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- LASTON
- RBBS Callers File Lister
- v1.10
- 10-23-90
- by Tom Collins
-
- | Changes
- | -------
-
- | Changes between LASTON v1.10 and LASTON v1.00 are highlighted with a
- | vertical bar in the left column.
-
- What
- ----
-
- LASTON is a small utility that will read your callers file and create
- a bulletin containing the last several callers to your BBS. Text,
- ASCII, and ANSI graphics versions are created, and the number of
- callers listed and the callers file name can be customized by the
- | user. In addition, the display colors for the ANSI output file are
- | configurable, and users can be "excluded" from the output list.
-
- Using it
- --------
-
- | Using LASTON is pretty annoying:
-
- | LASTON <Callers> [/NCx] [/Xn] [/DD] [/FCx] [/TCx] [/UCx] [/CCx] [/DCx]
-
- | The /NC parameter, if used, tells LASTON how many previous callers
- | to list (1 <= x <= 25). The callers file name must be supplied.
-
- | The /X parameter gives LASTON the name of someone to eXclude from the
- | list. Use an underline to designate a space in a user's name, i.e.
- | /XTom_Collins. Case (upper or lower) is unimportant.
-
- | Use /DD to tell LASTON to display duplicate successive callers. If,
- | for example, Joe Blow calls five times in a row, and /DD is specified,
- | Joe will be listed in the output files five times. If no /DD is used,
- | Joe will only show up once. This is the default.
-
- | The /FC, /TC, /UC, /CC and /DC parameters set the ANSI file output
- | colors. The string specified after the /xC is bracketed with ESC [ at
- | the beginning, and an m at the end to form an ANSI color string. So,
- | to set a frame color of bright yellow, you'd put /FC1;33 to generate
- | . The colors are:
-
- | /FC - color of the Frame around the displayed users.
- | /TC - Title color. The "The last 10 callers were..." line.
- | /UC - User's name color.
- | /CC - color of the user's City and state.
- | /DC - color of the user's Date and time on.
-
- | To obtain the ANSI color equivalents, consult your DOS manual.
-
- Running LASTON with no parameters displays a help screen.
-
- | The '/' parameters can be in any order.
-
- LASTON will generate three output files, called LASTON, LASTONG, and
- LASTONC. You should copy or rename these to something that your users
- can view. On the MSFA BBS, we copy them to the PRELOG file, though
- it could be just as easily appended to your WELCOME file(s).
-
- Examples
- --------
-
- 1. Display the last 5 callers.
-
- LASTON callers
-
- 2. Display the last 10 callers, and make the frame bright blue.
-
- LASTON callers /NC10 /FC1;34
-
- 3. Display the last 20 callers, and display the same user multiple
- times if he/she called multiple times in a row.
-
- LASTON c:\rbbs\callers /DD /NC20
-
- 4. Display the last 5 callers, except when Tom Collins calls.
-
- LASTON callers /XTom_COLLIns
-
- Latest Version
- --------------
-
- The latest version of LASTON is always available on the MSFA BBS
- (301-536-1935, FidoNet 1:261/1047) for P)ersonal download or file
- request.
-
- Bugs
- ----
-
- LASTON has no bugs. However, if you find that LASTON needs an
- "enhancement," feel free to fix it yourself and send me the change.
-
- Source Code
- -----------
-
- The source code, written in TurboC, is included.
-
- Guarantees
- ----------
-
- LASTON will never crash your system or delete or overwrite files.
- Usually.
-
- Good Luck!
-
- -- Tom Collins
-
-