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- : ChargePost v1.02
- : (c) 1996 Intuitive Vision Software. All Rights Reserved.
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-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
-
- ChargePost is a utility designed to work with H. Allen Cravener's WC-Charge
- online credit card/checking door and any BBS software that supports the
- *.MSG, JAM or Squish message base formats. ChargePost will read in the
- user's receipt file and sysop's copy of the receipt and will post each of
- them to a specific base that you configure. This is a very good way to make
- sure that your user sees their receipt for products or services that they
- have purchased, and that you always know who has purchased what!
-
-
-
- LICENSE
- -------
-
- See accompanying LICENSE.TXT for license information. This file is the
- complete license agreement for this Intuitive Vision product.
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ------------
-
- To register your copy of ChargePost, you may either run the REGISTER.EXE
- program included with the package, or fill out the REGFORM.USA file included
- in the package. The REGISTER.EXE program is an interactive registration
- form, which will allow you register your copy of ChargePost, as well as
- many other Intuitive Vision Software products, and will create a file called
- REGISTER.FRM. Whichever method you choose, you will need to send that
- registration form, along with proper payment to the address listed in the
- form. Fast Thoughts requires a $10 registration fee, and as a shareware
- product, must be registered within 30 days.
-
- You may also register ONLINE via Credit Card or Check at PCsource BBS! See
- the CONTACT INFORMATION section for phone numbers for PCsource BBS.
-
- Thank you for your support of Intuitive Vision Software!
-
-
- FEATURES
- --------
-
- ChargePost is a message posting utility for use with the WC-Charge
- PROFESSIONAL Credit Card/Check Processing Door. ChargePost is for use with
- BBS software that supports the *.MSG, JAM, or Squish message base format.
- It is NOT BBS specific, and does NOT read any configuration files for any
- other programs. This allows for the most flexible use of the program. All
- you need to do is specify which message bases that you are going to have
- ChargePost place the messages in.
-
- ChargePost will place a copy of the User's receipt into a message base that
- you choose, so that they can view it online via the BBS. ChargePost will
- also post a copy of the LASTCHG.x file (which contains a copy of the receipt,
- as well as other information) in a message base of your choice to the SysOp,
- so that you can be notified of all charges/checking transfers that are placed
- on your system.
-
- NOTE: These messages WILL ALWAYS BE MARKED WITH THE PRIVATE FLAG! This is
- due to the fact that the customer's credit card information is in their
- receipt, and this is sensitive information. Please be aware that different
- BBS software handles message bases differently, so understand that by setting
- ChargePost to post messages to a publicly accessible message base may in fact
- allow all users to view these messages. It is Intuitive Vision Software's
- recommendation that you set ChargePost to place these messages into your
- private local e-mail base.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
-
- Unarchive the distribution archive into a directory of your choice. Once
- you have unarchived the file, you need to take the following steps:
-
- * Run CHPOST /S from the directory where you have placed ChargePost.
- This will allow you to edit your Configuration.
-
- * Place a call to ChargePost in your batch file that runs WC-Charge,
- AFTER WC-Charge has run. EXAMPLE:
-
- c:
- cd \charge
- set WCNODEID=%1
- wccharge node%WCNODEID%.cfg
- c:
- cd \chpost
- chpost -n%1
-
-
-
- SETUP AND OPERATION
- -------------------
-
- ChargePost's setup is pretty simple. There are 3 main pieces of information
- that you need to tell ChargePost:
-
- * The path to your RECEIPT.x/LASTCHG.x files. Please refer to the
- WC-Charge documentation for more help with determining this path.
-
- * The information about the message base(s) that you wish to have the
- messages posted in. SEE PREVIOUS SECTION FOR INFORMATION AND
- SUGGESTIONS FOR MESSAGE BASES.
-
- * The SysOp's name. This is the name that messages TO the SysOp will
- be posted to, and the name that messages FROM the SysOp to the
- User will be posted from.
-
- ChargePost supports the *.MSG, JAM, and Squish message base formats. Setup
- for each of them is similar, with the one difference being the *.MSG format.
- For the JAM and Squish formats, you will need to tell ChargePost the PATH and
- FILENAME of your message base. The FILENAME is simply the 8 character name,
- no extension. Don't forget to set the format in SETUP to JAM or Squish!
-
- For the *.MSG format, the FILENAME is unused, and the PATH to your message
- base is only used.
-
- Please refer to your BBS software's documentation and to your setup in your
- BBS software to see which format message bases your BBS software supports and
- what format the base you wish the messages be posted in are set to.
-
-
-
- COMMANDLINE OPTIONS
- -------------------
-
- ChargePost has the following commandline parameters:
-
- -S = Go to the SETUP menu
- -N[node] = Process Receipts and Charges for Node [node]
-
-
- One would use the -N parameter to have ChargePost process the current
- activity of WC-Charge and post appropriate messages.
-
-
-
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- -------------------
-
- You may contact Intuitive Vision Software via any of the following means:
-
- U.S. Postal Service
- -------------------
-
- Intuitive Vision Software
- P.O. Box 257773
- Chicago, IL 60625-7773
-
- 24-Hour Technical Support/Sales
- -------------------------------
- Voice (312) 583-2480
-
- 24-Hour Support BBS - PCsource BBS
- ----------------------------------
- (312) 583-1745 (28.8)
-
- Echomail Support/Netmail
- ------------------------
-
- IVnet 411:411/0
- Fidonet 1:115/583
-
- FREQ IVSOFT for more information on Intuitive Vision Software
- FREQ FILES for a complete file listing
- FREQ IVNET for information on IVnet
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- Internet Support
- ----------------
-
- e-mail
- ------
- For sales information: sales@ivsoft.com
- Technical Support : techsupp@ivsoft.com
-
- World Wide Web
- --------------
- http://www.ivsoft.com
-
- FTP
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- ftp://ftp.ivsoft.com/pub/ivsoft
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-
- Intuitive Vision Software is a division of Intuitive Vision Computer Services.
- IVnet is a Trademark of Intuitive Vision Computer Services.
-
- WC-Charge PROFESSIONAL from GlassWare Software is (c) Copyright 1993,96 by
- H. Allen Cravener.
-
- /* End file CHPOST.DOC */
-