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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!! Setup is Painless.... :)
If you are running Wildcat! v5, DO NOT use this version. DOWNLOAD CTNWxx.ZIP
from MSI (Catnews for Wildcat! v5). This version of Catnews is for
V3 and v4. Your KEY code works with any version of Catnews!
Installation.
1) PKUNZIP the Archive in the Main WC Home directory.
2) EDIT the CATNEWS.CFG file, (If previously installed, Edit)
Line 1: Your BBS Name or Registration Name (No Alias's)
Line 2: Your Complete Drive and Path the Newsletter (NEWSLTR.BBS)
Line 3: Your Complete Drive and Path to the RIP newsletter (NEWSLTR.RIP)
Line 4: 00000 (or Your Reg Code)
Line 5: 3
EACH LINE MUST BE TERMINATED BY A CARRIAGE RETURN. MAKE SURE THEIR ARE
NO SPACES AFTER EACH ENTRY.
Notes: Line 4 MUST NOT contain any letters, but a number.
Line 5 of the Catnews.CFG is the AUTOTRIM function number.
0 means always delete the old news, 1 - means keep 1 newsletter,
2 - 2 newsltrs etc.. Up to 9999.
I use 3 for the latest 3 newsletters.
3) The Catnews.WCX and the wcCODE program.
Go into MakeMenu and add this CATNEWS.WCX to your SYSOP MENU.
Pick a Letter or a number to run the Newsletter Creator.
The Catnews! WCX will evoke the WILDCAT! Internal Editor and allow
you to edit a newsletter up to 150 lines. When using the WCX
the Newsletter will dynamically change in Size. You wont get a FULL
screen Newsletter if you only put 6 lines of text in it. It will
give a 6 line newsletter. The Catnews.WCX should work from REMOTE
as well as local. I toyed with the idea of not clearing the screen
after each newsletter because sometimes you may have a small amount
of news and not many lines on the newsletter, but my Beta testers and
some users thought it was annoying scrolling. Perhaps they were just
used to the full screen look. If you want to keep the full screen look,
just skip down to line 15 of the Full Screen Editor in CATNEWS.WCX then
save it. It will be the same size you are always used to.
(Note! Wildcat! v4.01 Users, should RENAME the CATNEWS.401 to CATNEWS.WCX)
The Advantages of using the WCX interface program????
Well, the biggest and best is the ability for wcCODE to call the WC!
internal Editor to edit the file. It gives ya the spell-check functions
and word wrapping function of the full screen editor. The other big
advantage is that it is a wcCODE program which means you can create the
Newsletter from Remote if you needed too. CATNEWS! WCX Calls CATNEWS.EXE
internally to create the Newsletter. CATNEWS! .EXE still creates the news
and does all the work. The WCX is just an interface between WC! and my
Newsletter Creator. If you dont' wish to be bothered with the WCX, you
can still SHELL TO DOS from WC! and create your newsletter with the
built-in editor inside of CATNEWS.EXE. Either way....your choice.
Registering??
The ORDER.FRM is used to register the Catnews
This ORDER.FRM NOW TAKES more information than previous ones.
If you plan to register, Please use the current form.