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- The ON-LINE Catalog
-
- Copyright (c) 1991,92 Andrew L. Brown
-
- The Nuclear Amoeba BBS
- (302) 653-8604,,,,252525
-
- This Copy distributed by The Atomic Comet Bulletin Board System.
- (410) 822-6438
- USR 16.8 DS
-
-
- The On Line Catalog is not a free program, Andrew L. Brown
- holds all copyrights as well as all source code. This software
- has not and will not be released to the public domain.
- If you run this software beyond a reasonable 30 day
- trial period, you are required to register with the author.
- For registration information, read the enclosed SYSOP.DOC
- The authors make NO WARRANTIES expressed or implied as
- to what this program will or will not do, and will not be liable
- for any damages to your system as a result of running this software.
- Furthermore, the authors will not be held responsible for
- any punitive damages caused by this software such as lost sales
- or wrongful quotes.
- BY USING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AN ACCOUNTING PACKAGE! IT IS NOT INTENDED
- TO REPLACE THE HUMAN FACTOR IN ANY BUSINESS. THIS PROGRAM SERVES
- TO ALLOW REMOTE USERS THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR INTERESTS
- TO A BUSINESS ON A 24 HOUR A DAY BASIS THROUGH AN UNATTENDED BBS.
- THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS IN MIND AND MAY NOT
- HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE EXTREMELY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS, ALTHOUGH
- EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ACCOMODATE ALL FORESEEN POSSIBILITIES.
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS NOT RATED FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE USERS, DO NOT
- ALLOW MORE THAN ONE CALLER AT A TIME INTO THIS DOOR.
- (It probably would be safe BUT if the quote data files ARE accessed
- simultaneously they would potentially get corrupted)
-
- =============================================================================
-
- SYSOPS' SCREENS (olconfig.exe):
-
- THE CONFIGURATION SCREEN
-
- The first screen you will see is the SysOp's Config screen. Here
- is where you will find where you insert your SetUp, Category Definitions,
- your Items and Discriptions, etc. We'll go thru these one at a time:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ The On-Line Catalog ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ ║
- ║ General Setup ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Category Definitions ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Category Items and Descriptions ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Maintenance Utilities ║
- ║ ║
- ║ File - Path Options ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- THE GENERAL SETUP:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ The On-Line Catalog General Setup Page 1 ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ 1 - SysOp Name: [Andrew L. Brown ] ║
- ║ 2 - BBS Name: [The Nuclear Amoeba BBS ] ║
- ║ 3 - Company Name: [Andrew Brown Computing ] ║
- ║ 4 - Profit Multiplier" [1.2] ║
- ║ 5 - State Sales Tax [%] [ 5.00%] ║
- ║ 6 - Minimum Shipping Charge:[ 5.00] ║
- ║ 7 - Company Phone: [(410) 479-2971] ║
- ║ Shipping Type First Pound Each Additional Pound ║
- ║ 8 - UPS 8 Day Grnd 5.00 1.00 ║
- ║ 9 - UPS 2nd Day Air 7.50 1.00 ║
- ║ 10 - UPS Overnight 9.50 1.00 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 11 - Master Card 14 - American Express ║
- ║ 12 - Visa 15 - Account ║
- ║ 13 - Discover 16 - C.O.D. Y 5.00 ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- Under General SetUp, Set the cursor bar on the lines you want to
- change. Most are self-explanitory (your name, your BBS name, your company
- name, company phone) but the rest we will go into a little more detail:
-
- PROFIT MULTIPLYER: You will enter in a decimal point telling the program
- how much of a profit margin you want based on your
- wholesale cost. When entering in items, the wholesale
- cost you enter will be multiplied by this number
- giving you a "retail price". You can override this
- if you want to enter in a retail price separately when
- you fill in your Item Discriptions.
- (See page ## about entering in retail prices).
-
- STATE SALES TAX: This is where you will enter in your State Sales Tax.
- This is formatted to the 100th of a percent
- (i.e 5% sales tax should appear as 5.00).
-
- MINIMUM SHIPPING CHARGE: If you have a minimum shipping charge for any
- and all orders. This amount will be added to all orders
- UNLESS selected shipping exceeds this amount.
- This item can be used if you charge a delivery charge but
- you can override this if you choose to enter in a
- charge separately when you fill in your Item Discriptions.
- (See page ## about entering in shipping charges)
-
- SHIPPING TYPE: This is where you will enter you primary mail order
- shipping charges. Most companies use either Fed Ex or
- UPS, but you may choose to use a local or OTR trucking
- company for shipping. You will need to know the
- breakdown of the individual shipping prices using $$ for
- the first pound and each additional pound.
