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The REALtime Menu System(c)
*****************************
Version 0.995 6/3/93
(C)opyright 1992,1993
By
Peter Guethlein
Distribution and Support Board
The Solar System BBS (714) 837-9677/3218
A MENU GENERATOR FOR :
LiveCat, LivePro, WildFire
A Live Program External Menu System and Execution Monitor
Copyright 1988, 89, 90, 91 Stephen L. Cox
All Rights Reserved
A Live Systems Presentation
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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Introduction
************
Please note that the docs are written for the LIVECAT VERSION
of Steve Cox's Program. Any reference to Livecat is also
a reference to LivePro or WildFire Menu Systems. REALtime
Menu now supports both LIVEPRO and WILDFIRE !!
The REALtime Menu System is a menu generator for LIVECAT by
Steve Cox - A Live Program External Menu System and
Execution Monitor for BBS systems. If you are not
familiar with LIVECAT you are missing out on an excellent
program to run your BBS Live Door Games. What the REALtime
Menu System does is create Game Menus for LIVECAT that list
all the games, usage and last player entering ANY of the
doors listed. It helps promote door play ( the users sees
his/her name up in lights...) and helps the Sysop Monitor
door activity. The registered version of the R/T Menu will
allow you to append the door AND user statistics to your
WCPRO.BBS ( BBS statistics file ) and optionally make a
bulletin of your door status. The R/T Menu System uses the
actual DOOR NAMES as displayed to the user in Livecat ! No
more cryptic (2002-3) run at ..... type bulletins! A
Sample of the bulletin and a actual menu created by the
REALtime (R/T) Menu System is located in this archive.
Support Of Product
******************
For those of you who decide to register The REALtime Menu
System your registration codes will be forwarded quickly!
If you have problems or complaints you can leave a message for
PETER GUETHLEIN at THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS.
Shareware Demo Version
**********************
The REALtime Menu System uses a KEY file for the SHAREWARE
DEMO version of this utility. If the program is not active
when you receive it or exits with the appropriate note, please
call THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS 714-837-9677/3218 and download the
file RT-KEY.ZIP. The Key files should give you a minimum of
4 weeks usage of the program in DEMO mode.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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Warranty
********
This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any
kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of
the program is assumed by you. Furthermore, I the author do
not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations
regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the
program, and you rely on the program and results solely at
your own risk. I the author cannot accept responsibility for
system damage, loss of profit, or any other special,
incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use
or inability to use this product.
THE REALtime Menu System DOES NOT *WRITE* TO ANY LIVECAT DATABASES!
Copyright
*********
The REALtime Menu System is distributed under the
SHAREWARE concept. Under this concept you may use the
SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable period of
time. After which you must either register your copy or
discontinue usage. This program is (c)Copyright 1992,1993 by
Peter Guethlein.
Registration
**************
Your registration files will allow the program to fully
function with no DATE EXPIRATION. Additionally, bulletins
can be made and added to your board statistics (WCPRO.BBS
file for Wildcat! Boards ) and optionally a stand alone
bulletin can be made for display to your callers. Further
instructions on ways to manipulate your menus will be supplied
with your registration! With purchase of ANY of my Door games
OR the REMOTE POWER SWITCH mentioned at the end of this
document you can receive the REALtime Menu for just $5.00,
that's FIVE BUCKS !!
Distribution
************
You are free, in fact encouraged, to distribute the
DEMO (unregistered) version of the REALtime Menu System
provided that all files contained in the original RT-MENU4.ZIP
archive are distributed in their original unmodified state.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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Options and Information
***********************
A TOP programming priority I gave to the R/T Menu Program
is the ability to EXIT upon ANY problem encountered during
run time. There should be NO abort, retry etc errors that
stop your system cold. All encountered errors are written to
a RT-MENU.ERR file located in your LIVECAT Directory.
**************
Installation
**************
Installing the REALtime menu system is quite easy. There is
some work that the SYSOP will have to do to properly
configure the program for operation. FIRST and FOREMOST. IF
YOU HAVE ANY DOORS YOU HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO ELIMINATE or ADD
to your board DO IT NOW ! The below configuration is very
easy but changing the configuration can be a slight hassle when
you ADD/DELETE doors once the RT-MENU program has been setup.
More about this in STEP 5 BELOW. You MUST have only ONE COPY
of the RT-MENU.EXE on your system located in your BBS HOME
Directory.
Wildcat BBS Systems:
-------------------
It is VERY IMPORTANT to start the RT-MENU /C command from
your WILDCAT HOME DIRECTORY where your DOOR.BAT FILES are
located. IF YOUR DOORx.BAT FILES ARE LOCATED ELSEWHERE PLACE A
COPY OF EACH OF THEM IN YOUR WILDCAT HOME DIRECTORY TEMPORALLY
WHILE YOU CONFIGURE THE RT-MENU PROGRAM !
