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┌────────────────────────────┐
│============================│
│Consumer Product Safety Door│
│============================│
│COPYRIGHT 1996 T&J Software │
└────────────────────────────┘
One of the T&J Software Collection of multi-BBS door programs.
Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire,
UltraBBS, Telegard, TriBBS, and Remote Access.
VERSION 1.20 04/13/96
By
Tom Wildoner
397 West Broadway
Jim Thorpe, PA
18229
VOICE (717)325-9480
*between 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
From
The T&J Software BBS
NODE 1: (717)325-9481 28.8k
NODE 2: (717)325-2054 28.8k
NODE 3: (717)325-4369 28.8k FIDO ONLY
24 Hours/Day
INTERNET: tjsoft@prolog.net
FIDO: 1:268/400
FTP: ftp europa.com /outgoing/DOORS/tj-software
LATEST VERSION:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Please call the T&J BBS for the latest version of this program.
LEGALITIES:
^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Please feel free to distribute this door.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Consumer Product Safety Door contains databases that your BBS users
may find beneficial dealing with important information on product recalls
and safety. They may search the entire database online and also read the
information online.
The demo door does not expire and is not crippled in any way. Updated
databases my be downloaded from the T&J Software BBS free of charge!
Registering this door will help us maintain it! We currently plan on
updating the database on a monthly basis with the latest information from
the Consumer Product Safety Commission - registration will help us
maintain our links to the CPSC and updating the database to bring
your users the latest information.
Additional databases will be available to download from our BBS in
the T&J Database Updates file area as CPSCDATA.ZIP. We will also place
new databases on HOLD for FIDO POLL for your system.
Simply unzip the updated in the door directory and overwrite all files.
That's all you'll have to do to add new databases - pretty easy!
TEXT COLOR:
^^^^^^^^^^^
Simply edit the file COLOR.DAT, lines 1 and 2. Here's the file:
14
3
Line 1: Foreground Color
Line 2: Background Color
Foreground: 15 = Bright White Background: 7 = Default White
14 = Bright Yellow 6 = Light Yellow
13 = Bright Purple 5 = Light Purple
12 = Bright Red 4 = Light Red
11 = Bright Cyan 3 = Light Cyan
10 = Bright Green 2 = Light Green
9 = Bright Blue 1 = Light Blue
8 = Dark Grey
7 = Default White
6 = Light Yellow
5 = Light Purple
4 = Light Red
3 = Light Cyan
2 = Light Green
1 = Light Blue
CONFIGURATION: (The CPS.CFG file)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Run ---> CPS UTILITY to easily setup your CPS.CFG file!
Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
------------------------------------------
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
----------------------------------------
C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
---------------------------------------
C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
-------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT
Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
-------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
-------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example configuration file for SFDOORS.DAT
------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
Example Batch File
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A sample batch file is included and is similer to the following:
ECHO OFF
CD\DOORS\CPS <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
CPS CPS.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
configuration filename to the program.
CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
variables, (q.v.)
Normally, when running multinode, just setup different CPS.CFG files
for each node: CPS1.CFG CPS2.CFG etc....
Environment Variables
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
.CFG file for multi-node operation!
To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
command line. For example:
CPS CPS.CFG /5
or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
CPS CPS.CFG /%IRQ%
This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
and are interchangeable.
When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
PCBoard:
USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
Wildcat!:
USERINFO.DAT in C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE1
C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE%wcnodeid%\USERINFO.DAT
DOOR.SYS in C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE1
C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE%wcnodeid%\DOOR.SYS
Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
SET PCBDRIVE=C:
SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
SET PCBNODE=1
Fossil Driver Support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
line when running the door. For example:
MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
the door gracefully.
Sysop Keys
^^^^^^^^^^
F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
PROBLEMS:
^^^^^^^^^
See the TJHELP.TXT file!
Please feel free to contact me if you have any problems at all.
MAINTENANCE:
^^^^^^^^^^^^
No nightly maintenance required.
RUNNING LOCALLY:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To run in LOCAL mode simply type CPS LOCAL
FUTURE VERSIONS:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let me know what you would like to see added!!
A future version will have items sorted by dates. We are currently
gathering old information from approximately 1990 to the present.
VERSION HISTORY:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Version 1.00 ......... First release. 02/05/95
Version 1.10 ......... Fixed a minor display problem - after reading an
article, the main menu would jump ahead by one.
07/22/95
Version 1.20 ......... Fixed databases to make it compatible with
the Wildcat! 5.0 door platform. Removed RIP
detection from the door. Modified a few of the
search routines. 4/23/96
REGISTERING:
^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's all there is to it! If you have any problems or questions
please feel free to call the T&J Software BBS at (717)325-9481.
See the enclosed registration form for ordering this door and others!
(REGISTER.TXT)