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This documentation is partial. Full version will be released with v1.00 Table of Contents ═════════════════ 1. Introduction 2. Credits 3. Registration 4. Installation & Set Up 5. Functions 1. Activity Log 2. Auto Validation Keys 3. BBS Informations 4. Compress Subboards 5. Dir Conference Editor 6. Dir Editor 7. Door Editor 8. External Editors 9. External Programs 10. File Editor 11. Gfiles Editor 12. Gfiles Section Editor 13. Instance Editor 14. Language Support 15. Modem Init 16. Network Information 17. Paths Editor 18. Protocols Editor 19. Security Level 20. SSM Manager 21. Statistics 22. String Editor 23. Sub Conference Editor 24. Sub Editor 25. Subs List Selector 26. Tetris 27. User Editor 28. Vote Editor 29. WWIV.INI Flags Editor 30. WWIV.INI Editor 31. WWIVsys Config 32. WWIVsys About 6. Troubleshooting 1. Introduction ═══════════════ WWIVsys is a shareware utility designed to aid sysops running WWIV 4.23 and later versions. Created in the fall of 1994, the idea was to make a utility for configuring WWIV that was easy to use and combined all the major sysop functions into one program. These docs were written with the experienced WWIV sysop in mind. It has been divided by each topic on the Setup Menu and gives a general description of each function. Some of the items in the various functions are self- explanatory and may not have detailed descriptions. With that, we in the WWIVsys development group wish you the best of luck, but remind you that even with all our hard work and testing, there MAY still be bugs in this program. You should also know that we are not responsible for any damage this program causes, directly or indirectly. 2. Credits ══════════ WWIVsys was created by Dark Shadow and Spotnick, both Sysops at Alternative Worlds and French Mod Division HQ in Montreal, Canada. Tarkan, Sysop of the Fire Station, in Keizer, Oregon, USA, is the author of the documentation. Thanks To... Thanks are in order to the following individuals for their unique contributions to this project: - Wayne Bell for doing the wonderful WWIV Software. - Wig De Moville for help and taking care of WSS. - Micheal Deweese for his INI handleing routines and ideas. - Eric Lapperière, Micheal Deweese, Craig Dooley, Chris Gauthier, Alex Buchanan, Lewis Wolk, and Andy Stewart for their devotion and great help as the official WWIVsys Beta Testers. Trademarks WWIVsys is a trademark of FMD Softwares. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Borland C++ is a registered trademark of Borland International. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Technical Informations. - WWIVsys is compiled with Borland C++ v3.1 - WWIVsys has been tested with WWIV v4.23 and v4.24 - You must run ONE instance only to use WWIVsys. - WWIVsys works well with multi-tasker. Hardware Requirements - An IBM PC, AT, ix86, PS/2 or 100% IBM BIOS compatible PC - A hard disk with at least 300k of disk space available - A color monitor (RGB or VGA) would be better. Works with all Software requirements - Microsoft or IBM PC DOS v3.0 or above - WWIV BBS v4.23 or above 3. Registration / License ═════════════════════════ This document is Copyright (C) 1994-1995 by FMD Softwares. All rights are reserved. The computer software program WWIVsys (TM) is Copyright (C) 1994-1995 by FMD Softwares. All rights are reserved. WWIVsys is a registered trademark of FMD Softwares. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. LICENSE WWIVsys is not a Public Domain program and is not free. WWIVsys is copyright (C) 1994-1995 by FMD Softwares. Non-registered users of this program are granted a limited one-month license to WWIVsys to evaluate the programs suitability for their requirements. Any usage of WWIVsys beyond the evaluation time period requires registration of each copy of the program used. Use of non- registered copies of WWIVsys beyond the original evaluation period is prohibited. WWIVsys may NOT be modified in any respect, for any reason, including but not limited to, de-compiling, disassembling, or reverse engineering of the program. The opening title screen, help screens, and all other proprietary program output must never be altered, removed, bypassed or modified by any means. You are free to distribute the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE shareware version of WWIVsys to others subject to the above restrictions and also the following: A. No fee is charged for its use. B. No renumeration may be accepted for WWIVsys. This does not apply to computer access charges the system operators (Sysops) of or organizations owning bulletin board systems, online services, etc... may charge subscribers. C. WWIVsys must be copied in unaltered form, complete with files containing license information, the FULL documentation and all accompanying files. The self-extracting archive distributed by FMD Softwares must not be altered in ANY respect. D. All shareware houses/distribution firms must make explicitly clear that the diskette purchase containing any shareware program has NOT registered the shareware with FMD Softwares. System Operators may make WWIVsys available for download only if the above conditions are met. The archive (WSYS099.ZIP) distributed by FMD Softwares or an equivalent archive may be made available only in complete form. Refer to section FILE LISTING to verify complete package contents. If the contents appear altered or not complete, you may obtain the latest release of WWIVsys directly from FMD Softwares by sending a formatted diskette labeled with the word "WWIVSYS". Please include $5 for handling. An alternate means of obtains the latest shareware archive is calling the Bulletin Board System listed in the section Support Sites lower in the documentation. All those systems should have the latest copy on-line. Commercial distributors of "Public Domain", "Shareware", and/or User Supported software may distribute WWIVsys subject to the above conditions only after obtaining WRITTEN permission from FMD Softwares. This condition statement supersedes all previous agreements. Please refer to