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SFDOOR
Version 1.0
Copyright (C) by Mike Woltz, 1991
Buffalo Creek Software
INTRODUCTION
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SFDOOR is a utility written by Mike Woltz, author of SPITFIRE
Bulletin Board System. SFDOOR is written in assembler language
which contributes to its quick execution and small file size.
SFDOOR is a utility that allows SPITFIRE Sysops to create, add
to or delete entries from SPITFIRE's SFDOOR.MNU file. SFDOOR
also allows the Sysop to review and/or modify SFDOOR.MNU.
USAGE
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SFDOOR should be executed from SPITFIRE's home directory, where
SFDOOR.MNU is located. If you attempt to execute SFDOOR and no
SFDOOR.MNU is found, SFDOOR.COM will display the following prompt:
SFDOOR.MNU was not found!
Do you wish to create one? [Y/n]
If you respond with "n", you are returned to the DOS prompt. Pressing
Enter or responding with a "y" will display the SFDOOR menu. If
you execute SFDOOR and a SFDOOR.MNU is found, the SFDOOR menu
is automatically displayed.
The SFDOOR menu looks like this:
>>>>>>>>>>> SFDOOR MENU <<<<<<<<<<<<
<A>........Add/Change A Door Listing
<D>............Delete A Door Listing
<R>................Review SFDOOR.MNU
<S>..................Save SFDOOR.MNU
<Q>.............................Quit
Enter Selection:
Each option will be discussed individually below to explain how
it works.
<A>....Add/Change A Door Listing
Selecting this option, produces this submenu:
>>>>>>>>>>> SFDOOR MENU <<<<<<<<<<<<
<A>.............Add New Door Listing
<C>..Change An Existing Door Listing
Enter Selection:
If for any reason, you have selected this option by
mistake, pressing the ESC key will return you to the
original SFDOOR menu.
<A>.............Add New Door Listing
After selecting <A>, you are prompted to:
Enter Door Title:
Simply enter the title. What you enter here will display
on the menu as the name for this door. You will note
that SFDOOR will automatically capitalize the first
character of each word in the title.
After entering the title, a second menu appears:
>>>>> DOOR SECURITY ACCESS MENU <<<<<<
<G>..Greater Than Or Equal To Security
<L>.....Less Than Or Equal To Security
<E>..................Equal To Security
Enter Selection:
Selecting <G>..Greater Than Or Equal To Security will require
that only callers with security equal to or greater than
the security assigned to this door will have access to the
door.
Selecting <L>..Less Than Or Equal To Security will require
that only callers with a security equal to or less than the
security assigned to this door will be granted access to
the door.
Selecting <E>..Equal To Security will require that only
callers with a security equal to the security assigned
to this door will be granted access to the door.
The last step required for adding a door is to assign it
a security level. SFDOOR will display the prompt:
Enter security level:
and it is here that you can enter any security, ranging
from 0 up to 9999.
This completes the process required to add a door listing
to SFDOOR.MNU. SFDOOR will display the new door listing
it has added to the SFDOOR.MNU. An example might look
like this:
Guess A Number,SEC>=10
SFDOOR will also provide the following prompt:
Your SF.BAT file will probably
need to be altered accordingly!
as a reminder that the commands required to execute the
door must still be set up in your SF.BAT file.
It should also be noted that if you attempt to add a door, and
your SFDOOR.MNU contains the maximum amount of doors allowed
by SPITFIRE (24), the following prompt will display:
Your maximum amount of door
listings are already in use!
<C>..Change An Existing Door Listing
When you select this option, SFDOOR will display the following
prompt:
Change which door listing? [A B C D E F]
where [A B C D E F] represents the list of doors and your selection
should correspond to the door you wish to modify. [A B C D E F]
is variable according to the number of doors you have available
on your system. If you have the maximum number of doors this
would range from A to Z, with the exception of G and Q.
After you have selected the door listing you wish to modify,
that line of your SFDOOR.MNU will be displayed to the screen.
