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- The Annoncement Door!
- Version 3.70
-
- COPYRIGHT 1991,94 T&J Software
-
- 01/01/94
-
- One of the T&J Software Collection of multi-BBS door programs.
- Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire,
- UltraBBS, Telegard, TriBBS, and Remote Access.
-
- by
-
- T&J Software
- (717)325-9481
- 24H/7D
- Hayes Optima 14.4 (2 lines)
-
- 397 West Broadway
- Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
- (717)325-9480 VOICE
- 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time
-
-
- LATEST VERSION:
- Please call the T&J BBS for the latest version of this program.
-
- 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.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
- My users contribute to registering door programs. I made this simple
- door as a way for all users to see who payed to have each door
- registered. There is no fee for this door.
-
- You can also use it as a COMMENT FROM THE SYSOP about the door that
- the person is entering.
-
- To try the door locally simply run ANN LOCAL.
-
-
- NOTE: When making your ANNOUNCE.ANS and your ANNOUNCE.ASC screens using
- your drawing package, try leaving the top three lines and bottom
- three lines blank. Also, when saving your screen be sure not to
- include a clear screen command. Save the screen with a "home cursor".
- If you are using TheDraw greater than version 3.3 use a "block save"
- to save your screen.
-
- A new item has been added in v3.7+. If you make a file called
- DELAY.DAT and put a number in it such as 10, Announce will delay the
- screen for that many seconds instead of putting up the ENTER prompt.
-
- CONFIGURATION: (ANN.CFG)
- =============
-
- Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
- ----------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
- ---------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT
-
- Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for SFDOORS.DAT
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for GTUSER.BBS
- -----------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your GTUSER.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- 1 <=- (COM port number - defaults to 1)
- 1 <=- (Node number - defaults to 1)
-
- Example Batch File
- ==================
-
- A sample batch file is included and is similer to the following:
- ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\LEMON <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
- ANN ANN.CFG <=- Execute Announce!
- LEMON33 LEMON.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
- configuration filename to the program.
- CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
- BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
-
- This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
- the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
- CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
- variables, (q.v.)
-
- Environment Variables
- =====================
-
- PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
- variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
- the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
- Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
- would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
- .CFG file for multi-node operation!
-
- To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
- command line. For example:
-
- ANN ANN.CFG /5
- or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
- ANN ANN.CFG /%IRQ%
-
- This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
-
- Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
- systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
- somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
- in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
- and are interchangeable.
-
- When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
- file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
- and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
- PCBoard:
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
-
- Wildcat!:
- USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%
-
- Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
- in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
- SET PCBDRIVE=C:
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
- SET PCBNODE=1
-
- Fossil Driver Support
- ---------------------
- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
-
- Sysop Keys
- ==========
-
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
- written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
- DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
- HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
- passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
-
- If you have any problems/suggestions please feel free to contact The
- T&J BBS.
-
- See the REGISTER.TXT file for other programs from T&J Software!
-