Death was made from a little program I got from my friend Abercrombie Finch
who is the SysOp of Polis BBS (405) 366-7538 (he made me say that!).
Anyway, I hope that you will have a bit of fun with it.
Setting up Death for your BBS
[1] Stick it in a folder with all of the included documents.
[2] Allow Death to be called by a command 50 or 51 from Red Ryder Host.
[3] Test it out a few times until you get the pathnames correct.
[4] Sit back and enjoy listening to your users scream in horror.
[5] Send Robert some big buck!! ($5 would be rather nice)
Robert Wiley Thurman
2057 West Lindsey #H
Norman, OK 73069
Death Menucommands
1: Exit To Host
This command causes Mystery to launch back to Red Ryder Host. If the pathname to Host is incorrect, then a cute little dialog box is displayed so that you can change this path. No optional data is needed.
2: Load New Menu
This command loads in a new menu. This menu will only use Mystery menu commands -- not Red Ryder Host menu commands. Also, the menu file must be in the same folder as Mystery or it will not be found. The file name of menu to be loaded must be in the menus optional data -- only the file name. Do not include the menus file's pathname in the optional data!
3: Hang Up
This command allows the user to hang up. It will also the sysop menu in RR Host so that none of the selections are checked. No optional data is needed.
4: Version and Credits
This command will allow the user to see what version of Mystery he is using. Please include it somewhere in your message base area, since I am such a ham.
5: Chat Request
This command rings and annoys the SysOp so that he will know that a user wants to chat with him. This command rings the amount of time specified in your BBS options and doesn't ring if you select the corresponding menu option under the SysOp menu. No optional data is needed.
9: Exit to Finder
This command allows the user to exit to the finder. This command could be used to shut down the board or used locally to quit from Mystery. No optional data is needed.
10: Display Text File
This command displays a text file. The user cannot cancel, pagenate, or suspend the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
11: Display Text File Control-C Control-P
This command displays a text file. The user can only cancel and pagenate the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
12: Display Text File Control-C Control-P Control-S
This command displays a text file. The user can cancel, pagenate, or suspend the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
13: Display Text File Control-P Control-S
This command displays a text file. The user can pagenate, or suspend the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
14: Display Text File Control-C Control-P
This command displays a text file. The user cannot cancel or pagenate the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
15: Display Text File Control-P
This command displays a text file. The user can pagenate the file. The text file to be display must be in the same folder as Mystery. Only the file name of the file to be displayed should be put in the optional data.
40: Expert Toggle
This command toggles the expert flag. No optional data is needed.
51: Exit to Application
This command allows Mystery to branch to another application. The path and file name of the application (separated by a colon) must be in the optional data.