Other BBS's:
------------
Invoke the configuration program with a RT-MENU /O option.
Instead of searching through your door batch files this
option will take your LIVECAT menu names directly from the
LivePro/WildFire Files. This method will also work for Wildcat
Systems. Make sure to invoke the RT-MENU /O option from your
BBS HOME DIRECTORY!
Because the REALtime Menus contains additional information and
there is only so much available Menu space please try and
limit the number of doors per LIVECAT Menu Area to 16 ( A to
P Choices) so the Menus will display without the MORE prompt.
( You maybe able to squeeze in up to 18 choices...)
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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1) UNZIP the files in the archive to your BBS HOME
directory. (Typically C:\WC30 For Wildcat! BBS's).
Start the R/T Menu program in the configuration
mode by typing:
RT-MENU /C ( or /O )
The following screen will appear:
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu by Peter Guethlein (c)1992,93 V0.995 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Configuration Menu --- Hit TAB Key when Done to Save ║
║ ║
║ Sysop's Name : Peter Guethlein ║
║ BBS Name : The Solar System ║
║ Registration Number : 00-000-00 ║
║ COLOR CODES See Docs!! : 2,1 ║
║ Path ANSI HELLO File 1 : C:\WC30\DISP\HELLO9N.BBS ║
║ Path ASCII HELLO File 1: ║
║ Path ANSI HELLO File 2 : C:\WC30\DISP1\HELLO9N.BBS ║
║ Path ASCII HELLO File 2: ║
║ Use WC! @ Codes? Y/N : Y ║
║ Use ALIAS Names? Y/N : N ║
║ Path to LIVECAT Files : C:\WC30\LIVECAT ║
║ Path/Name of Stat File : C:\WC30\WCPRO.BBS ║
║ Path/Name for Bulletin : C:\WC30\BULL\BULL12.BBS ║
║ Path/Name for Log Blt : C:\WC30\BULL\BULL50.BBS ║
║ SYSOP Alias Name : JOHN DOE ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Most of the above is self explanatory. Color Code info is
given below. Several new options have been added to this version of
REALtime Menu. 4 Hello screens are now made each time the door
is run consisting of 2 sets of ASCII/ANSI screens. The screen
created shows the last 4 live door players, game played, time
and date. ADDITIONALLY there is now a REALTIME.LOG file located
in the LIVECAT directory. The REALTIME.LOG file contains a complete
log of ALL your users entries into doors. Very handy for debugging
door lockups on your system. Note that if used, EACH of the ASCII
& ANSI bulletins MUST contain the path and file name you want
created. You may leave this info blank if you do not want to
use this feature. AT LEAST 6 DOOR ENTRIES MUST OCCUR AND BE
PLACED IN THE REALTIME.LOG FILE FOR THIS OPTION TO COMMENCE!
If you select Y for USE WILDCAT! @ CODES all the bulletins, Hello
screens etc will be made using Wildcat! @ Codes. If you are not
running Wildcat MAKE SURE to type in N for this selection. ANSI
codes will be used for all screen generation instead of the WC!
@ Codes. Note that for Wildcat you need only input the ASCII
path and file name. As you know the @ code displays are capable
of handling both ANSI and non-ANSI callers. LIVECAT Menus are
ONLY made in ASCII/ANSI.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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USE ALIAS NAMES : If your running REALtime MENU on a DOOR.SYS
system (GAP, WILDCAT! etc) typing Y here will make the REALtime
menu display the ALIAS NAME as selected in the MAIN BBS SYSTEM.
THIS ALIAS NAME IS NOT USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO MAKE
THE REALtime MENU SCREENS. It is NOT passed to ANY DOOR PROGRAM.
All the STATS, Hellos etc files will show the ALIAS NAME. This
is a good way to make your users select an alias in the main
BBS area. If this choice is Y and the user DOES NOT have an
alias name selected in the main board area then THE USERS REAL
NAME will be used for menu generation purposes.
Note that the PATH AND NAME of the STATISTICS File needs to
include the STAT file name. This file will be appended daily by
running the bulletin generator ( registered version only ). If you
don't have a Stat file for your BBS type then just put a dummy file
name in this selection. Wildcat! Systems will want to use WCPRO.BBS
for the statistic file.
The Extra (Optional) Bulletin MUST BE made for the REGISTERED
version of the program. Just list a path AND file name. Both
of these bulletins will give you a complete game and TOP 10 status
report sorted by usage complete with Wildcat! @ color codes.
