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Г кФФП Г РП кй Г кФФФй             THE FILE DIRECTORY LIST PPE
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Г Г  Г Г  Г Г  РФФФП Г                    (DIRLST.PPE)
Г РФФй Г кй РП кФФФй Г                 Copyright (c) 1995
РФФФП кй РФФФй РФФФФФй           Quintessential Information Systems
The РФйQuintessential BBS          by Mark Francis & Philip Qua
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Information                  UPDIZ.PPE 1.0 is a local file upload processor
Systems (QIS)                for PCBoard. Will automatically upload any
10520 Yonge St.              number of files located in a subdirectory
Unit 35B, Ste. 310           using PCBoard's local upload processing
Richmond Hill, ON            capabilities. Uses your own PCBTEST.BAT to
L4C 3C7 ON CANADA            verify each file. Easy configuration and
ппппппппппппппппппппппппп    cleans up after itself. Shareware by QIS.
BBS: (905) 889-4377          

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===============================================================================
UPDIZ.PPE Version 1.0

========
PURPOSE:
========

Uploads (locally only) files located in an indicated subdirectory. Ensures
that all files all processed as you have defined in PCBTEST.BAT. Great time
saver as it is completely automated. Cleans up after itself.

=========
FEATURES:
=========

* Easy to install and configure

* Easy to use - simply deposit files to upload in a pre-defined subdirectory,
  run UPDIZ, and walk away.

* Uses your existing upload file processor, thus uploaded files are checked
  the way you want them to be checked, and uploaded to the directory you
  indicate

=============
INSTALLATION:
=============

Simply place the UPDIZ.PPE and related files in any subdirectory, such as

I:\PCB\PPE\UPDIZ

Next, install UPDIZ.PPE in your CMD.LST file, with a sysop security level
requirement (at least, that's a good idea).

Finally, run UPDIZ and answer the one and only configuration question:

   Path to files to upload?

Point this to an empty subdirectory that you intend to use for local uploading.
Something like

C:\PCB\CHECKED

would do.

DO NOT POINT IT TO A SUBDIRECTORY IN USE LIKE C:\PCB AS UPDIZ DELETES THE FILES
IT HAS UPLOADED. POINT IT TO A SUBDIRECTORY INTENDED STRICTLY FOR USE BY UPDIZ.

When specifying the path, you the trailing backslash (\) is not necessary.

That's it!


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A FEW NOTES
===========

+ UPDIZ only works locally. If you run it from remote, it pops up an error
message and quits. It does this because it relies upon using the local upload
path prompt sysops get when uploading locally.

+ UPDIZ can be run simulstaneously on several nodes uploading from the same
directory, however, this is not advisable. It's far better to just run it from
one node.

+ UPDIZ saves its configuration in a DBF file called UPDIZCFG.DBF. This is the
path to the upload subdirectory UPDIZ asks you for the first time you run
UPDIZ. If you wish to change the subdirectory, just delete the UPDIZCFG.DBF
file and run UPDIZ again. Don't do this while UPDIZ is running, however!

+ If you have modified any of the normal PCBTEXT prompts that UPDIZ expects to
encounter, UPDIZ may not function. This is only a problem if you have replaced
prompts with PPEs. For UPDIZ to work, simply install the default PCBOARD
PCBTEXT file as a new language, and select that language before running UPDIZ.
If UPDIZ is popular enough, but has problems coping with other PPEs in its way,
modifications to the code may be made in future releases.