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"The QuickBBS Bulletin Board Maintenance System"
Version 2.02 August 18, 1989
Written by: Dionis & Rafael Smith
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION:
[1] Overview of Q-MAIN.......................... 1
[2] Copyright Notice............................ 1
[3] Disclaimer.................................. 1
[4] Credits..................................... 1
[5] Registering your copy of Q-MAIN............. 1
RUNNING Q-MAIN:
[1] Getting started............................. 2
[2] USER Editor................................. 4
[3] EVENT Editor................................ 5
[4] MENU Editor................................. 5
[5] MESSAGE Board Editor........................ 6
[6] QuickBBS Nodelist Compiler.................. 6
[7] QuickBBS configuration...................... 6
[8] MESSAGE Utilities........................... 8
[9] MISCELLANEOUS Utilities......................9
[10] Future Releases.............................10
"Overview"
Q-MAIN is a QuickBBS Maintenance System. Included within QMAIN_22.ZIP is
numerous useful utilities for QuickBBS Sysops, such as; UserEditor,
MenuEditor, Event Editor, Message Board Editor, QuickBBS Configuration
Program, Various Message Utilities (for doing Maintenance on your message
files), and Various Miscellaneous. This version of Q-Main is compatible with
QuickBBS Version 2.04.
"Copyright Notice (c) 1988,89"
The QuickBBS Maintenance System (Q-MAIN) is the copyrighted material of
Dionis and Rafael Smith. You are encouraged to distribute Q-MAIN to others
as long as you do not charge in any way or form. Q-MAIN is distributed un-
der the "ShareWare" concept.
"Disclaimer"
Dionis and/or Rafael Smith shall not be held responsible for any damages
or problems that occurs to hardware, software, or other peripheral devices
while running Q-MAIN. All responsibility rests upon the user of this
program.
"Credits"
* QuickBBS is a Trademark of Adam Hudson.
* Turbo Pascal 5.5 is a Registered Trademark of Borland, Inc.
* Thanks to Dale Malone for his efforts in proof-reading these docs.
* My Beta Testers here in Orlando Florida. They have been
a BIG help.
"Registering your copy of Q-MAIN"
Since Q-MAIN is distributed under the "Shareware" concept, this means
that if you intend to keep on using this program, after you find it of use
to you, then a registration/contribution will be appreciated. All we are
asking is that you try Q-MAIN 2.02 and if it suits your needs then a $10.00
(or more, of course) registration fee is requested. Please read
REGISTER.LST for more information on registering.
1
"Getting Started"
Q-MAIN requires at least 140k to run (load in), so please keep this in
mind. Also, Q-MAIN, at various times keeps many files open, so if you hap-
pen to get a runtime error 004 you will need to increase the files = x
statement in your config.sys file (x = a number).
Q-MAIN does not have to be executed from your QuickBBS main directory,
it can be executed from anywhere. Once you execute Q-MAIN, go to Q-MAIN
CONFIGURATION from the main menu. Here you will see the following within a
window:
User Log Path:
Nodelist Path:
Config Path:
Keep Backup MSG*.BBS files: No
Downloader Report:
Uploader Report:
Caller Report:
Message Report:
Sysop Level: 0
ALLFILE List:
The first three selections are pretty much self-explanatory. Granted, that
in most cases these paths will probably be the same, but it is implemented
this way incase you are running some of your board from a RAM drive or your
have some other special setup. All the fourth selection does is instructs
any of the options under 'Message Utilities' whether or not to keep backup
copies of the message files. Use ENTER to toggle. The next four selections
pertain to 'User Reports' under the Miscellaneous Utilities option. Upon
selecting any of these four you will be given the following within a
window:
ASCII Full Path/Name:
ANSI Full Path/Name:
Color for border: White
Color of header: White
Color for 1st column (number): White
Color for 2nd column (name): White
Color for 3rd column (pertains to report): White
Again, it is pretty much self-explanatory. The first two selections is
were you specify the paths, one for ASCII and one for ANSI. If you are not
going to be making a ANSI copy just leave it alone, same goes for ASCII.
The last five selections is where you specify what colors you want certain
parts of the report to be. Only change this if you plan on creating a ANSI
copy. Use the LEFT - RIGHT arrows to toggle between colors.
The ninth selection also pertains to the 'User Reports'. This is were you
specify the access level given to Sysops on your system. Any user who has
2
the same access level specified here will be ignored when creating the
reports. The last selection pertains to the 'ALLFILE List Generator' from
the Miscellaneous Utilities menu. Upon selecting this option you will be
given the following:
Bulletin Path/Name (ASCI):
Bulletin Path/Name (ANSI):
Download Path/Name (ASCI):
Download Path/Name (ANSI):
Color for borders: White
Color for headers: White
Color for 1st column (name): White
Color for 2st column (size): White
Color for 3rd column (description): White
As you can see, this is very similar to the selections pertaining to the
'User Reports'. The only difference between a list created to put for
download and a list created to use as a bulletin is that the bulletin list
lists individual stats on each file area (number of files and amount of
space they occupy).
The rest of this documentation BRIEFLY explains the options from the MAIN
MENU. Q-MAIN is basically self-explanatory when run. Incase you have just
started with QuickBBS, you should look over the QuickBBS docs first. I'm
assuming that you have had experience with other QuickBBS Utilities. In
most cases you use the ARROW KEYS to maneuver your way around the menus and
the ESC KEY to return to the previous menu.
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"User Editor"
This first option from the MAIN MENU is a QuickBBS User Editor. Upon
selecting this option from the MAIN MENU, you will be viewing record number
0 (your first user) of the USERS.BBS file. You will be able to do the
following:
Key: Function:
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F2 SEARCH FOR A USER. First and last name must be given.
It is not case sensitive.
F3 GOTO A SPECIFIC USER #. You will be able to jump to any
other user record, providing you know his/her USER #.
F4 SORT USER LOG. Upon selecting this o