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- GetBirth 2.0
- Copyright (c) 1991, Lost In Space Programming
- All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- Introduction.
- GetBirth is a fairly simple program. It has two major tasks. It
- will either get the birthdate of the user currently on-line or it will
- check the birthdates of all the users in your USERS.BBS and USERSXI.BBS
- files against an age and set and/or clear flags accordingly. What
- GetBirth does depends upon what you tell it on the command line. In
- this case, it will probably make the most sense if we just go ahead with
- how to use it.
-
- How to use GetBirth.
- GetBirth accepts up to five command line parameters. These may be
- combined in order to accomodate the sysop. These parameters are com
- port (P#), global use (G), flag to set (flag), flag to clear (-flag), and
- age to check against (age). The port may be any port used with X00 or
- BNU (GetBirth uses the fossil for all com I/O) and is specified with P#
- on the command line ("GetBirth P2" means use COM2). The global use
- means for GetBirth to check each user's birthdate against an age (which
- will be 18 if not specified). It is specified as "GetBirth G". The
- flag to set (either as after the birthdate entry or for those old as age)
- is specified simply as A1 - A8, B1 - B8, C1 - C8, or D1 - D8. Lower
- case works fine also. The flag to clear uses a "-" before the flag name
- but otherwise is identical to the flag to set as far as specification
- ("GetBirth G A8 -C2" will clear flag C2 and set flag A8 for each user 18
- years old or older, "GetBirth P1 B1 -D3" will use COM1, ask the user for
- his/her birthdate, and clear flag D3 and set flag B1 when done.)
- Finally, the age parameter is simply the number for the age you wish to
- check against. ("GetBirth G B1 -D3 21" will check each user for age 21
- and clear flag D3 and set flag B1 for each user that age or older).
-
- Examples:
- Running on-line, to add existing user's birthdate, running as
- a type 7, com1:, and you have it so that C1 controls the
- execution of this menu item:
- GETBIRTH.EXE P1 -C1
-
- Running on-line, you want to CLEAR C1, and set C2 when they run
- this menu item:
- GETBIRTH.EXE P1 -C1 C2
-
- Running as a weekly event, to set the users who are adult, (say,
- 18), and you want all adults to have flag D1 turned on:
- GETBIRTH.EXE G D1 18
-
- Running as a weekly, you want to have a certain flag for those
- between 14 and 18. The adults (18 and older) already have flag
- D1 set, and the 14-18 year olds will have flag D2 set.
- GETBIRTH.EXE G -D1 D2 14
-
- For Help:
- GETBIRTH.EXE ?
-
-
- *note: 18 is the default age of adult within the program, so if
- you do not enter an age, it will default to 18.
-
- ***WARNING*** This has not been tested in the Global function in a
- Multi-Line setup... for safety, do not run while a
- seperate node is on-line, and accessing the USERS*.BBS
- files.
-
- Registration.
- To register GetBirth, simply send a check or money order for $5 (US
- currency) to:
- Lost In Space Programming
- 3464 Mayflower Avenue
- Memphis, TN 38122
- This will entitle you to future upgrades as soon as they come out which
- will be sent to you at OUR COST!!!
-
- Bug reports, comments.
- If you have any comments, bug reports, or just want somebody to
- talk to, netmail or call Worthington's Computer, 1:123/5, (901)
- 458-3604. We'll be happy to discuss GetBirth and other Lost In Space
- Programming projects.
-
- John Worthington, 1:123/5, Worthington's Computer - 9600 @ V32
- James Rhodes, 1:123/13.4, Shadow's Realm - Point System
- Kerry Buckingham, 1:123/22, Buckingham's Palace - 9600 HST
- (Lost In Space Programming)
-
- Plans for next version:
- Check age when run On-Line mode
- ANSI Support On-Line
- Group support during runtime (Set groups as well as flags)
- and any other ideas you all come up with.
-