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The Cellar Door Mods WHATSNEW File ---------------------------------- =============================================================================== 0811: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0811/CDUD0811 0809: Pete Eibl's CONFNUM mod has been added in. This mod allows callers to select a conference by entering a preset NUMBER for a conference name OR the actual conference name. To enable this option, you must create a Conference Number file in the same directory you keep your CONFMAIL.DEF file. The conference number file must be called whatever you call your CONFMAIL.DEF file with the extension of "NUM" - CONFMAIL.NUM, for example. This allows you to have separate CONFMAIL.NUM files for subboards which might have different CONFMAIL.DEF files. The format of the CONFMAIL.NUM file is as follows: 1,C:\RBBS\MESSAGES\MAINU.DEF,C:\RBBS\MESSAGES\MAINM.DEF,MAIN 2,C:\RBBS\MESSAGES\CDOORU.DEF,C:\RBBS\MESSAGES\CDOORM.DEF,CDOOR The FIRST parameter is the conference number, which the caller can type in as the conference to join. The Users and Messages are for the respective conference, and finally, the AREA name is the last parameter, allowing for entry of CONFERENCES with names longer than the 7 character limit placed on the filename of a conference to join. --- 0808: The Sysop's PGUp key now displays locally all info contained in the file USERINFO which must be located in your TEXT subdirectory. See the USERINFO file in TEXT.ZIP for a sample. Note that this file has a {SO command at the bottom so you can read the info before the callers activity scrolls it off the screen. --- 0730: Support for DESC.SDI files to be used in an upload description has been removed. The FILE_ID.DIZ seems to be the standard now, and most DESC.SDI files don't seem to have one. So, the way it works now is if you use the FILE_ID.DIZ mod as before, the FIRST LINE of the FILE_ID.DIZ file will be used for the main upload description, and if the first line is longer than your FMS description length, then any extra words from the first line along with the rest of the lines in the FILE_ID.DIZ file will be placed in the extended description. --- 0717: You can now have an option MAIL.HLP file in your HELP subdirectory which will be displayed whenever a caller logs on and has mail waiting. If this file cannot be found, then "You have new mail!" will be displayed instead. Suggested purpose for this file is to give your callers quick directions on how to read their mail. 0710: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0710/CDUD0710 0709: Added the Maple GF display graphics version of file command to the RBBS macro support. --- 0708: Added the option to press enter and quit when selecting a protocol. See the new PROTO.DEF in XFER.ZIP for the ([ENTER] quits) line. If you are using PROTO*.MNU's you don't need to change the PROTO.DEF. --- 0707: Added support for .DOZ files for upload descriptions. The .DOZ file is used for handling descriptions for uploads like a FILE_ID.DIZ is, however the .DOZ file is external to the upload and one .DOZ file can have descriptions for more than one upload during a batch upload. Since the CDor/Maple modifed RBBS asks an uploader for a description and category (if allowed) BEFORE the upload, the uploader must still enter something for a description regardless of the .DOZ file. The mod will look for a .DOZ file entry in the XFER-x.DEF file and if found, use it to look for the upload description. If the upload has a FILE_ID.DIZ and/or DESC.SDI within the archive, then the FILE_ID.DIZ and/or DESC.SDI file will override the .DOZ file description. After the process of searching a .DOZ file for descriptions is complete on all uploads in a batch upload, then the .DOZ file is deleted. Note the difference between the CDor/Maple batch upload and stock batch upload is that stock asks for all the info on a file AFTER the upload is complete. If these mods were redone to ask for file info AFTER an upload, then that would basically take away the AutoLogOff feature available after an upload. So, that is the way I decided to implement the mod. I *will not* be rewriting these mods so that they are like stock in asking for descriptions and upload categories AFTER an upload! The .DOZ file format is by Dan Shore and originally developed for his batch upload program for RBBS called RBatch. The basic format of a .DOZ file (as far as what the CDor Mods needs) is as follows: {FI FILE1.ZIP X This is the description of FILE1.ZIP it can be 80 characters wide and no more that 10 lines long. {FI FILE2.GIF X This is the second file. The lines must be LEFT Justified and the first four characters must be "{FI " (an {FI and a SPACE). Then follows the name and after that any character. This is reserved for the categories, but not used with these modes as the category is already given before the upload and before this file is read. The .DOZ file format is by Dan Shore and originally developed for his batch upload program for RBBS called RBatch. The .DOZ file can be created using Tom Hansen's TagFile utility. In summary, you may not ever use this mod, but it is benificial to your batch uploaders to enter extended descriptions off line in a .DOZ file and then uploading the .DOZ file along with the rest of the uploads. For more info on RBatch, see the file RBTCH222.ZIP available here or from Dan Shore's BBS, the ShoreLine BBS at 1-301-946-2771. For more info on Tom Hansen's TagFile utility, see the file TAG200.ZIP available here or from Tom Hansen's BBS, The Church Chatters BBS at 1-402-593-8863. --- 0705: Several Toggle and User Options have been added with this mod. They are: Read New Mail - a user togglable option which will make rbbs ask them if they want to read all new mail when you have CONFIG #282 - Skip Mail Check at log on turned off. Reselect All - this is a SYSOP controlled user option flag which can be controlled with either the SYSOP's 5 key while on line or with an added CONFIG option #193 - Make all users reselect preferences. The effect of this option on a user is they will have to reselect their Graphics, Protocol, and all other Toggle options the next time they log on. Reselect Graphics - this option is also a SYSOP controlled user option flag which can also be controlled either on line or with an added CONFIG option #194 - Make all users select graphics preference. Reselect Protocol - this option is also a SYSOP controlled user option flag which can also be controlled either on line