Looking for Menu Magician!

Talonp · Post by **Talonp** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:46 pm

Hey guys does anyone know if there was a worldgroup version of Menu Magician by HVS and does anyone have a copy? I have a copy for the MajorBBS v6.25 and a reg code but I would like to get it for my Worldgroup system.

Or is there anything out there like it?

Thanks

Talonp · Post by **Talonp** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:48 pm

Well I found it over on ArcticZone

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:34 am

Talonp wrote:Well I found it over on ArcticZone

yeah i thought i had it, i was getting it confused with the mud magic archives (MM in the file) i been adding some new stuff around 740 files i have to sort (sigh)
i get alot of packs and some have cracks in em and i gotta sort through it all, glad ya found what ya needed!

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:55 am

I've got just about everything from HVS if you need something in the future.

Talonp · Post by **Talonp** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:16 pm

Syclops do you have the WG3.xNT version of Menu Magician? The one I got over on Dspains site is for WG1 & WG2

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:38 am

Talonp wrote:Syclops do you have the WG3.xNT version of Menu Magician? The one I got over on Dspains site is for WG1 & WG2

Yes, of course I've got it.

I've e-mailed it to you.

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:57 am

Talonp wrote:Syclops do you have the WG3.xNT version of Menu Magician? The one I got over on Dspains site is for WG1 & WG2

sorry i havent had a chance to update the archives, i have the original last catalog of files available from adventurecomm, HVS, cheersoft, and a smaller guy that ran by the name of east-side but have been swamped, on top of that i got access to a HUGE server from the 90's went offline in 2001 that specialized in file archives, not just WG but TONS of cool things from back in the day, it was linked to the blue-ridge express file server distrobution network with legacy archives from companies like apogee, epic mega-games, pkware, well over 120GB and for files from the 90's thats alot of GD files

cool thing was apparently galacticomm used em as well cause they have a GCOMM file library with over 240 file archives and from what the file library data says it was for gcomm personell only things like the major database source code was in there and a ton of other sources i have never found floating around, original robowars, quest for magic, quest for alchemy, a ton of cool stuff.
ill be sorting it as soon as i get a free day or 2 which from my schedule seems like im booked tomorrow and thursday but FRI i seem to have time for breathing and ill go through what i can then.
on another note i also got a majorbbs system last week that was still using frontdoor 2.20 to do fidonet stuff seems they put it in the bbs.bat file and was processing echomail at a 5:am cleanup from fidonet,rimenet, dds distnet, and doornet, that also has some interesting setups and file archives and as usualy its on the back burner

Talonp · Post by **Talonp** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:35 am

Thanks Syclops

Dspain its all good man you are the best source for GCOMM stuff and we all thank you for all that you do

If I can help at all with anything just let me know...hell I am willing to even come pickup data and sort for you if needed...your not that far from me

Again thanks man...both of you

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:57 pm

Talonp wrote:Thanks Syclops

Dspain its all good man you are the best source for GCOMM stuff and we all thank you for all that you do If I can help at all with anything just let me know...hell I am willing to even come pickup data and sort for you if needed...your not that far from me

Again thanks man...both of you

im making a program to addfiles offline sort of like other bbs software used to have, that way as long as a file_id.diz, or desc.sdi file is in the archive it will auto-import descriptions.
its alot of stuff seems my thursday got cleared up so i got the next 2 days to do some stuff.

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:03 pm

I forget, but didn't the module add-on TFLE from Mountain Rose do something like that? I remember I use to Import FILE_ID.DIZ somehow into the Descriptions in the File Library but it's been so long I can't remember how. I must be getting old

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:42 am

Syclops wrote:I forget, but didn't the module add-on TFLE from Mountain Rose do something like that? I remember I use to Import FILE_ID.DIZ somehow into the Descriptions in the File Library but it's been so long I can't remember how. I must be getting old

actually not too sure, i do remember some file library utils from back then, im making a simple program to do it just because it would be easier than looking around, if ya find something lemme know.

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:18 am

dspain wrote:
Syclops wrote:I forget, but didn't the module add-on TFLE from Mountain Rose do something like that? I remember I use to Import FILE_ID.DIZ somehow into the Descriptions in the File Library but it's been so long I can't remember how. I must be getting old
actually not too sure, i do remember some file library utils from back then, im making a simple program to do it just because it would be easier than looking around, if ya find something lemme know.

I found it this is the description of the Module Add-On made by Mountain Rose.

MAJOR ZIP V1.2

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for buying Major ZIP. With Major ZIP the file library of The
Worldgroup will finally work for you. Major ZIP will decompress every file
in the file library of your Worldgroup, searches for viruses, inserts a
little commercial file, compress the files again and adds a ZIP-comment.
It will also read and write FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI files. We have
tried to make Major ZIP easy to install and easy to use. But before we go
into detail, first some legal stuff:

Stoneslinger76 · Post by **Stoneslinger76** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:41 am

Syclops wrote:I forget, but didn't the module add-on TFLE from Mountain Rose do something like that? I remember I use to Import FILE_ID.DIZ somehow into the Descriptions in the File Library but it's been so long I can't remember how. I must be getting old

Yup it will import the .diz and cd roms and a few other file description formats.

