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- - ABOUT USERDOES FILES -
-
- The USERDOES file, is normally created by some door programs,
- usually games, and contains a line of up to 75 characters, giving
- a more detailed note of what the user is doing on that node.
-
- The files extension is the NODE for which it is written, ie:
- USERDOES.1 - USERDOES.2 and so on.
-
- With RA, you can use the *U macro to create the info line in USERON.BBS,
- but that only allows up to 10 chars, and spaces must be replaced with the
- underbar. This text, if used, is displayed in the NodeMsg Who's Online
- window, else a generic message, similar to RA's is displayed.
- But.... this is not a very detailed message. Given these limits,
- lets say a user is playing the Game LORD on your system, on Node 2...
-
- Lets also say in your RA menu, on the command to run the games batch
- file, you have *UIn_LORD
- And lets say the game creates a USERDOES file... the contents of the
- respective files might look like this:
-
- Status Msg in USERON.BBS
- In LORD
-
- USERDOES.2
- User is playing LORD, and is having a BLAST. Try it!
-
- Interesting huh!?
-
- As many doors/games cannot or do not generate the USERDOES file,
- this information cannot be displayed by NodeMsg. Ahhhhh, but YOU can
- do the creating.... if you run the door via a batch file, this is
- fairly simple.
-
- In MOST cases, you are passing the node number to the batch with the
- *N macro for RA. In your batch, before starting the game, you just
- need a line similar to this:
-
- echo User is playing CONGO... its fun! > <path>\USERDOES.%1
-
- The path would be WHERE you want the userdoes file created, for
- NodeMsg's purposes, this can be your defined Semaphore directory,
- or RA's system directory. The %1, or %2, %3 would hold the NODE#
- passed from RA, this would depend on where in the command line the
- node number was.... param 1, 2 or 3 etc.
-
- If you do this, create a userdoes file from a game batch, you need to
- remember to include a line at the end of the batch, after the door has
- terminated, to ERASE the userdoes file. ie: DEL path\userdoes.%1
- Otherwise it may provide inaccurate info for the next caller.
-
- Example:
- Menu Type 7
- Optional Data RUNLORD.BAT *N
-
- RUNLORD.BAT
- echo Playing LORD, the Great White Hunter! > F:\RA\SEM\USERDOES.%1
- START ????
- If Exist F:\RA\SEM\USERDOES.%1 DEL F:\RA\SEM\USERDOES.%1
-
- <eof USERDOES.TXT>
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