the section entitled registration/ordering section for additional information on registration, corporate site-licensing and related topics. The above license statement does not apply to the REGISTERED version of WWIVsys. The registered software of FMD Softwares is protected under Canada and International Copyright and Trademark Laws. It must be treated just like a book with certain exceptions as follows: A. FMD Softwares authorizes the making of archival copies of the registered software for the sole purpose of backing-up your software and protecting your investment from possible loss. B. The medium on which the registered software is recorded is transferred to the customer, but not the title to the software. C. The customer may resell or distribute unmodified copies of the registered software provided the customer has purchased from FMD Softwares one copy of the registered software for each one sold or distributed. The provisions of this software license shall also be applicable to third parties receiving copies of the registered software from the customer. D. By saying, "just like a book", FMD Softwares means that the registered software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another so long as there is ABSOLUTELY NO POSSIBILITY of it being used at one location while being used at another. Just like a book that cannot be read by two different people in two different locations at the same time. SITE LICENSE If you plan on using WWIVsys in a corporate, government office, or in any business environment whatsoever, registration is mandatory and the two week limited license is strictly enforced. For such users, quantity discounts are available under a Site License agreement. The site license (corporate and governmental) is for use of the software within your company or government agency, and is not transferable. This allows internal use and copying of the software for as many sites / computers as contracted for. An unlimited Site License allows unlimited copying of the software for internal use by your company or government agency. Distributing, repackaging, or reselling of the software to third parties is not allowed. All licenses are prepaid. One MASTER copy of WWIVsys (with documentation) will be provided on diskette. The site is responsible for printing the documentation and copying the diskettes for distribution. Additional master copies may be purchased from FMD Softwares for $5.00 per diskette. With all site licenses, the site will supply one contact person with which all correspondence will be made. If a problem should occur, the contact person will call and make arrangements to get a fix for the glitch. Updates to WWIVsys will be forwarded to the contact person. When filling out the order form, use the contact persons name to avoid confusion at a later date. Following is the current site license discount rates: TOTAL COPIES DISCOUNT UNIT COST 1 - 4 none $30.00 5 - 10 10% $27.00 11 - 20 20% $24.00 21 - 30 30% $21.00 31 - 50 40% $18.00 51 - 100 50% $15.00 101+ 60% $12.00 An unlimited site license may be purchased for $2500.00 NOTE: All discounts and prices are subject to change without notice. Also note that discounts are not cumulative and apply to separate orders only. Please write if you wish to obtain a site license. A printed copy of the license will be mailed for you to fill out, sign, and return. Once the order has been approved, a copy if the license signed by an authorized FMD Softwares representative will be shipped along with the master diskette. WARRANTY WWIVsys and accompanying files are provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or implied. This includes without limitation the fitfulness for a particular purpose or application and any warranties of merchantability. While we tried to be as thorough as possible in preparing WWIVsys, FMD Softwares shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential arising from a failure of this program or accompanying files to operate in a manner desired by the user. FMD Softwares shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may by caused directly or indirectly by use of this program. In no event will FMD Softwares be liable to you for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use or inability to use the program, or for any claim by any other party. Individuals using the software bear all risk as to its quality and performance. Since this is shareware, duplication is permitted so long as all files are in the original .ZIP form, and the files are -AV (Authentic Verified) to FMD Softwares. The -AV number is: Authentic files Verified! # NWC217 French Mod Division Softwares Registration for WWIVsys is $30 Canadian and $30 US. Print out the REGISTER.FRM and fill it out. Then mail it to: Martin Bourdages 1545 de Val-Jalbert Laval, QC, Canada H7E 3S7 Checks should be sent to the name of Martin Bourdages. 4. Installation and Setup ═════════════════════════ Installing WWIVsys is a snap. All that is required is to unzip or copy WWIVsys into the main BBS directory (ie. C:\WWIV). NOTE: If you are setting a WWIV bbs for the first time and have not run the INIT.EXE that comes with WWIV, then you need to do so before running WWIVsys. It creates the necessary files for WWIVsys to run as well as the rest of the BBS. After unzipping the WWIVsys files or copying them to the main BBS directory, run SYS.EXE and have at it! 5. Functions ════════════ All functions use the same basic command set: <Return> edits the currently selected item. <Space Bar> moves the currently selected item to a new location. <Insert> inserts a new item at the current position. <Delete> will delete the item at the current position. Arrow Keys move up/down the menus and the editing fields. Tab moves forward only among the editor fields. 5.1 Activity Log ────────────────── The Activity Log graphically shows usage of your system. Use the arrow keys to move up/down among the days. 5.2 Auto Validation Keys ────────────────────────── Set these for desired user-configurations and press that Alt-Fn combination to select it. Arrow keys also work to move between the configurations. 