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PAGE C O M M A N D S ---- --------------- 1 Intro 2 Requirements 3 Command line Switches 5 +)Next.................Get Next record 5 -)Previous.............Get Previous record 5 B)eginning.............Get First record in file 5 E)nd...................Get Last record in file 5 G)oto..................Go to a specific record number 5 !)Purge................Purge Deleted records from file 5 O)ld Delete............Delete Old records 5 &)Create...............Create a New record 5 ^)ReDraw...............Re-Draw the screen 6 S)ave..................Save the Current Record with Changes 6 Q)uit..................Quit..., exit RemSysop 6 N)ame..................Enter new Name for the record 6 C)ity & State..........Enter new City & State 6 P)assword..............Enter new Password 6 $)Credit...............Set the amount of Credit 6 L)imit D/L.............Set the Download Limit for this record 6 D)elete................Mark this record as Deleted 6 U)nDelete..............Mark a deleted record as UnDeleted. 6 #)Calls................Reset Number of Calls to zero 7 M)essage Area..........Set the Message Area the user is in 7 R)File Area............Set the File Area the user is in 7 T)ime On...............Reset the Time On in one day to zero 7 V)Privelege............Set the Privelege level for the user. 7 0)Nulls................Set the number of Nulls for the user. 7 A)Tabs.................Toggle Tabs ON or OFF. 7 ?)More.................Toggle More ON or OFF. 7 H)elp..................Set the users Help level. 7 W)idth.................Set the users screen Width. 8 |)Length...............Set the users screen Lenght. Note: None of these changes will be written to the file unless you specifically use the Save command to save the record. Console only command while in online state. ------- ---- ------- ----- -- ------ ----- 8 Alt-X..................Drop carrier and abort RemSysop 8 Alt-S..................Turn Simultaneous keyboards ON. 8 Alt-Z..................Turn Simultaneous keyboards OFF. 8 Alt-L..................Decrement Time limit. 8 Alt-R..................Reset Time limit. 8 Alt-C..................Chat with online user. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence RemSysop Version 1.2 Program by Bernie Lawrence Sysop of Dodge City Fido 124/3 (214) 494-1940 Remote Sysop (RemSysop) was written to be used to work with the USER.BBS file that Fido uses to keep the BBS users records. RemSysop will work both at the console and over the phone lines. This program uses ANSI command strings to manipulate the cursor, the screen color, etc. ANSI must be used with this program. RemSysop will allow the sysop, or whoever he allows, to change the individual user records of the people on the Bulletin Board. RemSysop has been released to the public as a ShareWare product. All rights are reserved by the author of this program. This program may be used freely in a non- commercial environment. This means that businesses who use this program must pay the $10 fee for it's use. This fee is a modest fee so please don't rip me off. RemSysop can not be distributed along with any other product without the prior written consent of the author. Absolutely NO charge can be accepted for this by any other person than the author. For those people who need a receipt upon payment for tax puposes, please state so and I will return one. You may use RemSysop freely if you run a PUBLIC BBS. All others must pay the fee of $10 dollars. I'm not trying to sound like a greedy jerk.., but I did spend alot of time writing RemSysop and any contribution, no matter how small, would absolutely thrill me to death! Bernie Lawrence Sysop - Dodge City Fido 124/3 1433 Shorehaven Garland, Texas 75040 (214) 494 - 1940 (data) Disclaimer: We are in no way resposible for the usabilty of this program. You are to judge that for yourself. We are in no way responsible for any damages whether they are related to the use of this program or not. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 1 Requirements: IBM or MS DOS Computer ANSI capability (ie ANSI.SYS for IBM's) 128K ram RemSysop makes extensive use of the ANSI graphics system. You MUST have a computer capable of using ANSI to use RemSysop. If you have an IBM PC.., all you have to do is make a file called CONFIG.SYS with the line DEVICE=ANSI.SYS included in that file. CONFIG.SYS must be placed in the root directory of the disk you boot from. ANSI.SYS must also be in that same directory. ANSI.SYS come with the DOS disk starting with versions 2.0. DEC computers can also use this since ANSI is built in. RemSysop has also worked successfully on a VT220 dumb terminal. If you use ProComm, you do not have to use ANSI.SYS since ProComm interprets and handles these functions. Other comm. programs may do also do the same. WARNING: This program uses interupt driven communication routines while in the online state. You MUST disable any other communication interupt driven routines prior to using this program online to prevent any processor lock up due to jamming the interupt. If you have any problems with this program, please notify me immediately. If you have any suggestions for future releases, I will be pleased to read them. