Product Name:   Info
     Version Number: v1.0
     Documentation:  ----

     Info is a multi-user Bulletin Board. 
     By default all users will be allowed to post information and 
     delete only the information the user has posted previously. An 
     Info-manager is privileged to delete all information. 
     Info is written in VAX Fortran under VMS 4.2 for VTx type terminals.
     The same image can access different data files for different 
     bulletin boards.      
          
     Info consists of the following files:

         Initialize_info_center.com

         Info_center.exe         Info_center.for
         New_messages.exe        New_messages.for
         
         Info_center_items_keys.fdl
         Info_center_items.fdl
         Info_center_key_owners.fdl
         Info_center_flagged_readers.fdl


     The procedure initialize_info_center.com will install the
     Info Center in a user specified area.  The procedure  requires
     a set of fdl files which describe the structure of the
     indexed files used by the info center. All files needed reside in
     lib:[lib.info].
     The installation can be done over DECnet. The procedure takes the 
     node name information from the lexical F$GETSYI. This may cause
     some problems under VMS 4.2. in which case one has to tailor the
     procedure.
     In order to secure the integrity of the information it is necessary
     to INSTALL the image with systems privileges. The image requires 
     write access to indexed files containing all information. With 
     privileges this can be restricted to write access for the process 
     only while running the image. The initialize_info_center procedure
     does not take care of this.


     The initialize_info_center prompts for the following information:

     product name:   any name of less than 36 characters which describes
                     the Info Center. The name should not contain spaces.

     area:           area of product. The disk name should be included.
                     The Nodename, however, should not be included.
                                          
     symbol:         symbol name through which a user can access the 
                     bulletin board.

     manager:        name of an account that can delete all information.

     create:         create will prepare new ( and empty ) data files.


     The user can access the Info Center after installation with the setup
     procedure, created by the initialize_info_center procedure.
     The setup can be done over DECnet and the Info program can be accessed
     over the DECnet as well. Issue the command:

     @(node::)disk:[directory]setup

     This will setup the symbol and check for new messages.