An option for a ANSI/ASCII bulletin is available for LIVEPRO
and WILDFIRE Users. ( Run the bulletin menu with the /A option
instead of the /B option for Wildcat! ). See the RT-USER.SCR and
RT-GAME.SCR (Score Files) info below. These short bulletin files
are created each time the bulletin generator is run and list
the top 10 users/doors on your system. They maybe copied to
a bulletin in your nightly events.
The LOG BLT ( LOG BULLETIN ) takes the info in the REALTIME.LOG
and makes a listing of UP TO your last 100 door users. Specify
a path and bulletin name for this option. The bulletin listing
is printed out in MOST RECENT USAGE first. You need AT LEAST
6 entries in the LOG file BEFORE this option AND THE HELLO SCREEN
OPTIONS WILL BE MADE.( LOG BULLETIN IN REGISTERED VERSION ONLY )
SYSOP ALIAS NAME: Whenever the SYSOP or THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE
SYSOP, AS PLACED IN THE RT-MENU.CFG FILE, runs the REALTIME Menu,
his/her name will be replaced with the name on this line. If
left blank the Sysops name will be used for menu generation and
statistics. If an alias is placed here the ALIAS will appear in
the MENUS, HELLO SCREENS, BULLETINS etc. This way during testing
and door playing the sysop usage remains masked from the actual
users.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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COLOR CODES FOR MENU's :
1 - White
2 - Yellow
3 - Purple
4 - Red
5 - Blue
6 - Green
7 - Dark Blue
8 - Dark Red
9 - Dark Green
Color Codes are entered into the config file as 1,2 This will
determine the Alternate ANSI COLORS the RT-MENU will use when
generating the RT-MENU's. If you desire to have the ANSI Menu's
White & Dark Green you would enter 1,9 -- All White 1,1 etc.
into the CFG Files. If you want to get fancy and running multi-
nodes you can change EACH of the cfg files in the node home
directories to a different colors ! This way when someone runs
the program from one of the nodes a menu is generated with the
default colors of that CFG file. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR HELLO
AND BULLETIN SCREENS TO MAKE SURE THEY APPEAR AS YOU WISH.
SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO REVERSE THE COLOR CODES TO GET THE
CORRECT COLORS SCHEME. ( 2,1 instead of 1,2). IF YOU DO NOT
SELECT WILDCAT! @ CODES ONLY THE SECOND NUMBER OF THE COLOR
CODES IS USED TO MAKE THE ANSI BULLETIN, HELLO etc SCREENS. BOTH
COLORS ARE USED IN MENU GENERATION WITHIN LIVECAT. ONLY ANSI
MENUS ARE MADE FOR LIVECAT MENUS. @ CODES ARE NOT USED FOR ACTUAL
*MENU* GENERATION.
This area left blank.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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After you are done with the above selections hit the TAB KEY
and select Y to save the info on the screen. The below screen
will appear next.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu by Peter Guethlein (c)1992,93 V0.995 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Configuration Menu --- Hit TAB Key when Done to Save ║
║ ERASE all Node Paths that are NOT ACTIVE ║
║ Path for Node 1 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1 ║
║ Path for Node 2 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE2 ║
║ Path for Node 3 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE3 ║
║ Path for Node 4 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE4 ║
║ Path for Node 5 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE5 ║
║ Path for Node 6 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE6 ║
║ Path for Node 7 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE7 ║
║ Path for Node 8 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE8 ║
║ Path for Node 9 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE9 ║
║ Path for Node 10 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE10 ║
║ Path for Node 11 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE11 ║
║ Path for Node 12 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE12 ║
║ Path for Node 13 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE13 ║
║ Path for Node 14 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE14 ║
║ Path for Node 15 : C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE15 ║
║ Additional Nodes Maybe added by Editing RT-MENU.CFG - See Docs ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
If you are running more than 15 nodes just edit the RT-MENU.CFG file
once you are done with this configuration, adding the additional node
paths as shown above. A COPY OF THE RT-MENU.CFG FILE MUST
BE IN YOUR WILDCAT HOME DIRECTORY (Typically C:\WC30) and EACH OF YOUR
NODE HOME DIRECTORIES ( C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODEx ). For other BBS
Systems the RT-MENU.CFG ( CONFIG FILE ) file MUST BE accessible from
the NODE Directory you call the RT-MENU program from!!
When your information is correct hit the TAB KEY and follow the
prompts to save your configuration file.
2) Once your CFG file is saved the program will automatically
search your DOORx.BAT files to retrieve the LIVECAT MENU NAMES
contained therein if you started the program with RT-MENU /C.
Chosing RT-MENU /O ( for /Optional ) upon program configuration
startup will search the LIVECAT DIRECTORY for the Livecat Menu
Names.
