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- YESTCALL.EXE ; The Yesterday's or Last 24 Hours Caller List Generator
- for Remote Access 2.0, 2.01
- Version 1.01
- by Mark L. Sarnov
- October 1993
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- What this Program Does..
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- This program will create ANSI and ASCII files for the previous day or
- for the last 24 hours depending on the parameters in your configuration
- file. (see below)
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- How to use this program..
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- When you FIRST USE THIS PROGRAM, YOU MUST TYPE THE FOLOWING FROM THE COMMAND
- LINE :
- YESTCALL STARTUP
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- This command will create YESTCALL.BBS which is a file similar to
- RA's LASTCALL.BBS, however within this file is DATE information
- that YESTCALL uses to determine whether a call was from today or
- yesterday.. Every time you run YESTCALL.EXE, this file will be
- updated so that the last caller from LASTCALL.BBS will be incorporated
- into YESTCALL.BBS and calls from 2 days ago will be deleted.
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- You will also be asked if you would like to have YESTCALL.EXE create
- a configuration file for you.. You may opt to edit the enclosed
- sample config file with a text editor instead.. If so, just answer "NO"
- when prompted, otherwise you may create your configuration file!
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- When you are ready to use the program to create the ANSI/ASCII file
- follow these instructions:
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- The Syntax for this program is :
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- YESTCALL YESTCALL.CFG
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- This program needs a configuration file (e.g. YESTCALL.CFG) in order to
- work. The file is as follows :
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- SYSOPNAME=Mark Sarnov
- RA_SYSTEM=c:\ra
- FORMAT=YESTERDAY
- WHAT_NAME=NAME
- OUTPUT_FILE=c:\ra\txtfiles\yestcall
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- Explanation of each line :
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- SYSOPNAME=
- You should only include the SYSOPNAME= line if you do not want your
- name listed. If you include this line, the name after the "=" will
- not be listed in the ANSI/ASCI file. (This field is CASE SENSITIVE!)
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- RA_SYSTEM=
- The path to your RA directory.. or where LASTCALL.BBS is found!
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- FORMAT=
- This line lists the format for the ANSI/ASCII files.. the options are
- 24HOURS or YESTERDAY..
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- YESTERDAY * if you state YESTERDAY, the program will search YESTCALL.BBS and
- and produce the ANSI/ASCI file based on the previous days calls.
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- 24HOURS * if you state 24HOURS, the program should be run either just prior to
- the statement you use to execute RA (Such as in your EXEBBS.BAT file)
- or just after the user logs off if you load the mailer in your RA
- statement to swap RA into EMS until a call arrives.
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- WHAT_NAME=
- This line determines whether you would like to list the Callers real
- NAME or their HANDLE.
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- OUTPUT_FILE=
- This line represents the name of the outputfile WITHOUT the ANS/ASC
- extension. YESTCALL.EXE will add the extension when the file is
- created. Please include drive and path in the field.
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- Therefore, the above configuration file will create a YESTERDAY'S CALLERS LIST,
- exclude "Mark Sarnov" from the ansi/ascii file, use the REAL NAME of the caller,
- and create the files YESTCALL.ANS and YESTCALL.ASC in the C:\RA\TXTFILES\
- directory.
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- You can have multiple configuration files as well since you call them
- from the command line with YESTCALL.EXE.. Fer example
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- YESTCALL 24HRCALL.CFG
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- Where 24HRCALL.CFG has the following:
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- RA_SYSTEM=c:\ra
- FORMAT=24HOURS
- WHAT_NAME=HANDLE
- OUTPUT_FILE=C:\RA\TXTFILES\24HRCALL
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- Which would create a listing of callers for the last 24 hours, include the
- sysop, utilize the callers HANDLES and create the files 24HRCALL.ANS and
- 24HRCALL.ASC in the C:\RA\TXTFILES\ directory. Therefore, you could use
- both functions of the program by just scheduling their execution at the
- correct times in your batch file!
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- These ANSI/ASCII files can be called from your BBS with a Display *.ASC
- with <CR> command.. You might want to assign a key to the command or
- have it automatically execute when the user logs on..
- The choice is yours!
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- DISCLAIMER!!
- This program is not guaranteed to do anything but take up space on your
- hard drive. Do not try to "crack" this program, it presently does all
- it is going to do in it's original form! Remember, Backup often!
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- If you find this program useful and would like to see improvements and
- future versions, (such as sysop configurable colors in the ANSI file)
- PLEASE REGISTER!
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- Send anything to : Mark L. Sarnov
- P.O. Box 277
- Avon, CT 06001
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- and call.. Fozzy's Place
- (203) 678-0751
- Fido 1:142/751
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- Enjoy the program!!
- Mark L. Sarnov
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