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- ADOPT - A - DOOR
-
- v2.5
-
- PCBoard 14.x
-
- by
-
- Al Lawrence
-
- Sunrise-80 BBS
- (404) 256-9525
-
-
-
-
- OVERVIEW
- ________
-
-
- ADOPT is a stand-alone program that can be executed after every Door program
- completes and before it returns to your BBS. It will display a message that
- encourages your callers to donate to the BBS by adopting a given door or
- group of doors and having his/her name displayed every time the particular
- door is executed. There are 2 options available with ADOPT:
-
- OPTION 1, UNREGISTERED version, will display a hard-coded (non-changeable)
- message describing the Adopt-A-Door concept to your callers. The REGISTERED
- version will allow you to create your own message (15 lines, 62 characters
- per line).
-
- OPTION 2 will display the names of the callers (max of 8) that have
- contributed to the registration of that particular door. This file is an
- ASCII file you create with the names of the callers (Max 30 char/name). The
- name of the file is your choice, but the name must match with the name in
- the configuration file.
-
-
-
- NOTE: Runtime errors will be logged to a file called DFRAME.ERR which is
- created in the directory you run the door from.
-
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ____________
-
-
- Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
- examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
- It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
- To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
- are described.
-
- 1) Create a directory to hold all ADOPT files
-
- 2) Unzip ADOPTxx.ZIP into the the above directory
-
- NOTE: BRUN45.EXE is not included but is required !!!
- It is available on Sunrise-80 BBS!
-
- 3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or
- modify the supplied ADOPT.CFG file. A description follows:
-
- ** Location of system files (see below)
- SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
- Al Sysop's First Name
- Lawrence Sysop's Last Name
- 00000000 Registration Number
- 1 1=Initial Message Display
- 2=Display Callers Names That Contributed
- # 201 ASCII Character Used TO Form Message Border
- # NONE File Name Containing Initial Display
- # NONE File Name Containing Contributing Callers
- # 30 Number of SECONDS To Keep Msg On Screen
-
-
- ** = Replace with ONE of the following:
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using USERS.SYS
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0)
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <- For Wildcat! systems using v3.x
- (Note:DOOR.SYS must be in SAME directory)
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <- For systems that support DOOR.SYS
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <- For QBBS/RBBS/RA. Replace x with Node #.
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <- For Spitfire systems.
- C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <- For WWIV systems
-
-
- # = Requires registration to change to a different value
-
-
-
- 4) Add ADOPT to the batch file that runs the Door, after whose completion
- you want the ADOPT-A-DOOR message to be displayed. Using Yahtzee as
- the example of the Door we want to run ADOPT after:
-
- ECHO off
- cd\PCB\DOORS\YAHTZEE Location of Yahtzee files
- YAHTZEE YAHTZEE.CNF EXE filename and CNF filename
- CD\PCB\DOORS\ADOPT Location of ADOPT Files
- ADOPT ADOPTYAH.CFG EXE and UNIQUE .CNF Filename created
- in #3 above.
- CD\PCB
- BOARD
-
-
- 5) When running in more than one node, be sure to supply a
- different configuration name for each node (your choice of name).
-
-
- COM Support
- ___________
-
- Support for COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
- COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
- number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
- called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
- passed to your Door would be:
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /5
- The /5 tells FOOBAR to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that is
- normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
- IRQ's.
-
-
-
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- ADOPT-A-DOOR CONCEPT
- _____________________
-
- Having been a Sysop for a number of years, I have had my share of problems
- and frustrations getting financial support for my board's upkeep. A fellow
- Sysop left a message on my board, not long ago, about a concept that was
- being used by several boards around the country.
-
- The concept, ADOPT-A-DOOR, allows a caller to register (ADOPT) a door. It
- would be the same as sending in a donation, only this way it is earmarked
- for registering a particular door. In a way, the user feels he/she is
- "getting something in return". As a Door author I have decided to build
- this concept into each of my Door programs. The concept replaces the
- usual message "tell the Sysop to register this Door" we find in most
- doors.
-
- At the same time I have developed this stand-alone program that will carry
- this concept one step forward so as to be able to use it with any of your
- door programs.
-
-
-
-
- LEGALITIES
- __________
-
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
- THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
- SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
- OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
-
-
-
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION
- ____________
-
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
-
-
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ____________
-
- I am not a subscriber to the "Crippleware" concept, and this program
- reflects that philosophy. This is a full-featured program, whose
- functionality is not hampered in any way, whether you register it or not.
- Registration and the subsequent insertion of the registration number into
- your configuation file, allows for the changing of certain default values
- in the configuration file.
-
- To register your copy of ADOPT, please fill out the registration form
- (REGISTER.FRM) and mail it along with a small donation ($20,25,etc) to
- the name and address on the form. MUST be payable in US funds!!!!
-
- Be sure to use the proper upper/lower case when filling in your name and
- BBS name, as they MUST match the way you entered them in the configuration
- file. ^^^^
-
- Based upon information supplied on the registration form, I will pre-
- register you on my BBS. You will then be able to call SUNRISE-80 and pick
- up your registration number or you may include a self-addressed stamped
- envelope and I will send registration back by return mail.
-
-
-
- MISC
- ____
-
- The latest version of ADOPT and other fine SUNRISE DOOR programs, HIROLL,
- TRIPLE YAHTZEE, WHEEL of FORTUNE and STATES are always available for
- download from SUNRISE-80 BBS (404-256-9525 HST 19.2), on first call!
-
- Remember, should you have any problems, questions or suggestions, be sure
- to drop me a message on either of the aforementioned BBS or via the DOORS
- conference on PCRELAY (RIME). NODE=Sunrise
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-