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   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   [SemPoint] Message areas not showing   
   27 May 19 19:23:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d8d05db7   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d8d2175c   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 27.05.19 - 13:10, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> 05/26/2019  05:13 PM     4,294,967,371 FIDOTEST.JHR   
    AA>> 05/26/2019  05:13 PM                32 FIDOTEST.JLR   
      
    MF>Yep, same thing happened with me after deleting a bunch of messages.   
    MF>---------- 8< ----------   
    MF>27/05/2019  09:52     4,294,967,371 points.jhr   
    MF>---------- 8< ----------   
      
    MF>Oh Joy! :-(   
      
   Looks like JAM is not doeable with SEM.  Thank's for confirming the same     
   problem.   
      
      
    AA>> The above problem does NOT happen with a Squish base.   
      
    MF>I've seen enough with the huge .jhr file, thanks.   
      
   You're giving up because of broken of JAM support in SEM?   Why not try     
   Squish?   
      
   Meanwhile I found this little gem, but sadly it fails:   
      
   C:\SEM\MESSAGES\test>fmacopy   
      
   FMA Message base copy utility built Mar 21 2003, 21:38:18   
   Written by Pete Kvitek of JV Dialogue 1st BBS, 2:5020/6@fidonet   
      
   Usage: FmaCopy   [options]   
      
          /A[areatag]   - add ^aAREA: kludge   
          /N[z:n/n.p]   - default network address (from Fts, Pkt)   
          /O[z:n/n.p]   - origination network address (to Pkt)   
          /D[z:n/n.p]   - destination network address (to Pkt)   
          /C            - clear target base before copy   
          /V            - verbose mode   
          /G[file|*|#]  - log to file, * to debugger, # to console   
      
   Message base type is specified using the base path extension.   
   Supported bases: *.msg (add backslash), Squish, JAM and Pkt.   
      
      
   C:\SEM\MESSAGES\test>fmacopy fidotest.jdt fidotest.sqd   
      
   Copying 192 msgs in fidotest (JAM) to fidotest (Squish)...   
   Copying msg 1 of 192   
   Can't save target message 0, error=7   
   Done... 0 msgs in fidotest (Squish)   
      
   C:\SEM\MESSAGES\test>   
      
   ----------8<----------   
      
   Do you know of any other messagebase converters out there?   
      
      
    MF>If you still have Fido Package Deluxe installed..   
      
   I do.   
      
      
    MF>...all the husky stuff   
    MF>is in there. There's everything you want(and more) in \Binkley\hpt   
    MF>including an already configured and working hpt config file. Just copy   
    MF>it all over to your SemPoint setup and then change the paths in the   
    MF>hpt config file accordingly. There may be other bits 'n bobs that need   
    MF>editing too.   
      
   I don't think I have the stamina to patch SEM with husky stuff.   
      
   I looks like FPD creates the "config" based on the settings in the main     
   program.  I don't think I would want to re-edit that file each time there     
   is a change to the echo list.   :(   
      
   Fastecho seems more practical at this juncture.   
      
     ../|ug   
      
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