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DELUXE STATISTICS v2.00
(C) 1992, 1993 by Isto Havu
DESCRIPTION
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Deluxe Statistics v2.0 is the BEST program available to create
statistical COLOR bulletins for your BBS. Deluxe Statistics will quickly
read Callers.log and Sfusers.dat (which are created by SpitFire), and
create eight (yes, eight!) different screens with amazing beautiful
graphics and lots of statistical informations. Deluxe Statistics will
work on any SpitFire based system, no matter which modem you have, no
matter which monitor you have etc. Deluxe Statistic is a very powerful
program, which does not need much time to fill it's duty. You don't
anymore have to have 8 different programs, just one.. Just once to read
the important files, and it's all done.
It should be noted, that SpitFire BBS is programmed (C) by Mike Woltz,
and that SpitFire is the BEST BBS available.
$HAREWARE
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Deluxe Statistics is a shareware program. It is not public domain, it is
not free. You may test it for two weeks, and maybe ask your users how
they like it. But then.. if (or better WHEN) you keep on using it after
those two weeks, you are REQUIRED to pay the registration fee (=buy the
program) of US$ 10. It may sound much, but it's much only for me, not
for you. Think how much cost your modem.. Think how much cost 10
diskettes.. And think how much you use this program, every day once? I
have spent hours and days and months to build up this program, so I
think it's not much asked. When you pay the registration, you may use
all the future versions of this program FREE. And when you send me $10,
you make me really happy and encourage me to develop Deluxe Statistics
and other programs.
HOW DOES IT DESTROY MY HARDWARE?
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I did NOT write a program, which blows up your monitor and formats your
HD. NO! It has done well on my system for months, without ANY problems.
I do NOT think, that it could ANYWAY be able to destroy ANYTHING. But IF
something unexpedient happens, it is not may fault, I am not and I will
not be responsible, YOU are.
REQUIREMENTS
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■ SpitFire BBS v3.3 (or later)
■ 100% IBM Compatible System
■ 72k of free RAM
Deluxe Statistics is written for SpitFire BBS v3.3. It does not work
with SpitFire v3.2 (or older) properly.
When newer versions of SpitFire will be published, Deluxe Statistics
will quickly be updated to work (also) with them.
When you run the program, it first tells you how much RAM you have left.
It's not very important, but I hope this will help you to configure your
system in some difficult cases.
FILES IN THE PACKET
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The packet (DSTATS20.ZIP) should contain the following files, the sizes,
dates etc. should be EXACTLY as below. (If they aren't, someone MAY have
modified the program without a permission. In that case, it is not even
a good idea to try how it works.. there may be viruses or some other
funny things..)
Name.ext Size Date Time
DLXSTAT.EXE 30736 03-27-93 02:00
DLXSTAT.DOC 9965 03-27-93 02:00
DLXSTAT.CFG 76 03-27-93 02:00
EXAMPLE.BBS 9165 03-27-93 02:00
EXAMPLE.CLR 10607 03-27-93 02:00
REGISTER.FRM 1833 03-27-93 02:00
FILE_ID.DIZ 180 03-27-93 02:00
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Total 62562
DLXSTAT.EXE is the main program. It may NOT be modified anyway.
DLXSTAT.CFG is the configuration file. It should always be in the same
directory with Dlxstat.exe. The configuration is explained in the
Installing Deluxe Statistics -paragraph.
DLXSTAT.DOC is this file. After you have read it and understood
everything, you may delete it. The program does not require it to run.
But keep it in a safe place, so if there comes problems, you can solve
them.
EXAMPLE.BBS is an example bulletin with no ansi codes. Deluxe Statistics
will create something like this, when you run it.
EXAMPLE.CLR is another example bulletin, but this time with ansi codes
and with COLORS. Deluxe Statistics will also create this one,
automatically.
REGISTER.FRM is the registration form. When you have somehow got $10,
you can print this on a paper, and send it with the money to me. If you
don't have a printer, you also can write the same informations on a
paper with your own hands, and then send that paper.. AND the money.
FILE_ID.DIZ is important only for BBSes. You may remove it, but it has
to be included - as all of the files - in the packet distributed. It
includes the file description for Dstats20.zip.
