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MATCH MAKER
v5.3
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise Door Software
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525 (USR v.everything 33.6)
(404) 705-9104 (USR v.everything 33.6)
(404) 256-9518 (VOICE/FAX, 9am-9:30pm EST)
(EMAIL) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
(c) Copyright 1996, Al Lawrence All RIghts Reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Match Maker Highlights.......................................... 1
Legalities...................................................... 2
Troubleshooting................................................. 2
Distribution.................................................... 3
Installation.................................................... 4
Configuration File.............................................. 5
Download Questionnaire.......................................... 7
Upload Answers to Questionnaire................................. 8
File Transfer Protocols......................................... 9
WELCOME Text File (MMWELCOM).................................... 10
USAGEx Log file................................................. 10
New Questions Bulletin (MMNEWQUE.TXT)........................... 11
TRASHCAN File................................................... 12
STATE and COUNTRY Files (MMSTATE.DAT and MMCNTRY.DAT)........... 13
Question File Setup............................................. 14
Alternate Questionnaire Languages............................... 16
Maintenance Program (MMAINT).................................... 17
Non-Standard Communication Ports................................ 18
Multi-Node Setup................................................ 19
Match Maker EXCHANGE............................................ 20
Picture Attach, Picture Downloading, PICTURE.TXT................ 23
External Compression Batch Files (COMPRESS.DAT)................. 24
Text Editor (MMTXTMOD.EXE)...................................... 25
Registration.................................................... 26
Miscellaneous................................................... 27
Page 1
MATCH MAKER HIGHLIGHTS
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Match Maker allows for the matching of callers with like interests
based upon answers given to questions developed by the Sysop.
You may create up to 100 questions to be asked of each caller. You may
create a different set of questions, based upon the callers sex. All
that is required is to assign the proper filename to each set.
You can indicate which questions you want a single choice and which you
will allow the caller to select multiple choices.
You may create a trashcan file containing names you do not want used as an
alias or Logon Name (registered version only).
You may limit the number of times a caller may access the door.
You may send and receive PRIVATE messages (does not affect the normal
BBS message base).
Message database can accomodate unlimited number of messages. (Reg Version)
Caller database can accomodate unlimited number of users. (Reg version)
All Caller database records contain the logon name of the caller.
A maintainance program is supplied to be used to purge the databases and
recreate Index files. Command line parameters define the purge criteria
for Event maintenance (Registered version only). When run locally you
define the purge criteria at run time (Registered version only).
Unregistered version allows for the search and viewing of Callers records
(search may be Alias or logon name) as well as the recreation of Indexes.
Maintenance program can clear all answers or individual questions. The Door
program will then detect this and force the caller to answer the new
question(s).
Capable of exchanging USER and MESSAGE databases amongst any number of BBS'
Caller can download Questionnaire file
Caller can upload answers to questionnaire file
You can have 2 questionnaires, one being a Self-Description the other being
a Desired-Match
You can take uploaded PICTURES and attach them to the User's profile, thus
making them available for viewing/downloading when that user's profile is
chosen to be viewed (REGISTERED Version ONLY).
MULTI-LANGUAGE capable!
Page 2
LEGALITIES
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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.
TROUBLESHOOTING
---------------
(1) If you are running this Door on a 486 system and encounter errors such as
ERROR 6.... OVERFLOW Error
ERROR 5.... ILLEGAL Function Call (may be associated with other problems)
KEYBOARD Timeout after 5 minutes
You may have to put the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET NO87=ON
(2) If you encounter an Error 62 (Input Past End of File), BEFORE you see the
opening screen of the Door, your problem will more than likely be associated
with the CFG file. The error 62 means that you do not have enough entries
in the CFG. Compare your CFG file with the CFG definition in the DOC file.
(3) If you encounter an ERROR 70... Permission Denied, this will more than
likely mean that you DO NOT have SHARE loaded. SHARE is a DOS file that
comes with your version of DOS. To load it type the word SHARE at the DOS
prompt. To load it permanently type the word SHARE on a line by itself in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, any place prior to the loading of your BBS
software. There have been numerous reports that loading SHARE high causes
some problems, so to be on the safe side, do not load it high.
Should you have any questions or problem, please do not hesitate to call
voice for immediate help... 404-256-9518 (9am-9:30pm EST) any day!
Page 3
DISTRIBUTION
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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.
Page 4
INSTALLATION/LIMITATIONS
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>>>>>>>> ++++ BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SHARE.EXE LOADED!!!! ++++ <<<<<<<<
Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all MATCH MAKER files
2) Unzip MMAKERxx.ZIP into the the above directory