*loc_fname_fld

                    Local File -- Name and Ext
                    --------------------------

 You may use  this to make uploading several  different files from
 your system  (local files) to  several CIS forums,  all using the
 same  in  the  forums.    It  is  also  useful  for  avoiding the
 restrictions that CIS  puts on a file name  (six character max as
 opposed to DOS's eight).

 For  instance,  you  may  have   a  file  on  your  system  named
 longname.arc and wish to upload it without renaming it. Enter the
 name of the file in the  Local File name and extension fields and
 choose an appropriate name for CIS for the upload file.

 Using this example,

                   Local  File     Upload  File
                   Name  Ext       Name    Ext
                   LONGNAME.ARC    SHORTN.ARC
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*file_name_fld

                         Upload File Name
                         ────────────────
 <Required>

 Enter name  that you want CIS  to use for your  file, without the
 extension. This  may be a  different name from  the file on  your
 system (see  Local File above) if  you choose.  If  you leave the
 Local  File name  and extension  blank, this  entry (Upload File)
 will be used for the local file.








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*fnam_ext_fld

                       Upload File Name Ext
                       ────────────────────

 When you enter the EXT field for the first time you are presented
 with a pop of choice list  of common filename extensions. You may
 choose  one of  the listed  extensions, or  press the  ESC key to
 close the list and enter an extension of your choice.

 Ease-Up will check the your entry to make sure that it is a legal
 file  name  extension.    If  your  entry  contains  any  illegal
 characters, Ease-Up will tell you  which character must be edited
 and return you to the field.   Ease-Up will not accept an illegal
 file  name extension,  so you  should make  the corrections  when
 prompted.





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*forum_name_fld

                            Forum Name
                            ──────────
 <Required>

 When you first enter the Forum  Name field, you will be presented
 with a choice list of many of  the forum names on CIS. Choosing a
 name from the  list will automatically enter that  forum into the
 Forum Name field.  The list  is not all-inclusive and some listed
 services may not in fact have libraries. Be sure you are familiar
 with the forum  you select. If the forum you  are uploading to is
 not in the  list, simply press the ESC key  to close the list and
 enter the forum name in the field.







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*forum_lib_fld

                          Library Number
                          ──────────────
 <Required>

 With all forums,  it is necessary to choose  a particular library
 in which your file will be  uploaded.  Ease-Up includes a list of
 libraries for several of the popular  forums on CIS. If the forum
 you chose in  the Forum Name field has  its library list included
 with Ease-Up, you will be presented with this list when you enter
 the LIB field.   The libraries are listed by  number with a short
 description of each, as provided by CIS.

 If you have chosen a forum  which Ease-Up does not have a library
 list for,  Ease-Up will beep once  when you enter this  field and
 display the message  "No choices available".  You  may then enter
 the  library number  into the  field. Be  sure to  enter a  valid
 library  number for  the forum.   An  invalid library number will
 cause the script to fail online.

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*term_prog_fld

                         Terminal Program
                         ────────────────
 <Required>

 When you  first enter this  field, you will  be presented with  a
 choice  list  of  the  terminal  programs  that Ease-Up supports.
 Simply choose  the program for  which you wish  the upload script
 generated.

 The  Protocol and  Upload  Path  fields will  behave differently,
 depending on which terminal program you choose.








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*scrpt_nam_fld

                            Script Name
                            ───────────
 <Required>

 Enter the  file name for  the script you  are generating. Do  not
 enter an extension. Ease-Up will  append the proper extension for
 the terminal program you chose to the script name you enter.

 Ease-Up will check the your entry to make sure that it is a legal
 file name. If your entry contains any illegal characters, Ease-Up
 will tell  you which character must  be edited and return  you to
 the field. Ease-Up  will not accept an illegal  file name, so you
 should make the corrections when prompted.

 Ease-up will check  the current directory for a  script file with
 the same  name that you  enter. If the  file exists, you  will be
 advised of  this by a  message window. You  may continue and  the
 existing  script file  will be  overwritten, or  you may edit the
 Script Name to create a new file.
                                                   <F1> for [MORE]
*proto_fld

                             Protocol
                             ────────
 <Required> (depending on terminal program)

 Two protocol choices are offered at  this time. They are 'B' (CIS
 B Protocol) and Xmodem.

