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DayStat v1.0beta Calls/Messages-Per-Day Bulletin Generator For RemoteAccess 2.0x (c)1994 Jan Kulozik -------------------------------------------------- What The Heck Is It? -------------------- Actually, it's a collection of small utilities that I'd written, and just decided to lump together into one file. Wasn't going to distribute it, but then I gave it to Vicki Fletcher (of My Desk BBS @1:138/0 in case you feel like meeting a brave sysop <g>) and she talked me into it. All it does is this... * Callers-Per-Day ANSI/ASCII bargraph bulletin * Messages-Per-Day ANSI/ASCII bergraph bulletin * Today's callers bulletin, complete with automasking of local logins with a 14400 baud rate, and drawing attention to new users. Creates .ANS/.ASC so you don't have to shell out and actually run a program. * Yesterday's callers bulletin. (See above. Fingers tired) * Export the last caller information to Frontdoor. * Inbound history * Log File * Last Inbound Call on status screen * Sets Frodo's callers today information to reality. (Frodo counts EVERY drop to the BBS. Resets this to number of ACTUAL calls) * Ummm... low fat... high in protein. Remember, this is a BETA! If you have ANY problems, let me know! Oh well... it's free. Do with it as you will. Disclaimer: ------------ You know, I really hate these things. I hate writing them. Sheesh... Hokay, look mon... if this here puppy does a thing... I mean _ANYTHING_ including, but not limited to: Running, causing your clock to blink 12:00, causing microwave interference to where all of your fillings glow red-hot, the reappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, little people to come out of your computer and shout "Would you cut it out?!?! We're trying to sleep!!!", You to win the lottery... but unable to find your ticket... Too bad. It ain't my fault. :^P (And BTW, I live in Tennessee... I can say ain't if I want. .snicker.) Anyway, here's the scoop... The Scoop... ------------ To install this puppy, just stick it in a directory anywhere. It's own, RA's, it doesn't matter. It'll look for its data files in the directory that you called it from. DAYSTAT.CFG, DAYSTAT.DAT, and DAYSTAT.TMP to be precise. Some command-line params... /N# - Node number. This thing will support (From how I gather it) a number of nodes limited by your freespace. Very important so you don't write over other nodes' data. (Makes sense, eh?) ;^) /T - Write temporary data to DAYSTAT.TMP. I'll explain in a sec. /B - Don't fiddle with data, just reads current data and write out your bulletins. (Also doesn't need the /N# parameter) /L - Writes out information to a log-file... looks amazingly like this... ...From DAYSTAT.LOG... Date┐ Time┐ Name┐ Posted┐ Temp┐ User┐ Post┐ Call┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 6/6/94 06:35:35 --> Bill Crawford 0 11 11 13 8 6/6/94 06:46:23 --> Jan Kulozik 0 2819 2819 13 8 6/6/94 06:59:32 --> Michael Sanders 1 2 3 14 9 ... {Hokay, so I'm a message poster.} }:^) /NOBULL - Don't write the MPD/CPD bulletins. Used in conjunction with the /B command, it essentially skips the MPD/CPD stuff altogether. /F - Process the FrontDoor Info. (IE. write to the log or history files) /CT - Generate a list of Today's Callers. (Will always be TODAY.ANS/ASC in your textfiles dir) /CY - Generate a list of Yesterday's Callers. (Will always be YEST.ANS/ASC in your textfiles dir) (Run this in your midnight event, since your LASTCALL.BBS will be reset with your first caller after midnight) Here's how the whole thing works. In RA 1.11, you could just check the HMB to see if any messages had been posted. Well, with the advent of the .JAM message base format you can scratch that idea. .sigh. Believe me, I've pounded my head against a wall for a better way to do this, but I can't come up with one. (If you can, LET ME KNOW!) I didn't want to look at the logfiles... there are other programs to do that, and besides... it's just too much of a major pain to track down EVERY message written in EVERY door. So here's the plan. First go into RACONFIG in your OPTIONS>SYSTEM menu, and (if it's not already) set your "Text Shells" to Yes. Sorry, but it's required. What this does (for the unenlightened) is allows your system to run an external program if it's pointed to in a bulletin/textfile preceded by a Ctrl-X. However, you can put as your first option in your TOP.MNU a type 66 command with OFF for the optional data. That'll turn off Textfile-Shells for the remainder of the call. The important thing is that they're enabled for the WELCOME.ANS, which is the first thing shown after the system knows who the person is. Now then, pull up whatever program you use and change your WELCOME.ANS/ASC to where the first line calls up DAYSTAT. Here's my line... ^Xe:\ra\daystat\daystat.exe /N*N /T| The "|" at the end, BTW, is required by RA. If it's not there, RA will just treat the line like another line of text. Again, the /N is required. The *N, BTW, passes