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Last Five Callers
(c)opyright 1994 B&D Software
LASTFIVE is not guaranteed in any way, shape, form or manner, expressed
or implied. It has been tested completely and works quite well on my
system. It should do the same on yours.
It is NOT in the Public Domain. You may use it for as long as you want
provided it is not used on a commercial BBS. Keep with the Spirit of
Maximus-CBCS. Should you want to use it in a commercial environment
then I expect just compensation in the form of $10.00 US dollars.
I may be contacted by modem at:
Grass Roots
(205)352-3113
FIDONet 1:3607/25
or by mail at:
William (Bill) G. Hicks
340 COunty Road 515
Hanceville, AL, USA, 35077
Last Five is a little add-on utility for Maximus-CBCS which reads
the LASTUSER.BBS file after each log off and updates a bulletin which
shows the last five callers to the BBS.
INCLUDED FILES:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DONOT.INC - Text file of Users not to update
LASTFIVE.CFG - A sample configuration file
LASTFIVE.DOC - These illustrious docs
LASTFIVE.DAT - Last Five Caller Data File
LASTFIVE.EXE - LASTFIVE executable
INSTALLATION:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The installation of LASTFIVE is quite simple. Just follow these brief
instructions and the instructions included in LASTFIVE.CFG. You should,
however, be familiar with certain DOS commands like PATH and MKDIR. You
should also have a working knowledge of how Maximus-CBCS displays its
screens and bulletins.
First off be certain that the two utilities included in your Maximus-CBCS,
MECCA.EXE and ANSI2MEC.EXE are in your PATH. They are generally in your
Maximus directory. On Grass Roots that is C:\MAX. Check your PATH to be
certain by typing, at the DOS PROMPT "PATH" (without the quotation marks).
Place these files in your Maximus-CBCS directory or change to that
directory in your RUNBBS.BAT (or whatever BATCH file actually runs
your BBS). Include these lines (or lines appropriate to your setup)
just after the point in the BATCH where the User exits the board and
before it returns to the FrontEnd (in my system it is at the end of
EXEBBS.BAT):
CD \Max
LASTFIVE.EXE
DEL \LASTUS01.BBS
You will also need to include similar lines in the LOCAL.BAT (or what-
ever it is that handles LOCAL log-ons) if you want local users to be
included in the Last Five Caller Bulletin.
NOTE: Failure to delete the LASTUS01.BBS (or whatever you user file is)
will result in NO CARRIER callers updating the Bulletin with the
name of the last person who actually logged on!
Next, include somewhere in your BULLETIN.MEC (or whatever file it is
which handles your log-on bulletins) a line which LINKS the created
LAST FIVE BULLETIN. On Grass Roots I have it like so:
[link]MISC\LASTFIVE
Because all my bulletins are in C:\MAX\MISC.
Be certain to re-compile your BULLETIN.MEC with MECCA.EXE!
Now you should be all set except for the LASTFIVE.CFG.
LASTFIVE.CFG:
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*-=> G r a s s R o o t s <=-*
C:\MAX\Lastus01.BBS
C:\MAX\MISC\Lastfive
----------------------------------------------------------
Only the Nine lines above the above line are actually needed. The
first six are the color codes for the bulletin as described below.
Line 7 is the Name of your BBS (or whatever else you want at the
top of the Bulletin). Be certain it does NOT exceed 40 characters!
Line 8 is the DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME of whatever user file you are
using. It could be LASTUS01.BBS, LASTUS02.BBS, LASTUSER.BBS, etc.
Be certain the entire path is included as illustrated.
Line 9 is the DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME of the Bulletin.
NOTE: Do NOT include the extension! LASTFIVE.EXE creates a
LASTFIVE.ANS and then uses ANSI2MEC.EXE and MECCA.EXE
to change it.
DONOT.INC
~~~~~~~~~
This is a simple ASCII file which should be in the same directory
with LASTFIVE.EXE, etc. Include in it any User Name you do not want
included in the Bulletin. You might log on as SYSOP, etc, to perform
on-board maintenance. This file will keep those log-ons from
being noted in the bulletin.
That about wraps it up. Contact me at the above number or address if you
encounter a bug or a problem and I'll do what I can to figure it out.
William (Wild Bill) Hicks