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REMIND ME !
v2.0
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525 (USR 33.6)
(404) 705-9104 (USR 33.6)
(404) 256-9518 (Voice, 9am-9:30pm EST)
(Email) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
OVERVIEW
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The REMIND ME! Door allows your callers to enter REMINDERS to themselves.
They can be reminded daily, on a specific date, a day of the week, on a
paricular date of the month OR on EVEN or ODD days of the month (in
essence displaying the Reminder every other day). Reminders are displayed
to the caller when they open the Door or automatically if you make it an
Auto Login Door.
SYSOP can leave reminders to ALL, specific Security levels or to
SPECIFIC USERS!!!!
NOTE: Most errors will be logged to a file called DFRAME.ERR which is
created in the directory you run the door from.
INSTALLATION
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Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all REMINDME files
2) Unzip REMINDxx.ZIP into the the above directory
3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or
modify the supplied REMINDME.CFG file. A description follows:
** Location of system file (See Below)
SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
Al Sysop's First name
Lawrence Sysop's Last Name
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| READ! 1 CommPort \ These 2 lines are required |
| READ! 1 Node # / ONLY for GTUSER.BBS |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
00000000 Registration Number
2 1 = DO NOT Display ADOPT-A-DOOR Message
2 = Display ADOPT-A-DOOR message
2 Keyboard timeout value in Minutes
N Y = Use European Date Format (DDMMYY)
N = Use Regular Date Format (MMDDYY)
365 Maximum # of days caller can enter in
response to the number of warning days.
This number will be used to determine how
many days prior to the due to start
displaying the Reminder. (0-365).
0 = No warning days
365 Maximum # of days caller can enter in
in response to how long the reminder
will remain active (1-365)
0 Additional Security level that will be
allowed to leave Reminders as if they
were the Sysop (Co-Sysop as an example)
Note: They will NOT be able to Delete or
Modify or Review messages they
entered to a Specific caller or to
All Callers.
Y Y = Do check if caller is ANSI capable
N = DoNot check if caller is ANSI capable
NONE Drive\path\filename of the file you want
displayed when returning from an AUTO-LOGIN
to the BBS.
NONE Drive\Path\Filename of the file you want
displayed when manually exiting the Door
using the Exit option from the Main Menu.
Y Y = FORCE callers to read ALL Reminders
N = Allow callers to EXIT without reading
ALL Reminders
Y Y = Log all callers to USAGEx
N = Do not log callers
** = Replace with ONE of the following:
C:\BBS\PCBOARD.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only
C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0)
C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <- For ANY systems that support DOOR.SYS
C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <- For ANY systems that support DORINFOx.DEF
C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <- For Spitfire systems.
c:\bbs\TRIBBS.SYS <- For TriBBS systems.
C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS <- For GT Power
* if using this option you must put the
ComPort # on line 5 and the Node # on
line 6 of the configuration file
# = Requires registration to change to a different value.
NOTE: There are NO Blank Lines in the Config File!!
4) Create a batch file or modify the REMINDME file supplied. A
description of this file follows:
ECHO off
cd\BBS\DOORS\REMINDME Location of REMINDME files
REMINDME REMINDME.CFG EXE filename and CFG filename (Name
used in creating file in #3 above)
CD\BBS
BOARD
5) When running in more than one node, be sure to supply a
different configuration name for each node (your choice of name).
6) If running with Fossil-based multi-port boards add
/FD to the line containing the CFG name as follows:
REMINDME REMINDME.CFG /FD
TROUBLESHOOTING
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(1) If you are running this Door on a 486 system and encounter errors such as
ERROR 6.... OVERFLOW Error
ERROR 5.... ILLEGAL Function Call (may be associated with other problems)
KEYBOARD Timeout after 5 minutes
You may have to put the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET NO87=ON
(2) If you encounter an Error 62 (Input Past End of File), BEFORE you see the
opening screen of the Door, your problem will more than likely be associated
with the CFG file. The error 62 means that you do not have enough entries
in the CFG. Compare your CFG file with the CFG definition in the DOC file.
(3) If you encounter an ERROR 70... Permission Denied, this will more than
likely mean that you DO NOT have SHARE loaded. SHARE is a DOS file that
comes with your version of DOS. To load it type the word SHARE at the DOS
prompt. To load it permanently type the word SHARE on a line by itself in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, any place prior to the loading of your BBS
software. There have been numerous reports that loading SHARE high causes
some problems, so to be on the safe side, do not load it high.
Should you have any questions or problem, please do not hesitate to call
voice for immediate help... 404-256-9518 (9am-9:30pm EST) any day!
USAGE LOG
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