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B-Login v1.2a (c) 1994 by BLAZE Technologies. All rights reserved.
The B-Login v1.2a demo can be freely distributed. However, it is shareware
and registration is required if usage of B-Login is to continue past
the trial period mentioned in MANUAL.TXT and MANUAL.DOC.
Thanks for registering.
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Welcome to B-Login, a potential visual treat to network users logging on
to a Novell(R) network server. If you did not uncompress BLOGN12A.ZIP with
the -d switch, please do it again.
B-Login is a shell that can be used in conjunction with Novell's LOGIN.EXE.
With B-Login, the network administrator can create eye-catching and
attention grabbing login screens.
Banners, boxes, frames, splashes(bitmaps), screen savers, clock read-outs,
date read-outs, and messages can be used to create login screens that are
sure to grab the network user's attention.
B-Login works with practically all the network drivers,
including ODIs and VLMs.
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NOTES: BE SURE TO READ THE MANUAL.DOC OR MANUAL.TXT FILES BEFORE
INSTALLING B-LOGIN ON THE FILE SERVER.
IF YOU DID NOT UNCOMPRESS BLOGIN11.ZIP WITHOUT THE -D SWITCH,
PLEASE UNCOMPRESS IT AGAIN.
THIS PACKAGE IS B-LOGIN v1.2a.
* B-LOGIN v1.2a FIXES PROBLEMS WITH USERS ALREADY LOGGED IN.
* PUT "AutoShowInfo" (MINUS THE QUOTES) ON ITS OWN LINE IN
BLOGIN.INI TO AUTOMATICALLY FORCE THE USER TO READ THE
INFO BOX UPON ENTRY INTO BLOGIN.
* IF YOU GET A "Cannot find BLOGIN.INI" MESSAGE, BE SURE THAT
ANY DRIVES MAPPED AFTER LOGGING IN THAT ARE LOWER THAN THE
DRIVE USED TO LOG IN HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND BLOGIN.INI, SINCE
BLOGIN USES THE FIRST NETWORK DRIVE AS A REFERENCE POINT.
OLDER
NOTES: * MAKE SURE THAT THE USERS OF YOUR NETWORK HAVE A SWAPDIR, TEMP,
OR TMP DIRECTORY ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE DEFINED IN THEIR AUTOEXEC.BAT.
(MOST OF THEM ALREADY SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE.)
FOR EXAMPLE: TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP.
* B-LOGIN v1.2a NOW HANDLES EXPIRED PASSWORDS AND FORCED PASSWORD
CHANGES.
* B-LOGIN v1.2a NOW DISPLAYS AN INFORMATION BOX WHEN THE USER PRESSES
<F2>. A TEXT FILE LOCATED IN SYS:LOGIN\BLOGIN\BLOGIN.HLP WILL BE
DISPLAYED. BE SURE TO USE A TEXT EDITOR THAT FILLS TABS WITH SPACES
SINCE TABS WILL BE DISPLAYED AS THEIR SINGLE ASCII CHARACTER
REPRESENTATION. IF NO BLOGIN.HLP FILE IS FOUND, A DIALOG BOX
WILL APPEAR TELLING THE USER THAT THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION.
* Make sure that LOGOUT.EXE is located in SYS:PUBLIC or B-Login
will not log out previous users upon entry into the login screen.
B-LOGIN v1.2a WILL NOW RUN PROGRAMS UPON USING "EXIT" IN A
SYSTEM OR USER LOGIN SCRIPT.
THERE ARE THREE COMMAND LINE SWITCHES NOW AVAILABLE FOR B-LOGIN v1.2a.
SEE THE USER MANUAL FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION.
IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT VERSION INSTALLED, SIMPLY RECOPY THE
BLOGIN.EXE FILE INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKAGE TO SYS:LOGIN\LOGIN.EXE
AND SYS:PUBLIC\LOGIN.EXE.
ONE MORE THING. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF NOVELL'S LOGIN
PROGRAM RENAMED LGN.EXE IN THE SYS:LOGIN\ AND SYS:PUBLIC\ DIRECTORIES.
THANKS!
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The files included with the distribution software are as follows:
* In \BLOGIN directory:
- BLOGIN.EXE B-Login, the Novell LOGIN.EXE replacement shell.
- SPLEDIT.EXE B-Splash, a splash(bitmap) editor for login screens.
- MANUAL.DOC B-Login reference manual in Word for Windows v2.0 format.
- MANUAL.TXT B-Login refernece manual in text format.
- SPLMAN.DOC B-Splash reference manual in Word for Windows v2.0 format.
- SPLMAN.TXT B-Splash reference manual in text format.
- GENERIC.EXE Generic screen saver.
- ORDER.FRM Text format order form.
* In \TUTORIAL directory:
- BLOGIN.INI Tutorial B-Login initialization file.
- TUTORIAL.SPL Tutorial background splash.
- SPHERE.EXE Screen saver.
- SMILEY.EXE Screen saver.
- BOXES.EXE Screen saver.
* In \EXAMPLE directory:
- BLOGIN.INI Example B-Login initialization file.
- FISH.SPL Fish splash.
- PLANT.SPL Plant splash.
- WAVES.SPL Water wave splash.
- PETSAVR.EXE Screen saver for the example.
Word for Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.