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- L H D o o r -
LHArc Viewer and LHZ/PAK/ARC Conversion Door
V e r s i o n 1 . 1 2 q
by
J o n H a m l i n
The Programmer's Paradise
1:387/609
- and -
J a n M a a s k a n t
Expansions RBBS
1:387/301
LHDoor -- LHARC to ZIP/PAK/ARC Archive Conversion Door
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LHDoor: What does it do?
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LHDoor is the "cousin" to our ZipDor door. It will take an
archive created in the new LHARC format and put it into the
standard ARC, the PAK format, or the impressive ZIP format.
Users can also view a LHARC archive since QuickBBS's view an
archive command will only look at ARC standard formats.
What do I do to run it?
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I tried to make it as easy as possible to set up. Just put
LHDOOR.EXE and LD.BAT in your Quick directory (or a
subdirectory --special handling for that later). Now go to
Quick and call for a type 7 or type 15 exit with the data
line like this: 'C:\COMMAND.COM /C LD.BAT'. Now make sure
that the program called MORE.COM which came with your DOS is
either in the QuickBBS directory or in your DOS PATH
statement. That should do it.
LHDoor from a subdirectory
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You may like running doors from a subdirectory in order to
have less clutter in your QuickBBS directory (or just for
safety). LHDoor is not picky at all. It will run from
anywhere. All you will need to do is:
1) Make sure LHDOOR.EXE is in LHDoor's subdirectory or in
your path so LHDoor can run it.
2) Put a copy of FLSEARCH.CTL into the LHDoor directory. (A
future version might allow you to use the path to
FLSEARCH.CTL as a command-line parameter)
3) Put a copy of the included LVIEW.COM file into the LHDoor
directory.
4) Modify the ZD.BAT file to look like this:
WATCHCD COM1 ON
CTTY GATE1
COPY DORINFO1.DEF <your LHDoor directory goes here>
CD <LHDoor directory>
LHDOOR
CD <QuickBBS directory>
CTTY CON
WATCHCD COM1 OFF
What if I run on COM2?
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Again, LHDoor does not care. Just change all references to
COM1 in ZD.BAT to COM2 (and GATE1 to GATE2).
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Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 1 -- May 6, 1989
LHDoor -- LHARC to ZIP/PAK/ARC Archive Conversion Door
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I don't have those GATE1 or GATE2 files.
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GATE1 and GATE2 are from the GATEWAY CTTY command. It will
allow both you and the remote user to access LHDoor (so you
can help the confused caller). If you don't have GATEWAY,
but still want to run LHDoor, then just change GATE1 to COM1
and GATE2 to COM2.
I don't use Watchcd.
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If you're not running WATCHCD, but are running something else
such as WATCHDOG, LHDoor will run fine with any of them. But
please use a utility that monitors Carrier Detect. LHDoor
does not and will sit there if hung up on.
Okay, now I have all these files laying around...
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LHDoor (ZipDor, and Backpak) will automatically add the
converted file's name to an event batch file called
KILLARCS.BAT. This program can be called from your nightly
event batch file with the following form:
IF EXIST KILLARCS.BAT C:\COMMAND.COM /C KILLARCS.BAT
IF EXIST KILLARCS.BAT C:\COMMAND.COM /C KILLARCS.BAT
Files that LHDoor creates/uses:
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LHDOOR.EXE - The program itself.
LVIEW.EXE - A program to View LHARCs with the PK-style of
viewing archives.
_ZDTMP - The temporary file it uses during
the conversion process.
LD.BAT - The .BAT file that is called from Quick
KILLARCS.BAT - The common event file that LHDoor shares with
LHDoor and Backpak to delete the converted
.ZIPs, .ARCs and .PAKs nightly.
FLSEARCH.CTL - Your files path file. LHDoor looks here
for the paths to search for .ZIP files.
It also will look at the security level
to determine whether the user has access
to that directory.
DORINFO1.DEF - Where LHDoor gets the current user's
security.
MORE.COM - -NOT INCLUDED- LHDoor uses more in the
internal file display function to pause for
each screen page.
Support, questions, etc.
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The QuickBBS versions of LHDoor, ZipDor and Backpak were
written by Jon Hamlin. The RBBS versions were written by Jan
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LHDoor -- LHARC to ZIP/PAK/ARC Archive Conversion Door
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Maaskant. (There's a separate manual for RBBS, right,
Jan..).
Warranty
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None.
LHDoor has been tested and has not harmed a computer, but
still you have to realize that you are using it at your own
risk. In NO WAY will either Jon Hamlin or Jan Maaskant be
responsible for any lost time, files, monies, equipment, or
anything else incurred by the use or lack of use of this
program.
Other files by the author:
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BackPak - The "cousin" to ZipDor. This program does all
that ZipDor does, but it does it to PAK format
files and currently does it much slower than
ZipDor.
UserRead - This program will take your QuickBBS userbase and
print it into a standard ASCII text file. It will
also allow you to exclude certain information so
your co-sysops and sigops can use that file
without finding confidential information.
ZipDor - This door will take a ZIP and do basically the
same thing. A version that actually talks to the
modem is in the works.
Modification History:
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1.00q -- Original release. Just a (heavily) modified ZipDor
3.00.
1.10q -- Added a few new features such as the Old style view
and the ability to read a text file within a LHARC.
1.11q -- Added the use of DOS's MORE.COM for display pausing.
1.12q -- Added the routine to strip user-supplied extensions
off of the filenames (made it a little more user-
friendly).
QuickBBS Support
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The Programmer's Paradise
San Antonio, TX
(512) 654-9134
Jon Hamlin, Sysop
1:387/609
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Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 3 -- May 6, 1989
LHDoor -- LHARC to ZIP/PAK/ARC Archive Conversion Door
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Support Options:
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You can send a netmail message to 1:387/609 and I will
respond, but I don't really have the cash to send you the
reply, so my system will hold it. Call back in about a day
and you should receive a reply.
Thanks for using this program!
RBBS Support
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Expansions RBBS
San Antonio, TX
(512) 692-0377
Jan Maaskant, Sysop
1:387/301
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Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 4 -- May 6, 1989