Re: Re: [VirtualNET open?]...

> What does VQUOT do, BTW?

VQUOT Message Quoter 7.03
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Copyright Neil J Marshall 21st October 1991 - 25th June 1995
 TransAtlanticBBS  @440 VirtualNet  2:440/211 FidoNet  +44-1689-812646


Introduction
============

This program will extract all messages from a specified Area that
contain certain key words and write them to a text file. It can
optionally strip Heart Colour in the process.


Operation
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Place the VQUOT.EXE program in your Main VBBS directory. Run:

        VQUOT {Database File} {Search Text} NETWORKID=#

{Database File} is the name of the database file to search, excluding the
extension.

{Search Text} is the list of words to be searched for.

The program will search the Title, From Name and To Name of each message
in the Database and copy any messages found into the VQUOT.TXT file in the
main VBBS directory.

The program has three other command line options:

        /BODYTEXT       Forces the program to scan the body text of the
                        message as well
        /NOANSI         Forces the program to strip all Heart Colour ANSI
                        from the resulting output file
        /APPEND         Forces the program to append the quotes found
                        to the end of any existing VQUOT.TXT file instead
                        of creating a new one

The output will be written to a file VQUOT.TXT in the main VBBS directory.


Release Notes
=============

7.03    Introduced a new set of my own common VBBS access routines to
        replace those from Roland's VBBS Toolkit, solving the problem
        of programs hanging under Windows or EMM386 due to the Toolkit
        sporadically failing to reclaim or release vectors correctly

7.01    Upgraded to use VBBS 7.00 structures whilst remaining compatible
        with existing VBBS 6.14a structures
7.01    Added an improved /MONO command line option to force the program to
        run in Black and White for those of you who are colour blind, or
        are using a Screen Reader, or who just hate my taste in colours
7.01    Removed the routine that sends a Daily Report to the SysOp the day
        after the program is run, and replaced it with a Report that is sent
        to the SysOp as soon as the program is run
7.01    Introduced a new mechanism for drawing your attention to the Release
        Notes before you start running a new release of a Utility, in case
        there are any important steps you must take when installing the new
        release
7.01    By popular demand, new Registration Routines that do not alter any
        VBBS system structures and do not leave obscure hidden files on
        your Hard Disk
7.01    The new Registration Routines no longer require you to stop using
        6.xx.xx releases of other Marshall Utilities
7.01    The new Registration Routines are not compatible with the Routines
        with the Routines used by the first releases (7.00.00 and 7.00.01)
        of the 7.00.xx family of Marshall Utilities. You will not be able
        to run these side by side with a 7.01 or later Marshall Utility
7.01    Changed the naming convention for the distribution archives so that
        they carry a proper .ZIP extension that VBBS can recognise as a ZIP
        file and that can therefore be viewed on-line

7.00.02 Added a /APPEND option which adds the quoted text to the existing
        VQUOT.TXT file to allow quoting from multiple Message Areas
7.00.02 The header information of each message now lists the Area
        the message is quoted from, as well as the From, To, Date and
        Subject of the message

7.00.01 Initial Release

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