The program searches for the Livecat program parameters and
retrieves the Menu Name to make a HEADER FILE for your Livecat
Game Menu's!
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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For the /C Configuration Option ONLY:
DOOR1.BAT thru DOOR14.BAT are automatically searched by the
program for you. If you are using .BAT files above 14 on
your BBS you will have to manually copy the Header files which
to configuration program generates. Simply take one of the
generated header files (Example: SPACE.HDR ) copy the file
to the additional LIVECAT menu name and edit the file with
an ASCII work processor to reflect the correct information for
the LIVECAT Menu.
Typical /C option for configuration screen:
Choosing the /O option for configuration will skip this
screen and take you to the next step in program setup.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu Generator by Peter Guethlein V0.99 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Trying to Search Door Bat Files 1 up to 14 For Menu Info ║
║ ║
║ Menu's Found ║
║ SPACE Found Door Bat File: DOOR5.BAT ║
║ MYCROFT DOORTIME 11 05 10 45 ║
║ EASYFUN IF ERRORLEVEL = 1 GOTO NOPLAY ║
║ MEGAGUPY DOORTIME 19 05 18 45 ║
║ IF ERRORLEVEL = 1 GOTO NOPLAY ║
║ IF EXIST NODE1.111 GOTO HERE ║
║ WC3TO2 WC3TO2.CFG ║
║ LIVECAT MONITOR.CFG MEGAGUPY ║
║ ║
║ (this area highlighted and active ║
║ when the program is running...) ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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3) The Next screen takes the found menu names and asks you to
enter a short description. Note that the description will be
displayed on the LIVECAT GAME MENUS ! Hit the TAB key when
done and follow the prompts to save your information.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu Generator by Peter Guethlein V0.99 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Menu Header Display - Enter Short Description of Menu ║
║ Menu Header Will Not be Made for BLANK descriptions ║
║ Menu Name Short Description ║
║ ║
║ SPACE Space and Battle Games! ║
║ MYCROFT Mycroft Quality Games ║
║ EASYFUN Card and Gambling Doors ║
║ MEGAGUPY MEGA-GUPPY Challenge ║
║ GEEK Jimmy The Geek's Trivia ║
║ GENERAL General Door Games ║
║ TRADEWAR TW 2002 The Ultimate! ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ Hit TAB Key when Done to Save ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
4) The program will now complete its configuration using
the parameters you supplied above. REALtime Menu will
A) copy the RT-MENU.CFG file to EACH of the NODE
DIRECTORIES B) copy the RT-MENU.KEY Demo Key to the
LIVECAT Directory C) Make Header display for the
Game Menus and deposit the *.HDR into the LIVECAT
Directory.
Well Most of the configuration is done. But now it is
time to start up your LSEDIT program in LIVECAT to
edit each of your DOOR.BAT files to reflect the
below information. This is also the last screen
of the configuration program.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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5) Final configuration Parameters.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu Generator by Peter Guethlein V0.99 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ You will now have to add the following command to the ║
║ beginning of EACH of your LIVECAT(c) Door Batch Files ║
║ using the LSEDIT program supplied with LIVECAT(c). ║
║ RT-MENU MenuName LETTER %N ║
║ RT-MENU is of course the RT-MENU program. ║
║ MenuName is the NAME of the LIVECAT MENU ║
║ LETTER is the LETTER CHOICE for Selecting the Specific Door in LC ║
║ %N is the script code of the NODE running the door ║
║ SO..... if you were running TRADEWARS 2002 Live Door and it ║
║ was located in the LIVECAT(c) SPACE Menu Name Area and was ║
║ selected by choice A from the door menu the correct command ║
║ for using the RT-MENU would be: ║
║ RT-MENU SPACE A %N ║
║ ║
║ See DOC for Further INFO ! ║
║ Registered Version of RT-MENU will ONLY work with REGISTERED ║
║ Version of LIVECAT(c) 3.0+ by Steve Cox ! ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Well, did you get all that ??? Each of your Livecat Batch
files must evoke the RT-MENU PROGRAM in the FIRST LINE
of the batch file.
Let's take a look at the Livecat Menu using the VIEW command
from the LSEDIT MENU window. This is what the user
sees as the LIVECAT Menu.
LiveCat by Steve Cox etc...
Presents our SPACE Menu
[A] .. Tradewars 500 [B] .. MOTU
[C] .. Power Struggle [D] .. Galactic Conquest
[E] .. CZAR Wars V4.42 NEW! [F] .. Modern Warfare ( Great! )
[G] .. Operation Overkill [H] .. Global War
[I] .. Imperium [J] .. Land of Devastation NEW!
