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Multi-Line Setup Instructions for PcBoard (other systems may apply too)
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This door is relatively easy to set up on a multi-node system. I set mine
up using PcBoard Ver 15.2 software in about 5 minutes. If you followed the
instructions in PCB and set up your different nodes as directories under the
PCB subdirectory called node1, node2, node3, etc, then you can apply this
example directly. If you used different names, change the lines accordingly.
I'm assuming that you've already set your board up as multi-node and it works
correctly. Do this before continuing.
I went into pcbsetup program and went to the configuration file for the
doors. I used an empty slot (on my system it was 5) and put the name DROP in
the first column. Fill in the rest accordingly with whatever you feel is
necessary for your system. In the column that says "shell" I put Y. In the
directory I put c:\pcb\drop This directory is the location of the files that
are in the Drop 2 DOS door main archive. After you've done that and saved your
new configuration file, go into the DROP directory, or wherever you put the
Drop 2 DOS door files, and make a small batch file called DROP. Do not put BAT
as the extension as in DROP.BAT. Just put DROP. (I'm assuming again that you
understand how to make batch files..if you do not, consult your DOS manuals.)
Inside this batch file put the following lines (Remember, where your names
differ, change them accordingly..or drive letters, etc):
@echo off
cd \pcb\drop
drop.exe %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\
%PCBDRIVE%
cd %PCBDIR%
In PcBoard, PCBDRIVE and PCBDIR are global variables that signify the drive and
directory that are associated with the node trying to load this door. So if you
are on node 2, the second command would be substituted as:
drop.exe c:\pcb\node2 (This is on my system, your node 2 might be in a
different directory or a different drive). The above works fine for PCBoard,
for the other BBS packages consult your BBS manual, to determine what global
variables it uses to pass information like this. Yours might be %1 or %2, etc.
Determine that, and enter that information above. What needs to occur here is
that drop.exe needs to know where the appropriate drop file is going to be. If
you have it set wrong, you will see a message flashed saying "Critical Error
[OPENDOORS]: Door information file missing." If you get that error, check your
batch file.