Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Regarding SyncEdit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apr 15, 2000 Rob Swindell What Is It? ~~~~~~~~~~~ SyncEdit is an external message editor originally designed for use with Synchronet Multinode BBS Software. It was later extended to support other BBS packages as well. Authorship ~~~~~~~~~~ Robert D. Bouman is the author of SyncEdit. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. I, Rob Swindell, am the author Synchronet BBS Software and while I was given permission to include an unregistered demo version of SyncEdit in Synchronet distributions, I am not the author of SyncEdit and have never had any official connection with the product. I've decided to create this help file to answer all the common questions I get regarding SyncEdit (the most common being: "How do I register YOUR product, SyncEdit?"). Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since it is no longer possible to purchase SyncEdit registrations, I have been including my personal registration key (SYNCEDIT.KEY, registered to "Digital Dynamics") with Synchronet distributions since v2.30b. Feel free to use this registration key guilt-free, as that's what I think Robert would have wanted. If you're using v2.20 or later, you'll need to convert this key to the SYNCEDIT.CFG file format by using the KEY2CFG.EXE program (included with the SyncEdit archive: SYEDTxxx.ZIP). Y2K Patch ~~~~~~~~~ There is a Y2K bug in all known versions of SyncEdit where the year 2000 is displayed as 100, causing the status bar to wrap and making the program unusable. I've released a group of binary-edited SyncEdit executables (for all located versions) that works around this problem: the year is still displayed as 100, but the status bar no-longer wraps. The file that includes these patched files is SYEDTY2K.ZIP and can be downloaded via Telnet/Zmodem or FTP from vert.synchro.net. Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First, it is very important that you know WHAT VERSION of SyncEdit you're trying to get working. You can tell by looking at the file size of your SYNCEDIT.EXE in your Synchronet EXEC directory and comparing to the following list of known/located released versions: 166222 1.5.3 166570 2.0.0 162594 2.0.5 164490 2.20A 170900 2.50 192126 3.00 191906 3.05 If the file size of your SYNCEDIT.EXE does not match any of the above, check your SyncEdit documentation for the version number or logon to Vertrauen (vert.synchro.net) to obtain one of the above versions (and the Y2K patches). Different versions of SyncEdit require different configurations in SCFG (SBBSCTRL->BBS->Configure)->External Programs->External Editors->SYNCEDIT: v1.0 - v1.5.0 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Name SyncEdit º º Internal Code SYNCEDIT º º Local Command Line %!syncedit %! %l %f º º Remote Command Line %!syncedit %! %l %f º º Access Requirements ANSI º º Intercept I/O Interrupts Yes <- Versions 1.0 - 1.5.0 only! º º Quoted Text None º º QuickBBS Style (MSGTMP) No º º Expand Line Feeds to CRLF No º º BBS Drop File Type Synchronet XTRN.DAT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ v1.5.3 - v2.0.5 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Name SyncEdit º º Internal Code SYNCEDIT º º Local Command Line %!syncedit %! %l %f º º Remote Command Line %!syncedit %! %l %f º º Access Requirements ANSI º º Intercept I/O Interrupts No º º Quoted Text None º º QuickBBS Style (MSGTMP) No º º Expand Line Feeds to CRLF No º º BBS Drop File Type Synchronet XTRN.DAT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ v2.20 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Name SyncEdit º º Internal Code SYNCEDIT º º Local Command Line %!syncedit %l %f º º Remote Command Line %!syncedit %l %f º º Access Requirements ANSI º º Intercept I/O Interrupts No º º Quote Text None º º QuickBBS Style Editor (MSGTMP) No º º Expand line feeds to CRLF No º º BBS Drop File Type Synchronet XTRN.DAT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ v2.50 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Name SyncEdit º º Internal Code SYNCEDIT º º Local Command Line %!syncedit local %l %f º º Remote Command Line %!syncedit %l %f º º Access Requirements ANSI º º Intercept I/O Interrupts No º º Quoted Text None º º QuickBBS Style (MSGTMP) Yes <- Version 2.5 and up º º Expand Line Feeds to CRLF No º º BBS Drop File Type Synchronet XTRN.DAT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ v3.00 - v3.05 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Name SyncEdit º º Internal Code SYNCEDIT º º Local Command Line %!syncedit -l -maxlines %l -f %f º º Remote Command Line %!syncedit -maxlines %l -f %f º º Access Requirements ANSI º º Intercept I/O Interrupts No º º Quote Text None º º QuickBBS Style Editor (MSGTMP) Yes º º Expand line feeds to CRLF No º º BBS Drop File Type GAP DOOR.SYS º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ SyncEdit v2.20 and higher requires running SETUP.EXE (included in the SyncEdit archive: SYEDTxxx.ZIP - should be unzipped with all other SyncEdit files into your Synchronet EXEC directory). Example configuration: Directory of external files : C:\SBBS\EXEC\ User Timeout in Minutes : 3 Allow user dictionaries : Yes Memory swap method : EMS Registration code : **************** Registered to : Digital Dynamics SyncEdit/G configurations not given (use SyncEdit instead). Hope this information is helpful! -Rob (www.synchro.net)