-
- VARIOUS CREDIT TYPES: Under each of the credit cards and other types of
- payments enter a [Y] or [N] corresponding to the type(s)
- of financing your company offers. Under COD, if you
- select [Y], if you charge an additional $$, you will
- enter it after the [Y].
-
-
- CATEGORY DEFINITIONS:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ The On-Line Catalog Category Descriptions ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Complete Computer Systems ║
- ║ SoftWare by ANDREW BROWN COMPUTING ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Select: [Esc] Quit [Enter] Edit [Insert] Add [Delete] Delete ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- In this screen is where you enter your various categories you use
- to group your items you sell. You can modify the categories as well
- as [Insert] and [Delete] items. The TEST DRIVE version will
- ONLY UTILIZE 2 CATEGORIES and 2 ITEMS EACH.
-
- [Enter] selects the Category you wish to modify.
-
- [Esc] exits this routine.
-
-
-
- CATEGORY ITEMS AND DISCRIPTIONS: This option initially displays the listing
- of all categories. As stated before, The TEST-DRIVE version
- only utilizes 2 categories. [Insert] and [Delete] will work
- In the TEST DRIVE VERSION but only 2 items will actually be
- utilized. This way you can be all set up by the time you
- recieve your registered copy.
-
- If you wish to insert a new category:
- - Hit the [Insert] key. This will insert a category called "*Empty*"
- Place the cursor bar on this category and press [Enter].
-
- If you wish to modify an existing category:
- - Place the cursor bar on the desired category and hit [Enter] to
- select that category.
-
- This will bring you into the following screen:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Category : 2 SoftWare by ANDREW BROWN COMPUTING ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Part # Discription Wholesale Retail ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ OLCAT10 "On-Line Catalog" v1.20. $0.00 $65.00 ║
- ║ KLON40 "Amoeba Klondike" v4.0 BBS LiveGame. $0.00 $25.00 ║
- ║ NUK40 "Nuclear Strike" v4.0 BBS LiveGame. $0.00 $25.00 ║
- ║ KUW40 "Kuwaiti Oil" v4.0 BBS LiveGame. $0.00 $25.00 ║
- ║ MINDBEND10 "MindBender!" v1.0 BBS LiveGame $0.00 $25.00 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Select: [Esc] Quit [Enter] Edit [Insert] Add [Delete] Delete ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- As you can see, this screen displays The Part #, a SHORT discription,
- the Wholesale Cost and the Retail cost of the items in the selected
- category. You can INSERT or DELETE items for an unlimited number
- of entries. The TEST DRIVE will only use the first 2 of these.
-
- Place the cursor bar on the desired item and press ENTER to
- edit the record of that item. This will bring you to the next screen:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Category# : 2 SoftWare by ANDREW BROWN COMPUTING ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Record# : 1 5 Taxable : Y ║
- ║ 1 Part# (1) : OLCAT10 ║
- ║ 2 Part# (2) : 6 WholeSale : 0.00 ║
- ║ 3 Part# (3) : ║
- ║ 4 Part# (4) : 7 Retail : 65.00 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 8 Minimum Quantity or Unit : 1 ║
- ║ 9 Minimum Shipping Charge : 1.25 ║
- ║ 10 Weight in Lbs if applicable : 0 ║
- ║ 11 Short Description : "On-Line Catalog" v1.7R ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Long Description ║
- ║ 12 "The On-Line Catalog" by Andrew Brown Computing ║
- ║ 13 Unlimited categories and entries, full ANSI and ASCII ║
- ║ 14 capabilities, using the Door.SYS industry standard for ║
- ║ 15 caller information files. Available ONLY from ║
- ║ 16 Andrew Brown Computing. ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Enter your selection: [ ] [Esc] to abort ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- As you see, you have the option of using 4 Part #s. The On-Line
- Catalog will only display Part #1 to the Users. The other 3 Part #s
- can be utilized for Vendor Information if you wish, but are not
- utilized by the program. This is only for YOUR information.
-
- TAXABLE: You will enter either a [Y] or an [N] to state whether the item
- is Taxable or not depending on what your State Tax code states.
-
- WHOLESALE: Where you will enter the wholesale $ amount for the item. When
- you hit [Enter] after typing in your Wholesale amount you will notice
- that a $$ amount will show up under "Retail". This is due to the
- "Profit Multiplyer" you stated in GENERAL SETUP.
- *NOTE: If you place "0" (zero) in this field, the word "CALL" will
- come up under the "Retail" Price. This is utilized due to
- some products having a fluctuating price (i.e. Hard Disk
- Drives, MotherBoards, etc.) This will notify the user
- that he/she will have to call your office for a current
- retail price.