INSTALLING
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■ DIRECTORY / FILES
First copy all Dlxstat.* files to any directory on your HD. You may copy
them to your SpitFire Work directory, but you can also create a new
directory for them. If the program is in the Work directory, it will run
faster.
■ DLXSTAT.CFG - CONFIGURATION
Then you must configure and edit Dlxstat.cfg. It should look something
like this:
NAME OF YOUR BBS
C:\SF\WORK\
C:\SF\DISPLAY\BULLET1
#1 #2 #76
On the first line should be the name of your BBS.
On the second line the Work directory of your SpitFire OR the directory,
where you have the necessary files created by SpitFire (Callers.log and
Sfusers.dat). If you don't know it, you can check it by pressing Alt-P
in SpitFire Ready prompt. Remember, that there MUST be the '\' in the
end of the line. Although you would have the program in the same
directory, you MUST write the complete path.
On the third line should be the address for the display files created by
Deluxe Statistics. Also here complete path is necessary, also the name
of the files. BUT the extension (.CLR and .BBS) is not needed, and you
should not even write it. Deluxe Statistics automatically creates both
color and non-color screens.
The fourth line contains the users, you don't want to get to the top 15
lists. Such users could be the SysOp of the BBS (you) and the CoSysOp.
Just check the record numbers of these users by pressing Alt-A in
SpitFire Ready prompt, and write them here. Remember that you MUST put a
'#' in front of the numbers, as in the example.
■ RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME - IMPORTANT!!
Now type Dlxstat in the right directory, and Deluxe Statistics will run
for the first time. If the configured display files do not exist yet,
there will be a run-time error, and everything will be aborted. Deluxe
Statistics creates two display files, but only the names, the size will
be 0 bytes. This is because you have to have the oppoturnativ to check
the configuration. The next time you run the program, everything will be
OK and the files will be created.
DO NOT ERASE the old display files, or you have to run Deluxe Statistics
twice to create new ones. If Deluxe Statistics finds the old display
files, it will also create new ones.
Now Deluxe Statistics is ready to run. Just type DLXSTAT in the right
directory - and new bulletins will be created.
■ USING DELUXE STATISTICS AS AN EVENT
First edit your Sf.bat so, that it will run Deluxe Statistics in some
event. The part of your Sf.bat could look something like this:
:EVENT_A
CD\SF\EVENT_A
DLXSTAT
GOTO LOOP
Then go back to SpitFire, and press Alt-E. Now you must enable the
event, in which you put Deluxe Statistics (if you didn't put it to some
event, which already is enabled). It's a good idea to run this event
every day. And the best time is just after midnight, in other words at
00:01. This event does not have to be an On-Time Event. Of course you
also can run this event at 04:00 in the morning, when there aren't any
calls, but many doors require some maintenance at midnight, so it's easy
to run Deluxe Statistics at the same time.
USING DELUXE STATISTICS
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I hope that you find Deluxe Statistics as useful as I do. It really is a
succesful collection, which includes all the existing and non-existing
statistics for SpitFire BBSes. It's ease to use and easy to configure.
It's fast and flexible.
But remember: I spent hours, days, weeks and months to program and
develop Deluxe Statistics. I didn't do it just for myself, I gave also
you a try.. If you like it, please buy it - don't steal it.
After 2 weeks use please pay the registration, and I'll get the signal
and thank you. If I know that people use my program, I'll continue my
work and make it even better - new versions with new ideas..
Please fill in Register.frm, and send it with registration fee. Also any
comments and ideas are REALLY welcome.
My address is:
Isto Havu
Urheilukatu 24 A 4
00250 Helsinki
Finland, Europe
BUG FIXES & ADDITIONS
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>>> v2.00:
o Deluxe Statistics fixed to support SpitFire v3.3
o Top 15 Message Writers screen included
o Some screens fixed
o Amount of lines in every screen now correct
o Clear Screen added
o Minor improvements
>>> v1.02:
o First published version of Deluxe Statistics
o Positions of Top 15 -users are now clearly written
o Now all the screens are on their correct position and contain the
right amount of lines
>>> v1.01:
o Deluxe Statistics will now self check the speeds of the calls. The
statistics will contain only the existing speeds, in other words the
speeds from the lowest speed to the highest speed
o The dates and times on the bulletins will now be written correctly,
although they would contain 0's
o Some dark colors removed from the color bulletins, for example the
dark blue, which are hard to see