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B-Login
Novell(R) Network Login Shell
Version 1.2
Add some excitement to logging in!
Designed and Coded by:
BLAZE Technologies
2100 South 7th Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-5777
Fax: (605) 394 - 5738
Copyright: Copyright (c)1994 by BLAZE Technologies. All rights reserved.
Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered t
rademarks of their respective holders.
License
Agreement: This software is available for a 35 day trial period. This
allows for a 20 day software evaluation of B-Login and a 15
day ordering period. If, after the 35 day evaluation period,
B-Login has not been purchased, then all B-Login copies must
be removed from the systems on which B-Login was installed.
After B-Login has been purchased, the number of copies of
B-Login equal to the number of file servers at your site on
which B-Login will be used will be licensed to your site.
The purchased copies of the software may not be exchanged,
sold, or distributed.
By using B-Login, you have agreed to these license agreement
terms.
Warranty: B-Login is sold on an as-is basis. BLAZE Technologies
specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied.
In no event shall BLAZE Technologies be liable for any loss
of profit or any other damage including but not limited to
special, incidental, consequential, or other damages,
including damages to third parties. If you do not find these
terms agreeable, then do not use the B-Login software.
By using B-Login, you have agreed to these warranty terms.
OVERVIEW
In the past, logging on to a Novell* file server has been a visually boring
and rather dull experience. Simple prompts are used to input a username and
password from the network user. It does not need to be like this any longer!
B-Login works with practically all the network drivers, including ODIs
and VLMs, and it gives the network administrator the ability to design eye
catching login screens using flashy backgrounds, splashes, banners, boxes,
frames, shadows, messages, clock read-outs, date read-outs, and screen savers.
Now, when important information needs to be relayed to network users,
messages can appear on the screen as the network user logs on. This is the
perfect way to inform network users of file server down times, birthdays,
jokes, quotes, and much more.
B-Login is a DOS based login shell so that the new login process incorporates
as smoothly as possible into your already existing login setup. Now, just
because the program is DOS based doesn't mean that the login screens are
boring and limited. Quite the contrary is
true. With the B-Splash editor and the right character and color combinations,
really cool and catchy login screens can be created!
The B-Login package features includes the following:
* B-Login - Easily installable shell for Novell's LOGIN.EXE.
* B-Splash - Splash and background bitmap editor for B-Login.
* Screen Saver examples.
* Background and Splash examples.
* Login screen examples.
Have fun!
INSTALLATION
* Installing all of the B-Login Package
Installation of the total B-Login software package is simple. Just copy the
files and directories included on the disk into the directory of your choice.
XCopy them to the SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN directory and flag everything ROS for the
fastest way to implement the new B-Login login shell.
* Installing the B-Login Program
Here are the steps for replacing LOGIN.EXE with B-Login:
1. Make the directory SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN on the file server.
2. Create a BLOGIN.INI file in the SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN directory.
(See tutorial.)
3. Store all of the splashes and screen savers used by B-Login in
SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN.
4. In SYS:LOGIN, rename LOGIN.EXE to LGN.EXE.
5. Copy BLOGIN.EXE to SYS:LOGIN and rename BLOGIN.EXE to LOGIN.EXE.
6. In SYS:PUBLIC, rename LOGIN.EXE to LGN.EXE.
7. Copy BLOGIN.EXE to SYS:PUBLIC and rename BLOGIN.EXE to LOGIN.EXE.
8. Cool! The installation of B-Login is complete, and the users
of the network should see your flashy new login screen the next
time they login.
NOTE: The users should have read access to the SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN directory.
* B-Login Commands
The commands in the section are used by B-Login to create all of the desired
screen objects. B-Login looks at the BLOGIN.INI file in the SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN
directory on the file server to create the nifty login screens. Screen
object definition is carried out by specifying a set of parameters after
the name of the object. Examples for each object and example .INI files
will be given to help clear things up.
* List of Available Screen Objects
Splash - Screen bitmap image.
Banner - Scrolling text region.
Box - Filled box.
Frame - Box outline.
Shadow - Filled attribute modifying region.
Time - Clock display.
Date - Date display.
Pen - Object parameter definition macro.
Message - Static screen text.
Status - Status line with help keys that is displayed on screen
bottom.
Login - Username and password input box.
Saver - Screen saver that runs after no key press within some
amount of time.
* List of Object Definition Parameters
x.a - Places upper left hand location of object at
x coordinate a.
y.a - Places upper left hand location of object at
y coordinate a.
w.a - Sets width of object to a characters.
h.a - Sets height of object to a characters.
cb.color - Sets background attribute of object to color.
cf.color - Sets foreground attribute of object to color.
ck.color - Sets foreground attribute of status line hot keys to color.
f.ascii - Sets the fill character to ascii.
blink.bool - Sets blinking attribute of object to bool.
dir.dir - Sets banner scroll direction to dir.
speed.a - Sets banner scroll speed to a.
delay.a - Sets screen saver turn on waiting time to a seconds.
esc.bool - Allows for exiting B-Login or prohibits the exiting of
B-Login.
type.a - a describes the style of the date or frame objects.
See Appendix A for a more complete description of objects and their
parameters.
* List of Allowed Parameter Values
a : Integer from approximately -32000 to +32000.
bool : ON or OFF
dir : L or R for (L)eft or (R)ight.
color : BLACK (background or foreground)
BLUE (background or foreground)
GREEN (background or foreground)
CYAN (background or foreground)
RED (background or foreground)
MAGENTA (background or foreground)
BROWN (background or foreground)
LGRAY (background or foreground)
DGRAY (foreground only)
LBLUE (foreground only)
LGREEN (foreground only)
LRED (foreground only)
LMAGENTA (foreground only)
YELLOW (foreground only)
WHITE (foreground only)
In the tutorial section to follow, a login screen will be created using the
screen objects and various parameter definitions. This should clear up any
questions about the different commands used in the BLOGIN.INI file.
TUTORIAL
In this section, the use of the various objects and their command syntax
should become clear. If this is not the case, several examples have been
included in the EXAMPLES directory on the B-Login distribution disk.
The BLOGIN.INI file for this tutorial can be found under the TUTORIAL
directory on the distribution disk. If you would like to instantly see the
output of this tutorial, make at SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN\TUTORIAL directory and
copy the TUTORIAL directory on the distribution disk to the
SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN\TUTORIAL directory. Now copy the included BLOGIN.INI
file fro