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- DoorStat version 2.01 Baker Street Software
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- Introduction
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- DoorStat will track the usage of doors on your bulletin board
- system, producing ASCII and ANSI bulletins showing the number of
- times and a graph of the relative usage of all your doors.
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- Files contained in the DoorStat Archive are:
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- DOORSTAT.EXE - main program
- DOORSTAT.DOC - this file
- REGISTER.FRM - registration form
- WHATSNEW.201 - program changes from last version
- README.1ST - note on upgrading
- FILE_ID.DIZ - program description
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- Other associated files used and created by DoorStat
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- DOORSTAT.DAT - data file
- DOORSTAT.CLR - configuration file
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- Using DoorStat
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- When DoorStat is run for the first time you will be prompted for
- the name of your BBS. DoorStat will then enter the configuration
- mode so that you may specify how you wish your bulletin to look.
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- Following are explainations of the different command line
- parameters.
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- -CONFIG
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- This option allows you to customize DoorStat to fit your system.
- This is where you may edit the door list, change the colors and
- your bbs name. You may also reset the usage counter and change
- the graph character here.
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- When entering a door name you must observe the following
- restrictions in order for the program to accurately track your
- door usage.
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- 1. The name of the door that you use with the DOORSTAT -NAME
- parameter must match that of the name in the list you create
- exactly. The program is case sensitive so,
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- Know-it-all is not the same as know-it-all
- Know it all is not the same as KnowItAll
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- 2. The name of the door can be no more than twenty characters
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- in length.
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- 3. A maximum of 210 doors may be tracked in this version.
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- -NAME
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- Log each door usage with this parameter. The command
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- DoorStat -NAME <doorname>
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- will store the name of that particular door in the
- DOORSTAT.DAT file. The <doorname> parameter must follow the
- same restrictions listed in the -CONFIG parameter.
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- You run DoorStat with the -NAME parameter in the batch file
- that calls your door.
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- Example: => exit from bbs to door
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- :door
- doorstat -name My favorite door
- cd\door
- run_door
- cd\bbs
- back to bbs
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- -STATS <path>
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- This parameter will produce both the ASCII and ANSI bulletin for
- you to display. Following the -stats parameter you must
- specifiy how you wish the door usage to be shown. There are two
- options. You may create a graph representing the number of times
- a door has been accessed with a # character as the second
- parameter or you may create a graph representing a percentage of
- each doors usage relative to the total door usage using the %
- character as the second parameter. You must also specify the path
- to the directory where you wish the bulletin files to be stored
- as the third parameter.
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- The output file names are:
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- DOORSTAT.ASC - ASCII file
- DOORSTAT.ANS - ANSI file
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- When using this parameter do not include a traiing
- backslash on the path.
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- Example: doorstat -stats # c:\bbs\txtfiles
- doorstat -stats % c:\bbs\txtfiles
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- -RESET This parameter allows you to reset the usage counter
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- from the command line. Running doorstat -reset will
- reset all the counters to zero and reset the "from"
- date to the current system date.
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- Thanks to Joe Hacker for doing the beta testing for this program.
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- Registration/Support/Questions/Suggestions
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- If you like this program please register it. If you regis-
- ter this program you will receive a registration number that
- will be valid for all future versions of this program. The
- program will not say [UNREGISTERED] at the bottom of the
- bulletins, but will have your name instead. To register
- complete the registration form and send $5.00 to
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- Baker Street Software P.O. Box 10143 Conway, Arkansas 72032
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- $5.00 isn't much is it?
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- Once you receive your registration number you can create a
- file called DOORSTAT.KEY with your ASCII text editor. The file
- should contain the following information:
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- REGISTRATION NUMBER
- Your Name
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- That's it. Thanks.
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- The latest revision of this program and other Baker Street
- software may be found at the locations listed below. Questions or
- suggestions about this program can also be directed to me (Brent
- Herring) at these locations.
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- The Computer Hut (501) 329-0321 Fido 1:399/11
- Gethsemane (512) 937-2088 Fido 1:160/140
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- Legalese
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- 1."DoorStat" refers to the executable programs, documentation,
- and related files contained in the DoorStat distribution
- archive released by Baker Street Software.
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- 2.Baker Street Software is in no way obligated to provide future
- versions of, or support for this program.
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- 3.You may not modify or otherwise reverse-engineer this
- program.
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- 4.The software and accompanying materials (including instructions
- for use) are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
- Further, the author does not warrant, guarantee, or make any
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- representations regarding the use, or the results of the use,
- of the software or written materials in terms of correctness,
- accuracy, reliability, currentness or otherwise.
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- The author(s) shall not be liable for any direct, indirect,
- consequential, or incidental damages (including damages for loss
- of business profits, business interruption, loss of business
- information, and the like) arising out of the use or inability
- to use the software even if the author has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages.
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- 5.You are free to distribute this archive, in fact I hope that
- you do so. However in distribution please observe these few
- restrictions. (a) All the files in the original archive must
- be included. (b) No fee may is charged for its distribution,
- and that the distribution archive is not modified in any
- way. Pay Bulletin Board Systems may however charge their
- normal fee provided that no additional charge is levied. (c)
- This program may not be included as part of any software library
- which is distributed on a commercial basis (commercial = "for
- money") without prior written permission from Baker Street
- Software.
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- 6.Your use of this software is considered agreement to these
- terms.
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