or with an added CONFIG option #195 - Make all users select protocol preference. More Promt Erase - this is a user selectable option which controls wether or not the "More..." prompts get erased or RBBS sends a CR/LF instead. Since the routine that Wipes a line (WipeLine) will NOT wipe a line when NULLS or on, NULLS are automatically turned off when the user selects to have the More prompt erased. ANSI Music - Users can now select ANSI Music for the Prompt Bell in the Toggles options. Also, when a caller has ANSI Music on they will hear the same "telephone ring" while paging that you do! When in LOCAL mod, ANSI Music is not used. GlobalTwit - This SYSOP controlled flag is reserved however with this release, there is nothing that will happen regardless of this setting. Once decided what a TWIT can and cannot do, or some other way of controlling a twit is implemented then the flag will activiate whatever it will be designed for. --- 0704: Added option to have a RATIO.HLP file displayed when downloaders go past their ratio limits. To use this option, simply create a file called RATIO plus your default HELP extension and place it in your HELP subdirectory. Graphic versions of this file are accepted. --- 0702: --- The VIEWTxt Mod has been removed. The files Xxxx.BAT, such as XZIP.BAT are no longer needed and can be removed. Xxxx.BAT files should be located in your MAIN RBBS subdirectory. --- CONFIG options 323,324,325,326 now control the colors of the directory listing display. The first 4 user colors are now hard coded into the mods. An added option, 329, controls the color of the extended description. This paramter replaced the Library Program in CONFIG. You should run config on your MAIN RBBS-PC.DEF file and all subboard .DEF files to set your color for extended descriptions. If RBBS can't get a legal color for extended descriptions from your config file, then it will use the regular description color by default. --- CONFIG options 13,14,15 now have no affect on the local console's color display while RBBS is running - removed for space savings in the global variables. --- 0701: The CALLINFO.BBS door drop file is no longer offered in the CDor mods. Please check your DOORS.DEF file and any doors that needed the CALLINFO.BBS file and make them use something else! This drop file was removed to add more room for other great mods. --- 0630: --- The UT.HLP file has been revised to give info on the CDor added toggle options. See HELP.ZIP for this file. --- Under the defacto standard of what a FILE_ID.DIZ is supposed to be, line 1 of this file is now used as the main description instead of the "Description within Archived File:" that was used before. You may want to change your batch upload test file to DELETE a DESC.SDI (also used for main description) when there already is a FILE_ID.DIZ. Something like: IF EXIST %4%2\FILE_ID.DIZ COPY %4%2\FILE_ID.DIZ c:\rbbs\node%node% IF EXIST %4%2\DESC.SDI COPY %4%2\DESC.SDI c:\rbbs\node%node% IF EXIST C:\RBBS\NODE%node%\FILE_ID.DIZ DEL C:\RBBS\NODE%node%\DESC.SDI Would work (your batch upload program must previous dextract these files to the nodework subdirectory). See the revised CALLZ.BAT file for the complete listing. --- 0629: Several enhancements to the Toggles options has been added. First, the Extended DIR listings option is now saved in the User's Record. Whatever it is will be saved. If a caller changes it while listing files then it will stay that way until they change it again. Second, the more important Toggles options are now selected during the newuser process IF you have CONFIG set to allow new user to set their own defaults. Some of the options will not be offered depending on other config options. In otherwords, if you have CONFIG set up to not allow new files checks, then the caller wont be asked if they want to skip new files. 0628: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0628/CDUD0628 0628: This release of the CDUD0628 file contains only MRG files of all the CDor .BAS files. Even if the Last version of a CDor .BAS file has not changed, its .MRG file is included anyway. The way to update from the last version of the CDor mods to this version is to take all the .BAS files: ALIAS.BAS ANSICHAT.BAS ANSIED.BAS CNFG-SUB.BAS CONFIG.BAS RBBS-PC.BAS RBBSSUB1.BAS RBBSSUB2.BAS RBBSSUB3.BAS RBBSSUB4.BAS RBBSSUB6.BAS RCHAT401.BAS RCSUB401.BAS SYSOP8.BAS WILDDOWN.BAS RBBSSUB5.BAS Note that there are NO .MRG files for: CNFG-VAR.BAS RBBS-VAR.BAS RBBS-VAR.MOD With the above files in a common subdirectory, UNZIP all the files within CDORMRGS.ZIP and SOURCE.ZIP into the same directory, being sure to use the NEW versions of the CNFG-VAR.BAS and RBBS-VAR.* files! Next, make sure BLED is available in your PATH or in this same subdirectory and run the file UPDATE.BAT, included in the SOURCE.ZIP file. If all goes well, the UPDATE.BAT file will have created the NEW version of the CDor mods. Please refer to this area of this file to UPDATE from the LAST version of any CDor mod you might have. Remember, the CDUD files are only for the LAST CDOR file! In this case, CDUD0628 is ONLY for CDOR0626! --- CONFIG #53 now controls the "Thanks For Calling" message displayed at logoff. CONFIG #53 used to control Music for RBBS which has been removed in the CDor mods. If you select to inhibit the log off message, then absolutly nothing will be displayed after the caller selects to log off and the Epilog File(s) (if any) are displayed. 0626: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0626 0626: The ICONS used for the RIPWINx and other RIP menus and screens have been changed to use BLANKBUT.ICN and IC1.ICN which normally are included with the RIPTerm package so your users will not have to DL Icons to before they can fully enjoy the RIP option. The file CDORICON.ZIP contains the icons used for these mods. --- The PAGED.DEF file shown when a caller pages the sysop with no answer is now called PAGED.MNU and must be located in the TEXT subdirectory. --- 0625: All support for the Music in RBBS has been removed. The config option for this feature has no affect on RBBS. --- 0624: The MENU0 file is now the ONLY MENU0 file - there is no more check for a colorized "MENU0C" file, be sure to use the mono or color MENU0 of your choice! --- The "H=Help" shown when categorizing uploads has been changed to "L=List" --- The copyright screen displayed for RBBS is now an external file. This file must exist in the RBBS subdirectory. Place the file COPYRITE.DEF included in RBBS.ZIP in your RBBS subdirectory. Note that the copyright display is only shown for the first 10 calls the BBS gets, after that, it is not displayed. During these 10 calls, if the file COPYRITE.DEF cannot be found, RBBS will abort. --- The Canned 'you dropped carrier message' mod can now send the message to callers who are not penalized for dropping carriers by putting a -1 in the 15th parameter of the PASSWRDS file. --- The RBBSUTIL.ASM and RBBSUTIL.OBJ files have been changed. The RBBSULC routine has been removed since PDS can change a string to upper case. The OBJ file has been compiled with TASM. --- 0622: The ANSI sysop5 mod is finished! Be sure to use the NEW SYSOP5 menu! Note that some of the stock RBBS commands have been changed for this mod. 0619: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0619/CDUD0619 0619: Added RIPWINC for RIP graphics. This is a RIP text window for viewing conferences. The file RIPWINC in TEXT.ZIP needs to be placed in your 'TEXT' subdirectory. 