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  8.                                   JVLOTTERY
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  10.                                 Version 1.16
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  12.                              Online time lottery
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  14.                      Copyright (C) 1992 By Arsi Hommonen
  15.  
  16.                        Based upon code by Jari Virtamo
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  26.         First
  27.  
  28.                           If this program destroys your harddisk or something.
  29.                           Don't blame me. You are on your own then.
  30.  
  31.  
  32.         Updating
  33.  
  34.                           If you are updating from 1.12 or older.
  35.                           You should run JVLCNV12.EXE to convert data files.
  36.                   
  37.                           Before you run JVLottery v1.16 you should
  38.                           check out BBS path from JVLEDIT.
  39.  
  40.  
  41.         Programs needed
  42.  
  43.                           JVLottery needs QuickBBS compatible software or
  44.                           Remote Station and a fossil driver
  45.                           ( Eg. Ray Gwinns X00 )
  46.  
  47.  
  48.         Archive
  49.  
  50.                           JVLOT116.??? should have these files :
  51.  
  52.                           JVLOTTER.EXE          Main EXE file.
  53.                           JVLOTTER.ANS          Ansi screen for lottery.
  54.                           JVLOTTER.ASC          Ascii screen for lottery.
  55.                           JVLOTTER.DOC          JvLottery documents.
  56.                           JVLOTTER.116          What is new in Jvl?
  57.                           JVLEDIT.EXE           Editor for datafiles.
  58.                           JVLCNV12.EXE          JVLConverter from older
  59.                                                 than 1.12 to 1.16.
  60.                           
  61.  
  62.         Installing
  63.  
  64.                           You should use communication port 1 or 2.
  65.                           Be sure you are using fossil driver.
  66.  
  67.                           You should also change your BBS batch file.
  68.                           Example when using command type 15 with QuickBBS.
  69.  
  70.                            :Start
  71.                            QuickBBS -E0
  72.  
  73.                            :After_Quick
  74.                            if errorlevel 100 goto Lottery
  75.                            goto start
  76.  
  77.                            :Restart_Quick
  78.                            QuickBBS -R
  79.  
  80.                            :Lottery
  81.                            JVLOTTER.EXE
  82.                            goto Restart_Quick
  83.  
  84.                           When using SuperBBS you can also use command
  85.                           type 7. Just remember to put *E on the commandline
  86.                           for rereading EXITINFO.BBS
  87.  
  88.                           Extract JVLOT116.??? archive to your JVL-directory
  89.                           Run JVLEDIT.EXE first, check configurations.
  90.  
  91.                           (1)  JVLottery Configuration.
  92.  
  93.                           BBS Software...........: 0
  94.                             -  JVLottery supports few QuickBBS compatible
  95.                                softwares. Eg. SuperBBS and Remote Access.
  96.                                And now supports Remote Station too.
  97.  
  98.                                0 : QuickBBS 2.?? or SuperBBS 1.??
  99.                                1 : Remote Access 0.0?
  100.                                2 : Remote Access 1.??
  101.                                3 : Remote Station 1.00
  102.  
  103.                           BBS Path...............: D:\SUPERBBS\
  104.                             -  Path to your DORINFO1.DEF and
  105.                                EXITINFO.BBS or DORUSER1.DEF file.
  106.  
  107.                           Winner List Length.....: 30
  108.                             -  Length of winnerlist. Maximum is 300.
  109.  
  110.                           Ticket Range...........: 80
  111.                             -  Example :
  112.                                200 tickets has been sold, user buys 40 tickets.
  113.                                Ticket to win next winning ticket will be
  114.                                chosen between 240 <-> 240 + ticket range.
  115.                                In this case from 240 to 320.
  116.  
  117.                           Prompt.................: Your Choice:
  118.                             -  Prompt which will be displayed after
  119.                                JVLOTTER.A?? file.
  120.  
  121.                           Prompt Color...........: 3
  122.                             -  Color of "Your Choice:" prompt.
  123.  
  124.                           Buy Character..........: B
  125.                             -  Character to buy tickets.
  126.  
  127.                           View Character.........: V
  128.                             -  Character to view winnerlist.
  129.  
  130.                           Quit Character.........: Q
  131.                             -  Character to return to bulletin board system.
  132.  
  133.                           Main Color.............: 3
  134.                             -  Main color on program.
  135.                                Example winnerlist is displayed with this color.
  136.  
  137.                           1st Additional Color...: 14
  138.                             -  First additional color on program.
  139.                                Example when you search winning tickets.
  140.  
  141.                           2nd Additional Color...: 12
  142.                             -  Second additional color on program.
  143.                                Example "is a WINNER!" text when you
  144.                                got the jackpot.
  145.  
  146.                           Tax Percent............: 30
  147.                             -  Tax percent which will be reduced from minutes
  148.                                to increase jackpot. Example one ticket sold
  149.                                will increase jackpot with 0.7 minutes when
  150.                                tax percent is 30%.
  151.  
  152.                           Write Log File.........: 1
  153.                             -  Gives change to keep a logfile.
  154.  
  155.                           Log File Name..........: SYSTEM.LOG
  156.                             -  Name of the logfile if it is kept.
  157.                                Logfile will be searched from
  158.                                BBS path directory.
  159.  
  160.                           More Prompt............: More (Y/n/c/l) ?
  161.                             -  More prompt. Comes after every 24 lines.