[K] .. Murder Motel ! FUN! [L] .. Solar Realms Elite
[M] .. Sub Attack ! [N] .. Esterian Conquest ( New!)
[O] .. Kannons And Katapults [P] .. The Pit - Warriors Battle
[X] .. eXit Back to BBS [Z] .. Change Menus
Each of the game choices has a letter to activate the door. (Yeah
pretty obvious huh ?? ). So for instance the Tradewars 500 door
is started with Livecat Menu Choice A.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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Existing Livecat LSEDIT Tradewars 500 Batch file.
D:
CD\TRADEWAR
TW2 /B:C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%N\CALLINFO.BBS
Now we add the line to configure the RT-MENU Program
based on the LIVECAT MENU CHOICE shown above for
the TRADEWARS 500 Door.
RT-MENU SPACE A %N
D:
CD\TRADEWAR
TW2 /B:C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%N\CALLINFO.BBS
Where:
The LIVECAT menu choice
for starting the door.
/
/
/
/
RT-MENU SPACE A %N
| \ \
| \ \
| \ %N is the LIVECAT script for the
R/T Program \ NODE NUMBER of the door.
\
The LIVECAT Menu
Name
On the %N. If you are running a SINGLE node system
you may just use a 1 instead of the %N designation.
This value is used by the R/T Menu program to select
the correct NODE PATH for NODE 1 or NODE %N from the
RT-MENU.CFG file. The %N is replaced by Livecat with
the NODE NUMBER during runtime.
NOTE: If you ADD/DELETE a door LIVECAT has a tendency to reLETTER
all the menu choice for that area. This means that you will
have to go into each of the batch files to change the
command line to reflect the doors new menu LETTER. Usage
Statistics are NOT reset when this happens HOWEVER the
Menu itself will completely reset once there is ANY
change to the order which the doors are used. ADDING
a door sometimes appends the door to the menu and
a additional letter is generated hence it is less work
to ADD a new door then to DELETE a door as each batch
file must be checked and verified once a deletion occurs
on a SPECIFIC LIVECAT MENU only.
REALtime Menu System(c)1992,93 P. Guethlein DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
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RT-MENU will access either the DOOR.ORG/DOOR.SYS or
SFDOORS.ORG/SFDOORS.DAT file in the NODE Directory to
get the users name. Preference is given to the LIVECAT
GENERATED *.ORG (Original) File. I elected not to pass
this parameter to the RT-MENU program with a Livecat
Script Code. If DOOR.SYS/SFDOORS.DAT is not
generated on your board please contact the support board.
We will add additional types as deemed appropriate.
REALtime MENU DOES NOT *WRITE* TO ANY LIVECAT DATABASES!
Ok, so grab a beer and sit and edit all your Livecat Door
batch files to evoke RT-MENU ! If you sorta get the
feeling this is too much work take a look at the new
resulting menu's you will be getting!
LiveCat By Steve Cox ══ R/T Menu DEMO ══ R/T Menu by P.Guethlein
╓─ Game ─ Battle/War Games ! ───── Usage ─── Last Player ────── Date ─ Time ─╖
║ [A] Tradewars 500 │ 123 │ PETER GUETHLEIN 03/18 22:50 ║
║ [B] MOTU │ 91 │ PETER TURNUP 03/17 15:32 ║
║ [C] Power Struggle │ 31 │ AUGUSTO GIL 03/17 15:39 ║
║ [D] Galactic Conquest │ │ Game Monitor Menu Reset Please Play║
║ [E] CZAR Wars V4.42 NEW! │ 11 │ FRITZ HUEBNER 03/16 23:02 ║
║ [F] Modern Warfare ( Great! ) │ 45 │ MICHAEL WILLIAM 03/17 15:28 ║
║ [G] Operation Overkill │ 74 │ WILLIAM STERNBURG 03/19 21:00 ║
║ [H] Global War │ 34 │ NANCY HALL 03/17 16:52 ║
║ [I] Imperium │ │ Game Monitor Menu Reset Please Play║
║ [J] Land of Devastation NEW! │ 41 │ MARYANN FERG 03/18 23:36 ║
║ [K] Murder Motel ! FUN! │ 161 │ PATTI MCCLOSKY 03/16 21:24 ║
║ [L] Solar Realms Elite │ 33 │ TODD MILLER 03/17 14:15 ║
║ [M] Sub Attack ! │ 21 │ GENE LOUGHLIN 03/17 21:41 ║
║ [N] Esterian Conquest ( New!) │ 28 │ RICHARD NADOLNY 03/19 08:20 ║
║ [O] Kannons And Katapults │ 41 │ PETER GUETHLEIN 03/16 23:04 ║
║ [P] The Pit - Warriors Battle │ 63 │ NICK POWIS 03/19 16:44 ║
╙──[Z]=Change Menus───[COLOR]= On/Off───[BYE]= LogOff───[SCORE]= Scoreboard──╜
The USAGE column shows the number of times the door was run since last
reset. Also the last player to enter the door is displayed along with
the DATE and TIME of last entry ! The MENU is also generated in ANSI
COLOR ! With the REGISTERED VERSION a COMPLETE door AND USER bulletin
is appended to your WCPRO.BBS (STATISTICS FILE) with an additional
bulletin deposited where you want.
