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The Ultimate Todays Callers Bulletin Generater V0.1A By John Doran.
Okay.. Here are some REALLY quick docs on how to use this utility.
Make A New SubDirectory From Your Adept Directory Caller TODAY.
<IE: F:\Adept\Today>
Unzip U_TDAY1A.ZIP into the new subdirectory...
Edit the "TodayHead.Ans/Asc" <the Ansi Header Used By UltiToday> And The
"TodayFoot.Ans/Asc" <Footer Files> In Anyway You Wish. Just NOt That The
'GridWork' spacing should not be played with... Otherwise The List Of Callers
will NOT properly Align.. and look unsightly.... Just edit the first few
lines of the Header.. bottom few lines of the footer... etc... The Default
screens are not ugly.. in fact... I knida like its simplicity <smile>.
Once you've got the header/footer the way you want it <or using the defaults>
copy them into your Adept\Text directory where all your other ANSI and ASCII
screens are kept.
Add the following line into your AtStart.CMD:
Call AdeptChainRexx 'C:\Adept\Today\Today.ERX',line
^^^^^^^^^ Make sure this is YOUR Adept Path
and not mine <smile>.
The "line" above is the keyword used in
the first few lines of AtStart.CMD
<ie: ARG line>.. if your ARG has another
Keyword... other than line.. than change
the above line to add into AtStart.CMD
to reflect the keyword already in use
by AtStart.CMD.
Now... whenever callers log on <on any node...>.. it will be automatically
updated.. so if they choose to look at the list while online.. they'll see
all of the callers for today.. INCLUDING them!
Now... we need to add into your MAIN.MENU <found in Adept\Menus> A line to
SHOW The Bulletins created to your users.... <or you can do it in AtStart..
but more on that later>.
To add UltiToday's Bulletins into your Main.Menu... add the following line.
T, 51, [T]odays Callers Bulletin,TODAY.ASC,0
T = The Key From The Menu Which Pulls Up Todays Bulletins...
51 = Shows A Text File
[T] <blah blah> = Description Of This Key.
TODAY.ASC = The Bulletin Showed <Asc/Ans>...
0 = Security Level Needed To Access This Key Command.
And thats it!
If You Want It Shown Automatically Upon Logon... Then Add Into AtStart.CMD
<AFTER The Above Added Lines To AtStart>...
Call AdeptMenuType line,51,'Today.Asc'
^^^^
Read above about 'line'...
If this is added to the AtStart.CMD then all users logging on will be shown
the bulletin... before hitting the main menu.
Good luck.. and leave me feedback in the echos!
John Doran
NightStalker BBS @ [212] 486-6281