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P O W E R L O G O N Version 4.03 for Wildcat! 5
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Logon Scripting Utility Developed by Crazy Larry's Online Art
503-357-2710 cloa@europa.com http://www.europa.com/~cloa/
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Editing Logon Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Power Logon Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Debugging/Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Packing List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Subscription Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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OVERVIEW
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Power Logon is essentially a "scripting utility" that allows
you to fully control the sequence of events that occurs when
a caller logs onto your BBS. Separate scripts can be created
for each Access Profile, and/or for an individual user.
With Power Logon, it is possible to arrange the sequence of
events by simply placing the commands in each script file, in
the order that you want them to be executed.
Since user-specific scripts are available, you can offer your
callers a custom logon sequence as a bonus for subscribing to
your BBS, or as a separate service.
Some files included in the archive use long-file names, and
must be in the full, long-file-name format for Wildcat! to see
them. I suggest using a program such as WinZip for Windows 95
to extract the files from the original archive.
NEW FEATURES
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If you used Power Logon for Wildcat! v4.nn, then you already
know how powerful, and useful this product is. However there
have been several changes to this program as a result of the
many changes in Wildcat! 5 and wcCode itself.
Several of the commands have changed, and a few are no longer
supported. If you are upgrading, you should consider creating
all new configuration (script) files for this version.
Power Logon now supports long-file-names supported by Win 95,
which makes things a lot easier for me <G>. Now your scripts
are named according to the access profile, and user names.
One of the best new features in Power Logon, is the built-in
"Who Called Today" program! Two commands are available that
allow you to add a callers name to this list, and display the
list. This feature is disabled if neither of these commands
appear in any of your scripts. For more information, see the
list of commands later in this documentation.
You can also use the included program, "List Who Called.WCX"
to view the list of the days callers from any menu.
An additional file called "Navterm.wcx" has also been added,
and is used to include callers that use wcNavigator to access
your BBS, to the list of who called. Wildcat! turns control
of the logon sequence over to the GUI side when a user logs
on to your BBS. This means that the logon script will never
be used during logon. If Navterm.wcx is used, it will add the
callers name to the list of who called automatically. Local
logons will not be recorded.
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INSTALLATION
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To install or upgrade from a prior version of Power Logon:
1] Place all wcCode executable (*.WCX) files in your Wildcat
home directory.
2] Run wcMenu, and add the file "LOGONCFG.WCX" to your Sysop
Menu. (Be sure to set the access level for this program
so that you can use it).
3] If you plan to use the built-in Who Called Today feature,
you might want to add the file "List Who Called.Wcx" to
your Main, or any other menu before exiting wcMenu.
4] Save the changes to your menu, log onto your BBS, and run
the configuration program that you just installed.
5] If you registered Power Logon for Wildcat! 4, you need to
copy "PWRLOGON.KEY" from your old home directory to your
new \WC5\DATA subdirectory.
EDITING LOGON SCRIPTS
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Logon scripts are simple text files that you can easily edit
offline using your favorite text editor. The Configuration
program will launch Windows "Notepad" to edit them.
When Power Logon starts, it looks for a user-specific script
file. If one is not found, it will then look for a script
that matches the users access level. If this file does not
exist, it will look for the default LOGON.PLS. If this file
is not available, it will execute the normal, default logon
sequence that MSI hard-codes in Wildcat!
Logon scripts can be as long as you want them, but they will
only be read up to the 100th line. You can add comments in
your script files wherever you please, however, for the best
results, you should be aware of the following guidelines.
1] Comments should begin with a "<" character so that Power
Logon will recognize and ignore it.
2] Any text that does not start with the "<" character will
be treated as an instruction. If the instruction is not
valid, Power Logon will ignore it, however, instructions
take time to proccess.
3] If you want to put comments next to your commands, it is
important that you put the command first, followed by a
comment character (<) and the comment itself.
4] Adding blank lines will help to make your script files a
bit easier to read, and will be ignored entirely.
5] Commands are not case sensitive.
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POWER LOGON COMMANDS
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Command Description
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ADDTIME n Adds "n" minutes to the callers time
left for the day.
ADDWHOCALLED Adds the callers name to the built-in
built-in "Who called today" list.
ASKCHECKMAIL Asks the caller if s/he would like to
check his/her inbox.
BEEP Beeps the local and remote console
BIRTHDAY Displays the appropriate message if
it is the callers birthday.
CHANGESETTINGS Displays the "Your settings" menu to the
caller.
CHECKBULLETINS Checks for updated bulletins, and prompts the
user to view the Bulletin menu if any exist.
CHECKFASTLOGON Exits the