The REGISTERED version of REALtime Menu will place your board name
and sysop name on the first line of the menu eliminating the
R/T Menu Line.
Note also that the [X] eXit to return to board is not used.
Steve Cox the author of LIVECAT put this choice right on
the prompt line so it is not included on the menu.
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The REALtime program will only slow your batch file execution
a few seconds to generate the menus. Depending on the speed
of your BBS computer it will hardly be noticeable. I've tested
the utility with a Desqview/Lantastic 6 node system with an
acceptable period of 'wait' for the menu generation.
Additional Files Generated and options in Registered Version:
If you start RT-MENU with a /ZERO switch on the command line
the program will ZERO out all the games and user counts and
place today's date in the file as the new 'start date' for
the statistics. Note that your Games and User names will NOT
be deleted from the storage files. If you want to TOTALLY
restart the menu system you need to just erase the *.STR files
from the Livecat Directory. (REGISTERED VERSION ONLY)
Two additional files are made each time the BULLETIN generator
is run. RT-USER.SCR is the top 10 LIVE DOOR PLAYERS and RT-GAME.SCR
is a the top 10 LIVE DOOR GAMES. Either of these bulletins maybe
copied to one of your Display/Bulletin screens. They average
23/24 lines in length.
A bulletin can be made with Wildcat! @ Codes or ANSI/ASCII
for other types of BBS systems.
SAMPLE of REALtime Menu generated bulletin files ONLY available
in REGISTERED VERSION.
DOOR STATISTICS Sample:
╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
│ REALtime Menu Door Status by Peter Guethlein │
│ as of 03/14/1992 │
│ Live Door Game Times Played │
│ │
│ BoxPoker - Excellent 55 │
│ King of the Board Trivia 45 │
│ Solitree - NEW Card Game! 44 │
│ Jimmy The Geek's Trivia 44 │
│ MAHJONGG Pyramid! NEW 34 │
│ Phrase Mania 34 │
│ Gallows - Like Hangman 23 │
│ Mega Guppy Game #1 23 │
│ Treasure Hunt by B.Dimes 23 │
│ King's Last Cards -NEW! 13 │
│ THE Questioner REG V .995 12 │
│ Stackem - Like Tetris 11 │
│ Great White Cards - Good 10 │
│ Tradewars 500 9 │
│ │
│ Total Games Played = xx │
│ │
╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
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Notice that EACH of the LIVECAT MENU names which more fully
describes the door is used in the Bulletin ! The Bulletin
programming routines also speed the program up through
improved database management and maintenance.
SAMPLE OF RT-USER.SCR File.
╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
│ REALtime Menu V0.99 by Peter Guethlein │
│ LIVE DOOR USAGE REPORT │
│ Since 04-16-1992 │
│ Top 10 Game Players Times Played │
│ JIM BONNER 39 │
│ THOMAS MARKSBURY 24 │
│ CHRISTOPHER HALL 17 │
│ BILL KARSCHMIDT 16 │
│ DAVE YAPCHANYK 10 │
│ MICHAEL WILLIAM 8 │
│ ANGELA GUETHLEIN 7 │
│ ART KOZMINSKY 7 │
│ RANDY BLACKMAR 6 │
│ DAVE TANCHUK 5 │
│ │
│ Total Live Doors Entered = 184 │
│ Total Live Door Users = 24 │
│ REALtime Menu(c) Program Registered To: │
│ PETER GUETHLEIN │
╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
The above USER BULLETIN is also made in the registered
version !
SAMPLE OF LAST 4 Players HELLO SCREEN. The 100 LAST DOOR USERS
Bulletin looks exactly like below except it will be up to 100
entries long!
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ REALtime Menu System Recent Activity Report ║
║ Live Door User Game Played Date Time ║
╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ PETER GUETHLEIN JIMMY THE GEEKS TRIVIA 05-26-93 09:54 ║
║ TOM ILER THE FB POOL 05-26-93 09:54 ║
║ MICHAEL WILLIAM Tradewars 2002 (V1.03D) 05-26-93 09:53 ║
║ GREGORY HALL Esterian CONQUEST! 05-26-93 09:48 ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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USING RT-MENU on NON-LIVECAT SYSTEMS and/or DOORS:
**************************************************
RT-MENU now has a special switch for adding the doors not
running under LIVECAT OR Running doors WITHIN Livecat
that you DO NOT WANT A MENU GENERATED but WANT TO KEEP
STATS OR IF you are NOT USING LIVECAT AT ALL but want
to use RT-MENU to keep stats on GAMES AND USERS PLAYS.
