anyone know about?

Area:    Quik_Bas
  Msg:    #719
 Date:    06-16-92 18:00 (Public) 
 From:    Coridon Henshaw          
 To:      David Yale               
 Subject: anyone know about?       

In a msg on <Jun 07 11:47>, David Yale of 1:141/535 writes:

 DY> I am looking for two things for QB:

 DY> 1- data structures fro MAXIMUS BBS (squish message structures 
 DY> specifically). I have the C source, but if someone has already 
 DY> converted them that would be a real time saver.
Here's a full reader:
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TYPE SQIDX      ' .SQI file: one of these per message (12 bytes)
  Offst  AS LONG ' A signed INTEGER with a min of -65553 and a max of +65535
  UMSGID AS LONG
  Hash   AS LONG
END TYPE

TYPE SQBASE     ' .SQD database header (256 bytes): 1 per .SQD file
  SLEN    AS INTEGER ' A signed INTEGER with a min or -
32767 and a max of 32767
  RSVD1   AS INTEGER
  NUMMSG  AS LONG       ' No of msgs in area
  HIMSG   AS LONG       ' Highest msg number (same as NUMMSG)
  SKIPMSG AS LONG       ' # of msgs to protect from autoKill
  HiWater AS LONG       ' Highwatermark
  UID     AS LONG       ' # of next UMSGID to use
  BASEID  AS STRING * 80' Name (incl path) of this message base
  FBEGIN  AS LONG       ' Offset to 1st frame
  FLAST   AS LONG       ' Offset to last frame
  FFBEGIN AS LONG       ' Offset to 1st free frame
  FFLAST  AS LONG       ' Offset to last free frame
  FEND    AS LONG       ' Offset to end of file
  MAXMSGS AS LONG       ' # of msgs to keep
  MAXDAYS AS INTEGER    ' # of days to keep msgs for
  SZSQHDR AS INTEGER    ' Size of SQHDR (32 bytes)
END TYPE

TYPE SQHDR
  ID     AS LONG
  NEXTF  AS LONG
  PREVF  AS LONG
  FLEN   AS LONG
  MsgLen AS LONG
  CLEN   AS LONG
  FTYP   AS INTEGER
  RSVD   AS INTEGER
END TYPE

TYPE SQMESSAGE    ' The message Header, as it appears in a Squish area
     ATTRIB     AS LONG
     From       AS STRING * 36'Fixed length string, with 
the length of the number after the "*"
     Dest       AS STRING * 36
     Subj       AS STRING * 72
     OrigZone   AS INTEGER
     OrigNet    AS INTEGER
     OrigNode   AS INTEGER
     OrigPoint  AS INTEGER
     DestZone   AS INTEGER
     DestNet    AS INTEGER
     DestNode   AS INTEGER
     DestPoint  AS INTEGER
     BINDATES   AS STRING * 8
     UTCOFST    AS INTEGER
     ReplyTo    AS LONG
     Replies    AS STRING * 40
     DateMsg    AS STRING * 20
END TYPE

DIM Index AS SQIDX
DIM DataBase AS SQMESSAGE
DIM Pickup AS SQHDR
DIM Header AS SQBASE

COLOR 14, 1
CLS

LINE INPUT "Squish message BASE path: ", Name$
IF Name$ = "" THEN BEEP: END

IF INSTR(Name$, ".") <> 0 THEN
        SquishIndex$ = MID$(Name$, 1, INSTR(Name$, ".")) + "SQI"
        SquishDataBase$ = MID$(Name$, 1, INSTR(Name$, ".")) + "SQD"
ELSE
        SquishIndex$ = Name$ + ".SQI"
        SquishDataBase$ = Name$ + ".SQD"
END IF

IF DIR$(SquishIndex$) = "" OR DIR$(SquishDataBase$) = "" THEN
        PRINT "File Not Found"
        BEEP
        END
END IF

OPEN SquishIndex$ FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 12
OPEN SquishDataBase$ FOR BINARY AS #2

GET #2, 1, Header

PRINT "Enter message number (" + 
LTRIM$(RTRIM$(STR$(Header.HiWater))) + " Max): ";
INPUT ; "", Number
PRINT

IF Number = 0 OR Number > Header.HiWater THEN
        PRINT "Bad Messsage Number"
        BEEP
        END
END IF

CLS

SEEK #1, Number
GET #1, , Index
SEEK #2, Index.Offst + 1
GET #2, , Pickup
         
PRINT "     ID: "; HEX$(Pickup.ID)
PRINT " Length: "; LTRIM$(STR$(Pickup.MsgLen))

SEEK #2, Index.Offst + 29
GET #2, , DataBase

PRINT "   Date: "; DataBase.DateMsg
PRINT "   From: "; DataBase.From
PRINT "     To: "; DataBase.Dest
PRINT "Subject: " + MID$(DataBase.Subj, 1, 70)

LOCATE 7, 1
PRINT STRING$(80, "Í");
VIEW PRINT 8 TO 25
Flag = -1
Message$ = STRING$(Pickup.MsgLen - 230 - 28, " ")
GET #2, , Message$

Xlen = LEN(Message$)
FOR X = 1 TO Xlen
        Mchr$ = MID$(Message$, X, 1)
        IF Mchr$ = CHR$(1) THEN Mchr$ = CHR$(13) + CHR$(1)
        IF Mchr$ = CHR$(0) THEN Mchr$ = CHR$(13)
        PRINT Mchr$;
        IF CSRLIN >= 24 AND Flag = 0 THEN
                COLOR 14 + 16, 1
                PRINT "Press Any Key"
                A$ = INPUT$(1)
                COLOR 14, 1
                CLS
        END IF
        Flag = 0
NEXT
VIEW PRINT
COLOR 14 + 16
PRINT
PRINT "Press Any Key"
A$ = INPUT$(1)
COLOR 14, 1
CLS
END

'Ok, now for the explanations: the two main files are 
<name>.SQD and <name>.SQI.
' The first structure is for the .SQI file (you can open 
that one as RANDOM with
'a length of 12); the others are for the .SQD file (which you open as BINARY).
'
'There is a one-to-one correspondence between records in .SQI and the (non-
'deleted) messages.  You want message #25: just read the 25th record from the
'.SQI file into the SQIDX-dimensioned variable.  Then, use 
the offset SQI.OFFST
'+ 1 to read the SQHDR-dimensioned variable (the SQI offsets start at 0 but QB
'treats the first byte in a BINARY file as byte 1).  This SQHDR is 28-bytes
'long, and it is immediately followed by the 230 bytes of the SQMSG-defined
'variable (the message header), and SQD.MSGLEN bytes of message text.
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 DY> 2- A library or example code for writing QB commmmunication programs 
 DY> access a FOSSIL driver.
I'll have one out soon, but not PD.  Nor am I going to release source.  But 
if your just looking for info, get a hold of FSC-0015.* 
from a Fido board.

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