 If you choose TAPCIS or XTALK4  as the terminal program then this
 field defaults to 'B', indicating CIS B Protocol, and is skipped.
 Other terminal  program choices will  cause a choice  list to pop
 up. You may choose a protocol from the list.

 PROCOMM PLUS:
 ────────────
   Ease-Up offers two protocol choices  for PROCOMM PLUS. They are
   'B' and Xmodem.  The Xmodem selection for PROCOMM PLUS will use
   the RXMODEM (Relaxed Xmodem) offered by that program.  Briefly,
   the  RXMODEM  protocol  is  intended  to  be  used with CIS and

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   provides  relaxed  timing  constraints  sometimes  necessary to
   avoid  timing  problems  with  CIS.    Your PROCOMM PLUS manual
   explains the RXMODEM protocol more fully.

 Qmodem:
 ──────
   Two protocol choices  are offered for Qmodem. They  are 'B' and
   Xmodem.   Xmodem  uses Qmodem's  internal Xmodem  CRC protocol.
   Qmodem does  not provide a built  in CIS B Protocol.   You must
   have an external  protocol installed to use the  CIS B Protocol
   with Qmodem.







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*replace_exist_fld

                       Replace Existing File
                       ─────────────────────

 Use this  option if you are  going to replace a  file by the same
 name that you uploaded previously to the same forum and library.

 The default is 'N', and assumes that a file by the same name does
 not already  exist in the  library. You may  toggle the entry  in
 this field with the space bar.  Remember, CIS will only allow you
 to replace  an existing file  that you previously  uploaded (your
 own file).








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*upl_path_fld

                            Upload Path
                            ───────────

 This  field is  only available  if you  are generating  an upload
 script for use with TAPCIS, PROCOMM PLUS or XTALK4. You may enter
 a  value here  manually or  use the  command line  option -p (see
 Usage  above).   An upload  path entered  on the  command line is
 editable here.

 The  path should  be the  complete DOS  path to  the file you are
 uploading, less the file name itself.

    Example: D:\UPLOADS

 When using the CIS B Protocol,  CIS will prompt for the "filename
 for your computer". Ease-Up uses  the file name and extension you
 entered earlier and the upload path  you enter here to respond to
 that CIS prompt.

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 Ease-Up will check the your entry to make sure that it is a legal
 file path name.   If your entry contains  any illegal characters,
 Ease-Up will tell  you which character must be  edited and return
 you to the field.  Ease-Up  will not accept an illegal path name,
 but will accept  one that does not exist, so  you should make the
 corrections when prompted.

 Qmodem Users:
 ────────────
   The Upload Path field is not  used when generating a script for
   Qmodem.   Qmodem  provides an  excellent configuration facility
   for  setting upload  and download  paths, among  others. It  is
   assumed  that you  are using  this facility  of Qmodem. Ease Up
   makes  use of  a Qmodem  variable, $UPLOAD,  in the  scripts it
   generates.   This variable contains  the upload path  as set in
   Qmodem's  configuration.   In  order  for an  Ease-Up generated
   script to function properly without editing, you should set the
   Qmodem  upload  path  as  indicated  by  the  program's manual.

                                                   <F1> for [MORE]
*kwd_ptr

                             Keywords
                             ────────

 Enter the keywords for your upload  as you would online.

 Ease-Up allows 79 characters for  the keywords. When using TAPCIS
 this is truncated to 78 characters.

 To get that "very last character" in here, use the over-
 strike mode (<insert> key).









                                                   <F1> for [MORE]
*memo_ptr

                         Long Description
                         ────────────────

 Here  you may  enter the  long description  of the  file you  are
 uploading.   You should follow  CIS and forum  guidelines for the
 information entered here and in the keywords field.

 CIS allows a maximum of 465 characters in the long description of
 an uploaded file.  Ease-Up will  allow only 456 characters in the
 Long Description  field. The 15 character  difference is the cost
 of providing a full featured editor for the description.

 You may use an external ASCII text file for the long description.
 Ease-Up will load  the text file using the  [-d long descr. file]
 command line option. A maximum of  6 lines of text is allowed and
 no line should  exceed 76 characters in length.   Exceeding these
 limits  won't hurt  anything, but  your description  will not  be
 formatted as it probably was in your file.

