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╓─╖ ╖ ╥ ║ ╙╖╖ ╖╓╖ ╥╓─╖╓── ╥─╖ ╓─╖╓─╖╥╙╖╓╜ ║ ║╙─╢║╙╖║╟─╢║ ─╖╟─╨╖╟─╢╟─ ║╓╨╨╖ ╓─╙──╜──╜╨ ╙╜╨ ╨╙──╜╨ ╨╨ ╨╨ ╨╨ ╙──╖ ║ D E V E L O P M E N T S ║ ╙────────────────────────────────────╜ Innovative Communications Products D y n a S t a t v 1 . 2 By Steve Tupy Copyright (C) 1994 Dynagrafix Developments All Rights Reserved ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This program is NOT FREE. We support the shareware concept in allowing you to try this program out , but FULLY expect you to support us in making this program everything it can be. This is something that CANNOT be done if you do not register the programs you use! This is NOT an option! You are entitled to evaluate this program for not more than 30 days at which time you are expected to either delete it from your system(s) or register it. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Introduction ──────────── DynaStat is a Log processor that handles the log files from Pcboard, Remote Access and Front Door. DynaStat will process an unlimited amount of log files and will write up to 10 bulletin files for each report generated. The bulletins generated vary in their appearance according to the format specified. In the Remote Access and Front Door modules you specify only the filename without the extension as DynaStat generates both the .ASC and the .ANS files for you automatically. DynaStat supports full file sharing to work with networks and shared environments. DynaStat will (optionally) automatically trim your log file to the date specified maintaining your log files for you. Configuring DynaStat ──────────────────── DynaStat can run from anywhere on your system and can find its files from the directory you call it from. With that in mind, we will break down ALL the modules into one global configuration sequence, rather than repeat the modules as they are almost identical to each other. All of these options are configurable in the same way for each section of the program(PCB,RA or FRODO). When there is an exception to this rule, you will see an extra header showing the module that particular option applies to. Log Paths --------- Thisis a floating database where you may specify an unlimited number of input files or log files to process. You have a handy feature here where you may specify whether or not the file should be trimmed or even processed, allowing you to disable that particular file without having to delete it from your database. Toggles ------- This is the area where you answer various yes or no questions and specify certain cut off points. We will go into them in more detail here. Include System Statistics? -------------------------- This tells DynaStat to generate a screen that holds certain system stats that are useful, but not necessary and may be omitted with this switch. You may experiment with this to see if it suits your systems taste. Sort Order for Bulletins? ------------------------- This tells DynaStat which order you wish to sort your bulletin listings. The sorts are identical for Remote Access and Pcboard and are as follows... 0 - sort high up/downloaders by bytes transferred, high to low. 1 - sort high up/downloaders by files transferred, high to low. 2 - sort high up/downloaders alphabetically. These options will be tailored at a later date to include a menu instead of the present system to make it more user friendly. The sort order for Front Door only offers two sorts... 0 - sort high systems by bytes transferred, high to low. 1 - sort high systems by files transferred, high to low. Show Intro Screen? ------------------ The Intro screen isthe first screen generated byDynaStat that includes info about your system, such as your systems name and sysop name, as well as the date and times of the generated bulletins. Accepted inputs are either a Y or a N. Show Totals Screen? ------------------- This is a screen generated showing the grand totals of your system, which would include users that are not part of the high list(because they weren't high enough to make the top 25) but were still calculated and tallied here, including system ratio in bytes in and files. For the Front Door module you also have the number of users calls. Clear Screen between Pages? --------------------------- This tells DynaStat to insert either an ansi control sequence to the file between each page or in the case of PCB, it will be a @CLS@ sequence, forcing your system to clear the screen each time a page is shown to the user. This may be more desirable for you. Number to Include in Bulletins? ------------------------------- Here we can determine how many you wish to have in your high lists. I have allowed up to 25 thinking you might not wish any more on one page, making the bulletin a little bit sloppier if this were the case. Number of Days to Go back in Bulletin? -------------------------------------- This tells DynaStathow far back this bulletin is to report to you on. This is also the size of the trimmed log file, so you have a twofold function here. Include Screen with Baud Rates? (Front Door ONLY) ------------------------------------------------- There is also a screen available that will show you all the baud rates currently used and how many people actually used that baud rate. Please note that this statistic represents the users calls and not the system calls. .... and now on to the main module screen Output Files ──────────── This is thesection where you specify the pathand names of the actual bulletins you wish to generate. You may specify up to 10 for each log format you process, giving you some added flexibility in how you set up your systems log reports. There are a couple of rules here you MUST follow or unexpected results may occur. Both the Front Door modules and the Remote Access modules write to two files, one for ascii with the extension of .ASC and one for ANSI with the extension of .ANS . In these modules you MUST NOT specify an extension as DynaStat will add the appropriate extension according to the bulletin it generated. In the PCBoard module, you may specify any filename, but are encouraged to fall into the PCB naming convention and not include an extension and also not include the trailing "G" as