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The idea of rotating what day of the week it is, and having your
BBS display a different bulletin for THAT day, is NOT unique. I
have explained below WHY I wrote this little utility MYSELF,
though.
There Are 3 VERY BASIC STEPS to follow. (For the PCBoard
operator.)
1) Copy ALL the CONTENTS of this ZIP Package to the
"WHATDAY" directory. If you haven't made it, make one
now.
2) Include the line:
"CALL [d:]\WHATDAY\WHATDAY.BAT"
in your EVENT.SYS
3) Include the file %[d:]\WHATDAY\DAYBULL in your LOGOFF
Script or Your NEWs file. (Or any other places that I
may have over looked as a smart place to include it.)
PCBoard Operators have the facility for PCBoard to look
and display a file by including on a single line:
"%[d:]\FILE.NAM"
in their bulletins.
[d:] d=drive letter, of course.
If you prefer NOT to have the program output,
execute it (within the batch) like so:
WHATDAY > NUL
THAT's IT!
Programming Notes:
* The program operates FINE using the current directory for a path.
There's really no need to create the WHATDAY directory. I merely
posted it that way to make it simple. You can run WHATDAY ALL BY ITSELF
in the current path. You MUST have DAYx in the default directory though.
When the program finishes, you can simply "TYPE" DAYBULL to your screen.
This is an extremely SIMPLE program that merely uses a "SHELL" to
get the date from DOS. Figure out what number day of the week it
is, then it "SHELLs" to copy the file DAYx over DAYBULL. Modify each of
the "DAYx" files to your heart's desires. The "DAYx" files are simply
ASCII type.
* * NOTE: **** THE VERY FIRST INSTRUCTION IN THIS PROGRAM IS TO
CLOSE any open FILES. I run this program with ALL NODES
DOWN, DURING MY EVENT. If you think this will cause you
any problems with your setup, or you'd like to run it
in your $$LOGOFF.BAT and NOT have it CLOSE files,
PLEASE CALL me?! I'll send you the program WITHOUT that
instruction included.
I ran this program with MS-DOS 3.3 on up to MS-DOS 5.0
for well over a month, without ANY problems. It's going
to be an EXTREMELY rare case this program will NOT run
on your system.
Why this program?
Writing a program to help the System Operator with this minor
task and NOT posting a message ALL OVER the place, asking for a
$xx donation, or broadcasting something to the effect "NON
Registered Copy . . . " etcetera is what inspired me to write
this program.
I'm SICK and TIRED of programmers writing something that helps
the SysOp, but then blasts it all over the place that "This Is
NOT Registered!" or BEGs for money from the SysOp, who has
already spent HALF his life offering his BBS. (Understatement,
eh?)
My opinion is that SysOps have already paid DEARLY for the
AWESOME service (we) they provide. Programmers should come up
with an idea to ask the BBS `END USER' to help "Register"
software, NOT THE System Managers! They'd have a MUCH larger
return on their projects. There are A LOT more End Users than
there are SysOps.
The ONLY thing that I ask for THIS little utility is that `MAYBE'
someday, you call and say thanks. THAT's IT! Enjoy "WhatDay"
Bill Fink
SysOp - NCCBBS
Middletown, Rhode Island 02840
Owner - User Friendly Systems
CUSTOMER Designed IBM Compatible Systems
(401) 846-1763 (US Robotics HST Dual Standard) BBS 24/7
(401) 848-2981 (CompuComm Speed) BBS 24/7
(401) 848-9176 My Home VOICE Phone Number.
Please NOT Later than 9pm Eastern Time