DocRead v1.0 by David Prothero This little program allows users online to view ASCII document files that are WITHIN archived files in whatever sub-board the user happens to be in. I really had to jump through some hoops to accomplish this (at least being able to accomplish it with ARexx), but I finally got it, and here it is for the rest of you to enjoy! NOTE: It only supports .LHA files. Mainly because I have all files trans- formed to .LHA, so that's all my files are (with the exception of DMS, WRP, and ZOM, which you can't un-arc individual files from, so this program doesn't apply). ANYWAY, if anyone would like to see support for other archive formats, DON'T edit it yourself and distribute; PLEASE just drop me a line and I will be happy to add that support. If you want to edit it for yourself, fine, but please do not re-distribute your hacked version of my program. Thanks. Installation: 1) Makedir pfiles:DocRead 2) Copy the DR, DR-2, and DocRead files to the pfiles:DocRead/ directory. 3) Edit your .LHA entry of your bbsarc file. Here's mine: .LHA rexx:rx pfiles:DocRead/DR %s "%s" lha >%s -m -n t "%s" 1 10 success The main thing to note is the first line. Also, make sure you DO NOT have a > character before the first %s!!! That is EXTREMELY important. 4) Edit line 1067 of your bbstext file so it reads: \$0REXX:rx pfiles:DocRead/DR-2 %s\\#0pfiles:DocRead/DocRead\ Notice two programs get launched. That's how it's supposed to be, just trust me on that one. Just delete whatever's on line 1067 of your bbstext now (which is something like "NOTE: cannot find..blah") and put this line in its place. 5) Installation complete. Now, when you use the E(xtract) command on an .LHA file, you will get an archive listing as usual, but at the end of the listing will be a prompt if the user wants to read one of the text files. If so, another prompt will get the filename, the file will be un-arced, and then the file will be displayed to the user. Direct any bug reports and/or comments to: David Prothero 1314 S. Scheuber Rd. Centralia, WA 98531 VOICE: 1-206-736-6366 BBS: Future World: "David Prothero" You can leave me mail here, but I don't call too often, so a response may be slow. BTW, if you feel it in the kindness of your heart, send me a little contribution. Money, a disk of pfiles, or anything would be great!