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│ DOING112 - ProBoard 2.1x PEX Version 1.12 (C)1996 Fe-line Software │
│ Written by Faye Pearson, Docs by Sarah Pearson (24th April 1996) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
DOING will only work on ProBoard Version 2.1x.
DOING will allow the User or Sysop to see what a User on any other Nodes is
actually doing whilst online.
ProBoard only displays a few basic "What is this node doing" type messages
when using MenuFunction 50 and 53. DOING will allow you to setup your Menu's
to display a much more detailed description of what the User is actually
doing.
DOING checks the status of each Node every 3 seconds (by default) and displays
an update. You can change the time between updates.
DOING displays and works the same in ASCII (TTY) as it does in ANSI, AVATAR
or AVT+.
If you want to remove the Fe-line Software copyright header, then run
doing with the /NH paramerter.
With this archive comes a Windows 3.1x/Windows 95 program that allows you to
view who is online and what they are doing, without having the Node window(s)
open.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DOING : Installation (C)1996 Fe-line Software │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Copy DOING.PEX to your ProBoard PEX directory. You may rename the PEX.
(You may put DOING into a subdirectory off your PEX directory if you wish)
Copy DOING.A?? to your ProBoard TextFiles directory. Do not rename these
files.
(You may put DOING.A?? into a subdirectory off your TextFiles directory if
you wish)
The DOING.A?? files included with this archive are just samples and only fit
2 Nodes. You can use your own .A?? files as long as you use the following %
codes to display the Node Info.
You can display as many Node Info lines as you wish, your only limitation is
screen size.
%# Node Number
%N Name of Person online
%C City of the Person online
%D What they are Doing
If you put . in between the % and the letter then you can specify the
length of the field.
eg, %................N will display the Name field at a maximum length of
20 characters. The % and N are included in the length, hence only 18 .'s.
If the DOING.A?? files are not located, then DOING will use a hardcoded
screen display.
See the .A?? files for an example of how these codes are implemented.
FastLog/IEMSI now has OS/2 Doing Support included. If you wish to have this
support, insert the following into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file :
SET OS2DOING=YES
Only the first 12 characters of the DOING description can be shown in the
Window Title. We hope to fix this in later version.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DOING : How to use (C)1996 Fe-line Software │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
DOING MENU
DOING ? [secs] /NH
DOING "<text to display to user>" [MenuFunction Number] [Data]
MENU will set DOING to the current menu name.
? Display the DOING Node Status
[secs] Number of seconds between updates [optional]
(default is 3 seconds and the minimum is 3 seconds)
/NH Do NOT display the Fe-line Software header.
<text to display to user> is the text description you would like to display
about what the User is doing. This can be upto 30
characters in length.
[MenuFunction Number] is the ProBoard Menu Function you would like to
perform. [optional]
[Data] is the Data Parameters for the MenuFunction Number.
[optional]
Examples:
Our example user is called Peter Pan and he is in the menu defined in
"MESSAGE.PBM".
1) Set the DOING Descriptive Text to the current Menu Name.
There are two ways of doing this.
a) DOING MENU - This will display "Peter Pan in MESSAGE Menu"
(MESSAGE is the .PBM filename as seen in ProCfg)
or
b) DOING "is in the Message Menu" - This will display "Peter Pan is
in the Message Menu".
2) Set the DOING Descriptive Text to the selected Menu Option and then
perform that Menu Option.
There are two ways of doing this.
a) To display "Peter Pan is Entering a New Message" :
DOING "is Entering a New Message" 27 *
27 is the MenuFunction Number as specified in ProCfg and * is the
parameter the Menu Function Number requires to run.