-
- RETAIL: As stated above, this $$ amount is automatically generated by
- whatever you entered in the "WholeSale" field. However, this price
- can be overridden by entering this field and typing the $ amount
- you desire.
-
- MINIMUM QUANTITY OR UNIT: This field will enable you to enter a minimum
- quantity amount that the user has to purchase of that particular
- item.
-
- MINIMUM SHIPPING CHARGE: Minimum amount to be added to this item. When
- this item is purchased, this amount will always be added but is
- overridden if the Selected Shipping Charge EXCEEDS this amount.
- This amount is NEVER added to the selected shipping charge. It is
- either the Minimum Shipping Charge OR the Selected Shipping Charge
- whichever is greater. (see below)
-
- WEIGHT IN LBS (if applicable): The weight of the item. This weight works
- in conjunction with the "Shipping Type" selected by the user.
- In some instances, an item will not have any appreciable weight. In
- which case, the minimum shipping charge will be used. For instance,
- You may sell diamond rings, which have a minimal weight. But, due to
- shipping insurance, you would attach a Minimum Shipping Charge to the
- item.
-
- SHORT DISCRIPTION: A 60 Character field which is displayed to the user
- in the line-by-line category listing.
-
- LONG DISCRIPTION: 5 Lines, 60 Characters each line for you to type
- an extended description of the item you are selling. This is
- displayed when the user selects "Info on an Item".
-
-
- MAINTENANCE UTILITIES:
-
- When you enter into Maintenance Utilities, you will get the
- following screen:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Maintenance Utilities ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ ║
- ║ Process Orders ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Customer Data Base ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Print Complete Price List ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Purge Old Completed Orders ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- PROCESS ORDERS:
-
- Positioning the cursor bar on "Process Order" and you will get
- the following screen:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ ORDER PROCESSING [NEW] ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ DATE QUOTE # CUSTOMER # CUSTOMER ORDER TOTAL ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000001 0000000001 ANDREW BROWN 69.50 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000010 0000000002 SUE BROWN 98529.42 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000125 0000000002 SUE BROWN 789.89 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000256 0000000135 KELLI MCCOY 100000.01 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000356 0000000095 RAYMOND ANDREWS 999999.99 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000000999 0000000001 ANDREW BROWN 123456.00 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000001234 0000000002 SUE BROWN 9.85 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000002345 0000000002 SUE BROWN 1234.56 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000006541 0000000042 GORDON WHEAT 98764.05 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000007099 0000000004 BUSTER BROWN 2547.23 ║
- ║ 12-11-92 0000010006 0000000003 VICKI BROWN 65489.95 ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Select : [Esc] Quit [Enter] Process [O]LD [N]EW [A]LL ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- This screen initially displays all NEW quotes, this means all
- quotes that have not been previously shown as completed.
- You may select [O] to display only Old Completed quotes, or
- [A] to display ALL quotes in the file. You can view a quote by
- simply placing the cursor bar on the desired quote and pressing
- ENTER. You can view any quote, whether NEW or OLD.
- When you press ENTER to view/process a quote, you will see the
- following screen:
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ QUOTE#: 0000000001 │ DATE: 12-11-1992 │
- │ BILL TO: │ ORDER #: 0000000001 │
- │ [ANDREW BROWN ] │ CUSTOMER #: 0000000001 │
- │ [RT #1 BOX 125B ] │ DATE COMPLETED: │
- │ [DENTON, MD. 21629 ] │ SHIPPING VIA : Local Pickup │
- │ VOICE: 410-479-2971 │ DATA : 410-479-1828 │
- ├───────────────┬─────────────────────┴────────┬────────────┬────┬────────────┤
- │PART # │DISCRIPTION │ UNIT PRICE │QTY │ EXT. PRICE │
- ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────┼────┼────────────┤
- │ OLCAT13 │ "On Line Catalog" v1.30 │ 65.00│ 1│ 65.00│
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├───────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴────────────┴────┴────────────┤
- │ REQUESTED FORM OF PAYMENT: Cash SUBTOTAL : 65.00 │
- │ TAX : 3.25 │
- │ WEIGHT OF ORDER: 0 SHIPPING : 1.25 │
- ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ TOTAL : 69.50 │
- │ [ ] [Esc] [C]omplete [U]ser [P]rint ├────────────────────┘
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- [ ]: Scrolls up and down the quote if there are more than 6 items
- in the said quote.
-
- [Esc]: Exits the routine.