5.3 BBS Informations ────────────────────── This is the same information as found in the WWIV INIT.EXE program, menu choice #1. Here is the System name, Sysop name, System password, Newuser setup, and a few other toggles. 5.4 Dir Conference Editor ─────────────────────────── This is the Conference Editor for the Download/Transfer area. Select the conference you want to edit and press <Return> (aka <Enter>). Pressing <Return> will allow you to edit the current conference's attributes. Pressing the <Space Bar> will highlight the current conference so it can be moved. Press the <Space Bar> again to move the conference to the current location. <Insert> will insert a new conference at the current location of the selection bar. The arrow keys move the selectin bar up/down. <Delete> will delete the conference, but *NOT* any of the Files or Directories that were in it. If there are directories in the conference that were not in any other than the one just deleted, you must include them in a conference. 5.5 Dir Editor ──────────────── This is the editor for the Download Directories. Use the arrow keys to move to the desired dir. Press the <Space Bar> to tag it for moving and then press the <Space Bar> again to move the dir to the current location. Pressing <Return> will allow you to edit the current directory's attributes. <Insert> will insert a new directory at the currect location of the selection bar. <Delete> will delete the current directory from WWIV, but *NOT* the files in that directory. 5.6 Door Editor ───────────────── This is also known as the Chain Editor, and allows you to edit your online programs in the chains ares. <Space Bar> tags doors for moving, and the arrow keys move between the doors. Editing the door's attributes is accomplished by pressing the <Return> key. <Insert> will insert a new Door at the current location. <Delete> will delete the door under the selection bar. 5.7 External Editors ────────────────────── This is where you can modify your Full-Screen Editor configuration. <Return> edits the current Full-Screen Editor's attributes, while <Insert> and <Delete> will insert or delete a Full-Screen Editor. <Space Bar> will move the Editor. 5.8 External Programs ─────────────────────── This section is the same as WWIV INIT.EXE's menu choice #6, and has the external programs/events to be run. This command uses the same basic commands as desribed in the beginning of this Chapter, except that the <Space Bar> toggles between the various archive formats at the bottom. 5.9 File Editor ───────────────── Here is where you can edit attributes to the files on your bbs, like who uploaded, when, who "owns" the file, and where it is located (what directory). First, you must select the Directory the file is in, and then you need to select the file. <Return> at both places accomplishes this. The other standard commands also apply. 5.10 Gfiles Editor ─────────────────── Lets you add/remove gfiles to the Gfiles area you select. This is NOT the same as the //GE command as in WWIV. That is the next function down. Moving gfiles is not supported at this time. 5.11 Gfiles Section Editor ─────────────────────────── Lets you add or remove Gfiles sections, like in the WWIV //GE function. Moving the gfiles sections is allowed. 5.12 Instance Editor ───────────────────── Edit the com port setup for each instance here. Use the left and right arrow keys to move up/down among the instances. 5.13 Language Support ────────────────────── 5.14 Modem Init ──────────────── This allows you to edit the MODEMS.DAT file or the MODEMS.002 (the MODEMS.DAT file for instance 2) for your configuration. Note: { will send a <CR> after the string and is required. ~ will insert a ½-second pause between commands. 5.15 Network Information ──────────────────────── This command is the same as the INIT.EXE's 'N'etworks command. Here you are allowed to edit the node #, the network name, and its directory. 5.16 Paths Editor ───────────────── Edit the paths for the BBS here. Be aware that the TEMP and the BATCH directories are only edited for instance 1! To edit those for each instance, use the Instance Editor function. 5.17 Protocols Editor ───────────────────── Add/Delete any external transfer protocols here. WWIVsys has a special function that will allow you to select the particular protocol you want and it will automatically install it for you. To use this feature, press F9. 5.18 Security Level ─────────────────── Set up your configurations for each security level here. Each level is independent of the other. Many sysops use a simple 2-tier system they only have validated and unvalidated users. Note that your new users will have be assigned the SL that is set in the BBS Informations, and that you should make sure that SL is configured to your needs or desires. 5.19 SSM Manager ──────────────── From this screen, you can editor delete current SSM's in the file, or you can add an SSM to be sent. <Insert> sends an SSM, while <Delete> deletes it. <Return> edits the SSM. 5.20 Statistics ─────────────── 5.21 String Editor ────────────────── 5.22 Sub Conference Editor ────────────────────────── 5.23 Sub Editor ─────────────── 5.24 Sub List Selector ────────────────────── 5.25 Tetris ─────────── 5.26 User Editor ──────────────── 5.27 Vote Editor ──────────────── Add, remove, or edit voting questions from this function. Take note that questions must be inserted at the end of the questions. 5.28 WWIV.INI Flags Editor ────────────────────────── 5.29 WWIV.INI Editor ──────────────────── 5.30 WWIVsys Config ─────────────────── 5.31 WWIVsys About ────────────────── This screen tells who we are, and what this program is! 6. TroubleShooting ══════════════════ If you have a problem with WWIVsys please feel free to write and describe the situation. Registered users, please include the serial number found on your diskette. To those people who have registered (with diskette), the physical diskette is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 60 days from date of shipment by FMD Softwares. Any returned disks found damaged or bad will be replaced at no charge.