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ACToday Today In History Door -- v.99 by Rich Wardwell -- Adept Concepts
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WHAT IS ACToday?
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ACToday is a replacement to the basic DLG TDIH (Today In History) door.
This utility is written specifically for DLG but will likely be compatible
with any BBS allowing the use of CLI doors).
ACToday will display different information for each day of the year.
The data are stored in a set of files for each month.
I haven't personally seen one of these programs available specifically
for DLG other than TDIH, although I just recently found one that had
a larger flexibility in information that could be displayed, yet lacked
many of the things which I needed. So, thats how ACToday was born.
FILES INCLUDED
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The following files should be included in the ACPoll archive:
ACToday The executable.
ACToday.DOC You're reading it now.
History.DOC History of changes.
Regist.DOC Blank registration form.
THE LEGAL STUFF
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ACToday, and the accompanying files are copyright 1993 by Rich
Wardwell / Adept Concepts. You are granted a license to use ACToday
on your BBS, and distribute it to other sysops provided:
- You distribute it ONLY in the complete, unmodified archive.
- No fee is charged for distribution of ACToday, except if
you distribute it via non-electronic means (ie mail), you
may recover the cost of the disk and postage.
- You register your copy of ACToday if used often (see below).
I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS
A RESULT OF USING ACTODAY. BY USING ACTODAY, YOU, THE USER, AGREE
THAT I SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING ACPOLL DOES OR
DOES NOT DO TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, SOFTWARE RUNNING ON THAT
SYSTEM, OR HARDWARE CONNECTED TO THAT SYSTEM.
PLEASE REGISTER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Although I enjoy developing utilities for DLG, I gave up a lot of
my spare time to write this program (and the few others that are out
there and in development) even though I had other things that I
probably should have done (like sleep). I really don't expect to
see anything in return, but it certainly would be nice; especially
if you use a number of my utilities.
So, if you feel so inclined to send me something it certainly would be
welcomed. A small donation along with a filled out registration form
will grant you access to the latest version of ACToday on my BBS. The
registered version does remove some of the restrictions found in the
released version. (These will be outlined shortly). Anyway, here is
is the address for registration:
Rich Wardwell
Adept Concepts
545 Prince Avenue
Athens, GA 30601
USA
Bug reports and ideas for the next version (if I do another version)
may also be sent to the above address, or to my BBS:
The GOOD News BBS
(706) 549-8072 14.4k v.32bis v42bis
(706) 369-7555 2400bps
FIDO 1:370/50 & 1:370/51
FMLY 8:3103/30 & 8:3103/40
AMY 40:704/10 & 40:704/11
You will also be able to access any/all of my other DLG utilities there.
SETTING IT UP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ACToday is quite basic in its setup. You must first copy all of the
TODAY.??? data files to some directory on your hard drive (as well as
the executable). Then call ACToday from DLG as a CLI program with the
following syntax:
ACToday <PATH OF TODAY.???> -bsrfjnv$* QUERY
eg. ACToday DOORS:Today/ -* QUERY
The first argument is the location of the data files. The second argument
is the information you wish to display.
B => Birthdays
S => Special Events
F => Thought of the Day
J => Joke or Riddle
N => Sniglet
V => Verse or Biblical Event
R => Reminders
$ => Birthday of a User
* => Display ALL available information
Remember to precede the letter/s with a dash '-'. The QUERY command is
optional. This will ask the user to "Press [RETURN]" between each separate
set of information.
DATA FILES
~~~~~~~~~~
Examples:
B06251973 Danny Lee Bob's Birthday
\ \ \ \
\ \ \ The year of the Birthday or Event
\ \ Two digits - The date of the file
\ Two digits - 1-12 the month of the field
The field this represents - look at the list above....
S01151975 It happened here on this day
S01151975Cof this year
\
Tells the program this is a "continuation" of the previous
lines input.
S0405 7Daylight savings time.
\
Specifies that this event happens ONLY when it is on day number
x (in this case 6) of the week. 1 => Sunday through 7 => Saturday
These Fields ARE VERY column specific.
DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THIS when creating your own data files or adding to the
ones supplied.