-
- [C]omplete: When you have completed filling the order, and it is no
- longer a "New" quote.
-
- [U]ser: Displays the User's Information. (See below)
-
- [P]rint: Used for you to print out the order to your printer, a file,
- or to the screen (CON).
-
-
- CUSTOMER DATABASE:
-
- When you enter the Customer Database, you will get the following
- screen:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ The On-Line Catalog CUSTOMER DATABASE ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ CUSTOMER # CUSTOMER NAME PHONE NUMBER: ║
- ║ 0000000001 ANDREW BROWN 410-479-2971 ║
- ║ 0000000002 SUE BROWN 410-479-2971 ║
- ║ 0000000003 VICKI BROWN 410-479-2971 ║
- ║ 0000000004 BUSTER BROWN 410-479-2971 ║
- ║ 0000000010 ALAN DEAN 410-479-0000 ║
- ║ 0000000024 GORDON WHEAT 410-555-1212 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Place cursor on desired Customer, [Enter] to Select [Esc] Exit ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Copywrite (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- This will sort all customers alphabetically by LAST NAME.
- A one character search is active here, i.e. by hitting "W" the
- screen will go to the first customer whose last name begins with
- "W".
-
- When you place the cursor bar on the desired customer and you
- hit [Enter] you will then get the following screen:
-
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ CUSTOMER INFORMATION │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤
- │CUSTOMER #: │ [12] COMPANY BANK INFORMATION │
- │ │ NAME: │
- │"BILL TO" INFORMATION: │ ACCT #: │
- │ [1] CUSTOMER: │ CITY/ST: │
- │ [2] CO.NAME: │ PHONE #: │
- │ [3] ADDRESS: │ │
- │ [4] CITY/ST: │ MEMO: │
- │ [5] PHONE (V): │ │
- │ [6] PHONE (D): │ │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┤
- │"SHIP TO" INFORMATION: [11] PAYMENT TERMS: │
- │ [7] NAME: │
- │ [8] ADDRESS: │
- │ [9] CITY/ST: │
- │[10] PHONE (V): │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ Enter your selection [ ] [Esc] Exit │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Most entries into this screen are self-exlpanitory but we will go into
- a little more detail on some of the items that may be in question:
-
- CUSTOMER BANK INFORMATION: This option is mainly intended for the
- purpose of if the customer has the option of in-house financing,
- outside financing, or if you company "happens" to have the
- option of direct payment from the customers bank account. This
- information is STRICTLY confidential, and will NOT be shown
- ANYWHERE else in the program!!
-
- In most cases, the users "bill to" and "ship to" are the same. BUT
- if there are any changes in these fields (or in any other part of the
- User Database), this screen is where you would change the entries.
-
- PURGE OLD COMPLETED ORDERS:
-
- This feature will get rid of ALL quotes which are flagged as
- COMPLETED, it will re-index and rebuild the data files with
- all remaining active quotes.
-
-
-
- FILE - PATH OPTIONS:
-
- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ The On-Line Catalog File - Path Options ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Complete Path to Door.SYS : ║
- ║ (i.e. c:\wc30\node1\door.sys ║
- ║ (single node only) ║
- ║ m:\wcwork\node1\door.sys ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Path to all data files: ║
- ║ (i.e. c:\door\olcat\data) ║
- ║ ║
- ║ m:\livegame\catalog\ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Copyright (C) 1992 Andrew L. Brown ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- This is fairly self-explanitory. Basically you need to enter:
-
- The COMPLETE path the program needs to find Door.SYS
- and The COMPLETE path the program needs to find the data files.
-
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- Introduction to The On-Line Catalog......
- --------------------------------------
- Using the On-Line Catalog is fairly self-explanitory once you actually
- enter into the program. The way the screens are set up, even the most
- inexperienced BBS novice can freely hop through and place orders.
- This Catalog is only a sales TOOL, and is not an accounting package.
- Plans are in the making for eventually being able to interface with
- various accounting and sales packages. With really nothing more to say
- at this time, lets go into the usage of this powerful sales tool.....
-
- ===============================================================================
-
- The Usage of The On-Line Catalog.....