0618: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0618 0618: There have been a LOT of changes since the last version of the CDor Mods! Please read all the WHATSNEW info here thru the last version you have and also the new info at the bottom of CDOOR.DOC. The CDOOR.DOC file has been through a agonizing revision and the ZIP files included in the CDor MODS have also be given the once over. The MAKERBBS.BAT file has been updated to compile the SYSOP8 source which is now included with these mods. A nearly identical MAKERBBS.X87 batch file is included if you are using a math CPU. The Times Downloaded mod requires alteration of your FMS MASTER.DIR structure, you may not want to use this mod, it is your choice. Support programs have been provided in the DIR.ZIP file - ADDTIMES, TAKETIME, and FMSFFS. These 3 programs which are provide free are still being improved. Please see their respective doc files in the DOCS.ZIP file. This lastest version is an exciting one and shows that RBBS definitly can lead the pack with it's versatile structure and Users Helping Users standards. - Dan And now the new stuff: 0613: Added in RIP display command support! To display RIP files, your users must select R)IP graphics in the UTILITIES Graphics command. Because of this addition graphics mode in RBBS, the user's graphics number table has changed. Because their OLD graphics number will be incompatible with the NEW graphics number table, I have added in a small feature to FORCE all of your users to re-select their graphics preferences at logon without having to make them do this from the UTILITITES menu. To implement this feature, first you must run CONFIG and select option #186 to make all users answer the "required questionaire". Next select option #82 for the NAME of the questionaire. Enter any path you want and then enter "GRAPHICS". "GRAPHICS" is a magic word that will make all this happen. Once your users have re-selected their new graphics preferences, they will not be asked again. This feature may also be re-used anytime you want all your users to re-select their graphic preferences. The RIP files for menus and text files follow the same scheme as the other RBBS files. The RIP files use a "R" to distinguish them between the other files. As before, Avatar files use a "V", an ANSI file uses a "C" and a ASCII file uses a "G". There are now 5 possible files. For example: WELCOME - "none" WELCOMEG - ASCII WELCOMEC - ANSI WELCOMEV - AVATAR WELCOMER - RIP If you do not want to have RIP support for your users, simple do not create any RIP Menu and Text ("R") files. If any users select R)IP and their are no RIP files for display, RBBS will look for ANSI ("C") files instead, and then "none" files if no ANSI files are found. Please see the CDOOR.DOC file for further information! --- 0604: The AUTOOFF.MNU and LOGOFF.MNU menus that were in the HELP subdirectory have been moved to the TEXT subdirectory. --- The Talk support has been removed to make room in the code for all the other mods, the RBBSHS.OBJ file is no longer needed at LINK time. --- 0525: Externalized the Toggles option of the UTIL command. You must have a file called TOGGLES (Graphics versions allowed) in your TEXT subdirectory. A sample TOGGLES file is included in TEXT.ZIP. --- 0523: Externalized the Review Profile information shown if you have CONFIG set to remind callers of their profile and also in the utilities "R" command. To make this work, you must have a file called PROFILE in your "TEXT" subdirectory. All info that has been in this screen is now handled with SmartText and you can add or remove any info you want in the Profile display. Graphics versions of PROFILE are allowed. PROFILE is included in TEXT.ZIP. --- Added Transfer time display to extended file list description. If the caller opts to turn Extended off at the files listing prompt, then the transfer time for each file will not show. This option is further controlled with CONFIG #100. CONFIG #100 uses the old, no longer used AutoDownload checking option which is no longer used, so no special changes need to be done with your config file(s) other than selecting what you want. --- Added Times Downloaded option. This option will keep track of the number of times a file has been downloaded in your FMS directory listing. To turn this feature on, you must do 2 things. First, you must add an extra 5 character field to your FMS directory listing. The program ADDTIMES in the UTIL.ZIP file will do this for you (read the ADDTIMES.DOC!). Next, you must run CONFIG on all your RBBS config files and set the new option, #174, Show Times Downloaded when listing files to YES. That is all there is to it! RBBS will automatically keep track of each listing in your FMS directory list and increment the times a file has been downloaded after a caller downloads a file. NOTE! Downloads will ONLY be incremented if a XFER-x.DEF file is created by your protocol driver. CONFIG #174 replaced CONFIG #29, which means these MODS will only work on IBM/PC/AT "compatible" computers. The support for the PCJr and Compaq/Plus has been removed. --- 0522: You can delete all Vxxx.BAT files and replace them with the VIEWFILE.BAT file to view files. VIEWFILE.BAT uses BSHOW for all extensions. BSHOW is free to use and available on most RBBS BBS's as BSHOW110.ZIP and BSHOW111.ZIP. VIEWFILE.BAT is included in RBBS.ZIP --- 0520: CONFIG #22 now controls the 'Who's On' command. If you want to allow non-sysop level callers to see who's on or has been on other nodes, set this parameter to Yes. Otherwise, a no will show non-sysop