Hi all!

Does anyone know of a program that can easily import CD-ROMs into the filebase? I.E. Not having to manually enter each file area. Also I am using ra 2.6 so earlier utilities like addrom don't work. Even a command-line utility that can add a file area would do the trick nicely. I have many CDs to
import.

Thanks everyone

Grant

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Does anyone know of a program that can easily import CD-ROMs into
the filebase? I.E. Not having to manually enter each file area.
Also I am using ra 2.6 so earlier utilities like addrom don't
work. Even a command-line utility that can add a file area would
do the trick nicely. I have many CDs to import.

are you saying that RAFILE IMPORT won't work for you? simply create the basic area definition for each area in RACONFIG and then run the import...

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Does anyone know of a program that can easily import CD-ROMs into
the filebase? I.E. Not having to manually enter each file area. Also I am using ra 2.6 so earlier utilities like addrom don't work. Even a command-line utility that can add a file area would do the trick nicely. I have many CDs to import.

are you saying that RAFILE IMPORT won't work for you? simply create
the basic area definition for each area in RACONFIG and then run the import...

The importing is not the issue, it is the tedious task of adding each area. I have 30 plus cds which have 50 plus areas on each. I have done a few already and can see it is going to take me a LONG time. Programs like addrom do the trick nicely but it doesn't work on ra 2.50+. I was hoping someone had found a
quicker way of doing it.

Thank you for your reply,

Grant

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Does anyone know of a program that can easily import CD-ROMs
into the filebase? I.E. Not having to manually enter each
file area. Also I am using ra 2.6 so earlier utilities like
addrom don't work. Even a command-line utility that can add
a file area would do the trick nicely. I have many CDs to
import.

are you saying that RAFILE IMPORT won't work for you? simply
create the basic area definition for each area in RACONFIG and
then run the import...

The importing is not the issue, it is the tedious task of adding
each area. I have 30 plus cds which have 50 plus areas on each.

ohhhh... yeah, i can see that...

I have done a few already and can see it is going to take me a
LONG time.

yeah, i've always done these chores manually and written them off as part of the task of setting up and configuring a system... once it is done, that's another task removed from the TODO list ;)

Programs like addrom do the trick nicely but it doesn't work on ra
2.50+. I was hoping someone had found a quicker way of doing it.

i'm trying to remember if i ever looked at addrom... i think i did way back but
still had to manually edit the areas for some reason... probably security or groups or some such... but then i'm kinda weird in how i want my CD rom areas laid out... even areas that get imported into my system via allfix have to be edited... mainly because it doesn't place them in the sequence where i want them placed... it seems to always put them into the first free area instead of at the end or at least in the same area group as the template i told it to use...

Thank you for your reply,

one possibility might be to install an older RA that addrom works with and then
convert those file areas database files up to 2.6's format... i don't know if that would work well, though... i would attempt it in another set of directories well away from your install you are working on now... and make sure
that you don't have any RA environment variables pointing to your final installation... essentially you would have another, older install, set up the files areas, then upgrade it to 2.5 or 2.6... check that the file areas upgraded properly and then copy the file areas files over... files.idx, fgroups.idx and the files/hdr/*.*, files/idx/*.* and files/txt/*.* database files...

i don't know who wrote addrom but if the sources are pascal and available, i could try to update it with the new structures if no one else could or wanted to... i still have a working compile environment for TP6 and TP7 ;)

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yeah, i've always done these chores manually and written them off as
part of the task of setting up and configuring a system... once it
is done, that's another task removed from the TODO list ;)

I have always done things the same way but when I was given an entire bbs collection of CDs things changed...:)

one possibility might be to install an older RA that addrom works
with and then convert those file areas database files up to 2.6's format... i don't know if that would work well, though... i would
attempt it in another set of directories well away from your install
you are working on now... and make sure that you don't have any RA environment variables pointing to your final installation...

I did try that trick but for some reason areas created by addrom became corrupted after the upgrade. I'm not sure exactly why....


If only RA came with a command-line utility for adding areas :)

Thanks bud

Grant

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yeah, i've always done these chores manually and written them off
as part of the task of setting up and configuring a system...
once it is done, that's another task removed from the TODO list ;)

I have always done things the same way but when I was given an
entire bbs collection of CDs things changed...:)

i hear that :)

speaking of bbs cd collections, i've been looking, for years, to find the set that had the RADIST areas on it... there were only maybe three or four cds with
those areas... i haven't found them so i can replace what i lost of my RA files
years back in a crash... i don't remember what set it was that did it but i'm sure that it wasn't night owl and there's another one that wasn't it but i can't think of the name... the time period would be back before ronnie toth passed away... she was the one that started and maintained the RADIST areas...

one possibility might be to install an older RA that addrom works
with and then convert those file areas database files up to 2.6's format... i don't know if that would work well, though... i would attempt it in another set of directories well away from your
install you are working on now... and make sure that you don't
have any RA environment variables pointing to your final
installation...

I did try that trick but for some reason areas created by addrom
became corrupted after the upgrade. I'm not sure exactly why....

ewww... that's weird... all the other areas were fine? just not the ones created by addrom??

If only RA came with a command-line utility for adding areas :)

i hear that... i had something i was working on years ago but shelved it for various reasons... i might see if i can find it in the mountain of code stashed
behind the door...


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I did try that trick but for some reason areas created by addrom became corrupted after the upgrade. I'm not sure exactly why....

ewww... that's weird... all the other areas were fine? just not the
ones created by addrom??

I have had better luck a second time around with using addrom with RA 2.02. This time it is working so I am going to try a few different importing utilities to see which will make this process faster. Not sure why it didn't work the first time, maybe I forgot to change the RA environment or something :)

I will let you know how I got on :)

Grant

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On 04/16/15, Grant Tattersall pondered and said...

I will let you know how I got on :)

I have visions of you working away until the wee small hours getting this sorted Grant.. followed by the satisfaction of knowing you nailed it. Best of luck.

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I have visions of you working away until the wee small hours getting
this sorted Grant.. followed by the satisfaction of knowing you
nailed it. Best of luck.

I will be spending a lot of time doing it thats for sure! But you're right, it will be satisfying to have it done :)

Grant

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speaking of bbs cd collections, i've been looking, for years, to find
the set that had the RADIST areas on it... there were only maybe
three or four cds with those areas... i haven't found them so i can replace what i lost of my RA files years back in a crash... i don't remember what set it was that did it but i'm sure that it wasn't
night owl and there's another one that wasn't it but i can't think
of the name... the time period would be back before ronnie toth
passed away... she was the one that started and maintained the RADIST areas...

I have found a great source for finding the old CDs. Its a good collection containing heaps of CDs for BBSs. You can find it here: cd.textfiles.com

You might just find those CDs there...

Grant

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speaking of bbs cd collections, i've been looking, for years, to
find the set that had the RADIST areas on it... there were only
maybe three or four cds with those areas... i haven't found them
so i can replace what i lost of my RA files years back in a
crash... i don't remember what set it was that did it but i'm
sure that it wasn't night owl and there's another one that wasn't
it but i can't think of the name... the time period would be back
before ronnie toth passed away... she was the one that started
and maintained the RADIST areas...

I have found a great source for finding the old CDs. Its a good collection containing heaps of CDs for BBSs. You can find it
here: cd.textfiles.com

BTDT...

You might just find those CDs there...

sadly, they don't have the one's i've been looking for either :(


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