I have added a new video tonight that looks at how to use the prompt editor
to update fields that alter the displayed message numbering when using the
ANSI message reader.

fsxNet nodes with stock Mystic installs may like to watch this to see how
dates and five digit message numbering can be achieved.

Hope it helps someone :)

Best, Paul

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On 02/21/17, Avon said the following...

I have added a new video tonight that looks at how to use the prompt editor to update fields that alter the displayed message numbering when using the ANSI message reader.

fsxNet nodes with stock Mystic installs may like to watch this to see how dates and five digit message numbering can be achieved.

I'm gonna have to take a look at making those changes. It's not that big of
an issue here, as I have max messages set to 10,000 per base, but there are always more in the fsxNet chat echo... :)

Great job on these videos. They are very well done and informative.


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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On 02/21/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

of an issue here, as I have max messages set to 10,000 per base, but
there are always more in the fsxNet chat echo... :)

Great job on these videos. They are very well done and informative.

Thanks BP appreciate the kind feedback :)

Best, Paul

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Hello Paul,

On 21/02/17 02:25, Black Panther wrote:

On 02/21/17, Avon said the following...

I have added a new video tonight that looks at how to use the prompt editor to update fields that alter the displayed message numbering when using the ANSI message reader.

fsxNet nodes with stock Mystic installs may like to watch this to see

how

dates and five digit message numbering can be achieved.

I'm gonna have to take a look at making those changes. It's not that big of an issue here, as I have max messages set to 10,000 per base, but there are always more in the fsxNet chat echo... :)

Great job on these videos. They are very well done and informative.

I have to echo what Dan says here. Awesome stuff, that answers my
original question 100%. I will manufacture some time over this weekend
to make these changes, and to also change the column names with PabloDraw.

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On 02/22/17, dotslash pondered and said...

I have to echo what Dan says here. Awesome stuff, that answers my
original question 100%. I will manufacture some time over this weekend
to make these changes, and to also change the column names with
PabloDraw.

Cheers ears... glad it helps :)

If anyone can walk me through the basics of how to use PabloDraw that would
be grand. To be honest I could not get it to do much other than display the original file, when I went to edit it, it did not seem to be working
correctly. I will likely need to keep using my trusty The Draw on a XP box
for now.

Best, Paul

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Hello Paul,

Thanks again for this! I could not wait for the weekend, and managed to get things fixed up nicely. It took me a few edits with PabloDraw to get the
column names lined up correctly, but now it looks great.

Hmm, I wonder... Is TheDraw a DOS or Win32 package? If the former, I will try and see if it works in Dosbox, or the latter under Wine. Does anybody here
have experience with running TheDraw on a Linux box?

Regards,
Jan Henkins

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On 02/23/17, dotslash said the following...

Hmm, I wonder... Is TheDraw a DOS or Win32 package? If the former, I
will try and see if it works in Dosbox, or the latter under Wine. Does

As far as I know, it's only DOS. I've got it running here in a Dosbox under Win10 64bit, and it runs fine.

anybody here have experience with running TheDraw on a Linux box?

Haven't tried that yet. I'll have to do some experimenting in the next couple days...


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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I've not tried running it directly, it's a DOS program so it would have to
run it under DOSBOX. I run it under DosBox on my Raspberry Pi using Raspian Jesse....

Gary

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On 02/23/17, Avon said the following...

If anyone can walk me through the basics of how to use PabloDraw that would be grand. To be honest I could not get it to do much other than display the original file, when I went to edit it, it did not seem to be working correctly. I will likely need to keep using my trusty The Draw
on a XP box for now.

I got it changed in PabloDraw over here. It took a bit to get everything
lined up properly, but it works.

What I ended up doing, is setting the width to 83 columns, to be able to account for the CLR code at 1,1. I then had to remove one row from in the message listing area in the middle, as I was getting the "continue" prompt
when displaying in Mystic.

If you'd like, I can send you a copy of what I've got.

Thanks again for the great video.


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

On 02/23/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

What I ended up doing, is setting the width to 83 columns, to be able to account for the CLR code at 1,1. I then had to remove one row from in the message listing area in the middle, as I was getting the "continue"
prompt when displaying in Mystic.

I need to understand how to drive Pablo as for now I'm a n00b :)

If you'd like, I can send you a copy of what I've got.

Yes please and well done. Would you be happy if I were to share this with the wider community or a version you were happy to release?

Thanks again for the great video.

You're most welcome :)

Best, Paul

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On 02/24/17, Avon said the following...

I need to understand how to drive Pablo as for now I'm a n00b :)

Don't think of it as a new program. Look at it as a new version of TheDraw
for Windows. It has a lot of the same functionality as TheDraw, but it's much cleaner, in my opinion.

If you'd like, I can send you a copy of what I've got.

Yes please and well done. Would you be happy if I were to share this
with the wider community or a version you were happy to release?

I will get it sent to you as soon as I finish this message. :) Feel free to share it as you see fit.


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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On 02/24/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

I will get it sent to you as soon as I finish this message. :) Feel free to share it as you see fit.

OK thanks Dan. I have a new nodes to add tomorrow and some other files to
hatch out so will try to do this one as well. Feel free to add a file_id.diz
to it and be sure to credit yourself.

Best, Paul

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