Hello Alan Beck!

** On Tuesday 30.03.21 - 09:50, Alan Beck wrote to all:

Hi,

How do I update my nodelist properly within Winpoint?

I know I can download it to an obsure directory.

Welcome back.

I thought you "figured out" WinPoint a long time ago.

Winpoint requires manual steps to accomplish the nodelist
inclusion and updates. But from what I can remember, you need
to make Extras/Options/Nodelist to look like this:

https://susepaste.org/84517042

..where all the expected files are in the /DistribNL directory.

..and, since your point is in Zone 1, you should put "1" in the
last field where I have "2".

Then, when all that is copacetic, all you have to do is:

Fidonet /Process Nodelists (or Shift+Ctrl+L)

Then.. when you invoke the handy nodelist viewer with F9, you
should see what you expect.

HTH.

BTW... Winpoint now has its own echo: WINPOINT. Maybe hook to
that while you're at it. ;)


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Hello Alan Beck!

** On Tuesday 30.03.21 - 09:50, Alan Beck wrote to all:

Hi,

How do I update my nodelist properly within Winpoint?

I know I can download it to an obsure directory.

Welcome back.

I thought you "figured out" WinPoint a long time ago.

I tend to forget

Winpoint requires manual steps to accomplish the nodelist inclusion and updates. But from what I can remember, you need to make Extras/Options/Nodelist to look like this:

https://susepaste.org/84517042

..where all the expected files are in the /DistribNL directory.

..and, since your point is in Zone 1, you should put "1" in the last field where I have "2".

Then, when all that is copacetic, all you have to do is:

Fidonet /Process Nodelists (or Shift+Ctrl+L)

Then.. when you invoke the handy nodelist viewer with F9, you should
see what you expect.

HTH.

BTW... Winpoint now has its own echo: WINPOINT. Maybe hook to that while you're at it. ;)

I am on Winpoint and glad for it.

I am sure there are more things I don't get.

Your method of getting the nodelist is new to me.

Worth printing out.

Cheers,

Alan

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--- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
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Hello Alan Beck!

** On Tuesday 30.03.21 - 09:50, Alan Beck wrote to all:

Hi,

How do I update my nodelist properly within Winpoint?

I know I can download it to an obsure directory.

Welcome back.

I thought you "figured out" WinPoint a long time ago.

Winpoint requires manual steps to accomplish the nodelist inclusion and updates. But from what I can remember, you need to make Extras/Options/Nodelist to look like this:

https://susepaste.org/84517042

Where exactly do I put this link?

It did not work just calling it a nodelist.

Alan



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Hello Denis!

** On the 06.04.21 at 13:30, you wrote:

And what I must to do to see NODELIST in Winpoint?
I add NODELIST.256 file via WinPoint Interface, but not change "2" to
"1".

At the very least, the NODELIST.### files should be in the
Winpoint\DistribNL directory.

Perhaps other Winpoint users can elaborate.


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Hello August!

*** Thursday 08.04.21 at 20:42, August Abolins wrote to All:

** On the 06.04.21 at 13:30, you wrote:

And what I must to do to see NODELIST in Winpoint?
I add NODELIST.256 file via WinPoint Interface, but not change "2" to
"1".

At the very least, the NODELIST.### files should be in the Winpoint\DistribNL directory.

Perhaps other Winpoint users can elaborate.

I'm receiving this echo from two different BossNodes but, as yet, I
haven't seen the message you're replying to. I don't see it on Tommi's
NNTP offering either.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Denis!

** On the 09.04.21 at 15:14, you wrote:

Even I change Zone "2" to "1" anc Ctrl-Shift-L(again)
WP says:
09.04.21 15:11:16 Beginne Diffing
09.04.21 15:11:16 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 15:11:16 Beginne Verarbeitung
09.04.21 15:11:16 Datei nodelist.* nicht gefunden!
09.04.21 15:11:16 Fehler beim ?ffnen der Nodeliste nodelist !
09.04.21 15:11:16 Datei POINTS24.* nicht gefunden!
09.04.21 15:11:16 Fehler beim ?ffnen der Pointliste POINTS24 !
09.04.21 15:11:16 0 doppelte Eintr?ge gel?scht
09.04.21 15:11:17 Systemnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 15:11:17 Sysopnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 15:11:17 Standorte erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 15:11:17 Verbindungsinformationen erfolgreich gespeichert. 09.04.21 15:11:17 Hauptindex erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 15:11:17 Fertig.

Afrer it by pressing F9 i see also
"0 von 0 Eintragen angezeigt
...
"

It looks like you did not put the NODELIST.### in
\Winpoint\DistribNL

The nodelist HAS to be in that specific directory.

http://pics.rsh.ru/img/wp-nl2_r0p6opo0.jpg

Your best best to get more help with this is in the WINPOINT
echo.

;)


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Hello Martin!

** On Friday 09.04.21 - 12:52, you wrote:
^^^^^

Cool.. we are about 5 hours distant, indeed.

I'm receiving this echo from two different BossNodes but,
as yet, I haven't seen the message you're replying to. I
don't see it on Tommi's NNTP offering either.

My reply was actually in netmail, and I cc'd it here.

I just thought that Denis' queries would land on more eyes here.

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Hello Denis!

** On the 09.04.21 at 16:04, you wrote:

Ok. Now NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINT\DESTRIBNL Directory.
I delete in setup all (nodediff, archive, Pointlists), exclude Nodelist nodelist But Wp says:
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Diffing
09.04.21 16:00:51 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Verarbeitung
09.04.21 16:00:51 Datei nodelist.* nicht gefunden!
09.04.21 16:00:51 Fehler beim –ffnen der Nodeliste nodelist !
09.04.21 16:00:51 0 doppelte Eintr¤ge gelæscht
09.04.21 16:00:51 Systemnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Sysopnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Standorte erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Verbindungsinformationen erfolgreich gespeichert. 09.04.21 16:00:51 Hauptindex erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Fertig

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

What do you see when you press F9?


