ProfitPress Mega CDROM2 …eeware (MSDOS)(1992)(Eng)/ProfitPress-MegaCDROM2.B6I/BBS/DOORS/KING709.ZIP/!KING.NEW

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                          Suburban Software
                            Chuck Valecek


I would like to take a minute here and thank Heather Broadhurst for creating
the original question file and the new additional question file with 600+
new questions.

Thank you Heather!!!

If you wondering what I look like view the CFV.GIF file included with this
release

PLEASE USE THE MKKOBCNF.EXE TO CREATE THE CNF FILE!!!!

BACKUP ALL YOUR FILES FIRST!!!!!!

MKKOB709.EXE - This is the new Configuration program for this release and this
release only. It will NOT work with earlier versions of the door.

Version 7.09  10/08/90
Created a BUG in the non point version. It would not let you run a non point
version at all.

Version 7.08 - 10/04/90 (What another 7.08?)
Sorry about the last release, I tried to get it off Salt Air before too many
of you downloaded it. I had a problem with the program to create the CNF file
and it was really screwing up the DOOR.


Version 7.08 - 09/23/90
This is just a quicky type release. I have found a real DUMB programming error.
I was reading the question file sequentially even though I knew the question
number I wanted. This added quite a bit of time to read thru the file if you
were on question 1000 or so.

Also this release will solve some of the runtime errors running on multinode
systems when more than 1 user access the files. I opened the question file and
didn't close it until the game was over. It is closed right away now.

This release contains three (3) new options.

New Option 1) This option is called Adopt-a-door. I have seen this on another
door, by Al Lawerence. This allows a user to have his/her name appear as the
person who contributed the monies to register the door for the sysop. Some users
like having their name in "LIGHTS" and this little option will do just that. You
can toggle it on or off through the CNF file. If on and the door is registered
the screen that the sysop creates will be displayed to all that play the game.
If the door is not registered and the sysop wants to he may select this option
and the door will display a message to the user explaining the adopt-a-door
policy. This may intice users into donating the money to register the door and
the sysop and myself will be thankful!

Again this is an option that can be toggle on or off by the sysop. The name
of the file that will be displayed is ADOPT.DAT. You can create this file with
any editor or THEDRAW. A sample file is included.

New Option 2) This option name and location of the QUESTION.DAT. This will allow
you to share the same question file for more than one game.

New Option 3) This option is the name and location of the NEW_QUES.DAT file.
This will allow you to share a common new question file for multiple nodes or
games.

I was planning on adding the new @color codes for the 14.5 release of PCBoard
but since the door is running on alot of different bulletin board software I
postponed this modification until the next release when I will support either
types of color bulletins.



I am sorry to say that this version still does not support non-ansi users.
I will look be looking into that but not sure when that will be.
Scrolling text off a screen is a little tacky! The door will remind the user
that it requires ansi graphics and will return to the system if the user
elects to.


Keep the suggestions coming. Please write your sugestions down on paper as I
read messages and forget (senile) to jot them down. Forward them to me by mail
and I will try to include them in the next release.


Version 7.07
There was a slight bug in the door if you decided NOT to run the Quen of the
Board option. This has been corrected in this release.

Also added ANOTHER option, this one allows you to deduct points from the amount
the user is playing for. If the user challenged the first position he would be
playing for 2500 points. If you elected to deduct points for each wrong answer,
say 250, the first guess would be worth 2500, the second guess would be worth
2250 and the third guess would be 2000.

Version 7.06
Minor change from 7.05. Correctly disabled the HOT Key option if a user had
this option set in ProDoor and opened this DOOR.

Since this program has so many options I have created a MKKOBCNF program that
will prompt you for the options and create the config file for you.
No more guessing.

Version 7.05
WARNING!!!!!!!

BACKUP your old files before converting!!!

This release requires a conversion of the user file

One slight bug has been corrected. If a user dropped out of the door he was
allowed to re-enter the door. Now the door will update his record as being on
that day. This way they cannot cheat and come back to answer the question.

Since ProDoor has the HotKey option it is carried into the door also. It took
a little checking but I think I can reset it in the door.

The door will ask ONE MORE time if the user is a Male/Female and then will
store this in the user file. This is why the user file MUST be converted.
If you fail to convert the userfile you will get a RUN TIME ERROR!.

The conversion program is CONV705.EXE and is included in this package.

I have also reformatted the answer format shown to the user. It will show the
max number of characters and remind then of the time limit.

Check this!! Tell your female users that now they door will display a QUEEN
of the Board bulletin if the top person is a female!! If the top person is
a male then the door will create a King of the Board as in the past. Maybe
this will give them some incentive.

Many sysops have requested the following and all have been placed in the door
by selecting the option.

a) Keep the same question until it is answered correctly
   This was taken out in prior releases but so many have asked that it be
   placed back in that I decided to make it a sysop option.
b) Reset the times challenged so that next time on it will display only the
   times lost and challenged since last time on
c) Allow the 1st place person to earn points by answering more questions, This
   will allow a player insure his 1st place standing, at least for awhile. You
   can specify the point value to be assigned for this position.
d) Allow the door to display the correct answer if it has been answered wrong

Version 7.04
No bugs this release just added somemore options that sysops have requested.
One biggy is the option to allow the program to display Queen of the Board,
thats right!! This is selected through the CNF file and will prompt the user
for a M/F response. This will store the M/F in the file but will allow the
program to display a different screen and create a bulletin with King or Queen
on the heading. If you do not want this just put a N in the cfg file.
Also I added a option to allow the sysop to control the amount of time the user
gets to answer the question. Normally the keyboard timeout uses the amount of
time you specified in the PCBoard setup for keyboard timeout. You may override
this by inserting a number in the cnf file. (See the Docs on these new options)

Version 7.03
Add more logic to handle drop of carrier. Reports stated that the door would
hang the system when carrier was dropped.

Version 7.02
Corrected a problem with special characters not being formatted correctly to the
user.

Version 7.01
Thought I had the points problem resolved when a user got over 32000 points and
lost but I guess I didn't. This release should do it. <GRIN>.

Version 7.0
Well I believe that most of the bugs are out. Why do I say MOST? I have been in
programming for 15 years and a program is never bug free!. So here is the
production copy of this door. It has been tested on several systems across the
country and have not had any serious problems. This release has the following
changes. 1) Changed KINGPTS.BUL file to KINGPTS and created a graphics version
of the file so that it may be used as a additional bulletin. 2) Added a (y/N)
prompt for viewing the Poinys file when the user is logging off.

Version 6.06
If a user had over 32000 points and lost his points, got screwed up and became
a credit number. For you programmers out there I swapped a LONGINIT to a
INTEGER and back.

Version 6.05
If the next question file reached the maximum of the total number of questions
you have it would not reset back to 2.

Version 6.04
This is crazy! A release a day keeps the doctor away!
The point option in the door was not applied correctly. It was possible to
challenge the 2 person up and instead of getting 2000 points end up with only
1500. As you can see these are only minor bugs so far.

Version 6.03
Had a report that the door took to long to recycle after carrier was dropped.
Added more checks in the logic for loss of carrier.
Also noticed that when first creating the KING.USR the sysops name would show
more than once. Corrected this so that when the file is first created the
sysop gets a message that there is no one to challange since he is in the first
position.

Version 6.02
Added the Points option to the door. This can be set in the CNF file if you want
it on. Also added a KINGPTS.BUL file showing the Point Standings. This will only
created if the point option is set.

Version 6.01
Truncated the new question entered by a user.
Added a format line for the new question & answer showing how many characters
are left.

Version 6.00
Initial release