Short: WWW browser HTML's from Scion Genealogy dbs's Author: Harold H. Ipolyi Uploader: ipolyi ev1 net (Harold H Ipolyi) Type: util/rexx Architecture: m68k-amigaos Lastrev: 29 Jun 2001 latest: index window is now single column for easier perusing deltas: Added "index" button, changed "¶" and "®" links to buttons since version "15 Dec 1999": FRAMES
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URL:      http://ddw-rh.dyndns.org/~ipolyi/scion.html
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 to INSTALL: just drag Scion2html.rexx & its ICON into REXX:
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 to RUN: first: load a Scion data base

         then: double click Scion2html.rexx icon

          or:  in an AmigaShell:
                   rx REXX:Scion2html.rexx

          or:  Scion  "Settings"  menu item:  "Set Function Keys..."
                 set one of the Function Keys to:
                   rx REXX:Scion2html.rexx

          or:  I use the following AWeb execution commands:
 
To remake the HTML Genealogy: Load and, convert into HTML's; then connect and upload to on-line provider.
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Scion Genealogist © Rob Akins (biz/dbase/Scion.lha) is comprehensive, easy to use, and provides Arexx ports for extracting data. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scion2html.rexx can repeatedly and painlessly recreate HTML files from entries in Scion data bases for cross-platform viewing via Mosaic, etc. Scion2html.rexx can also create AmigaGuide style ".guide" hypertexts _____________________________________________________________________________ GfxCon © Dirk Farin (gfx/conv/gfxcon.lha) is used to make Thumbnails from Scion data base pictures as links to Picture Albums _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Prerequisites: Scion V 4.07+ © Rob Akins ARexx (of course :) rexxsupport.library ( WB disk:libs ) rexxarplib.library ( aminet:util/rexx ) HTML/WWW browser (AMosaic, Mosaic, ... ) also: (to incorporate and display in-line pictures) GfxCon V1.7+ © Dirk Farin ( must be in: Sys:Tools) Amiga OS 3.0+ for displaying picture datatypes _____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: The directory suffix for the AmigaGuide files has changed from A to AG Internal links prevent simple renaming of [....]A to [....]AG _____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: To allow HTML customization of ( ¶ ) info files, i.e. P{IRN}.DBNAME and F{IRN}.DBNAME files, Scion2html.rexx will now remove certain HTML tags,

, when writing guide & text files.
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     PN{IRN}.DBNAME files are used to generate the ( ¶ ) info files.

     PICTURES from [P|F]P{IRN}.DBNAME are links to Picture Albums ( ® )

                  (please see PP & FP Notes later)
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                                    Tested:

|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|	on Amiga3000 Kickstart v.37.175 Workbench v.38.35
|    assume   |	&  Amiga3000 Kickstart v.40.68  Workbench v.40.42
|  TradeMarks |	w/ Scion Version 3.06 & Mosaic1.2NoNet
|      &      |	w/ Scion Version 3.13 & Mosaic1.3betaAmitcp
|  CopyRights |	w/ Scion Version 4.07 & Mosaic2.0Prerelease
|     as      | w/ Scion Version 5.07 & AWeb Version 3.1
| appropriate |	HTML file compatibility tested on: 
|_____________|	HotJava, Netscape (Sun), Netscape (Mac)

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                          |    Bugs:     (eeeek!)   |
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 | Scion2html.rexx only recognizes the first Scion ARexx port name: "SCIONGEN"|
 | If additional copies of Scion are running concurrently, they are ignored.  |
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 |     If a new Thumbnail format is selected, the user must manually edit     |
 |       the Picture Album files to reflect the new Thumbnail suffixes.       |
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 |          /      The reasoning behind this restriction is:      \           |
 |         /¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\          |
 |        /  The Picture Album files may have been  User  modified  \         |
 |       ( and must therefore be protected against auto-regeneration )        |
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