@DATABASE Barney.guide @AUTHOR "Jürgen Schmitz" @(c) "(c) 1994 by J.Schmitz, by GuideGen" @$VER: Barney.guide 1.0 (25.07.1994) @REMARK Made by GuideGen 0.85 (31.07.94) Unreg. @NODE main Barney.doc @TOC MAIN @NEXT Required @PREV main @{I}@{B} Barney @{UI}@{UB} the new filelist request utility (Shareware) Version 1.04 Well, this is only a short documentation for Barney. I think most of the freatures explain themself. Some don't. @{" Required " LINK Required} @{" Tooltypes / WB start " LINK Tooltypes} @{" Freatures " LINK Freatures} @{" CLI start " LINK CLI_start} @{" Install " LINK Install} @{" Some internals " LINK Some_internals} @{" Generals " LINK Generals} @{" Something brand new " LINK Something_brand_new} @{" Start " LINK Start} @{" How to register " LINK How_to_register} @{" Preferences " LINK Preferences} @{" The Author, Copyright " LINK The_Author__Copyright} @{" Phonebook " LINK Phonebook} @{" Addresses " LINK Addresses} @{" Unpacker window " LINK Unpacker_window} @{" Versions of Barney " LINK Versions_of_Barney} @{" Phone number window " LINK Phone_number_window} @{" Thanks & some words " LINK Thankssome_words} @{" Extras window " LINK Extras_window} @{" Problems? Some tips... " LINK Problems} @{" Main window " LINK Main_window} @{" I found a bug - and now? " LINK BugFound/main} @{" Search " LINK Search} @{" SOMETING SPECIAL! " LINK Advertising} @ENDNODE @NODE Required Required @TOC MAIN @PREV main ** Required ** * OS2.0 or better * for locale support OS2.1 or better * for memory pools, new look menus OS3.0 or better * AMIGA computer! @ENDNODE @NODE Freatures Freatures @TOC MAIN ** Freatures ** - automatic detection of unpacked filelist names - calculates time and costs of request - call node from Barney - can handle PC-DOS filenames in list (8.3-names) - copy new filelists from INBOUND direct to any wanted directory - english catalog - enter own phone number without nodelist - filelist can have any wanted name (!) - full control by keys - full OS2.0-GUI (AUISG: screenmode, 3D-gadgets, colours, etc.) - handles every fileformat by free editable pattern - handles US-date (month then day) - locale price calculation - manual input - OS3.0 freatures (screen title, 16.8 mio colours, ...) - OS3.0 memory pools - password file request (enter password after selection in list) - ready for NodelistViewer 1.3 External-Program-Port (!) - reqtools.library support (may selected by user!) - reroute requests to other nodes - search for names, files, dates, new files - search function uses AmiagDOS patterns - Shows the list in a (own) listview - traplist.library support - unpacks packed filelists before listing - uses js_tools.library for listviews and other things - visual feedback and much more @ENDNODE @NODE Install Install @TOC MAIN ** Install ** If you are using OS2.0 then start the "Install_2.0" script. If you have OS2.1 or better and/or the commodore installer (in your C: drawer! You can find it on the install disk) start the install script in the "Install_2.1+" drawer. If you have "only" OS2.0 but also the commodore installer you can install with the install script in the "Install_2.1+" drawer, too!! @ENDNODE @NODE Generals Generals @TOC MAIN ** Generals ** All functions in Barney have keyboard shortcuts. Simple buttons will be shown pressed if you press its key. To abort keyboard selection simply press CTRL key before you release the key. Text fields may be activated by pressing its key, the requester button behind (e.g. for file requester) could be pressed with SHIFT and the same key. The first unlocked string gadget of each window may be activated with the TAB key. You may choose a gadget when you are in a string gadget with pressing the RIGHT AMIGA key together with its shortcut. This works only in an active string gadget otherwise a pulldown menu item will be selected (if there is one)! Pressing the shortcut of a string gadget with RIGHT_AMIGA while one is active will have the same effect like pressing it together with SHIFT if no string gadget is active (OK? - test it!). If you want to abort in string gadgets with CTRL key you must release CTRL as last key. All others gadgets react at once if you press the marked key. ATTENTION! Reqtools requesters use the SHIFT key to abort keyboard selections (why Nico?). I use the CTRL key because SHIFT stands for "alternative selecting" like cycle back, move slider the other way, jump in a list. CTRL gives you the ConTRoL to stop something.... Barney also supports "traplist.library" to search names and phonenumbers of nodes - if you want! @ENDNODE @NODE Start Start @TOC MAIN ** Start ** You can start Barney from Workbench or from CLI (with a minimum stack size of 8000 bytes). When you start Barney for the first time the preferences window will be opened on the workbench because Barney needs some start information. @{" PREFERENCES " LINK Preferences} @ENDNODE @NODE Preferences Preferences @TOC MAIN ** Preferences ** Please enter the paths to your filelists, where to unpack packed filelists, your outbound and your nodelist (traplist compiled - if you have non leave this field empty). If you want to call the nodes from Barney you will also have to enter the path and name of your calling programm (TrapDoor, etc.) and in the parameter line the needed parameters ("CALL %N", etc. like shown). For more details press the "?"