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 Message 13109 
 GRYPHON to ALL 
 New Mystic MPL - New File 
 31 Jan 19 19:20:24 
 
Hello All!

I have a tiny, little MPL utility that you all might find useful.  I call it,
"Files Since Last Call".   It's a little utility that I use to announce to
callers how many files have been uploaded, and in which directories, since
their last call.  I place this in my prelogin menu.

MCI codes may, or may not show up correctly, so you may need to do some
editing on that front.

Just download with the 'X' command, take out all this unwanted text, and
compile it.

fslc.mps
-----8<--------------------
Uses Cfg
Uses User
Uses FBase

Type
  RecFileList = Record
        FileName  : String[70];
        Size      : LongInt;
        DatTim    : LongInt;
        Uploader  : String[30];
        Flags     : Byte;
        Downloads : LongInt;
        Rating    : Byte;
        DescPtr   : LongInt;
        DescLines : Byte;
End;

Var Files        : RecFileList
Var TotFiles        : Integer
Var Ok2,Ok        : Boolean = True

Function ReadListEntry(FN:String;I:Integer):Boolean
Var Ret        : Boolean=False
Var Fp        : File
Begin
        fAssign(Fp,CfgDataPath+FN+'.dir',66)
        fReset(Fp)
        If IoResult = 0 Then Begin
                fSeek(Fp,(I-1)*SizeOf(Files))
                If Not fEof(Fp) Then Begin
                        fRead(Fp,Files,SizeOf(Files))
                        Ret:=True
                End
                fClose(Fp)
        End
        ReadListEntry:=Ret
End

Procedure Main
Var Done        : Boolean = False
Var I,H        : Integer
Var S                : String
Begin
        H:=1
        While GetFBase(H) Do Begin
                If ACS(FBaseACS) Then Begin
                        I:=0
                        TotFiles:=0
                        While ReadListEntry(FBaseFN,I+1) Do Begin
                                If Files.DatTim >= UserLastOn Then Begin
                                        TotFiles:=TotFiles+1
                                End
                                I:=I+1
                        End
                        If TotFiles > 0 Then Begin
                                If Ok Then Begin
                                        WriteLn('|CR ::: There are new files
si ce your last visit:|CR')
                                        Ok:=False
                                        Ok2:=Ok
                                End
                        WriteLn(''+PadLt(Int2Str(TotFiles),5,' ')+ ' new file(s
 in ' + FBaseName)
                        End

                End
                H:=H+1
        End
End

Begin
        GetThisUser
        Main
        If Not Ok Then Write('|CR |PA')
End
-----8<------------------------

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