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TriEdit ~~~~~~~ User File Editor for TriBBS v1.0.9ß by Seth Goldberg Sysop of: ~~~~~ ~~~ The Operating Room BBS (516)867-2644 24oo/96oo/144oo BPS Running the latest in TriBBS Tech. Table of Contents ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ Page # ~~~~ ~ Warning and License Info.............................................[1] Registration Info....................................................[2-4] How to Use Triedit...................................................[5] TRIEDIT.CFG..........................................................[6-9] History Of Updates...................................................[10] Tech Support.........................................................[11] Registration FORM....................................................[12] [i] Warning & License Information ~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Software you are about to use [or have used already] is the BETA test version of the real software. It may or may not have any bad effects on your system, but remember that I, Seth Goldberg, will not be responsible for any damages, misuse, or any other mess-Up occuring from use of this software. Your execution of the program represents agreement to the agreement heretotherefore [and s'more legal jargon]. This program is shareware, and Iencourage the distribution of TriEdit. This program remains the sole property of me and NO ALTERATION, DISASSEMBLY or SELLING of this software without the EXPRESSED WRITTEN CONCENT of the author [ME] is allowed! You are licensed to use this program for 30 [Thirty] days from date of first execution after acquiring it. Using it after 30 Days will be regarded as illegal, for you have no license to do so after the test period. To use it after 30 days, you must register [pay for] it. See the topic on "Registration Info" in the latter section of these dox. [1] Registration Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm SO glad you're reading this! You must have a genuine desire to register this fine software! If not, then read on anyway. After the 30 day period, if you find that you like this softwre, you must register it with me, the author. Registration can be accomplished by dropping money in an envelope along with your name and registration information you wish to be put into the cover screen in the program. You must also include your address so I'll know where to send the Registered Version. The following is a list of charges and registration plans available: Plan #1 ~~~~ ~~ $40.00 - Straight Registration. With this plan, you get ONLY the registered version of TriEdit [R] and a printed manual sent to your house. Plan #2 ~~~~ ~~ $50.00 - Updated Registration - With this plan, you get it all! ALL updates will be mailed to you, on disk, along with printed manuals. Plan #3 ~~~~ ~~ $45.00 - Single Update Reistration - With this plan, you get ONE update [Disk & Manual]. Plan #4 ~~~~ ~~ $35.00 - Cheap John's Plan - This plan is for the "misers" in us all. with this plan, you just call up my board and download the registered version.╪ The "╪" means that this Plan is only available until August 19th 1992. I'm sure you're saying to yourself - HEY! Why should I register? Well, I'm going to tell you. The registrar will receive many NEEDED additions to the program. These additions are: · Advanced Find ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ When using Mark [Goodwin]'s user editor, I found that the <F>ind User option needed MAJOR overhaul. So, I added the Advanced Find routine to the program. This allows you to type the first few [or just FIRST] letter of the name of the person you are looking for. A dialogue box will then ask you to either choose from a pop-up menu or cancel back to TriEdit. I find this to be a really cool addition. [2] · Security-Specific Editing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Ok. Here's one that Mark forgot. Let's say you have a Remote Sysop and a few Co-SysOps. Let's also say that you don't 100% trust them. Well, just use the "/BBS" option and configure the Triedit.Cfg and you have no need to restrict the <E>dit Users Choice! The Restrictions include ■ NO VIEWING [let alone editing] of the Sysop's Record! ■ No viewing of ANYONE's Password. ■ No CHANGING anyone's password without first entering the OLD one. ■ NO EDITING OF THE EDITOR'S RECORD!! ~~~~~~~~ ■ Logging of ALL editing functions CHANGED or Messed-With. · File Ratios & P/C Ratios ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ Another feature that many have asked Mark [Goodwin] to add seems to be the file ratios [and in some cases Post/Call [P/C] Ratios]. Well, if you register, you can calculate ratios in one of two ways: ■ Command-Line Invocation of ratios. ■ Calculation DURING editing. If you choose the latter, TriEdit will Pop-Up Dialogue boxes before ANY action is taken, asking you for confirmation before security- lowering action is taken. At that point, you can choose Yes/No or DON'T ASK. The latter option makes TriEdit calculate ratios WITHOUT confirming security-lowering procedures. However, ALL such activity will be LOGGED in TriEdit.LOG. Command-Line Invocation can be done as an event. In fact, that's exactly what it was meant for. I suggest doing the event WEEKLY, because TriEdit will KEEP LOWERING security levels each time it detects a Leech-Ratio. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS; DON'T RUN IT IN CLOSE TIME INTERVALS!! Command-Line Invocation of ratios and all action taken will also be logged in the Triedit.Cfg. · Protocol Change ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Another kool option I thought the BLAND editor included with TriBBS needed was a way for the Sysop to change the user's protocol. Well, I did it in a rather kool way. When you choose <$>Protocol Change, and the "/NOPROTO" [See Command-Line Parameters L8r in these Dox.] command-line parameter, a dialogue box will pop-up, stating the user's existing protocol. If you press the "Choose" button in the dialogue box, you will be sent to a pop-up menu. This menu will contain ALL protocols available [INCLUDING the protocols YOU installed in the EXTPROT.MNU file [See your TriBBS Dox for [3] information on this file.]] After you select the protocol, you will be sent back to TriEdit. Depending on the "/NOPROTO" command-line parameter, you may or may not see the changed protocol. · DOS SHELL ~~~ ~~~~~ Yes! A Dos Shell Feature Is Included! This is for people who want to do other things without exiting TriEdit. It's a cute little feature I think you all may like. ───────────────────────────── \/\/\/\/\/\/\/-■ Wow! I'm Registering NOW! ■-\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ ───────────────────────────── [4] How to Use TriEdit ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~ Well, Hi. The program you are about to run represents MONTHS! of work on my part and my beta testers. I thank all beta testers and remeber y'all get FREE REGISTERED copies. For Info. on how YOU can become a beta tester just enclose the registration form below and chek the box that says beta tester request. Anyway, TriEdit is an AWESOME program. Here's how to use it. C:\>triedit Bad command or file name [Woops forgot to switch to the TriEdit directory.] C:\>cd\triedit C:\TRIEDIT\>Triedit . Program Run . Ok, now you're in triedit. Whew! What a nice color scheme! Gee, thanks- Getting back to the program.. There are many deature that you are familiar with because of the built-in user editor, well, most commands are the same. It's pretty self explanatory. Just enter a choice [a list of available commands is available at the bottom of the screen.] If, when editing, you get an error message or BEEP, it means you did something WRONG. DON'T DO IT AGAIN :). [5] TriEdit.Cfg ~~~~~~~~~~~ The most important part of the program is the completion of this configuration file. Unregistered users need only fill in correct info on the first 6 or so lines. Registered users will be able to take advantage of TriEdits more advanced features, so they must complete the WHOLE config. file. The configuration file goes as follows. Line # ~~~~~~ 1 C:\TRITEL\MWORK\USERS.DAT <-- Name and Location of the USERS.DAT File. 2 C:\TRITEL <-- Main TriBBS Directory 3 The Operating Room <-- Board Name 4 The Surgeon General <-- Sysop Name 5 000000 <---Registration Number (or all Zeros if Unregistered) 6 Yes <---Backup USERS.DAT to USRS.DAT Before FIRST Usage. 