TT2Fizz - TeddyTerm to FizzBill Log Converter - v2.0 - FreeWare """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" What's FizzBill? """""""""""""""" FizzBill is a program that will calculate how much you have spent on you comms phonebill, when using the Freeze Dried Terminal program. I wrote FizzBill for my own use, but soon realised that quite a lot of other people wanted to see how much they have spent on their calls. What's TeddyTerm? """"""""""""""""" Who better than Mark Matts to tell you...(from the TeddyTerm docs)... -------------------------------- >8 ------------------------------------ Teddy-TERM v1 originally started life as a simple shell program to allow you to use external protocols such as XYZ.TTP and Jekyll easily from within Vanterm. As time passed it was obvious Vanterm was not going to be developed any further so after many requests to extend Teddy-TERM v1 into a self contained terminal program I decided to take the bait and try it. The main driving force behind wanting to start programming Teddy-TERM v2 was that I could learn more about the ST's methods of communicating with the outside world and secondly more about using the excellent extended GEM handling routines written by Gregor Duchalski. The result of many hours work is now presented to you in the form of Teddy-TERM v2, it has finally grown up into a fully functional communications terminal which will support many of the external protocol programs available as well as ANSI, VT100 and VT52 terminal emulations. One of my main goals with Teddy-TERM v2 was to make it as easy to use as possible for anyone who is new to ST comms, also to make it easily adaptable for anyone already experienced in ST comms who were still looking for their ideal terminal program. I know there are many more terminal programs available with many more features, a lot of them much better, some more confusing to use, but in practical comms, how many of the extra features are really useful? -------------------------------- >8 ------------------------------------ What's TT2Fizz? """"""""""""""" This program will convert the System log file from TeddyTerm v2.12 into a format that FizzBill can read. Although TeddyTerm v2.12 has a built in call coster, which is fine for most people, I thought it would be a nice idea to get a more detailed list of calls made with TeddyTerm. Using TT2Fizz """"""""""""" First you might need to modify some of your TeddyTerm options: o Bring up the popup menu (left mouse button) o Select the 'Terminal Settings' option. o Make sure the 'Use System Log File' option is ON o Save the settings Next you will need to modify the config. file, that TT2Fizz will read when run. Here's an example of the ascii TT2FIZZ.CFG file... D:\TTERM212\T_TERM2.LOG ! Path & Filename TeddyTerm Log D:\BTLOGS\ ! Path to write converted logs NO ! Delete TeddyTerm Log file [YES/NO] The 1st line is the path & filename of TeddyTerm's System Log file. The 2nd line is the path of where TT2Fizz will write the converted files, Note that you MUST create this folder yourself. The 3rd line tells TT2Fizz to delete the TeddyTerm log AFTER the calls have been converted, if you put YES in the line. I'd start off with NO in this line, until your sure everything is working ok, after which modify this to YES. Note that one version of the log file is kept BEFORE deleteing ie. TTERM_2.OLD You will now be told that the TeddyTerm log file is being read. If any calls have been found then TT2Fizz will tell you the date that the call was made and will write the information to a log file. For example, if you made a call on 1-Jan-1994 then the log created will be called TT940101.LOG. You should now have some TTyymmdd.LOG files, all you do now is run FizzBill... Problems/Comments """"""""""""""""" TT2Fizz v1.0 (which was released with FizzBill v2.3) read the capture buffer files, made by TeddyTerm v2.10. This version (v2.0) of TT2Fizz will NOT work with v2.10, since it no longer reads the capture buffer files. If you find any problems with TT2Fizz or want any improvements made to the program then why not send me a message, to any of the following networks... +----> InterNet: Steve.Basford@mettav.royle.org <----+ | NeST: 90:102/108 ~ TurboNet 100:1011/0.10 | | FidoNet 2:254/108.10 ~ AtariNet 51:502/100.10 | +----> A mouse is an elephant built by the Japanese. <----+