TSort is a Tabby/Copernicus compatible application designed to sort the messages in your Generic Import file just before they are imported into your BBS or Point software. It sorts the messages by message area, time/date and subject. You can adjust TSort's sorting method by launching TSort while holding down the mouse button. If the date field of the message is mangled it starts out with todays date and modifies it with the portions of the date field that make sense. The sort algorithm used is QuickSort. If you are using Tabby, put TSort in your Tabby event chains just before the Import program. If you have Copernicus insert TSort between Sequester and Promenade (or between Deliver and Sequester - either should work, but it MUST be before Promenade). If you are using Copernicus II insert TSort between Deliver and Scribe in both your event chains ("Events" in the Common folder, and "Crash Boss" in the Preferences folder).
NOTE: When TSort is working it creates another file, Generic Import.New in the same folder as Generic Import. When it is done it deletes Generic Import and renames Generic Import.New to Generic Import. Due to this you must have enough hard disk space for two copies of your Generic Import file.
This program is FreeWare. Use it and be Happy! If you would like to make a donation though, make your check payable to Kirk Crawford and send it to:
Kirk Crawford
PO Box 781
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
TSort was written in Think C version 5.0.2 by Kirk Crawford. New versions of TSort can always be obtained from Kirk's BBS (310) 376-2150, FidoNet Node 1:102/132, FREQ Name: TSORT.CPT.
Please send all Bug reports to Kirk Crawford at FidoNet node 1:102/132.
Version History
• Changes in 1.8 Version
TSort will now sort by subject as well. You can adjust TSort's sorting method by holding down the mouse button when you launch TSort. Thanks go to Chip Old and Don Brahms for this idea for TSort.
• Changes in 1.7 Version
Recompiled under Think C 5 and therefore reduced the size of the program by 1592 bytes. Also used "optimized" code so it might be a tad faster.
• Changes in 1.6 Version
Cleaned up the code a little, TSort now waits only one second for other programs to quit.
• Changes in 1.5 Version
TSort will now create a new log file called TSort Log if it cannot find either the Tabby Log or the Copernicus Log. This file will be at the same level as TSort.
• Changes in 1.4 Version
TSort now sorts the Generic Import file first by category, (Message Section), then by Date. This makes Second Sight message sections a little nicer to read. Thanks go to Chris Silverberg and others for this suggestion. While I was at it and was playing with my new ResEdit 2.0b2, I added some neat color icons. One of them looks sort of like me.
• Changes in 1.3 Version
Added more calls to WaitNextEvent when running under MultiFinder. This should improve the MultiFinder Friendliness. Added more error message routines to make debugging easier. Modified partition size to a more reasonable value (256k). You can change this to whatever you wish. Modified MultiFinder flags to get background events, so TSort would work when put in the background.
• Changes in 1.2 Version
Added capability for TSort to work with Copernicus. No special configuration of TSort is necessary. Thanks go to Pete Johnson, Bill Arndt, and Chip Old for help and suggestions for this feature.
• Changes in 1.1 Version
Fixes minor bug in launching next application in a Tabby chain while running under multifinder. We can all thank the wonderful SYSOP and sometimes beta tester Greg Staie for helping me find this bug. Thanks Greg!
