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PDQ Revision 4.1 03/24/90
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Who To Flame At
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If you have any questions or suggestions, I can reached thru the following
message bases:
- THE INVENTION FACTORY (212) 431-1194
- Thru the EZ-Reader BBS echo conference (Smartnet)
- Compuserve Mail or messages left in the Procomm Plus or IBMCOM forums
Dean Stacey
Compuserve ID 73537,3215
Please feel free to alter these scripts in any manner you see fit, but
should you upload to another BBS, upload only the unaltered PDQ zip file.
Users wishing to use a Qmodem version of PDQ should look for Andrew Ferber's
QIF Qmodem conversion of PDQ.
Claim to Fame
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These Procomm Plus ASPECT files will * COMPLETELY * automate your PCBoard
MarkMail and file downloads.
Caveat
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PDQ assumes you are using Chuck Forsberg's DSZ (Omen Technology) for
Zmodem uploads and downloads.
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INSTRUCTIONS
There are 5 files:
PDQ.ASP - Main control script (invokes PDQ-BOX and PDQ-XFR)
PDQ-WAIT.ASP - Delayed logon (invokes PDQ with delay)
PDQ-BOX.ASP - Dialog Box
PDQ-XFR.ASP - Transfer routines for MarkMail and ProDoor
All four files are required for the system to operate properly, the only
scripts you will run directly are PDQ or PDQ-WAIT; PDQ-BOX and PDQ-XFR
are used by PDQ.
PDQ is the main script, while in Procomm you press ALT-F5 and type PDQ when
Procomm asks for a script name, this can be done before logging on to a BBS (in
which case PDQ will log on for you) or while you are already connected
(then you must be at the PC Board main command prompt).
PDQ pops up a box asking if you would like to do a Qmail
transfer, toggle the bulletins, do file transfers, and whether or not
you'd like automatic logoff. After you enter the information it does
its thing! A note on toggling bulletins, there is no way to recognize
whether the bulletins are 'on' or 'off' - the MarkMail toggle simply
reverses whatever the previous setting was, if bulletins are 'off'
and you want them 'off' you never have to toggle bulletins until you
want them 'on' (and vise versa). After the MarkMail run they are toggled
back to the original setting, this allows you to leave bulletins OFF and
every so often toggle them ON to download in the current mail packet.
PDQ-WAIT allows you to enter a time of day, this gets passed on to PDQ.ASP
which will start up and suspend itself after you've entered the file list etc.
At the specified time it will dial-up and do the file transfer.
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BEFORE RUNNING THESE SCRIPTS YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:
1) Edit PDQ.ASP and put in YOUR NAME and PASSWORD, as well you must put
in the dialing directory entry no for the invention factory, ex. if
the Invention Factory is the fifth entry in your dialing directory
this number is 5, be sure to leave the script entry in the dialing
directory blank.
2) You must edit PDQ-XFR.ASP and put in YOUR directory names for Procomm
and Mail where required.
With minor modifications these scripts can be modified to run with any
PCBoard system, just change the door numbers for MarkMail and ProDoor.
TIP: You can use PDQ as your dial up and logon script just by answering
'N' to all prompts - If you specify No mail or file transfer, PDQ will
dial, log you in, and then end.
REVISION HISTORY
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Version 4.1
03/24/90 - Now allows escape from PDQ at any y/n prompt by using the ESC
key.
- Cleans up display of invalid key presses
In short, a kinder, gentler PDQ.
Version 4.0
01/24/90 - Now allows the toggling of bulletins through MarkMail
Please note also that the default directory names have
changed in PDQ-XFR.ASP.
- Changed name from IF to PDQ.
Version 3.3
01/21/90 - Bug fix! MarkMail required an extra carriage return after a
message download.
Version 3.2
01/19/90 - Modified to support MarkMail Door in place of Qwikmail door,
Markmail is a lot faster.
- Removed support for Qwikmail Door and Zdoor, these will go back
in at a later date when Procomm Plus supports called routines
in ASPECT, for the time being it's a hassle to support so many
variations of the script.
Version 3.1
11/13/89 - Modified choices for Qwikmail transfer, added ability to only
send replies.
- Modified to bypass Sysop message when opening Qmail door.
Version 3.0
7/23/89 - Provided 2 versions of IF-XFR.ASP, ProDoor version and Zdoor
version. This was done due to the overwhelming popularity of
Samuel Smith's ProDoor. I still like Zdoor, and will
continue to support it.
- If you are using the previous revision (2.0) of IF, you can
keep the current IF.ASP file - no changes were made to it.
- IF-BOX and IF-WAIT contain cosmetic changes (Revision
no. etc. now show on screen).
- You only need the new IF-XFR if you want to use ProDoor,
the old one is identical to IF-XFRD9.ASP.
- If you don't currently have an IF-XFR.ASP file, you're
either starting from scratch, or using revision 1.0. In either
case you're starting from scratch, as the IF.ASP from
version 1.0 MUST be replaced with the new files.
Version 2.0
5/7/89 - Split into separate, chained scripts - allows dialog box
and transfer routines to be invoked before *or* after logon.
- Automatic logon if not already connected
- Delayed logon and execution, IF-WAIT added to allow IF.ASP
to suspend itself.
Version 1.0
4/23/89 - Modified logoff to look for NO CARRIER rather than name, stops
premature disconnect
4/20/89 - Initial release