callers that offline nodes are "Waiting for next caller". CONFIG #22 USED to let you show the caller their File Transfer statistics, but this feature can be done using the LGSTATS screen. --- 0515: The math routines have been internalized for the GIF specs mod, therefore you no longer need to include the SHIFT.OBJ module when compiling the CDor Mods. 0514: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0514/CDUD0514 0511: Changed the order of logging off to run the epilog questionaire first, then display any text files if the EPILOG.LST file is used, then the final time report and goodby. The EPILOG Questionaire will ONLY be ran during a normal logoff. A Sleep Disconnect or Auto Logoff will ONLY display the files listed in the EPILOG.LST file. It is recommended that all files to be displayed as listed in the EPILOG.LST file have the {NS non-stop SmartText control character in them so that a page break which would prompt the caller for a keyboard input will not occur - Auto LogOff or Sleep Disconnects assume that there is nobody attending the callers side of the connection, so make sure that the log off happens smoothly. --- 0510: The [I]nfo Screen Option off then MAIN prompt now requires an external file to display the available screens for display. The file must be called INFOSCR and it must be located in your "TEXT" subdirectory - the same directory as your welcome file. Mono, Color, and Avatar versions are allowed. --- The CONFIG Option #38 has been changed from the option to use Machine language for Speed to allow for the option of making the NEWS file display uninterruptable instead of matching whatever was set for the Welcome file being interruptable in CONFIG #27. 0509: =============================================================================== Release of CDOR0509 0507: The CONFIG Option #39 has been changed from the option to use BASIC for screen writes to allow for an optional callers log in TEXT format. The name of the text file will always be the same as the name of the original CALLERS log file from CONFIG #90 with the file name extension of TXT. If you do not select to log activity to the callers log specified in CONFIG #90, then the TEXT callers log will not be created or appended to. --- 0506: Added OnLine Sysop Help screen! Pressing ALT-F1 While a user is on line will display a sysop help screen. The file must be called SYSOP.HLP or SYSOP + default helpfile extension and must be located in your HELP sub- directory. SmartText characters are allowed in the SYSOP.HLP file. --- You can now specify separate OFFLINE.DEF files for subboards with file systems by naming the file the name of the MAIN FMS Directory Name plus .OFL. For example, if your MAIN FMS Directory as set in CONFIG #214 is SPECIAL, then SPECIAL.OFL would contain the list of offline files. Files in this list must be listed one file per line. 0502: =============================================================================== Release of CDUD0502/CDOR0502 0502: Lot's of internal fixes. Nothing major required in RBBS's setup to upgrade from the 0426 to this version. --- 0501: Added internal Wildcard Search routines for the WildCard Download mod. You do not need the FINDFILE.OBJ file anymore, however, you must have PDS7.1's QBX.LIB library available. Note changes in the RBBSBC71.LNK file! If you don't have PDS7.1 completly installed on your computer, you can find QBX.LIB PDS7.1 on disk 2 of the 3 1/2" 720k version of PDS 7.1. It is in compressed form as QBX.LI$. Use UNPACK.EXE on disk 1 to expand QBX.LI$ to QBX.LIB. 0426: ============================================================================== Release of CDOR0426 0420: In Stock RBBS, when you have a subboard that has a different callers log filename from the MAIN board's file name, RBBS would write the subboard's callers file to whatever is entered in CONFIG #90 for a path, REGARDLESS of what node is doing the actual logging. The end result is that in a multi-node system, two caller's could end up having their activity logged to the same file. The 'right' way to log activity of subboards of different nodes is to log the file in it's own subdirectory. As per RBBS docs, multi-node RBBS's should have a separate subdirectory for each node. C:\RBBS\NODE1\ C:\RBBS\NODE2\ etc. The Cdor mods make sure that in a multinode system (even if your NODE 2 is a local node), the proper callers file is logged to. Keep in mind that this problem in STOCK RBBS only happens when the original, MAIN callers log file and the subboard log file have different names. 0418: "Nodeable" LGx.DEF files can be used, simple add the node number in front of the LGx.DEF file for any node that you want a unique LGx.DEF file. For example, if you want all callers with access level 50 on NODE 3 to be displayed a unique LGx.DEF file for that node, make a file called 3LG50.DEF. If you don't want to use this feature, do nothing, the default LGx.DEF files will still be displayed if they exist. --- You can now display any message you want to your caller at any main prompt (MAIN,FILE,UTIL) by pressing ALT-F7. The file to display must be located in your TEXT subdirectory (where your welcome file is) and must be called LOGOFF. Graphic versions of this file are also allowed. --- The multiple FIDX list mod now requires a FORTH parameter - the maximum description length for each files directory. This extra parameter is required for the SYSOP8 mod which must 'know' this info when manipulating files across subboards with different FMS structures. The new format now must be: c:\rbbs\dir\fidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\lidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\master.dir,46 c:\rbbs\dir\afidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\alidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\adult.dir,43 0413: The multiple FIDX list mod now requires a THIRD paramter - the full path and filename of the Main FMS directory list for the "FIDX/LIDX" files for each line in the "FIDX.LST" file. This extra parameter serves 2 purposes. The first is to display where RBBS is searching for a Wildcard download search to the user and the second is for procedures within the SYSOP8 mod to know where to add or delete a file's description. The new format now must be: c:\rbbs\dir\fidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\lidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\master.dir c:\rbbs\dir\afidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\alidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\adult.dir