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Hello August!

*** Friday 09.04.21 at 09:37, August Abolins wrote to All:

Hello Denis!

** On the 09.04.21 at 16:04, you wrote:

Ok. Now NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINT\DESTRIBNL Directory.

Ah, he hasn't installed WinPoint in the default installation directory,
which is fine but under such circumstances, he needs to "tell" WinPoint
where to find the nodelist. Perhaps he hasn't done that?

I delete in setup all (nodediff, archive, Pointlists), exclude Nodelist
nodelist But Wp says:
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Diffing
09.04.21 16:00:51 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Verarbeitung
09.04.21 16:00:51 Datei nodelist.* nicht gefunden!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WinPoint can't find the nodelist file!

09.04.21 16:00:51 Fehler beim –ffnen der Nodeliste nodelist !
09.04.21 16:00:51 0 doppelte Eintr¤ge gelæscht
09.04.21 16:00:51 Systemnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Sysopnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Standorte erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Verbindungsinformationen erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Hauptindex erfolgreich gespeichert.
09.04.21 16:00:51 Fertig

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

Can't imagine why it reported SUCCESS when clearly it didn't work. Perhaps that's a WinPoint reporting bug?

Dale, are you listening? :-))

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** On Monday 12.04.21 - 10:54, you wrote to me:

I delete in setup all (nodediff, archive, Pointlists), exclude Nodelist

nodelist But Wp says:

09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Diffing
09.04.21 16:00:51 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Verarbeitung
09.04.21 16:00:51 Datei nodelist.* nicht gefunden!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WinPoint can't find the nodelist file!

Hmmm. I think I ran into this problem in the early days of my
use of Winpoint. I seem to recall that Winpoint NL compilation
would *ONLY* work by looking into into its \Winpoint\DistribNL
directory.

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

Can't imagine why it reported SUCCESS when clearly it
didn't work. Perhaps that's a WinPoint reporting bug?

See above.
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//Hello August, //

*12.04.21* *7:17:00* in area *WINPOINT*
*Martin Foster* Theme *"updating the nodelist winpoint"*.

I delete in setup all (nodediff, archive, Pointlists), exclude Nodelist

nodelist But Wp says:

09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Diffing 09.04.21 16:00:51 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Verarbeitung 09.04.21 16:00:51 Datei
nodelist.* nicht gefunden!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WinPoint can't find the nodelist file!

Hmmm. I think I ran into this problem in the early days of my use of Winpoint. I seem to recall that Winpoint NL compilation would *ONLY* work by looking into into its \Winpoint\DistribNL directory.

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

Can't imagine why it reported SUCCESS when clearly it didn't work.
Perhaps that's a WinPoint reporting bug?

Again!
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\DISTRIBNL Directory AND
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINTNL Directory.
Is this ok?


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Hello Denis Mosko!

** On Monday 12.04.21 - 17:25, Denis Mosko wrote to August Abolins:

Again!
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\DISTRIBNL Directory AND
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINTNL Directory.
Is this ok?

If C:\WP is your legitimate Winpoint installation directory,
then that would be fine. But make sure that the little folders
in "Extras /Options /Nodelists" point to C:\WP\DistribNL

It may be a subtle difference, but maybe your directory name has
to be "\DistribNL" and not "\DISTRIBNL"

My installation ended up being in a default location:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\WinPoint

And the NL directory is \DistribNL right after that.

The program is happy with that.

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Hello Denis!

*** Monday 12.04.21 at 17:25, Denis Mosko wrote to August Abolins:

I delete in setup all (nodediff, archive, Pointlists), exclude
Nodelist

nodelist But Wp says:

09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Diffing 09.04.21 16:00:51 Diffing beendet
09.04.21 16:00:51 Beginne Verarbeitung 09.04.21 16:00:51 Datei
nodelist.* nicht gefunden!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WinPoint can't find the nodelist file!

Hmmm. I think I ran into this problem in the early days of my use of
Winpoint. I seem to recall that Winpoint NL compilation would *ONLY*
work by looking into into its \Winpoint\DistribNL directory.

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

Can't imagine why it reported SUCCESS when clearly it didn't work.
Perhaps that's a WinPoint reporting bug?

Again!
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\DISTRIBNL Directory AND
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINTNL Directory.
Is this ok?

The nodelist should not be in the "WINPOINTNL" directory, that directory
is for the nodelist index files which WinPoint creates after it processes
the nodelist.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello August!

*** Monday 12.04.21 at 16:58, August Abolins wrote to Denis Mosko:

Again!
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\DISTRIBNL Directory AND
I have NODELIST.256 IN C:\WP\WINPOINTNL Directory.
Is this ok?

If C:\WP is your legitimate Winpoint installation directory, then
that would be fine.

But make sure that the little folders in "Extras /Options /Nodelists" point to C:\WP\DistribNL

Yep, that's *very* important.

Regards,
Martin

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09.04.21 16:00:51 Fertig

"erfolgreich gespeichert" means "saved SUCCESSFULLY"

Can't imagine why it reported SUCCESS when clearly it
didn't work. Perhaps
that's a WinPoint reporting bug?

Dale, are you listening? :-))

I am here, have been playing catch up. So even thou the nodelist is in the wrong place it is reporting successful?


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