FileName ~ This is the name of the file you have downloaded from a system. Path is not needed as in future versions there will be a path specified as part of the config.  FileDate ~ This is the date of the file you have downloaded. Depending on whether or not you chose to use file or todays date on imports, this may be the actual file date or the date it was imported into the Database.  Recieved From ~ This is where you have downloaded this file from. You will only ever download it once from a system, so only one entry is required.  Sent To? ~ This is where you specify the systems you have uploaded this file to. You may have up to 10 in your list. If you need more entries, we have allowed dupe lists to be maintained so you may enter another entry for that file. It will always be right beside the current entry as it would be sorted into the base at the same spot you are in.  Description ~ You may insert up to 8 lines for a description for this file. Congruent to the standard for File Id Files, this may be used to insert the file id file into the database. Also, you may hit F10 to send this description over the modem on the comm port you have selected, while you are online, so you won't have to type out any descriptions.  Search According to FileName ~ Here you may enter any part of the program name and SST will search for a match. If SST finds a match , it will take you to the record and show it to you. Please note that any subsequent searches will default to the filespec you specified last and will search from this point onward, looping through at the end of the base, but stopping at the next match it finds. You may search more than once if the first time did not find the exact match you were looking for, knowing it will pick up from this point onward.  Delete All Files NOT in Database? ~ Answering Y - es to this option tells SST to delete all files in the current working directory which are not found in your files database. SST will automatically skip its own "DAT" file when deleting. This is handy for "Cleaning Up" old entries which are now deleted and not wanted in your list.  Delete Records Marked for Deletion? ~ Answering Y - es to this option tells SST that you want to delete or "Purge" the records marked "deleted" from your database file. Please note that this is only for "tagged" files.  Delete Files as Well as the Deleted Records? ~ Answering Y - es to this option tells SST that you want to remove the files from the current working directory which are marked as deleted. This option works with the Delete Records function so using this option will ensure ALL files will be deleted from your directory as well as being purged from your database. Mark This File as Tagged? ~ This tells SST that the Tagged flag for this file is marked. This means that you will be able to perform global functions on this file from the global menu at a later time. This marker is retained, so leaving the program and re entering it will still retain the tagged status.  Port to Use for All Comm Writes ~ This is your comm port you are currently using. You may change this at any time, even if you are already in the program, the changes take place immediately.  Adopt Files in Dos Dir not in DataBase? ~ This tells SST to adopt files found in dos in your current working directory which are not already found in your database. If you do not use DSZ for your logging and are not importing the dsz logs into the database, you may wish to instead use this so that you are insured of having all the files in your database at all times. Adopt New Downloads Found in DSZ.LOG? ~ This tells SST to check your envoironment variable for the DSZLOG variable and, if found, the file will be opened and scanned for any new downloads you have made since the last time you invoked SST. This is insured because the log file is deleted after the import. The only way for this to work properly is if you have the envoironment variable DSZLOG set and if you use the DSZ program for your file transfers. If not, you may disable this feature. Delete Records not Found in DOS Dir? ~ This tells SST to delete any records that are not existant in the DOS directory. Note that only the curent working directory is included. This is handy to "Clean Up" databases which haven't been used for a while in which files may have been deleted and now you want the extraneous records deleted.  Path to Move Files To? ~ This is a fully qualified path you want to move your files to. This may be any DOS path and must exist in order for this function to work. SST will bark up and tell you if it does not exist. Move Just Records to Another Base. ~ This is so you may move some of your records to another directory. Please note that this only move the records, not the actual files themselves, for that you must use either move both or move files. Move Both Files and Records to Alternate Dir. ~ You may move both files and their respective records to an alternate directory. Delete Just Files from Directory which are Tagged? ~ You can delete just the files which are tagged, but the records for these files remain in the database. Delete Just Records from DataBase ~ This tells SST to only remove the tagged records, and not the files. Delete Both Records and Base ~ SST will delete both the records and the filenames from the specified work directory. Import All File Id Files ~ This tells SST to import all file id files for records which are tagged. Note that this may be a lengthy process if you have a large database(over 200)  Enter New Work Dir ~ You may specify any DOS directory for a new current working directory. SST will tell you if it does not exist. Move Just Files to an Alternater Directory ~ SST will prompt you for a fully qualified pathname for you to move these files to. Note that only the files get moved, NOT the records.  