this is only one file that includes the PCB color codes, allowing you to only have to maintain one file for both graphics and non graphics users. Colors ────── Apretty self explanatory section of the config, suffice it to say that this whole section is merely a matter of taste and how you design the color scheme in your bulletins is just that, a matter of taste. There is a full help system included to tell you just WHICH option you are changing at that particular time. Includes ──────── This is where you enable or disable the engines for each module. If you run a Front Door/Remote Access system, you may wish to disable the PCBOARD section of the program, for example. Any combination may be used, no module is dependant on any other. And now that we have DynaStat configured, lets move onto the installation! Installing DynaStat ─────────────────── DynaStat may be run from any directory, but we strongly recommend you switch to the directory from which DynaStat resides. This is to support future versions where you may actually have many configurations depending on the bulletin you wish to generate, reading the config file from the current directory. 1 - Create a directory and unzip all DynaStat Files to it. 2 - Refer to the section above for your configuration options. This MUST be done prior to running DynaStat as it needs certain info about your systems configuration. 3 - In one of your events you generally run a batch or group of batch files. We are assuming you are an active sysop and have an understanding of DOS, so we will not go into DOS practice here. One thing worth mentioning is that if you wish to run a "Live" bulletin system, that is say writing to a logon screen, DynaStat is VERY fast and would not slow your system down at all. Test show DynaStat processed over 2 meg in over 8 log files covering all 3 formats in just over 30 seconds. 4 - Once your batch files are modified to include the DynaStat program, you are now setup. An example line would look like this... C:\PCB\DYNASTAT\DYNASTAT And that is all thereis to it. You now havea fully functional log processor on your system! The Future for DynaStat? ──────────────────────── DynaStat is just partof a new line ofsoftware being currently developed by a Canadian company called Dynagrafix Developments. This particular program holds a lot of promise primarily because it was predominantly written in C++ objects and can be added to at any time without modifying the existing engines. We appreciate our customers opinions and hope to hear from you as to what other formats you wish to see supported. Some we have been hearing include D'Bridge, wildcat and Maximus. We will endeavor to include only systems which will be supported and will be wanted or needed by our customers, so your opinion is important. There will be a continuing development cycle for this program, so you can look forward to seeing what this program evolves into and know you were a part of a concept quickly dying, the shareware concept, in which you were allowed to actually evaluate the product BEFORE buying it. Support ─────── If you need help with DynaStat you can contact Dynagrafix anytime via the following: BBS (905)-579-3127 (V.32/42 14.4k baud) FidoNet 1:229/412 You can also findus lurking in the Fido PCBNETconference, the international PCBoard sysop echo. Address any problems or questions to Steve Tupy. About Dynagrafix Developments ───────────────────────────── Dynagrafix Developments isa software developmentand marketing company that produces a wide range of software including graphics, business and communications. There are 3 developers currently involved. These are: Greg Newland - Graphic Design Tom Wilson - Software Development Steve Tupy - Software Development Our main goal is to produce softwares that are creative and innovative, and we mean it. The upcoming softwares currently under development and in beta test are not just the same old ideas with new bells and whistles. They are new innovative ideas that do more than what they appear. Below are our main products currently in development: DynaMail -------- DynaMail (or DMail) is an echomail processor designed with the needs of the future in mind. It features: Processing for Fide, QWK and Internet mail packets Support for PCBoard v15.x and JAM message bases Multiple zone based netmail areas Unlimited number of message areas Handles PC satellite packet processing Areamgr remote maintenance Full gating support between packet formats And LOTS more.... DynaBase -------- Dynabase is a file database utility. It will take over your entire BBS file area system and almost completely self maintain it. It's also a fully functional .TIC compatible file echo processor. It works along side DynaMail and uses most of the same configuration files. It has these features: Automatic file movement between file areas Compression conversion Zip comments Add/delete files from compressed files (bbs ads etc.) Complete file echo support File listing headers and footers File database editor much like PCBFILER or RAMGR Duplicate checking Filemgr remote maintenance And LOTS more... SST --- SST is a files system for your terminal. Currently in beta testing, it will allow you to keep track of all the files you upload and download to various boards. Enter descriptions to boards without typing anything in, simply hitting one key and all the info is on the systems. Fully DSZ ready so you may plug the tagged files from your files database right into a batch invoking your DSZ or GSZ program, along with reading an existing log to import files and descriptions automatically, including file_id! This program installs seamlessly into most popular terminal packages making it a hands ready utility for your terminal! Special Thanks -------------- I would like to thank all of the people involved in helping us get this program developed. Thanks to the Dynagrafix Beta Team, good job, everyone, also, to all of Net 229 in Fido for their continued support and especially to Andrew Kunz for the many times we had to test this puppy out before it came to you in this condition. We will not only continue to support this product but intend to implement MANY new formats so that most every popular program is supported.