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- : FrontDoor Stats v3.00
- : (c) Copyright 1994-96 Intuitive Vision Software. All Rights Reserved.
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-
- DISCLAIMER
- ----------
-
- Intuitive Vision Software has taken every precaution to insure
- that no harm or damage will occur on computer systems operating
- this package. Nevertheless, Intuitive Vision Software shall
- NOT be held liable for whatever may happen on your computer
- system or to any computer systems which connects to your own as
- a result of operating this package. The user assumes full
- responsibility for the correct operation of this software
- package, whether harm or damage results from software error,
- hardware malfunction, or operator error. NO warranties are
- offered, expressly stated or implied, including without
- limitation or restriction any warranties of operation for a
- particular purpose and/or merchantability. If you do not agree
- with this then do NOT use this program.
-
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
- -----------------
-
- The program, support files, and documentation are copyrighted
- products of Intuitive Vision Software. Intuitive Vision Software
- reserves all rights to these products. This is protected by the
- United States of America (USA) and International Copyright Laws.
- In no way shall the components of the software package be
- reproduced or modified in any form or method without prior
- expressly written permission from Intuitive Vision Software.
-
- Tampering with or altering the contents or integrity of the
- software package is prohibited. No fee may be charged by any
- agency other than Intuitive Vision Software beyond the cost of
- distributing unregistered copies without prior expressly
- written permission from Intuitive Vision Software.
-
- This program is distributed under the Shareware concept. You
- are allowed to operate the program for a trial period of
- thirty (30) days. After this trial period, you must register
- the program or discontinue its use. Again if you do not agree
- with this then do NOT use this program.
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ------------
-
- In order to register your copy of fdStats you must first run
- the program called REGISTER.EXE. This program will help you
- to create a text file called REGISTER.FRM. This is your
- registration form. Your registration form must be printed
- and mailed to Intuitive Vision Software.
-
- You must include your $10 registration fee with your
- registration form. Please send either a check or money order.
- Please make checks payable to Intuitive Vision Software.
-
- 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!
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
-
- FrontDoor Stats will read your FrontDoor data files. From the information
- collected FrontDoor Stats will create both color ANSI and ASCII text
- display files. These display files may be shown to your users during
- the log on process, in your bulletins, or from a menu command on your
- BBS.
-
- FrontDoor Stats can also create a daily message in any message base of your
- choice (JAM/Squish/*.MSG format) which will show the previous day's
- statitics. You may toggle this feature on or off.
-
- Features Include...
-
- o Creates ANSI display screens.
- o Creates ASCII display screens.
- o Supports most BBS types.
- o Creates Daily Reports.
- o Works very fast.
- o Supports up to 99 FrontDoor Nodes.
- o Support BBS and Fido Style support available.
- o Registration fee is only $10.
-
-
- CONFIGURATION
- -------------
-
- First, place the archived file FDSTAT30.RAR into a directory of your
- choice. Next, unRAR FDSTAT30.RAR into that directory.
-
- You must insure that your FD environment variable is set correctly before
- running fdStats. If you do not have your FD environment variable set, you
- should place a line similar to the one below in your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
-
- SET FD=[Path to SETUP.FD]
-
- Next, you must configure fdStats. An easy to use setup program has been
- included. This program is called SETUP.EXE.
-
- NOTE TO USERS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS:
-
- If you are running a previous version of fdStats, you must recreate
- your configuration file, as the new format is incompatible and there
- is not a conversion program. Please delete or rename your current
- FDSTATS.CFG, and run the SETUP.EXE program.
-
- From the main menu in SETUP.EXE, select 'Edit Current Config'. You will
- be prompted to create the configuration file. Once the configuration file
- has been created, you will see the main configuration screen:
-
- ╒═╡ Edit Configuration ╞════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ │
- │ BBS Name : A new fdStats BBS │
- │ BBS Type : Nexus │
- │ Node # for Last Call: 1 │
- │ Send Message? : No │
- │ Message Base Setup │
- │ Create File? : Yes │
- │ File Definitions │
- │ │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
- BBS Name : This is the name of your BBS, used for the
- creation of your display files and report
- messages.