- -----------------------------------
-
- INITIALLY ENTERING THE DOOR:
-
- When you first enter into the Catalog (as a user), you will be given a
- "WELCOME" screen. As the screen states, this is to notify the user that he/she
- has never entered the relm of The On-Line Catalog. When they hit [Enter], the
- program will put them in their "USER SETTINGS":
-
-
- USER SETTINGS SCREEN:
-
- ==============================================================================
- CUSTOMER : ANDREW L. BROWN PAYMENT TERMS: C.O.D. Cache
- CUSTOMER NO. : 0000000000 SHIPPING VIA: UPS 8 DAY GROUND
-
- "BILL TO" INFORMATION: "SHIP TO" INFORMATION:
-
- [1] ADDRESS: RT #1 BOX 125-B [5] NAME: ANDREW BROWN
- [2] CITY/ST: DENTON, MD 21629 [6] ADDRESS: RT #1 BOX 125-B
- [3] PHONE (V): (410) 479-2971 [7] CITY/ST: DENTON, MD 21629
- [4] PHONE (D): (410) 479-1828 [8] PHONE (V): (410) 479-2971
- ===============================================================================
- Enter [1...8] or [Enter] to Quit
- page 2
-
- Here is where the User/Customer will have to update/change some of
- their personal information. Notice that ALL users will have to enter their
- "Street Address" ([1] & [6]). Door.SYS does not allocate this information, as
- well as some other pertinant information pertaining to the purchase of products
- that you, the Vendor/SysOp needs to complete your sales. At this point in time,
- the "Bill To" and the "Ship To" Information is the same. Sometimes, Users want
- products billed to them, but shipped to another location (i.e. around Christmas
- time). They can change [5] - [8] as well if need be.
- After the User has made the necessary changes to their settings, they
- hit [Enter], and it brings them to the MENU SCREEN:
-
- THE MAIN MENU SCREEN:
-
- [D]isplay Order [L]ist Categories
- [G]raphics Toggle [P]rocess Order
- [H]elp [Q]uit to BBS
- [I]nformation [U]ser Settings
-
-
-
- [D]isplay Order : Displays the Users order. The User must "[L]ist
- Categories FIRST and pick an Item to buy before he can display
- the Order. This routine will NOT display empty orders.
-
- [G]raphics Toggle: Toggles from Color to Monochrome, back and forth.
- When graphics are disables, absolutely NO ansi codes are sent.
- Although ANSI.SYS (or equivalent) MUST be active on the host BBS.
-
- [H]elp: Help Screen
-
- [I]nformation: External ANSI screen that the SysOp can modify to show
- users what they sell, or any other info about their company.
-
- [L]ist Categories: Self-explanitory. This is the list of the various
- categories that the user goes into to find the products that they
- are looking for.
-
- [P]rocess Order: When the customer is finished selecting items, and
- they are ready to have you fill the order. This optins will
- actually write the order to disk. If [P]rocess is not selected
- the order is not saved. After [P]rocess is selected the user
- "thankyou.scr" is displayed, and the user is sent back
- to the bbs with no further delay.
-
- [Q]uit to BBS: Out the Door and back to the BBS.
-
- [U]ser Settings: The area that the user can change WHERE the bill is
- to be sent and/or where the order is to be sent (if to a different
- location other than the billing address.
-
- EXTERNAL ANSI/ASCII SCREENS:
-
- WELCOME.SCR (ANSI)
- WELCOME.BBS (ASCII)
- This is the First screen callers will see upon entering the door.
- If you don't want it simply delete them. Or you can use it to
- plug your company and all the great products you sell.
-
- NEWUSER.SCR
- NEWUSER.BBS
- When a caller enters the door FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, they are
- sent this screen. After which they are sent to the USER INFO
- menu to allow them to update any fields which lack data.
-
- MENU.SCR
- MENU.BBS
- This is the Main Menu of the door, alter it if you really want
- to, although the one inclosed is really nice. <grin>
-
- HELP.SCR
- HELP.BBS
- This is the help screen to assist those callers who need it,
- I don't recommend altering it but if you really feel the need
- go for it. (See @PAUSE@ option below before doing this)
-
- INFO.SCR
- INFO.BBS
- This is what it says, a screen to put additional information
- about your great company and its products. Use it for whatever
- you want, specials maybe.
-
- THANKYOU.SCR
- THANKYOU.BBS
- This screen is sent AFTER a quote is processed by the caller,
- use it to say whatever you feel is best after someone buys something
- from you.
-
- GOODBYE.SCR
- GOODBYE.BBS
- This is the last file a caller sees as they exit the door,
- again if you don't want it just delete it. With many bbs's these
- days it goes so fast that they can't see it anyway. But it's
- up to you.
-
- @PAUSE@ option:
- Some of these screens can be longer then one page, when this
- happens the door will AUTOMATICALLY force a pause at the 23rd
- line. However you can force the pause before that with @PAUSE@.
- @PAUSE@ must be the FIRST and ONLY thing on that line of the
- screen. Also, it MUST be upper case as shown.
-
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