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OUTCOMM Documentation
Outcomm is a door utility. The basic purpose of this program is to
display a file to the user out the comport when a door cannot be used for
some reason or another. This may be due to you closing the door temporarily,
OR another user might already be in the door (Which doesn't support a
multi-node BBS).
There are a LOT of doors that do not support Multi-Node and it is your
responsibility to modify your Door Batch file so only one user is in the door
at a time. One way to modify your batch file is like this:
CD \DOORS\TRADEWAR
if exist INUSE.TXT goto INUSE
rem Let's rename our BUSY.TXT to INUSE.TXT so other nodes somebody is in it
rename BUSY.TXT
TWADEWAR.EXE C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS
rem Let's rename it back to BUSY.TXT so people can access the door again.
rename INUSE.TXT BUSY.TXT
goto DONE
:INUSE
rem Let's notify the user that the door is in use.
OUTCOMM.EXE C:\PCB NO GAMEBUSY
:DONE
CD \PCB
BOARD
If you wish to use OUTCOMM in some other area (Like your PCBTEST.BAT file),
you will need to get a copy of my OUTCOMM1.ZIP file as it only requires the
PCBOARD.SYS and PCBOARD.DAT (USERS.SYS is not required).
This version of OUTCOMM requires the PCBOARD.SYS, USERS.SYS, and
PCBOARD.DAT to be in the PCB directory (Which is defined by you on the command
line).
The reason why the USERS.SYS is required is so that 90% of all the PCBoard
macros can be used in the text file. These macros are then converted properly
and displayed to the user.
SETUP
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1. Be sure in your DOORS.DAT file (Use PCBSetup to Edit) that you tell it
to create a USERS.SYS file.
2. Modify your Door Batch file to display the file to the user (As in the
example above).