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Ultra BBS Top Users v1.1
Written for Ultra BBS v2.xx
UBBSTU will read your users base file and create a bulletin listing
for your users who are top up/downloaders, callers, message posters, and
have the highest post to call ratio. Seeing their name in 'lights' has
at times encouraged users to give a little more to get to the top, which
certainly helps your board.
UBBSTU should be included as part of your nitely event.
First thing you need to do is create a file called UBBSTU.CFG (or you can
simply edit the sample file that came in this archive. Here is the sample
UBBSTU.CFG file that is included:
Corporate Headquarters BBS <- Name of your BBS
D:\UBBS\FILES\USERS.DAT <- Location and name of the file base data file
BOB NEAL/TOM SMITH <- Names to be excluded from top users bulletins
Seperate names with the '/' character.
D:\UBBS\BLTS\TOPFX <- Path/filename of top Up/Downloaders bulletin
D:\UBBS\BLTS\TOPCALL <- Path/filename of top Callers bulletin
D:\UBBS\BLTS\TOPPCR <- Path/filename of top Post to Call bulletin
D:\UBBS\BLTS\TOPMSG <- Path/filename of top Message poster bulletin
Make sure filenames are less than 7 characters
in length as a 'G' will be appended to
the filename for the name of the color
bulletin file.
10 <- Number of users to include in each bulletin
Non-registered version is limited to 10
0 <- Registration number (leave 0 if non-registered)
To run UBBSTDB, enter the following from the command line or your batch file:
UBBSTU
You may run UBBSTU from any directory as long as you put the full path of
where your file base is contained in the config file.
UBBSTU is released as shareware. You are free to use UBBSTU regardless
if you register the program or not. Your registration though will permit
you to select the number of files to include in the bulletin and it will
also help to encourage me to continue to write utilities for UBBS. I've
writen utilities in the past for another BBS program and look to use my
experience to write some interesting utils for UBBS as well.
To register, send $10.00 to: Robert Neal
317 Hickory
Romeoville, IL 60441
Include the name of your BBS so that your registration number can be
processed and sent to you.
Feel free to give my BBS a call at (815) 886-3233, operating at 1200,
2400 and 9600 (v.32) baud, 24 hours with your comments and suggestions.
You may also reach me on Prodigy (PNSP01A) or America Online (RobertN70),
though my use of those systems is irregular so for immediate response my
BBS should be called. I can also be found on the UBBS Support message area.
Version History:
v1.0 - Initial Release
v1.1 - Added line in configuration file for SysOp to set the number of
(7/17) users for the program to list in the bulletins. This can be
any number in the registered version, but is restricted to
1-10 in the non-registered version.
Modified several of the bulletins so that additional information
is now included. For example the "K" up/downloaded is now shown
in the top up/downloader report.
For those operating a multi-node system, I have now modified
code so that all I/O activity is now opened in SHARED ACCESS
mode (including the writing of bulletin files in case a user
is reading a bulletin at exactly the same time UBBSTU is
updating the listing.