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-=( LiveSystems News version 2.0 )=-
What is it?
News is an utility to show RA messages to the user. Big deal
uh.. I wrote it to serve as a message to next user/ user
bulletin utility. Using the RA msgbase give the user all the
advantages of RA, fullscreen editor, maintaining, security
about who may write and who not and upload a bulletin.
Of course there's a small disadvantage too. It has to search
through the messagebase. But as it uses the same files as the
RA newmail scan, this can be done very fast!
Warning: This program only works under Remote Access! It
needs the Config.RA file.
Disclaimer.
Don't make me laugh...;) Use it at your own risk. It's
reasonal well tested, I use it myself, but that's it! Oh
well, I wouldn't release a program that's not up to my idea
of good software. (At the moment I release it, that is.
Things change and bugs appear from no-where....;) Anyhow, no
guarantees what so ever.
Money.
Well, what to say about money.. There is a start, one
registration for VoteDoor!! But still... If you like this
program and continue to use it, I would appriciate it if you
would donate some money to rebuild my trust in humanity...
Let's say $5 or f10,- when you keep on using this program..
Giro 1806776 (for the dutch ppl)
Gerhard Hoogterp
Kremersmaten 108
7511 LC Enschede
Holland.
For burning questions, remarks and wishes you can reach me
on fidonet as
Gerhard Hoogterp @ 2:283/1.2
or on BitNet as HOOGTERPG@HENUT5
What wishes concern, no guarantees they are implemented, but
who knows....
All my programs are requestable and downloadable at the LiveSystems
support board:
Actionboard Alphen,
Sysop Bart Burkles
01720-37926
2:281/604
You can also drop questions and remarks here.
Installation in RA.
The News utility is not too difficult to install. First you have to
decide what you want to use it for. As a Message to next user door,
A userbulletin door, a SysOp bulletin door, or whatever you dream up
as usage. The main point is that you decide where to put the call to
the utility.
To install the program all you have to do is to call it with a type 7
menu entry somewhere in the login sequence. The program accepts up to
5 parameters, the Optional dataline should have the syntax:
NEWS.EXE -T:*T -AREA:<AreaNr> [-N:*N] [-U:<SearchName>]
[-F:<FLAGS>] [-P:*P]
AreaNr is the number of the area you devote to the News program
SearchName is the username the program searches for and displays.
f.e. News.Exe -T:*T -N:*N -AREA:200 -U:ALL
Would cause News to show all the messages to ALL in area 200.
The default name is 'News'
Toggles are some behavior toggles. It's just a string containing
characters.
Position 1: Showheader, If 'Y' the Livesystems header is shown
before the question/statement about searching for
bulletins. If 'N', no header is shown.
Position 2: AskSearch. If '?' News asks if the user wants to search
for new bulletins. If 'Y' it just starts searching.
Legal combinations are: ' ' (Behave as version 1.0)
'NY' (No header, always search)
'YY' (Behave as version 1.0)
'N?' (No header, ask for search)
'Y?' (Show header,ask for search)
There should ALWAYS be two characters IF used!
When you installed the program, you have to prepare a way to enter
bulletins. You can use the normal RA PostMsg menu entry with the /T
parameter. F.e. If you use the default name News and area 200 it
should look like:
Type Shell
OpData 200 /T=News
The SearchName is used case insensitive. Spaces in the searchname can be
replaced by underscores. All like RA itself. Of course you also have to
set the appropriate flags and security level if needed.
As News uses a normal RA msgbase area, maintainance is done by RAMsg
or some other program. If something is entered which you dislike, just
fire up your message editor and remove the message.. It's simple like
that.
Some other features:
News has also some of the features of my other programs:
- Desqview awear
- Uses the user toggles for screenlength and ansi
- reads the CONFIG.RA and EXITINFO.BBS for all the needed info
- Opens the files in readonly mode, so is usable on multiline systems
- Uses AVATAR codes if the uses has AVATAR selected.
Enjoy!
Gerhard