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- || Quote O' The Day v6.05 ||
- `========================'
- By Uncle Productions
- --==========================--
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- Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, GAP, QBBS,
- RBBS, Remote Access, Spitfire, WWIV,
- Telegard, and Renegade.
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- Kudos to Ted Freeman, the programming god who writes
- the best door kit for Quick Basic
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- Please take note:
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- This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The entire
- risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by you.
- Furthermore, the author does not warrant, guarantee, or make any other
- representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the
- program, and you rely on the program and results solely at your own
- risk. The author cannot and will not accept responsibility for system
- damage, loss of profit, or any other special, consequential or incidental
- damages resulting from the use or inability to use this product.
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- Shareware
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- Quote O' The Day is being distributed as Shareware. Under this concept
- you may use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable
- period of time for evaluation after which you must either register
- your copy or discontinue usage.
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- Distribution:
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- You have a ßeta copy of Quote O' The Day. DO NOT distribute this
- to anyone, unless approved by Tim Miranda.
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- Description:
- ============
-
- As I wandered my way through BBS's, I thought: Some need to perk up. So, I
- thought that giving the user a good quote or phrase would be inspirational
- to the user. But the Random Quote Makers out there weren't quite what I was
- looking for. I was looking for one that would let the user add phrases and
- quotes. So I made one that did.
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- The program comes with to parts: The Quote generator and the user interface.
- The quote generator is a regular program, which usually is made into a BBS
- event. The user interface is a door that works with most BBS types.
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- THE FILES
- ---------
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- Make sure you have all the files in the same directory. In this text I'll
- assume they're in C:\DOORS\QOFDAY, but they don't have to be.
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- QOFDAY.EXE is the door that lets users add and list the quotes.
- MKEQUOTE.EXE is the program that actually generates quotes.
- QUOTES is the text file with all 3 line quotes and phrases in it.
- QOFDAY.CNF is the Config file for QOFDAY.EXE.
- MKEQUOTE.CNF is the config file for MKEQUOTE.EXE.
- QOFDOOR.BAT is a batch file to run QOFDAY.EXE as a door.
- EVENT.BAT is a batch file to run MKEQUOTE.EXE as a BBS event.
- ORDER.FRM is the form to print out and send to me ASAP (heh heh).
- UNKPROD.INF is a list of support BBS's that Tim Miranda can be reached on.
- WHATSNEW. is a text file explaining what's new about this version.
- QUOTES.ADD is where quotes added by users are stored for sysop approval.
- OKQUOTES.EXE is the program to link QUOTES.ADD and QUOTES (See above)
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- QOFDAY.EXE and MKEQUOTE.EXE generates a log of usage, named QOFDAY.LOG.
- Useful to see who adds what quotes. The log can be deleted at any time.
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- ABOUT THE QUOTE FILE:
- ---------------------
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- The Quote file (QUOTES) is formatted a little differently than in previous
- versions. All quotes can have unlimited lines, except for sysop restriction.
- This is the format:
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- LINE 1
- LINE 2
- LINE 3
- etc..
- +
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- If you, the SysOp, are adding quotes manually, without the door, make sure you
- use all three lines. Suppose you have the quote "Make my day." It would look:
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- "Make my day."
- +
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- *** IMPORTANT ***
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- Starting in version 6.02, all quotes that are added by users are
- stored in QUOTES.ADD, so sysops can check them for obscenities, and other
- bad things. Once the sysop thinks the quotes are ok, (s)he can run OKQUOTES,
- which will automatically add them to the actual Quote file (QUOTES.)
-
- CONFIG FILE:
- ------------
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- | User Interface (QOFDAY.EXE)|
-
- This config file for the User Interface Door is QOFDAY.CNF. Here it is:
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- <PATH TO BBS INFO + BBS INFO FILE NAME>
- <BBS NAME>
- <SYSOP FIRST NAME>
- <SYSOP LAST NAME>
- <MAX NUMBER OF LINES USERS CAN HAVE TO INPUT QUOTES>
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- The path to BBS info is where you keep the DORINFOx.DEF, PCBOARD.SYS,
- SFDOORS.DAT, etc. Here's my config file (I use DORINFO1.DEF):
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- C:\BBS\DORINFO1.DEF
- Taj Mahal
- Tim
- Miranda
- 5
-
- Pretty simple, huh?
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- | Quote Generator (MKEQUOTE.EXE) |
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- The config file for the Quote Generator is MKEQUOTE.CNF. Here it is:
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- <COM PORT #>
- <FILE or SEND>
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- COM PORT # is just that: 1, 2, 3, or 4.
- The second line is different:
- FILE means you want the quote to be sent to a file, specifically THEQUOTE.QOD.
- SEND means you want the quote to be sent directly to the user. Use this if you
- want the quote to be generated and sent while the user is ONLINE.
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- RUNNING THE PROGRAMS
- ********************
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- | User Interface (QOFDAY.EXE)|
-
- You'll probably want a batch file for this. It might look like:
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- CD\DOORS\QOFDAY
- QOFDAY QOFDAY.CNF
- CD\BBS
- EXIT
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- Just have it change to the QOFDAY directory, then run QOFDAY.EXE with
- the CNF on the command line.
-
- (Make sure the BBS makes one of the Door Info files supported)
- (In Telegard, just use "DD" in the Menu Editor)
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- | Quote Generator |
-
- Depending on where you want the quote to be put, there are two things to do:
-
- This one is if you want it sent to THEQUOTE.QOD file. You'll want the program
- to make one ANSI Quote and one ASCII Quote. This is easy. Make a batch
- file looking like this:
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- CD\DOORS\QOFDAY
- MKEQUOTE 1
- COPY THEQUOTE.QOD C:\BBS\AFILES\LOGON1.ANS
- MKEQUOTE 0
- COPY THEQUOTE.QOD C:\BBS\AFILES\LOGON1.MSG
- CD\BBS
- EXIT
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- Essentially what this does is makes 2 Quote files: One ANSI, One ASCII.
- Then it copies them to the BBS file you want, like in Telegard to the log on
- files. That way both ANSI and ASCII callers can see it.
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- This is also the way to put the Quote Generator into an event. Just use
- the batch file, EVENT.BAT.
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- If you want it sent to the user immediately, you must be able to tell
- the program if the user has ANSI of not. In Telegard, you do:
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- MKEQUOTE @G
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- Where @G is 0 for no ANSI, 1 for ANSI. If you put nothing there, it
- will just display ASCII.
- MkeQuote will make an ANSI THEQUOTE.QOD if there is a 1 in the
- commandline, or ASCII if there is a 0.
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- [For Product Support Please Read UNKPROD.INF for a list of BBS's]
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