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- REMIND ME
-
- (32-Bit WildCat! 5 Version)
-
- v1.0
-
- by
-
- Al Lawrence
-
- Sunrise-80 BBS
- (404) 256-9525 (USR v.everything 33.6)
- (404) 705-9104 (USR v.everything 33.6)
- (404) 256-9518 (Voice 9am-9:30pm EST)
- (EMAIL) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
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-
- OVERVIEW
- ________
-
-
- The REMIND ME! Door allows your callers to enter REMINDERS to themselves.
- They can be reminded daily, on a specific date, a day of the week, on a
- particular date of the month or every OTHER day. Reminders are displayed
- to the caller when thry choose the correct option from the REMIND ME Main
- Menu AND/OR they will be sent to the caller automatically as a PRIVATE
- Message in the BBS message base.
-
- SYSOP can leave reminders to ALL, specific Security levels or to
- SPECIFIC USERS!!!! They will also be sent to the callers via a PRIVATE
- BBS message!
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-
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- NON-REGISTERED R E S T R I C T I O N S
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- ° Maximum number of Reminders is 10 TOTAL
- ° Game time limit disabled
- ° Allow Player to Send and Read Messages from the
- Door Message Center
- ° REMEVENT not activated
- ° Deleted/Expired REMINDERS can not be purged
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- INSTALLATION
- ____________
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-
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- 1) Create a directory to hold all REMINDME files.
-
- 2) Unzip wc5REMxx.ZIP into the the above directory
-
- 3> MOVE the REMINDME.WCX file to your WC5 directory and delete it from
- the directory created in step <1>
-
- 4) Modify the supplied REMINDME.CFG file. A description follows:
-
- SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
-
- Al Lawrence Sysop's First AND Last name
-
- 00000000 Registration Number
-
- Y Y = Log all callers to USAGEx
- N = Do not log callers
-
- # 0 Time Allowed in Door per day.
- (0 = BBS Time remaining)
-
- 2 1 = DO NOT Display ADOPT-A-DOOR Message
- 2 = Display ADOPT-A-DOOR message
-
- # Y Y = Allow player to send PRIVATE messages
- from the Door Message Center
- N = Do NOT allow PRIVATE messages
-
- # 0 Place PRIVATE messages in this BBS Conf #
-
- # Y Y = Allow player to send PUBLIC messages
- addressed to ALL from Message Center
- N = Do NOT allow PUBLIC messages
-
- # 1 Place PUBLIC messages in this BBS conf. #
-
- # Y Y = Allow Player to Check for Mail from
- the Door Message Center
- N = Do NOT allow Check for Mail
-
- # Y Y = Allow caller to send EMAIL messages
- to Al Lawrence.
- N = DO NOT allow EMAIL to Al Lawrence
-
- # al_lawre@ix.netcom.com Al Lawrence's EMAIL address
-
- none Additional security level that will be
- allowed to leave Reminders as if Sysop
- was online.
-
- none GOODBYE File Name
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-
-
-
- # = Requires registration to change to a different value.
-
- NOTE: There are NO Blank Lines in the Config File!!
-
-
- 4) Create a menu entry to run the wcCODE Door and you MUST pass the
- FULL drive:\path of the REMINDME directory as a command line
- parameter when defining the Door on the menu. An example follows:
-
-
- Program Name: REMINDME
- Parameter : c:\wc5\doors\REMINDME
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-
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- REMIND ME! EVENT (REMEVENT.WCX)
- -------------------------------
-
- REMEVENT.WCX is a utility program that is run in an EVENT process. This
- program will PURGE and compress the REMINDME database. In addition it will
- search the database and send out ALL eligible REMINDERS to the appropriate
- users in the form of PRIVATE Messages.
-
- PLEASE NOTE that since the program must compress the database, you MUST
- ensure that either ALL nodes are down or access to the REMIND ME! Door
- is DISABLED!
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- USAGE LOG
- ---------
-
- As an option, we provide you with the ability to log every player to a text
- file. IF you enter Y in the CFG file to log callers, the Door will place the
- caller's name as well as the ON and OFF times each time a caller selects the
- Door. A separate file will be created for each Node and the name of the file
- will be USAGEx, where x is the Node number.
-
- You may delete these files at any time and the Door will recreate them the
- next time a caller enters the Door. If you do NOT want to continue logging
- callers, change the CFG file entry to N.
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- ADOPT-A-DOOR
- ____________
-
- Having been a Sysop for a number of years, I have had my share of problems
- and frustrations getting financial support for my board's upkeep. A fellow
- Sysop left a message on my board, not long ago, about a concept that was
- being used by several boards around the country.
-
- The concept, ADOPT-A-DOOR, allows a caller to register (ADOPT) a door. It
- would be the same as sending in a donation, only this way it is earmarked
- for registering a particular door. In a way, the user feels he/she is
- "getting something in return". As a Door author I have decided to build
- this concept into each of my Door programs. The concept replaces the
- usual message "tell the Sysop to register this Door" we find in most
- doors.
-
- If the Door is unregisterd then a message appears on the opening screen
- to that effect. After finishing or suspending a game, a message screen
- is displayed about the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. The message also tells the
- caller to contact the Sysop to find out if there is any further details
- to the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. Some Sysops give extra D/L time, online
- time, etc to callers that ADOPT-A-DOOR.
-
- If the Door has been registered, either by the Sysop or other callers,
- the names of those contributors will be displayed in the closing screen.
-
- NOTE: If you want to display the names of the callers that contributed
- to registering the Door, you must create an ASCII file called
- ADOPT.SYS. You create it with an Editor or Word Processor. Enter
- the name(s) of the contributors (one on each line, maximum of 5
- entries, each a maximum of 30 characters long). This file must be
- saved, in ASCII format, and placed in the Door directory.
-
-
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- LEGALITIES
- __________
-
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
- THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
- SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
- OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
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- DISTRIBUTION
- ____________
-
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
-
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- REGISTRATION
- ____________
-
- Registration and the subsequent insertion of the registration number into
- your configuation file, allows for the display of your BBS name on the
- opening and closing screen as well as the reduction of a delay built into
- the opening screen display along with the ability to change certain
- values in the configuration file.
-
- To register your copy of REMINDME please fill out the registration form
- (REGISTER.FRM) and mail it along with the registration fee to
- the name and address on the form.
-
- Once a door is registered, any changes to registration information (Sysop
- name or BBS Name) will require the doors to be re-registered at the
- registration fee in effect at that time.
-
- Be sure to use the proper upper/lower case when filling in your name and
- BBS name, as they MUST match the way you entered them in the configuration
- file. ^^^^
-
- Based upon information supplied on the registration form, I will pre-
- register you on my BBS. You will then be able to call SUNRISE-80 and pick
- up your registration number.
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-
-
- MISC
- ____
-
- The latest version of REMINDME and other fine SUNRISE DOOR programs are
- always available for download from SUNRISE-80 BBS.
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