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Released on 21-05-94 (C) BlackCat, FREEWARE
Version 1.10
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Welcome to yet another logon/logoff ppe. Main reason for releasing
this was that most other logon/logoff ppe's were not freeware and
therefore at least had an unregistered message, if not lots of other
nagging features. This logon is FREEWARE, so you can rest assured.
Off course donations are accepted but not expected.
I've tried to make the ppe's network aware and tested the critical
functions (like adding a oneliner at the same time, or updating the
lastcallers file) in a desqview environment, if anyone encounters
any problems please let me know and i'll correct them in the next
release.
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──────────═════════φ INSTALLATION φ══════════────────────
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Here are some quick installation intructions:
■ Make sure you have extracted the zip using the -d (create directories)
option.
■ Also make sure that you have the statistics PSA installed if you
plan on using the lastcallers ppe. To install the statistics PSA
take the following steps:
1 - run PCBSM.
2 - press D C E Y to add the statistics PSA.
For some more information on the lastcaller ppe read 'lc.doc'. You
will NOT have to follow the installation instructions for 'lc.ppe'
mentioned in that file though, it's just a copy of documentation of
my standalone lastcallers utility.
■ Edit the configuration files LOGON.CFG and LOGOFF.CFG to suit your
needs, make sure the pathnames are correct. Also change the paths in
the lastcall.blt/oneliner.blt bulletins if you want to use these.
■ Replace line #665 of your pcbtext with LOGON.PPE. Line 665 is the
line displayed when looking for new/updated bulletins, so make sure
that scanning for new bulletins is enabled in pcbsetup.
To replace prompt 665 take the following steps:
1 - Run 'MKPCBTXT <PCBTEXT>', where <PCBTEXT> is your pcboard
textfile.
2 - Press F3 and enter 665 to go to that line.
3 - Replace that line with '!<PPEPATH>\LOGON.PPE', where
<PPEPATH> is the directory where you unpacked the logon ppe,
and exit MKPCBTXT by pressing ESC.
If you want to put this in your logon script or so, keep in mind
that if you log in local as sysop the logon script isn't executed.
If when you log off as sysop the lco.ppe is executed and the
lastcallers file is updated you might get some strange output
(i.e for nr of files down/uploaded etc). This is because LCO.PPE
requires some temporary data which is noted by logon.ppe in a
temporary file. If you have updating of the lastcallers file for local
logins disabled this does not happen of course.
■ Add the LOGOFF.PPE as 'G' in your CMD.LST file. To do this take the
following steps:
1 - run PCBSETUP
2 - press B B
3 - move the option to your CMD.LST file and press F2.
4 - Enter 'G' as the command, the security (should be low
enough so that new users can use it too) and the full path
of LOGOFF.PPE (
The installation of this ppe is optional, just installing logon.ppe
and lco.ppe will work except that the user won't be able to enter
a lastcaller message at logoff, page etc..
■ Replace prompt #192 with LCO.PPE using the same procedure as
mentioned above.
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──────────═════════φ CONFIGURATION φ══════════────────────
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The following options are configurable through LOGON.CFG and LOGOFF.CFG.
More detailed setup information is available in the configuration files.
■ All the questions and displayed lines are configurable through the
.CFG files.
■ Optional quick logon, skips the rest of the ppe for fast logon
■ Optional display of a comprehensive, very configurable last callers
bulletin.
■ Optional display of nice looking configurable oneliners.
■ Optional display of a random stats file at logon
■ Optionally allows the execution of an external ppe at the end of the
logon process
■ Broadcast a logon message to the other nodes.
■ Logoff menu with the following options
- Return to the bbs
- Page sysop before leaving
- Leave feedback to sysop before leaving. Multiple sysops
menu can be used.
- Show random goodbye screen
- Built in page command, external page command ppe can be
called. Internal page uses the correct page time.
- Leave a last caller message for the next users
LCO.PPE updates the lastcallers bulletin. Putting it at prompt 418
allows it to catch hangups/bye's etc. To configure the lastcallers use
LC.CFG
The file LASTCALL.EX can be used to exclude certain users from being
added to the lastcallers bulletin. Just add the users to this file.
The subdirectory WORK holds the temporary files used by the ppe's.
The subdirectory GRAPH contains the display files used by the ppe's.
Here's a list of files in there that you can change to suit your needs:
lchdr<#> - Lastcaller bulletin header files.
lcftr<#> - Lastcaller bulletin footer files.
lcdat<#> - Lastcaller bulletin data files.
olhdr<#> - Oneliners bulletin header files.
olftr<#> - Oneliners bulletin footer files.
oldat<#> - Oneliners bulletin data files.
oneliner.use - Holds the names of the users that entered the oneliners.
olhlp - Help file displayed when user enters a new oneliner.
off<#> - Randomly displayed logoff menus.
stats<#> - Randomly displayed statistics files.
bye<#> - Randomly displayed goodbye files.
*text - Various text files, these contain all the prompts etc
used.
msg - Last caller message.
msghdr - Last caller message header.
msgftr - Last caller message footer.
FEED#,
FB* - Feedback PPE related files.
PAGE#,
PG* - Page PPE related files.
Note that the PGSYS file (shown to the sysop when
paging) should only contain ansi codes as @ codes
are not recognized.
You can call logon.ppe with a parameter OL to display the onliners
bulletin only, use this as a oneliners door. Only value of importance
in the logon.cfg file when using this option is the number of
oneliners to maintain, just make sure this isn't 0 or else nothing will
be displayed.
You can use the LASTCALL.BLT file as a lastcallers bulletin, just
add it to you bulletins. Make sure the directories in this file
are right.
As of version 1.0ß the feedback/page commands have moved to external
ppe's. These ppe's are also fully functional on their own. Have a look
at the configuration files (feedback.cfg and page.cfg).
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──────────═════════φ AUTHOR φ══════════────────────
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For fast response mail me on internet (an42144@anon.penet.fi).
You can also contact me at The Godfather, MaFIA WHQ by mailing
'El GaTO'.
If you find any bugs or have any suggestions/comments please let me
know.
I've been having problems with the anon server. Not only has it gotten
too slow but it also doesn't allow reasonably big files (>40K) to be
mailed through it. So if you want me to send you the newest version of
this or any other of my PPEs send me your non anonymous address, and I
will forward you the files. Alternatively you can also get the newest
versions at wuarchive.wustl.edu in directory /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/ppe.
If anyone knows of any better (internet) places to put these I'm open
to suggestions.