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wcView local node viewing tool

Use this program to view caller activity on line. Open an MS-DOS command prompt window and run wcView with the number of the node you want to view, from the command prompt.

For instance, to view activity on Node 1, type

WCVIEW 1 [ENTER]

Viewing node activity

What you see

The Command Menu

How do I

You can also start wcView automatically by double-clicking a node in wcONLINE.


What you see

When you use wcView to view node activity, the screen changes to display exactly what your caller sees. You can watch the caller enter commands, and see exactly what he is doing.


Command Menu

File Menu

New window launches another copy of wcView, letting you view more than one node at a time.

Print prints the current screen.

Print Setup pops up the Print Setup dialog box. You can select your printer options from here

Exit closes wcView.

Edit Menu

Copy copies the marked area to the clipboard.

Paste pastes copied text at the cursor position.

View Menu

View Toolbar toggles the toolbar view on and off.

View Statusbar toggles the statusbar view on and off.

Select node pops up the Node Selection dialog box, allowing you to select the node you want to view.

Next node views the numerically next node. For example, if you are viewing node 7, this will change the view to display node 8.

Previous node views the numerically previous node. For example, if you are viewing node 7, this will change the view to display node 6.

Tools Menu

Add 5 minutes adds five minutes to the user's time available for the current call.

Remove 5 minutes removes 5 minutes from the user's time available for the current call.

Font pops up the Font Selection dialog box. Select the font options you want to display this window.

Security  pops up the Select Security dialog box. Lets you change callers’ security level “on the fly”.

Initiate chat initiates a chat with the caller connected to the node being viewed.

User properties displays the user properties, as entered in the Your Settings section of the BBS.

Help Menu

Help topics launches the wcView help system.

About Displays version and copyright information about the program.


A note about viewing

When you view a node, you can type into the window of the node being viewed. This means that you can help callers who have become confused and need a point in the right direction. Use care when typing into one of your caller’s screens.

Caution: Running wcView does use system resources, and may affect the performance of your system. Use wcView sparingly.


Viewing Node Activity

Open a command line prompt window and run wcView with the number of the node you want to view, from the command prompt.

For instance, to view activity on node 1, type

WCVIEW 1 [ENTER]

You can also start wcView automatically by double-clicking the node to be viewed in wcOnline.


Viewing another node

You can view scan the nodes sequentially. To view the next node:

1.   Select View/Next Node from the command menu, or click the View next icon.

2.   The next node number is loaded into wcView.

You can also view the previous node. To do this:

1.   Select View/Previous Node, or click the View previous icon.

2.   The previous node number is loaded into wcView.

To select a node to view:

1.   Select View/Select Node.

2.   The Node selection dialog box pops up.

3.   Click on the node you want to view and click OK, or double click on the node.


Initiating sysop chat

You can break into your caller’s session by initiating sysop chat. To initiate chat:

1.   Select Tools/Initiate chat from the command menu or click the Initiate chat icon.

2.   Chat is instantly initiated with the caller on the node currently being viewed.


Viewing multiple nodes

You can view multiple nodes by typing in the node range. For example, to view nodes 2, 3, and 4, type

WCVIEW 2-4 [ENTER]

To view nodes that are not consecutive, type the nodes in separated by a space. For example, to view nodes 4,10, and 63, you would type

WCVIEW 4 10 63 [ENTER]

You can use the multiple node view in combination. For example, to view nodes 1, 2, 3, and 12, type

WCVIEW 1-3 12 [ENTER]


Viewing user properties

You can view information about the caller on each node.

1.   Select Tools/Properties from the command menu or clicking the Properties icon.

2.   A property sheet pops up, allowing you to see the information stored in the user’s Your Settings database file, as well as current statistical information.


Printing a viewer's screen

You can select File/Print to print the current wcView screen to a printer. This gives you a hard (paper)copy of what your callers are seeing and doing.


How do I

A note about wcView

Initiating sysop chat

Printing a viewer's screen

View another node

Viewing multiple nodes

Viewing node activity

Viewing user properties

Sending an online message to a user

Add or remove time for the current caller


Add or remove time for the current caller

If you want to add five minutes to the total time available to the current caller, select Tools/Add 5 minutes, or click the Add 5 minutes icon.

If you want to remove five minutes from the total time available to the current caller, select Tools/Remove 5 minutes, or click the Remove 5 minutes icon.


Node selection
 All available nodes are displayed. Select the node you want to view by clicking once on the node and then clicking OK, or by double clicking on the node.


Online Message Keys

The [ALT] key, used in conjunction with numbers 1 through 9 will display the corresponding display file to the current caller. For instance, when you press [ALT] [1], Wildcat! displays ALT1.BBS, [ALT] [2] displays ALT2.BBS, and so on.

These messages might be used to warn a caller that the system is going to be shut down for maintenance, or that the caller's time has been reduced for some other reason. If you want to disconnect the caller, add @LOGOFF@ to the end of the file.