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 For 9 less  characters than the CIS maximum, you  get many of the
 editing features found in popular text editors which include:

                         F = function key
                      SHFT = shift key
                      CTRL = control key



             Key                Feature
             ---                -------
             F4                 paragraph reformatting
             INS                optional insert or overwrite mode
             SHFT-F4            join lines
             F5                 insert blank line
             F6                 delete line
             SHFT-F6            delete to end of line
             CTRL-F6            delete to end of word

             HOME               goto first column of line
             END                goto last column of line
             CTRL-PGUP          goto first column of first row
             CTRL-PGDN          goto end of text
             CTRL-LEFT          goto first character of previous word
             CTRL-RIGHT         goto first character of next word

 In addition, there is word wrapping  works fine, so long as there
 are  not enough  characters ahead  to fill  the field.   You  may
 insert  a blank  line as  you normally  would, but  that carriage
 return in the  first position on that line  will cause the editor
 to act as if the line was full.   Keep this in mind, as you can't
 see the carriage return character and you may believe you have an
 empty line.

 There is an idiosyncracy in the editor. The TAB key will move you
 from the long description to the  first field (File Name) and the
 Shift-TAB combination will move to the previous field.

                                                   <F1> for [MORE]
*SCROLL HELP
no scrollable regions
*MENU HELP
No menus
*DATA HELP
                    General Program Operation
                    ─────────────────────────

KEY            ACTION
───            ──────
F9             About Ease-Up
ALT-F1         Zoom / Un-Zoom Help window
BACKSPACE      Deletes the character to the left of the cursor
CTRL-END       Moves to the last item on the form
CTRL-HOME      Moves to the first item on the form
DEL            Deletes character at the current cursor position
DOWN           Moves to the next item located physically below the
               current one
END            Moves the cursor to the end of the field
ENTER          Moves to the next item on the form
ESC            Quits the current process
F1             Invokes the system help function
F2             Processes the attached choice list, if any, for the
               current field
F6             Clears the field
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F7             Moves to the previous item on the form
F8             Moves to the next item on the form
F10            Generate and save your script file
HOME           Moves the cursor to the beginning of the field
INS            Toggles between insert and overstrike mode
LEFT           Moves the cursor one position to the left
RIGHT          Moves the cursor one position to the right
SHIFT-F3       Clears the field and redisplays the original value
               in the field
SHIFT-F6       Clears from the cursor to the end of the field
SHIFT-F7       Goes to the previous form in a list of form pages
SHIFT-F8       Goes to the next form in a list of form pages
SHIFT-TAB      Moves to the previous item on the form
SPACE          Toggles the strings for boolean toggle fields, if
               enabled for field
TAB            Moves to the next item on the form
UP             Moves to the next item located physically above the
               current one

                        Command Line Use
                        ────────────────

 Usage: EUPC [-p upload path] [-d long descr. file] [-e] [-b]

    -b Enables audible tones used with certain messages.

    -p upload path    Example: EUPC -p D:\UPLOADS

    -d long descr. file  Example: EUPC -d upload.des

    -e
       ENQ  switch used only for PROCOMM PLUS. PROCOMM PLUS allows
       you to set an Enquiry parameter (CISB) in its setup or from
       an ASPECT script which allows CIS to tell PROCOMM  PLUS  to
       begin an  upload. Ease-Up's default assumes that  you  have
       set  ENQ to CISB  in either your PROCOMM PLUS  setup or the
       linked script that dials CIS.
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               Ease-Up               A Shareware Product
         V1.7    10-Sep-1989                from

         CompuServe Version         Simple Solutions, Inc.
                                        P.O. Box 640189
                                       Kenner, LA 70064
                                        (504) 464-5748

            Copyright (C) 1989 by Simple Solutions, Inc.
                        All Rights Reserved
                                   ┌─────────┐
      Written  by            ┌─────┴───┐     │              (tm)
   Mark W. Geisinger       ──│         │o    │──────────────────
                             │   ┌─────┴╨──┐ │  Association of
     CIS 76440,76            │   │         │─┘  Shareware
   GEnie M.GEISINGER         └───│    o    │    Professionals
     BIX mgeisinger        ──────│    ║    │────────────────────
                                 └────╨────┘    MEMBER

