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- This doc contains little quirks that you will find from your users. Like
- a question and answer list of the most commonly asked questions that I have
- received.
-
- Q: I can't get this door to run with WWIV. What am I doing wrong?
-
- A: I have found that most WWIV sysops don't realize all the features that are
- built into WWIV. Tell your WWIV sysops to use the //CHAINEDIT function and
- the make sure that DOS Interrupts are OFF and the Shrink BBS Option is
- set to YES.
-
- Q: It runs fine in local mode, but I can't get it to run from remote. - OR -
- Everytime a user goes into the door, it sits there waiting for me to type
- in a name.
-
- A: Ask them to make sure that all their drive and path names are correct.
- The most common mistake is specifying a drive and path and not including
- the drive letter (eg: DOORFILE=\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS). Another common mistake
- that will cause this is the sysop has used environment macros, like this
- DOORFILE=%PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%PCBOARD.SYS. This will automatically put them
- into LOCAL MODE.
-
- Q: The door doesn't seem to recognize my comport!
-
- A: The only time that the COMPORT= should be used in the CFG file is if the
- DOORFILE= variable is set to DIRECT. Otherwise, all the information will
- be read from the DOORFILE as to what comport to use. The only exception to
- this rule is when a sysop has a non-standard comport and/or IRQ number. If
- they set the COMPORT= variable, then it overrides the settings from the
- DOORFILE= and can cause this type of problem. If they are using a door
- file that is not supported, have them set DOORFILE=DIRECT.
-
-
- If you get an error number from your users, and you trace the PRG-CTR number
- and find that it is inside the library, please contact me at the Programmer's
- Mega-Source BBS - 516/737-4637 and post a comment about what the problem was
- and the error/prg-ctr numbers. Give me as much information as possible and I
- will attempt to track down the problem and correct it!
-
- -=> James "The Garf!" Davis! <=-
-