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╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ╥ ╥ ╥ ╥ ╥ ╥ ╥─────╥ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╥ ║ ╙──╥──╜ ║ ╥ ║ ╟─────╢ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╨──╨──╨ ╨ ╨──╨──╨ ╨ ╨ ║ ║ Copyright (c) 1993 Sheldon L. Sobel ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Version V1.0 W Y W A I N D E X Page Disclaimer of Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ASP Ombudsman Statement . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Contents of WYWA Distribution Media . . . . . 3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Notice Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Shareware Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Order Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 W Y W A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ────────────────────── THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. LIABILITY IS LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. ASP Ombudsman Statement ─────────────────────── This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to insure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Rd., Muskegon, MI USA, or send a Compuserve message via CIS MAIL to ASP Ombudsman 72050,1433. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ─────────────────── WYWA requires an IBM PC or compatible, at least 640Kb memory, a hard disk drive, and MS-DOS version 2.1 or later. Although WYWA will perform adequately with monochrome displays a color monitor with an EGA or VGA adapter is recommended. Page 1 FEATURES W Y W A Enhanced "While You Were Away" message system. ■ Includes a screen saver which is activated after ten seconds has elapsed with no keyboard input. ■ Includes a sign-out status ("Am at..." /"Return...") notice area. ■ WYWA executes automatically at boot time if the sign-out status is not blank. ■ All messages are encrypted to insure privacy. ■ Passwords of up to twenty characters are allowed, providing "PassPhrase" capability. ■ Passwords not required for taking messages, allowing anyone to post messages. ■ For functions requiring passwords: failure detection with evasive action is enabled. ■ Provides two levels of passwords allowing three levels of access as follows: ┌──────────────────╥────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ A C C E S S T O : │ │ Password Level ╟────────────┬─────────────────┬────────────┬────────────┤ │ ║ Sign Out │ Messages │ Password │ Exit │ ╞══════════════════╬════════════╪═════════════════╪════════════╪════════════╡ │ NONE ║ Read │ Write │ None │ No │ ├──────────────────╫────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤ │ ALTERNATE ║ Read/Write │ Read New/Write │ None │ Yes │ ├──────────────────╫────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤ │ PRIMARY ║ Read/Write │Read/Write/Delete│ Modify │ Yes │ └──────────────────╨────────────┴─────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘ Page 2 Contents of WYWA Distribution Media ─────────────────────────────────── File Name Description ──────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────── ColorSet.Doc Documentation for ColorSet/ColorSho ColorsEx.Bat Demonstration of ColorSet within a batch file ColorSho.Exe Utility. Single screen display of 120 color combinations available to ColorSet * ColorSet.Exe Utility. Sets monitor screen foreground and background colors File_ID. Diz WYWA description file used by BBS SysOps Install. Exe WYWA installation procedure Order. Frm Order form ReadMe. 1st Installation instructions WYWA-C0. Scr Intro screen (for color monitors) WYWA-C1. Scr Menu screen " " " WYWA-C2. Scr Display new messages screen " " " WYWA-C3. Scr Display all messages screen " " " WYWA-C4. Scr Take messages screen " " " WYWA-M0. Scr Intro screen (for monochrome monitors) WYWA-M1. Scr Menu screen " " " WYWA-M2. Scr Display new messages screen " " " WYWA-M3. Scr Display all messages screen " " " WYWA-M4. Scr Take messages screen " " " WYWA. Doc WYWA documentation WYWA. Exe WYWA executable WYWAMon. Exe WYWA monitor ──────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────── * Not included with shareware version. Note: WYWA.DB, the WYWA message data base is created as a function of the installation procedure. Page 3 INSTALLATION ──────────── I. TO INSTALL WYWA 1. WYWA.ZIP is the container file for the WYWA files. If you have run an UnZip extraction procedure previously on hard disk then move WYWA.ZIP and all extracted file to a diskette, set your work directory to that device, and go to step 5. 2. Copy WYWA.ZIP to a diskette. This creates your backup copy. The diskette also serves as the work device for installation. 3. Set your working device to the drive used in the previous step with the diskette containing WYWA.ZIP in that drive. Usually this wil be A: or B: 4. UnZip the WYWA files using PKUNZIP (c) or one of its variants. 