The Bishop22 Subspace Manager
                        Version 1.50


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mailto:bishop22@pobox.com
http://www.globalserve.net/~nisus
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(NOTE - See file REVISION.TXT for revision history)

If you use this program, PLEASE SEND ME FEEDBACK!  I love to hear
from you guys (and the odd gal).  Have a comment?  Suggestion?
Think this program blows?  TELL ME!  I thrive on input.  I don't
get out much, seeing as how I'm a Troll and live in a dark cave
and eat mushrooms all day.  :)

(The Bishop22 Subspace Manager hence forth known as B22SM)

** REQUEST... I NEED HELP! **
Anyone want to volunteer to write a Win95 Help File for me?
Anyone want to design an Icon for me?
You'll get FULL credit for your work.

SPECIAL THANKS to Descension (slave1@mindspring.com) for
the graphics/logo he designed for me.

Here's some quick stuff to get you started.  First, you will
need the file MSVBVM50.DLL in your Windows/System directory.
I didn't include it here because its kinda big.  If you do
NOT have it, you can get it here:

www.globalserve.net/~nisus/download/msvbvm50.zip

Ok, the first time you run my program, you'll be asked to
tell it the location of your Subspace.exe.  Simply
press the BROWSE button and locate it.

When the program starts up, it will load the current
Subspace registry settings.

IMPORTANT! - I highly suggest you SAVE these settings right
away to a .bsm file.  Do this by selecting File->Save As
from the menu.  For now, all .bsm files must be saved/read
from the same path you installed B22SM to.

Basically, you set all the options you want, and SAVE them
to a .bsm file.  Make a different file for different
macros (League, War, Running, etc.).  Also, for those you who
use multiple aliases, this is very usefull as well.  AND, not
sure how many this applies to, but if there are multiple SS
players using your machine, each person can have their own
.bsm file with all the SS settings the way they like it.

As well as saving all the settings to a .bsm file, the B22SM
also saves just your macros to your Subspace directory in a
plain text format, readable by the ?loadmacro command in
Subspace.  The name of this file will be the same as the .bsm
file, but with an extension of .ssm (SubSpace Macro).  There
is also the ability to "Import" a plain text file into B22SM
using the File->Import command.  This will allow easy trading
of macro files to be included in your .bsm profile.

Cool eh?  :)

Now, instead of running the subspace.exe file when you want
to play, you'll run B22SM instead and load the settings you
want, then press the big button to run Subspace.

BUT WAIT!

There's a much easier way to use your .bsm's once you have
them setup.  You can start the B22SM with a command line
switch to load a .bsm file, then launch SS!

Simply create multiple shortcuts to B22SM.EXE with the
command line, as follows:

<drive>:<B22SM install path>\B22SM.EXE /lr:<bsmfilename>.bsm

eg:

c:\games\SSMGR\B22SM.exe /lr:c:\bsmfiles\mywarzone.bsm

Thats it!  ('lr' stands for load/run).  When you use this
method, you will not see any of the user interface to B22SM.
The program will simply load your .bsm file, transfer the
settings to Subspace (registry), and launch Subspace.

==================================================================
 The Log Utility
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To bring up the log editor/filter, simply choose "Log Utility"
from the menu bar.

I think everything is fairly self explanatory on this screen.
You have the ability to filter our certain types of messages.
You can also choose to include or exclude any pilot name you
wish contained in the currently loaded log file.

The log window, include list and exclude list all have menus
you can bring up by right-clicking your mouse within the
respective window.

You can change the font that is used to display the log in
the "Options" menu.

Any changes you make to included message types, or the
include/exclude player list must be applied before you can
see the changes.  Press the "Apply Filter" button to do this.
If you have a fast machine, or a small log file, you may wish
to have these changes show up immediately, without the need
for you to click the button.  You can set this in the
"Options->Apply Filter Immediately" menu option.


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To uninstall B22SM (whatever for?), just go to the control panel
and use Add/Remove programs.

How much am I charging for the finished product?  $0.00.
This is my gift to the Subspace community.  :)

Thats about all I can think of at the moment...

Full docs will be coming soon.

Have fun with this,
Bishop22
bishop22@pobox.com