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Lastones v1.5
A Last Callers Door for Ezycom BBS's
Released: 25-11-1996
Copyright (c) 1996 by Adam Whitehead
Written in Borland Turbo Pascal v7.0
Using eDOOR comm routines
by Enigma!
FREEWARE
What is Lastones?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lastones is a door program designed specifically for Ezycom-based BBS
systems. When configured correctly and executed with the appropriate
command-line parameters, it will display the current days callers or,
when the /Y parameter is used, the previous days callers. This first
public release of Lastones also supports the displaying of aliases
rather than the users' real names.
I run an Ezycom BBS. How do I install Lastones?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation is very simple. First unpack the contents of the Lastones
archive (EZYLOxxx.ZIP) into a sub-directory off your Ezycom directory.
eg. C:\EZY\DOOR\LAST\
[ please note: your EZY environment variable must be set, Lastones uses
this to find your TODAY.BBS and YESTER.BBS files! ]
Now open the configuration file named LASTONES.CFG with a text editor.
Instructions are contained within this file and these should all be
self-explanatory anyway. Once you have configured Lastones, you are
almost ready to go. Now create a batch file like the following to exit
to Lastones when the user on-line presses the appropriate key to view
a list of today's callers (or yesterday's callers). Call this batch
file LAST.BAT or LO.BAT or something. Example:
@ECHO OFF ;; This turns off screen echoing.
CLS ;; Clears the screen.
CD C:\EZY\DOOR\LAST ;; Change to the Lastones directory.
LASTONES /N%1 /DC:\EZY %2 %3 ;; This is the hardest part, the
;; switch /N%1 refers to the node number
;; the user is executing Lastones from.
;; %1 just means that whatever the first
;; parameter that was passed on the
;; command-line will be inserted here.
;; (this will be passed to LASTONES by
;; Ezycom with the *N command.)
;; /DC:\EZY refers to the path where
;; your dropfile is created when Ezycom
;; exits.. this is usually the main
;; Ezycom system directory.
;; %2 and %3 are similar to what I
;; mentioned above. This just means that
;; if /A or /Y are passed from Ezycom,
;; LASTONES will recieve this switch and
;; act accordingly.
Once this is done, now you need to load EzyMenu and create a menu item
to load Lastones. Create a new menu item, using 'T' as the hot key (if
you want, any key is acceptable). Then under Menu Type choose '7' which
is "Run Program in DOS Shell'.. Now put this in the data field:
*C /C C:\EZY\LAST.BAT *N *M
where C:\EZY is your Ezycom directory and LAST.BAT is the name of your
newly created Lastones batch file. *N tells Ezycom to pass the node
number on to Lastones as %1 in the batch file. *M means that Ezycom
will swap itself to memory when Lastones is executing to free up as
much memory as possible.
Now the important part.. command-line parameters. If you want Lastones
to display aliases rather than real names in the caller lists, add /A
to the command-line mentioned above.
eg. *C /C C:\EZY\LAST.BAT *N *M /A
Now Lastones will display aliases rather than your users real names.
You might also want your users to be able to view a list of Yesterdays
callers rather than just Today's callers. Create another menu item
exactly the same as above using a different hot key. (eg. 'Y') and add
/Y to the command-line.
eg. *C /C C:\EZY\LAST.BAT *N *M /Y
This will display a list of Yesterday's callers. You can also have '/A'
on this command-line too, so that Lastones will display the aliases of
Yesterday's callers rather than their real names.
Other Stuff
~~~~~~~~~~~
Lastones should now work fine! If it doesn't and you are really stumped
as to why it isn't working, you can e-mail me at the address I mention
at the end of the document, and I will assist you as much as I possibly
can. Also, note that if Lastones detects Windows 95, it will change the
title of the VM it's running in to "[ Lastones v1.5 by Adam Whitehead ]"
rather than just LASTONES ( as Windows 95 would usually name it because
of its MS-DOS name ). This is pretty spiffy stuff! I encourage you to
use this in your MS-DOS software. First detect Windows '95 and if it
is loaded, use function INT 2Fh / AX=168Eh to set the application title.
Look in the MS-DOS Interrupt list for more info on this function!
Lastones is fully multitasker-aware.
More Stuff
~~~~~~~~~~
Lastones is freeware. However, if you feel like being nice and you like
the software.. then by all means feel free to send me a postcard or a
donation!
Please send any postcards or cash donations to the following address:
Adam Whitehead
13 Wheal Court Anula,
Darwin NT 0812
Australia
If you send me a donation, please make sure it is in Australian
currency!
Thank you!
Where you can get the latest version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can always obtain the latest version of Lastones from:
http://www.stormfront.com.au/~primus
^ the best place to get Lastones! Latest version always and
a pretty spiffy homepage too (by me).
ftp.ros.com.au /pub/ezyutils/ezyloXXX.zip
or any of the SimTel mirror sites
in the directory
/(simtel mirror dir)/msdos/bbsdoors/ezyloXXX.zip
(where XXX is the version number)
or by calling my BBS, the Elysian Fields!
How to contact me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please report any bugs to me straight away!
You can contact me in the following ways:
Internet E-mail : primus@stormfront.com.au (preferred)
: spatula@hotmail.com (definitely not preferred =)
BBS : The Elysian Fields
+61-8-8927-2965
(Within Aus. (08) 8927-2965)
Thanks!
Adam Whitehead, [ Author of Lastones ]
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