You are then prompted with:
Do you wish to continue? [y/N]
N will return you to the menu, Y will allow you to make
changes to the listing selected.
From this point, changing a door listing is very similar
to adding a new door listing. You are prompted to enter
the door title, the security access of G, L or E (as
described above) and the security that will be assigned
to the door. Again, when you have completed your modifications
SFDOOR will display a reminder that your SF.BAT may need to
be modified.
<D>.............Delete A Door Listing
When you select this option, SFDOOR will display the following
prompt:
Delete which door listing? [A B C D E F]
where [A B C D E F] represents the list of doors and your selection
should correspond to the door you wish to delete. [A B C D E F]
is variable according to the number of doors you have available
on your system. If you have the maximum number of doors this
would range from A to Z, with the exception of G and Q.
After you have selected the door listing you wish to delete, that
line of your SFDOOR.MNU will be displayed to the screen.
You are then prompted with:
Do you wish to continue? [y/N]
N will return you to the menu, Y will remove that line from the
door listing of SFDOOR.MNU, thus, deleting the door.
SFDOOR will also provide the following prompt:
Your SF.BAT file will probably
need to be altered accordingly!
This is extremely important when deleting a door! When a line
is deleted from SFDOOR.MNU, the lines that follow are now each
associated with a new letter. Therefore, the letter associated
with each door no longer corresponds to the letter previously
associated with that particular door.
As an example, let's assume a board has 3 doors; A, B and C.
If door B is deleted when the changes are saved, the listing is
removed from SFDOOR.MNU and what was door C now becomes door B.
Therefore, it becomes extremely important to ensure your SF.BAT
commands correspond to the appropriate door.
<R>...............Review SFDOOR.MNU
Selecting this option, will display the contents of the SFDOOR.MNU
file. If you have made any changes since beginning SFDOOR, those
changes will also be displayed, even though the changes have not
been saved. When reviewing the SFDOOR.MNU, if you have a large
number of doors, the screen will fill and you are prompted to
Press your favorite key to continue..., to continue reviewing the
remainder of the list. After the entire door listing has displayed
you are again be prompted with, Press your favorite key to
continue..., which will return you to the SFDOOR menu.
<S>.................Save SFDOOR.MNU
Selecting this option, will save the SFDOOR.MNU file. However,
if you attempt to quit without saving your changes, SFDOOR
will prompt you to save the modifications you have made.
<Q>..............................Quit
Selecting this option, returns you to the DOS prompt. If you
have selected Quit, after making changes to your SFDOOR.MNU
file and not saved the changes, SFDOOR will prompt you with:
Save changes? [Y/n]
Selecting "y" will allow the modifications made to the SFDOOR.MNU
file to be saved prior to returning to DOS. Selecting "n" ignores
any changes made and simply returns you to the DOS prompt.
Pressing the ESC key will produce the same results as selecting
<Q> to Quit. If you have made changes, you will be prompted
as to whether the changes should be saved and if no changes have
been made, you are simply returned to the DOS prompt.
DISTRIBUTION
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SFDOOR is distributed under the shareware concept. You are
free to distribute the SFDOOR program as long as it remains
unmodified and no fee is charged. If you continue to use this
program after an adequate evaluation period a fee is required.
A $1.00 fee is required of register SFDOOR.
DISCLAIMER
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Mike Woltz and/or Buffalo Creek Software shall in no way be
held responsible for any damage incurred while operating SFDOOR.
All responsibility lies with the user of the software.
The documentation for SFDOOR is contributed by Jacque
Shipley and The Mother Board BBS. The shareware version of
SPITFIRE and other SPITFIRE utilities are available for download
from:
Buffalo Creek's BBS The Mother Board BBS
Mike Woltz, Sysop Jacque Shipley, Sysop
(515) 225-8496 (515) 986-3464
38400/19200/9600/2400/1200 Baud 19200/9600/2400/1200 Baud