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- │ NUB 1.7 │
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- "New User Bulletin"
-
- Compliments of: The HOTware BBS
- Net/Node 064/003
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- History
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-
- 06-28-92 Ver 1.0 Initial Release
- 07-05-92 Ver 1.1 Version 1.0 was occasionally adding SYS CTL
- to the New User Listing, fixed. Other items
- now checked for prior to adding the user to
- the list include: Non-Blank Password field
- (ie. Incomplete logons), Non-Deleted User,
- Minimum Access Level To Include (Configurable).
- 07-07-92 Ver 1.2 Version 1.1 was bug ridden, for that I
- apologize. Thanks goes to Jerry Hook for
- finding the numerous bugs. The bug fixes:
- In CONFIG options 5 and 6 were reversed,
- fixed, The ASCII bulletin was incorrectly
- calculating higher and lower access levels,
- fixed, a problem with the Number of Calls
- a user has called has been repaired. NUB
- was reporting the number of calls that day
- rather than the total number of calls.
- Along with these fixes is a little prettier
- configuration. Extra popup boxes have been
- added for your viewing enjoyment.
- 07-11-92 Ver 1.3 One More Bug fix: The day's old calculations
- were still getting a bit confused, this problem
- should be repaired now. The Border Now goes
- around the "Header" of the bulletin. The
- runtime display is now a little fancier.
- 08-14-92 Ver 1.4 Two major enhancements. The colors are now
- considerably more configurable for the ANSI
- bulletin. NUB will now allow window and
- screen backgrounds to be different colors.
- The window will now have a small shadow effect
- which is of configurable color. The second
- enhancement involves some of the ANSI Escape
- sequences that are used in the bulletin. The
- new escape sequence usage makes for a more
- uniform bulletin.
- 09-06-92 Ver 1.5 NUB now look into the GT.CNF for an entry in
- the LAN Path configuration. If you have an
- entry here NUB will read the USER.CTL file
- from this location. This is done to make the
- program a little more useful for those running
- a LAN setup.
- 01-18-93 Ver 1.6 At the suggestion of Kevin Roesch NUB now can
- optionally clear the screen prior to displaying
- the Bulletin. This is done with the ANSI clear
- screen Escape sequence.
- 10-04-93 Ver 1.7 At the suggestion of Daryl Stout, NUB now can
- be configured to create ASCII (mono) bulletins
- using 7 bit characters rather than 8 bit
- extended graphics characters. Option 8 on the
- configuration screen controls this setting.
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- What is It?
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- What in the heck is NUB? NUB stands for "New User Bulletin".
- NUB is a simple little program that will create both an ANSI
- and ASCII bulletin of users joining your system in the last
- XX days, where XX is a variable number selectable by you.
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- Why Is It?
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- You may be asking about now, Why would you want to do this?
- It's simple. I like to list a bulletin of the new users
- on my system so that the "old" users will know who has recently
- joined them. The initial idea was to provide the "old" users
- a means of wishing the "new" folks Good Day.
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- Configuration
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- NUB will enter config mode automatically the first time it
- is executed. Any time thereafter you need to run NUB /CONFIG
- anytime you need to change the configuration. Once in config
- mode you will be presented with the following screen....
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- ║ New User Bulletin Config ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 1. Include Days: 30 2. Minimum Include Access Z ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 3. Your BBS Name: Unknown BBS ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 4. ASCII Bulletin NONE ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 5. ANSI Bulletin NONE ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 6. Configure ANSI Bulletin Colors ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 7. Clear Screen Prior To Display? [Y] ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ 8. Use 7 or 8 bit Characters For ASCII Display? [8] ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ ║██
- ║ S)ave and Exit [ESC] Abort and Exit D)os Shell ║██
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██
- ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████
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- 1. Include Days: This option is the number of days ago that
- a user logged onto your system that should
- be considered a new user. For example if
- today is 6-28-92, John Doe logged on to
- your system on 5-28-92, and the Include Days
- is configured at 30 days, John Doe would be
- considered a new user and include in the
- bulletin.
-
- 2. Min Include Access: This option allows you to only include
- users above a configurable Access Level.
- This was requested by folks running systems
- that require registration that do not wish
- to include non-registered users in the list.
- The default is 'z' which is the lowest avail-
- able access level. This option is inclusive,
- ie. if level 'z' is configured, users of that
- level will be included in the report.
-
- 3. Your BBS Name: This is quite simply the name of your BBS,
- for the purpose of including it in the header
- information of the bulletin.
-
- 4. ASCII Bulletin: The Path and Name of the file that you wish
- to use as the ASCII Bulletin.
-
- 5. ANSI Bulletin: The Path and Name of the file that you wish
- to use as the ANSI Bulletin.
-
- 6. Configure Ansi Bulletin Colors:
- This option will take you to menu level 2 and
- allow you configure the colors of the ANSI
- Bulletin.
-
- 7. Clear Screen Prior To Display? [Y]
- This option tells NUB to add a clear screen
- at the top of the bulletin. Selecting yes
- will cause the screen to clear prior to
- displaying the actual bulletin.
-
- 8. Use 7 or 8 Bit Characters For ASCII Display? [8]
- This option tells NUB to use either 7 bit
- characters or 8 bit extended graphics
- characters to create the ASCII bulletin. 8
- equates to graphics characters, 7 equates to
- 7 bit characters.
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- Execution..
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- Running the program is very easy. The only things that are
- required are: 1. A valid GTPATH statement, 2. A valid USER.CTL
- in the GTPATH directory After the program has been configured
- all you have to do is type NUB on the command line and your
- bulletins will magically appear.
-
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- Registration
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-
- I am not requesting any money for this program, but I would
- not turn any down either <g>. If you want to slip $5.00 into
- and envelope I'll accept it. Although I don't require a
- registration fee I would appreciate knowing that you are using
- the program on a normal basis. Therefore I have provided a
- simple and easy way for you to register this program. From
- the DOS prompt type:
-
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- NUB REGISTER
-
- NUB will the proceed to send me a netmail message informing me
- that you are using the program. Please use this feature ONCE.
-
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- Errorlevels
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- Here are the possible errorlevel exits the program will give.
-
- ERRORLEVEL 0 No Problems, Good Run.....
- ERRORLEVEL 1 Unable to Open USER.CTL.
- ERRORLEVEL 2 Error Reading Configuration
- ERRORLEVEL 3 GTPATH Environment Not Set
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- Who Is Responsible for This?
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- Rob Roesch
- The HOTware BBS
- GT Power Net-Node 064/003
- Rt 7 Box 566
- Mocksville, NC 27028
- 704-492-2081 (USR 16.8 DS)
-
- If you start using this utility, and get a chance, let me know
- (see above procedures. If you don't have any use for it, delete
- it for your total refund of all the disk space that it was
- occupying. This program comes with no warranty, no guarantee,
- and no promises. If it works GREAT, if not let me know and I
- will gladly take a look at it in my spare time. If you really
- really really like the program and want to make any donations,
- feel free, but it is not a requirement.....
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