
WaterGate Development Kit
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July, 16 1994
Monnickendam

I got some requests from people who wanted to export the area configuration
to their various other programs. These files should give you all the
information you need, I'll probably add a C version later but you'll
have to do it with this for now.

As options are added the structure of these files is certain to change
in the future, so i'll update these file whenever a release makes
it necessary.

They may look a little complex at first, but they should be quit readable
once you get used to it. (Easy for me to say, i wrote the stuff)

Note that all the databases have a 25 byte header, so the first
record starts at position 25 (0 = start file). These headers contain a
name and a number which contains the current database version number,
which is increased each time a new release changes the database structures.

* 11-03-94 [MD] Updated the Configuration and Areabase to support
                the 0.10.0319 version. Changes have been made in the
                configuration and areabase files.
* 23-04-94 [MD] Made changes for the upcoming public release
* 16-07-94 [MD] Minor changes to support the 0.10.0710 format
* 16-08-94 [MD] Small additions to the configuration and userbase structures

Files included :

    AREABASE INC             Areabase structures
    CONFIG   INC             Configuration structures
    GLOBALS  INC             Global definitions
    GROUP    INC             Group info records
    LISTSERV INC             List server information
    SUBSCRIP INC             Subscription base information
    USERBASE INC             Userbase information

    WTRFUNC  PAS             Simple unit to read config and areabase

    SAMPLES  ARJ             Contains some example programs and executables
                             to show how to use these routines. Currently
                             included are :

                             WTR2MAX  exports a Maximus 2.00 MSGAREA.CTL
                             WTR2PB   exports a Proboard 1.31 MSGAREAS.PB
                             WTR2RA   exports a Remote Access 2.01 MESSAGES.RA

