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BBSNAME=The Charlatan's Cabin BBS
CTSCHECK=YES
LISTPATH=C:\WC30\DOORS
LISTNAME=The Southern California BBS List
LISTFILE=SOCAL???.LST
HEADERLINES=5
STARTMARK= =============
AREACOLUMN=3
STATECOLUMN=0
LISTNAME=Listing of 9600 baud BBSes
LISTFILE=96LIST??.TXT
HEADERLINES=3
STARTMARK= -----------------
AREACOLUMN=1
STATECOLUMN=59
You may edit this file as desired, following these guidelines:
BBSNAME= The name of your BBS as you want it to appear in
the program's displays.
CTSCHECK= Indicate YES or NO ... do you want the program to
check for Clear to Send? Default is YES if this
line isn't found.
LISTPATH= The complete Path to your BBS lists.
Next, you'll need to set up configuration information for each BBS list
you want to support in SuperScan. NOTE: You'll need to place ALL of the
lists in the directory defined in LISTPATH.
A maximum of 9 BBS lists may be included ... any beyond that will be
ignored.
For each BBS list, create a block of entries consisting of these six lines:
LISTNAME= The name of the list as you want it displayed on the
menu screen.
LISTFILE= The name of the BBS list file itself. Reasonable
wildcards are acceptable, such as "SOCAL???.LST" The
program's search routine will display the first
matching file, so be sure to delete old ones when you
receive a new list.
HEADERLINES= Indicates how many lines from the very top of the
list file you want to display. This might include
the name of the list, the compilation date, and
perhaps some information as to how the listing is
coded. I suggest you keep this to a fairly small
number because this info will be displayed each
time a search is initiated on a particular list.
STARTMARK= This is a little tricky ... it is a "text sample" of
a line in the file, after which you want to start the
search. Many lists have long headers including sample
listings which you don't want to include in the search.
Then, there will be a "tear-bar" or some keyword that
will indicate the beginning of the real list. Put a
unique chunk of that line after the STARTMARK option to
control where the search begins. Typically, a short line
of hyphens is often used, and the option might look
something like this: STARTMARK=---------------
AREACOLUMN= This indicates the column in which the area code is
listed. The program will look for an exact match of
the three-digit area code requested by the user,
beginning in this column. To disable this option, set
the value to 0, and the search mode will not be offered.
BE SURE TO TEST these options whenever you add or update
a list, as minor format changes can "break" SuperScan.
STATECOLUMN= This indicates the column in which to begin looking for
the state abbreviation. The program will look for an
exact match of the two-letter state abbreviation requested
by the user, anywhere between this column and the end of
the line. It will perform an "intelligent" search,
looking for either a SPACE or a COMMA before the state,
reducing the chances of bogus matches.
BE SURE TO TEST these options whenever you add or update
a list, as minor format changes can "break" SuperScan.
It's important to note that the block of options for each list must be filled
out completely, or SuperScan may produce unpredictable results! Also, be sure
to keep them in the order shown above. Do NOT omit any lines or SuperScan
will reject the configuration file.