During the searches, the user will be told "Searching MASTER", etc... 0410: The Upload Message file displayed when a caller uploads a file now must have the same extension as your Default Help file extension is as set in CONFIG. The Upload message file must be in your "HELP" subdirectory. Otherwise, this mod is the same as before. --- When a caller's password expires, you can now display a help file called PASSWORD plus whatever your default help file extension is as set in CONFIG. The PASSWORD help file must be in your "HELP" subdirectory. --- The multiple FIDX list mod now looks for the name of the FIDX file with the filename extension of "LST". Instead of a generic "IDX.LST" file, RBBS now looks for whatever then name of the file you entered in CONFIG #267 with an extension of .LST. For example, if your entry for CONFIG #267 is FIDX.DEF, then the multiple FIDX list file must be FIDX.LST. The contents of the .LST file are as before: c:\rbbs\dir\fidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\lidx.def c:\rbbs\dir\afidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\alidx.def See the 0124 info in this file and the CDOOR.DOC file for complete complete information. 0409: Added capability to make any file free in a Ratio BBS system by creating a file called FREE.DEF in your "DIR" subdirectory. Any file in your FMS system that you to be a free download simply needs to be entered in this file. Here's a sample of FREE.DEF: R174ASM.ZIP R174BAS.ZIP R174DOC.ZIP R174EXE.ZIP R174EXT.ZIP R174LIT.ZIP R174SMF.ZIP R174TXT.ZIP R174UTL.ZIP RBBS-NET.ZIP RBBSLIST.ZIP If you don't want to have any free files or use the "/FREE" FMS option instead, then you don't have to make a FREE.DEF. If a download is found in the FREE.DEF list, then the 'Ratios Enforced' and other ratio messages will be suppressed, just as if the download were a personal download. 0408: All *.MNU files are now expected to be in the "TEXT" subdirectory. This is the subdirectory where you keep your "WELCOME" file. The affected files are: CHAT*.MNU - was in the "RBBS" subdirectory SYSOP5.MNU - was in the "RBBS" subdirectory SYSOP8.MNU - was in the "RBBS" subdirectory P*.MNU - was in the "DIR" subdirectory --- The Statistics shown when first logging on or in the UTILS "S" command are now stored externally as a smarttext file. Create a file which musth be called LGSTATS (graphic and color versions OK) in the same subdirectory as your "WELCOME" file subdirectory. You can put any info you want in this file, but it MUST exist if you want any info displayed with the UTILS "S" command! Included is a sample STATS file. --- LOTS of new smarttext characters have been added! There are so many of them now, there is a file called SMARTTXT.DOC which is a chart of all the STOCK and CDor SmartText codes. 0406: Added feature to display a file to the caller when the sysop wants the system next after pressing F7. The message file must be called SYSNEXT, and be located in the same directory as your WELCOME file. Graphic versions (SYSNEXTG,SYSNEXTC,SYSNEXTV) are checked for. If you do not want a message displayed, then do not create this file! If you have callers who have SYSOP level access, they will not be displayed this file and will toggle off the Sysop Next flag. Otherwise, once you press the F7 key, until a sysop level access caller logs on, all callers will be displayed the "SYSNEXT" message file at any MAIN prompt - the MAIN, UTIL, or FILES. 0404: ============================================================================== Release of CDOR0404/CDUD0404 0402: Added in Avatar display command support! To display Avatar files, your users must select A)vatar graphics in the UTILITIES Graphics command. Because of this addition graphics mode in RBBS, the user's graphics number table has changed. Because their OLD graphics number will be incompatible with the NEW graphics number table, I have added in a small feature to FORCE all of your users to re-select their graphics preferences at logon without having to make them do this from the UTILITITES menu. To implement this feature, first you must run CONFIG and select option #186 to make all users answer the "required questionaire". Next select option #82 for the NAME of the questionaire. Enter any path you want and then enter "GRAPHICS". "GRAPHICS" is a magic word that will make all this happen. Once your users have re-selected their new graphics preferences, they will not be asked again. This feature may also be re-used anytime you want all your users to re-select their graphic preferences. The Avatar files for menus and text files follow the same scheme as the other RBBS files. The Avatar files use a "V" to distinguish them between the other files. As before, an ANSI file uses a "C" and a ASCII file uses a "G". There are now 4 possible files. For example: WELCOME - "none" WELCOMEG - ASCII WELCOMEC - ANSI WELCOMEV - AVATAR To create Avatar files, you must have a program that will make Avatar files. TheDraw version 4.6 will do this. There is also a little program called ANSI2AVT that will convert ANSI files to Avatar. Neither one of these two will make perfect Avatar files, and I can guarantee you that you will have to manually figure out and edit Avatar files to get them to properly display. Finally, you will need to have an AVATAR device driver to display Avatar files on your local screen. I uses a driver called ZAVT.SYS which works flawlessly for both ANSI and AVATAR display commands. All these files are available on the Cellar Door RBBS as: TDRAW460.ZIP 288178 ANSI2AVT.ZIP 20386 ZAVT11.ZIP 47337 Without the Authors of the above programs permissions, I cannot distribute their work in the Cellar Door Mods package. If you do not want to have Avatar support for your users, simple do not create any Avatar Menu and Text ("V") files. If any users select A)vatar and their are no Avatar files for display, RBBS will look for ANSI ("C") files instead, and then "none" files if no ANSI files are found. Avatar emulation also handles ANSI display commands. Note that ANSIChat has been changed to support Avatar compatability. ============================================================================== 0328: Release of CDOR0328/CDUD0328 0325: Added in the Maple TOSSx.LOG mod. This mod allows you to use the MsgToss /AREA: feature to read in a file called TOSSx.LOG created by RBBS which contains a list of echo conferences that have new messages ready to be scanned. To make all this happen, first you must run CONFIG on the echomail conferences of your choice and change CONFIG #12 to the AREA name of the conference as entered in your "AREAS.BBS" file. RBBS will now create a TOSSx.LOG file any time a new message is posted in those conferences. x being the node number. Next, you need to create a batch file to handle the TOSSx.LOG file: REM MSGSCAN.BAT :TOP SET NODE= FOR %%A IN (C:\RBBS\TOSS*.LOG) DO SET NODE=%%A IF %NODE%. == . GOTO NETSCAN MSGTOSS /SCAN/RBBS/FIDO/FIX/AREAF:%NODE% DEL %NODE% GOTO TOP :NETSCAN CALL NETSCAN.BAT My BINKLEY.BAT file calls MSGSCAN.BAT before running Binkley to make all this work. NETSCAN.BAT runs QMail for message packing and routing. 