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Night Owl's CDROM Door
sysop Guide
(C>opyright Night Owl's Publisher Inc. 1993
Ver 1.0
1. Introduction
Welcome to the Night Owl's CDROM Door. You will be amazed at how simple
The door is to install and maintain. In a very few minutes you
will be able to allow your users access to up to 15 Night Owl's
CDROMs at the same time.
You will no longer have to keep modifying your display files
every time you want to add a new ROm. You can run Night Owl's
CDROMs easily and efficiently for both yourself and your users.
2. Installing the Door
There are only a few simple steps to installing the Night Owl's
CDROM Door. The following sections describe what you need to do.
To get started you will need to create a directory and
place the NDOOR.eXE file in it. It is recommended that you use
a directory devoted specifically to this program to avoid any
accidents while installing the software.
md ndoor
3. Creating the NDOOR.CFG File
Below is a listing of the contents of the NDOOR.CFG file.
Make sure that you follow these instructions very carefully.
Failure to follow the instructions will most likely result in
your BBS crashing when you try to open the door.
Use a regular ASCII text editor to create a file called
NDOOR.CFG. Place this file in the directory where you will be
placing the NDOOR.EXE file.
Here is a line-by-line summary of exactly what the NDOOR.CFG
file contains.
Line #1 - BBS Name
Place the name of your BBS here.
The field will be case sensitive and can occupy 40
characters maximum.
Line #2 - Registration Number
Place the 6 digit registration number here.
Be sure to type this number carefully.
Use 0 if you have not yet registered the door.
Line #3 - File Download Path
Place the complete path name, including drive letter, here.
This path must already exist for the door to operate
correctly.
(Refer to section 4 for more information on this path.)
Line 4 and higher - CDROM descriptor Lines
You will have one line for every Night Owl's CDROM you
wish to access through the door.
Place the following items on one line separated by
one space.
All path locations must be less than 64 characters in
length. This is the PCBoard standard and should not
pose a problem.
1. The number of directories on the CDROM.
You can determine this number by examining the DIR
file contained in the TEXT directory on your CDROM.
This number will be the last category with a
description.
2. The drive and path where the text DIR files
are located.
This may be either from the CDROM itself or in a
directory you have created on your hard drive.
Keeping the DIR files on your hard drive will speed
up the operation of the door.
3. The drive, path and file name where the index file
for this CDROM is located.
(refer to section 4 for more information on
creating the index file.)
4. The CDROM description.
This field will be displayed on the disk menu if
you are configuring more than one Night Owl's
CDROM.
The description can be up to 40 characters maximum.
4. PCBoard Setup Requirements
Now that you have the door ready to operate you can make
the changes necessary for PCBoard to run the door.
1. Create the CDROM index file.
use the MAKEIDX utility that comes with PCBoard to create
an index file of each CDROM you will be accessing
through the door.
The command would look like this
makeidx pathlist.pth romx.idx
Where pathlst.pth is a file that contains the line
d:\
The appropriate drive letter should be substituted.
and where romx.idx is the version number of the rom you are
indexing (e.g. rom8.idx)
These index files should be placed in the path you specified
in the NDOOR.CFG file you have already created.
2. Add the CDROM index files and the file download path to the
PCBoard download path.
Go into PCBSETUP and edit the download path on the Main
Board Configuration screen to include each of your CDROM index
files.
Remember that an index file must be proceeded with a
percent sign (%).
The path you specified in the NDOOR.CFG file on Line #3
should also be entered in at this time.
3. Add the door to the DOORS.LST file.
Go into PCBSETUP and edit the DOORS.LST file on the Main
Board Configuration screen to include NDOOR.
Set USERS.SYS to Y and leave the others as N.
4. Create the door BAT file.
Listed below is a sample file. Use it as an example to
create the door BAT file to invoke the NDOOR executable.
@echo off
cd \ndoor
ndoor
%PCBDRIVE%
cd %PCBDIR%
board
This file should be named the same as the door name specified in
the DOORS.LST file in PCBSetup.
5. Modify your Dlpath.lst file to add your new download area for the
Rezip command.
6. Make sure you create this we created it in the PCB board directory
and called it Ndoordl this is only for the rezip command.
6. Modify your BOARD.BAT files.
You will need to add to your BOARD.BAT field in each node
directory the following statement.
if exist c:\pcb\ndoordl\rezip%PCBNODE%.zip
del c:\pcb\ndoordl\rezip%PCBNODE%.zip
This command should be typed on ONE line and come right before you run
the PCBoard executable.
This insures that any REZIP files left behind by
your users are deleted.
You are now ready to open the door and begin using it on your
system.
For support you will have access to the Night Owl's
You may register the door also by accessing Night Door
conference and reading the bulletin on how to register
it and then we will leave you a private message with your
serial number to register your door.
BBS - 716-483-3925 HST Dual
BBS - 716-484-3067 HST 19200
BBS - 716-484-3917 HST Dual
This program will not be permitted to be copyed to any CD-ROM except for
the Night Owl's Cd-Roms.