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About Splice…
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About Splice…
Splice is a Tabby NetMail-compatible utility which will merge the contents
of two to four text files into one output file. This is useful if you want
to combine a dynamic file, such as Quote of the Day, and a static file,
such as an informational message, into one System or Welcome message.
To set it up, use ResEdit to modify STR resources 500-505. 501-504
contain the names of the input files. 504 contains the name of the output
file. 500 contains the name of your BBS application.
If you only want to merge fewer than four files, leave some input file
strings empty -- empty strings are ignored. If you want to merge more than
four files, use multiple copies of Splice.
In operation, Splice kills the output file, creates a new empty output
file and then appends each valid input file to the output. If it
encounters an error opening or closing one of the files, it closes the
output, stops reading input and quits gracefully, launching the next event
if there is one.
Because it is written in a rather bulletproof fashion, it can be run as a
stand-alone or BBS external application in addition to its ability to run
as a TabbyNet event.
Splice was written in Think Pascal.
Version 1.2 is a code cleanup (and it's less than half the size of the
original release).
Version 1.3 adds the ability to merge up to four files.
Version 1.31 properly handles input files without final carriage
returns.
Splice is available free for registered users of my utilities, but is
©1990 by me. It is not Shareware or Freeware or Public Domain and cannot
be further distributed by anyone without my specific permission.
Pete Johnson
August 6, 1990
Glassell Park BBS, “Home of Archie and mehitabel”
213-254-4133
Fido node 102/863