Reposted from TeleFinder .Server-Software on 02/23/98 at 4:26 PM: >> >> I see the folder Chat in the Beta area. The file called "setting up chat" does not do me any good in figuring out how one might setup this new chat stuff. Could you, or someone, post a message here that explains in a few more steps how to setup this new chat stuff. Explain what to do with the application and the other file please. <<
OK, I'll give it is shot, off the cuff even before I've done it myself.
Background: There are 3 items in the Chat folder.
The first is a sample Chat Room file called "Chat Room."
The second is an application called CHATEJT3 which changes the Type and Creator to that required of a chat room file (Type="CHAT" and Creator="EJT3").
The last is a document that describes the format for the data within the chat room file called "setting up chat."
To create chat room files, you:
1. Create a text file with any text editor such as SimpleText or BBEdit.
2. The first item in the file is the record type. This is ALWAYS "chat" (without the quotes.)
3. Enter a TAB character right after the word "CHAT".
4. Enter a number that represents the "chat channel". This can be any integer in the range of 1-32000 (or is it 1-32767????). This number should also be within the ranges allowed by your configuration in the new User Manager program.
5. Enter a TAB character right after the chat channel number.
6. Enter the number of the icon id you want displayed in TF/User for this chat room. This too, is an integer, but I am not certain of the valid range. In any case, it should match up to a resource ID in your TF/User program or your custom settings file. I suppose that matching up with TF/User is better since TF/User for Windows does not yet know how to deal with settings files.
7. Enter a TAB character after the icon ID number.
8. Close and save the file under the the name of the room you want displayed from TF/User.
9. Drop the file onto the application to change its TYPE and CREATOR info to that required by TF.
10. Copy the chat room file to any locations desired in the BBS layout.
11. Repeat the above steps for other chat room files. You can organize these any way you wish, just be sure to align the chat channels with the ranges in your access groups, and the icon ID with one in TF/User or your settings file. (Note Rusty Tucker let us know after I posteds this that if the icon IDis left unspecified, the default one for chat rooms will appear automatically)
12. If you have not yet done so, set up the allowable chat channel ranges in User Manager for each of your access groups. <<
On 4/11/98 8:57 PM, John Agapitos wrote:
>On 11/4/98 12:19 PM, Daniel O'Leary wrote: > >> Once you create the chat room files, you can place them anywhere in >>your BBS file hierarchy. > > > >Sorry I cant find the message anywhere. How do you create the chat room files?? >
