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EZCaller v1.00 (c) 1993 Philip Dean.
The Eagle's Nest BBS, Sydney, Australia, 3:714/409, +61-2-451-0535.
Ezycom Recent Callers Database and Viewer.
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** EZCaller Quick Installation Instructions **
This file contains the basic things you need to know to install EZCaller
quickly and easily.
I have included this file because I hate having to wade through big
documentation files when I just want to get a new program and install it
quickly to see how it runs.
For more detail on the hows and whys of the various options, see the
documentation file EZCALLER.DOC.
Installing EZCaller.
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EZCALLER.EXE can be in any directory provided it is in your PATH or you provide
a full path and filename when invoking EZCaller.
EZCALLER.CFG, the configuration file, MUST be in the current directory when
invoking EZCaller or in the directory specified by the EZY environment
variable.
The Environment variable EZY must be set to your Ezycom BBS Directory.
(ie put 'SET EZY=C:\EZY' in your autoexec.bat file if you haven't already).
The EZCALLER.CFG file is a plain vanilla ascii file that looks as follows:-
BBS Name <=- Name of BBS to be displayed at top of Caller list (Max 25 Chars)
* <=- Key to View Best Ever Caller List.
Y <=- Y or N - Use Page Pausing in EZCaller -L (outside) mode.
Y <=- Y or N - Use Colour on Local Display.
Y <=- Y or N - Add Command List to End of Caller List Files.
30 <=- No. seconds to wait for files to become free.
Colour Code Commands.
Use any text file editor to alter these options.
The Caller List Database, Index and ASL/ASC display files will be
automatically created when you first run EZCaller and will contain the current
contents of YESTER.BBS and TODAY.BBS. The rest of the database will fill out
over the first 8 days of running EZCaller.
Invoking EZCaller.
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EZCaller accepts the following Command Line Switches.
-U Update Caller List Database after Caller.
-L View Caller Lists while Outside of Ezycom.
-S Force Rebuild of ASL/ASC/ANS/AVT Caller List Files.
-R Force EZCaller to ReIndex the Caller List Database.
-Ddate Force EZCaller to reset Caller List Dates.
-Ex Export Caller List for Day x to File (Export All Lists x=All).
-Ixfname Import Caller List in File 'fname' to Day x (Best Ever Day x=10).
-? Display EZCaller's Information Screen.
* Invoking EZCaller From Within Ezycom
To run EZCaller within Ezycom (replacing the Option 51 Menu Command),
first, place the two EZCaller menus, EZCALLTD.MNU and EZCALLER.MNU in your
Ezycom Menus Directory.
Next, replace the Option 51 Menu Command with an Option 1 (Goto Menu) Menu
Command.
In the menu DATA field for this Option 1, place the following:
EZCALLTD
I provide the (R) Recent Callers option to users in my TOP (main) menu.
If you will be calling the EZCaller menus from some menu other than TOP then
you will need to use EZYMENU to edit the data field of the LAST TWO lines of
EZCALLER.MNU, replacing 'TOP' with the name of the menu which provides the
Recent Callers Option on your system.
You must also add to your BBS Batch File the following:
EZCALLER -U
This should be appropriately placed so that it is run after a user logs off
(including local logons).
* Invoking EZCaller Outside Ezycom
To invoke EZCaller outside of Ezycom, be it at the DOS prompt, or from
within another program such as FD, enter the command
EZCALLER.EXE -L
(NOTE: EZCALLER.CFG must be in the current directory or in the directory
specified by the EZY environment variable).
End Notes.
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For further details, see the main documentation file, EZCALLER.DOC.
Philip Dean.
Sysop, The Eagle's Nest BBS 3:714/409 March 1993.