-gadget ("info gadget"). You may open all the file requesters by pressing the underlined key and SHIFT together. Without SHIFT you will get into the string gadget (you remember? That's everywhere in Barney handled this way!). To change screenmode, screenfont and colours (not at FIRST startup!) select the GUI button for GUI window. The fixed width font is used e.g. in the phonebook nodeslist (you will understand if you have finished setup). Some used colours may also changed here. Then you can change the requester-library you want to use. This opens a new window and you may switch between Amiga library functions (like ASL library or intuition) and other libraries, like Reqtools (witch is the only one in this release). Now enter a Default address which will be marked in the phonebook every time you start Barney. The next 3 entrys are for the cost calculation. The two default settings will be shown in the phonebook if you enter a new node (but you may change them there again). The last one is the price itself. Please enter it in the smallest unit of you country (e.g. Pfennig, Groschen, Cent, Pence, etc.). Next you have 4 on/off switches. "Read phone numbers" will show you the phone number of a selected node in the phonebook (traplist.library required). "Read at startup time" will read this numbers if you start Barney. Generally Barney don't save the phone number in it's phonebook! So it has to read this every time is meets a new node (then is is stored until you leave Barney). Warning! Reading all phone numbers at startup time may take a long time! Well, the next of this 4: Barney saves for each request 2 files. One is the real request for you call programm (.REQ-file) and one that contains some additional information (like the file size - .BX-file). If you call a node the .REQ-file will be deleted by your caller, not the .BX-file. This .BX-files could be deleted when you leave Barney by the switch "del .BX-files automaticly". (You may also delete this files by hand via menu in the main window or phonebook!) The "BX/REQ flags" are shown in phonebook if you turn the last switch on. They show you if you have file requests or not. But this checking every time you go to the phonebook needs its time! If you start Barney for the first time please SAVE your settings or you will have to do this again the next time you start Barney. Now you see the main screen and the @{"phonebook" LINK Phonebook}, which is empty at your first start. So you have to add a "NEW" node (see below). @ENDNODE @NODE Phonebook Phonebook @TOC MAIN ** Phonebook ** In the upper part you see a list of your phonebook, the nodes Barney knows. You may edit them, delete them, call them or see their filelist (that's what Barney is for!). If the showing of the "BX/REQ flags" is turned on you'll see (or not!) a "B" or a "R" behind the nodes. "B" means there a .BX file, "R" if a .REQ file is present (if not you see a "-"). Some things you should know about the items: Address - Fido (& komp.) address Name - name of the system Phone - shows phone number - button behind opens @{"phone number" LINK Phone_number_window} window ø CPS - the CPS you think you might get (used for pirce calculating) Unit length - length of one phone unit Listname - name of the (packed) filelist (always the path set in the prefs!) (don't forget the SHIFT-Key to open the file requester AKA - Well, if your node has more than one phone line he might have diffrent node numbers. So you can enter more than one address for him in Barney. But to have only one request list simply enter in this field the number the request list should have. Example: My boss has the numbers 2:2454/550 and 2:2454/551. I have both in the phonebook with the same settings but different phone numbers. The AKA-field of /550 is empty but in the one of /551 stands 2:2454/550. DOS-name - Some systems have filelists in the PC-DOS format. That means always 8 letters (filled up with spaces), a point and again 3 letters. Well, Barney interpretes a space as the end of a file name and the start of the size. So it couldn't handle this 8.3s without switching this on. US-date - The US-date is in 1 way different from the european one: day and month are changed. Turn this on and Barney has no trouble with this (it is needed for parsing a line and searching for dates). Menu - If you want to load the list of this node simple by pull down menu from the main window, turn this on. Unpacker - opens the "@{"Unpacker" LINK Unpacker_window}" window Extras - opens the "@{"Extras" LINK Extras_window}" window OK - goes to @{"MAIN window" LINK Main_window} If you have changed a phonebook entry (also by unpacker, phone number or extra window) it will be updated at once (new since V1.02). That's all you must know, the rest explain themself. Well, if not, here some more infos: "NEW" adds a new empty node entry to the list. "UNDO" resets to the unchanged entry (only until you move to