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- AUTODIAL III
- by Steven Kieffer
- CIS [72027,2532]
- 1/9/91
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- INTRODUCTION:
-
- This is my new version of Autodial, a Crosstalk for Windows script.
- It has many new improvements over the origonal Autodial. To use the
- autodial.xws script, just copy it to your script directory. For my
- machine it's, c:\comm\xws. Yours may be different. To use the script,
- select the Actions.Script menu. Choose Autodial from the different
- scripts and the program will start. A better way to call the Autodial
- script is to put it under each of your phone entries as a function key.
- To do this, select setup.function keys and enter the script name
- preceeded by a @. Like this: @autodial. Now when you want to call
- the autodial script, you can just select the function key or User menu.
-
- PROGRAM FUNCTIONS:
-
- This autodial script is very straight-forward. Their are only a few key
- points you might need to know about using Autodial III. When you first
- start Autodial II, the program will ask you to run Config. The script
- requires a file called autodial.dat, and it doesn't exist since the program
- is being started for the first time. Autodial.dat will be created in the
- directory that contains your Xtalk scripts.
-
- You select Config from the main menu of the program. It then will display
- the configuration menu. From here, select the first check-box and then
- move down to New phone entry. Type in the name of a phone book entry,
- and press the OK button with the mouse or just press Enter. If the phone
- book entry you typed in does not actually exist, you will get an error
- message. From there, you can try again. Repeat the process by checking
- another check-box and entering the new phone book entry at the bottom.
- You my find using the speed key ALT-N to be faster than reaching for the
- mouse each time you make an entry. When you are finished, select the
- Exit button to return to the main menu. To delete any entries, return
- to the Configuration menu and select the entries you wish to remove.
- Press the OK button and the entries will be deleted.
-
- Autodial III will start log-on scripts, if one does exist for the BBS you
- are calling. You will also notice that the autodialer gives a little
- beep when it connects to a BBS. This should get your attention if you
- are using another program in Windows. Also, their is a little counter
- in the message window to keep track of how many times you have autodialed.
- That's about it for the program. Please send me E-mail if you find
- any bugs in the script, or want some feature put into the Autodialer.
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- Steven
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- P.S. Version III has only added a few new features. Most of the changes
- were internal to the script so it would run more reliable. You will
- probably find that the script doesn't "crash" as easily anymore. If you hit
- a key while the script is trying to connect to a BBS, the script will simply
- cancel that try and go to the next BBS instead of crashing.