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- :PRESENT:
-
- [ THE FATAL!DOORS FOR REMOTE ACCESS ]
-
- V1.2 - Release date 26.10.1995
-
-
- -----------------------------] INTRODUCTION [------------------------------
-
- Hi Sysop!
-
- Thanks for your interest in FATAL! DOORS for Remote Access 2.0x.
- It replaces the former FATAL! LOGOFF that was released as freeware,
- all FATAL! LOGOFF functions are fully implemented in DOORS.
- This programm is shareware which means "professional software" that can be
- evaluated before buying it. You are allowed a trial period of 30 days
- before you should either register your copy or delete it completely.
- Please think about supporting me with registering, DM 10.- is not too much
- and every registration I receive is an incentive to develop more useful
- programs. So if you like it, register it :-)
- You will receive a personal keyfile that enables the registered-functions
- and switches off the (annoying) shareware delay. It only works on YOUR bbs.
-
- However, there's NO warranty and NO liability on the part of the author
- in case of data loss or if anything goes wrong!
-
- -----------------------------] INSTALLATION [------------------------------
-
- - Copy DOORS!.EXE and DOORS!.CTL in any directory you like (C:\RA\DOORS).
-
-
- EXAMPLE-INSTALLATION : LOGOFF
-
- - Copy the ANSI FILES into the DOORS! dir.
-
- - Copy the .MNU files
-
- !LOGOFF.MNU
- !HANGUP.MNU
- !RELOG.MNU
-
- into your RA-Menupath.
-
- - Edit the DOORS!.CTL to fit your BBS.
-
- - Edit the .MNU files with RACONFIG.
-
- - The !LOGOFF.MNU should automatically (AUTOEXEC) execute the DOORS!.EXE
- with parameter LOGOFF and then make an automatic RETURN FROM GOSUB.
- This is the menu where you have to jump to when your user wants to logoff.
- (e.g. in Main menu: Hotkey "!" -> goto menu !LOGOFF).
-
- - The !HANGUP.MNU shoult do nothing more than automatically hang up
- terminating the current call properly. You can show a Goodbye ansi to
- the users by copying a GOODBYE.ANS into your RA textfiles dir.
-
- - The !RELOG.MNU should perform an automatic EXIT TO DOS with ERRORLEVEL
- because you must react in your BBS batch like this:
- IF ERRORLEVEL xx GOTO LOGIN ... and perform a relogin.
-
-
-
- I recommend to test it all locally before going "online" because a jammed
- menu or CTL-file can lead to user-frustration :-)
-
-
- ---------------------------] THE .CTL FILE [-------------------------------
-
-
- FATAL!DOORS has it's own little menu system, each menu block MUST begin
- with a word in [] and end with an [END] mark.
- It is important that there is a [COMMON] menu and at least ONE menu block
-
- Command line usage: DOORS!.EXE <STARTMENU>
-
- When there is a [TOP] menu block for example, you can start with
- DOORS!.EXE TOP.
-
- The CTL-File is a simple (DOS)-ASCII file.
-
- Supported parameters in the [COMMON] menu block:
-
- USE48LINES : If user terminal has >47 lines then ANSI48.ANS
- is shown instead of ANSI.ANS for example.
-
- Supported parameters in each [MENUNAME] menu block:
-
- [MENUNAME] : Startlabel of menu block, e.g. [MAINMENU]
-
- REGCOLOR=xx : Color of the text (FATAL!DOORS BY ELECTRON/FATAL!)
- *ONLY REGISTERED VERSION!
-
- ANSI=<ANSINAME> : Path and name of the background textfile WITHOUT EXT.!
- (ANS,AVT,RIP and ASC are supported automatically)
-
- WINDOWX=xx : X-Position upper left corner of lightbar-block
- WINDOWY=xx : Y-Position upper left corner of lightbar-block
-
- ENTRIES=xx : Number of entries displayed at the same time. if more
- items exist than xx, they will be scrolled.
- try not to have xx higher than the number of items existing
-
- LIGHTFORE=xx : Color of active lightbar TEXT
- LIGHTBACK=xx : Color of active lightbar BACKGROUND
- NORMFORE=xx : Color of other options (not active)
- NORMBACK=xx : Color of other backgrounds (not active)
-
- ANIMLEFT=<..> : String (e.g. "│/─\"), that will be shown char-by-char left
- of the lightbar
- ANIMRIGHT=<..> : String right of lightbar (MUST BE SAME LENGTH AS ANIMLEFT)
- ANIMSPEED=xx : Animation speed (1=Fast, 255=Super slow)
-
-
- MENU=<TEXT>#<COMMAND>
- : TEXT is shown to the user, COMMAND will be executed when
- the user presses ENTER.
