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--> QUOTE:
Quote of the day program for NEWZ.
Copyright (C) 1992 by James Storch
=====NO MONEY IS TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE OF THIS=====
=====PROGRAM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MODEST SHAREWARE====
================DISTRUBUTION FEE=======================
In the spirit of RBBS I'm releasing this free of charge
to RBBS sysops. There are far too many leeches in the
community.
This is even easier to set up and use then NEWZ.
Easy to edit too!
--> FEATURES:
Automatically generates a new quote text file for NEWZ to
read and format and present as the first news item of the
day.
Automatically starts over with the first quote after the
last one in QUOTE.DAT had been read. Fire and forget.
Very easy to enter your own quotes with a text editor.
--> DO THIS:
Edit QUOTE.CFG.
LINE 1 This should be the path/name of a typical newz text
file.
Example:
C:\news\quote.nwz
LINE 2 This is the number of the quote to use next.
This number is automatically incremented by QUOTE
each time it's run. You can also change this to any
valid quote number you like.
QUOTE.CFG must be in the same directory as QUOTE.EXE.
NEWZ.CFG must be in the same directory as NEWZ.EXE.
Now, set up your nightly batch file to call QUOTE
and the NEWZ.
" CD\RBBS\NEWS" (assuming this is where you put it)
" QUOTE "
" NEWZ "
--> EDITING QUOTE.DAT
Adding you own quotes is easy. Matter of fact, please
give me a copy if you really go to town.
Each quote can have any number of lines, just serparate
each line with a line beginning with a semi-colon ";".
The last line of the text file must have the string "-EOF-"
instead of the semi-colon. This let's QUOTE know to flip over.
example:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
There ain't no rules around here!
We're trying to accomplish something!
-Thomas Edison
;
Success is women you don't even know walking around your house.
-Saturday Night Live
;
Is it a bigger crime to rob a bank or open one?
-Ted Allan
-EOF-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, hope you enjoy this and it works well for you. It's run like
a champ on my BBS for several months now.
Jim Storch
Electric Harbor BBS
(703) 730-0542