an other entry), "DUPLICATE" makes a full copy of the current entry. Some string gadgets have no keyboard shortcut because there were not enough letters left (currently only english locale!). But you may activate them by moving in the gadgets by pressing the TAB key. If you move around with the cursor up/down keys the gadgets below won't be changed until you leave the cursor key. This is for quicker scrolling. The pulldown menus present some more freatures. You may load an old saved phonebook back if you have changed something, you may show Barney info or leave program. For the current (selected) node you can add a FILES request or copy the filelist from INBOUND directory to your filelist directory (e.g. if you have just called this node and got a new filelist). You may also check all .BX-files (see @{"PREFS" LINK Preferences}) and delete unused. Finally you can open the prefs editor (without the posibility to change any screen prefs!). @ENDNODE @NODE Phone_number_window "Phone number window" @TOC MAIN ** Phone number window ** Well, here you can enter a phone number for the node (e.g. if node not present in nodelist, you have no nodelist or this node has a second phone number). The "info button" shows/sets the phone number that is set in the nodelist. @ENDNODE @NODE Unpacker_window "Unpacker window" @TOC MAIN ** Unpacker window ** Here you can turn on and off the automatic unpack function of Barney. You may enter the unpack program ("LhA e %n"). "%n" stands for the position of the unpacked filelist. In the last string field enter the name of the unpacked filelist (always the path set in the prefs!). Barney may look for the needed unpacker and the name for the unpacked list "auto"maticaly. The unpacker is currently recognized by the filename suffix. If more than one filelist is available for a node (e.g. some systems have also a NEWFILES list included - "why?") Barney opens a filerequester where YOU must choose the correct list. ".info" and ".guide" files are ignored! This unpackers and suffixes are currently supported by automatic: LhA (".LHA", ".LZH") UNARJ (".ARJ") UNZIP (".ZIP") All other unpackers(!) must be entered by hand. @ENDNODE @NODE Extras_window "Extras window" @TOC MAIN ** Extras window ** For more extra switches and configs (only in @{"registered version" LINK How_to_register}!). You can set the font for this node/filelist: IBM-PC (Barney.font) or AMIGA (topaz.font). Now you can enter the letter(s) that allows Barney to find an area start (e.g. most lists use a graphic border around the area name and you simply enter the edge of the first line, other have something like "Area" or "*** Area"). Because the IBM-PC font has some graphic letters and you can't find them on AMIGA keyboard you can see them in the list at the right and add the selected on to the string. ATTENTION! Barney's area jump is case sensitiv! So "Area" is not "AREA" or "area" AND "Area" is not "Area " (see last space!). Some filelists don't support this freature - so, tell YOUR SYSOP to change this, there's no other way. Then you may edit the pattern for parsing a line so Barney recognizes a file and the size. The filename is always the first so you must/need not enter a pattern for this. But all the next parts you may select: "S" stands for filesize in bytes, "K" for the size in kbytes, "D" for the date (US or europeen format). "X" is a dummy pattern for nothing (to ignore some texts). For more details look in the @{"Barney Internals" LINK Some_internals} discription. ATTENTION! You must enter one of the size patterns! If you enter no date pattern (maybe a list has no date) you can't use the date functions in search window! Below is a field for your default password. This password (if entered) is always used if you select a file. This has nothing to do with your session password in your mailer! (look also the @{"problems" LINK Problems} chapter for session password) Well, some filelists are long, really long, too long to load it completely into RAM. If you have such a list, activate the "PART" switch. Finally you must set the size of each part (in KB). Now BARNEY only loads a part of the filelist with the set size into memory. You may go to next parts and back in main window. The size must be equal of bigger than 100 KB! @ENDNODE @NODE Main_window "Main window" @TOC MAIN ** Main window ** At the bottom there are all gadgets you need to go to the different parts of Barney: the @{"phonebook" LINK Phonebook}, the @{"preferences" LINK Preferences}, the manual input, the @{"search window" LINK Search}, to call, to save the request, quit program and switch to the request list and back. With the "+" and "-" button you may jump to the next/prev area of the list (see @{"extras window" LINK Extras_window}). (only in registered version!) If the current list is displayed in "PART" mode (see @{"Extras window" LINK Extras_window}) there are 3 more gadgets available to go the the next, before or first part. The pull down menus have some more functions like iconify, clear the request list and request a new filelist (that simply enters the magic "files" to your request). You can also add