-
- SUPPORTED COMMANDS after the #-Char:
-
- - <HDD>:\<PATH>\<NAME> (NO EXTENSION) : Show textfile
-
- - @<HDD>:\<PATH>\<NAME>.EXE/.BAT/.COM [*P] [*N] [*B]
- Execute external DOOR.
-
- *P is replaced with COM PORT
- *N is replaced with NODE #
- *B is replaced with BPS RATE
-
- (You can use any exitinfo.bbs/dorinfo1.def comaptible door
- like online games, walls, message to next caller etc.)
-
- - *<RAMENU>.MNU (e.g. MAIN.MNU) : change RA's menustack.
- (After a change in RA's menustack it must be executed
- within RA ba putting an autoexec RETURN after DOORS! in the
- menu from where DOORS! is called from)
-
- - *GOTO <MENU> : Jump to another menu within DOORS.
-
- - *GOSUB <MENU> : Gosub another menu within DOORS.
-
- - *RETURN : Return from a DOORS! submenu.
- (RETURN without a gosub = quit)
-
- - *QUIT : quit FATAL!DOORS and write EXITINFO.
-
- - *LOGOUT : Show the small logout animation.
- (*LOGOUT MUST BE FOLLOWED DIRECTLY by a *<RAMENU>.MNU,
- best would be a menu with a simple HANGUP in it,
- terminating the current call.)
-
- ESC=<COMMAND> : Assign Commands to the ESC key like *QUIT, *GOTO <MENU> or
- *GOSUB <MENU>
-
- [END] : Endlabel of each menu block
-
-
-
-
- Usage of the popular "PCBoard" animated ENTER prompts:
-
- You must make a directory in your main RA dir named PROMPTS where you copy
- the prompt files into. This is the location where all the FATAL! tools with
- animated ENTER support look for them.
- The prompt files themselves are plain ANSI with a top descriptor line.
- They must be named PROMPT.1, PROMPT.2,.., PROMPT.99 in ascending order.
-
- Format of the prompt files:
-
- 4 NO 4 32
- > PrESS ENTER <
- > PrESS ENTER <
- > PrESS ENTER <
- >PrESS ENTER<
-
-
- 1st line:
-
- 4 : 4 Lines
- NO : Show from top to bottom an begin at top again (YES: Pingpong)
- 4 : Speed (less=faster)
- 32 : X-position on screen
-
-
-
- Usage of the prompts with DOORS:
-
- e.g.
-
- MENU= DAiLY USaGE GrAPH #C:\RA\ANSIS\BUSY 10
-
- Makes the PROMPT.10 appear under the ansi BUSY.ANS.
-
- MENU= DAiLY USaGE GrAPH #C:\RA\ANSIS\BUSY 10 1
-
- Makes the PROMPT.10 appear under the ansi BUSY.ANS with one line space.
-
- MENU= DAiLY USaGE GrAPH #C:\RA\ANSIS\BUSY 1 RND 10
-
- Makes a prompt between 1 and 10 appear randomly under the ansi.
-
- MENU= DAiLY USaGE GrAPH #C:\RA\ANSIS\BUSY 1 RND 10 2
-
- Makes a prompt between 1 and 10 appear randomly under the ansi with 2 lines
- space.
-
- When a prompt can't be found or accessed then the built-in standard prompt
- is shown.
-
-
-
- List with all possible colors:
-
- dark colors ║
- (Foreground & ║ bright colors
- Background) ║ (foreground only)
- ═══════════╤═══╬══════════════╤════
- black │ 0 ║ darkgray │ 8
- blue │ 1 ║ lightblue │ 9
- green │ 2 ║ lightgreen │ 10
- cyan │ 3 ║ lightcyan │ 11
- red │ 4 ║ lightred │ 12
- magenta │ 5 ║ lightmagenta │ 13
- brown │ 6 ║ yellow │ 14
- lightgray │ 7 ║ white │ 15
-
-
-
-
- If you still have questions then please call the Mysterious Worldz BBS
- and write a mail or call one of our support sites and ask for advice.
- Bugreports and suggestions are always WELCOME!
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