Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:49:39 -0400   
   From: CHRIS CRANFORD   
   To: TODD COCHRANE   
   Subject: RE: Netmail/wcWEB   
   Newsgroups: win.server.wish.list   
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   On 11/12/02 10:47 AM, TODD COCHRANE wrote to CHRIS CRANFORD:   
      
    Fidomsg.wcx is a program written by Santronics for Platinum Xpress.  I   
    have written my own fidomsg.wcx; however it interfaces with other    
    software products I use here instead of PX :o)...   
      
   Chris   
      
   -> If someone could make the fidomsg.wcx a little more robust I would be   
   -> happy..   
   ->    
   ->    
   -> -> Hector -   
   -> ->     
   -> ->   Do you think it would be possible to incorporate creating of netmail    
   -> ->   messages via the WEB interface as a core piece of functionality to   
   -> ->   Wildcat!?     
   ->    
   -> ->   If not I understand, but what I had visioned would be the current    
   -> ->   template checks the mailarea type.  If it's a netmail area, the   
   -> ->   template would display two text boxes (each next to the to/from user   
   -> ->   names) in the form.    
   ->    
   -> ->   Since the ansi side looks for fidomsg.wcx to run when creating netmail,   
   -> ->   I would think there could be a variable that represents whether    
   -> ->   html-fidomsg.wcx existed.  If so, then the template would also show   
   -> ->   a button with like "..." as the caption that spawns a popup window    
   -> ->   which runs the html-fidomsg.wcx hook.     
   ->    
   -> ->   The html-fidomsg.wcx hook would be a custom module that we'd need to   
   -> ->   write ourselves that parses or reads a nodelist data file and gives   
   -> ->   the user the option to select a nodelist entry to send to/from.     
   -> ->   When the selections are made, the data is set in the calling form and   
   -> ->   the popup window is closed.   
   ->    
   -> ->   Since the fields for the node numbers are text boxes, the user could   
   -> ->   also just type in a FTN-address in 3D/4D/5D format that the create   
   -> ->   message code parses and sets in the message header.   
   ->    
   -> ->   If you want me to modify the code for the hooks and submit it to you,   
   -> ->   I'll be welcome to in order to try to push this into the core    
   package.  I   
   -> ->   know you want to keep things consistent regardless of connectivity    
   type,   
   -> ->   and I think it's a step in that direction.  I also realize that this is   
   -> ->   a very LOW LOW item on the list of things to change/add to WINSERVER   
   -> ->   which is why I'm willing to put it together and submit it to ya if that   
   -> ->   is what works the best for you.   
   ->    
   -> ->   Thoughts?   
   -> ->   Chris    
      
       
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