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- Short: BEST TimeBank for TA (By D. Lascelles)
- Author: David Lascelles (FidoNet 2:256/503, Snail below!)
- Uploader: dan@adolf.demon.co.uk (Dan Brooke)
- Type: comm/bbs
-
- Timebank 5.3 by David Lascelles
-
- Overview and Setup
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Timebank is a Arexx script to use on your BBS to allow users to store any
- extra time they have for a later session. This version is known to work
- with Transamiga BBS software v1.2g3 and it should work with those releases
- below and above. To use the proggy, put the following in your extra.rx
- script inside your configs directory
-
- T Timebank 10 -------- Timebank.trans
-
- Please note that the spacing is important..
-
- Then move all the text files to your text directory (text: ??) and
- Timebank.trans into your rexx directory.
-
- I was considering writing an install script for use with installer - but I
- didn't bother, because the proggy is easy enough to install. When you have
- moved these files into their respective directories then you need to run
- the configurator proggy - this has replaced editing Timebank by hand - and
- also means that Timebank could be compressed. In the Config proggy you will
- be asked some simple questions which you must answer - IF TBCFG won't run
- then you'll have to edit the config by hand - see the configs/timebank.cfg
- for more information on this. The TBCFG should run on all versions from 2.0
- upwards. You MUST copy the libs into LIBS: before using.
-
-
- NOTE: All directory names _*MUST*_ end in / if they do not exist, although
- they can end in : if they do. I have added auto-creation as it. The files :
- join, dir, type and copy and move need to be in your c: directory - or what
- ever directory you assign to this in the configs proggy.
-
- If you find that Timebank can't find a command then you'll have to assign
- cdir to "" and see if that helps - you can do that by running the config
- and changing the C: dir option to nothing. This may happen on miggies from
- 2.0+ but MAKESURE you make all commands resident if you do that -
- including join - do that in your User-startup.
-
- Features
- ~~~~~~~~
- Timebank v5.0 features the following:
-
- Allows users to :
- deposit time, upto limit set by Sysop
- withdraw as much time as they have in their accout
- deposit all and logoff
- page the sysop and use special ANSI pager
- send messages to other timebank users
- see their own and other users stats
- recieve free time when first entering, from Sysop
- use "Rob the Bank" gambling feature
- Transfer money to other user and let them know about it!
- see an excellent clock (available as seperate proggy)
- see the Banks own statistics!
-
- Allows Sysop to :
- monitor users in timebank carefully
- use Sysop module to edit their users' time in bank
- (by pressing / at the menu)
- configure easy to use GUI config proggy
- and play with the rob the bank feature whilst giving
- themselves extra time!
-
-
- NOTES ON TIMEBANK
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- As I have not recieved one Netmail from anyone saying they Use Timebank -
- I therefore presume that none does. Becuase of this IIhave not bothered
- adding ANSI key support to the proggy. This will allow users to pick other
- users to examine/send messages to using the cursor keys and may also allow
- users to send pictures (ASCII) to each other. If you like this program and
- use it then you are obliged to Register it. Registration is available for
- 10ukp. Please send your money to:
-
- David Lascelles
- Silver Howe,
- High Shincliffe,
- Durham.
- Dh1 2qp
- ENGLAND.
-
- And include your name and fido address. All vesions released upto 6.0 will
- be sent to you - after that they will be available for FREQ from here.
- Non-registered people will not get another copy of Timebank later than
- this. As soon as you have registered I will send you a version which has
- built in chatting, time transfers and allows users to send more than one
- message. These are disabled in this script.
-
-
- ERRORS & SUGGESTIONS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Any errors/suggestions can be sent to me at my Fidonet address or at the
- addresses listed at the bottom. My BBs number is also there. Please
- contact me with any comments.
-
- HISTORY
- ~~~~~~~
- V5.2 - I have changed the config creator so that it is GUI - OLD configs
- canot be used - but theuserfiles are in the same format as v5.1 and 5.2.
- Also it will now call up the Chat.trans which is in your rexxdir instead
- of using the built in one.
-
- V5.1 - I have fixed one bug in the proggy and have added the ability to
- have more than one message at a time to one person, and the ability to
- tell a person that a transfer is from you. Other features may well be
- added later!
