Subj : Re: *.msg format To : mark lewis From : Scott Adams Date : Mon Mar 17 2003 05:54 am -=> Quoting mark lewis to Scott Adams <=- SA>> Yeah for awhile I've been trying to get the right SA>> Jam structures out ther eto do some quite proggie. SA>> But unfournately theres alot of 3rd party stuff SA>> out there to find the right format is difficult. ml>> actually, its not the datafile structures that are the problem(s)... ml>> it is the methods of accessing those datafiles and what stuff has to ml>> be done in what order and such... SA> Well i can do the access stuff easy if i can just get SA> the data file structures :) ml> i dunno... i guess it depends on what one is doing... an example is ml> editing a message... if you edit an existing message, a new header ml> record is created that points to the message body and the old header ml> record is marked deleted... when packing the base, the nondeleted ml> headers are copied to the new file and the message bodies that match ml> are copied to a new body file... pointers are adjusted as necessary... ml> much easier to acquire the MKSRCMSG package... its got all this stuff ml> figured out and available already... there's even a sample program or ml> two... one of them "converts" message bases between those available... ml> BTW: those are *.MSG (SDM), HMB, SQU, JAM, and old(er) EZYcomm... Well what I'm wanting is rather simple compared to the file edits really. HMB? Never heard of that..oh wait.. I seem to recall vaguely..where was it..man that must be a decade or more ago..where was it...hmmm.. can't recall... SA> But those that I do SA> have around here all have a bit of conflicting methods SA> and structures slightly. ml> wierd... where'd you get them from? Actually just my collection of code 'stuff' over the years. Plus the TG sources have it but for some reason its not well...structured :) .... "You want to tell me what it is?" - Garibaldi --- Fringe BBS * Origin: EWOG II - The Fringe - 904-733-1721 (1:112/91) .