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LASTON
RBBS Callers File Lister
v1.10
10-23-90
by Tom Collins
| Changes
| -------
| Changes between LASTON v1.10 and LASTON v1.00 are highlighted with a
| vertical bar in the left column.
What
----
LASTON is a small utility that will read your callers file and create
a bulletin containing the last several callers to your BBS. Text,
ASCII, and ANSI graphics versions are created, and the number of
callers listed and the callers file name can be customized by the
| user. In addition, the display colors for the ANSI output file are
| configurable, and users can be "excluded" from the output list.
Using it
--------
| Using LASTON is pretty annoying:
| LASTON <Callers> [/NCx] [/Xn] [/DD] [/FCx] [/TCx] [/UCx] [/CCx] [/DCx]
| The /NC parameter, if used, tells LASTON how many previous callers
| to list (1 <= x <= 25). The callers file name must be supplied.
| The /X parameter gives LASTON the name of someone to eXclude from the
| list. Use an underline to designate a space in a user's name, i.e.
| /XTom_Collins. Case (upper or lower) is unimportant.
| Use /DD to tell LASTON to display duplicate successive callers. If,
| for example, Joe Blow calls five times in a row, and /DD is specified,
| Joe will be listed in the output files five times. If no /DD is used,
| Joe will only show up once. This is the default.
| The /FC, /TC, /UC, /CC and /DC parameters set the ANSI file output
| colors. The string specified after the /xC is bracketed with ESC [ at
| the beginning, and an m at the end to form an ANSI color string. So,
| to set a frame color of bright yellow, you'd put /FC1;33 to generate
|
. The colors are:
| /FC - color of the Frame around the displayed users.
| /TC - Title color. The "The last 10 callers were..." line.
| /UC - User's name color.
| /CC - color of the user's City and state.
| /DC - color of the user's Date and time on.
| To obtain the ANSI color equivalents, consult your DOS manual.
Running LASTON with no parameters displays a help screen.
| The '/' parameters can be in any order.
LASTON will generate three output files, called LASTON, LASTONG, and
LASTONC. You should copy or rename these to something that your users
can view. On the MSFA BBS, we copy them to the PRELOG file, though
it could be just as easily appended to your WELCOME file(s).
Examples
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1. Display the last 5 callers.
LASTON callers
2. Display the last 10 callers, and make the frame bright blue.
LASTON callers /NC10 /FC1;34
3. Display the last 20 callers, and display the same user multiple
times if he/she called multiple times in a row.
LASTON c:\rbbs\callers /DD /NC20
4. Display the last 5 callers, except when Tom Collins calls.
LASTON callers /XTom_COLLIns
Latest Version
--------------
The latest version of LASTON is always available on the MSFA BBS
(301-536-1935, FidoNet 1:261/1047) for P)ersonal download or file
request.
Bugs
----
LASTON has no bugs. However, if you find that LASTON needs an
"enhancement," feel free to fix it yourself and send me the change.
Source Code
-----------
The source code, written in TurboC, is included.
Guarantees
----------
LASTON will never crash your system or delete or overwrite files.
Usually.
Good Luck!
-- Tom Collins