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- ScreenShuffleBBS Documentation
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- This is a "off shoot" of another util I wrote. This will look in
- your BBS directory called screens (Example: BBS:SCREENS) and choose a
- logon screen at random, then copy it to your BBS path TEXT directory
- (Example: BBS:TEXT).
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- Usage: ScreenShuffleBBS <Path of BBS>
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- Example: ScreenShuffleBBS BBS:
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- Required files:
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- This requires a directory to be made in your BBS's root dir, called
- screens. (Normally the path would be BBS:SCREENS). In this
- directory, you must have at LEAST 1 logon screen, with the following
- names:
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- LOGON0
- LOGON0.ANSI
- LOGON1
- LOGON1.ANSI
- ....ETC....
- LOGON50
- LOGON50.ANSI (50 screens is max in this util)
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- Any LOGONxx file is considered the NON-ANSI version, and the ones
- with the extension .ANSI are obviously the ANSI versions. If you
- don't have an .ANSI version, no big deal. It only copies the .ANSI
- file if it finds it. It's not required.
-
- Note that do to my error checking, the FIRST screen MUST be # 0,
- and if you SKIP a number NO SCREENS after that will be found!
- ALSO, you MUST have more than 1 screen! Otherwise there will be NO
- CHANGES MADE!
- I stop looking when I don't find the next number! EXAMPLE:
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- DON'T DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Logon0
- Logon1
- Logon3
- Logon4
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- 3 & 4 will NEVER be seen! They MUST be consecutive!
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- I run it in my logoff script (So that each user sees a different
- screen) but you could run it in your cron scipt if you wanted, which
- means a different screen each day, or in the u/l script, so it changes
- when a user uploads, etc.... be creative!
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- To install this like I use it, follow these directions :
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- Copy ScreenShuffleBBS to a directory in your path. (Mine is
- BBS:UTILS)
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- Make a directory called screens. (Makedir BBS:Screens)
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- Copy your CURRENT BBS:TEXT/LOGON.TXT to BBS:SCREENS/LOGON0
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- Copy your CURRENT BBS:TEXT/LOGON.TXT.ANSI (If you have one!) to
- BBS:SCREENS/LOGON0.ANSI
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- Copy your CURRENT BBS:TEXT/LOGON.TXT to BBS:SCREENS/LOGON1
- (Remember, we have to have at least 2 screens! Replace this with a
- new one when you get one done....)
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- Copy your CURRENT BBS:TEXT/LOGON.TXT.ANSI (If you have one!) to
- BBS:SCREENS/LOGON1.ANSI. (Remember, we have to have at least 2
- screens! Replace this with a new one when you get one done....)
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- Add as many screens as you like!
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- Edit your logoff.script, or wherever you decided to put it, and add
- this line:
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- SceenShuffleBBS BBS:
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- If you don't use BBS:, then substitute YOUR assign here. If you use
- a path, it MUST end in a "/" character, ie "dh0:bbs/" .
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