Program Name/version/release:           8012IPF/v1.1/16 Feb 1995
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Target:                 Os/2 2.x
-------                 (program has been created under os/2 2.1 italian
                         release, tested under Warp too)

Author:                 Michele Vignali
-------                 -fidonet                Miki Vignali 2:332/801.2
                        -internet               vignali@nabucco.eng.unipr.it
                                                piervig@magoo.cedi.unipr.it
                                                vignali@presto.eng.unipr.it


IMPORTANT NOTES:               ---**** WARNING ****----
----------------
                You ''must'' have IPFC.EXE ver 2.20.000 June 27 1994
                to run the program, otherwise anything can happen.
                You must also have a bbs list in FLM format. FLM is
                the program by which many BBS make their list.
                Read PROBLEMS section (below) if you don't have IPFC 2.20
                I've tested my program only with FLM 1.24 ( (c) by A. Pasquale)

                FLM 1.24 produce a list like this:

---------Sector number
V
-
| ͻ
|                                                                             
1                              Banana's BBS - Parma                           
|                                                                             
| ͼ
|                                < Comment >
|                                   ...
|                                   ...
|
-
| Generated by FLM 1.24, Sun Dec 04 04:28:30 1994
2
| Complete List of files:
|
-
| ķ
3  Area FAMGA000   AMGA _ Antivirus                                         
| Ľ
-
| VCHK620.LHA    49443 07-05-94  [   3] Virus Checker 6.20
| VSCAN504.LZH   46330 06-20-91  [   5] VirusScan 5.04
|
|                      2 files in this area (94 KBytes)
4
|                                 ...
|                                 ...
|                                 ...
-


LICENSE:        There is no license, so don't cry if the program
--------        does not make coffee or creates problems on your systems.
                The program is under free distribution.



OPTIONS:
--------        Input file list ->              The BBs file list in TEXT
                                                mode and FLM format.
                                                (Required)

                Output file list ->             Temp file name , can be
                                                anything (i.e: john.ipf )
                                                (required)

                Title ->                        Usually your favourite BBs
                                                name. Remember Must be a
                                                word; you can use _ to
                                                connect words (i.e:
                                                my_favourite_bbs)
                                                (required)

                Logo.bmp ->                     It's a Windows BITMAP logo
                                                of your BBs, if you have
                                                one logo ,otherwise you can
                                                put anything you want, also
                                                nothing.
                                                (optional)


COMMENTS:                      ---*** IMPORTANT ***---
---------
                If list is too big, program will split it in blocks.
                This is due to the fact that VIEW.EXE (or IPFC.EXE) have
                some trouble handling big list; if you compile a big file
                (over than 1.5 Mb, but problem could arise from the number
                of words in your document) view.exe will load it but
                searching function will not work.

                If you want to see only a big list you have 2 choices:

                1st)    Create a Program Icon in your desktop by mask
                ^^^     folder, then fill the option of this program
                        in this way:

                        PROGRAM NAME     : VIEW.EXE
                        WORKING DIRECTORY: The directory where the
                                           splitted .inf will be
                                           moved.
                        PARAMETERS       : 0.INF+1.INF+2.INF+...+N.INF
                                           where N is the last .INF
                                           file created by 8012IPF.

                From version 1.1 the 1st step will automatically done by
                8012IPF.EXE.

                2nd)    Just set a variable in config.sys
                ^^^
                        SET BBSLIST=0.INF+1.INF+ ... +N.INF
                        where N is the last .INF file created by 8012IPF.

                        and when you want access the list just type from
                        prompt '' VIEW BBSLIST ''

PROBLEMS
---------
1)      Problem running IPFC compiler directly from 8012IPF can occur using
        Warp 3.0 (or beta release); you can use this command line to  compi_
        le by hand your .IPF blocks:

                        IPFC -i <filename>.IPF

2)      I've not tested 8012IPF under IPFC 2.00, this does not mean that
        list cannot be compiled by this version of IPFC.
        If you have only IPFC 2.00 you must compile the .IPF by hand (and pray)
        because command line parameters are different from version
        2.20. To compile you must proceed in this way :

                1) use 8012IPF as if you have the IPFC 2.20
                2) probably the compilation will fail (don't worry)
                3) Get the control of your computer and compile all .IPF
                   in your current directory using:

                        IPFC /INF <filename>.IPF

                Goto to the first step of section COMMENT (above).

3)      Refer to EXAMPLE.CMD for a simple command line example.