5. Read WYWA.DOC 6. Type INSTALL then press the Enter Key to start the installation. 7. Re-start your PC. 8. To run, type WYWA then press the Enter key. The INSTALL Procedure ───────────────────── INSTALL will ask you a series of questions. WYWA wants to be installed on device C: INSTALL wants to create a directory and name it WYWA on that device. INSTALL may want to append some commands to Autoexec.Bat and Config.Sys, but will not insist upon it. WYWA require these modifications to operate correctly. If you do not want INSTALL to do so at this time you must manually edit those files and include the commands INSTALL displays. Passwords are used by WYWA. You will be asked to enter a primary password and then asked to verify it. The same request is also standard for the alternate password. Also requested is an "Owner Name". This is the name which will be displayed on screen when the NOTICE area is enabled. Page 4 Passwords ───────── Passwords are required for all functions except for posting messages. Two passwords are defined to provide flexibility in using WYWA. The primary password allows all privileges. The alternate password allows limited privileges. When modifying passwords, protection may be bypassed by simply pressing the Enter key without entering a password. This option should be restricted to use in secure locations such as a home office where there is no possibility of intrusion since it allows anyone access and control of WYWA. The primary password is designed for use by the person who's name appears on the NOTICE banner of WYWA and provides complete control of WYWA. The Alternative password allows a secretary or staff member access to WYWA on the owner's behalf. Alternate access allows those who know this password permission to check for new messages, modify the NOTICE banner, and deactivate WYWA. If you want to read only new messages use the alternate password to save time, bypass all other messages. Consult Features on Page 2 for additional details. The NOTICE Area ─────────────── The NOTICE area is the highlighted area at the top of the WYWA screen in which messages may be placed and displayed and which indicate: (1) the owner's location and (2) expected time of return. If notices are not active, the WYWA banner is displayed in place of the a notice. Whenever a PC on which WYWA in installed is booted, a check is performed to determine if the NOTICE area is active. A count of "New" i.e. unread messages is also performed at that time. If a message has been entered in the NOTICE area, WYWA is executed and will be placed in active mode, displaying the WYWA menu in preparation to accept instructions. If no instruction is typed within 10 seconds, Screen Saver mode is activated and remains in effect until interrupted by pressing any key, at which time the WYWA menu is re-displayed. Screen Saver mode is activated whenever appropriate and is can be recognized by the "While You Were Away" banner traversing an otherwise blank screen. At boot time If the NOTICE is not active but new messages are detected, a short audible tone is sounded simultaneously with a one line display in the form of "WYWA: ß new messages" where ß represents the count of new messages. Page 5 To enter a NOTICE press the "S" (Set sign-out Notice) key when the WYWA menu is displayed, type the message and end by pressing the Enter key. The NOTICE banner and contents are deleted by pressing "S" key and then pressing the Enter key twice, once for each field in the NOTICE banner. Page 6 The MENU ──────── When WYWA is started a menu is displayed. If a notice has been previously entered it will be displayed. If there are new messages the count of new messages will be displayed. The menu allows a choice of five selections plus an exit to DOS. (1) Take a Message. You will be presented a form with seven fields. After all fields have been entered you are then given the opportunity to change any of them, to cancel the message or to accept the message. (2) Read Messages. No accesss is allowed without a password. If repeated non-valid passwords are tried, WYWA will refuse to allow reading of messages and password changing for the next five minutes and will announce "Option Not Available" during this period if these options are selected. The entry of the Alternate password allows reading of New messages only. You might give your secretary this password or you may wish to give it to a staff member to check for messages for you if you call in to check for messages. In the latter case you might want to change the Alternate password when you return to your office if it has been compromised. The Primary password allows access to all messages. This is the access mode which allows deletion of messages. Once a "New" message