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---ErgoRand---
Written By: RAYMOND F. CAVA
ErgoNet BBS - (609) 729-8227
(c) 1993 Raymond F. Cava, All rights Reserved
All software is provided AS IS. I Take NO responsibilty For anything Happening
to your system. By reading This and proceeding to use htis program, you hereby
take all responsibilities of any consequences.
I am poor in the way of legal dissclaimers and doccuments, but you get the
idea.
I worte ERGORAND because I was sick of useing Other Peoples Random Quote
Generators... Also, As a First year Graphics Art student I find money scarce
and By writeing some quality software I hope to gain a few bucks.
This SOftware is released AS IS. It is not crippled in anyway Accept for
the fact that the Databse Editor and message adder described later
in these Doc's is not included. For a small Rgeistration fee of $10.00
US. Currency (Money Orders Prefered)... I will mail you the Editor.
(more on this later in the Doc's)
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ERGADMAS.EXE
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ERGADMSG.EXE will let you as many quotes or messages as you want,
up to 140 characters long devided into two lines.
Commands From Within ERGADMSG.
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[A]nter a new quote:
This will let you ad a two line wuote... 70 characters per line.
[E]dit a quote:
This will let you chose a quote and edit it.
[V]iew a quote:
This will let you view a quote and give you It's record Number
to make for easier editing.
[X] exits ErgoRand
(NOTE! this file is not included in this archive. This is a feature of the
Registered Version ONLY! Registration is only $10.00.. Upon arrival of
you $10.00 I will mail you a copy of the editor. The editor will be encrypted
with a special code that matches your name, so any illegal ditribution
of the editor can be tracked. ... ** PLEASE help a starveing Art Student and
register this program** )
Files Created.
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ERGORAND.DAT --- This is the database that holds the quotes. The database
included has 408 quotes in it.
DO NOT EDIT THIS FILES WITH A TEXT EDITOR! ONLY USE THE PROVIDED PROGRAMS!
or else the files will become corrupt and not work properly.
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ErgoRand.EXE
___
ERGORAND.EXE randomly chooses the quote or message from the ERGORAND.DAT
file.
Files Needed
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Input.fil --- This file can have ANY name and MUST be placed on line 4
of the RANDOM.CFG file. This is the File to append the
randomly selected message to. If this file does not
exist, this program will not work. If you do not want to
append the quote to a specific file, then create a zero
length file and place it on line 4 of the RANDOM.CFG file.
Random.CFG --- Needed for the program to properly run.
Line 1 Ray
Line 2 Cava
Line 3 00000 ' reg number.... not in use but leave it like this
Line 4 input.fil ' PATH and filename to append random message to
Line 5 output.fil ' PATH and filename that is actually displayed by
' the BBS
Files Created
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ERGOHOLD.DAT --- This holds the quote that is being appended to your
file.
OUTPUT.fil --- This file can have ANY name and must be place on line 5 Of
The RANDOM.CFG file. This is the file that is created from
mergeing INPUT.FIL and ERGOHOLD.DAT and contains your screen
with the quote added onto the end.
___
HOW TO RUN ERGORAND.EXE
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Some COnstants Added FOr Example Only:
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The path to ErgoRand.EXE = c:\ergorand\
The Input File = INPUT.FIL
the ouput file = OUTPUT.FIL
Sample $$LOGOFF.BAT File (as used for PCBOARD:
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c:
cd \ergorand
ergorand
cd \
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PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS IMPORTANT!
The Directory you run ergorand from MUST contain the RANDOM.CFG file!
And ALL PATHS MUST be specified in the RANDOM.DAT files, on lines 4 and 5.
Thats it....
Ordering Info:
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Mail Money Orders Only Made Payable To RAYMOND CAVA for $10.00 to:
Ray Cava
PO BOX 836
Wildwood, NJ 08260
Include:
Your NAME, Address, Phone Number, Disk Size (3.5" or 5.25"), and where
you found this file.....
Other Quality Programs Made By Me Include....
BBS DOORS:
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[$15.00] TNG-GWALL.ZIP ---- The Next Generation Graffitti Wall. (ANY BBS)
[$25.00] ADDRDB.ZIP ---- New USers Addres DataBase. (PCBoard 14.x and up
Specific) Collect addresses of NEW users as
they log in.
Other Programs:
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[$25.00] PHONEDB.ZIP ---- This is a basic, well written Phone Number
Database. Allows searching of First Name,
Last Name, From one letter (finds all begin
ing with letter), to whole name (finding all
entries with that name) Allows Jumping To
Specific Record Numbers, Or viewing From any
Record to the end... to do a wide area search.
Allows Editing Of Any Record.
All programs Carry Free Upgrades plus the $2.00 shipping and handleing.
If you upgrade more than one file at once, there will be the charge of
$1.00 per additional program.
You Will be notified Of each Upgrade By US mail.
*** If you would like to test any of these programs, request them by name
and they will be posted to you with the editor for ERGORAND free of charge.
Thank you For takeing The Time To Read My Doccumentation.