Quit, Return to Main Screen. ~ This tells SST to quit the global functions screen and return to the main screen and the main program functions. Use File Date or Todays Date? ~ Valid input is either an F or a T. If you select F you are telling SST that you want it to use the actual file date on the DOS file for use in the database instead of using T, Todays date, which will automatically be calculated. Delete Upload (DSZ) File after Successful Import? ~ This tells SST that you would like it to delete the DSZLOG file after it has processed it, so you may prevent duplicate entries finding their way into your database. You would usually not need to maintain an old DSZLOG file, so it is common to see this set to Y. Insert Desc File or Prompt after using F10? ~ You may use F10 to send the current records description over your comm port,if configured properly in config, Alt-C -> StartUp -> Comm Port, a comm port to use. Whether or not you specified a comm port, this tells SST that you wish to send your optional file(or just prompt, if the file does not exist) info over the modem after the description. This is handy if you like to be a ham and advertise yourself or something you wish to advertise. You may maintain any vanilla text file, but please be warned, most sysops do not appreciate large descriptions with these types of entries in them, so discretion is advised.  Carriage Return after Last F10 Line? ~ After SST has finished sending the description, you may specify it to send an extra "Hard Return". This is in case you are usually on systems which prompt you for a filename first for uploading in which the prompt will just "Sit" (on the remote end) there at the end of the description expecting you to hit enter before going on to the next file. This makes the upload tagging for batches more smoothly as you can stay in SST during the whole batch tagging process.                          Frequently Used Commands` Space - Toggles Tag, Current Record` F3    - Tag All Records in Database.` F4    - Un-Tag all Records in Database.` F5    - DOS Shell` F6    - View DOS/TERM Screen Currently in Use.` F7    - Manual Adopt of Files in Current DOS Dir not in Database.` F8    - Add Curent Record to Upload Batch File.` F9    - Transmit FileName Over Comm Port(modem).` F10   - Transmit File Description over Comm Port(modem).` Ins   - Add Record.` Alt B - Delete Current Upload(Batch).` Alt C - Config.` Alt D - Delete Current Record.` Alt E - Batch Editor` Alt G - Global Menu.` Alt I - Import Current Records File Id, if Any.` Alt S - Searching` Alt T - Toggles.` Alt W - Change Current Work Dir. Path/FileNames ~ Here you may enter specific directories for either your startup operation or for your comm port etc.  Toggles ~ Menu for system switches, clock, timers, date stamps etc.  Startup ~ This specifies the startup parameters. You can tell SST to do certain default operations on program startup, which include things as import DOS files, clean up database etc.  Exit ~ This drops the config section back to the main interface screen. ESC will also work for this.  Beep Console on Errors, Bad Keys? ~ You now have a rather annoying beep when you make a mistake of any sort, but you can disable it here by entering "N".  Reset Tags on File Moves? ~ This tells us whether or not you would like the tag, after the record is updated, to have the "N" instead of the "Y" in the tagged field?  12 or 24 Hour Clock/ Interface Screen ~ The little clock can be set to show either a 12 or 24 hour clock here. Matter of preference, really.  Path/FileName of AddFile ~ You may insert any file you like into an archive, either one file at a time or all the files using the global function. This is a fully qualified path and filename of a file that will be added to the archive. Up to six archiver types are supported, ARJ,ARC,ZIP,ZOO,LHA(LZH) and PAK.  Default Startup Directory? ~ You may, IF you do not specify a path on the command line, use this directory as your startup directory, meaning this will be the default when you do not specify a directory on the command line.  Please note that if you do not specify either a command line directory OR a startup directory, SST will look for a subdirectory off the current one called WORK. If it does not exist, SST will create it and place a FILES.DAT in that directory for you automatically.  Prompt or Description File ~ SST will first look to see if this is actually a filename that exists. If not, it will use the line as a prompt instead, and if chosen on the toggles menu, will be inserted after the description when you press F10 to send the description over the modem. This would only work, of course, if you were actually online, otherwise, you would just see it at random on your DOS screen.  