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Improved: Selectable and CONFiGURABLE
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P R o M / / p T S
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First, I'd like to thank you for taking the 6 seconds to d/l this file.
I believe that this is, by far, the BEST "Selectable/Configurable Prompts"
PPE available; not as if there are many out there anyway. :) Features
include the following:
- Up to 20 different prompts allowed with 1, 2, or 3 lines
- A user definable prompt editor
- Litebar selection screen with prompt display
- Completely configurable by the sysop, including all ANSi screens.
- Also includes 2 other utils:
1) GETPMT.PPE - Used to retrieve the current user's prompt.
2) DISP-PMT.PPE - For multinode systems, allowing users on
different nodes to have their own prompt.
If you're thinking that getting this set up is easy, it is. Well, kinda.
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First, make sure that all the files that were distributed in the archive
are all together in a directory. Even put in those stupid BBS ads.
* Ex. C:\PCB\PPE\PROMPTS
Next, add the following line to your logon script, replacing (ppepath)
with the path to the PPE:
!(ppepath)\GETPMT.PPE
If you don't use a logon script, then replace the line "Scanning for new
bulletins ..." in PCBTEXT with the above line.
Then, edit "PROMPTS.CNF" by changing the first line to the pathname
of your main command prompt (#396).
Finally, add this to a command in CMD.LST. If you don't know how to do
that then you are utterly hopeless.
You're now ready to go with the default settings. Instructions on how to
configure the cosmetic aspects of the PPE are explained in the next section.
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Just about EVERYTHING is configurable, either through the PROMPTS.CNF,
or somewhere else ...
[-|-] EDITING "PROMPTS.CNF" [-|-]
The following explains what each line in PROMPTS.CNF is for, and how to
edit them.
Line 1: Path and filename of external prompt file
-/- Ex. C:\PCB\VIO\COMMAND.396
Line 2: Starting X position for the "Prompt #" list
When the "Prompt #"'s are displayed, they will be listed
one below the other, starting with 1 then increasing. This
is the X coordinate of where you first want the "Prompt #"'s
to be displayed.
-/- Ex. 6
Line 3: Starting Y position for the "Prompt #" list
Same as line 2, except it's the Y coordinate!
-/- Ex. 4
Line 4: Starting X position for the display of the actual prompts
-/- Ex. 40
Line 5: Starting Y position for the display of the actual prompts
-/- Ex. 6
Line 6: The maximum length in characters of your prompts.
Just put down the number of characters in the longest prompt
in your PROMPTS.DAT.
Ex. 35
[-|-] EDITING PROMPTS.DAT [-|-]
The format for the file is:
(NUMBER OF LINES IN PROMPT)
(Prompt Line)
.
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(NUMBER OF LINES IN PROMPT)
.
.
That, hopefully, explains it all. Just look at the file and it should
be no problem. (ha ha ha ha ...)
[-|-] FILES INCLUDED WITH ARCHIVE [-|-]
PROMPTS.PPE - The main PPE
GETPMT.PPE - Used to retrieve the current user's prompt
DISP-PMT.PPE - For multinode use only (explained below)
MAIN.PCB - Main selection menu screen
HELP1.PCB - Header for Prompt Editor
HELP2.PCB - Displayed when a user types "/help" at the Prompt
Editor
PROMPTS.CNF - Configuration file for PROMPTS.PPE
PROMPTS.DAT - Contains all the prompts for selection.
[-|-] MULTINODE OPERATION [-|-]
To set PROMPTS.PPE up for multinode operation, replace PCBTEXT #396 with
"!(ppepath)\DISP-PMT.PPE". Remember to replace "(ppepath)" with the path to
your PPE. Doing this will cause DISP-PMT.PPE to display the user's prompt
instead. So far this is the only solution I have found for setting it up for
multinode, other than having a node specific PCBTEXT file. In future
versions I might just ask the sysop to set up a node specific PCBTEXT instead
of running the PPE, since the PPE does slow down the prompt's display
considerably.
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Please send any suggestions, complaints, etc. to me.
NETS: PhaseNet (send here if possible)
HyperNet
BBSs: Permanent Illusion [908]
Vortex [908]
Dazed and Confused [908]
Someone in Control [908]
I'm not going to post the numbers since I'm not sure if the sysops want
them spread around. You should find 'em somewhere. My board will be up soon
and then I will be able to be reached a lot faster. :)
Lateron all.
· CorruptioN [DoME] ·