BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 02-13-93 (14:14) Number: 385 From: SCOTT WUNSCH Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: MsgSplit 2.00 Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Part 2 of MSGSPLIT.BAS - continued from last message...
OPEN FileName$ FOR INPUT AS #1
LinesOut = Reserve + 1
OnMsgNumber = 1
LPP = LPP - 4 ' lines per page
DO
Temp$ = LTRIM$(STR$(FileOutNum))
IF BW THEN
Ext$ = "000": MID$(Ext$, 4 - LEN(Temp$)) = Temp$
ELSE
Ext$ = Temp$
END IF
OPEN OutN$ + "." + Ext$ FOR OUTPUT AS #2
IF OnMsgNumber > 1 THEN
PRINT #2, "Part"; OnMsgNumber; "of "; FileName$; " - continued"+_
" from last message..."
PRINT #2,
ELSE
PRINT #2, " Part one of "; FileName$; "..."
PRINT #2, "________O_/________________________| SNIP"+_
" |______________________\_O_______"
PRINT #2, " O \ | HERE | "+_
" / O"
PRINT #2,
END IF
TooLong = False
FOR Trans = LinesOut TO LPP
IF NOT EOF(1) THEN
IF Trans = LinesOut THEN
DO: LINE INPUT #1, Buf$
LOOP WHILE LEN(Buf$) = 0
ELSE
LINE INPUT #1, Buf$
Buf$ = RTRIM$(Buf$)
END IF
Tb = INSTR(Buf$, Tab$) 'remove those dang chr$(8)s (tabs)
IF Tb THEN
DO
Buf$ = LEFT$(Buf$, Tb - 1) + TabSub$ + MID$(Buf$, Tb + 1)
Tb = INSTR(Tb, Buf$, Tab$)
LOOP WHILE Tb
END IF
Wrapping:
IF LEN(Buf$) > 80 THEN
FOR A = 75 TO 40 STEP -1
IF MID$(Buf$, A, 1) = " " THEN
WrapPoint% = A: EXIT FOR
END IF
NEXT A
QuotesOn% = 0: Quote$ = CHR$(34)
FOR A = 1 TO WrapPoint%
IF MID$(Buf$, A, 1) = Quote$ THEN QuotesOn% = NOT QuotesOn%
NEXT A
IF QuotesOn% THEN
Long$ = Buf$
Buf$ = LEFT$(Buf$, WrapPoint% - 1) + Quote$ + "+_"
ELSE
Long$ = Buf$
Buf$ = LEFT$(Buf$, WrapPoint% - 1) + "_"
END IF
IF NOT ((Trans = LPP) AND LEN(Buf$) = 0) THEN
PRINT #2, Buf$
END IF
Buf$ = MID$(Long$, WrapPoint%)
IF QuotesOn% THEN Buf$ = Quote$ + Buf$
IF LEN(Buf$) THEN GOTO Wrapping
END IF
IF NOT ((Trans = LPP) AND LEN(Buf$) = 0) THEN
PRINT #2, Buf$
END IF
END IF
NEXT
IF NOT EOF(1) THEN
PRINT #2,
PRINT #2, "Continued on next message..."
ELSE
PRINT #2,
PRINT #2, "________O_/________________________| SNIP"+_
" |______________________\_O_______"
PRINT #2, " O \ | HERE | "+_
" / O"
PRINT #2, " Line wrapping and message splitted accomplished by"+_
" MsgSplit 2.00,"
PRINT #2, "a Victor Yiu and Scott Wunsch creation."
PRINT #2,
END IF
IF TooLong THEN
Continued on next message...
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