旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Main Menu Options Defined: (Also see Menus.txt) � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � ...and 2 NEW sysop keys.... see the end of this section.... � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� @-Codes have been added see Menus.txt under the menu selection of "Menu File Names", in ICMANUAL.exe By the way - the KEYS in the brackets [], are the keys you have to setup for your users when making a custom menu. Make sure you do not use any KEYs that IconUpDater is already using. When making a RIP screen make sure you set your buttons as follows...(Also see Menus.txt) !|1B3W0K0201F204000F0F050D00040F0700003W|1U6P5000000000<>Download Icons<>D Notice that the command set to the host is "D" and NOT "D^M". The "^M" sends the host a carriage return . IconUpdater does not need or use the expect for continue buttons. An IconUpdater "Continue" button for any RIP screen, user defined or not, would look similar to the following... !|1B3W0K0201F204000F0F050D00040F0700003W|1U6P5000000000<>Continue<>^M [D]ownload ALL Icons This is a Direct Download of your ALLICONS.ZIP file right from IconUpDater, it does not invoke am Icon Scan. If you make your own MAINMENU.RIP screen remember to set your [D]ownload ALL Icons option to "D" not "D^M" like the above example. [I]nformation on RIP graphics ( or any thing else, like you BBS) When this option is selected iconUpDater sends the file "RIPINFO.RIP" to the user if caller is on in RIP, otherwise it send RIPINFO.ANS for ANSI callers. If your callers are like mine you'll like this feature, especially since this program is the first thing your new user see. You can use leave the RIPINFO.ANS and .RIP file the way they are or your can changed them to suit your needs. Realize that if you make your own ANSI screen, use a program like The Draw and save it as ANSI codes, not @-codes like WildCat! But I do offer 20 variable @-codes to retieve filename, user name, & stuff like from IconUpDater... see MENUS.TXT. [A]uto Icon Scan Downloader (Updater) This is the New RIP_FILE_QUERY option. Only users who call in to the BBS with RIPterm or QMpro will be able to select this option. If selected, IconUpDater will pass vitial info to ICFILE.EXE, which will then perform all the necessary processes for Quering Icons on the callers Hard drive. After the scan takes place and the caller needs more than 15* of your icons, then the program will give them choices of: AL[L] Icons zip this will send the caller the ALLICONS ZIP file. [C]ontinue this will continue on and start sending icons 1 at a time to the caller and put them in the proper directory. [U]pDated this will ZIP up just the icons they do not have and send they a UPDATE1.ZIP file with these icons in it. This is great for BBS that have 100 plus icons. [A]bort this does not expect go back to IconUpdater's Main Menu. the 15* above... this just means you can define this option in ICSETUP. 15 is the default. If you set this to say... 23 then the caller has to be missing 23 or more icons before IconUpDater give them the above choices, otherwise, if the caller has less than 23 icons, then IconupDater will automatically start send the icons 1 at time. If the caller has all the icons, then IconUpDater notifies the user as such, and then continues to the BBS. Please try calling from another Computer with RIPterm if you can. It's truely a neato function. For more details on what Auto Scan does see below. [S]pace Saver This new feature is for saving your users hard drive space. As you add new Icons to your Working Icons Directory you are also adding icons to you user's hard drives who call your BBS. Also realize that alot of these callers do not have the Hard Space that you might have. This is why it is important that you only have *.ICN files that you are currently using on your BBS. I do not think I could have made it any easier for you (& myself). If you are not using certain icons, then move them to another directory or delete them, but get them out of you Working Icon Directory.. Then run IMaint. (see ICMaintenance for more info). IcMaint creates and maintains the old icons data base file. Space Saver reads the file "oldicons.dat" into memory and scan the users drive for these icons. If any are found then Space Saver (ICSCAN.EXE) will send the caller a text file called IcDelx.txt, that contains a list of icons found on their drive that they can delete becuase your BBS is no longer using them. The text also explains this. New... Now Space Saver will ask the caller if he/she would like to download DELICONS.EXE to aid in quickly deleting old icons found in the ICDELx.TXT file. If the callers asnwers Yes then Space Saver will send a copy of DELICONS.EXE to the caller...