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- Digital Genesis: Phone number (608)787-0735 & FidoNet Address (1:2360/13)
-
- Update to After Thoughts v1.1
-
- 7/07/94
-
- Digital Genesis presents...
-
- After Thoughts v1.2
-
- Copyright 1994 by James Sella
- All rights reserved.
-
- NOTE: 'After Thoughts' currently supports only 'dorinfo1.def' that is
- compatible with RA and 'door.sys'. Use a conversion program as
- need be. ANSI and ASCII are the only emulation that is supported
- at this time.
-
- (Subliminal: Registration is only $2 (two). Register today, it's cheap!)
-
-
- ***Disclaimer:
- This software, it's associated files and documentation is provided
- "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
- The author, or anyone else involved with this program shall not be
- liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damages,
- including loss of profits, interruption of business, loss of
- information, or any other claims, attributed to the use, or inability
- to use this software. This software is guarrentied to do nothing more
- than take up drive space.
-
-
- ***License:
- This software is NOT freeware, it is shareware. You are given a chance
- to try out this software before you buy it. If you have no intention of
- registering this software please discontinue use of it. This software
- may be copied as long as the original archive stays intact. This
- software may NOT be sold or placed in any package without direct
- premission from the author.
-
-
- ***Installation:
-
-
- 1) UnArchive 'After Thoughts' into its own directory.
-
- example of what your tree should now look like:
-
- root (c:) ---> bbs ---> at ---> at.exe
- at.cfg
- at.ctl
- atmain.ans
- atmain.asc
- sysop.doc
-
- 3) Use a text editor to modify AT.cfg *AND* AT.ctl to fit your BBS's set up.
- All the information that you will need is in the file AT.cfg and AT.ctl.
- Here is an explaination anyway. :)
- at.cfg
-
- Discription Example
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- SysOp Name | James_Sella
- BBS Name | Digital_Genesis
- Registration code | 0123456789
- Maximum time in door in minutes | 30
- Drop file type | DORINFO1.def
- Path to After Thoughts directory| c:\bbs\at\
- Path to drop file | c:\bbs\
-
- at.ctl
-
- Discription Example
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Allow Anonymous messages? | YES
- Full path of message file | c:\bbs\at\atmess
- 'Bad Words' list seperated with | meany|sucker|jerk
- the pipe (|)
-
- NOTE1: In AT.cfg the SysOp Name,BBS Name, and Registration code the
- capitalization is very important. Registrations codes will not work
- unless the capitalization is perfect.
-
- NOTE2: In AT.ctl the allow anonymous messages option will only work in the
- registered version. Unregistered versions are defaulted to NO.
-
- NOTE3: In AT.ctl the full path of message file should contain the files location
- and the name of the file minus the extention on the file.
- DO *NOT* SUPPLY THE .ANS or .ASC. 'After Thoughts' will supply this.
-
- NOTE4: In AT.ctl the 'Bad Words' list must be seperated by the pipe (|). All
- entries for 'Bad Words' must be on the same line, maximum length is 300
- characters, and and you must remember that they are taken out of the
- text one at a time, in the order that they appear on the line.
-
- This means if your list is: suck|sucker
-
- Then a message...
-
- You are a sucker.
-
- Will come out as...
-
- You are a ****er.
-
- If your list is: sucker|suck
-
- Then a message...
-
- You are a sucker.
-
- Will come out as...
-
- You are a ******.
-
- What this comes down to is that order is important in the list.
-
- 4) Create a menu option to call 'After Thoughts' from your BBS. 'After
- Thoughts' should be called using a batch file. No command line
- perameters are needed but 'After Thoughts' does *NEED* to be called
- from it's own directory.
-
- NOTE: If you are running a multiline BBS you may pass the node number as
- a command line perameter such as...
-
- at.exe 3
-
- This passes to 'After Thoughts' that node 3 is using the program.
-
- NOTE: Refer to your BBS manual if you need help on setting up external
- programs.
-
- examples - batch file:
-
- ;Example Batch for 'After Thoughts'
- c:
- cd\bbs\at
- at.exe %1
- cd\bbs
-
-
- 'After Thoughts' should now be operational in its UNREGISTERED form.
-
- *Read the section on Displaying The Message*
-
-
- ***Command Line Options:
-
-
- /d or /display - will display the message left by a previous user.
-
- /l or /local - will start 'After Thoughts' in local mode. You will be
- prompted for your name. If you press <enter> with a blank
- line, the user name will be "SysOp".
