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- Copyrighted Roy LaRive 6/8/96
- ShareWare Software, the only way to compute!
-
- Let me introduce myself, My name is Roy LaRive and I run the
- Mont Belvieu BBS (713)-385-2001.
- I recently finished a C++ class at 40 years old.
- This is my first attempt at any real programming other then homework stuff.
-
- I am not that good with the PPE stuff so I decided to write the main portion
- of my program in C++ and then call the results from the PPE.
-
- You will find enclosed in this zip file 2 sets of files along with the data
- files.
- **NOTE: All the files must be in the same directory together.
-
- *New*
- Edit the history.cfg or history2.cfg file with any ol text editor,
- it has instructions within the files.
-
- *New*
- History.exe is for running as a standalone program or boards other then
- PCBoard.
- With this file you must run History.exe from your event or from autoexec.bat
- or however you wish to call it.
- It will output the info to the screen as well as creating 2 files that
- you name in the history.cfg file.
-
- You can use History.exe totally by itself.
- Just call History.exe from your Event and then call the created files
- from your text files "News, Bulletins, Logon, Logoff, etc."
-
-
- *New*
- ******* PCBOARD USERS ONLY ***********
-
- History2.exe and (TDIH.PPE or TDIH2.PPE) go together.
- With this combination TDIH2.PPE shells or runs the file History2.exe and will
- then display the file it creates called Histppe.Txt.
- This is a little bit slower but not much.
- It is my preference.
-
- If you wish, you can run History2.exe from the event and call the text file
- Histppe.txt using TDIH.PPE or just make the filename in line 2 of the
- history2.cfg another name like BLT#, News, Logoff etc.
-
-
-
- *New*
- **NOTE #2 ** I created the "HISTORY.exe files using ANSI codes
- so other people could run it on other boards or as a stand-a-lone program,
- so ANSI.SYS must be loaded in the config.sys file.
-
- History2.exe uses PCBoard @X codes.
-
-
- **** General information for all users ****
-
- The Data files are no big secret to add to or edit. Each month has it's own
- data file. The S## is for the special events and the B## are for birthdays.
- The ##,s represent the day of the month. So if you want to add a birthday
- say 6/12/63, just edit hist.jun by putting in the new line as shown below.
-
- Was:
- B12 1929 Anne Frank, diarist
- S12 1934 Black-McKeller Bill splits United Airlines from Boeing.
-
- After editing:
- B12 1929 Anne Frank, diarist
- B12 1963 Anita LaRive The Loving, Beautiful and Great Wife of mine, the Author
- S12 1934 Black-McKeller Bill splits United Airlines from Boeing.
-
-
- Notice that Anita's birthday was added after another B12 but before an S12.
- Let me try to explain the reasoning here. The file are read from top to
- bottom so you try to keep the dates in order Notice the B12 above Anita's
- was in 1929. 1963 falls after 1929 and there were no other B12's left to
- call so it was the logical place to put it. It could have even been put in
- on the line below the S12.
-
- Wit.wit is the same as above but instead of it being 12 different data files.
- the whole year is included (well most of it)in the one file.
- It's format is W#### followed by a space the the witty saying.
- The 1st two ## are the month 01 thru 12.
- The 2nd two ## are the day of the month.
- Only one witticism per day. After all how much humor can one stand.
-
-
- **** PCBoard Users *****
-
- You should know by now how to install a PPE, if not consult PCboard Docs.
-
-
- **** Left overs (grin) ****
-
- Special Thanks to my wife for putting up with all the time I spent at the
- computer and to Ray Cramer, Bill Dingley, and Bill Walker
- (my only real Beta/Alpha Tester) other then myself.
-
- There is no warranty implied or expressed but if you have any comments
- call my board (713)-385-2001 or
- email me at LROY@FLASH.NET.
-
- Always glad to here from people using this program
-
- Oh by the way this program is totally unprotected and fully functional
- and has no expiration dates.
- If you like it please send me a bit of encouragement say $5 or less whatever
- you can spare.
- Or at least send me a comment: Roy LaRive
- Rt. 2 Box 262
- Dayton, Tx. 77535
-
- Thanks for using my program.