(about 40,000K in size), then the caller can quickly Drop to DOS and run DELICONS or run it after their online session. DELICONS.EXE deletes the icons found in ICDELx.TXT, then deletes the text file ICDELx.TXT, and finally deletes itself. I would like to eventually see DELICONS.EXE work with the Appilcations options of RIPterm. [RETURN] to BBS! (RETURN = ^M in RIP) where BBS is your BBS initials read from the ConFig file. Self explanatory. Exits Door. A return key will work also. If you run ICSETUP you will see that you as the SysOp have the option to force to feature on your callers. If you set it to "Y" (Yes) then when the caller continues to the BBS, IconUpDater will pass control over to ICFILE. When ICFILE is finished scanning Icons it will then exit to the BBS and NOT return control to IconUpDater. AND... [_]_____________ ( you NOW have 3 sysop definable Menu options! ) Blank! Yep, you can put whatever you want here for your users to download. RIPterm? Maybe your MEMBERSHIP.DOC file? New important info! Users can't get away from this Door, since it runs everytime they get online, so make it interesting for them. Your description can only be 30 characters long! If you make your own RIP screen remember that your RIP Button command should just have the letter you set up in your config file; for example if you define a menu option for downloading your [M]embership file then your RIPscript command should look similar to the follow, just having the "M" on then end of the RIPscript. !|1B3W0K0201F204000F0F050D00040F0700003W|1U6P5000000000<>Member file<>M SEE the section of CONFIGs for more info on setting up transfer files or DOS Hooks! ----> [*] --- Just like the RIPscript itself, I added an asterisk mainmenu command key. Hit this key or click just about anywhere on the screen except for a button and this command will reset the screen and redraw the main menu for when you get that little line noice that throws RIPscript out of wack. [?] this just displays info on the author and registeration info... but only to RIP callers. [+] this will log the caller off the BBS. Same as selecting Goodbye in wildcat. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Download Menu Options Defined: � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� If you make your own DOWNMENU.RIP screen for your IconUpDater download menu, you will need to follow the same proceedures as above. The download menu has for Menu buttons (or Options) you will need to put in your RIPscript screen. They are as follows... [X]-modem [Y]-modem [Z]-modem [A]bort transfer each of these buttons should be set up in this manner... !|1B3W0K0201F204000F0F050D00040F0700003W|1U6P5000000000<>Z-modem<>Z This does not mean you have to have this exact RIPscript... I am just saying make sure you have the command at the end with out a ( or ^M ). See "Other Stuff" for MainInfo.ANS which used to be MainInfo.txt. this is a file that IconUpDater calls from the drive and displays it in the default MainMenu..... see 1st section in "Other Stuff". Also see "Menu File Names", in ICMANUAL.exe 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � 3 NEW SysOp Keys have been added. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� F1 - At the bottom of the IconUpDater screen you will see: F1 = Forced switch ON ( or OFF) If you hit F1, then the screen will redraw and the Forced File switch is then turned "ON" if it was "OFF". When you hit F1 again it will tirn it back off. Why have this? say you have a friend online who has call for the first time and you are forcing a file on your users... but you want to quickly allow him access to the BBS... then hit F1 and it will turn the Forced file feature off just for this one user, and allow him the pass to the BBS with out downloading the file. Same goes in the other direction. If a callers is online and you want to forced him to download any files you have in IconUpDater, hit F1 and it will force the files on him. F2 - F2 = Security switch ON ( or OFF) F2 works the same way, except for the security levels. "ON" means that the current user online does NOT have access to at LEAST one of the Sysop definable menu options. "OFF" means that the current users online will have access to everything. F3 - If you type F3, IconUpDater will shell (Drop) to DOS. Just type "EXIT" to return. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ryan C. Andersen 513-860-9669(V)