7 3.x <---TriBBS Version Number 8 1 <---The SysOp's User Number. [5 Digits Max.] [RVO] 9 1000 <---SysOp Security Level [5 Digits] [RVO] 10 500 <---Co-SysOp Security Level [5 Digits] [RVO] 11 TriBBS! <---Shell to Dos Password for REMOTE (/BBS) Editors. [RVO] 12 Yes <---Should the CoSysop HAVE FULL ACCESS to All Functions? [RVO] 13 10 <---File Ratio - KILOBYTES DOWNLOADED per Kb Uploaded. [RVO] 14 4 <---Ratio any User Should have [or below] (D/ls per U/l) [RVO] 15 10 <---Interval by which security lowered if ratio not kept. [RVO] 16 10 <---Lowest Sec. Level a user can go by ratio deduction. [RVO] 17 10 <---# of Calls per Post [P/C Ratio!] [RVO] 18 5 <---Interval security is lowered if P/C Ratio not Kept. [RVO] 19 25 <---Lowest Security one can go due to P/C Ratio deduction. [RVO] 20 500 <---Sec. Lev. [inclusive] ABOVE WHICH ratios aren't taken. [RVO] 21 TSG <---Names of People EXEMPT FROM RATIO. [0 to 32,767 lines] [RVO] . Beach-Bum . Judge Dredd . 32,788 NOTE: [RVO] Means "Registered Version Only" ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ You're probably looking at this sayin' - Hey, forget it - It's too complex for me to comprehend. Really, it's simple. Line 1 ~~~~ ~ Easy One. Just Enter the FULL path AND filename of your users data file. [Usually USERS.DAT, but who knows in later versions...] [6] Line 2 ~~~~ ~ Hey, another easy one, I'm gettin' the hang of this! Just type the drive and directory of your BBS's MAIN NODE [NODE #1]. Feel free to include a trailing backslash if you wish. Line 3 ~~~~ ~ Your Board Name. Line 4 ~~~~ ~ Your Name or Handle. Line 5 ~~~~ ~ Your Registration number or 000000 if unregistered. Line 6 ~~~~ ~ Interesting Flag. If you want your users.dat backed up before THE FIRST USE ONLY of TriEdit, Type "Yes", if not type "No" Line 7 ~~~~ ~ Your TriBBS version #. Although this was MADE to go with versions 3.0 and up, it WILL work with versions 2.0 and up it will NOT work with ANY v1.x versions [but hey, if you still are running 1.x, you don't DESERVE to use this editor :)] \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/That's all you UNREGISTERED people have to do!/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ───────────────────────│FOR REGISTERED PEOPLE ONLY!!│──────────────────────── Line 8 ~~~~ ~ The Sysop's User Number. This is imperitive if you want CORRECT security tight editing. The sysop's user # is usually #1, but who knows... Line 9 ~~~~ ~ The Sysop Security Level. This is the MINIMUM security level a user must have in order to access YOUR BOARD'S sysop functions as a FULL SYSOP. Line 10 ~~~~ ~~ The Co-Sysop Security Level. If you have any CoSysops [people you don't fully trust with all your sysop functions, but they do have access to some sysop functions] just enter the LOWEST security level one must have to be a Cosysop. [7] Line 11 ~~~~ ~~ The Shell to DOS password for Remote Users. This is IMPERITIVE for those who have given full sysop privilidges to editors, but who don't want them dropping to their DOS without authorization and formatting their HD's n' other fun stuff. THE PASSWORD IS CASE SENSITIVE. TELL THIS TO WHOEVER YOU GIVE ACCESS TO!!! [Case Sensitive means that the password MUS match letter for letter - Lowercae AND uppercase, depending on what you put in the triedit.cfg.] Line 12 ~~~~ ~~ This cute line asks you if you want the cosysop to have full editing functions available to him. If NOT [default] then the cosysop will NOT be able to do the following: ■ Edit his OWN [Redundant; I KNOW!] record. ■ Edit OR view the Sysop's record. [OR ANYONE WITH SYSOP SECURITY] ■ NO VIEWING of passwords. ■ NO EDITING of password without first entering the OLD password. If you choose to TRUST your cosysop, be careful; all functions including the ones mentioned above will be available to him/her. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The next few lines will deal with the file and Post/Call Ratios available to ──────────────────────────│[ REGISTERED users. ]│───────────────────────────── Line 13 ~~~~ ~~ Number of KILOBYTES downloaded per ONE Kb uploaded. This allows upto the specified # of Kilobytes downloaded per kilobyte uploaded before taking action [Security-Level LOWERING]. Line 14 ~~~~ ~~ Same as Line 13, except this ratio is based on NUMBERS of FILES downloaded per ONE uploaded. Line 15 ~~~~ ~~ This is very important. This is the interval by which a security level is lowered when security level lowering action (because of shoddy ratios) is taken. Ie. If a Leeching USer has a security level; of 100 and this line is set to 10, his resultant security level, after TriEdit has changed it would be --> 90 <-- (100 minus 10 = 90). [8] Line 16 ~~~~ ~~ Lowest Security Level any user can go via ratio