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- SwapColor V.1.5
- (c) Jeffrey Smith
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- What is SwapColor?
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- SwapColor is a utility that reads a display file, such as
- Hello1.BBS and changes the existing @ color codes to new @ codes.
- There are several utils available that do this, however, you have
- to manually enter the codes to change if from, and then manually
- enter the codes to change it to. This works well if you are
- there when the display file is created. I like to be able to
- change colors in display files to match the "color scheme" of my
- BBS. NETBULL, written by Michael Conley of the Charlatan's Cabin
- BBS, creates a nice display file that I like to display to users
- as they are logging onto my BBS. This file is created every morning
- at about 5:30 and I'm not "usually" around to go in and change
- the display file colors. The RED and GREEN that this file
- creates doesn't match the Blues/Whites/Yellows that I use throughout
- my BBS, hence SwapColor can read the CFG file and swap the colors I
- want in the display file with the ones I don't want.
-
- I wrote this program for myself, and was encouraged to
- introduce it as shareware by several other SysOp friends of mine
- as they assured me other SysOps would like the ability to swap
- colors around also. This is, shall we say, a tentative step into
- the realm of shareware, if this is usefull, and people see fit to
- register it, I'll release some of the other utilities that I've
- written as well.
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- REGISTRATION
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- The unregistered version of SwapColor will only execute 30
- times before you have to register it or discontinue use. Until that
- time it has no delays, and does not require a key to operate. If it
- takes you two years to run it 30 times, then you have two years to
- evaluate it. Any more than 30 executes and you either need to
- register the program or discontinue its use.
-
- To register this program, you'll have to scrounge around
- and come up with 5.00 bucks.. As running a board is not the least
- expensive way to spend your time, and this is not the most complicated
- piece of code that has ever seen a compiler, I'm not asking for any
- more than that. Now, if you have to urge to send more, well, "More power
- to ya!"
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- Fill out the registration form that is included in this
- Archive and send it along with your check for 5.00 to
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- Jeffrey Smith
- G3365 Swartz St.
- Flint, Mi 48507
-
- Your registered copy of SwapColor will be available for download from
- my BBS the day that I recieve your registration. Log onto the BBS as
- you normally would but you don't have to worry about callback or manual
- validation, as new users have access to the file area containing
- the registered programs. Look for the SWAP(n).ZIP file that has your
- name in the description, it will be password protected with the password
- you included on your registration form.
-
- My BBS info is -
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- Diamond Club!
- 313-787-0270
- M-F 24hrs
- USR Dual 14400
-
- If you have any questions concerning this utility, bug reports, so on and
- so forth, er...uh....critics are welcome too! Call up Diamond Club! and
- leave a comment to the sysop and I'll do my darndest to help you out...
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- INSTALLATION
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- Installation is pretty straight forward, you can copy Swapclr.exe
- Swapclr.dat into whatever directory you choose, I recommend your \WC30
- directory if you're using WildCat! 3.x. Swapclr.dat MUST reside in the
- same directory as the .EXE or it will not execute.
-
- You execute the program by entering, either manually, or in a
- batch file -
-
- SWAPCLR SWAP.CFG
-
- It will read ANY config file name that you care to use. This way you can
- have multiple config files which allows you to swap different colors in
- different display files without having to have 100 copies of the EXE and DAT
- file everywhere. SWAP.CFG is just a sample name, I use multiple SWAP1.CFG,
- SWAP2.CFG, SWAP3.CFG. You could also call it by entering -
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- Swapclr c:\wc30\util\swap1.cfg
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- The contents of the CFG file are as follows -
-
- HELLO3.CFG
- @0E@@0F@
- @0A@@0B@
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- The first line is the name (and path if you want) of the display file to
- change colors in. You could also enter C:\WC30\DISP\HELLO3.CFG if you like.
- I keep the executables and the swap(n).CFG files in a util directory and
- enter the path the the display file in the CFG file. Whatever you want
- to do will work. The next 1-10 lines are the orig. color codes and the
- new color codes. You can have between 1 and 10 color code swaps in one
- CFG file. They must be entered as above with no spaces between the orig.
- color code and the new color code. Each pair of codes must be on a
- seperate line. There is no need for blank lines if you are not doing
- 10 swaps, only as many lines as you need.
-
- Hope you enjoy this utility and I also hope it enhances your BBS in some
- way.
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