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                          Online Archive Master
                          (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 William J. Dykstra
                          Version 6.0
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                              H E L P    F I L E
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     Online Archive Master allows you to view the contents of archives on
     the BBS without having to download the file(s) first.  You may read
     text files within the archives, and you may also extract individual
     files to be downloaded separately.


     The Main Menu
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     Group Change
     Area Change
     File Listing
     View Archive
     Help
     Info
     Contents of Extract File
     Quit


     Group Change:  Some BBSes have several file groups setup.  This option
                    allows you to change file groups, allowing you to view
                    files from all available file groups on the BBS.

     Area Change:   This option allows you to change file areas, allowing you
                    to view files from all available file areas on the BBS.

     File Listing:  This will display a listing of all the files in the
                    currently selected file area.
                    You may choose to view one of the listed files by entering
                    the filename of the archive to view, or by entering a #
                    sign, followed by the 'tag number' of the file you want
                    to view.  Each filename is displayed with a number beside
                    it.  This number is the tag number.

     View Archive:  View an archive file.  You will be prompted for the
                    filename of the archive to be viewed.  Enter the file-
                    name of the file you want to view.  Only the current
                    file area will be searched, so be sure you are in the
                    proper file area before trying to view a file.   To list
                    the available files, use the File Listing command.

                    You may use wildcards when entering the name of the file
                    to view.  Example:   GAME.ZIP or GA*.* are both accepted.

                    NOTE:  You may enter the file NUMBER (displayed to the
                    left of the filename) rather than the filename, if you
                    prefer.  You *MUST* enter a '#' sign before the number,
                    or the program will assume you are entering a filename.
                    Example:  #3 would view the file with file number 3 
                    displayed beside it. 


     Help:          Displays this help file.

     Info:          Displays some program information, such as the author's
                    credits, current version number and date, and where the
                    latest version can be found.

     Contents of Extract File:
                    This will view the archive "EXTRACT.ZIP".
                    This file will contain any file(s) that you already
                    extracted.   Extracting a file from an archive places
                    it in EXTRACT.ZIP, allowing you to download specific
                    files from an archive, rather than downloading the entire
                    archive.

     Quit:          This will exit the program and return to the BBS.



     When you are viewing an archive file, you will have several options
     available to you.   These options are:

     Read:     This option allows you to read a text file that is inside the
               archive.  This is very handy for finding out what exactly a
               program does BEFORE you take the time to download it!

     Extract:  This allows you to "remove" specific file(s) from the archive
               to be downloaded separately.   This can save you from down-
               loading a very large archive file when all you really needed
               was the documentation, for example.  All files that are
               extracted are placed in a file called EXTRACT.ZIP.

     Top:      This simply displays the files within the archive, starting
               at the top of the list.

     Next:     Shows the "next page" of files, if there are more files in
               the archive than will fit on one screen.

     Prev:     Shows the "previous page" of files within the archive.

     Flag:     This allows you to flag one or more files.  You can flag
               several files, and the read or extract the flagged files.

     Unflag:   Unflag flagged files.

               * When using the FLAG and UNFLAG options, you may enter
                 several file numbers on one line.  Separate each number
                 with a space or a comma.

                 Example:  File(s) to be flagged: 1,2,4,10


     Quit:     Quit and return to the main menu.

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     Note that on some systems, the main menu will NOT appear.  This is
     due to the method in which the program is used.  Some systems have the
     program setup as RemoteAccess' internal archive viewer, which allows
     you to view archive files directly.  This will directly show the
     desired archive, without having to change file areas and type the
     filename, so the main menu is not needed.

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     Special thanks to all the Beta testers of Online Archive Master v6.0.
     (listed in no particular order)

     Richard Sharp      Glen Appleton       Bob Oliver    Jason Tackaberry
     Chuck Corvec       Steve Lanning       David Bate    Don Oldenburg
     Scott Miller       Terry Partigianoni  Nemrod Keden  Jon Sider
     Paul Hunter        Andrew Leary        Dan King      Eric Staufer
     Bert Kennedy

     Your help was needed, and you did great!  Thanks muchly.
     (Besides, you got to play with the program months earlier than the rest
     of us!)

     Thanks to everyone (not just the beta team) for their suggestions and
     ideas!  You've helped make Online Archive Master what it is today!
     Special thanks to Bob DaCastello for his suggestions and insight.

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     Online Archive Master
     (C)opyright 1992, 1993, 1994 William J. Dykstra
     Version 6.0

     The BillBoard BBS
     (905) 898-2443
     14.4k v.32b
     Newmarket, ON Canada

     Fidonet 1:250/932
     Internet: bill.dykstra@canrem.com
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