Path/FileName of DSZ Upload File ~ SST will maintain a DSZ style file that you may use with your DSZ protocol to automate your upload process. By pressing F8 you will automatically add the current filename and path to the list specified in this field.  Insert Addfiles to Archives ~ This tells SST to insert your addfile into every archive the base has in it, from beginning to end, but only including tagged files as this is part of the global menu. Please note that you can also press ALT-O (or Output to) to add the file to just this record. TimeOut in Seconds ~ You can have SST automatically exit after a certain time period has elapsed with no keyboard activity. This is active only during the main screen and will give you a last chance of 10 seconds after the specified time has elapsed to press a key or SST will close off the database and exit.  Batch Editor Help System ~ [Insert]  - Adds an Empty line at this point, ready for Edit.` [Delete]  - Deletes the current entry at scroll bar position.` [PageUp]  - Up 20 Entries.` [PageDn]  - Down 20 Entries.` [Enter ]  - Edit current entry, file checking active.` [ESC   ]  - Quit, exit batch editing session.` [F9    ]  - Sends filename over Modem.` [F10   ]  - IF current Database holds this record,`             DESC goes over modem.` ~ You will always be prompted whether you want to save the changes or not. You must remember that SST cannot send descriptions for files not already in this current database.  Batch Editor Help System - Input Fields ~ You are now in edit mode. Here you may only edit the current line and cannot access the main commands until you are done and press enter or ESC.  Path for this AreaName? ~ This is the actual path that will be used by the QuickList system. When you select the corresponding name, this path will then be used for that move, report etc.  Quick List Name you would like to use for this Entry. ~ Here, we are setting up some default areas so that when you are doing such things as moves, reports etc, you have an easy way to select a few directories you very often use by listing your most frequently used directories. Here you are prompted for the actual name you will see on the list, throughout the program, but not the patth.  Reports Section ~ Here you may generate reports based on certain criteria to a disk file for viewing later or printing.  Available Commands ~ UpArrow - Move up the list one record` DnArrow - Move down the list one record` Escape  - Exit, back to entry prompt` Enter   - Select current highlighted directory` F1      - This Help File  Report on All Files in Database ~ This report will include all files in the database regardless of their tagged status. You will see how many files were found as well as other info found in the records.  Reports based on Tagged Files ~ This bases the generated report on the tagged files in this database. You may specify the file this report should go to. If the file already exists, it will be appended, if not, a new one will be created and the report generated.  Reports based on Files found in DOS ~ This is actually totally unrelated to the database, but looks for files in the dos directory of this database and includes them in the list regardless of the status of the database, and the file dates included are the dos dates found, not from any database entry.  Quick List Section ~ Here you may select some work directories for quick reference later, during the program. An example of this is in the move files global sections or the Change current working directory, (Alt-W). You have to specify the name you would like to use for the particular area so that SST can display it to you when it is prompting you for a file area to send this file to.  Import File Id when Adopting from DOS? ~ This tells SST to also import the file id file automatically while importing files from DOS. This can be a lengthy process, especially if you have a large number of files to adopt.  Disable Timeout Function? ~ You can optionally disable the timeout function by setting this to "Y". You will then not recieve the 20 second warning nor be dropped out of the program when the timeout is reached.  "List" or "Full" Mode on Startup? ~ SST has two ways of viewing the data. Although the full screen has more info about each file on the screen, the "List" mode allows you to view up to 20 files on the screen at any given time, making it easier to use with the comm port functions.  Line Limit for DESC F10 ~ You can inadvertantly send more lines over the modem to the remote than what they will allow, creating quite a mess, so this allows you to have a "Cap" on the number of total lines you actually send, so that you may change this on the fly if you find you are on a board where the number is different from your config.  Path to your Backup Directory ~ At certain times during operation, SST may find a database to be corrupt or may prompt you whether you wish to backup certain data files. You may also tell SST to automatically backup all files that change during operation. They will then be placed into the backup directory with the directory name as the database name. For example, if SST found a corrupt database in C:\SST\DATA and your backup dir was C:\SST\BAK, SST would then place a file called "DATA.BAK" into your backup directory. Keep Backups of all your DataBases? ~ This tells SST to keep backup files in your backup directory. This directory is specified in the Paths/FileNames section of Config. 