the request of an other node to the shown node (this opens a special phonebook). (only available in registered version!) I "PART" mode you may jump to all already shown list parts with the part pulldown menu (for more details look in @{"internal descriptions" LINK Some_internals}). Beside the underlined key you can use this ones: CURSOR UP/DOWN: move the select line in the files list 1 up/down with SHIFT: jump 1 page up/down with ALT: jump to the first/last line of the hole list RETURN in "FILES" list: add this file to the request list in "REQUEST" list: open the manual window with the selected file included (for changing/adding password) CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT in "FILES" list: jump to last/next area in "REQUEST" list: nothing SPACE in "REQUEST" list: mark/unmark selected file, marking may be breaked with CTRL key In REQUEST list you may select more than one line with MULTISELECT: pressing SHIFT together with mousebutton or only with SPACE key. If any line is multiselected REMOVE and MANUEL buttons have a different meaning. REMOVE will remove all selected lines, MANUEL will open the manual window for each selected file. @ENDNODE @NODE Search Search @TOC MAIN ** Search ** For search all known (and unknown) AmigaDOS patterns are supported. You may search for a text (word, etc.) in the whole list, only for a file in the files part, for files that are younger or older than an entered date or for the newest file (but this is not supported by all filelists - there must be a star after the date to indicate a new file). The three switches in the right will turn on the automatic search, that means all found files will be put to the request list. If you don't want to see them while searching turn the switch below off (quicker). (only available in registered version!) In PART mode the "MORE PARTS" switch tells BARNEY to continue search in the following filelist parts. Now you can start searching - at the top of the list or at the current position of the cursor (= highlighted line). Searching will open a new window. If something is found you might choose what to do with it (Cont search or put it to request list if it is a file). "Mark the file" will put the last found file to the request list if the found line contains no file. You can stop searching by pressing the STOP gadget (if BARNEY loads a new part of the filelist you must wait until it is completely loaded). @ENDNODE @NODE Tooltypes Tooltypes @TOC MAIN ** Tooltypes ** Barney has a few tooltypes which set general preferences for expert users. Add them to activate. @{B}NONEWLOOK@{UB} will turn off the new OS2 look of all Barney proportional gadgets. @{B}NOREQTOOLS @{UB}won't open reqtools.library for use. @{B}NOTRAPLIST@{UB} won't open traplist.library for use (i.e. Barney doesn't look for bbs names and phonenumbers itself). @{B}NOONSHOWN@{UB} turns off a special freature for MOUSE&KEY users. If you scroll through the filelist by mouse and then press cursor up or down the first or last entry of the shown list page will be selected - if this is turned off (= TOOLTYPE added) the list will jump back to the last selected line (like before). @{B}LISTMATCHOFF@{UB} will turn off the function to manipulate the phonebook window to open with the correct width for the phonebook listview if you use a smaller font for the rest than in the listview (so you see the R/B flags). @ENDNODE @NODE CLI_start "CLI start" @TOC MAIN ** CLI start ** All @{"tooltypes" LINK Tooltypes} switches are also supported in CLI start. You have also the keyword "ADDRESS". This allows you to start BARNEY direct showing the filelist of this node which has to be already in the phonebook! (e.g. "BARNEY address 2:2454/550") @ENDNODE @NODE Some_internals "Some internals" @TOC MAIN ** Some internals ** Per default Barney needs a special filelist format to see a line as a file: SPACE(s)SPACE(s) Or if DOS-names is aktiv: .<3 letters>SPACE(s).... like the other The size can look like this: 100000 (only numbers) 10.000 (with seperator) 10,000 (" " ) 10k (k for kilo) 5M (M for mega) The date can look like this: 010194 10194 1Jan94 01Dec93 01Dez93 (german month!) 112693 (if US-date is ON) 01121993 (year with 4 letters) 011293* (star (*) marks new files) Since Version 1.02 you can edit the lineformat. Filename is always the first and you can't change this (this is because of the DOS-names). To understand the patterns examples are the easiest way: Pattern line in filelist SD SPACE(s)SPACE(s) XSD SPACE(s)SPACE(s)SPACE(s)SPACE(s)SPACE(s)SPACE(s)SPACE(s) Barney works if you are not working! To increase search speed Barney scans the list a second time after loading. This scan looks for all filedates, sizes and names and writes them in a special list. This scan starts if you do nothing for 1 secord or so (but only in MAIN and SEARCH window!). If you start searching at once after loading or before scanning has finished the old searching principe will be used for the lines that were not scanned. But all lines that were searched in are scanned at the same time. So if you search the second time, it is much faster (and with faster I mean