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:52 pm

Syclops wrote:
dspain wrote:
Syclops wrote:I forget, but didn't the module add-on TFLE from Mountain Rose do something like that? I remember I use to Import FILE_ID.DIZ somehow into the Descriptions in the File Library but it's been so long I can't remember how. I must be getting old
actually not too sure, i do remember some file library utils from back then, im making a simple program to do it just because it would be easier than looking around, if ya find something lemme know.
I found it this is the description of the Module Add-On made by Mountain Rose.

MAJOR ZIP V1.2

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for buying Major ZIP. With Major ZIP the file library of The
Worldgroup will finally work for you. Major ZIP will decompress every file
in the file library of your Worldgroup, searches for viruses, inserts a
little commercial file, compress the files again and adds a ZIP-comment.
It will also read and write FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI files. We have
tried to make Major ZIP easy to install and easy to use. But before we go
into detail, first some legal stuff:

yeah what i made was a simple executable to insert into WG.BAT that upon cleanup will scan all file libraries and add any file thats in the directory but not in the database and auto-add the file description.
this will allow me to sort my incoming archives and just place em in the file lib and not have to worry about adding them it will happen upon cleanup.
also it will email the sysop on any file not containing a file description.

so now when i add files i just dump em into the directories and never worry about anything else.

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:49 pm

Cool, are you going to distribute that little utility?

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:26 pm

Syclops wrote:Cool, are you going to distribute that little utility?

yes im gonna contact both Rick and Nate for base distro in the WG binaries just like i did my ICO package.

WGSADD.EXE

Worldgroup File Addition Utility 1.01
Copyright 2008 ArcticZone Internet Solutions
[This Is An OEM Licensed Program]

Checking File Library MAIN : 1 Added
Checking File Library TESTLIB : 0 Added
Checking File Library UPLOADS : 0 Added

Processed 1 New File!

Syclops · Post by **Syclops** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:28 pm

dspain wrote:
Syclops wrote:Cool, are you going to distribute that little utility?
yes im gonna contact both Rick and Nate for base distro in the WG binaries just like i did my ICO package.

WGSADD.EXE

Worldgroup File Addition Utility 1.01
Copyright 2008 ArcticZone Internet Solutions
[This Is An OEM Licensed Program]

Checking File Library MAIN : 1 Added
Checking File Library TESTLIB : 0 Added
Checking File Library UPLOADS : 0 Added

Processed 1 New File!

Cool, does the Library already have to exist, or will it add those too?

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:30 pm

Syclops wrote:
dspain wrote:
Syclops wrote:Cool, are you going to distribute that little utility?
yes im gonna contact both Rick and Nate for base distro in the WG binaries just like i did my ICO package.

WGSADD.EXE

Worldgroup File Addition Utility 1.01
Copyright 2008 ArcticZone Internet Solutions
[This Is An OEM Licensed Program]

Checking File Library MAIN : 1 Added
Checking File Library TESTLIB : 0 Added
Checking File Library UPLOADS : 0 Added

Processed 1 New File!
Cool, does the Library already have to exist, or will it add those too?

the finished product will scan the database automatically and get the library names, right now im using a generic interface for it just to get the file API working correctly, once its working perfectly ill add the ability to open the database get the file library name, etc.....

Highwinder · Post by **Highwinder** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:52 pm

dspain wrote: yeah what i made was a simple executable to insert into WG.BAT that upon cleanup will scan all file libraries and add any file thats in the directory but not in the database and auto-add the file description.
this will allow me to sort my incoming archives and just place em in the file lib and not have to worry about adding them it will happen upon cleanup.
also it will email the sysop on any file not containing a file description.

so now when i add files i just dump em into the directories and never worry about anything else.

I would absolutely love to have a copy of this, as well as the script you're using to operate it. Is it avaialble?

- Highwinder

dspain · Post by **dspain** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:13 am

Highwinder wrote:
dspain wrote: yeah what i made was a simple executable to insert into WG.BAT that upon cleanup will scan all file libraries and add any file thats in the directory but not in the database and auto-add the file description.
this will allow me to sort my incoming archives and just place em in the file lib and not have to worry about adding them it will happen upon cleanup.
also it will email the sysop on any file not containing a file description.

so now when i add files i just dump em into the directories and never worry about anything else.
I would absolutely love to have a copy of this, as well as the script you're using to operate it. Is it avaialble?

- Highwinder

just about got an error last night which isnt too big a deal but i wanna get it working right.
i dont use a script i just insert it into the cleanup batch file, it supports file_id.diz, desc.sdi, and file.id.
came in handy to me as i sort all this stuff i got, it defaults the uploader as Sysop but can be command line specified ie:

WGFILE.EXE -Uname

its written using the offline utility hooks so it can not run while the server is in operation.
ill try to get a beta out, this new MMORPG i been working on has me absolutely swamped with graphic/sound licensing, propietory licensing, all that has to be done before i can even lay the groundwork, would be a damn shame to put 2-3years into developing something only to find out in the end you cant use something in there

im gonna be taking a break from that and getting some WG affairs worked out.