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PCBWATCH V1.11
May 18, 1992
D&D Software
5315 Wood St
North Little Rock, AR 72231
Support BBS (501)-791-0124
*** This program costs $10 if used longer than 30 days. ***
If you like and use it, please send $10 to the above address.
All updates will be posted on the support BBS.
This program will allow PCB sysops to watch the system status
on a PCBoard system with up to 9 active nodes "/E9".
Below are some of the features:
No time delayed NAG screens.
No 'key' files to worry with.
Up to 255 names to 'Watch' for.
Reads once every 5 seconds so updates don't hog system resources.
Shows last line of the callers log for each node in the display.
Shows time since last activity for each node.
Pop up menu (1 to 9 keys) for each node, allow running a node.bat
batch file, or review the callers log in reverse time fashion for
each node.
Fully Shareware. Not crippled, nagged, or "missing" features.
SETUP:
1-Make a directory for watch, and copy all files into it.
2-Edit watch.cfg and add correct paths to files for your system.
First line is full Drive:\path\filename for usernet.dat
Second line is fill Drive:\path\filename for callers log. Multinode
boards, leave the node number off the filename.
Third Line is your number of nodes (1 to 9)
Fourth Line is the first node # to monitor (default = 1)
3-Edit watch.cfg and add names of users to watch for starting on line
5 under the usernet.dat and callers log paths and node information.
4-Run program by calling WATCH (it will look for default watch.cfg) -or-
run program by calling WATCH CONFIG.CFG. This will allow multiple
sysop boards to allow each sysop to have their own config file with
names to watch for.
Once its up and running:
When a user in the "WATCH.CFG" logs on, their name will be displayed
in the status window, and the program will signal you to press a key
to clear that user from the screen. There currently is no que. If
you are not there to hit a key, the program will wait for you to
return, but will not log watched callers in the mean time.
Hitting ESC exits the program
Hitting number keys (not F-keys) 1-9 bring up that nodes menu.
From this menu, you will have a choice of R)unning Nodes batch file,
Q)uitting back to Watch, or viewing the C)allers log for that node.
Note that the batch file "NODE.BAT" must exist, and is passed one
parameter, the word "node" with the number appended, i.e. "node2".
You can run any other program from this, for example:
TNE:
if %1 == node1 tne-use node1
in this way, once batch file in your path, can work for all 9 nodes,
call other batch files, and be as creative as you want to make it.
TNE was used as an example. Lan Hijack, or several other similar
programs could be used as well.
TESTING:
This program has been tested on Novell, Windows 3.1, and Desqview
(with and without TAME). It supports multiple file sharing, and
requires that "SHARE" be loaded for the file sharing to work.
Please address any comments or suggestions to me at the address
listed at the beginning of this file.