faster!). ATTENTION: This new freature needs 10 byte more for every line! Some words about the PART mode. As you have seen you can only go to a part that has been already shown or one part behind the last shown. This has a simple reason: Every part should have a full text line at the end. But if you simple devide a list in parts of e.g. 500 KB you may have on half of the line in one the rest in the other part. So BARNEY puts the first half to the "other part". But how should BARNEY know, where this will be e.g. 4 parts away. ATTENTION! For now BARNEY only supports 20 parts. But this seams to be enough (if you have a 2 MB list you may make each part 100 KB big - or better small). @ENDNODE @NODE Something_brand_new "Something brand new" @TOC MAIN ** Something brand new ** If Barney opens his phonebook a "NLV-external-program" message port will be opened. This is a freature of the brand new NodelistViewer (NLV) version 1.3 (currently in beta-testing 20.02.94). This allows you to send nodes from the NLV direkt to Barney without this peace of paper or this screen switching for many times. Simply press 1 button in NLV. If you want to know more about this (NLV 1.3 or this message port) write to the author. I hope many programs will follow this way and have a NLV message port (for programmers info ask the author). If you want to have NLV - frequest "NLV.LHA" at 2:2454/550 (or 39:176/401). @ENDNODE @NODE How_to_register "How to register" @TOC MAIN ** How to register ** Barney is shareware! The registration key costs 30 DM (German Marks). Please use program "REGISTER" to print out the register-form and send it to the authors address (shown in the form) by post or Fido/AmigaNet private netmail. You will get your key as soon as possible! You can find all important infos on the form. If you want to get your key by disk, maybe you'll have to wait a few days more for it (Fastest way is File-Attach or put on Hold) and you have to pay 2 DM more for it! This key will disable the "shareware requesters" and unlock some freatures. You MUST NOT give your key file to other persons! @ENDNODE @NODE The_Author__Copyright "The Author, Copyright" @TOC MAIN ** The Author, Copyright ** Barney was written in KICK-Pascal 2.1 by MAXON-Computer. The source code of Barney is copyright © 02/1994 by J.Schmitz [SOFT]. Barney is published under the concept of SHAREWARE. Barney may be put on PD disks or sent via electronic way. If you put it on a PD series disk send a copy of this disk to the author, that's all you must do. The AmigaGuide Doc was made with SuperPrint's .sprint file and GuideGen by J.Schmitz. @ENDNODE @NODE Addresses Addresses @TOC MAIN ** Addresses ** Jürgen Schmitz Bergstr. 82 D-56859 Bullay Germany FidoNet: Juergen Schmitz @ 2:2454/550.3 AmigaNet: Juergen Schmitz @ 39:176/401.2 Internet: j.schmitz@rheinland.sky.oopsnet.de Please add the version you are using if you write me. @ENDNODE @NODE Thankssome_words "Thanks & some words" @TOC MAIN ** Thanks & some words ** Barney was developed because there was no AUISG filelist viewer. And I like to have my screenmode, my colours and my 3D gadgets. Well, and sometimes I don't like to work with the mouse but most AMIGA programs can only be controlled by mouse. It's time to thank all the people that tested Barney (pre-releases) on their systems. Thanks for your ideas (some of them were already present in my brain but you told me to realize them ;-). Well, some guys asked me to write a german doc. Well, I always wrote a german doc in other programs and let them translate to english. This time I wrote the english doc - I know me: If I write a german doc I will talk and talk and talk.... ;-) Really some people don't like Barney. Well, some people don't like AMIGA, others don't like driving or going by car. You need not use Barney but if you do enjoy it. Seems some guys have really unknown filelists that Barney couldn't handle before 1.02. I hope it does now. If not or you don't know how to configure Barney for you filelist, well, if you don't write me and send parts of them, how should I know of them?? Wow, a new step in perfectivity. Barney is font sensitiv and I hope the phonebook will work with the two different fonts. On OS3.0+ MX- and CHECKBOX- gadgets are scaled. Well, last weeks where some hard discussions in AMIPROG.GER about visual feedback of gadgets and problems with later releases of AMIGA-OS (so it will be). I can tell you this: My feedback will make no trouble! It uses good old INTUITON for this! A few words about Barney and some functions: Some guys aked me to add the possibility to enter the phonenumber by hand. This was very hard because the concept of Barney was to make full use of the nodelist and there were this 2 buttons in the prefs I don't want to remove... So I realized this way and it is very good! The people that want to enter the number may do this - the others needn't. Well, if now a node gets a new phonenumber the guys without a nodelist must change this anyway and the others needn't because Barney does this for them ("ah, I'm soooo good... ;-))"). Before anybody askes me why I take this way of using REQTOOLS (nobody does until now) - why not? Some people like REQTOOLS filerequester, others don't; some people don't like to use the mouse to "answer" a simple requester, other don't. Why is the name of Barney "Barney"? Hm, why not? Most people know and like the Flintstones ("Familie Feuerstein") ;-) And Barney is a funny and intelligent guy. So Barney is a program with Barney's "HEHEHE" and "HOHOHO" and of course Yaba dabba doo..... What for is this button "show this marked"? Well, my listview is quick - quick in finding a line and scrolling. But printing every found line and then mark it is very hard - there isn't much to scroll because most times there is more than one page between two found items. So the listview has to print all lines - and filelist lines are really full lines. So on a DBLNTSC-Screen with about 40 lines (or more on a graphics card) this needs its time. No bug - a freature! If you scroll in the fileslist by selecting a line and moving the mouse to the top or bottom you may speed up scrolling by slowly moving the mouse left or right. The best size of filelist parts depends on your system. With "only" 1 MB make it about 300-400 KB, with about 2 MB or more set it to 600-800 KB. But better you test the best settings! You can always get the newst release of Barney at 2:2454/550. Frequest for "BARNEY.LHA". Small bug fixes and beta releases are only here published! Ah, forgotten: As always there is a .SPRINT file for this doc to help SuperPrint to make a wonderfull printout of this text. SuperPrint is a free program of J.Schmitz [SOFT] and supports since version 3.0 generating TableOfContext. Request for "SPRINT.LHA" (now font sensitiv!!). @ENDNODE @NODE Problems "Problems? Some tips..." @TOC MAIN ** Problems? Some tips... ** Well, there were much questions of users when they use BARNEY, so here are some of the most ones and the answers. I use as default-mailer TRAPDOOR but I thing most others work the same way (TrapDoor - Mailer, TrapList - Nodelist compiler). @{I}Q: Every time I want to load a filelist BARNEY crashes after a second.@{UI} A: Well, this was a problem of versions before 1.01b. If you enter a CPS and/or unit length of 0 (zero) BARNEY made a division by zero and crashed. Now fixed. @{I}Q: I have no NODELIST installed but I want to use BARNEY.@{UI} A: Leave NODELIST-DIR entry in BARNEY-PRefs empty and nodelist support is switched off. @{I}Q: If I want to call a node but "call %n" trapdoor tries to dial the@{UI} @{I} nodenumber, not the phonenumber.@{UI} A: Well, try this: "call %t boss %n". But the real problem is that you've got trapdoor installed wrong. Have you installed the nodelist and compiled? @{I}Q: I have no NODELIST installed and BARNEY's nodelist support tuned@{UI} @{I} off. But every time a call a node nothing is send or requested.@{UI} A: Try this in caller parameter: "call %t boss %n". TrapDoor must know which node is called to send the request list. @{I}Q: Do I really have to add a phonebook entry for every filelist?@{UI} A: Yes. There is no "look filelist requester". Sorry! (I think, if you have a listlist of someone why not look in it sometimes for something?) @{I}Q: Why is there only one unit length for every phonebook entry@{UI} @{I} possible? We have different unit length every day (e.g. Germany@{UI} @{I} 8.00 - 18.00 h).@{UI} A: Well, I think, most time when you request it is the cheapest time... The other thing is - how should BARNEY know at which time you want to request?? (If you really need it make two phonebook entrys for this - one with the short unit length (e.g. 360 s) the other with the long length (e.g. 720 s).) @{I}Q: Every time I call a node for request I got a password error.@{UI} A: Look at your traplist config. Is there a line PASSWORD "" If not - add it (your session password for this node). If there is one check your BARNEY prefs/caller parameters. If the parameter "%n" in it (e.g. "call %n" or "call %t boss %n")? If not, change it like shown before (the first one only if you have nodelist installed). @{I}Q: BARNEY's display flashes if I want to select a file for request.@{UI} A: This is because BARNEY can't parse the line. Since version 1.02 you can change the line pattern. If you don't know how send me a sample of this filelist and I'll make this for you. But don't be surprised - this freature is only available in registered version! Some general words. Most troubles durring calling a node for request come from wrong installed trapdoor/traplist. Check this! If you really find nothing or don't know how, don't worry and ask me. Maybe you really found a BARNEY bug! :) @ENDNODE @NODE Versions_of_Barney "Versions list" @TOC MAIN ** Versions of Barney ** @{" < 0.20 " LINK <_0_20} @{" 0.28 " LINK 0_28} @{" 0.20 " LINK 0_20} @{" 0.29 " LINK 0_29} @{" 0.21 " LINK 0_21} @{" 1.00 " LINK 1_00} @{" 0.22 " LINK 0_22} @{" 1.01 " LINK 1_01} @{" 0.23 " LINK 0_23} @{" 1.01b " LINK 1_01b} @{" 0.24 " LINK 0_24} @{" 1.02 " LINK 1_02} @{" 0.25 " LINK 0_25} @{" 1.03 " LINK 1_03} @{" 0.26 " LINK 0_26} @{" 1.04 " LINK 1_04} @{" 0.27 " LINK 0_27} @ENDNODE @NODE <_0_20 "< 0.20" @TOC Versions_of_Barney < 0.20 : well