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Doorstat 5.03 (C) 1989 - 1992
Lightning Computer Consultants
P.O. Box 1081
Yonkers, NY 10702
Written by Jim Abraham
Call Lightning Computer Consultants at 914/376-5235
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Thank you for downloading Doorstat and giving it a try. Doorstat is not free.
It is placed into the shareware market. You may try this version for 60 days.
After that date, You must register it. I think that you will agree that it is
worth the small registration fee of $15.00. I hope you enjoy this program, I
know I enjoyed writing it!
*** In the Shareware version your are limited to only the Top 5 Doors and no
control of the output no matter what the config file says! But you still
must have that config file there for the program to work!
*** Doorstat can be run on any BBS that uses external batch files to load the
*** door programs.
License Agreement :
Doorstat 5.03 is copyrighted by Jim Abraham, Lightning Computer Consultants,
1989 - 1992
The shareware version may be distributed freely. It must be distributed in its
entirety. No other files may accompany this package. If you recieved this
program from a vendor and paid some money for the shareware disk, you are still
obligated to register this program through us. If you distribute this program
you can not charge any money for it except for the cost of the disk.
Lightning Computer Consultants and Jim Abraham assume no responsibility for any
problems caused by this program as is the case with any software.
If you use it, it's your choice!
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Registration gets you a copy of Doorstat's latest version with your BBS
Name encoded into the program, along with your registration #. It also
entitles you to free updates of the program via downloading it from Land of
Unicorns BBS at 914-961-0399. Join the Lightning Computer Consultants
Conference on Land of the Unicorns 1200-38400 Baud 24 Hours a day 7 days.
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DOORSTAT
OK here we go!
*** All previous owners of Doorstat MUST READ THIS. There are a few changes!!!
*** Doorstat was written with All BBS's in mind. It was not made specifically
for one type of BBS
Doorstat is a fairly simple program to set up. Follow these steps and you
should not have any problems.
1: Create a file called doorstat.inf. In this file the first line should be
the number of doors you are currently running. Every line after that comes
the door's name + the door's number in order. For example for 5 Doors it
should look like this.
Line 1 5
Line 2 Trade Wars 1000,1
Line 3 Turbo Checkers,2
Line 4 Card Guppies,3
Line 5 King of the Board,4
Line 6 Turbo Checkers,5
The top number should agree with the same amount of file names or the
program will bomb. There is a sample of my data file included with this
program. This data file should be placed in the same directory your batch
files are called from. The numbers of the doors are not displayed in the
output due to any confusion that may be caused due to Door menu programs,
that could use lettering, numbers, and words. The numbers after the door
name are for internal use only and do not state that (for example,
Trade Wars 1000, is door #1) It is just a way of Telling Doorstat that
Trade Wars is listed on section 1 of the program and to add 1 more usage
to it, when the paramater is passed!
2: Make A directory called DOORSTAT and put all the DOORSTAT files in it.
before you call your door make sure you switch to this directory and
then run doorstat.
Doorstat excepts paramaters of 3 types
1] the door number ranging from 1 to infinity
2] EVENT which creates the output files
3] RESET resets the door values to 0
*** Make sure you run at least 1 door before running the event
after you reset the data file!
dooorstat event creates both an ascii file and ansi file called
doorstat.asc and doorstat.ans or whatever you want to call it such
as bullet10.bbs and bullet10.scr.
3: Modify your batch files to call doorstat beofre the door is loaded.
cd\doorstat
doorstat 45 Adds door #45 to the data file
cd\door go to the door directory
tw1000 load the door
Your Event should look like this
cd\doorstat change to the doorstat directory
doorstat event run the doorstat event
cd\bbs change back to the main bbs dir.
Doorstat.cfg
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Doorstat.cfg should have 6 lines in it for example!
Y List all the doors in the listing (Y/N)
10 # of doors listed in the top door listing
N Play the music doorstat plays (Y/N)
d:\bulletins\bull16.scr Output file path and name for ANSI bulletin
d:\bulletins\bull16.bbs Output file path and name for ASCII bulletin
d:\doorstat\doorstat.dat location and file path name of where the doorstat.dat
file is for multinode purposes. (have 1 data file)
*** the 1st and 3rd lines are options for registered users only!
*** Whether you put a yes or no does not matter but you have to have either
*** one in their!
For Previous Owners version 2.4 or earlier!
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There are not much changes that you have to make! Check the doorstat.inf file
for the minor change. And make sure you have the Doorstat.cfg file!
That's all there is to it. Remember, you must modify your door batch files
to call doorstat and pass the number of the door being run as a parameter.
These are descriptions of the files that should be included. If you do not
have these files, call us at Lightning and download doorstat.zip!
If you have any problems, before calling us make sure your doorstat.inf file
has the correct # of doors listed at the top left corner and make sure none of
the door names have a " (quote) in the name.
DelDoor.exe Erase Door # from .DAT file (REGISTERED USERS ONLY)
Doorstat.ans Sample ANSI bulletin!
Doorstat.asc Sample Ascii bulletin!
Doorstat.dat Sample data file!
doorstat.inf Sample Doors name file!
doorstat.exe Doorstat Main Program!
doorstat.doc This documentation file!
readme.1st The registration file!
doorstat.rst Holds the value of the last reset date!
doorstat.cfg Doorstat Configuration file
DELDOOR.EXE
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This program is only accompanied with full registration. It should not be
contained with the Unregistered version. This program should not be
distributed just like the rest of the Doorstat files unless otherwise stated
by myself.
This program is used in conjunction with Doorstat. When you replace and old
door and you want to reset that value without deleting the whole .DAT file or
without having to go into the .DAT file and deleting that door number you
should use this porgram. It is very simple to use as is Doorstat!
Format
Deldoor 45
This will delete any entries of door #45 within the data file. Pretty simple!
Make sure you are in the same directory as the doorstat.dat file!
**** Don't forget to register your copy Today
Enjoy this program. I know I do!
HISTORY OF DOORSTAT
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1.0 First release
2.0 Added top five doors listing!
Added percentages
2.3 Brun45.exe is no longer needed to run this program
straightened out display a little
2.4 Changed TOP 5 Doors to TOP 10 Doors
Also made some more cosmetic changes!
3.0 Burned in the fire (pun)
4.0 My Dog ate it!
5.0 Changed Output completely, User configurable top door listing, User
configurable choice of displaying all the doors along with the top doors
or just the top doors. Does not have a 100 Door limit anymore. Program
is not case sensitive anymore. (REGISTERED USERS ONLY) have the option of
The # of Top Doors, UNREGISTERED users are limited to the top 5 doors.
REGISTERED USERS have the option of whether or not to list the entire
listing or not!
5.01 Added the option to have Doorstat's sound turned off through the
doorstat.cfg file (REGISTERED USERS ONLY)
5.02 Added selection for filename and file path for output screens.
Speeded up processing time during non event execution.
Added selection for data path name and location for multi node use!
5.03 Fixed the problem with the RESET Option! Also added a check for a
0 entry in the data file!