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- HOW TO USE THE INTELECHARGE UTILITY PROGRAM
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-
- The first thing the UTILITY program does is check for a file called
- ADDRESS.BBS. This file contains required information for processing your
- credit card charges. If ADDRESS.BBS is not found or is incomplete, you will
- be prompted for the needed information. Make sure you answer each prompt
- completely and accurately (it's your money!!).
-
-
- THE MENU
- --------
- At the top of the screen you will see a Bar Menu. The first selection, EDIT,
- should be highlighted. You may use the Left/Right arrow to move the highlight
- over the option you wish then press ENTER to select that option. You may also
- select an option by typing the letter that is capitalized in that option.
- For example, you may access the Help screen by just typing H.
-
-
- EDIT
- ----
- Select this option whenever you wish to change some information contained in
- either your SUBSCRIB.DAT or SHARWARE.DAT files. You must have already created
- the file using the ADD menu selection. If there is nothing in the file, you
- will be notified that the file is empty and returned to the Menu.
-
- Select File to Edit: Subscrib.dat sHarware.dat
-
- The first field on the screen is Item Name. This is a CATEGORY name. I would
- recommend you enter BBS Subscriptions or Shareware Programs, for example.
-
- The second field for SUBSCRIB.DAT is Level/Days. Enter the Security Level,
- forward slash, and the number of DAYS to be added to the callers expiration
- date. For example, 30/180 (or MEMBER/180 for Wildcat!) would give the caller
- a new level of 30 (or MEMBER) and push his expiration date up by 6 months
- (180 days).
-
- The second field for SHARWARE.DAT is Author. Do I need to explain this?
-
- The third field is Price. This should be a dollar amount with no dollar sign.
- For example, 20.00 is correct but $20.00 is not.
-
- The fourth field is Short Desc. This is the field that will be displayed on
- the scroll menu so make it as descriptive as you can. This field is also
- written to your charge files that get uploaded to InTeleSys each week and
- will appear on your monthly statement. For Subscriptions, I would suggest
- something like, BASIC SUBSCRIPTION, ADULT ACCESS, etc. For Shareware, I
- suggest listing the name of the program here.
-
- The last field is a 10-line detailed Description of the product being offered.
- I will leave it to you as to what goes in there!
-
- All valid editing keys are shown at the bottom of the screen. If you try to
- exit a screen after making changes, you will be prompted as to whether you
- wish to save the changes or not.
-
-
- ADD
- ---
- This option is exactly like the EDIT screen explained above. The only
- difference is this option is used to ADD a new item to either SUBSCRIB.DAT or
- SHARWARE.DAT.
-
- CONFIGURATION
- -------------
- Select this option anytime you wish to modify your CHARGE.CFG file (or to
- create one for a first time installation). The first prompt asks for the
- name of the configuration file. The default is CHARGE.CFG.
-
- Next you will see a screen listing the required information on the left side
- and the current configuration on the right. If you are creating a new
- configuration file the right side will be mostly empty except for N on the
- last 2 prompts. Answer each prompt completely and accurately. If the current
- information for any prompt is correct, just press ENTER to accept it. You do
- not have to type the information over again.
-
- Path/Filename of BBS System File? ...........
- Enter the Drive, Subdirectory, and Filename of your BBS drop file. For ex:
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS
- %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\USERS.SYS
- C:\WC\NODE1\USERINFO.DAT
- etc.
-
- Your BBS Name? .............
- Full name of your BBS.
-
- Sysop's First Name .........
- Sysop's Last Name ..........
- If you are using an alias with more than two words, for instance,
- Junk Yard Dog, you would put Junk Yard as the first name and Dog as the
- last name.
-
- Registration Number (if any) ..........
- Your registration number that you received from InTeleSys goes on this
- line. If you do not yet have a number, just enter 000000.
-
- Are you offering BBS Subscriptions? ....
- Enter either Y or N.
-
- Are you offering Shareware Products? .....
- Enter either Y or N. If you enter a Y here, another prompt will appear on
- the next line asking you for the Disk Sizes you wish to offer.
-
- The last prompt asks if everything is correct. If you answer N, it goes back
- to the first prompt and starts over (your previous answers are preserved).
- Don't worry if you make a mistake as you can always go back into the
- Configuration to correct anything that needs be.
-
- Shell
- -----
- Used to temporarily SHELL to DOS if you need to check a directory, filename,
- etc. Type EXIT at the DOS prompt to return to the UTILITY.
-
- Help
- ----
- List a short description of each menu option.
-
- Quit
- ----
- Select this option when you are finished with the UTILITY and wish to exit
- the program.
-