Note that if you are NOT a Livecat User you can keep track
of your door usage but YOU MUST REGISTER THE PROGRAM TO
GENERATE THE ABOVE STATISTICAL BULLETINS !
INVOKING RT-MENU in STATISTIC MODE ONLY:
The FIRST LINE of your Game Batch files must be.....
Special Switch for STAT maintenance ONLY!
|
|
|
RT-MENU /SPECIAL (TRADEWARS 2002) #
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ Node Number
/ Running Door
The NAME of your Door you want 1,2,3, etc
displayed to your users in the
bulletins. NOTE the game name is
between the parentheses !!
On my system I have a custom screen for TW 2002 running under
LIVECAT. I did not want the RT-MENU program to overwrite the
special TRADEWARS Menu. The above option tells RT-MENU to
add the game TRADEWARS 2002 to the storage file and keep
stats for the game and USER, but NOT to generate any menus.
Under Livecat you can use the %N parameter to pass the node
number. Otherwise, if using Wildcat WITHOUT LIVECAT the
%WCNODEID% parameter for Wildcat or other parameter
with the correct node number must be passed to the program.
Single node system can just pass 1 to the program for node
number 1.
If you are running a door such as a TIME DOOR outside of LIVECAT
you can use the above option to add the stats for usage to the
RT-MENU files.
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List of Files In Archive
************************
The following files are either found in your RT-MENU3.ZIP or
will be created during the runtime execution of the game.( ** )
RT-MENU.EXE - The RT-MENU main program .EXE
RT-MENU.DOC - This Doc File.
SAMPLE.ASC - Sample of a generated ASCII
R/T Menu
SAMPLE.BUL - Sample Bulletin.
xxx.HDR - ** Header Files for Menu's Located in
LIVECAT DIRECTORY.
xxx.STR - ** Storage Statistics Files Maintained
by Program. Located in LIVECAT
DIRECTORY>
RT-MENU.KEY - Key file needed to run program in
DEMO MODE. Call the Solar System
BBS and download the file RT-KEY.ZIP
if the program tells you the Menu key
has expired !! File must be located
in the LIVECAT DIRECTORY.
XXX.XXX - ** Generated during run time this is a
file lock marker that occurs in the
LIVECAT DIRECTORY. If you get
continuous WAIT error make sure this
file is erased and try to evoke the
program again.
RT-MENU.ERR - ** Error file shows Date, Time and action
causing error. File located in LIVECAT
DIRECTORY.
REALTIME.LOG - ** Complete listing log of ALL entries into
your doors using the REALtime menu.
Users name, door name, date and time are
recorded for your review. DO NOT EDIT THIS
FILE as DATA PLACEMENT is EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT for Bulletin Generation!
This file is located in your LIVECAT
DIRECTORY as specified in your CFG file.
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EXCLUDE.RTM - This file is created by the SYSOP and
placed in the LIVECAT directory. It
contains a list of the commands the sysop
wants to EXCLUDE from showing on the last
line of the REALtime menu. Acceptable
choices are BYE, SCORE and/or COLOR. Each
EXCLUDED choice should be placed on a
single line within this file.
Example EXCLUDE.RTM file:
BYE
SCORE
COLOR
If the EXCLUDE.RTM file contains the above
choices these choices will be EXCLUDED from
the last line of the menu. The program will
automatically center the remaining choices.
More specifics and options for manipulating your menus
will be given with your registration ! and there are some
NICE options available !
NOTE FOR MULTI NODES!
The RT-MENU program makes a LOCK FILE to prevent accessing
files that are locked during execution. If the program
is running on 2 or more nodes at the same time the program
will wait a Maximum of 10 seconds for the file lock to clear
before proceeding. Otherwise it will exit normally and will not
update the menu. A note will be entered into the RT-MENU.ERR
Error file.
Technical Support
*****************
If you have problems with the REALtime Menu you can contact me,
Peter Guethlein via THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS, CIS ID 71251,1411
or PRODIGY HMFG58A.
SUPPORT BOARD
THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS 714-837-9677/3218
4 Public Nodes all USR Dual Standards!
IF YOU VISIT THE SUPPORT BOARD * PLEASE * REMEMBER TO FILL OUT
THE VISITING SYSOP QUESTIONNAIRE !! HIT Q FROM THE MAIN MENU
AND ANSWER QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER 2 ---- Thanks! UPGRADES OCCUR
ASAP !!
