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╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Forum Menu Maker (FMM) v1.0 ║ ║ Especially for Gap BBSes ║ ║ running the MainMail door ║ ║ Copyright 1993, Exhibit A Communications ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝ ┌─────────────┐ │ About FMM │ └─────────────┘ Tired of constantly having to re-create your forum menus everytime you add/delete/move a forum in GAP? Wish there was an easier way to divide your forum menu into seperate menus for each network? Well them Forum Menu Maker (FMM10.ZIP) is just for you! This handy little utility is designed to work exclusively on GAP BBSes running the MainMail System Mail Door. All you need to do is to modify the FMM configuration file ONCE and it does all the rest! Forum information is pulled from the GAP and MainMail 3.x data files to create ASCII and Xcoded forum menus. FMM, along with other BBS doors and sysop utilities from Exhibit A Communication, can be found on InfoMat BBS (714-492-8727) as well as fine BBSes near you! You can now register your Exhibit A program on InfoMat with a credit card so call today! ┌────────────────────┐ │ About Shareware │ └────────────────────┘ Shareware is a method of software distribution designed to benefit both the software developer and the end user. Shareware (SW) should not be confused with Public Domain (PD) programs. While PD programs are released to the public with no restrictions attached to their use, SW programs are the copyrighted work of their authors. The SW programs are released to the public for evaluation purposes under the assumption that if the end user likes the program and continues to use it after a reasonable period of time, that user is obligated to register the program. If you purchased this program from a SW distributor, you have not registered it. You must still pay the programmer to register it. The money you paid to the distributor was to cover the cost of duplicating/advertising/etc the files. Programmers get to distribute their wares without the expense of advertising, packaging & distribution. The users benefit from being able to try out the programs without having to pay for the privilege of evaluation. Shareware programmers (the good ones anyway) are generally more responsive to bug reports & user requests for additional features. Everyone benefits provided that the users remember to register and programmers continue to ... well, program<G>. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Registration │ └────────────────────┘ Please fill out the file ORDER.FRM, copy it to your printer and mail it along with a check for $10.00 to Exhibit A Communications at the address shown on the form. Or if you want to register painlessly, you can now register FMM on InfoMat BBS at (714) 492-8727. Just enter CHARGE at the Main Menu prompt. Cost is the same to you and you don't have to mess with U.S(nail). Mail at all. Or fax your ORDER.FRM to us with your credit card information. Our fax number is (714) 492-3697. By sending in your registration fee, you will be entitled to the following: 1) Removal of the UNREGISTERED message 2) Continued use of this program on any single or multiuser BBS 3) Free upgrades to future versions 4) Enhanced support from programmer 5) The satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to make the shareware system alive 6) A jump to the next Karma level 7) The undying gratitude of my wife, son and dog <g> ┌────────────────────┐ │ Requirements │ └────────────────────┘ 1) FMM will only run on a GAP BBS system that is currently running the MainMail System mail door. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Installation │ └────────────────────┘ To install FMM, simply copy the FMM.EXE and FMM.CFG files to any directory on your hard drive. Then edit the FMM.CFG file using the following directions. (Note that comments in .CFG file must begin the line with ";") Line Description ──── ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1) This is where you will place the number you recieve when you register the program with Exhibit A Communications. 2) This is your name, as detailed in the registration information you receive after registering FMM with Exhibit A Communications. 3) This is the name of your BBS. This line can not be more than 32 characters in lenght. 4) This is the full drive\path\filename of the MainMail configuration file. It is usually named MMDAT.CNF and is located in GAP's MAIN directory. 5) This is the full drive\path\filename of the GAP forum file. It is usually named FORUM.DAT and is located in GAP'S MAIN directory. 6) This is the full drive\path\filename of the ASCII forum menu file. GAP expects this file to be named FORUMM and should be in your GAP GEN directory. The Xcode (color) file will be name the same, only ending with the letter G. 7) This line is optional. If you wish to have a file displayed at the top of the forum menu, please place the full file\path\filename of it on this line. If not, please leave it blank. Please use the ASCII file's name, as FMM will look for the same name with a G at the end for the Xcode (color) file. If you decide to use the example HEADER files, please make sure you adapt it to your particular BBS and network names. 