working test releases @{" 0.20 " LINK 0_20} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_20 0.20 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.20 : visual feedback added @{" 0.21 " LINK 0_21} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_21 0.21 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.21 : removed much bugs caused by visual feedback @{" 0.22 " LINK 0_22} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_22 0.22 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.22 : removed some more bugs caused by visual feedback wrote short english documentation made english catalogs @{" 0.23 " LINK 0_23} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_23 0.23 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.23 : small bug fixes @{" 0.24 " LINK 0_24} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_24 0.24 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.24 : new freature in visual feedback - CTRL to abort selection, added DOS version string to prefs file @{" 0.25 " LINK 0_25} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_25 0.25 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.25 : wow, it's done! Reqtools support in file, screenmode and system requesters. Colour requester choosing removed (well, my requester is much easier to handle - no reading of those colormap entries with graphics.library) RETURN for file selection works again (well, again bug caused by change to visual feedback) CTRL to abort key selection now works (every time....:) @{" 0.26 " LINK 0_26} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_26 0.26 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.26 : added PHONEBOOK menu in main window and menu switch in phonebook - so every node (filelist) can be loaded by pull-down menu @{" 0.27 " LINK 0_27} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_27 0.27 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.27 : unpack window added to phonebook, prefs "unpack dir" added @{" 0.28 " LINK 0_28} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_28 0.28 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.28 : unpack function added, auto unpacker detection in phonebook while iconify locale catalog, reqtools.library and traplist.library are closed bug fix - phonebook delete last entry made keyboard up/down impossible, "new" button didn't "press" @{" 0.29 " LINK 0_29} @ENDNODE @NODE 0_29 0.29 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 0.29 : Enforcer-Hits removed (I hope so ;-)) ("why were there no crashs?? ;-)") all ASCII codes in filelists below #32 are replaced by #32 (space) (expect #10 (LF) and #13 (CR)) ("why are there FF (#12) in filelists????") filelist listview now expands to full screen width, was already in V0.28 with some troubles ("why are some filelists longer than 80 chars per line?") FarbRequester was changed in V0.26 or so - I forgot to write this in this list (uops :) because this requester is part of my functions collection which is also part of other programs and when I link a program next time the new freatures are added and I don't remember it.... ;-) internal handling of gadget keys and visual feedback changed (in V0.25 was the first step, now it has finished) @{" 1.00 " LINK 1_00} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_00 1.00 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 1.00 : ATTENTION! version 0.29 was not published - but was no fake ---- added phone number entry in phonebook and updates call function (don't forget to change call prefs if you use this new freature!) low memory handling: if AllocMem() or OpenWindow() (...) fails Barney first frees the filelist in memory and then opens a message requester some gadgets in phonebook are now locked if no entry is selected (empty phonebook) - again! (this bug was a result of the visual feedback again :( update of english catalogs (as always!) now SHAREWARE - no pre-release! BugFix in phonebook @{" 1.01 " LINK 1_01} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_01 1.01 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 1.01 : BugFix in "while search" window - now busy pointer is shown (again, like before v1.00) empty NODELIST field in prefs supported to switch of traplist support listview scrollbar now 2 point larger (looks a bit better) cancel gadget in phonebook, some short cuts changed catalogs changed!! new freature: add request of other node screen height can't be smaler than 200 TAB key to activate a string gadget in each window (this is much user friendlyer than activate this gadgets at once) added FILES request from phonebook now every paragraph in the doc has 3 spaces at the beginning (seems I were a bit crazy when I wrote it first with 3, sometimes 2 spaces ;-)) using RIGHT_AMIGA function of my VisualFeedback function (allows selecting gadget from string gadget by key) some tooltypes for WB start added wrote C= installer script 0-byte filelists caused an internal error (exec don't like AllocMem(0,...) :) front spaces in line parsing now allowed searching is now much more faster @{" 1.01b " LINK 1_01b} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_01b 