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- BroadCast, Copyrighted Peter Rocca & MultiBoard Communications Centre, 1994
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The neatest RemoteAccess utility ever, well maybe not, but it's still neat.
-
- What does this miracle do? Well when someone logs on or off your board, or does
- anything else you'd like to broadcast to the other users online, it sends an
- online message to them.
-
- So how much does this great util cost to register?
-
- NOTHING - NADA - SQUAT - ZILCH - ZIP!
-
- Wow, how do I install this great thingy.
-
- Well it's easy, just call it with a type-7 function like this:
-
- c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra\ just_did_something_amazing.
-
- The first parameter is the path to the DOOR.SYS file. Use DOOR.SYS and
- !!! NOT !!! EXITINFO.BBS and !!! NOT !!! DORINFO1.DEF. Only DOOR.SYS passes
- the user's node number. If you use one of the other two, it'll broadcast a
- message to the user causing the broadcast!!!? Confusing? Not as long as you
- stick to the DOOR.SYS!!!
-
- The second parameter is the path to your main Remote Access directory (Where
- RA.EXE and RA.OVR are accessed from)
-
- The third parameter is the message you want to send. Make sure that you put
- underscores (_) instead of spaces in between the words.
-
- Wow, that seems EASY, how do I make it do something usefull...?
-
- Well, it your TOP menu, you can put this in, making it AutoExecute and saying
- something like c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra just_logged_on.
- This will send a message to the other users online that looks like this.
-
- <<<SYSTEM MESSAGE>>> Joe User just logged on.
-
- Press Enter to Continue:
-
- Now the system message is in gray and the "Press Enter to Continue" is sucked
- out of the current language data file.
-
- Wanna do some more useful stuff, try this one.
- Make your final log off option actually load another menu, say called
- LOGOUT2.MNU, then make it AutoExec BCAST with a message like "just_left", and
- then AutoExec the Logoff System function.
-
- You can use this anywhere....
-
- Just a note, this program WILL check to see if the other users have their
- 'Do Not Disturb' flag on. If it is on, BCAST will not send a message to that
- node...
-
-
- WHOA THIS LOOKS GREAT BUT I HAVE MY FILES ON A SEMAPHORE DIRECTORY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Instead of using the...
-
- c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra\ just_did_something_amazing.
-
- ...command try this
-
- c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys ENV just_did_something_amazing.
-
- ...and be sure that two enviroment variables are set
-
- 1) RA <- should point to your USERON.BBS file
- 2) RASEM <- should point to your semaphore directory (NODExx.RA files)
-
- Why don't I go looking through the config to find these things?
- Because (a) it would take longer and invlove more disk access and
- (b) this is free
-
-
- WAIT, I HATE REAL NAMES!!! HOW CAN I USE THE USERS HANDLE?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Put a /H at the end of the calling line...
-
- c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra\ just_did_something_amazing. /H
-
- ...will look something like this...
-
- <<<SYSTEM MESSAGE>>> Dr. Alias just did something amazing.
-
- Press Enter to Continue:
-
-
- WAIT, I KNOW THIS IS FREE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HIT ENTER AFTER?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Put a /C at the end of the calling line...
-
- c:\ra\utils\BCAST.EXE door.sys c:\ra\ just_logged_on. /C
-
- ...will look something like this...
-
- <<<SYSTEM MESSAGE>>> Joe User just logged on.
-
- !!!IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
- If you want to use BOTH the /C and /H, use a /CH (not /C /H)
- Hey it's free remember... :)
-
- If you like this or have a suggestion or comment, just drop me a line
- at (519) 660-8981 14.4k or Write me a postcard from your hometown (I'd rather
- that) and send it to:
-
- Pete Rocca
- 150 Mill Street
- London, Ontario
- N6A 1P6
-
- Or Fido Netmail me at 1:2401/123 and leave a bit of info about your system
-
-
- To make things a little clearer, I have included a couple sample menus...
-
- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- As per any other shareware out there...
- Niether I nor MultiBoard Communications Centre is in any way responsible for
- anything that may happen to your system, friend, dog, or any other imaginable
- thing that is in any way connected to you or anyone else in the world or
- universe, or any other imaginable place, no matter how so created.
-
- If that's not clear... DON'T USE THIS PROGRAM! :)
-
- I use this program on my system and it works great....
-
-
- OTHER PRODUCTS
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- Wow, this seems neat, what else have you released?
-
- Check out that CATALOG.DOC file included with the archive...
-
-