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The TriBBS Bulletin Board System 115
RUNNING TRIBBS WITH A FRONTEND OR AS A DOOR
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TriBBS can be run with either a frontend program (i.e., FrontDoor,
BinkleyTerm, etc.) or as a door. To execute TriBBS when there is
already a connection, you must specify the connection's baud rate with
TriBBS's "/F" command line switch. The format for using this switch
is "/Fbaud rate". Where "baud rate" is the connection's baud rate.
For example, TriBBS could be executed with a 2400 baud connection with
the following command line:
BBS /F2400
The above is only an example and you should use BOARD.BAT to run
TriBBS as you normally would. Otherwise, doors will not function
properly. To do this, modify your BOARD.BAT file as follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
echo off
cd \tribbs
if exist door.bat del door.bat
if exist event.bat del event.bat
if exist endbbs del endbbs
bbs %1
if exist door.bat door
if exist event.bat event
if exist endbbs goto end
board
:end
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Note the "%1" after "bbs" in the above batch file. This will use
BOARD.BAT's first command line parameter to pass the "/F" switch to
TriBBS. For example, you could execute TriBBS using the above
BOARD.BAT file with a 2400 baud connection by using the following DOS
command:
BOARD /F2400
Normally, TriBBS will recycle to the Waiting for Caller screen when
the caller either logs off or is forced off the board. If TriBBS is
started with a "/F" parameter, TriBBS will exit memory and return
control to the calling program. Thus, TriBBS acts just like a door
when a "/F" parameter is used.
IMPORTANT: Although doors run fine when using TriBBS in this manner,
events are always executed by TriBBS's Waiting for Caller screen
routine. Therefore, events will never run if TriBBS is being run with
the "/F" parameter. If your board requires maintenance events and you
are using TriBBS with a frontend program, simply run them as a