-
- # - any number 0 thru 9 will tell 'After Thoughts' what node is
- currently using the door. It is only used for the IN_USE.flg
- file. If the door hangs it might be needed to delete this
- file.
-
-
- ***Displaying The Message:
-
-
- This section is for those who can't think up how to do it on their own. :)
-
- There are 5 ways of displaying the message to the next caller.
-
- 1) Use the command line /d or /display to display. Again you will need
- to run 'After Thoughts' from its own directory and probably from a
- batch file. You could run this for example out of RA's top menu or
- any BBS's equivilant log in process.
-
- 2) Use a display ANSI or ASCII menu command in RA or any BBS that does
- that sort of thing to display it.
-
- 3) Remember in the AT.ctl you can coustom name the name and location of
- the message. You could use welcome1 for example under RA. The
- message would automatically be displayed at log in.
-
- NOTE: There will be no PAUSE command this way. I still have to program in
- an answer for this. Suggestions?
-
- 4) Just let the user load up the door and look for himself. (That's an
- easy on!)
-
- 5) Any other way you can figure out to do it! Use your imagination!
-
-
-
- ***Registration:
-
-
- Registration for 'After Thoughts' is only $2.
-
- What you get: AT's message will now say REGISTERED instead of UNREGISTERED, the
- ANONYMOUS option will now function & you look really cool because you
- have another REGISTERED door! This registration code will work with all
- future versions of 'After Thoughts'. I'll do my best to release a few
- newer version of this program. Best of all you can feel good about
- helping a poor starving programmer buy things for his girlfriend. :)
- (Just kidding Vicky)
-
- If you can't afford this program then you probably should sell your computer
- and BBS to buy food. :) (Yes, this is a guilt trip, but IT IS TRUE.)
-
- All registrations can be sent to:
-
- Digital Genesis
- c/o - James Sella
- 3400 Leonard St.
- LaCrosse, Wi 54601
-
-
- Registration Codes will be returned via NetMail to your BBS (directly, not
- routed) or through the U.S. Postal System. Registrations are final and are
- not transferable. Please allow 4 weeks for delivery... should be less than
- that though. :)
-
- WHAT IS NEEDED FOR REGISTRATIONS:
-
- 1) SysOp's Real Name
- 2) BBS's Name
- * 3) Name of Program you are Registering
- 4) FidoNet Address (if you have one)
- 5) $2
-
- I may be contacted most of the time on my BBS or though NetMail and I usually
- monitor Fido's DOORWARE echo.
-
- The newest versions of my programs can be FREQed (1:2360/13) or downloaded from
- Digital Genesis (608)787-0735. If you are calling long distance, you may log on
- as 'Guest' with the password 'Guest'.
-
- 'After Thoughts' MAGIC name is AT
-
- Digital Genesis (608)787-0735
- FidoNet NetMail to James Sella (1:2360/13) (all year round)
- Internet Mail to sella_jm@cowley.uwlax.edu (during school year)
-
-
- ***New in Version 1.2:
-
- New to version 1.2 is ASCII. About time? Yep, doors that don't have ASCII
- don't make it all that far. In addition to that is improved handleing of the
- FOSSIL's buffers. With that improvment the displays should be faster. Also in
- this version you might notice that the .exe is about 50% smaller. And last of
- all I added a smart IN_USE.flg system similar to the one that Dream Voting
- Booth v2.00 has.
-
-
- ***About the program:
-
-
- 'After Thoughts' is my first real attempt at a door program. I wrote it while
- my girlfriend sat behind me paciently waiting for me to get off the computer.
-
- It was written in C++ by James Sella in the late hours of several nights. I
- would like to appologize for the lame docs. (I did write them at 2 am, so do you
- expect much better?)
-
-
- ***History:
-
-
- v1.0 - Pre-Release of After Thoughts
- 5/17/94
-
- v1.1 - Added several improvments - /d or /display command line option
- 5/25/94 - /l or /local command line option
- - # command line option for multinode BBS use
- - added Infomation/Credit menu option
- - changed colors
- - 'Bad Word' checking
- - ANONYMOUS for registered users only
- - door.sys support
- - maximum time limit in door
- - time checking
-
- v1.2 - Added several improvments - ASCII was added finally
- 7/07/94 - Improved FOSSIL routines
- - Added a smart IN_USE.flg system
-
-
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