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PCB-Deposit for PCBoard 14.5
IMPORTANT: Please keep all support about PCB-Deposit on my BBS or via
one of the Mail Networks. Due to my contracts with Clark
Development Company, Inc., they have asked that people use
my BBS for this purpose and not Salt Air. Please comply so
I don't get into trouble <grin>.
NOTE: If you're using DPSM.EXE and you come to a USER that is BLANK or
messed up, you need to PACK your USERS.INF file as it is corrupted.
This is a bug in PCBoard 14.5. Update to PCBoard 14.5a to fix the
problem.
Also, if you do a ALT-F in DPSM.EXE and it goes to a different user
than specified, please PACK your users file. The information in the
PCBNDX.? files do not match with the USERS.INF.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PCB-Deposit was written because of the LACK of these other Deposit
Doors that I have seen. PCB-Deposit also uses a TPA which is installed
within the USERS.INF of your BBS. You will find that the door works
VERY WELL under a Network or Multi-Node BBS.
The Door basically allows your USERS to Deposit their UNUSED BYTES or
TIME for each day. When a time comes that they need to have these
two fields for downloading files or staying on-line longer, they can
open PCB-Deposit, grab what they want and use it.
DISCLAIMER
The author, Cam N. DeBuck, claims no responsibility for any damages
caused by the use or misuse of this product. This product is
distributed "as is" with no warranty expressed or implied. The author
will not be responsible for any losses incurred, either directly or
indirectly, by the use of this product. Use this product entirely at
your own risk. The author reserves the right to make modifications at
any time.
REGISTERATION INFORMATION.
PCB-DEPOSIT is distributed as SHAREWARE software. You are free to
copy and distribute this software freely, however, if you find it of use
to you, you are encouraged to register your copy. Registering your copy
of the software helps the author continue to provide professional-quality
software at very reasonable prices.
The Basic Registeration is $20.00 and includes the REGISTERED KEY file,
access to the support BBS, lifetime registeration, and voice support.
Notice, that once you registered, you're registered for as life (None
of this one year support fee, etc..).
FILES IN ZIP
------------
DEPOSIT.KEY - KEY file used to tell if REGISTERED or UNREGISTERED.
DEPTEXT - Text file for Displaying Information (Like PCBTEXT)
DPSM.EXE - PCB-Deposit System Manger for Edit Users
EVENT - Tells a User that he/she cannot withdraw time due to an
Event Pending
LEVELMIS - Tells a User that he/she Security Level is not listed.
LOCKOUT - Tells a User that he/she has been LOCKED OUT from Door.
PCBDEP.EXE - PCB-Deposit Main EXE file for Executing Door
REGISTER.FRM - Registeration Information
SYSOP.DOC - Sysop Documentation file/ Installation
WELCOME - PCB-Deposit Welcome file for ASCII users.
WELCOMEG - PCB-Deposit Welcome file for GRAPHIC users.
DEPOSIT.CFG - Contains Info about SETUP and Security Levels
GENERAL INFORMATION (About TPA)
-------------------------------
PCB-Deposit uses PCBoard 14.5 TPA technology for BBS's. Basically,
a TPA is a Third Party Application which is stored via the USERS.INF
file. PCB-Deposit uses a STATIC number of 55. This will increase
your USERS.INF file by 55 bytes for each user on your system.
Why use a TPA. Whenever you DELETE a user from your System, he will
also be deleted from PCB-Deposit. No need to pack two different USERS
files. It also makes it nicer for the Door Developer to handle
information that wouldn't be there in normal situations.
INSTALLATION
------------
Since you are now reading this documentation, I imagine that you are
already in a directory that you will be running PCB-Deposit from.
1) You will first need to go to your PCB directory and run PCBSM.EXE.
2) Select D (User Info File Maintenance)
3) Select C (Add/Update Third Party Application)
4) You will now come up with a Menu that looks like this:
Name of Third Party Application?
Version :
Static Size : 0
Dynamic Size : 0
Keyword :
5) The Name of the TPA will be? PCB-DEPOSIT
6) Version : 1
7) Static Size : 55
8) Dyanamic Size : 0
9) Keyword : DEPOSIT
10) Press: Pg/Dn to install TPA.
Optional (#11)
11) I suggest that you now PACK your users file to make sure that the
USERS.INF file is not corrupted. Some TPA's will corrupt it and I
HIGHLY suggest that you do it now to make sure all is well with
your USERS.INF file. (See PCBoard Documentation on how to PACK
your USERS file).
12) Now that we have your TPA installed, you will now need to load up
PCBSetup and edit your DOORS.DAT file for the appropriate Conference.
Be sure you tell PCBoard to CREATE a USERS.SYS when opening the door.
The FileName of the DOOR will be: DEPOSIT since we told PCBSM the
KEYWORD for accessing the door was DEPOSIT.
Now that we have your TPA installed for PCB-Deposit and have edited
your DOORS.DAT file, you will need to go to your PCB-Deposit Directory
(Wherever that might be) and run DPSM.EXE.
1) Select A (Files/Path)
2) Give it your PATH to your PCB directory.
3) Hit ESC
4) Select S (Security Information)
Here's a description of each of the fields. Notice that there are
only 15 Security Level's that can be used with the door. If you
need more that 15, please contact me via my support BBS.
Security
--------
This will be the security level of the user who is allowed to
use the door. There are a total of 17 pages (255 Security Levels).
The order in which security levels are placed DO NOT matter. If you
have duplicate security levels, the first one in the list will be
used. Use PgDn or PgUp to toggle between pages. A total of 15
security levels are displayed on each screen (Just for you info.).
Max Minutes Per Day
-------------------
This is the Maximum Minutes Per day the User is allowed to withdraw
from his/her account.
