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XUSERDEL.EXE v2.01 (c) 1993, 1994 Joseph Rounceville
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DOCUMENTATION
Purpose
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Xuserdel is a utility I created for use with Jack Breon's #1WRDSCH BBS door.
Users from time to time must be removed from the door, and this utility
provides a simple and effective method of doing this.
Technical
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The problem of removing user accounts is not as simple as finding the
USER99.DAT file and deleting it. For various reasons, the #1WRDSCH door will
ignore users whose numbers follow the USER99.DAT you delete. It was
therefore necessary to create a renaming routine that deletes the user you
request, renames the last user in the file list, and deletes the old account
of that last user. That was simple enough, but it is rather useless to look
at a bunch of user numbers and blindly try to figure out who is who. For
that reason, I read the USER99.DAT files and display the associated names on
a menu if the /menu option is used.
Also, to speed things up a bit, I used direct screen memory writing routines
for clearing out part of the screen when redrawing the menu as users are
removed. If your PC doesn't support these routines (ie. you have an old or
not-so-compatible BIOS), you may use the /ansi option.
Finally, for those rare times when you know exactly which user number you
want to delete, I provided a command line user delete option. To use it,
simply use /*99 on the command line following XUSERDEL. (The 9's indicate
that the user number you wish to delete should be substituted).
***IMPORTANT***
Please realize that when you use the /*99 command line option, if the user
number you wish to delete is less than 10, you must use a single digit on the
command line!!! For example: XUSERDEL /*5
DON'T USE-----------> XUSERDEL /*05 <-------WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
Registration
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Xuserdel is shareware. It may be traded freely. I would however like to see
it only traded in conjunction with #1WRDSCH. Jack and I have agreed that
Xuserdel will be considered part of #1WRDSCH and as such, it should not be
separated. I do not require a registration fee. I have included my address
information in the event that you discover some terrible bug, or have some
suggestions (which I really DO like to hear) for improving Xuserdel.
Closing
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Well, I hope that you find Xuserdel useful--on the whole it's pretty self
explanetory and easy to use. Below is my address:
Send Comments and/or questions to:
Joseph Rounceville
1605 Lake Road
Ottumwa, IA 52501-9656