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- The Daily Horoscope Version 3.1
- Written by James R. Davis
- (C) Copyright September 1991 - All Rights Reserved
-
- For all of you who are familiar with DavisWARE doors in the past, this
- should be a refreshing change from the old setup proceedure. Starting with
- this program all doors I write in the future will be set-up this way. I've
- taken out all the old switches you had to use before. Now all the
- information that the program needs will be located in the included CFG file
- that you should modify for your system. Modify the supplied DHSCOPE3.CFG to
- your needs. It is commented and contains information not supplied here.
-
- To set this program up as a door, modify the supplied DHSCOPE3.CFG and use
- the command DHSCOPE3 DHSCOPE3.CFG at the DOS prompt. You can change the name
- of the CFG file and include drive and pathname on the command line. The CFG
- file should be able to determine what node you are running on and you
- shouldn't have to make a different CFG file for each node unless you occur
- problems. If the COMPORT variable is set in the CFG file, it WILL OVERRIDE
- any comport that your BBS system passes to the file you set in the DOORFILE
- variable. But if you use the DIRECT method (please read the comments
- included in the CFG file), you must set the COMPORT variable. In such a
- case, for multi-node systems using the direct method, using a 2 node
- example, here's what it might look like for both nodes:
-
- Node 1: DHSNODE1.CFG
-
- CD C:\BBS\DOORS\DHSCOPE
- DHSCOPE3 DHSNODE1.CFG
- CD C:\BBS
-
- Node 2: DHSNODE2.CFG
-
- CD C:\BBS\DOORS\DHSCOPE
- DHSCOPE3 DHSNODE2.CFG
- CD C:\BBS
-
- As you can see the possibilities are endless!
-
- You will notice that any of my doors will allow you play them straight off
- the command line just like a game... you don't need to have a BBS in order
- to run any of my programs. To enter local mode from the command line, just
- type DHSCOPE3... or if you want to really tickle your keyboard, you have the
- option of typing DHSCOPE3 LOCAL. In order to do this however, you will need
- to have a CFG file somewhere in the current directory. The one included
- with this program is set-up for such a purpose. This program will require
- your name to play when in LOCAL mode.
-
- To get a parsed version of this DOC type DHSCOPE3 ? at the DOS prompt. It
- will display the file called DHSCOPE3.HLP to give you a boost when you don't
- feel like going through this entire documentation file!
-
- Now this program also allows you to create several types of bulletins for
- you to display whenever you wish, or put them up for your users to see, or
- perhaps even force them on your users. It also contains a few other
- switches to help you in customizing this program for your system. To create
- bulletins of the complete horoscopes for all zodiac signs, use the following
- switches:
-
- /B=D:\path\filename - Creates a bulletin with all horoscopes in the
- path directory, on drive D: as filename. Note
- that you do not include an extension. If drive,
- path and filename are not included, the default
- filename will be DHSCOPE. and DHSCOPEG. in the
- current directory.
-
- /PCB - Will generate PCBoard color codes in the
- bulletin.
-
- /ANSI - Will generate two files; "filename" in ASCII
- text and "filenameG" in ANSI color.
-
- /NOASK - This switch will turn off the prompt that asks
- users if they would like to see all of the
- horoscopes. This switch is only active for
- REGISTERED USERS!
-
- /NOCAL - This switch will suppress the displaying of the
- calendar, but only during remote operations. It
- does not effect the bulletins generations from
- putting the calendar within it. This switch is
- only active for REGISTERED USERS!
-
- /RAND - Using this switch allows the program to scramble
- the order in which the sentences are displayed to
- the user. Is does not generate a new horoscope,
- since the horoscope is determined from the
- positions of the planets, but it merely
- rearranges the sentences within the horoscope
- paragraph.
-
-
- Here's some examples:
-
- DHSCOPE3 /B=C:\BBS\BULLETIN\BLT99 /ANSI
-
- Will create BLT99 in ASCII and BLT99G in ANSI on drive C: in the \BBS\BULLTIN
- directory.
-
- DHSCOPE3 /B /PCB
-
- Will create DHSCOPE in PCBoard color codes in the current directory.
-
- DHSCOPE3 NODE2.CFG /RAND /NOASK
-
- Will run the program as a door, mixing the sentences each time with no
- prompt to see all the horoscopes, using the NODE2.CFG configuration file.
-
-
- If an error occurs during program execution a file named DHSCOPE3.ERR will
- be created in the current directory and specify the error with a brief
- description. Type this file if an error occurs to see what you may have to
- change to fix it. If the error cannot be fixed, let me know exactly what
- the file contains. If an error occurs and this file is not created, you may
- need to change your set-up. But if an error occurs that gives you a
- location number, please let me know immediately what this number is and what
- happened prior to it so that I may be able to recreate the error.
-
- For those of you who register this program I have some nifty little extras
- just for you. For the regististration fee (see table below) you will
- receive a serial code that you can plug into your program and you won't get
- that nasty [UNREGISTERED SOFTWARE!] message anymore, as well as unlocking
- the little extra features listed above, plus as an extra bonus is available,
- a program that will allow you to go into the data file where all those neato
- astrological sentences are and it will decode them for you so that you can
- mess around and put whatever the heck you want into it... You can add your
- own messages or change the ones already there. The possibilities for this
- are endless. I know you don't want to pass this one up. And being the
- loving soul that I am, for those of you who have already registered a
- previous version of DHSCOPE, your registration is alot cheaper!
-
-
- Registration Fees:
-
- Multi-Node site license for nodes over 50 ....... $40
- Multi-Node site license for nodes up to 50 ...... $30
- Single Node/User system ......................... $15
- Upgrade from a previous version ................. $10
- (Please include registration numbers)
-
-
- Now, to register, fill out the order form included in the DWARE.DOC file
- included with this program. Make sure that all checks or money orders are
- made out to James R. Davis and filled out in U.S. currency. You will find
- all the information needed for registration in the DWARE.DOC file. If you
- did not find it with this program, please inform me and I will send you one
- immediately.
-
- I hope you all have fun with this one, and keep your eyes open for more
- updates and new programs from me!
-
- -=> James "The Garf!" Davis! <=-
-
-