0322: Added in the MsgToss /MUSER mod to the Who's On command. This will show who's online OR OFFLINE on all the nodes. If you do not want to have this enabled, uncomment the lines in the WhosOn subroutine in RBBSSUB2 marked ' DD032203 (Just the lines that are commented out, not all the lines with ' DD032203!). 0321: Release of CDUD0321 - even after careful testing, came across a bug that was to fix the Uploads to All being placed in the Personal directory immediatly after a personal download, this bug is still alive. See BUGS.BUG for details. ============================================================================== 0320: Release CDUD0320 0319: Added Security Level checking to the Wildcard Download config file. Simply place the security level in front of the subdirectory as follows: 1000 10,C:\RBBS\UPLOAD\ 100,C:\RBBS\SPECIAL\ 0314: Added support to display P.MNU to the caller when in Novice mode when Personal Files is selected at the FILES command. You can put whatever you want in this menu, such as what each Personal Files command does and that Personal Files can only be downloaded from the Personal Files prompt. Graphic support (PG.MNU, PC.MNU) is also supported. This file must be in your DIR subdirectory. 0312: Added mod to EFND that will turn off checking for local user name in any conference you specify. To enable this, create a file called ECHOCONF.DEF in your RBBS directory. In this file, put the MESSAGE FILENAME only of any conferences you do not want RBBS to check for local users: RBBS-PCM.DEF BINKLEYM.DEF This would turn off user searches for message recipiants in the RBBS-PC and BINKLEY echomail conferences. 0312: Added EPILOG.LST support. This file is just like the WELCOME.LST mod inwhich your default EPILOG questionaire will be looked for and ran, and then if there exists in the same directory an EPILOG.LST (or what ever the BODY of the filename you call your EPILOG file) then RBBS will read each line in this file and look for None, ASCII, and ANSI versions of the file and display them. Note that this mod only DISPLAYS the files you list and does not run any questionaires. Example format is: C:\RBBS\TEXT\GOODBY C:\RBBS\TEXT\OTHERBBS C:\RBBS\TEXT\CALLAGIN The filename must be whatever you gave it in CONFIG #85 and end with the extension ".LST". You must also locate this file where you also locate the file listed in CONFIG #85. ============================================================================== 0310: Release of CDUD0310 Found that the RBBSBC71.LNK Link list was not proper for the compilation. A new list (that works) is included. 0308: The format for the Wildcard Download config file has been changed: 1000 C:\RBBS\UPLOAD\ C:\RBBS\SPECIAL\ The first line is ALWAYS the maximum number of matches to find for the filespec given (ex: RBBS*.ZIP). When or if that number of matches is met, then the search will stop and give the user the option to mark the matches found for download. All lines from line 2 on are subdirectories to be searched which are not in your FFS (FIDX/LIDX) files system. There should now be no problem searching through a large FIDX.DEF file for matches with this update. ============================================================================== 0305: Release of CDUD0305 0304: Added in Support for Wildcard Downloads. To enable this, you must creat an FIDX.CFG file in your RBBS DIR subdirectory. The filename is whatever the name is of your FIDX.DEF file with a .CFG for the extension. The format for the file is as follows: 2000 100 2 1 UPLOADC:\RBBS\UPLOAD\ DOWNC:\RBBS\DOWNLOAD\ DOWNC:\RBBS\GAMES\ line 1 is the max size of the FIDX.DEF array. This is designed on the number of entries in the FIDX.DEF that start with the same first letter. Each entry takes up 13 bytes, so a 2000 byte array would allow for 153 entries. The MAX is set at 5000 bytes or 384 entries. WILDDOWN.BAS may be edited and increased from the 5000 max allowed up to 10,000, however at some point, if you have a LOT of files in one FIDX.DEF that start with the same letter, your system will max out and get a "subscript out of range" error. line 2 is the max number of Marked Files allowed. line 3 is the total number of Download directories line 4 is the total number of Upload directories line 5 and up. Line 5 is the Upload Directory and you could have more than one, and the download directories. Prefix the entry with either UPLOAD or DOWN as shown above. Always include a trailing backslash. The WILDDOWN.BAS was originally by Richard Todd of 1:3612/299. Extensive modifications to the RBBS source files by Dan Drinnon. Extra mods to WILDDOWN.BAS by Peter Eibl and Dan Drinnon. The changes to RBBS allow you to not HAVE to use this mod. If the FIDX.CFG file is not there, then the mod is automatically disabled. If it is there, then it will be used with (Wildcards OK) shown to the user when they try to download files. If your FIDX.DEF file(s) are too big such as a CD-ROM with several thousand files, then you may not be able to use this feature unless you reduce the size of the FIDX.DEF file by splitting up the download areas to different subboards with different FIDX.DEF files. You must include QBX.LIB in your link list. Please review WILDDOWN.DOC for further information. ============================================================================== 0228: New Release Date. Fixed error in MAKECDOR.BAT with RCHAT mrg file and also fixed number labels in RCHAT401.BAS which were out of order causing BLED to mess up the merge. 