  162.                                Y for continue. N for stop listing.
  163.                                C for continuosly listing. L for one line only.
  164.  
  165.                                (F10) saves changes. Changes will be saved
  166.                                when exiting program to dos.
  167.  
  168.  
  169.                           (2)  JVLottery Editor.
  170.  
  171.                           Tickets sold............: 0
  172.                             -  Total tickets sold.
  173.  
  174.                           Current jackpot.........: 2.00
  175.                             -  Current jackpot on lottery.
  176.  
  177.                           Name of the last winner.: *Unknown*
  178.                             -  Name of the last winner.
  179.  
  180.                           Minutes in last jackpot.: 0
  181.                             -  Size of last jackpot.
  182.  
  183.                           Next winner.............: 20
  184.                             -  Number of next winner ticket.
  185.  
  186.                           Total wins..............: 0
  187.                             -  Total minutes won ever.
  188.  
  189.                           Lowest pot..............: 0
  190.                             -  Lowest jackpot ever won.
  191.  
  192.                           Lowest pot winner.......: *Unknown*
  193.                             -  Name of the lowest pot winner.
  194.  
  195.                           Highest pot.............: 0
  196.                             -  Highest jackpot ever won.
  197.  
  198.                           Highest pot winner......: *Unknown*
  199.                             -  Name of the highest pot winner.
  200.  
  201.                           Last user...............: *Unknown*
  202.                             -  Name of the last user.
  203.  
  204.                                (F10) saves changes. Changes will be saved
  205.                                when exiting program to dos.
  206.  
  207.  
  208.         JVLOTTER.A?? files
  209.  
  210.  
  211.                           It possible to make your own JVLotter menu.
  212.  
  213.                           JVLOTTER.ANS is a file what will showed
  214.                           to users who have enabled their Ansi.
  215.  
  216.                           JVLOTTER.ASC is a file what will showed
  217.                           to users who have disabled Ansi and are
  218.                           using Ascii graphics.
  219.  
  220.                           Avatar graphics is not supported, anyway
  221.                           program will ask Avatar users to use Ansi
  222.                           graphics if they try to enter Jvlottery.
  223.  
  224.         Special chars
  225.  
  226.  
  227.          You can use few special chars at your JVLOTTER.A?? files.
  228.  
  229.          Ascii           Char              Function
  230.          ----------------------------------------------------------------
  231.          11 48            ^K0               Highest pot winner.
  232.          11 49            ^K1               Total of tickets sold.
  233.          11 50            ^K2               Current jackpot.
  234.          11 51            ^K3               Name of last winner.
  235.          11 52            ^K4               Minutes in last jackpot.
  236.          11 53            ^K5               Tax percent.
  237.          11 54            ^K6               Total minutes won.
  238.          11 55            ^K7               Lowest pot.
  239.          11 56            ^K8               Lowest pot winner.
  240.          11 57            ^K9               Highest pot.
  241.          11 65            ^KA               Name of lastuser.
  242.          11 66            ^KB               Users full name.
  243.          11 67            ^KC               Users first name.
  244.          11 68            ^KD               Users last name.
  245.          11 69            ^KE               Minutes remaining.
  246.  
  247.  
  248.         Colors
  249.  
  250.  
  251.                             List of colors and their numbers which you have
  252.                             possibility to use in color configuration fields.
  253.  
  254.  
  255.                              Number             Color
  256.                             -----------------------------------
  257.                                0                Black
  258.                                1                Blue
  259.                                2                Green
  260.                                3                Cyan
  261.                                4                Red
  262.                                5                Magenta
  263.                                6                Brown
  264.                                7                Light gray
  265.                                8                Dark gray
  266.                                9                Light blue
  267.                               10                Light green
  268.                               11                Light cyan
  269.                               12                Light red
  270.                               13                Light magenta
  271.                               14                Light yellow
  272.                               15                White
  273.  
  274.  
  275.         JVLEdits special keys
  276.  
  277.  
  278.                           BACKSPACE     - Moves cursor left and deletes chat
  279.  
  280.                           ENTER         - Accepts field and goes to next field.
  281.  
  282.                           ESC           - Returns to main menu and discard all
  283.                                           changes.
  284.  
  285.  
  286.                           F10           - Returns to main menu and saves
  287.                                           all changes made. Changes will
  288.                                           be saved when exiting program.
  289.  
  290.                           CURSOR UP     - Accepts field and returns to
  291.                                           previous field.
  292.  
  293.                           CURSOR DOWN   - Accepts field and goes to next field.
  294.  
  295.                           CURSOR RIGHT  - Moves cursor right.
  296.  
  297.                           CURSOR LEFT   - Moves cursor left.
  298.  
  299.                           HOME          - Moves cursor to begin of field.
  300.  
  301.                           END           - Moves cursor to end of field.
  302.  
  303.                           INS           - Insertes space to under cursor.
  304.  
  305.                           DEL           - Deletes char under cursor and
  306.                                           moves other chars to left.
  307.  
  308.                           TAB           - Clears whole field.
  309.  
  310.  
  311.         Bugs? Comments? Ideas?
  312.  
  313.         Call my Bulletin Board System.
  314.  
  315.         Nuuh BBS   +358-(9)0-1481959    v22bis, v32, HST   24h   SuperBBS
  316.  
  317.