To the message you posted on the Synchronet Chat Board...
On this one this might be wierd yes I have had the same problem if you were reading this sub, what you need to do is: ..\\data\\test.asc
Ok you might think I am crazy but that is the only thing that works for me...



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RE: In Reply
BY: Hkb to Beta on Mon Feb 01 1999 03:40 pm

To the message you posted on the Synchronet Chat Board...
On this one this might be wierd yes I have had the same problem if you were reading this sub, what you need to do is: ..\\data\\test.asc
Ok you might think I am crazy but that is the only thing that works for me.

No offence intended, but no one seems to understand what I was trying to do... :) I've decided the only way to fix this prob is to do a one to one voice conversation with someone like UCD or if I could get a hold of him, Smeg. If I go ranting and raving about how to put a string into a pringfile statement, just ignore me... :) LOL
Beta

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RE: In Reply
BY: Beta to Hkb on Mon Feb 01 1999 09:52 pm

No offence intended, but no one seems to understand what I was trying to do :) I've decided the only way to fix this prob is to do a one to one voice conversation with someone like UCD or if I could get a hold of him, Smeg. go ranting and raving about how to put a string into a pringfile statement, just ignore me... :) LOL

Ok 1. Yes I know I was trying to printfile to and it would toatly crash I TK found one problem and it still wouldn't so I did it and everything worked.



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RE: In Reply
BY: Beta to Hkb on Mon Feb 01 1999 09:52 pm

No offence intended, but no one seems to understand what I was trying to do. :) I've decided the only way to fix this prob is to do a one to one voice

Try posting the code in question. As well as a concise discription of what said code is supposed to do or not do for you?
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RE: In Reply
BY: Tommyknocker to Beta on Tue Feb 02 1999 07:10 pm

No offence intended, but no one seems to understand what I was trying to :) I've decided the only way to fix this prob is to do a one to one voic

Try posting the code in question. As well as a concise discription of what said code is supposed to do or not do for you?

This is the part of code I'm working on.
compare_user_misc um_ansi
if_true
printfile "%jbajamods\\bbslist\\main.ans"
else
printfile "%jbajamods\\bbslist\\main.asc"
end_if
Yes it is part of your code TK. Just a personal endevor, I'm trying to make the path of bajamods\\bbslist so that it can be user defined... :)
Eg. printfile <a variable> "\\main.asc"
Beta

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RE: In Reply
BY: Beta to Tommyknocker on Tue Feb 02 1999 09:57 pm

Yes it is part of your code TK. Just a personal endevor, I'm trying to make

Well if you want to get technical, that is Rob's code, I copied him.

Eg. printfile <a variable> "\\main.asc"

Ok I get the Idea, and when you figure it out let me in on it, I tried something like this but did not get far.
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RE: In Reply
BY: Tommyknocker to Beta on Tue Feb 02 1999 09:08 pm

Yes it is part of your code TK. Just a personal endevor, I'm trying to m

Well if you want to get technical, that is Rob's code, I copied him.

<BG> Done that b4.... :) I started this project on UCD's code....

Eg. printfile <a variable> "\\main.asc"

Ok I get the Idea, and when you figure it out let me in on it, I tried something like this but did not get far.

Well I *hope* to get ahold of UCD tonight, then hopefuly The Port will come back up, and my problem will be solved.....
beta

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RE: Synchronet Source
BY: Aragorn to Tommyknocker on Fri Nov 27 1998 01:16 pm

The one on here came from Rob off the official Sync FTP site. I do bel that it has everything excpet the compiler. Rod did intend for us tbe abl continue with the project, that is why he gave up the code.

Yes, everything needed to compile it _with_ the compiler Rob used, which is commercial and outdated... That's one of the major problems getting in the w of people wanting to work with the SBBS source...

At the time the source code was most substantially developed, Synchronet was a commercial product which required the best compilers available for a given
task to remain competitive (that's why different compiler versions from different manufacturers were used for different parts of the Synchronet package).

Then, and in my opinion, still today, the best compilers available for the PC platform were commercial (Borland and Microsoft's tools top my list today, but at the time of Synchronet v2 development, Borland and Watcom were the best tools for the task). This is simply the price you pay for features and performance. The gnu tools (for example) are great tools for the price (free), but pale in comparison to the productivity and performance offered by commerical development tools.

A gnu port of the Synchronet source (for example) is not a trivial task, but hardly impossible. 99% of the source is ANSI C and/or POSIX compliant and that spells "portability". I've personally ported the released source code to the latest Borland and Microsoft C/C++ compilers without much effort.

I'd like to imagine that the single "major problem" getting in the way of people wanting to work with the SBBS source is that the software was already stable and had all the features anyone could ever want. But in reality, I believe it is simply a lack of sufficient desire. When I first started modifying BBS source code (WWIV, back in the day), I didn't know the first thing about programming in C, but my desire outweighed my lack of knowledge
and experience. The rest is history... :-)

This message isn't intended as a stab at anyone. I realize programming isn't for everyone and there is an element of "natural talent" in good programmers. All I'm saying is that you can't blame the source code for the lack of any post-Digital Dynamics development. Speaking from first-hand knowledge, I can tell you that the source code is extremely portable and in hind-site, was pretty well-written. :-)

Rob

RE: Synchronet Source
BY: Digital Man to Aragorn on Mon Nov 29 1999 05:35 pm

pretty well-written. :-)

We have known that for years!
TK

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RE: Synchronet Source
BY: Digital Man to Aragorn on Mon Nov 29 1999 17:35:00

tell you that the source code is extremely portable and in hind-site, was pretty well-written. :-)

Heck, I knew that WELL before I saw the source, (an opinion I'm sure several others here will agree with). :-)

Steve

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