies the currently selected roecord to the clipboard. No Files are manipulated.

 Paste

 This item Inserts the clipboard before the currently selected record. No Files are manipulated.

 Edit File List

 This item opens your favorite ASCII editor with the currently selected file list, after you complete your editing and close your editor, PBBSFMGR reads the edited file list back into memory. For More information see : Edit File List Button .

 Delete

 This item opens the delete record dialog box. From this box you may choose one of the following buttons.

 Both , to delete botthe the file and the record.

 File , to delete the File from your disk.

 Record , to delete the Record form the file list.

 Cancel , to cancel the operation and retrun.


Info Menu


Search Menu

 The Search menu has the following items:

 FileName

 This Item opens a dialog box. Enter the File Name to search for, and press ENTER.

 Description

 This Item opens a dialog box. Enter the Text to search for, and press ENTER.

 Not in List

 This item searches the current Direcotry, for files not in the list. After the search, if there are any files found, PBBSFMGR opens a Select file name window. Select the file names you wish to add the the current file list, and press ENTER. PBBSFMGR will the loop throught the selected files, Prompting you for a Description, then adding the record to the current file list.

 Not in Directory

 This Item Searches the current file list for files not in the Directory. After the search, if there are any filenames found, PBBSFMGR opens a Select file name window. Select the file names you wish removed from the file list. when you have selected all the file names you wish removed, press ENTER, and PBBSFMGR will delet the selected records.


Configuration Menu


Windows Menu

 The Windows menu has the following items:

 Tile

 This Item Tiles all child windows.

 Cascade

 This Item Cascades all child windows.

 Arrange Icons

 Arranges all Icons.

 Window List

 The Window List is a list of Open child windows. Select one to bring that child to the top.


About Menu

 When you select this menu item, it opens the About Windows. Soon there will be a help menu in this position...


Configure Window

 This is the Configure window. First set the Path/FileName for your ASCII editor. Then set the Confirmation for the drag-drop, set it to Checked, if you want a confirm dialog box when you drag-drop files. next selext MOVE or COPY for the drag-drop operations. If you select copy, then you must also select, File and/or Record, this tells PBBSFMGR what to copy. The Sysop Name is optional.


The Drag-Drop Move check box, when checked, tells PBBSFMGR to delete both the File and the File List Record.


The Drag-Drop Copy check box, when checked, tells PBBSFMGR not to Delete the File or the File List Record. Also, when checked you must select File and/or Record, to be copyed. The File And Record check boxes tell PBBSFMGR what to copy.


Path/FileName = a DOS qualified path/filename.

 I.E. "C:.EXE"


Main List Window

 Welcome to the PBBS File List Manager. You should already be familar with PowerBBS and the File Setup of your BBS. We are about to make you familar with PBBSFMGR. Below is a picture of a Main List Window. Please point to an area on the window, and click your left mouse button.

 see also:

 File List

 Forum list

 File Area

 Display Area

 Info Area

 Status Bar


File List

 This is the File List Box. In this box, is a list of all files that are in the current area's file directory. You may drag file name from this list to the Display Area on another list window. The Selected file indicates which record is selected.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 File Area

 Display Area

 Status Bar


Forum List

li100  The Forum List is where you choose which for to read the Area list from. Each Main List Window may have a diffrent Forum selected. When you select a Froum, PBBSFMGR will read the Area's into the list and read the first file list into memory, at this time you will see the first File record display in the Display Area.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Area list

 Display Area


File Area

 This combo box contians a list of File Area avalible in the selected Forum Area . When you select an File Area, PBBSFMGR loads the File List into memory.

 see also:

 Main List Window


Display Area

 The Display Area is like a window, or view port, into the current File List. You may place the cursur on any line that contians a FileName and press enter to select that record.

 see also:

 Main List Window


Info Area

 This is the Info Area. in this area you will find, the file name, the file size, and the file date displayed. You will also find three buttons, the first button is a Display File List button, the second is a Edit Description Button, the thrid button is an Edit FIle List Button.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Display File List Button

 Display File List Window

 Edit File Description Button

 Edit File Description Window

 Edit File List Button


Status Bar

 The Status Bar Allways displays the path to the Files in the File List Box, and the path/filename of the selected File List.

 see also:

 Main List Window


Display File List Button

 The Display File List Button, when pressed, will open the Display Main List Window. In this window you can veiw the Current File List.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Info Area

 Display File List Window

 Edit File Description Button

 Edit File Description Window

 Edit File List Button


Display File List Window

  This window is used to display the currently selected File List as it would look in the in a formated text screen. If the File List is larger than the view area, a vertical scroll bar will be placed on the right-hand side of the view area. Below is a picture of the Display File List Window.

 When you are done viewing the File List, press the Cancel Button to close the Display File List Window and return to the File List Window.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Info Area

 Display File List Button

 Edit File Description Button

 Edit File Description Window

 Edit File List Button


Edit File Description Button

 The Edit Description Button opens the Edit File Description Window.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Info Area

 Display File List Button

 Display File List Window

 Edit File Description Window

 Edit File List Button


Edit File Description Window

 The Edit File Description Window is where you can edit each individual file description. this window is also used to add records to the File List. At this time the Word-Wrap of the Edit Area is a little strange, if the box wod-wraps a word for you, make sure the proper amount of spaces where added to the line befor the text wrapped, if you do not, it will show up after saving the record and returning to the Main List Window.  After you are done editing press the OK button, or press enter twice (The first time you press enter it sets the focus to theOK button, the second time presses it).

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Info Area

 Dispaly File List Button

 Display File List Window

 Edit File Description Button

 Edit File List Button


Edit File List Button

 When you press this button PBBSFMGR Opens your favorite editor (Configurable from the Configure Window), and alllows you to do any neccessary editing to the File List. You may only have one editor open for each Main List Window you have open. After closing the Editor, PBBSFMGR will read the list back in and displays the first record.

 see also:

 Main List Window

 Info Area

 Dispaly File List Button

 Display File List Window

 Edit file description Button

 Edit File Description Window