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- ---- QUOTEIT Documentation ----
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- -----------
- This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The
- author does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations
- regarding the use of, or the results of the use of this program, and you
- rely on the program and results of the program at your own risk. The
- author will not be held responsible for system damage, loss of profit,
- or any other special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting
- from the use or inability to use this product.
-
- This program may be freely copied and distributed, providing it is not
- modified in any way, without express written consent of the author.
-
-
- FILES IN THIS ARCHIVE:
- ----------------------
- QUOTEIT.INF - Questioniare displayed to the user at logoff.
- Place this in your AFILES directory.
- QUOTEIT.EXE - The executable. Place this in your BBS directory.
- QUOTEIT.DOC - This file.
- QUOTEIT.MNU - Menu file for displaying quote. If used, place in your
- MENUS directory (see below).
- GOODBYE.MNU - Doc for alternate GOODBYE menu. If used, place in your
- MENUS directory (see below).
- BRUN45.EXE - Basic run-time library module. This file MUST be placed
- in your BBS directory, or anywhere on your DOS path in
- order for QUOTEIT to run!
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
- -------------
- First create a QUOTEIT.CFG file in the following format:
-
- Line 1 - Path and filename for ANSI display.
- Line 2 - Path and filename for ASCII display.
- Line 3 - Path and filename for answer file.
- Line 4 - Make unabortable? (Y or N).
- Line 5 - Pause at the end? (Y or N).
- Line 6 - Header line. Use the '@' symbol to mark where the user's handle will
- be placed.
- Line 7 - Top delimiter. This can be any character you like, but keep in mind
- that the text will only be 75 characters in length.
- Line 8 - Text line. This is mainly so you can define the color of the text.
- Note that there is an alt-255 character at the end of the string to
- produce a blank space.
- Line 9 - Bottom delimiter. Again, this can be any character desired.
-
- Next create a QUOTEIT.INF questionnaire file following the rules for
- creation of Infoform questionnaires in the Telegard documentation. See
- the QUOTEIT.INF file included in this archive for information on
- restrictions. I suggest using this file to begin with, and editing it
- after QUOTEIT is running correctly.
-
- Then you need to add the following to your GOODBYE menu:
-
- Menu Filename: GOODBYE
- Command #xx of xx
-
- 1. Long descript : ; Null String
- 2. Short desctipt: ; Null String
- 3. Cmd letters :G ; or whatever letter you use to logoff.
- 4. ACS required :""
- 5. Cmdkeys :-Q
- 6. MString :QUOTEIT
- Flags :None
- Q. Quit
-
- Menu Filemane: GOODBYE
- Command #xx of xx
-
- 1. Long descript : ; Null String
- 2. Short descript: ; Null String
- 3. Cmd letters :G ; or whatever letter you use to logoff.
- 4. ACS required :""
- 5. Cmdkeys :D-
- 6. MString :QUOTEIT.EXE
- Flags :None
- Q. Quit
-
- As an alternative, you can replace your current GOODBYE.MNU with the one
- included in this archive. It will automatically send people logging off
- through the "Leave message to next caller" prompt. I have found that this
- increases the use of QUOTEIT drastically!
-
- There are at least 2 ways I can think of to display the QUOTEIT message
- to callers as they logon. The method I use, is to set the ANSI/ASCII
- filenames in QUOTEIT.CFG to LOGON.ANS and LOGON.MSG respectively. This
- will display the quote to all callers automatically each login. If this
- method isn't satisfactory, then go into Telegard's System configuration
- (P from WFC menu). Select I and change the Start out menu to QUOTEIT.
- Then move the QUOTEIT.MNU file included in this archive to your MENUS
- directory.
-
-
- REGISTRATION:
- -------------
- I don't REQUIRE that you register this small utility, but if you use
- it on your BBS, and wish to compensate me for my time, then please send
- a check or money order for $5 (US) to:
-
- Doug Bora
- 1612 Wilton Ct.
- Green Oaks, IL 60048
-
-
- CONCLUSION:
- -----------
- Well, that should be it. I've been running this program on my system
- for over a month now, and haven't had a single problem. If YOU have
- any problems with QUOTEIT, feel free to reach me on The Coliseum at
- 815-748-4325 as Stigmata #1 (SysOp) or send netmail via Fidonet to Doug
- Bora at 1:11/12. The Latest version of Quoteit is also FREQable as
- QUOTEIT (7700 Bytes) or QUOTEITB (64700 Bytes). QUOTEITB.ZIP includes
- the BRUN45.EXE file which is required for QUOTEIT to run.
-