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-=Bad Ad=-
1.91
Written by Troed/Sync!
Support Board: Sarcastic Existence - +46-451-91002 - 16800 DUAL
The newest version of -=Bad Ad=- can always be FREQ:ed from either of these
addresses/networks using the magic "BAD_AD".
90:1101/112 NeST
66:666/1 MeGaNeT
7:102/102 FUJiNeT
2:200/612 FiDONeT
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This program is SHAREWARE! If you use it regulary PLEASE send the equivalent
of 100 SEK (that's only 14$ or 9£!!!) to the following address:
(Send ANY currency, I'll always travel SOMEWHERE...)
Rickard Troedsson
Pl 4091 Verum
28022 Vittsjö
Sweden
As a registered user you'll get all updates LONG before public release date
and you'll also get almost ALL your wishes and suggestions included in the
next version! I have NOT messed around with pauses or dialogboxes which seems
to be today's method of making people pay the ShareWare fee, coz I find it
VERY annoying myself! Please ... more users means better -=Bad Ad=- ...
(Registered users will also get the magic string to stop -=Bad Ad=- from
appending the Mini-Ad feature on their textfiles)
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NOTE! If you have an earlier version of -=Bad Ad=- already installed you
do NOT have to write a totally new config file! Just run the config
program from the same directory as the config file and it'll be
upgraded automatically!
(Those of you who hasn't used -=Bad Ad=- before should just use the
config file included in this archive and edit it for your needs)
What is -=Bad Ad=- :
-=Bad Ad=- Was written by a SysOp (me!) tired of looking at all the
BBS advertisments found in archives coming from the other
boards, and who wanted a few more users himself...
-=Bad Ad=- is the best repacker/packer/BBS-ad-deleter&adder etc. on the
Atari-scene. Even if you're not interested in adding an ad
to all your archives, you'll find the DELETE-ad and the repack
features very useful.
-=Bad Ad=- v1.91 can run in one of three different modes,
selected with the configuration program.
1) RATSoft mode:
-=Bad Ad=- will use the UPLOADS.DAT files RATSoft creates and
edit them reflecting the changes -=Bad Ad=- makes.
Everything is done automagically, all you need to do is to
have -=Bad Ad=- run after the users has logged off. (It's also
possible to run -=Bad Ad=- once a day, or manually, but I
find it best to have it run after each user)
2) QuickBBS mode:
This is the newest mode, and should be considered as a beta for
now on. Use this to run -=Bad Ad=- on your uploads folder before
you move the files into their appropiate directories.
-=Bad Ad=- will make changes in the FILES.BBS reflecting the
changes on the filenames. (UPLOAD.LOG changes in future version)
3) External mode:
Here -=Bad Ad=- will just do its job on the folder you specified
in the config program. Do NOT use this mode on files uploaded
to your BBS, since your BBS won't recognize the files if they
have been changed. (Note, in "Never Repack" mode -=Bad Ad=- won't
change the filenames, thus you actually CAN use it.)
I myself use two differently configured -=Bad Ad=- programs.
(Which ofcoz can't be in the same folder!)
One for external use on files I download myself for later
including in the BBS, and one together with RATSoft, which runs
when a user's logged off.
Rat Master told me to use LOGOFF.BAT for this purpose, and I
suppose that's what we should do, ex:
LOGOFF.BAT OFFHOOK (run RATSoft's OFFHOOK.PRG)
cd ..
cd PATH\ (path to -=Bad Ad=-)
_BAD_AD_.PRG (run -=Bad Ad=-)
cd ..
cd RATSOFT\ (back to RATSoft)
EOF
>>>>>>>>>>> If someone supplies me with the necessary info and support I
MIGHT do a version for Turbo BBS!, let me know!
-=Bad Ad=- can do the following magic things:
=- Add Advertisments into LZH,ZIP,ZOO,ARC,LZH (Never Repack mode)
=- Repack LHA,ZOO,ARC,ARJ,LZH,ZIP < x Kb into ZIP/LZH
=- Pack textfiles and programs into ZIP/LZH
=- Rename the Amiga standard LHA to LZH
=- Delete other advertisments when repacking (Even protected!)
=- Log its actions for later viewing
=- Protect its own ads (Own Ad mode)
=- Use the new standard called: "BBS_ADS.TXT" appending!
=- Quite resolution independant! (Thanks go to Dawn Patrol!!!)
=- Append a "mini-ad" to the end of texfiles when repacking/packing
...and lots more you'll have to find out yourself .. read the whole
HISTORY.xxx to learn all about them...