deduction. Ie. if a REALLY BIG LEECH had a security level of 100 and he got lowered 9 times in a row for a security level of 10 (100 minus (10 * 9) ==> 100 minus 90 = -> 10 <-) and the ratio calculator is invoked, and this line is set to "10", his security leel cannot be lowered below 10. Line 17 ~~~~ ~~ Post/Call Ratio! - The Maximum number of calls any user calls per ONE post he writes. Use this ratio if your message bases are dead and you have lazy users who don't listen to requests, by you, to stop being lazy and start posting. Usually their security level is lowered such that they have no file access until their ratio goes higher. Line 18 ~~~~ ~~ Same as Line 15, but this is used in the P/C Ratio System. Line 19 ~~~~ ~~ Same as Line 16, except this goes with the P/C Ratio System. Line 20 ~~~~ ~~ This line is used for exempting people above a certain security level; For eaxmple all sysops, etc. The # put here is INCLUSIVE so that let's say you write "300" for the line, then all security levels above and INCLUDING 300 will NOT have EITHER Ratios calculated on their records. Lines 21 to 32,788 ~~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~ These are the Names of People you want Exempted from the Ratios. The names MUST be spelled correctly or else they will NOT be exempted. ──────────────────│[ End TriEdit.Cfg - REGISTERED Users ]│────────────────── [9] History of Updates ~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ v0·1ß Added massive speed to Array reads. v0·2ß Aded Name Change Option through CRC/32 Routine. v1·0·2ß First Public Release - Really Buggy. v1·0·7ß Most (99.5%) of the bugs were fixed and added more clear display Added Advanced Find to the Registered Version v1·0·8ß Woops, The birth Date and First Date of call routines didn't accept ANYTHING, fixed. ESCAPE Key added as means of exiting. v1·0·9ß Added Shell -2- DOS feature in Registered Version. More bug-fixes. Added the ESCAPE key as well as the "Q" key as a way of exiting the program. [Escape key may or may not be read by DOORWAY for BBS use, so this is just to make sure the user doesn't get stuck in the program.] [10] Tech Support ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Tech suppport is available in 2 different ways: ■ Call ANY TriBBS support board and leave a NET MAIL messgae to me on the <TTN> mail network. ■ Call My BBS - 516-867-2644 - OR - ■ Write to me using the adress on the Registration Form. REMEMBER: Keep all prolems specific - I Can't help you if you ~~~~~~~~ just say, "It Stopped," or "It doesn't work." -I'll need to see details of YOUR system and your TRIEDIT.CFG File. Please include those files in the letter you write or any message you post. To Copy Mark [Goodwin]'s advice: "Most problems are usually solved by reading the manual" I Suggest your first read this manual, then if you still have a problem, call me or do any of the things listed above. IMPORTANT: My board will be up and down starting on August 19th. ~~~~~~~~~~ If you can't get through, mail me your question or just post a message on a <TTN> net. Response time will vary. Please be patient. [11] Registration Form ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration of TriEdit v1.0.9ß is different depending upon which plan you choose. Shipping and Handling is Free for all U.S., Canadian, and Mexican orders. All other international orders must add $10.00 shipping and handling. Payment is to be made in U.S. funds ONLY! Please answer all of the following questions. Name...........: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Address........: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── City...........: ─────────────────── State...: ────────────────────── Zip Code.......: [ - ] [9-Digit If Possible] Voice Phone #..: Day [( ) - ] / Night [( ) - ] BBS Information ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ BBS Name...........: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── BBS Phone Number...: ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── Modem..............: ─────────────────── Maximum Baud Rate..: ───────── Would you like your board listed in future manuals? ──────────────────── Plan # 1 2 3 4 [Circle One] [See above for PLAN Information] Plan Charge $──────.── Shipping & Handling [INT'L ONLY!] $────10.00 -=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOTAL ENCLOSED $______.__ THANK YOU FOR REGISTERING TRIEDIT! [12]