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1.
CalCat! Ver 1.2
By : Bart Flentje
1718 Hickory Hill
Eagan, MN 55122
2.
Legal
CalCat! is provided "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied as to the merchantability or fitness
of purpose. The risk as to the quality and performance of the
software is the end user's. The Author shall have no liability
or responsibility to the user with respect to the liability, loss
or damage caused or alleged to be caused by this software,
including, but not limited to, any interruption of service, loss
of business or anticipatory profits or consequential damages
resulting from the use of, or the inability to use the software.
The information in this document is subject to change without
notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the
Author.
3.
Copying and Distribution:
CalCat! may be copied and distributed freely. If you
distribute CalCat! on communications systems such as BBS or
CompuServe, The Source, Genie, etc, you must include the
following files as a set (using ARC, ZIP, LZH, PAK, etc.)
CalCat! is copyrighted and no modification may be made.
Registration:
CalCat! is NOT public domain, it is SHAREWARE. That means that
you have to pay registration fees ($5.00) if you use CalCat! on
your BBS in any way or form. The registration cost is minimal and
and considered to be below market standards. Registration fee will
allow the author to write new and improved versions of CalCat!.
Please note that the unregistered version is the same as the
registered version except that the unregistered version expires on
the last hour of the last year it was programmed. Registering your
software will give you unlimited usage with no expiration. Also by
registering your software you will be entitled to receive all updates
free of charge (excluding cost of floppy disk and postage. Sorry!).
4.
Description of files:
- CALCAT.DOC (This documentation)
- CCFIG.EXE (Configuration program to set .CFG file)
- CALCAT2.EXE (The CalCat! program file to be run as event)
- CALCAT.BAT (Sample batch file to start CalCat! event)
- REGISTER.DOC (Registration form)
- HOLISCRN.ZIP (Archive file containing necessary screens)
5.
What is CalCat! ?
CalCat! is a screen swapping utility written specifically for
Wildcat! 3.+ BBS software. CalCat! is a screen swapper that knows
holidays. It swaps in holiday display screens to a specified
display file when current date happens to be a holiday. Beyond
that, it also allows you to randomly swap of up to 1000 other
screens on a non-holiday day! CalCat! is easy to setup and is to
be run as an event by Wildcat!. It is recommended that event be
setup for once each day preferably in the late, late morning to
late night callers are aware of new daily changes. CalCat!'s
supplied holiday screens utilize Wildcat!'s @xx@ color codes. If
you would prefer the regular ANSI version of the screens, you
can get them free of charge, excluding price of floppy and shipping,
by sending in a copy of REGISTER.DOC checking the appropriate box.
6.
How to install CalCat! ?
To install CalCat! follow these steps:
- Copy CALCAT2.EXE, CCFIG.EXE, CALCAT.BAT & CALCAT.DOC
the the path where you run events. ex (C:\WC30\EVENT\)
- Unzip HOLISCRN.ZIP to same path where you copied the .EXE
files in step one.
- Run CCFIG.EXE to configure your .CFG file.
- Set up event in SYSOP menu area of Wildcat! BBS using the
CALCAT.BAT sample file. Run once per day preferably at say
12:01 A.M. Once installed properly, event only takes approx
5 seconds to run so will not interfere with incoming calls.
Configuring CalCat!
Run CCFIG.EXE.
- When asked for name, enter your first and last name. Start
each one with an uppercase if you prefer.
- When asked for name of BBS, enter the name of your BBS using
uppercases if you like.
- When asked for name of display file to copy screen to, enter
the name of file to copy to with appropriate postix.
ex. (HELLO1.BBS) or (PRELOG.BBS) or (BULL123.SCR)
- When asked for source path, enter in the path of where you
copied the CalCat! program files. Be sure when entering the
path to put the back slash following path.
ex (C:\WC30\EVENT\) or (C:\WC30\EVENTS\CALCAT\)
- When asked for target path, enter the path where you would
like your new display file copied to. Assuming your are
using the same Wildcat! software as the Author, that SHOULD
be copied to where ALL display files are kept. Use back slash.
ex (C:\WC30\DISPLAY\) <- back slash should follow.
- When asked for number of screens to randomly swap on non-
holidays, enter that number here. You can use up to 1000
different screens if you like, or enter 0 if you only want
it to be effective on holidays.
CAUTION: Any extra screens to be swapped must be in the same
directory as the CalCat! holiday files. However, it is not
dangerous if you screw up here because if CalCat! can't find
your screens it will automatically swap in CalCat!'s cover
screen.
- If you answered that you will want to swap in other screens
on a non-holiday, CCFIG.EXE will now ask you the names of
those files. Enter them in one by one as they are asked for.
Your .CFG file is now created. Do not delete CCFIG.EXE from the
directory because you can run it again if you decide to change
your setup, whether it be just a path, or the number of other
swap screens.