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 2 Command line switches ------- ---- -------- RemSysop uses command line switched to control it's initalization. The following is a description of what each command line switch is for. Switch Function ------ -------- /t This switch tells RemSysop that this it is to run in TestMode. TestMode means that it will not send or receive anything over the com port and that all input and output will occur at the console alone. This is the default mode for RemSysop. If the /o switch is not used, RemSysop will default to TestMode. /o This switch tells RemSysop that it is to work in the online state. This switch must be used to get RemSysop to work over the com line. Once this switched is used, carrier detect is monitored. If carrier is lost, the program will exit. Note: If both /t and /o are given, the last one on the command line will be the one used. #/c This switch will let you choose which com port is to be used for the online state. The com port to use is placed in front of the slash.., i.e. 1/c means use com port 1, while 2/c means use com port 2. Do not use any com ports higher that 2 as RemSysop has not been set up to recognize the others. If you require it to work with a higher com port, you must contact me and I will make a special version for you. The reason I don't just do this for all 8 possible com ports is that I must know the addresses of the com port to use, and com 1 and 2 are already set. If this switch is not used, it will default to com port 1. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 3 Command line switches ------- ---- -------- #/l This enables monitoring the time limit. I added this switch that it would make sure that you didn't accidentally run over one of Fido's scheduled events. You may set the Maximun time limit by placing the number of minutes in front of this swtich. The default maximun is 60 minutes. However, if you wish to use Fido's time left to prevent schedule overrun, a max limit of 0 should be used, or not given at all. i.e. /l will use the time left online according to Fido or the default of 60 minutes if Fido shows 0 as the time limit left as would be the case of a sysop access with no scheduled events within one hour. /dl This will display the time limit left to the remote user. If this switch is not used, the time limit left will still be displayed at the console, but not to the remote user. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 4 Command Function ------- -------- +)Next This function will get the next record from the user file and display it. It will stop at the last record in the user file. -)Previous This function will get the previous record from the user file and display it. It will stop at the first record in the user file. B)eginning This function will jump to the very first record in the user file and display it. E)nd This function will jump to the very last record in the user file and display it. This is good for raising new user priveleges since they will be at the end of the file. F)ind This function will ask for the person to search for and then it will search for their record. If it is found, it will display their record. If it was not located a message will be displayed saying so. A whole name may be entered, or just a partial string such as the first name. G)oto This function will ask for a record number and then display that record number. This allows for quick jumps from place to place. !)Purge This function will purge of all the records that are marked as deleted. It will rename the user file to USER.BAK to maintain a backup copy and then create a new user file excluding the records that were marked as deleted. &)Create This function will create a new record and place it at the end of the user file. It will then display the record so that you can make the changes necessary. "New Record" is placed as the name, and the other flags are all set to defaults. ^)ReDraw This function will simply clear the screen and redraw the entire screen as well as the current record. This may become necessary if noise on the phone line messes up the screen. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 5 Command Function ------- -------- S)ave This function will save the current record into the user file along with any of the changes that were made. Q)uit This function terminates RemSysop and exits back to the operating system. N)ame This function allows you to change the Name on a users record. The Name is formatted like Fido does in that it's all lower case except for the first character in each word. The lenght of this field is limited to 35 characters. C)ity & State This function allows you to change the City & State on the user record. It is formatted like Fido does in that it's all lower case except for the first character in each word. The length of this field is limited to 35 characters. P)assword This function allows you to set the password