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- Finder!
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- COPYRIGHT 1995 T&J Software & Parole Software
- COPYRIGHT 1995 NMS Software
-
- Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire,
- UltraBBS, Telegard, TriBBS, and Remote Access.
-
- VERSION 1.00 December 16, 1995
-
- By
-
- Tom & Jane Wildoner Dennis Maidon
- 397 West Broadway 9411 Buffalo Rd
- Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 Clayton, NC 27520
- VOICE (717)325-9480 VOICE (919)965-3600
- *between 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. *between 4:00 & 8:00 p.m.
- Eastern Time Eastern Time Weekdays
- The T&J Software BBS The PAROLE Board
- (717)325-9481 - 3 Nodes (919)965-4696 - 2 Nodes
- tjsoft@postoffice.ptd.net dmaidon@cris.com
- FIDO 1:268/400 FIDO 1:151/185
- ftp europa.com http://www.cris.com/~dmaidon
- /outgoing/DOORS/tj-software ftp europa.com
- /outgoing/DOORS/parole
- ftp ftp.ids.net
- /Wildcat/parole
-
- LATEST VERSION:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Please call the T&J BBS for the latest version of this program.
-
-
- LEGALITIES:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
- WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
- PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
- OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. ONCE REGISTERED, ANY
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE REGISTERED KEY WILL INVALIDATE YOUR KEY IN ALL FUTURE
- VERSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM AND NO PRODUCT SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN. DISTRIBUTING
- A REGISTERED KEY FILE WILL ALSO BRING ABOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES.
-
- DISTRIBUTION:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Finder! is designed for users wishing to search text files online. Finder!
- will search entire subdirectories of your choice, for articles matching
- the user's specifications.
-
- A Brief Setup Description:
-
- First, setup you FINDER.CFG file - see the upcoming section on this. Then,
- setup a NODEx.CFG file for each node (the x represents the node number).
- The NODEx.CFG is the setup configuration file for using DSZ or GSZ so your
- users can download matched text files.
-
- You are now ready to setup the MENU.CFG file. This file points to specific
- subdirectory's on your system which will contain raw text files. Let's
- say the first entry in the this will be computer related text files of
- interest. Line 1 would look like this:
-
- "Computer Related Text Files","C:\TEXT\COMPUTER"
-
- The first item represents the description of the subdirectory (limit
- this to 70 characters) and the second item is the path to the subdirectory
- (don't include a trailing backslash).
-
- All you have to do is literally throw all your computer related text
- files into the directory C:\TEXT\COMPUTER - Finder! will take care of the
- rest.
-
- Your user will be told how many text files are in the directory they
- choose. They will be prompted for their keyword to search file followed
- by AND/OR/QUIT and then a second keyword. They may also search the
- text files by the filedate associated with each file. A bar graph will
- appear showing the status of the search and how many matches were
- found.
-
- Afterwards, they are prompted if they would like the matched text
- files archived (Zip) for download.
-
- TEXT FILES:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- T&J Software will maintain a file area with text files for Finder! in
- FILE AREA 11 on our BBS. Simply call in and download them at
- 717-325-9481. You will have access on your first call. You may logon
- like this when asked for your logon name:
-
- *FINDER TEXT NOW
-
- To bypass the logon screens for immediate access. Please note, limited
- access will be provided, this is for logging into the BBS to obtain
- text files for Finder! only.
-
- NOTE:
- ~~~~~
- When you register, you will receive a file called FINDER.KEY. This will
- unlock the version you are running to the registered version. Until
- registered, you are limited to only using 2 subdirectories.
-
- FEATURES:
- ~~~~~~~~~
- --- Desqview Aware.
- --- COM0-15 support and non-standard IRQ's.
- --- Chat function with automatic screen redraw.
- --- Drop to DOS with automatic screen redraw.
- --- NO BRUN module needed for play.
- --- BETA tested on many different boards.
- --- Will return to BBS on dropped carrier.
- --- Will TIMEOUT a user for no activity.
- --- Support BBS available.
- --- SysOp configurable.
-
- INSTALLATION:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CONFIGURATION: (Your FINDER.CFG file)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ** PLEASE CONSULT YOUR OWN BBS DOCUMENTATION FOR SPECIFICS!!!! **
-
- Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ** If you are running Wildcat! 3.xx use DOOR.SYS!!!
-
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT
-
- Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for SFDOORS.DAT
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example Batch File
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A sample batch file similar to the following:
- ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\FINDER <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
- FINDER FINDER.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
- configuration filename to the program.
- CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
- BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
-
- This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
- the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
- CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
- variables, (q.v.)
-
- Environment Variables
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
- variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
- the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
- Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
- would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
- .CFG file for multi-node operation!
-
- To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
- command line. For example:
-
- FINDER FINDER.CFG /5
- or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
- FINDER FINDER.CFG /%IRQ%
-
- This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
-
- Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
- systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
- somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
- in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
- and are interchangeable.
-
- When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
- file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
- and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
- PCBoard:
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
-
- Wildcat!:
- USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%
-
- Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
- in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
- SET PCBDRIVE=C:
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
- SET PCBNODE=1
-
- Fossil Driver Support
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
- Sysop Keys
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
- written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
- DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
- HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
- passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
-
- NOSTAT.DAT FILE:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you don't want the door statistics shown, create this file in the
- FINDER directory.
-
- NOARC.DAT FILE:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Create a file called NOARC.DAT in the FINDER directory if you want to
- bypass the archiving feature. This may be needed on some systems due
- to hardware/software conflicts dealing with shelling from a door and
- running PKZIP.EXE. It doesn't matter what this file contains, only
- that it exists in the working directory.
-
- MAINTENANCE:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- After the initial setup, no daily maintenance is required unless you
- want to add new subdirectories to the door.
-
- PLAYING LOCALLY:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Just type FINDER LOCAL
-
- FUTURE VERSIONS:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Let us know what you would like to see added.
-
- COMMENTS & QUESTIONS:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- See the file TJHELP.TXT
-
- VERSION HISTORY:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- See the HISTORY.TXT file for information on the history of the game
- and the new options in the new versions!
-
- REGISTERING:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- That's all there is to it! If you have any problems or questions
- please feel free to call the T&J Software BBS at (717)325-9481.
-
- See the enclosed registration form for ordering!
-
- REGISTER.TXT details on registering Finder!
- TJREG.TXT complete details on registering a T&J Software Product
- PSREG.TXT complete details on registering a Parole Software Product
-