Settting Up PCContact\Windows

(These instructions assume that you already have Dynacomm set up on 
        your system, or that you've installed the Dynacomm working model
        demo.)

1) Copy PCC6.DCP and PCC6.DCT into the DCP subdirectory of your Dynacomm 
        directory (generally called DYNACOMM if you've installed the full
        version of Dynacomm, or DCDEMO if you've installed the working model
        demonstration.)

3) Copy all files with a DCM extension into the DCM subdirectory of your 
        Dynacomm directory.

4) Copy all files with a DAT extension into the DAT subdirectory of  
        your Dynacomm directory.
        
5) Copy ACCOUNT.INF into the DAT subdirectory of your Dynacomm directory.

6) Copy PCC1.DCS into the DCS subdirectory of your Dynacomm directory.

7) Copy CBAR1.BMP into the DAT subdirectory of your Dynacomm directory.

8) Run Dynacomm

9) Use the Script Execute command to execute "PCC6.DCP"

10) Select the setup button to set account and communications options.

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MENUS

Online options:

The Terminal button will provide you with standard terminal access to 
CIS. This option will be enhanced in the future to provide additional 
navigational help.

The AutoServe button will provide you with automated, scripted access to the 
PCContact forum. When selected it opens a dialog box entitled "Script" which 
allows you to specify which functions it should perform online. The Options 
button of the Script dialog box provides additional control over Library 
and Forum options.

Once the Script dialog is closed the script will be executed. 

Offline options:

Setup was discussed above.

Library provides off-line access to forum files, allowing you to specify 
files for uploading and downloading.

Mail provides off-line mail services.

Forum provides off-line management services for forum messages.

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TIPS for Using PCCONTACT\Windows

1) Use the Options button on the Script dialog to deselect those file 
libraries or message areas that don't interest you.

2) Checking for new files is the most time-consuming part of the on-line
process, so you should probably only select this option on the Script
dialog once a week or so. The script asks PCCONTACT to
list all files since the last time you obtained a file list, not the
last time you connected, so there is no danger of missing a new file
listing.

3) Use the Terminal option to explore other Ziffnet and Compuserve
forums.

4) The script does not currently support transfer of BINARY mail
messages. If someone sends you a binary file via Compuserve's mail 
service, you'll find the message listed in PCContact's mail listing,
but the message will only read "Message is Binary". To retrieve the file,
reconnect to PCContact using the Terminal option, type GO MAIL, and 
download the file using the protocol of your choice. 

5) The forum messages dialog uses a batch delete method. When you select
the delete button your message will be marked with the letter "D" at the 
beginning of its listbox entry. You can unmark it by pressing the delete
button again with the listbox highlight bar on that message. When you 
select the Return to Menu button you'll be given the option of erasing
all the marked messages or of unmarking them. 

The Library and Mail don't utilize this method yet, although it will 
probably be implemented in a future version of the script.

6) If you want to run the PCContact script automatically whenever Dynacomm
is run, rename PCC6.DCT to AUTOEXEC.DCT.