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
How to install -=Bad Ad=- :
Put _BAD_AD_.PRG, BAD_CNF.PRG and BAD_AD.xxx in the same folder,
then create your advertisment(s) (if you haven't done that
already). You can name your "Own Ad" (textfile that will be
added to the archives) whatever you like, and then point to it
woth the configuration program. If you want to use the "Mini-Ad"
feature, you will have to create a small textfile, maximum 10
lines long, named MINI_AD.TXT, and put it in the same folder
as the "Own Ad" file. This little file will append to all files
fitting the extensions you've choosed for textfiles in the config
program.
Now run the configuration program and walk through each menu-
selection. Be sure to set up everything correctly!
Save your config, and take your -=Bad Ad=- for the first run!
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Miscellaneous:
-=Bad Ad=- uses LHARC.TTP, STZIP.TTP, UNARJ.TTP, ARC.TTP and ZOO.TTP,
they're not included in this archive becoz they're ShareWare
and should be distributed by themselves. (They're on my BBS)
You can use ZIPJR.TTP instead of STZIP.TTP to gain extra speed,
One of these archivers was hard to get, Zoo v2.14 (or as its
real name is: ZOO v2.1 4:th release) which seems to be the
only Zoo version that QUITS without waiting for a keypress
when it's finished!
NOTE: If you're a RATSoft ST SysOp, most of these packers are already
located in your RATSoft home-directory!
(One exception: Most RATSoft SysOps use STUNARJ v2.20, that
won't work with -=Bad Ad=-, point to UNARJ v2.30 using the
config program)
>>>>>>>>>> For more info on RATSoft ST (Best BBS program ever!) dial the
>>>>>>>>>> support board! Rat's Nest +1-(909)-989-3381
-=Bad Ad=- has worked flawlessly on my harddisk, using LHARC 2.01L
STZIP 2.2, ARC 6.02 ,UNARJ 2.30 and ZOO v2.14 but...
Disclaimer: I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER IF YOU MANAGE TO DELETE ALL
YOUR FILES USING THIS GREAT PROGRAM! "WORKS FOR ME" /Hunter
(-=Bad Ad=- needs memory for its own use... please .. don't
try to do magic on a one meg machine ... )
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Important:
A commandline can't be any size! PLEASE keep the number of
subdirectories down to a minimum! If you can't get -=Bad Ad=-
to work without problems, try to shorten the names of your
subdirectories and put them closer to the root!
A tip may be to keep the paths so short that the -=Bad Ad=-
configuration program can show them in their full length!
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IF AN ERROR SHOULD OCCUR:
If a fatal error occurs when -=Bad Ad=- is working it may leave
some of its config files on the HD, it will delete them the next
time it's run .. EXCEPT when there are files in the WORK
directory! (You might wanna check them out, or you may need them
as a backup)
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Wow... what a great manual I managed to write! Still, if you
can't get this program to work.. call my board ...
_______
(roed Sarcastic Existence - +46-451-91002 - 16800 DUAL
PS: Read the HISTORY.xxx file!!! All new stuff is explained
there!
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Here I should have written some greetz or something like that, but that
would've made this manual far too big for anyone to upload...I'll just
say:
Thanx: Rat Master - RATSoft is WONDERFUL! +1-(909)9893381
Zaphod Beeblebrox - Betatester, Eagles Nest +46-18-262804
The Hawk - Betatester, Happy H +1-(813)5964999
KG - Betatester, Data Control +1-(818)5585636
King BJK - Betatester, Kockens BBS +46-46-250256
Dawn Patrol - Made my graphics routs TT-compatible...
(I can be reached on ANY of the above boards too!)
...and to the rest...
¥0 do0DeZ aLl 0vΣr 'dA Plz, ce∈p uP τHe tRaDi∩g!
|-THiS FiLE PASSED THR0UGH --- /\ ---.------ /\ ---*--.- FiDONET 2:200/612 --|
| . * . // \ . // \ . FUJiNeT 7:102/102 |
| I.C.S Swedish HQ // \ + // \ . MeGANeT 66:666/1 |
| + // / \ // \ + NeST 90:1101/112 |
| Sync World HQ /\\ \\ / . // \\ / |
| . // \ \/ // /\/ . 16800 DUAL STANDARD |
| +46-451-91002 \\ / / \\ \/ + |
| * \\ / + . \\ \ . . . |
| . \\ / \\ / |
|- SysOp: Troed ------------ \/ARCASTIC -- \/XISTENCE --- CoSysOp: Zaphod B -|
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