#Whap!
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After I double click on the forum name and get the next screen, what is the
QSN, RTN, OVERWRITE, APPEND used for? and also I added a forum named CBMART to
it. When I highlighted the CBMART box and clicked GET MESSAGES, it loged on
properly and went to CBMART. Then the Section names come up on screen, after
the prompt for whap to make a selection, it just froze!? 🙁 same thing with
Amigatech. Also do I have to join first? Sometimes when I hang up, whap throws
in the word join just before it hangs up?? I,m already a member of these
forums.
C/U/L
Bruno
Bruno,
The QSN, RTN choice is how you wish to read messages. QSN will 'scan' the
message subject headers and tell you how many new messages are on that
particular thread. RTN is a Read Thread New, and will read new messages in the
topics you are set to in thread order.
OVERWRITE and APPEND are how you wish to store the messages Whap! reads.
Append will just tack the new ones on the end of the old ones, building the
file up as it goes. Overwrite will rename the old file by putting a .BAK on the
end, and starting a new file, effectively deleting the last .MSG.BAK file.
You MUST be set to command mode, first area Forum in the individual forums.
NO MENUS! If you override your User Profile (for that terminal definition set)
in the Forum, Whap! will just sit there, looking for the non-existant prompt,
and then time out.
I'm using a beta version, and the JOIN action doesn't work properly. I don't
know if it's fixed, but to be safe, JOIN any new forum manually for now. Reset
to the proper setting in your old Forum's OPtions, and Whap! should then behave
itself. Let it do the work for you.
Doug
Thanks for the info and advice. I'll try it out. When I finally get this
working I'll most likely register. Well thanks again.
C/U/L
Bruno