╔═══════════════════════════════════[ MESS ]═════════════════════════════════╗
║ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ║
║ 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 ║
║ [^E^] Enter New Message ║
║ ║
║ Color : White on Black Example Text ║
║ ║
║ HotKey : E ║
║ Function : 60 - Run ProBoard PEX File ║
║ Data : DOING "Entering a New Message" 27 * ║
║ ║
║ Min.Level: 0 Nodes: All nodes ║
║ Max.Level: 0 ║
║ Flags : -------------------------------- ║
║ Min. Age : 0 Password required: No ║
║ Max. Age : 0 Password: ║
║ Sex : Don't Care ║
║ Time Left: 0 ┌─RIP───────────────┐ ║
║ Time Onl.: 0 │ Show remote : No │ ║
║ Timeframe: Fully enabled │ Show local : Yes │ ║
║ Min.Speed: 0 │ Reset screen: Yes │ ║
║ Max.Speed: 0 └───────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
b) To display "Peter Pan is Entering a Message":
This way need 2 menu option entries with the same HotKey. This
means the DOING description is entered as the first Menu Option
and the actual existing Menu Option is executed afterwards.
╔═══════════════════════════════════[ MESS ]═════════════════════════════════╗
║ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ║
║ 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 ║
║ [^E^] Enter New Message ║
║ ║
║ Color : White on Black Example Text ║
║ ║
║ HotKey : E ║
║ Function : 60 - Run ProBoard PEX File ║
║ Data : DOING "Entering a New Message" ║
║ ║
║ Min.Level: 0 Nodes: All nodes ║
║ Max.Level: 0 ║
║ Flags : -------------------------------- ║
║ Min. Age : 0 Password required: No ║
║ Max. Age : 0 Password: ║
║ Sex : Don't Care ║
║ Time Left: 0 ┌─RIP───────────────┐ ║
║ Time Onl.: 0 │ Show remote : No │ ║
║ Timeframe: Fully enabled │ Show local : Yes │ ║
║ Min.Speed: 0 │ Reset screen: Yes │ ║
║ Max.Speed: 0 └───────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═══════════════════════════════════[ MESS ]═════════════════════════════════╗
║ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ║
║ 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 ║
║ ; ║
║ ║
║ Color : White on Black Example Text ║
║ ║
║ HotKey : E ║
║ Function : 27 - Enter New Message ║
║ Data : * ║
║ ║
║ Min.Level: 0 Nodes: All nodes ║
║ Max.Level: 0 ║
║ Flags : -------------------------------- ║
║ Min. Age : 0 Password required: No ║
║ Max. Age : 0 Password: ║
║ Sex : Don't Care ║
║ Time Left: 0 ┌─RIP───────────────┐ ║
║ Time Onl.: 0 │ Show remote : No │ ║
║ Timeframe: Fully enabled │ Show local : Yes │ ║
║ Min.Speed: 0 │ Reset screen: Yes │ ║
║ Max.Speed: 0 └───────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
This way is only really useful if the PEX or MenuFunction you
wish to use is exceptionally long.
We recommend you use method 1 above.
3) Displaying the current DOING info for the Nodes and update this info
every 4 seconds.
There is only one way of doing this.
DOING ? 4
This will display the DOING.A?? file to the User and update every 4
seconds. The minimum update is 3 seconds
If you don't want the Fe-line Software Copyright header displayed, then
simply add /NH to the Data line.
DOING ? /NH
You should hopefully be able to get the idea of how DOING works from the
above 3 examples.
DOING is FreeWare. This means that we require *no* registration fee for
you to use this PEX for as long as you wish. We would like to hear from you
if you do decide to use this PEX. :-)
This PEX is supplied "as is" and we will not be held responsible for any
damage caused by this PEX. It works on our BBS ok, so that is the only
guarantee given :-)
--
Sarah & Faye, sysops@fe-line.demon.co.uk Home of Fe-line Software
http://www.win-uk.net/~fe-line ftp://ftp.win-uk.net/pub/users/fe-line
ProBoard *UK* Registration and Support Site ProBoard Beta Team
TGPBN Net Coordinators PSN *UK* Regional Coordinator
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ We can be reached on the following Node Numbers. │
│ (2:254/278 Fido / 311:21/0 PSN / 173:902/300 DqP-Net / 752:752/0 TGPBN) │
│ sysops@fe-line.demon.co.uk / Internet │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