Welcome to the download calculator overview.

If you want to make your life easy, but haven't got your postfile.scr running,
unzip dlcalc.zip to a directory, change to that directory, and then run
@icom.scr. It'll install the download calculator script as well as provide
a demo, online help, etc... Otherwise, copy dlcalc.scr to your script
directory and read through the following to figure out what it does.

NOTE: if you want to run the download calculator from a function key, rename
dlcalc.scr to one of the following:

For key    Rename dlcalc.scr to
  F2       00015360.scr
  F3       00015616.scr
  F4       00015872.scr
  F5       00016128.scr
  F6       00016384.scr
  F7       00016640.scr
  F8       00016986.scr
  F9       00017152.scr
  F10      00017408.scr
 
Overview:

The download calculator is a script which reads a selected tagger database
and computes the following:

    Total number of files to download
    Total number of bytes to download
    Estimated download time (*)
    Name of the largest file to download
    Size of the largest file to download
    Name of the smallest file to download
    Size of the smallest file to download

(*) Note: The Estimated download time can only be calculated if the average
download rate has been defined. You can compute this by looking at your
.use files and computing the average download CPS (characters per second).
Then, enter Intellicom, select Intellicom Setup followed by
File Tagger Settings and fill in your average download rate at the
File Transfer Speed [CPS] prompt. The download calculator uses this
variable for its calculations.

Installation:

This install script will automatically copy the download calculator script
to your script directory. You can override the default script directory
by selecting the Change Install Directory option from the main menu.
By default, the script will be copied to the default script directory.

Select the Install Script option of the main menu to install the script.
When installing, you have the choice of either installing the download
calculator as a standard script (dlcalc.scr), or it can be renamed to  
be executed from a function key.

If you elect to install the script to execute from a function key, you
will be prompted to select the desired function key. Note: If you select
a function key which is already in use, you'll be prompted before overwriting.
The install script will then copy the download calculator to the appropriate
key code for the desired function key.

For ease of use, I strongly recommend installing the download calculator
to a function key.

Sample Operation:

Here's a sample scenario of how I use the download calculator. First,
I enter Tagger and select the files that I want to download. Then,
I press F10 (where I have the download calculator installed) to pop up
the download calculator. It then prompts for the tagger database to
search (by default this is NEWFILES). After selecting the database,
the download calculator computes and displays the various download
statistics. That's all there is to it!

For people who don't want to run the script from a function key, press
ALT-U to load the script editor and run DLCALC.SCR. Note that
the script can be run at any time.

Well, that's about it. And now for the payment details...

Payment Options:

As a lot of work went into this script (the install script took longer to
write that the actual program being installed), I want:

A) A million dollars
B) A fridge with a lock on it
C) Huuuuuuuuuge pectoral muscles

Oh OK, it's yet another FREE script. Anyone who wants money for writing
rinkydink scripts needs their head examined.

Enjoy!

P.S. Please send any comments, criticisms, enhancements to:

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