---- QUOTEIT Documentation ----
DISCLAIMER:
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This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The
author does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations
regarding the use of, or the results of the use of this program, and you
rely on the program and results of the program at your own risk. The
author will not be held responsible for system damage, loss of profit,
or any other special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting
from the use or inability to use this product.
This program may be freely copied and distributed, providing it is not
modified in any way, without express written consent of the author.
FILES IN THIS ARCHIVE:
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QUOTEIT.INF - Questioniare displayed to the user at logoff.
Place this in your AFILES directory.
QUOTEIT.EXE - The executable. Place this in your BBS directory.
QUOTEIT.DOC - This file.
QUOTEIT.MNU - Menu file for displaying quote. If used, place in your
MENUS directory (see below).
GOODBYE.MNU - Doc for alternate GOODBYE menu. If used, place in your
MENUS directory (see below).
BRUN45.EXE - Basic run-time library module. This file MUST be placed
in your BBS directory, or anywhere on your DOS path in
order for QUOTEIT to run!
INSTALLATION:
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First create a QUOTEIT.CFG file in the following format:
Line 1 - Path and filename for ANSI display.
Line 2 - Path and filename for ASCII display.
Line 3 - Path and filename for answer file.
Line 4 - Make unabortable? (Y or N).
Line 5 - Pause at the end? (Y or N).
Line 6 - Header line. Use the '@' symbol to mark where the user's handle will
be placed.
Line 7 - Top delimiter. This can be any character you like, but keep in mind
that the text will only be 75 characters in length.
Line 8 - Text line. This is mainly so you can define the color of the text.
Note that there is an alt-255 character at the end of the string to
produce a blank space.
Line 9 - Bottom delimiter. Again, this can be any character desired.
Next create a QUOTEIT.INF questionnaire file following the rules for
creation of Infoform questionnaires in the Telegard documentation. See
the QUOTEIT.INF file included in this archive for information on
restrictions. I suggest using this file to begin with, and editing it
after QUOTEIT is running correctly.
Then you need to add the following to your GOODBYE menu:
Menu Filename: GOODBYE
Command #xx of xx
1. Long descript : ; Null String
2. Short desctipt: ; Null String
3. Cmd letters :G ; or whatever letter you use to logoff.
4. ACS required :""
5. Cmdkeys :-Q
6. MString :QUOTEIT
Flags :None
Q. Quit
Menu Filemane: GOODBYE
Command #xx of xx
1. Long descript : ; Null String
2. Short descript: ; Null String
3. Cmd letters :G ; or whatever letter you use to logoff.
4. ACS required :""
5. Cmdkeys :D-
6. MString :QUOTEIT.EXE
Flags :None
Q. Quit
As an alternative, you can replace your current GOODBYE.MNU with the one
included in this archive. It will automatically send people logging off
through the "Leave message to next caller" prompt. I have found that this
increases the use of QUOTEIT drastically!
There are at least 2 ways I can think of to display the QUOTEIT message
to callers as they logon. The method I use, is to set the ANSI/ASCII
filenames in QUOTEIT.CFG to LOGON.ANS and LOGON.MSG respectively. This
will display the quote to all callers automatically each login. If this
method isn't satisfactory, then go into Telegard's System configuration
(P from WFC menu). Select I and change the Start out menu to QUOTEIT.
Then move the QUOTEIT.MNU file included in this archive to your MENUS
directory.
REGISTRATION:
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I don't REQUIRE that you register this small utility, but if you use
it on your BBS, and wish to compensate me for my time, then please send
a check or money order for $5 (US) to:
Doug Bora
1612 Wilton Ct.
Green Oaks, IL 60048
CONCLUSION:
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Well, that should be it. I've been running this program on my system
for over a month now, and haven't had a single problem. If YOU have
any problems with QUOTEIT, feel free to reach me on The Coliseum at
815-748-4325 as Stigmata #1 (SysOp) or send netmail via Fidonet to Doug
Bora at 1:11/12. The Latest version of Quoteit is also FREQable as
QUOTEIT (7700 Bytes) or QUOTEITB (64700 Bytes). QUOTEITB.ZIP includes
the BRUN45.EXE file which is required for QUOTEIT to run.