0227: Compiled and Included a new version to MAKEPCBD.EXE to handle the extra parameter I added to CONFIG for security level for the sysop8 mod. 0225: The name of the SYSOP8 mod has been changed from RBBSSUB7.OBJ to SYSOP8.OBJ, changes to your LINK list must be made to properly link the mods. RBBS-PC.BAS now calls SYSOP8 instead of SysopFileMaint. The SYSOP8 mod will now delete extended descriptions. The mod will only properly handle "backwards" FMS extended descriptions. That is, the OLDEST listing you have is on the first line, and the NEWEST listing is on the LAST line, and extended descriptions are on lines PRECEDING the actual filename. Good things take time, and eventually, the mod will be able to handle "forwards" or "backwards" FMS lists. Started the CDORDIFF.ZIP file which only contains the merges and source files needed to be up-to-date on the latest version and save about 128k's worth of time downloading. 0224: Some progress has been made to the SYSOP-8 mod. Just a reminder that the SYSOP-8 mod is not complete. Add and Delete are the only 2 options which are enabled. Do not delete an Entry which has an extended description! No provisions for deleting extended descriptions with a deleted file have been added yet - that's the next step. 0221: Changed the DOORS.DEF parameter #3 - Questionaire to invoke to display a door "prelog" file instead. If you do not want to have this, then you must edit RBBSSUB2.BAS, Line 10985 and uncomment the CALL AskUsers line and delete the two lines below that CALL. 0220: Added a new parameter to the Passwords file for controlling Upload Time Factors by security instead on the global one you set in config. This value works the same way as in config - 1 for no time taken, no time given, then 2 and higher multiplies the time it took to upload the file and gives it back to the uploader. This new parameter is handy to give different access levels different upload time factors and to also give different time factors during different hours of the day. 0219: New CONFIG option #328 has been added to select either 25,43 or 50 lines for local display. PCJR support was removed to keep the config file the same length. The default lines per screen will be 25 if you do not do any reconfiguration to you config files. You must add VGAANSI.OBJ and EGAANSI.OBJ to your link list for compilation. EGAANSI.OBJ and VGAANSI.OBJ can be found in the SOURCE.ZIP distribution file. In the future, support for a a smart display of ANSIChat will be added where the sysop's screen can be in 50 line mode and the caller can be in 25 line and displays will be likewise on either end, and ANSIChat will handle the different row sizes on both ends. ============================================================================== 0206: *>>> READ ALL THIS STUFF FOR 0206!!! <<<* With the Sysop's Menu 8 mod, the CONFIG file had to be changed. So, you will have to either Edit ALL your *C.DEF files, are run CONFIG on NEW *C.DEF files. It is VERY EASY to EDIT the config files. Here's How: Step 1: Load up your config file to edit with a plain old ascii text edit. Step 2: Go to the 4th line and ON that line, look for the name of your PASSWRDS file as you specified before in config: ....AIL.DEF",3,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,"C:SYSTEM\PASSWRDS",2,100,.... /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ C:SYSTEM\PASSWRDS------------------ Step 3: Notice the 7 "100"'s in a row - those are the Sysop's Menu security levels for functions 1 through 7. We need to add the security level for function 8. In this case, let's make this a 100 as well: ....AIL.DEF",3,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,"C:SYSTEM\PASSWRDS",2,100,.... ^^^^ / function 8 security level Note that "100" is what I use for sysop security level, yours may be different! Step 4: Now we need to add the "8" as one of the options in the command line prompt. Go down to the 7th line and all the way to the END of the 7th line. You will see something like this: .......,"H?QX","1234567" 1 thru 7 represent the sysop's 1 through 7 commands. We need to add the 8: .......,"H?QX","12345678" And that's all there is to it! You will have do these steps on ALL of your config (*C.DEF) files or else errors will occur when RBBS tries to read your config files. Once you have done all the above, you are ready to try this thing out. As of this writing, I have NOT competed this mod. Add and Re-Index are the ONLY two features that are enabled. Extended Descriptions are disabled. Find, Edit, and Move functions are not written yet. I DID NOT include the SOURCE for this mod! It is all contained in RBBSSUB7.OBJ. Be sure to add RBBSSUB7.OBJ to your LINK list when LINKing all the OBJ files! The source for this mod, even when complete, may not ever be released. The last time I let out a nice mod (ANSIChat), a certain anal-retentative person in Long Island, NY actually stole my code, called it his, and accused ME of stealing "his" code. That's why - sorry, but it's jerks like that that keep me from being too nice :) 0128: Added in support for RBBS to call USR-EDIT.EXE when in Local mode using the Sysop's key 5 to M)odify. If this file doesn't exist, then the internal user edit functions are used as before. 0127: The DOOR.SYS file can now be read back in after a door for any changes a door may have made to it. To use this feature, the 9th paramter of an entry in DOORS.DEF must be an "R" instead of an "S". An "S" will make a door.sys file, but it will not be read back in - only an "R" will allow RBBS to read back the DOOR.SYS file. 0124: Added in the Maple's IDX.LST mod to have multiple FIDX/LIDX files. To use this, you must make a file in your DIR directory, and call it IDX.LST. In it, list the FIDX/LIDX files you use as follows: c:\rbbs\dir\fidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\lidx.def c:\rbbs\dir\afidx.def,c:\rbbs\dir\alidx.def Then, RBBS will search through these files for searches through the FIDX/LIDX type files. 0122: FOSSIL support through a Far String modified FOSSCOMM.OBJ! Thankyou to Jon Martin (owner of FOSSCOMM) for taking the time to do this. 0121: Added stock enhancement from 0115-MRG release to allow the sysop or any caller with sysop access level to upload personal uploads to a security level. To use, just enter the security level as the person for whom the file is for, and the mod will take care of the rest. 0118: Added feature to allow a door to log off a caller and have the caller's log place a "Logged Off from Door" instead of "carrier dropped". This mod incorporates a 10th parameter to DOORS.DEF, a Y or N to specifiy if the Door can log off callers. 0116: Added feature to have multiple files displayed for welcome screens. Simply make a file called WELCOME.LST or what ever you have told CONFIG your welcome file is PLUS ".LST" and in it, put the names of the files you want displayed: C:\RBBS\TEXT\WELCOME C:\RBBS\TEXT\LASTON RBBS will look for ANSI and GRAPHIC versions of any file you list here and show them instead if they exist. 