Max Minutes To Store
--------------------
This is the Maximum Minutes that the user is allowed to store
in his/her account. Note if the Max Minutes to store is 0, none
of the TEXT that pertains to TIME will be displayed to the user.
Some people have asked that they have certain levels that they do
not want to be able to store TIME. By setting it to 0 and not
displaying any information to the USER, he/she will not be confused
and will not try to access the commands (For the most part).
Max Bytes Per Day
-----------------
This is the Maximum Bytes the user is allowed to withdraw from
his/her account. Note, that this is BYTES, and NOT 1-K bytes.
1,024,000 is equal to ONE MEG. Use appropriately!
Max Bytes To Store
------------------
This is the Maximum Bytes the user is allowed to store in
his/her account. Note, that htis is BYTES, an dnot 1-K bytes.
1,024,000 is equal to ONE MEG. Use appropriately! Note, if this
value is set to 0, none of the TEXT will be displayed to the user
concerning BYTES. See Max Minutes to Store for a thorough
explanation.
You will now need to setup each Security Level that you wish to
have in there. Leave any security levels that are left to 0 if you
do not want to set one up at this time.
5) Hit ESC to bring you back to the main menu.
6) Select U (Users)
When adjusting USERS information (Like giving them more TIME or BYTES),
be sure you hit the PgDn or PgUp key to SAVE their information. This
is the ONLY way that information is save and it works very well.
You now will see a screen that looks something like this:
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ PCB-Deposit Users Info ║
║ ║
║ User Name: CAM DEBUCK Record Number: 1 of 408 ║
║ ║
║ Date Time Stored : 01-01-80 Alt B - Jump to Bottom Record ║
║ Date Bytes Stored : 01-01-80 Alt F - Find User Name ║
║ Date Time Used : 01-01-80 Alt T - Jump to Top Record ║
║ Date Bytes Used : 01-01-80 ║
║ ║
║ Balance of Time : 0 ║
║ Time Stored Today : 0 ║
║ Time Used Today : 0 ║
║ ║
║ Balance of Bytes : 0 ║
║ Bytes Stored Today: 0 ║
║ Bytes Used Today : 0 ║
║ ║
║ No Access to Door : N ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ESC=Exit PgDn=Frwrd PgUp=Backwrd CtrlPgDn=Forwrd 20 CtrlPgUp=Backwrd 20 ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
When you want to start Editing Users, this is where you will do it. Most
of the fields are pretty much explanitory. However, on one note, the
LOCKOUT field is for locking out users from using the door. If you have
a particular user who you do not want to use PCB-Deposit, set this
field to YES.
PCB-DEPOSIT RUN TIME
--------------------
Command Line Switches
PCBDEP.EXE [Path To PCB directory] [BIOS WRITES]
There are TWO command line switches that you will NEED to pass to
PCBDEP.EXE.
The first one is the DRIVE/PATH to your PCB directory where the user
is on.
The second one is whether or not your want BIOS WRITES to avoid screen
bleed if using MultiTasking Software (Such as DesqView, DoubleDos,
OmniView, TaskView, etc.). Answer either YES or NO.
Sample Batch File Setup
Create a batch file called: DEPOSIT
for each node and put in the appropriate PCB directory for each
node.
Your batch file should look something like this for each node:
ECHO OFF
CD \DOORS\PCBDEPOS
PCBDEP.EXE E:\PCB NO
ECHO ^---------Note that this should be different for each Node
CD \PCB
BOARD.BAT
MULTI-NODE OPERATION
--------------------
PCB-Deposit is fully Multi-Nodeable. SHARE is detected if running in
a NETWORK or Multi-Tasking type environment. All you need to do is
make sure you give the appropriate PATH for each PCB directory when
running the door.
TEXT FILES
----------
Files that can be MODIFIED by the Sysop
DEPTEXT - This file is used for displaying miscellaneous information
to the user when he/she selects D from the main menu in the
door. Feel free to modify this and changing the COLOR CODES.
Be careful though. Note, that each line can NOT exceed 40
characters in length.
LOCKOUT - This file contains information telling the USER why he
can NOT have access to the door. This is displayed when
the users LOCKOUT field is set to Yes in DPSM.
EVENT - This file contains information telling the USER why he
can NOT withdraw TIME. This is displayed to the user when
an event is upcoming and his/her time is already MAXED out
because of an event.
LEVELMIS - This file contains information why the USER cannot access
the door. This happens when his/her SECURITY LEVEL is not
found in the DPSM Security Levels area.
WELCOME - This file contains information when the user first logs into
the door. It's displayed only once. This is the ASCII
version.
WELCOMEG - Same as above, but is GRAPHICS.
CLOSING INFORMATION
-------------------
The UNREGISTERED version of PCB-Deposit will only work on ComPorts
ONE and TWO. The REGISTERED version will work on Com Ports ONE
THROUGH EIGHT with an appropriate IRQ and ADRESS that is defined.
If you find this door of use, please see the REGISTER.FRM file on how
to register. If you have any suggestions on improvements that you
would like to see the door have, please let me know.
If you are having any problems or would just like to pop in and say
hi, you can reach me via my BBS at: (801)489-3558 [HST 1440]
I can also be reached via U'NI-net Network in the Sysops Conference
or the ILink Sysops Conference as well.
MultiLingual Support
PCB-Deposit is fully capable of multilingual support. All you need to
do is translate the ENGLISH DEPTEXT to your multilingual. If you do
translate one of these files, how about uploading it to my support
BBS so others can grab it.
NOTE: If you're using DPSM.EXE and you come to a USER that is BLANK or
messed up, you need to PACK your USERS.INF file as it is corrupted.