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PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE
**********************
Depending on interest and registrations.....
The next planned additions to the REALtime Menu system is to have
Wildcat's DOORS.SCR and BBS automatically updated by the R/T Menu
system. All sysops know the time necessary to change this file
everytime a door is added or changed ! Soon the REALtime menu
system will do this for you!
Increases in speed of operation plus a few other ideas I have
will also be implemented depending on user interest !
NOTE FUTURE COMPATIBILITY with LIVECAT CANNOT BE ASSURED. THIS
PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTING WITH LIVECAT 3.0+ WITH EXCELLENT
RESULTS *HOWEVER* I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT FUTURE UPGRADES
TO THIS PROGRAM IF THE LIVECAT PROGRAM CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY
MAKING ACCESSING THE NECESSARY DATABASES FOR REALtime MENU
IMPOSSIBLE.
UPGRADING VERSION .99 to VERSION .995
************************************
Nice and Simple. Place the new RT-MENU.EXE program into your
BBS HOME DIRECTORY. invoke the program with
RT-MENU /U
Follow the above instructions to place the new configuration
choices into the RT-MENU.CFG file. Once saved the program
will copy the RT-MENU.CFG to update all the cfg's on your
system. REMEMBER the HELLO screens, The Last 100 Users
bulletin, WILL NOT operate until at least 6 doors are entered
using REALtime menu!
UPGRADING PRIOR TO VERSION 0.99
*******************************
You will need to erase your rt-menu.cfg file in your node
home directory and reconfigure the utility. Start RT-MENU with
either a /C for Wildcat! BBS's or /O for other types of systems.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
****************
LiveCat by Steve Cox
A Live Program External Menu System and Execution Monitor
for
Wildcat! 3.0+
Copyright 1988, 89, 90, 91 Stephen L. Cox
All Rights Reserved
A Live Systems Presentation
Livecat's Support BBS can be reached by calling 402-421-2434
IF YOU DON'T HAVE LIVECAT-WILDFIRE-LIVEPRO YOUR MISSING OUT
ON A *GREAT* DOOR MONITOR PROGRAM !!
and of course Mustang Software and their WILDCAT! BBS
which is running on the support board THE SOLAR SYSTEM!
Order Information
*****************
Please fill out the Order Form at end of this file and Mail
it with a Check, Money Order or VISA/MASTERCARD to:
DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES <--- Make checks payable to
DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES
C/O P.Guethlein
26861 Trabuco Rd SUITE E161-R
Mission Viejo, Calif. 92691
Thank you for trying the REALtime Menu for LIVECAT !
Please take at look at my other live door games and remote
booting device!
JIMMY THE GEEK Trivia Gems(c) FileName JTG-BBS4.ZIP
The Ultimate Trivia Door with over 3000 General/Sports
questions available. Displayed to the user in 5 different
formats; T/F, Fill-In, Multiple Choice, Fill-In/Multiple
Choice and Matching. A BBS favorite ! Very CHALLENGING!
THE QUESTIONER(c) Filename: QUES1BBS.ZIP is a JTG clone
that will allow YOU to ask the questions. The game is very
similar to JTG in format. A question editor is within
the archive to allow you to maintain several databases of
questions for game play. Scoring, Bulletins, Winners etc.
are all maintained by the game!!
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THE FB POOL(c) Filename: FB-POOL4.ZIP is a VERY easy to run
and maintain POOL door for ANY team sport! ( Outstanding
for FOOTBALL!). A USER can even update the weekly pool.
MANY nice features!
B-CRC3.ZIP - The FIRST upload file duplication system for
WILDCAT! BBS's. This program will build a database of your
existing boards files and using Wildcat!'s SCANFILE.BAT option
automatically scan every upload for duplication with existing
board files! EXCELLENT hard disk space saver! Supports
Comports 1-4, IRQ's 1-15. User is informed ONLINE of upload
status. Check out this program or test it out ONLINE on the
support board!
and don't forget.......
FON-HOME.ZIP - A REMOTE POWER SWITCH for when your away
from your BBS ! Turn the computer's power ON/OFF with a
touch tone code from ANY phone! No more downtime while
your away from the computers big red button! Full info
is contained within this file ! ONLY $59.00 ! When ordered
ONLINE at THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS. AS ADVERTISED IN
BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE and BBS CALLERS DIGEST!
*********************************************************
ORDER ANY OF THE ABOVE ONLINE AT THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS.
ENTER THE QUESTIONNAIRE MENU AND HAVE YOUR VISA/MC READY!
*********************************************************
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| NOTE:R/T Menu is $5.00 if purchased with |
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