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- This door is fully tested by multi-node systems. The door has performed
- flawlessly under both Networks and Multitaskers.
-
- If you are running PCBoard 14.5 you can run this door with a single
- batch file and .CNF file for all nodes!
-
- On my system I have three nodes. The default directories are called:
-
- D:\PCB1
- C:\PCB2
- C:\PCB3
-
- The variables needed are the drive letter and the node number, so I set
- those in my environment by putting the following in my BOARD.BAT (on
- node 1):
-
- SET DRIVE=D:
- SET NODE=1
-
- For Node 2's BOARD.BAT it's:
-
- SET DRIVE=C:
- SET NODE=2
-
- Node 3:
-
- SET DRIVE=C:
- SET NODE=3
-
- Then I go into PCBSETUP and edit the DOORS.LST (aka DOORS.DAT) file to
- define the path to the batch file. I use D:\DOORBATS.
-
- I go to the \DOORBATS directory and create the door batch file. For a
- Prokit door it would look something like this (node 1 used for example):
-
- Batch file says: DOS Translates it to:
-
- @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF
- D: D:
- CD\PCB\DOORS CD\PCB\DOORS
- DOOR DOOR.CNF %DRIVE%\PCB%NODE% DOOR DOOR.CNF D:\PCB1
- %DRIVE% D:
- CD\PCB%NODE% CD\PCB1
- BOARD BOARD
-
- This method makes it a cynch to install a door on any number of nodes.
- the .CNF files for Prokit doors aren't node specific, so there is no
- reason to have more than one of them. In the case of DOORPCH doors, you
- need on .CFG file per node, but you can still point to them using the
- %NODE% variable if you name them something like PCH1.CFG,
- PCH2.CFG, etc. I'm running a large assortment of different doors, and
- so far, all of them have installed using this method.
-
-