0114: Added NOEDIT.OBJ, NOGRAPH.OBJ, NOISAM.OBJ, and SMALLERR.OBJ to the link list to reduce the compiled RBBS-PC.EXE by 2K. 0110: Added support to automatically add a GIF upload's dimensions to the upload descriptions. This will only work of GIF87a GIFs. 0104: Added support to use The Hack Reports Column format list of Hacks to prevent hacks from being uploaded. You must have a file called HACK.DEF in your RBBS DIR subdirectory, and RBBS will search this file for a match on uploads. If a match is found a file called HACK.MSG will be displayed. HACK.MSG must be in your RBBS HELP subdirectory. 0103: The Multi-Door Drop file mod(s) has been streamlined a little. The support to make PCBOARD.DAT has been moved to an external program, since PCBOARD.DAT is a configuration file, it shouldn't change any more than when you change your RBBS config file. To run it, just type MAKEPCBD -configfile -path -node, as in: MAKEPCND -rbbs1pc.def -c:\rbbs\node1 -1 where rbbs1pc.def is your config file, c:\rbbs\node1 is the path to the node work file for that config file, and 1 is the node number for that config file. Manipulation of this file and the other door drop files is the responsiblity of the DOOR batch files and config files that you make! 0102: Lot of small fixes were added, plus a mod to have separate RGXPIRE.HLP and RGXPIRD.HLP files based on access levels. If you don't run subscriptions then this wont matter. If you do, then you can still use these two "stock" files, or, you can make separate files for whatever security levels you have that are controlled by subscription. Simply make a file called RGXDxxxx.HLP and/or RGXPxxxx.HLP, where the xxxx's are the security level. The security levels can't be higher than 9999 for this mod. RGXDxxxx.HLP is the RGXPIRD.HLP and RGXPxxxx.HLP is the RGXPIRE.HLP file. 1227: The Upload Message can now be the generic one UPMSG.HLP, or you can have a separate one for each subboard, with the name of the subboard and a "U.HLP" appended to it. For example, if you have a subboard called DIRT, and the message file is called DIRTM.DEF, then the upload message file RBBS will look for is DIRTU.HLP in your HELP subdirectory. If the message file doesn't have an "M.DEF" type ending, then the actual filename is used, so if your message file for the DIRT subboard is DIRTMSG, then the upload help file would be DIRTMSGU.HLP. 1226: Added option to caller to leave a message if page is unsuccessful. Added control over None, Graphics, or Color for the File Dir list header - upper ASCII only shows for Ascii or Color select. PGUP will also show the caller's alias name. Line 25 will now show the callers real name in an alias conference Fixed problem with sysop page count not counting Added option in CONFIG turn turn on or off the mail check on logon. Removed SendName sub which is not used in these mods. Added Maple 1223 changes which are currently used. Added option in CONFIG turn turn on or off the mail check on logon. 1224: Changed the name of the OFFLINE.DIR file to OFFLINE.DEF so that callers wont be able to list it if CONFIG #215 is set to NO. Added option to delete COMMENTS after viewing them with sysop's option 1 1222: Finished up the PCBoard door drop files, pcboard.sys and pcboard.dat. These two files get created in the node work directory. 1219: Added two new smarttext characters to turn snoop off and on: {SO and {SN, respectivly. Warning: the use of turning Snoop OFF may cause your system to STAY OFF if the caller can discontinue the display of a screen which has snoop OFF. If they get a More... prompt and select N, then Snoop will still be off. I added this mod mainly to not display ANSI welcome screens which are set to be uninterruptable, such as adult subboard type ansi screens that you don't want displayed on your end. 1217: Added internal support to create PCBOARD.SYS and CALLINFO.BBS door drop files in additon to DORINFO and DOOR.SYS. The DOORS.DEF file now has a 9th parameter which lets you declare what door drop file you want rbbs to make: D - DORINFOx.DEF S - DOOR.SYS (in your node work directory) P - PCBOARD.SYS (in your node work directory) W - CALLINFO.BBS (in your node work directory) Simply add a ,D ,S ,P or ,W at the end of each entry in your DOORS.DEF file for the type of door drop file you want for each entry. The PCBOARD part of the mod does NOT make PCBOARD.DAT or USERS. Until I get ahold of the structure of these two files and incoporate them into the Cellar Door mods, it is pointless to specify using P as a parameter in DOORS.DEF. ============================================================================== 1215: Re-Enabled the canned Dropped Carrier Message mod. If the file CARRIER.BAT exists in the default RBBS directory, then it will get executed anytime a user drops carrier whose dropped carrier increment in the PASSWRDS file is greater than zero. A new CARRIER.BAT and a new CARRIER.TXT file has been put into the RBBS-CDR.ZIP distribution file. 1210 - 1212: With the 1210 through 1212 mods, I did some major changes to CONFIG so that the sysop can have an alias name in alias conferences when he is logged on with his secret name. Since the secret name is in a way an alias name already, the only way I could make it work is to append an ASCII 255 to the end of the sysop's public name. CONFIG will do this for you if you load config against a *C.DEF file and save it. This will not affect the operation of RBBS. The next step is to make your secret name the same as your real name, except use both cases. For example, if my public name is DAN DRINNON, then my secret name is Dan Drinnon. CONFIG has been modified to save your secret name the same what you type it in. IF you do not want to have an alias name in alias conferences, then continue as you have before, RBBS has been modified to refuse access to a caller who logs on with your public name and your secret name is not the same as your public name. In this case, your secret name is compared with all caps to your public name for the test. In conclusion, to continue with these mods, you MUST run config on all your *C.DEF files and save them, changing the secret name if you want to use an alias name in alias conferences. 1212: Made a booboo with the DESC.SDI file not being deleted after being used to automatically add a 1 line description. This cause EVERY upload to take the last DESC.SDI file as a description!