-
- BBS Type : When you edit this option, you will be
- prompted with a list of the supported BBS
- types. If your BBS software is not listed,
- select 'UNLISTED'.
-
- Node # for Last Call : This is the Node # that fdStats should
- process for its 'Last Call' information.
- fdStats supports nodes 1 through 99 for
- this field.
-
- Send Mesage? : This toggle allows you to enable or disable
- the statistics message posting. This may
- only be disabled if the 'Create File' option
- is ENABLED.
-
- Message Base Setup : This option is only available when the 'Send
- Message' option is enabled. This will bring
- you to the Edit Message Base screen (see
- below).
-
- Create File? : This toggle allows you to enable or disable
- the ANSI/ASCII file creation by fdStats. This
- may only be disabled if the 'Send Message'
- option is ENABLED.
-
- File Definitions : This option is only available when the 'Create
- File' option is enabled. This will bring you
- to the Edit Filenames screen (see below).
-
-
- When you enable the 'Send Message' option, and select 'Message Base Setup',
- you will be brought to the Edit Message Base screen:
-
- ╒═╡ Edit Message Base ╞═════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ │
- │ Message Format : JAM │
- │ Message Base : │
- │ Message Base Type : Echomail │
- │ Message To : │
- │ Private? : No │
- │ Your Address : │
- │ │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
- Message Format : This is the format of the messages base that
- fdStats will place the statistics message in.
- The options are JAM, Squish, and *.MSG.
-
- Message Base : JAM/Squish format: This is the path AND
- filename (no extension) to the message base
- that you wish the message posted to.
-
- *.MSG format: This is the path to the message
- base that you wish the message posted to
- (where the *.MSG files reside).
-
- Message Base Type : This is the type of message base that fdStats
- will be posting to. The options are Local,
- Echomail, and Netmail.
-
- Message To : This is the name that fdStats will will post
- the message to. It is suggested that when
- fdStats is set to post the message as private
- (see below), you set this to your name. When
- posting public, you would normally put 'All'.
-
- Private? : Should this message be posted with the private
- flag? This option will tell fdStats whether
- it should be marking the message as private or
- not.
-
- Your Address : This is your Fidonet-type address. It should
- be in the (zone:net/node[.point]) format.
- This address is used as the from address in
- echomail messages, and as the from AND to
- addresses in netmail messages.
-
- When selecting 'File Definitions' from the main edit screen, you will be
- brought to the Edit Filenames screen:
-
- ╒═╡ Edit Filenames ╞════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ │
- │ ANSI Filename : C:\NEXUS\GRAPHICS\FDSTATS.ANS │
- │ ASCII Filename : C:\NEXUS\GRAPHICS\FDSTATS.TXT │
- │ │
- ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
- ANSI Filename : This is the full drive:\path\filename.ext of
- the ANSI file that will be created by fdStats.
-
- ASCII Filename : This is the full drive:\path\filename.ext of
- the ASCII file that will be created by
- fdStats.
-
-
- RUNNING FDSTATS
- ---------------
-
- Once you have properly configured fdStats, you can run fdStats simply by
- typing
-
- FDSTATS
-
- There are no commandline parameters necessary.
-
-
- THANKS
- ------
-
- Intuitive Vision Software would like to thank the following people for
- their efforts:
-
- o Kevin Kuphal
- o Michael Moline
- o Sonny Grissom
- o Sam Grady
- o Milenko Bandur
-
-
- 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
- Ghotinet 88:10/583
- StormNet 181:294/0
-
- FREQ IVSOFT for more information on Intuitive Vision Software
- FREQ FILES for a complete file listing
- FREQ IVNET for information on IVnet
-
- Internet Support
- ----------------
-
- e-mail
- ------
- For sales information: sales@ivsoft.com
- Technical Support : techsupp@ivsoft.com
-
- World Wide Web
- --------------
- http://www.ivsoft.com
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-
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