DBDLGMailer DBDLGMailer v1.3

Short:        A great Mailer for DLG BBS Sysops
Author:       dbucher@alphanet.ch
Uploader:     dbucher alphanet ch
Type:         comm/dlg
Version:      DBDLGMailer v1.3
Replaces:     none
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

DB DLG Mailer documentation -- © 1996 Denis Bucher -- version 0.99

What is DBDLGMailer ?

	=> A program that uses the DLG BB/OS database to print stickers,
	lists, enveloppes, etc, with name / address / coutry, etc of
	your users...

How much configurable is it ?

	=> 100% : You can exactely choose the format of the output ! You
	choose a list of variables (like "name" or "street"), put a string
	before, a string after, nothing or an EOL ... Just choose :-))

Easy to use ?

	=> 80% GUI. Not too difficult to understant, but a manual will soon
	complete this lach :-)

What is the first step ?

	=> Run DBDLGMailer... It first reads your users (30s for 250 users
	on a normal Amiga) and then displays three choices. If it complaints
	about something before that, just write me an email ...

What is "Edit users" ?

	=> If you don't want some users, like yourself, being printed, add
	them to the twitlist ... I am sorry that you cannot remove them
	without quitting, but it will be done. The number "3. edit users"
	isn't implemented yet. But when you enter a name the programe do for
	you A FULL REAL-TIME research, for example typing "de" will display
	the first user which name starts with "de"
	Typing RETURN instead of a number goes back to the main menu.

How does "Configuration" works ?

	=> You must provide a list of the items you want to print/save by
	clicking on the number of the item... You will have to answer
	some questions with requesters. IMPORTANT : Change the requester,
	and then (very strange, sorry) click BELOW THAT REQUESTER TO
	receive the next question ... And you cannot anymore change the
	requester, which is "dead" ... I am sorry of that, but I will
	change it. At the end, choose "End" if it is the last field,
	"Return" if it is an end of a line, and "Noline" if you want the
	next field on the same line ...

How do I print each user on a different PAGE ???

	=> The printers are ejecting the current page when receiving the
	ASCII VALUE 12 ( chr$(12) ) also known as (CTRL-L or ^L), so just
	add that ascii value with "ASC" and 12 in the last item :-))

How do I PRINT the results directly ?

	=> When the program (in the first choice of main menu) asks for
	filename, just answer "prt:" (without quotes ;-)

How to join the author :

	email :
		dbucher@alphanet.ch
		bucherd5@sc2a.unige.ch

	BBS :

		+41-22-8000-622

	mail :
		Denis Bucher
		Rue de Carouge 28
		CH-1205 Geneve

	Homepage :

		http://www.unige.ch/etudiants/dbucher