				    Cdpro
				copyright 1994
				Reference guide
Disclaimer
 The Authors of cdpro accept no responsibility for any damages
 due to the use of cdpro.Holders of the shareware version may 
 circulate it by any means available.
Introduction 

Cdpro produces script files that are used to login cd's using Majorcd . 
Cdpro has two modes of operation automatic and manual. Automatic mode 
can be used on any cd that has a listing file in each directory and 
all of the files are files that you  want listed on your bbs. 
Typically all of the major brand cd's out there will allow the use of 
Cdpro's auto mode of operation . Cd's that have a listing file in every 
directory even though you don't want to use all of the files will have 
to be processed manually.
Hardware Reqs

IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTER
640K RAM
HARD DISK
CDROM DRIVE
	   
Setup Menu

The first selection on the setup menu is location of the cd being processed. 
To edit this selection move then highlight bar to this selection using the 
arrow keys  and hit enter this will cause an edit window to appear. Edit the 
selection then hit enter to continue on to the next menu selection. The 
second  selection is the name of the listing file that Cdpro will look for 
in  each directory on the cd. an example of this type of file is FILES.BBS.   This selection is edited in the same manner as the first selection. .All of the selections  are edited in the same way. The third selection is the file format to be used this selection cannot be edited. The fourth selection is the location that the cd will be at during bbs operation. The fifth menu selection is the path where the SCRIPT.TXT file is saved. Sixth selection is the starting library number. The seventh selection is level of subdirectory. The eighth selection is whether or not to use dates. The ninth selection is the path and name for the Majorcd ASCII menu file.

Automatic operation

After you complete the set up menu hit F9 a window will appear that will say 
searching cd for listing files. When this is complete a message will appear 
saying that the SCRIPTFILE/MENUFILE is complete hit escape to exit cdpro. 
The cd's that auto mode will work on are the major cd's like Nightowl,Software 
Vault and pier shareware disks etc. Off brand cd's such as most adult cd's 
will have to use the auto tag feature in manual mode.

Manual mode 

Manual operation is used when there are listing files in every directory and 
there are files that are not usable on your BBS also it is used when there 
isn't a listing file in every directory . If this happens then you should 
use the browse feature of Cdpro to find the directory where all of the 
listing files are located . Each cd usually has a separate directory for 
listing files for a particular BBS software. The listing files that Cdpro 
was designed for are Pcboard listing file format. When these listing files 
are located the manual mode can be used after the setup menu  has been 
completed. Manual mode can be performed in two ways. The first way is to 
use the browse feature and to go thru each directory and tag each listing 
file that you want to have in a file library. When you come across a listing 
file that you want to use, hit enter to tag it. After you tag the file for 
processing, hit escape to continue on to the next next directory until all 
of the listing files that you want to use are tagged. The taglist is now 
ready for viewing or editing. To edit the tag list hit F4 the taglist will 
appear use the arrow keys to move to the selection that you want to edit and 
hit enter at this point you can edit the ASCII menu entry for this library ,
Library number and library path if necessary. After the taglist has been 
completed hit F10  to convert the listing files to Majorcd script file 
format .After the script file is complete refer back to Majorcd Manual or 
earlier in this guide for the procedure of logging in the finished script 
file. The easiest method for producing a script file is to enter the manual 
mode and hit F9 to autotag all of the listing files. After all of the listing files are tagged view the tag list and delete any libraries that are not desired by moving the highlight bar to the desired selection and hit DEL When all of the  unwanted libraries are deleted press F5 to renumber the libraries. the menu listing can now be edited as explained above.                                                                                                                                                                                          

Majorcd operation 

After the script file is complete you must login the cd using the offline 
utilities. Perform the following procedure. At the Dos prompt type cd\bbsv6 ,
c:\bbsv6>bbs,8. Using the Majorcd login utility login the script file. After 
the login utility is complete. It will be necessary to use the copy utility, 
to copy the btrieve files to your btrieve directory. After the btrieve files 
have been copied to the proper directory the only thing left to do is run 
cdcheck to verify the accuracy of the btrieve files just produced. If the 
check of the btrieve files indicates that the login process was successful, 
then the login process for this cd is complete. Upon completion of the login 
process a backup of the system btrieve files should be performed.

Setup Window

Current CD Drive:               D:

This selection is the location of the cd  during script file production.
BBS Listing File Name:  Files.BBS
This selection is the name of the listing files that Cdpro will look for 
when producing a script file. If the cd has listing files other than 
FILES.BBS. This selection can be changed to any format that you might come 
across. This selection can be *.BBS to search all of the directories on the 
cd for listing files with the BBS EXT.

BBS Listing Format:     PCBoard

This is the format of listing file that Cdpro was written for,this selection 
will not change.

BBS CD Drive:           D:

This selection  is the location that the cd will be at during normal BBS 
operation.

MajorCd Script File Name:   C:\BBSV6\SRIPT.TXT

This selection is the path and name of the script file produced.
Starting Library Number:        1
This selection is the starting number for library numbering.

Sub Dir Lib Numbering:  All Levels

This selection is the depth of directories for numbering your libraries. 
This will usually be all levels, in some instances a cd will have so many 
directories that there would be to many menu entries. If set at one level 
deep any listing files found in directories greater than one sub directory 
deep will be placed in the same library.

Include Dates in script:        Yes

This selection determines whether dates are to be used or not.

Menu File Name: C:\bbsv6\MR_cd#.ASC

This selection is the path and name of the Majorcd ASCII menu file that Cdpro produces. The # should be edited to correspond to the number of  cd on your system.

Functions

Title Screen F6 Enter your registration number. ENTER Start Cdpro Demo
Setup Window Enter edit current menu selection. F9 Start Cdpro's automatic 
mode of operation. F10 Start Cdpro's manual mode of operation.ESC Used to 
quit Cdpro.

Manual Mode ESC Used to quit cdpro manual mode and exit all other manual 
functions. ENTER Used to tag selected file or view contents of selected 
directory. F3 Used to view the first twenty lines of the selected file. 
F4 Used to view/edit the taglist. F9 Used to automatically produce a tag 
list. F10 Used to convert the taglist and listing files to Majorcd format 
script file.

Taglist Window  ESC Used to exit  taglist edit window. DEL Used to delete 
the selected library. F3 Used to view the selected listing file from the 
taglist. F5 Used to renumber the libraries after a library deletion. Enter 
Used to enter the edit mode on the current selection.
Warranty

DEA Computing and Thomas L Blodget Accept no responsibility for data loss 
or damages caused directly or indirectly from the use of Cdpro. The 
software is delivered "AS IS" and DEA Computing accepts only the 
responsibility of replacement of defective media.

License

You may:

1.Install and use  one copy of this software on a single computer.

2.Copy this software into machine readable or printed form for backup 
or archival purposes in support of your use of this software.

3.Transfer this software and license to another party ,if the other 
party agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this agreement. 
If the enclosed software is an update ,anytransfer must include the 
update and all prior versions. If you transfer the software, you must 
at the same time either transfer all copies, whether in machine readable 
or printed form , to the same party or destroy any copies not transferred.

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