the node number. At this stage, the /T is essential. This tells DayStat to read the user's EXITINFO.BBS and pull out the relevant info. Then it writes it into the temp file. When DayStat is run without the /T (When the user logs off) it retrieves this info from this particular node-slot, and processes the data. (Warning: I've had a report of animated mode in TheDraw not allowing RA to recognize the ^X for what it is, and not shelling out. If it doesn't drop-to-DOS, and you don't see something pop up with a DayStat display for a second it's not working. Thanks, -Ed.) If you look at the log example above, you'll see that it compares the user's record after logoff to what it reads immediately after login to find out how many messages were written. It's more complicated that I want, but I have to admit that it's relatively fast. :^) BTW, if you want you can just stick in an automatic menu option into your TOP.MNU to execute it. But a warning... if you do this, you'll miss any replies that someone might write in a NewMail scan. (Believe me, I know. That's how I was originally running it.) :^( That's about it. All that's left is to put into your batch file a command to execute DayStat immediately after logoff so it can compare the User's updated record to what it recorded from the EXITINFO.BBS. This, of course is... DAYSTAT.EXE /N(node number) That's it. Unless you want to do any of the other functions, in which case just tack on whatever switches you want. Don't worry, they're interchangeable. Just plug-n-play. (I just wouldn't use the /T again. <G>) The DAYSTAT.CFG file has instructions in it for modifications. Wait... where are you going? You know there's more to this thing, right??! Come on... it's only another page or so... Frodo Section: ------------- Real quick... The sections... Inbound history... It'll have the user's name, city, and time-online in the Cost column. That way you can tell at a glance how long they were online. As for the status screen.... Self-explanatory... except the user has a node number? 11/45... they've called 11 times total, and spent 45 minutes online. :^) Watch it... for some reason I can't get Frodo to release and share its files the way it should. For this reason, I wouldn't run DayStat while Frodo is running. Shouldn't be a real problem, since Frodo shouldn't be running anyway... but just in case. All it'll do is give you an error, but still... Registration: ------------- Sorry, but yep... you have to register this FreeWare. The way you do this, is call my system, fill out a six line questionnaire, and pick up your code. Or else, if you don't have ANSI or just can't get through to the board, just send me NetMail with: Your Name Board's Name Node Number Phone Number If you like the program/Whether I should take a flying leap/Etc. Sorry about this, but after the apparent resounding lack of response to New2You... By crackie, I wanted a way to see if people were using this thing. Until you do, the today's callers screen will say " Today's Callers to: [Unregistered]", and the Frodo status will give [Unregistered] for the caller's city. It should be easy as heck to crack this thing... make you a key generator or whatever... but my question is, why? Generally to get to a really good board, you're gonna have to call L/D anyway... why not call mine and get your key for free? .sheesh. The Miscellaneous Section That Everyone Dreads ---------------------------------------------- "Next Message Saved Saturday at 9:24pm... Sorry... I'm just... It started to hit me like a two-ton... umm... heavy thing." (Queensryche... God luv 'em) Whoops... sorry bout that... Anyway... .ahem. First off, the Today's callers list. Sorry about the format, but if you call my board you'll see why it looks like that. If you have a format you'd rather have in there, just send me an ANSI snippet of what you'd like it to be... and IF it's not too much of a pain in the butt I'll stick it in for you. Another thing... when I was working on New2You, I averaged another 1.x version every couple of days. You might want to check every now and again to see if there's a more recent version... which I know there will be. I've still got to add this stuff... * Uploads/Downloads Per day Graph * Adding Up/Down Kb to Frodo inbound history * .AVT Support (Maybe) * Menued setup program * Alternate .CFG files for multinode users * Whatever else is suggested to me by youse guys. Sorry if I've come off a bit condescending but it's late, I'm tired, I want another cigarette, and I just love making up excuses. .snicker. -Jan PS. I'm at 1:362/970 if you need anything. PS ][. I'm including my .DAT file since (At this time) it only writes out for 35 days, and your graphs might look a bit empty for a while. If you don't want to use it, just delete it. PPS ]I[. I'm also including some samples so you'll know what the various outputs will look like before you bother messing with the config file. Sorry about the text-based setup, but it's easy to program around. :^)