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 :)


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