-
- V5.0 A major bugfix one - the script could cause loads of problems on some
- BBss - especially non Workbench 3.0 ones - including no-saving of user
- files, that has now been fixed. I have added a BankInfo part to the proggy
- and you must either delete your previous logfile or add a line to the
- bottom (pressing return afterwards) to tell the proggy what this info file
- is to be called - it CAN NOT be in the user directory! I have also changed
- the sysop detecting facilities so that it tells you how to get to the
- sysops menu if you have the access instead of you having to remember. I
- have made the Configurator executable using Execrexx, made the code
- messier ;) and altered little bits for smoothness and niceness I have yet
- to add the features described in v4.2 future part - but I am considering
- them.
-
- V4.2 The 9th updated version and just a slight upgrade. The reason for
- the 4.2 is that a version called 4.1 was going around - but did not have
- different docs! I have not found a proggy that allows me to turn arexx
- scripts into executables that even people without arexx can use - nor ones
- which work sufficiently well with arexx running, I will investigate into
- this further. I have updated some of the text screens and have added a
- couple more of each to give you more choice (of course you may customerise
- your own screens - as long as they have the credits somewhere!). I can't
- really think of much else to add so this may well be the last version of
- timebank for a while. The next obbvious things are going to be RIP
- graphics, hotkeys, language support and maybe move movebility so that you
- can goto the main menu or file or message menus from Timebank - this would
- not be pretty simple to add.
-
- V4.0 The 8th updated version and the first major upgrade since version 2.0.
- I have got rid of any small bugs/errors that I could find, and have updated
- the text files. Also I have added a User Stats facility and have changed
- the user-handling so it is now much better. I have also changed the whole
- feel to the proggy and have added better ANSI support, as well as a
- directory checker to see if the directories you have assigned actually
- exist. I have also added better erro detecting and Carrier loss functions
- and have added a config proggy to do the hard work for you - this means
- that Timebank takes slightly longer to load up - as it needs to read it. I
- have also added a Sysop menu so that you can edit users' time (by pressing
- / at the menu). I have also finally compacted the code - the next aim
- being to get Config.rexx to run on its own - which will be in V. 4.1
-
- V3.15 The seventh updated version. I have added a "Send message to user"
- option and have finally removed all the references to money in the
- timebank! I have also added better user handling and support for Kilobyte
- banking will follow - although, as yet no conversion between kilobytes and
- time. If you would be interested in a feature of this source then please
- tell me. I had planned to Ansimize the screens - however with a bit of
- trial (and unfortuanately error) I found that this is not good for the
- screns and can lead to part of the data being lost. The mail send and
- recieve in this proggy was courtesy of Keith Suderman and Roger Clark who
- wrote that Fmail proggy which many of us use. I implemented their code and
- altered it to suit the different needs of the Timebank. Thanks guys!
- (9/10)
-
- V3.10 The Sixth updated version. Now the code is mostly mine, as I have
- implemented a brilliant chat proggy written by Ian Willis - please read
- enclosed docs. Again I have altered some of the variable names and have
- editted other parts of the script to make it more readable. ANSI is now
- implemented in the text itself, and I have also added the Rob-The-Bank
- feature. All the other features remain - but I have updated the Transfer a
- bit to make it slightly better. Still to be improved are the Statistics
- side of it, and I would also like to add a kilo-byte deposit section as
- well as better overall user-handling. Any ideas ? (8.5/10)
-
- V3.00 Never released...
-
- V2.95 The Fifth updated version. Timebank.trans is now almost entirely my
- own code and is therefor copyrighted by me at the top.I have re-edited the
- ANSI screens to remove alot of the colour I had added in places with out
- text, as this slowed down the screen hugely and made it unbearable for 2400
- users. I also added the built in TA page option, and I hope to extend this
- into a custom page in v3.0+. I have also changed the variable names to more
- sensible ones, ie maxon for the maximum online time a user may give
- him/herself.Tried to implement ANSI into the text, but gave up as it was
- proving to troublesome to redefine all the codes for ANSI and Non-ANSI
- users...Maybe in v3.0. (8/10)
-
- V2.9 The Fifth updated version. (Well the fourth actually).Transfer and
- Userlisting addedd in a rather cumbersome way.ANSI and ASCII screens
- updated and all options moved into variables at the Top so that lower part
- of script can remain untouched.Now can limit the amount of time gained by
- using Fraud Screen, or disallow it using easy to configure commands.Removed
- some of the beeps at the end of screens.(7/10)
-
- V2.2 The third updated version. Not released at all as bug in Transfer
- meant that it only worked randomly.(6/10)
-
- V2.1 The second updated version. I changed the ANSI and ASCII menus to make
- them look smarter and more orthodox.I added an option to change the
- password for the fraud screen without having to go through the script. I
- also added an extra screen with two new options, Depositing all and Logging
- Off.I also made the script a bit strange to follow. And VERY messy.
