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- XStatus Version 1.81
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- December 30, 1987
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- Copyright (C) 1987 InterZone Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Available from FidoNet(Tm) node 1:135/20
- INTL-(305)-387-1135
- Operating 24 hrs at 300/1200/2400bps
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- Suggestions welcome --- Complaints > NUL
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- "It's just another brick in the wall"
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- An Opus(noTm) Utility
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- XStatus User Manual Page 1
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- This is XStatus.. an advanced Opus user statistics utility. I
- wanted to have something that users could look at --- to sort of
- start a competition between users. Who could upload the most..
- and who was the one downloading all the time etc.
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- After that it was released to the public and I guess you could say
- it was taken with open arms. Since then I have added quite a few
- functions.. and increased the speed with which the program process
- your data. One important thing about this utility was that I
- didn't want it to be a pain to operate and setup. And I think I
- managed to complete that goal. You should be able to have this
- program up and running within 15 minutes (or less).
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- This documentation will probably not help you much at all, it is so
- simple to set up the utility, but I will try to explain it in short
- just to give you a hand.
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- The program can be used doing two things (although the combinations
- within these two are quite a few).. 1) Create 'posters' of user
- statistics and 2) Maintain the last ten callers automaticall and
- create a 'Last Callers:' display found on systems like 'WWIV' and
- 'PC-Forum' just to name a few.
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- XStatus User Manual Page 2
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- Everything (except the updates of the last callers log) is
- controlled from the control file (from now on referred to as the
- CTL file) in which you will enter information about path names and
- options. You can for instance specify that you want a 'Top 10
- listing' of Uploaders on your system. If you get lost in this
- document.. looking at the CTL file should give you enough clues on
- how to set things up. The commands (found in XS.CTL) will now be
- explained.
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- USER
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- This specifies where the program is to look for the USER.BBS (file
- with user information. Some system operators call this something
- else.) file.
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- LASTUSER
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- This specifies where the program is to look for the LASTUSER.BBS
- file (if you have multiple Opus board running on the same machine,
- you can use wildcards in the file specification and the program
- will select the most recent updated file ie. C:pusastUser.*).
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- MAXUSER
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- When the program creates the 'status posters' it will list the top
- or bottom users in each category (Downloads, Uploads and Times
- called). With this option, you can specify how many users are to
- be included on each poster. Personally, I use 15 which fits pretty
- good on a 80x25 display.
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- MAXPRIV
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- This specifies the maximum privilege level allowed for a user to
- appear in the 'Last Callers:' list and the 'status posters'. Valid
- options are Twit, Disgrace, Normal, Extra, Priv, AsstSysop, Sysop
- and Hidden.
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- MINPRIV
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- This specifies the minimum privilege level allowed for a user to
- appear in the 'Last Callers:' list and the 'status posters'. Valid
- options are Twit, Disgrace, Normal, Extra, Priv, AsstSysop, Sysop
- and Hidden.
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- CONTROL
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- If you want the program to insert the oVIDEO sequence for pause
- (which will give the user 'Press ENTER to continue') in your
- posters and last callers list, enable this option (make sure it is
- not commented).
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- OVIDEO
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- Specifies that the program will use the oVIDEO sequences to
- manipulate output, note that this requires Opus v1.00 or above. If
- you want to give the user the option of colors, you need to use
- this option.
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- COLORS
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- XStatus User Manual Page 3
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- Specifies what colors to use. If you are using the oVIDEO option,
- the program will insert colors. You can define these colors to fit
- your system better. They follow the standard IBM convention.. you
- will have to experiment with this to get it to suit you best (Look
- in the file COLORS.DOC) for a closer explanation on what colors are
- available.
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- NOCOPYRIGHT
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- Normally, the program will insert a copyright notice into the
- 'status posters' it creates. If you feel that you don't like
- displaying these credits, you can use this option.
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- RATIO
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- This option will only be active in the download and upload posters.
- If you use this option the representing opposite optio will be
- shown as well. Ie. on the upload poster, the user's downloads
- will be shown in ()s and on the download poster, the user's uploads
- will be shown in ()s. If you do not wish to use this option, the
- user's City and State will be shown instead.
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- XStatus User Manual Page 4
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- About the "LASTLOG" options The lastlog TMP and OUT options defined
- in the CTL file works as follows: The TMP file is used to keep the
- last ten callersin a compact internal XS format. The OUT file is
- the file created (updated) each time a caller loggs off.
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- INSERT
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- When display the 'posters' from a menu or bulletin created by you,
- you usually want Opus* to chain back to that menu or bulletin after
- the user is done viewing the 'poster'. One way to do this is to
- copy files together, ie. copy the 'poster' from XStatus + a tail
- file to create the necessary chain command (ie.
- ^O^SC:\Opus\Misc\Menu). The insert command replaces the copy or
- echo procedure. You specify what the INSERT data is to be and the
- program will append that line to the appropriate list.
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- NOTE: The example above and then examples in the CTL file supplied
- with this package have the character to show that the character is
- actually a control character.
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- RATIO
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- If the RATIO command is found (and active) in the CTL file, the
- opposite value of whatever list-type is being processed will be
- shown after the amount (confused?). If downloads are processed and
- RATIO is active, uploads will be shown after the download amount
- and the other way around). If however, this command is NOT active,
- the user's location (city, state (country)) will be inserted in the
- 'poster' instead.
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- PRIVILEGE LEVELS
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- Privilege levels to be included can be defined with the two
- commands MAXPRIV and MINPRIV in the control file.
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- ERRORLEVELS
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- When the program returns to the calling process (most likely a
- batch file) it will also return a 'errorlevel' which will be set to
- the current process status. The following values apply:
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- (5) Command ok, but needs more arg(s).
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- (4) Unrecognized command or command parameter(s) in CTL file.
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- (3) Privilege level of last user was below the minimum or above the
- maximum privilege levels (MINPRIV and MAXPRIV) defined by you, no
- updates were made.
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- (2) No records found to process when creating list.
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- (1) File Access error(s). File not found, etc etc.
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- (0) Program completed as expected
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- SEE ALSO
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- Please see the "LastCall.Bat" file how I use the L option added in
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- XStatus User Manual Page 5
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- For fixes and new features, look in the file 'Fixes.Doc'.
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- STATUS
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- This program is hereby declared *myware*. No warranties, no
- nothing ... just the program and manual as *IS*. One more thing,
- I know this manual 'aint no artwork, but hey, it's not the doing,
- it's the thinking!
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- Send bug reports and suggestions to 1:135/20 or to the below listed
- address.
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- Joaquim Homrighausen
- 11125 SW 132 Ct. #3
- Miami FL 33186
- USA
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