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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ New User Xtra Info by The Kingdom of Dab ][ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
What this does is create a file in your data directory called XTRAINFO.DAT,
which holds some extra information about a new user. The newuser is prompted
to answer a few questions...the information is stored and can be retrieved
later. To retrieve the information use the /R switch. If you want it to ask
if the user is a sysop, use the /S switch. If you want to upgrade the users
security level if he is a sysop, the use the /Lxxx switch, where xxx is the
security level you wish to give... Just add the program into a newusr batch
file or into INIT..Here is an example of a batch file:
@ echo off
XTRAINFO /S /L50
Real easy uh?
As with all of my small WWIV utilitys and games, it will only work for an
unmodified CONFIG.DAT and USER.LST for v4.22+, but again as with all of
these programs you can send me $5.00 and I will send you the source code,
then just re-compile it with your current VARDEC.H. Oh it also supports
RIP Script!
Included in the package is 3 files. Make sure they are there:
XTRAINFO.EXE - The New User Xtra Info Executible file.
READ.ME - What you are reading now.
FILE_ID.DIZ - Short Description file for BBSes.
Copy whatever file you are going to use into your main bbs directory (usually
WWIV or BBS or into a seperate directory of your choice, see switches below)
Type in the file name and hit <ENTER>. When it is don it will have created a
drop file of your choice. (If you don't know how to do any of this then you
have no buisness in running a BBS.)
Command Line Switches:
/H or -H: Displays the Command Line Switches help.
/A or -A: Use ANSI colors instead of normal screen write colors. (You
won't notice any difference in the colors, unless you do not have ANSI.SYS
loaded. I put this is so that when you run it from a chain or shell to DOS
from the BBS you would have all 256 colors instead of the normal 7. If you
shell to DOS from the BBS you do not have to add the /A parameter, the program
allready knows to use ANSI. It checks to see if BBS is set in your DOS
enviornment.) Set this only if you want to test your ANSI.SYS or you put it
in as a chain and you SHRINK the BBS AND you SET the DOS calls to NO (doing
so is not necessary, you do not have to set either, but some people will
do anythng.) Letting the BBS intercept the DOS calls will allow you to see the
screen output if you are using it remotely.
/Csss or -Csss: If you put the executible file in a seperate directory other
than the one that has the BBS's CONFIG.DAT file in it, the add this swith.
sss is the path to where the CONFIG.DAT file is.
/Fsss or -Fsss: If you put the executible file in a seperate directory other
than the one that has the BBS's CHAIN.TXT file in it, the add this swith.
sss is the path to where the CHAIN.TXT file is. This also works if you are
multinode with different CHAIN extensions. Just put the path and filename
of the CHAIN drop file. I use %1 so that the BBS puts the right one in the
batch file.
Example:
XTRAINFO /F%1
^^^^
This Here
/S or -S: If you want it to ask if the user is a sysop then add this switch.
/Lxxx or -Lxxx: If you want to upgrade a user you is a sysop, the add this
switch. xxx is the security level you wish to give. The /S switch must also
be used (see above).
/R or -R: This invokes the reader so you can view everyones infomation.
/M or -M: This switch invokes the maintenance section of the program. What it
does is remove old records that don't exist anymore.
This program uses the CONFIG.DAT and CHAIN Drop File of the BBS, so the
executible file MUST know where to find them.
If you like this program and would like the source code for it, send me a
floppy and $5.00 to:
Glenn Flansburg
1810 Windsor Way
Norman, OK 73069
The Kingdom of Dab ][
WWIV 4.23 BBS
(405) 447-3240
9600 BPS
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