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BroadCast, Copyrighted Peter Rocca & MultiBoard Communications Centre, 1994
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The neatest Remote Access utility ever, well maybe not, but it's still neat.
What does this miracle do? Well when someone logs on or off your board, or does
anything else you'd like to broadcast to the other users online, it sends an
online message to them.
Wow, how do I install this great thingy.
Well it's easy, just call it with a type-7 function like this:
c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra\ just_did_something_amazing.
The first parameter is the path to the DOOR.SYS file. Use DOOR.SYS and
!!! NOT !!! EXITINFO.BBS and !!! NOT !!! DORINFO1.DEF. Only DOOR.SYS passes
the user's node number. If you use one of the other two, it'll broadcast a
message to the user causing the broadcast!!!? Confusing, not as long as you
stick to the DOOR.SYS!!!
The second parameter is the path to your main Remote Access directory (Where
RA.EXE and RA.OVR are accessed from)
The third parameter is the message you want to send. Make sure that you put
underscores (_) instead of spaces in between the words.
Wow, that seems EASY, how do I make it do something usefull...?
Well, it your TOP menu, you can put this in, making it AutoExecute and saying
something like c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra just_logged_on.
This will send a message to the other users online that looks like this.
<<<SYSTEM MESSAGE>>> Joe User just logged on.
Press Enter to Continue:
Now the system message is in gray and the "Press Enter to Continue" is sucked
out of the current language data file.
Wanna do some more useful stuff, try this one.
Make your final log off option actually load another menu, say called
LOGOUT2.MNU, then make it AutoExec BCAST with a message like "just_left", and
then AutoExec the Logoff System function.
You can use this anywhere....
Just a note, this program WILL check to see if the other users have their
'Do Not Disturb' flag on. If it is on, BCAST will not send a message to that
node...
So how much does this great util cost to register?
NOTHING! If you like it or have a suggestion or comment, just drop me a line
at (519) 660-8981 14.4k or Write me a postcard and send it to:
Pete Rocca
150 Mill Street
London, Ontario
N6A 1P6
Or Fido Netmail me at 1:2401/123 and leave a bit of info about your system
To make things a little clearer, I have included a couple sample menus...
Disclaimer
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As per any other shareware out there...
Niether I nor MultiBoard Communications Centre is in any way responsible for
anything that may happen to your system, friend, dog, or any other imaginable
thing that is in any way connected to you or anyone else in the world or
universe, or any other imaginable place, no matter how so created.
I use this program on my system and it works great....
OTHER PRODUCTS
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Wow, this seems neat, what else have you released?
Check out that CATALOG.DOC file included with the archive...