on a users record. The lenght of this field is limited to 15 characters. $)Credit This will allow to you add or subtract from a users Credit amount. To subtract you merely place a minus sign in front of the amount. The amount entered is in pennies. L)imit D/L This function allows you set the download limit for the user. The user can not download over the limit. The amount entered is in K bytes. D)elete This function will mark a record as deleted. This will not actually remove it from the user file, but it will allow the Purge operation to remove it. U)nDelete This function will mark as record as undeleted. This serves no purpose on a record unless it has previously been deleted. #)Calls This function will reset the number of times a user has been online back to zero. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 6 Command Function ------- -------- M)essage Area This function allows you to set the message are that the user is in. This allows you to place a user in a certain area. This is especially good for those twits when you want to leave them a message but don't want them to be able to go to other message areas. You simple make his privelege level low and set the message area he's in. Then you make sure that he doesn't have enough privelege to use the A)rea-Change command in Fido. R)File Area This is the same as the above except that it sets the File Area that the user is in. T)ime On This command resets the users time on in one day back to zero. This is good if a user has gone over his time limit for the day and you want to let him back on. V)Privelege This command sets the users privelege level. You just press it until it rotates to the level you want the user to have. It rotates through the different privelege levels. 0)Nulls This command allows you to set the number of nulls the user will get. Nulls just basically produce a pause between lines. This is good for those with super slow computers, or for when someone needs a printout of the session since if it goes too fast, characters may be lost on the users end. A)Tabs This command toggles the users Tab setting either ON or OFF. ?)More This command toggles the users More setting either ON of OFF. H)elp This command allows you to set the users Help level. This command works like the Privelege command in that it rotates through the different levels with each entry. W)idth This will allow you to set the users screen width. You may enter numbers greater than 80 columns but Fido only allows a maximum of 80. This is in case Tom Jennings allows more in the future. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 7 Command Function ------- -------- |)Lenght This will allow you to set the users screen length. This works the same as the Width command except that it controls the screen width. Note: Keep in mind that NONE of these changes will be saved unless you specifically use the Save command to save the changed record. This includes D)elete and U)ndelete. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 8 Console Commands while in Online State There are a few commands that can be used from the console while RemSysop is in the online state. These commands are not available while in TestMode. Command Function ------- -------- Alt-X Drop carrier on whoever is using this program and exit immediately. This is useful in case you discover someone using this who shouldn't be. Alt-S Simultaneous keyboards is turned on with this command. Whatever you type at the console will be treated like the person on the phone line did it. This is useful for showing someone how to operate this program. Alt-Z Turn Simultaneous keyboards off. Alt-L Decrement the users time limit by one minute. This is a good way of reducing someones time without them knowing it while they are online. This just takes one minute off their time left online. Alt-R Reset the Time limit for the user online. This will reset the time limit to the maximum time limit given with the /l switch. If the /l switch wasn't used.., the default of 60 minutes will be used. Alt-C Chat. This is just that.., it allows someone at the console to "chat" with the person on the other end. This is good if you need to tell them something such as don't delete so-n-so..., or don't purge or whatever. Once Chat is exited.., via using Alt-C again, the screen is redrawn the way it was. Note: I may include others in future releases, so if there's something in particular that you'd like to see added, please let me know. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 9 Please keep in mind that this program has been released as a ShareWare product. If you are using this program, please make a contribution. This program represents many hours of work. Keep the ShareWare concept alive! $10 bucks isn't much to spare at all, in fact..., it's a down right cheap price. Thanks, Bernie RemSysop Version 1.2 Payable to: Bernie Lawrence Dodge City 124/3 1433 Shorehaven Dr. Garland, Tx 75040 Please include your address so that future major revision can be mailed out to you. RemSysop Version 1.2 (c)Copyright 1986 Lawrence Page 10