{P MM> QWK: MM> Can anybody write for me or send me a unit that reads QWK packets??? I've wrote my one: NOTE: Here some bugs can be found.Report me as soon as you check that. ---8<--- Begin QWKUSE.PAS ---8<--- } Unit QWKUse; Interface USES DOS,CRT; Type QWKHead=Record NOM :ARRAY [0..6] Of Char; Date:ARRAY [7..$e] Of Char; Time:ARRAY [$f..$13] Of Char; to_:ARRAY [$14..$2c] Of Char; From:ARRAY [$2d..$45] Of Char; Subj:ARRAY [$46..$6a] Of Char; NOR :ARRAY [$6b..$72] Of Char; NOMB:ARRAY [$73..$78] Of Char; Res :ARRAY [$79..$7e] Of Char; End; MessageBlock=Array[1..128] Of CHAR; CONST CrLf=#13#10; Function GetMessageLength(msg:QWKHead):BYte; Procedure GetMessageTime(msg:QWKHead;Var Hour,Minute:Byte); Procedure GetMessageDate(msg:QWKHead;Var DD,MM,YY:Word); Function MessageNumber(msg:QWKHead):Word; Function NumberOfReplay(msg:QWKHead):WORd; Function Replay(msg:QWKHead):Boolean; Procedure NormalCrLf(Var s:String); Procedure DelChr(c:Char;S:String); Implementation Procedure DelChr; Var a:Byte; Begin For a:=1 To Length(s) Do If s[a]=c Then Begin Delete(s,a,1);Dec(a);End; End; Function GetMessageLength; Var s:String; c:Integer; len:Byte; Begin s:=''; s:=s+msg.nomb; DelChr(' ',s); Val(s,len,c); Dec(Len); GetMessageLength:=len; End; Procedure GetMessageTime(msg:QWKHead;Var Hour,Minute:Byte); Var s,s1:String; c:INteger; Begin s1:='';s1:=s1+msg.time; s:=Copy(s1,1,2); Delete(s1,1,3); Val(s,hour,c); Val(s1,Minute,c); End; Procedure GetMessageDate(msg:QWKHead;Var DD,MM,YY:Word); VAR s,s1:String; c:INteger; Begin s1:='';s1:=s1+msg.date; s:=Copy(s1,1,2); Delete(s1,1,3); Val(s,mm,c); s:=Copy(s1,1,2); Delete(s1,1,3); Val(s,dd,c); Val(s1,yy,c); End; Function MessageNumber(msg:QWKHead):Word; Var s:String; w:Word; c:Integer; Begin s:=msg.nom; DelChr(' ',s); Val(s,w,c); MessageNumber:=w; End; Function NumberOfReplay(msg:QWKHead):WORd; Var s:String; w:Word; c:Integer; Begin s:=msg.nor; DelChr(' ',s); Val(s,w,c); NumberOfReplay:=w; End; Function Replay(msg:QWKHead):Boolean; Begin Replay:=NumberOfReplay(msg)<>0; End; Procedure NormalCrLf(Var s:String); Var b,a:Byte; BEgin b:=Pos('',s); While b<>0 Do Begin Delete(s,b,1);Insert(crlf,s,b);b:=Pos('',s);End; End; End. ---8<--- End QWKUSE.PAS ---8<--- And here is example of usage: ---8<--- Begin QWKPMG.PAS ---8<--- Program QWK_PMG; Uses CRT,Objects,PMG_Str1,QWKuse; Const box:Array [1..5] Of String=( 'From:', 'To :', 'Subj:', 'Date:', 'Time:'); VAR Mes:Array [1..700] OF PString; MsgPtr:Array [1..100,1..2] Of LongINT; f2,f1:File; current,Total:Word; Header:QWKHEAD; a:Integer; c:Char; Function FillStr(c:Char;a:Byte); Var S:String; b:Byte; Begin s:=''; For b:=1 To a s:=s+c; FillStr:=s; End; Procedure Draw; Var fields:Array [1..5] Of String; a:Byte; Begin Fields[1]:=''+Header.from; Fields[2]:=''+Header.To_; Fields[3]:=''+Header.Subj; Fields[4]:=''+Header.Date; Fields[5]:=''+Header.Time; TextColor(Cyan); For a:=1 To 5 Do WriteLn(box[a]); TextColor(Red);GotoXY(40,1);Write('Message '); TextColor(White);Write(Current);TextColor(red); Write(' of ');TextColor(White);Write(TOtal); TextBackGround(White);TextColor(Black);GotoXy(1,25); Write('"+" - next message "-" - previouse message.',FillStr(' ',35)); TextBackGround(Black); TextColor(LightGreen); For a:=1 To 5 Do Begin GotoXY(6,a);Write(fields[a]); End; TextColor(White);WriteLn(Crlf,FillSTR('Ä',79),CrLf); End; Procedure ReadMsg(n:LongInt); Var b,a:Byte; CurMsgPtr:LongInt; MsgBuf:MESsageBlock; s:String; Begin Current:=n; Seek(f1,MSgPtr[n,2]); BlockRead(f1,Header,SizeOf(Header)); ClrScr; Draw; b:=0; FOR a:=1 To GetMessageLength(Header) Do BEGin BlockRead(f1,MsgBuf,128); s:='';s:=s+MsgBuf; NormalCrLf(s); While (Pos(CrLf,s)<>0) Or (s<>'') Do BEGin Inc(b); DisposeStr(MES[b]); While Pos(CrLf,s)=1 Do Delete(s,1,2); If Length(s)=0 Then s:=' '; If Pos(CrLf,s)<>0 Then Mes[b]:=NewStr( Copy(s,1,Pos(CrLf,s)-1) ) Else Mes[b]:=NewStr(s); If pos('>',Mes[b]^)<>0 Then TextColor(LightGray) Else TextColor(Cyan); IF Pos(CrLf,s)<>0 Then WriteLn(Mes[b]^) Else Write(Mes[b]^) ; If WhereY>22 Then Begin GotoXY(1,WhereY+1); Write('Press any key to continue ...'); ReadKEY; ClrScr; Draw; End; If Pos(CrLf,s)<>0 Then Delete(s,1,Pos(CrLf,s)+1) Else s:=''; End; End; End; Procedure InitPStrings; Var a:Word; s:String; Begin s:=FillSTR(' ',128); For a:=1 To 700 DO Mes[a]:=NewStr(s); End; Procedure InitMsgBase; Var a:word; Begin Seek(f1,$81); a:=1; While Not Eof(f1) Do Begin MsgPtr[a,2]:=FilePos(f1); BlockRead(f1,Header,SizeOf(Header)); MsgPTR[a,1]:=MessageNumber(Header); Seek(f1,Filepos(f1)+128*GetMessageLength(Header)+1); Inc(a); End; Total:=a-1; END; Begin Assign(f1,'messages.dat'); Reset(f1,1); InitMsgBase; a:=1; REpeat ReadMsg(a); c:=ReadKey; If c='+' Then Inc(A); If c='-' Then Dec(A); If a<1 Then a:=Total; if a>Total Then a:=1; UNTIL c=#27; End. ---8<--- End QWKPMG.PAS ---8<---