1.01b @TOC Versions_of_Barney 1.01b : (not published in AmigaNet!) a really old bug was found (seams this made much trouble!) if CPS or unit length were set to 0 (ZERO!) Barney made a devision by zero after loading filelist @{" 1.02 " LINK 1_02} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_02 1.02 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 1.02 : NO ON SHOWN switch (good idea of Christoph Granz) (Tooltype "NOONSHOWN") (was in earlyer beta releases ONSHOWN switch) BugFix in Prefs/Visual Feedback EXTRAS button in phonebook EXTRAS window EXTRAS menuitem in main window area jump now handles 4 letter year correct (before e.g. 1994 was always the year 19) ListView is more intelligent now in scrolling (e.g. if you are in the top line and move 1 down by cursor keys there will be no jump like before) show list in phonebook removed - made much internal trouble and wasn't so useful phonebook REPLACE function changed and button removed new buttons added -> catalogs changed, please update! files that are already in the request list are now marked in files view (.BX file changed) now "XXX has been changed, save it?" requesters ask only if you have really changed something Call program parameter string now 60 letters long editable pattern of line parser internal VisualFeedback gadget handling completely changed better looking of gadget text now "Prefs" item in phonebook menu, really, there is no screenmode selection possible! extras window string gadget have now cursor up/down support BX/REQ flags in phonebook and switch in prefs Enforcer-Hit in Shareware-Key-checking remove, old key-files had to be updated :-( Installer-Script changed (now font is copied, oops ;-) example phonebook added to archive (install script changed) well, it's time to pack and publish it..... @{" 1.03 " LINK 1_03} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_03 1.03 @TOC Versions_of_Barney 1.03 : Comment shown in request view, comment saved in .BX file (listview changed for request view) some small bugs in BX/REQ flags removed (were not always changed) some more bugs with BX/REQ flags removed (sometimes flags were cleared after moving) GUI window in prefs window for all screen options Barney made fully font sensitiv - I hope it works, this is the 4th program that uses my new sensitiv gadget unit some window graphics changed for better looking Bugs in MANUEL input removed (change something was impossible when done by entering name by hand) multiselect in request view multi manuel edit, multi remove file password length set from 10 to 20 new tooltype LISTMATCHOFF ADDRESS keyword from CLI EXTRAS menuitem in main window removed (made trouble) Inbound directory added in prefs, change of internal DOS-prefs structure "copy filelist from INBOUND" added in phonebook phonebook "EXTRAS" pulldown menu changed phonebook bugfix when cursor up/down was used for first time a node could be overwritten main window gadgets reorganized for font sensitivity today (18-07-94) my modem was destroyed by high power :-( so I had time to work in BARNEY but no way to send it my beta testers bugfix in ONSHOWN mode when CURSOR UP was used the calculation function made something but nothing good (jumped somewhere) own unpack drawer to delete ALL filelist files screens with more than 4 colour colours setup automatic detection of unpacked filelist names @{" 1.03a " LINK 1_03a} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_04 1_04 @TOC MAIN 1.04 : GUI prefs window changed (cycle gadget to listview) (listview hook added) BugFix: sometimes a not selectable line could be selected (if one one word was in this line, this line was not scanned before and a file was selected just before) localized filesize V 1.03 crashed with empty phonebook listviews of js_tools.library (will be published soon) long filelist could be loaded in small parts into memory using quicksort of js_tools.library in phonebook 1.04a: some heavy BugFixes in Barney and js_tools Enforcer-Hits removed (first startup works again....) font in phonebook listview can be now proportional! @{" 1.05 " LINK 1_05} @ENDNODE @NODE 1_05 1_04 @TOC MAIN 1.05 : Well, currently there are no new ideas for V1.05! BUT! If YOU have ideas @{"WRITE" LINK Addresses} them down! @{" List " LINK Versions_of_Barney} @ENDNODE @NODE Guide-Intern Guide-Intern @TOC MAIN @NEXT Advertising @PREV main Hauptmenü-Info Abstand: 8 | | | | Internes: GuideGen - Version 0.85 (31.07.94) - (c) 1994 by J.Schmitz not fully published! pre-release "GUIDEGEN.LHA" SHAREWARE!! Look for file area 39 at RHLB (2:2454/550) @ENDNODE @NODE Advertising Advertising @TOC MAIN @NEXT main @PREV Guide-Intern You can see Barney, you can read Barney, you can use Barney, and now you can even HEAR Barney! Yes' it's true. Together with Fred, Wilma and other Bedrock he performed a fabulous song and this wonderful piece of music is available in every good sorted mail box. Just look out for BARNEY.MOD - if you heard it once you want to hear it every time.... Barney.mod - that's what we call music : : Matthias : Wege : REQUEST FOR "BARNMOD.LHA" ON 2:2454/550 or /551 (or /552 for ISDN) @ENDNODE