On May 01, 2001 12:47pm, DAVID CHORD wrote to ALL:

 DC> A couple of years ago I wrote EchoFix (available from the URL below) - a
 DC> program to read through Squish.cfg, Maximus's msgarea.ctl, and
 DC> sqafix.cfg and/or backbone.na, and build/maintain the Maximus message
 DC> areas based on what was in the other files (eg add areas, add
 DC> descriptions, remove areas not found in Squish.cfg, alter the paths to
 DC> match squish.cfg..)

 DC> I'd like to widen it's scope, perhaps with some form of scripting
 DC> language that would let it handle both binary and text cfg's which
 DC> could potentially cover all BBS's, tossers and areafix programs.

 DC> Does anyone have any suggestions for what else they'd like to see in
 DC> it, if they think it's worth doing at all?

I don't know the details of your utility or whether its worth it, but
just like to comment that if you would like to write some FIDONET
utilities you might wish to consider supporting our BBS software,
WIN Server (Wildcat! Interactive Net Server) support.

Its for 32 bit Windows, so if Windows is part of your supported
platforms, there is a free SDK for developing client applications for
the Wildcat! BBS Server. You can download it at:

   ftp://ftp.winserver.com/WIN_Server/WIN-Server-WCSDK/wcsdk.zip

The SDK allows you to write CONSOLE applications.  There is nothing
Windows GUI about the SDK. It is a pure API library SDK with over
100+ client/server function calls.  The SDK comes with examples in
C/C++, Delphi and Visual Basic.

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