8) This line allows you to select between the more informative, Normal menu display and the Condensed menu. You mus place either NORMAL or CONDENSED on this line. 9) This is the color configuration line. It is comprised of a string of hexidecimal numbers used to define colors used in the forum menus. There needs to be a total of 16 characters on this line and there can be no spaces between any characters. Each of the 16 characters are defined below: 1) Base color => background 2) Base color => foreground 3) Border color => background 4) Border color => foreground 5) Window color => background 6) Window color => foreground 7) Border comments color => background 8) Border comments color => foreground 9) Forum number color => background 10) Forum number color => foreground 11) Forum name color => background 12) Forum name color => foreground 13) Private flag color => background 14) Private flag color => foreground 15) Files flag color => background 16) Files flag color => foreground For example, match the numbers up to the Normal menu sample below: ╔══[ 7&8 ]═══════════════════════[ 7&8 ]═╗ 1&2 ║ xxxx) Forum Name P F │ ║ ║ 9&10) 11&12 │ │ │ ║ ║ 13&14─┘ │ 3&4 ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ 15&16───┘ │ ║ ║ │ ║ ╚══════════════════3&4═══════════════════[ 7&8 ]═╝ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Color Chart │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Background Foreground │ │ Color Normal Blink Normal Bold │ ├──────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┤ │ Black │ 0 │ 8 │ 0 │ 8 │ │ Blue │ 1 │ 9 │ 1 │ 9 │ │ Green │ 2 │ A │ 2 │ A │ │ Cyan │ 3 │ B │ 3 │ B │ │ Red │ 4 │ C │ 4 │ C │ │ Magenta │ 5 │ D │ 5 │ D │ │ Yellow │ 6 │ E │ 6 │ E │ │ White │ 7 │ F │ 7 │ F │ └──────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘ Multi-Node operation: No special provisions are necessary for Multi-Node operations as all files are opened in sharing mode. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Operation │ └────────────────────┘ To run FMM, you need only to enter the following command line: FMM [configuration file] where [configuration file] is the name of your configuration file. Be sure to include the path and drive if the configuration file is not in the directory you are launching the program from. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Support │ └────────────────────┘ READROOM is fully supported by it's programmer Michael J. Gibbs through Exhibit A Communications. He can be reached in the following manners: 1) Intelec network conferences monitored: SYSOP PCRELAY BBS DOORS PROGRAMMING C PROGRAMMING INTELEC ADMIN 2) MediaNET network node id:->EXHIBITA conferences monitored: MEDIANET ADMIN PRO PHOTO MEDIANET CHAT 2) RaceNet network node id:->EXHIBITA conferences monitored: EXHIBITA OFFROAD RACENET SYSOPS 3) InfoMat BBS (714) 492-8727 forum 7 is support for Exhibit A Programs 4) CI$ #72246,1653 5) Orange County Information Network EXHIBITA forum 6) Pen and Brush Network node id:->1153 EXHIBITA/READROOM forum ┌────────────────────┐ │ Legal Disclaimer │ └────────────────────┘ (small print on<g>) As with any program, every attempt is made by the programmer to kill all the bugs in the software before it is release to the public. Since this is all but impossible, it is recommended that new software should only be run (for the first time at least) when a current backup of your hard disk is available. When shareware is released for public evaluation, there is little that can be done on the programmer's end to prevent others from infecting the program with viruses or making unauthorized changes to the program. AS SUCH, user agrees to hold harmless MICHAEL J. GIBBS, INFOMAT BBS and EXHIBIT A COMMUNICATIONS in regards to any personal, physical, emotion, financial, sexual or other damage that may occur to hardware, software or the user that may arise from the use of this program. Use of this program is considered to be acceptance of these conditions. This program remains the copyrighted work of Exhibit A Communications. When you register the program, you are granted a license to use this program on one (1) BBS system, regardless of how many nodes are active. You may sell your registered number to another if the following conditions are met: 1) All copies of the software and any documentation are transferred to the new owner. 2) You must discontinue use of the program following the sale. 3) The new owner must contact Exhibit A Communications to update our user records. This program may not be sold in it's unregistered form. It is intended to be distributed freely. Pay BBS systems are exempt from this requirement provided they are not charging specifically for access to this one program. Shareware distributors/User Groups may charge a nominal copying/library fee not to exceed $7.00. (small print off<g>) ┌────────────────────┐ │ Special Thanks │ └────────────────────┘ Special thanks go out to: My wife Lori and son Bobby for tolerating my weird ways. Tony Summy who graciously provided the structure for the MainMail System's data files. Without this, the project would never have gotten off the ground. Kenny Gardner for making available the structures of GAP's data files available to us third-party programmer's and for creating and continually improving one of the best BBS software packages around. Brett and Todd for suggesting the need for this package as they battle it out to see who can carry more echo-mail forums<g>. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Appendix │ └────────────────────┘ Appendix A ────────── ┌───────────────┐ │ HISTORY: FMM │ └───────────────┘ Version Date Fixes, Changes, etc. ─────── ──────── ───────────────────────────────────── 1.0 08/11/93 First public release of the program.