is viewed via Primary password its status becomes "Read" and is no longer selected when the Alternate password is submitted in response to a user request to read messages. (3) Change Alternate Password. The Primary password is required to make this modification and is accomplished in a manner similar to that used in the INSTALL procedure. (4) Change Primary Password. Again, the Primary password is required to make this modification and is also accomplished in a manner similar to that used in the INSTALL procedure. (5) Set Sign-out Notice. Password is required. This function allows you to specify your location in the first field (Am at:) and your anticipated date/time of return in the second field (Return). When you return to your office select this option and delete the notice by pressing the Enter key when the cursor is at the beginning of each field. (6) Exit to DOS. Password required only if the NOTICE area is active. The NOTICE area is active if it contains information. (Pressing the Enter key also exits to DOS.) Page 7 Miscellaneous ───────────── It is well known among those in the electronics industry that damage to modern solid state electronics occurs most often during the power up cycle and less often when left "on line". By reducing this "Power Up Shock" your system should stay healthier and last longer. For those who are concerned with the cost for electricity: a computer with a 200 Watt power supply requires about 15¢ a day in energy costs. During warm weather the heat produced by your computer will increase this cost by about 5¢ a day if the computer is located in air conditioned space, due to thermal load. It is suggested that you power up just once a day and leave your PC powered up during the normal business day. WYWA will then be immediately available to take messages and to be able to advise all callers of your whereabouts in addition to extending the life of your PC. Since WYWA allows passwords up to 20 characters you may want to use "Pass Phrases"; you will have a more secure system if you do so. Be sure to use something which is meaningful to you, but not a commonly used phrase nor one that you often use. To provide greater security passwords should be routinely changed. Many security conscious sites require changes at 30 day intervals. You may wish to leave messages to yourself. One reason might be as a reminder for you to do something in the future. Another reason might be that you may occasionally want to provide more information that can be contained in the NOTICE area. Merely add "See Message" to the notice line then enter a message such as "If John Gower calls . . . " or "The following is my itinerary while in Europe". If you use these methods do NOT enter the Primary password to read messages until you have returned from your trip. Once new messages are viewed using the Primary password their status becomes "Read" and are no longer visible to anyone using the Alternate password, and we want the message to remain "New" during the period you will be absent. After 10 seconds of inactivity, while the menu is displayed WYWA will go into Screen Saver mode. This mode is recognized by a screen display which is blank except for the phrase "While You Were Away..." in various colors, traversing the monitor screen. Page 8 A two way encryption is used by WYWA, it is intended to prevent all but the most determined intruder from breaking the code and deciphering your messages. While not at the cutting edge of cryptography it should provide sufficient security for all but the most sensitive installations. Data corruption is minimized by opening files only when they are being accessed. Although more program and system overhead is incurred this way, it results in increased file protection. If you have completed any WYWA function and are at the menu screen you may safely shut off the power, with no concern for the WYWA system. While this may be of no consequence to WYWA, other processes on your PC may not be as tolerant and you will probably want to perform a more orderly shutdown by exiting to your DOS prompt and then turning the power off. This is especially true if servers are employed on your system or multi-processing is used. After the owner has read a message, it should be either deleted or printed unless there is compelling reason to retain it in the WYWA data base in its encrypted form. Retaining old messages within WYWA is inefficient and wastes time and resources. If a hard copy of a message is required, simply press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. The header block (From: ... Tel. No.) auto-cases its input. The first character of each word is capitalized, all others are lower cased. Override on a character by character basis is allowed. Entering a ~ prior to any character forces lower casing for that character. Entering a ^ prior to the character forces upper casing. Examples: Entry WYWA Auto-casing ──────────────────────── ──────────────────────── mr. james p. carson Mr. James P. Carson sean x. o'^malley Sean X. O'Malley paul small, m^d Paul Small, MD ~van^der^meer co., inc. vanDerMeer Co., Inc. Page 9 S H A R E W A R E N O T I C E ─────────────────────────────── WYWA version E1.0 is Shareware. U. S. Copyright laws protects shareware as it does any copyrighted work and the copyright holder retains all rights to the work. Shareware authors are usually professional programmers, often they are authors of some of the commercial software marketed by large publishing houses. The difference is in the method the authors elect to offer a particular software. The shareware author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute his software for evaluation at no cost to the end user relying on the substance and quality of the product to motivate you to register with the author. Any cost the end user may have paid for the shareware copy goes to those distributing the shareware and not to the author. Shareware is a distribution channel employed to market software not a type of software. Shareware operates on a try-before-you-buy concept. If you decide after an ample evaluation period (for WYWA this is 30 days) not to use the product you do not pay for testing it nor are you required to purchase the program. If you try a shareware program and intend to continue using it, you are expected to register and pay the registration fee. Often additional items are included in the registered copy which are not in the shareware copy. Page 10 E R R O R S ─────────── Out Of Environmental Space Means: The current size of environmental space is too small to accommodate the WYWA environmental variable. Solution: Increase the size of environmental space. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and look for a line which begins with COMMAND. If found then check for the occurrence of /e: or /E: followed by a decimal value, such as /e:256 or /E:512. Determine your case and follow the appropriate action from the following chart. Case Action ──── ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A. COMMAND ... /E:nnn is located: (nnn represents a value) - or - COMMAND ... /e:nnn is located: (nnn represents a value) Increase the value by 32 (e.g. 512 is now 544) B. COMMAND command without the /E: or /e: is located: Append /E:288 to the end of the COMMAND statement. C. COMMAND statement is not found: Append the following line: COMMAND /SHELL=COMMAND.SYS /E:256 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Exit the editor then restart your PC. S U P P O R T ───────────── One year of product support is included with all registered copies of WYWA. Registered users also receive, at no charge, the ColorSet utility (see ColorSet.Doc). Comments, suggestions, questions, etc. should be addressed to the author: Sheldon L. Sobel Tel. (603) 424-2085 46 Joppa Road CompuServe 73770,2160 Merrimack, NH 03054 USA Page 11 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ O R D E R F O R M ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ ║ ║ Mail │ Sheldon L. Sobel │ ║ ║ │ 46 Joppa Road │ ║ ║ To: │ Merrimack NH 03054 │ ║ ║ └───────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ First Name M.I. Last Name ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ Title & Company Name ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ Address Line 1 ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ Address Line 2 ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ City State/Province ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ ZIP Code/Postal Code Country ║ ║ ║ ║ ___________________________________________________ ║ ║ Telephone Number ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║Form WYWA001 ║ ╠═════════════════╦═════════════════════════════════════════════╦═════════════╣ ║ No. of Copies ║ Product ║ Total ║ ╠═════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════════════╬═════════════╣ ║ ║ "W Y W A" Software & License (5¼" Diskette) ║ $ ║ ╟─────────────────╫─────────────────────────────────────────────╫─────────────╢ ║ ║ "W Y W A" Software & License (3½" Diskette) ║ $ ║ ╠═════════════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════╬═════════════╣ ║ Shipping & Handling ║ $ ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╬═════════════╣ ║ TOTAL ║ $ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═════════════╝ PRICING U.S. Currency (1) drawn on a U. S. bank or (2) an International Postal Money Order 1 copy $25.00 2 copies $45.00 3 copies $60.00 4 or more copies = $60.00 plus $10.00 per copy for 4th to Nth copy. [e.g. 12 copies: $60.00 + $10.00 x 9 = $150.00] Shipping & Handling: $4.00 USA $5.00 Canada $7.50 Elsewhere Contact the author for site licensing.