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─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ RADB2DAY ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Version 4.00 ▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ░░░░ ▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▄███▄ ▓ ▓ Andy Williams 2:441/80.3 ░ ░ ▒ ▓ ▒ █ █ ▓▓ ▓ And ░░░░ ▒ ▓▓▓▓ ▒ █ █ ▓ ▓ ▓ Peter Burnett 2:441/80.0 ░ ▒ ▓ ▒ █ █ ▓ ▓▓ ░ ▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓ ▒ ▀███▀ ▓ ▓ ┌─┐ ┌───────░·░─┐ │ │ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ │ ░·░ │ │ │ │ ┌─┘ └─┐ └──────────────│ ░·░ │┌─────────┘ └──┐ │ │ │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ ░·░ │└───┬───┬ └─── │ └─┐ ┌─┘ ┌──────────────│ ░·░ │ └┬──┴┐ └───┘ └───┘ │ ░·░ │ └┬──┴┬ ┌──── └───────░·░─┘ └───┴──────┘ The Neverland eXpress, Hastings, UK ▓▓▓▓ ▄███▄ ░░░░ ▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓ ███▄ +44-424-853361 - Hst / V32 ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ █ ▓▓▓▓ █ █ ░░░░ ▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓ ████ ▓ █ █ ░ ▒ ▓ █ █▌ ▓ ▀███▀ ░ ▒ ▓▓▓▓ █ █ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ RADB2DAY ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Version 4.00 ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Piston Popper Software Systems, Hastings, UK ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ 10 Parsons Close St. leonards On Sea East Sussex UK TN38 9QT Piston Popper Software Proudly Presents! RemoteAccess & D'Bridge Callers Today !!! Version 4.00 Copyright (C) 1991,1992,1993 Andy Williams, All Rights Reserved ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ CREDITS ! ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── RemoteAccess(tm) is a trademark of Andrew Milner & Continental Software D'Bridge(tm) is a trademark of Chris Irwin RADB2DAY & RADB286 was written in PASCAL and ASSEMBLER and is compiled by Borlands Pascal v7.00 & Borlands Turbo Assembler v3.20 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ DISCLAIMER & LICENSE ! ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ■ RADB2DAY is FREEware *NOT* Public Domain! ■ The documentation and accompanying program are copyrighted material designed, produced and tested by the authors of the software. ■ Although every care and attention has been taken to write and test the program to make sure that it does what this documentation states, the program is provided as it is, without warranty or guarantee of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the quality or performance of this program, except that it will occupy disk space. ■ The author shall not be held liable to you or anyone else for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including any lost profits, lost savings, lost business, which may result from the use or inability to use this program. ■ Your use of this program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your release of the author from any form of liability or litigation. ■ You are actively encouraged to copy and distribute it in an unmodified way as much as you want, as long as you still abide to the conditions mentioned here and that no money or monies or any other form of compensation is asked or accepted. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ INTRODUCTION ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── NOTE: RADB2DAY will *ONLY* function when RemoteAccess BBS software and D'Bridge mail system are installed together. It is NOT currently compatible with any other mailer software whatsoever. It will NOT function without the D'Bridge software being installed. This version of RADB2DAY will only work with v2.0x of RA. Version 3.01 of RADB2DAY ( 'RADB_301.*' ) is for RA v1.1x. What is RADB2DAY ? This program provides an improved display of the number of calls made to a RemoteAccess BBS system that it is installed on. Improved in the sense that it not only displays the human callers who have logged into the BBS during the day, but also a list of the inbound and outbound mail sessions which have taken place. This is of course providing a D'Bridge mailer system is installed on the front end of the BBS to handle the mail. I have seen similiar program which work with D'Bridge and RemoteAccess, but my one has an advantage over the others in that it also displays the *NAME* of the bulletin board in the inbound and outbound mail session summaries. It does this by directly accessing the nodelist files on your hard disk. The archive you downloaded/received should be named RADB_400.??? where ??? will be one of the many archive type extensions, ( Lzh, Pak, Arc Zip, Arj ). The RADB_400.??? archive may be converted to another archive format provided that all the listed files below are included and no others are added either. RADB2DAY.EXE The generic executable program. RADB286.EXE The 80286+ executable program. RADB2DAY.DOC This documentation you are reading now. WHATSNEW.400 Update, Debug & History Information ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ WHAT IT DOES !!▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── RADB2DAY interrogates the LASTCALL.BBS file produced by RemoteAccess and the D'Bridge DL1 & DL2 files, to determine the activity which has occurred so far on the BBS for the day. It then produces two files, one ASCII & one ANSI which maybe displayed via a Type 5 menu option ( Display .ASC/.ANS file ) inside RemoteAccess. The files produced are called RADB2DAY.ASC and RADB2DAY.ANS respectively, they are automatically placed into your RemoteAccess textfiles directory which contain your text files for menus etc. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ HOW TO INSTALL IT !!▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Unpack the files from the archive and copy them into your RA directory. RADB2DAY can in actual fact be run from anywhere on your system as it locates the path for RemoteAccess and D'Bridge system files from the "PATH" environment variable. SET PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\RA;C:\DB......... This variable *MUST* be declared before RADB2DAY will run. If the "PATH" search fails, then RADB2DAY will search the directories defined by the "RA", "DB" or "DBRIDGE" environment variables. SET RA=<Full Drive & Path to RA Directory> SET DBRIDGE=<Full Drive & Path to D'Bridge Directory ) e.g. SET RA=C:\RA1 SET DBRIDGE=C:\DB Note ---- In some multi-line configurations it is useful to be able to specify a path other than the RA system. In this case set an environment variable called RADB2DAY to the path of your choice. It will automatically override any setting specified in the RA path variable. The search order for the CONFIG.RA is :- 1. Via the "RADB2DAY" environment variable 2. Via the "PATH" environment variable 3. Via the "RA" environment variable The search order for the D'Bridge System files is :- 1. Via the "PATH" environment variable 2. Via the "DB" environment variable 3. Via the "DBRIDGE" environment variable RABD2DAY should be installed into your mail BBS batch file, so that it is executed when the following conditions occur: 1) After every BBS caller logs-off 2) After every D'Bridge mail session 3) During your midnight maintainance schedule It is installed into your BBS batch file as simply: RADB2DAY.EXE or RADB286.EXE There are NO command line or parameters that need to be specified, however if any parameters on the command line are entered, this will prevent the exploding windows from happening. The final stage is to create a menu option ( I prefer to have it on my TOP menu ) to display the text files produced by RADB2DAY. Use a menu Type 5 ( Display .ANS/.ASC file ) - NOT a type 45 option. The text files produced already contain prompts for the user to press a key to continue. In the optional data field in the RAMENU editor enter: RADB2DAY ( Do not specify an extension of .ASC or .ANS ) Thats all there is to it ! ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ MULTIPLE NODELISTS ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── RADB2DAY is now multiple nodelist aware. This means providing you have compiled your nodelists with RANODE as per the RemoteAccess documentation, then RADB2DAY will now recognise the new nodes in the corresponding nodelist files. No configuration files are necessary, RADB2DAY uses the information produced by RANODE to locate the respective nodelist files for the information it requires. RADB2DAY is now also Point aware. If a point system off your BBS calls you his full network address including point number will be displayed. The BBS name will still be that of the Boss Node of the calling point. If anyone doesn't like this arrangement - I'm open to suggestions on what to display in place of the Boss node's system name. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ LOCAL CONSOLE LOGINS ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If a login is made to the BBS from the Sysops console keyboard i.e. not via a remote modem, the baud rate column has the word "Local" placed in it instead of "0" as per normal with RemoteAccess. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ ERRORLEVELS ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I thought it was about time RADB2DAY produced some Errorlevels for all you batch file fiends out there! RADB2DAY currently produces the different errorlevels as follows: 0 - OK. Program Terminated Normally 1 - Invalid Function Number 2 - File Not Found 3 - Path Not Found 4 - Too Many Open Files 5 - File Access Denied 6 - Invalid File Handle 8 - Not Enough MEMORY ! 10 - Invalid Environment 11 - Invalid Format 12 - Invalid File Access Code 15 - Invalid Drive Number 16 - Cannot Remove Current Directory 17 - Cannot Rename Accross Drives 18 - No More Files 32 - Sharing violation 33 - Lock violation 34 - Invalid disk change 35 - FCB unavailable 36 - Sharing buffer overflow 50 - Network request not supported 51 - Remote computer not listening 52 - Duplicate name on network 53 - Network name not found 54 - Network busy 55 - Network device no longer exists 56 - Net BIOS command limit exceeded 57 - Network adapter hardware error 58 - Incorrect response from network 59 - Unexpected network error 60 - Incompatible remote adapter 61 - Print queue full 62 - Not enough space for print file 63 - Print file was deleted 64 - Network name was deleted 65 - Access denied 66 - Network device type incorrect 67 - Network name not found 68 - Network name limit exceeded 69 - Net BIOS session limit reached 70 - Temporarily paused 71 - Network request not accepted 72 - Print of disk redirection is paused 80 - File exists 82 - Cannot make directory entry 83 - Fail no INT 24 84 - Too many redirections 85 - Duplicate redirection 86 - Invalid password 87 - Invalid parameter 88 - Network data fault 100 - Disk Read Error 101 - Disk Write Error 102 - File Not Assigned 103 - File Not Open 104 - File Not Open For Input 105 - File Not Open For Output 106 - Invailid Numeric Format 150 - Disk Is Write Protected 151 - Unknown Unit 152 - Drive Not Ready 153 - Unknown Command 154 - CRC Error In Data 155 - Bad Drive Request Structure Length 156 - Disk Seek Error 157 - Unknown Media Type 158 - Sector Not Found 159 - Printer Out Of Paper 160 - Device Write Fault 161 - Device Read Fault 162 - Hardware Failure / Sharing violation 200 - Division By Zero 201 - Range Check Error 202 - Stack Overflow Error 203 - Heap Overflow Error 204 - Invalid Pointer Operation 205 - Foating Point Overflow 206 - Foating Point Underflow 207 - Invalid Floating Point Operation 208 - Overlay Manager Not Installed 209 - Overlay File Read Error 210 - Object Not Initialised 211 - Call To Abstract Method 212 - Stream Registration Error 213 - Collection Index Out Of Range 214 - Collection Overflow Error 215 - Arthimetic Overflow Error 216 - General Protection Error 241 - Error. Can't find CONFIG.RA "PATH" in DOS environment 242 - Error. Can't find D'Bridge directory "PATH" in DOS environment 243 - Error. Can't find CONFIG.RA in specified path 244 - Error. Invalid configuration file: CONFIG.RA 245 - Error. Can't find NODEINC.RA in specified path 246 - Error. Problem trying to access NODEINC.RA 247 - Error. Fatal software error! 248 - Error. Can't find NODEIDX.RA in path 249 - Error. Problem accessing registration key! 250 - Error. Can't find < Nodelist File > in specified path Errorlevel 245 is particularly useful when trapped in a batch file. This error normally occurs if you apply a NODEDIFF to a NODELIST file, but forget to run RANODE to compile it. You can now trap this error and make your batch file automatically process RANODE if it can't find the respective nodelist file. 8-) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ DESQview Users ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When RADB2DAY initialises it checks for the presence of the DESQview multi-tasking environment and if active re-directs the screen to the DESQview window in which it is running. N.B. ~~~~ Be carefull when trying to run RADB2DAY in a window simultaneously when D'Bridge is active in another DESQview window. D'Bridge appears at times not to support file locking and unpredictable results can occur when it tries to access the nodelist files. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ▒▒ HELP!!! ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you have any other problems/bug reports/suggestions I can be contacted via E-Mail at the following addresses :- 2:441/80@fidonet 9:441/118@virnet 44:1000/80@chatnet 73:7441/206@ranet pdb@cdc.demon.co.uk pdb@tnx.embassy.com .........or via snail mail :- Andy Williams / Peter Burnett C/O Piston Popper Software & The Neverland eXpress 10 Parsons Close St Leonards On Sea EAST SUSSEX UK TN38 9QT If you have any other suggestions then drop me a line!! Thanks for using our program! Andy Williams & Peter Burnett - Authors of RADB2DAY