- (6/10).Also Tested out on The Pitts BBS.
-
- V2.0 The first updated version. I added ANSI and ASCII external menus, a
- fraud screen and I also added a titchy Hello.Doc. Only was uploaded onto
- the Pitts BBS, and tested briefly there.(6/10)
-
- V1.10 The release I first downloaded, it was Ok, the script worked, its
- menus were internal and it did it's job which was to store users time. It
- was written by Jim L. Brideau, a person I have never met nor spoken to, and
- it was available simply as 'Timebank.trans' with no accompaning Docs or
- Copyright notices.(4/10)
-
-
- FUTURE
- ~~~~~~
-
- V5.2 (6??) In Version 5.2, I will sparkle up the mail send and userlist
- options, I am more keen on having it list the users directory than having a
- standard userlist so this means that there can only be users files in
- there. If Sami adds kilobyte support in fully then I will also add this,
- and will also add hotkey support and maybe RIP menus if they ever takeoff.
- I would also like to use the proggy which the Sysop has stored as
- Chat.trans for the chat proggy - but I haven't worked out how to yet! If
- anyone fancies turning the language part of it into another language then I
- would be happy to intergrate this as well, as I would with any other
- functions you may suggest especially a guide for this doc!! But that is all
- in the future - at least a night or two away...
-
-
- Thanks
- ~~~~~~
- Thanks go to C=> for the Amiga and to Tim and Sami for Transamiga, the
- best Amiga BBS Software.Ian Willis should also be thanked for his chat
- proggy and also for his BBS Lister and Mail Door. Greg Kerr and Stuart
- Gillibrand for excellent proggies of theirs which I use and to all other
- people who have made proggies that I use!
-
- If you have any problems or queries or just want to drop by for a chat, my
- BBS is online 24 hours on +44-(0)91-3832181. Or at any of the following
- addresses:
-
- Fidonet 2:256/503 A/\/\/\/ET 69:69/0
- MercuryNet 240:360/306 AmigaNet 39:131/2
-
- A little information on AmNet is included in this Archive!
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 628 249 60.3% 08-May-95 14:01:48 +Configs.info
- 996 480 51.8% 08-May-95 14:06:08 +timebank.cfg
- 2785 372 86.6% 26-Oct-94 09:12:56 +fraud
- 2585 418 83.8% 26-Oct-94 09:14:36 +fraud.ansi
- 1057 233 77.9% 31-Dec-94 13:01:00 +Paging
- 1622 344 78.7% 26-Oct-94 09:29:44 +robber
- 2984 517 82.6% 26-Oct-94 09:29:46 +ROBBER.ANSI
- 1263 330 73.8% 08-May-95 13:26:26 +timebank
- 415 101 75.6% 12-Apr-95 23:20:32 +TMABOVE
- 324 115 64.5% 26-Oct-94 09:25:26 +TMBELOW
- 24655 6908 71.9% 31-May-95 21:05:54 +timebank.trans
- 1530 301 80.3% 31-Dec-94 01:16:36 +Paging.ANSI
- 1947 466 76.0% 08-May-95 13:26:50 +timebank.ansi
- 412 108 73.7% 12-Apr-95 23:20:36 +TMABOVE.ANSI
- 349 136 61.0% 26-Oct-94 09:25:32 +TMBELOW.ANSI
- 8848 5371 39.2% 08-May-95 13:43:00 +TBCfg
- 2665 1366 48.7% 11-Apr-95 21:48:00 +ReadMe!
- 12420 5368 56.7% 08-May-95 14:07:22 +Timebank.doc
- 2524 1940 23.1% 02-May-95 13:24:50 +rexxsupport.library
- 628 249 60.3% 08-May-95 14:01:38 BBS.info
- 628 254 59.5% 08-May-95 13:43:42 C.info
- 628 249 60.3% 08-May-95 14:01:38 Docs.info
- 14638 14638 0.0% 13-Feb-95 12:26:22 Goodies.Lha
- 628 249 60.3% 08-May-95 14:01:38 libs.info
- 11116 7505 32.4% 30-Dec-94 22:51:12 +requester.library
- 45152 23636 47.6% 04-Apr-94 22:24:14 +rexxarplib.library
- 11664 6534 43.9% 16-Aug-94 01:16:36 +rexxreqtools.library
- 33392 24803 25.7% 02-May-95 13:24:52 +rexxsyslib.library
- 2597 804 69.0% 04-May-95 23:40:54 urginf.doc
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