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Ipad Manager expects to run on a TBBS 2.3 system which is a client of
to a server that has access to the IPAD control files.
Make a backup directory under your IPAD Control directory and copy
all the files from the /Ipad/Control directory to the backup directory
REMEMBER That this is beta software..MAKE BACKUPS
First Run the install.exe program so that Ipadmgr can find your
IPAD files. Edit your menus so that a BBS caller can subscribe
to the services via the bbs. In your runbbs.bat file, add a line
in it to run the stats.exe program.
Next execute the Ipadmgr.tpg control panel and verify your network
paths in the system configuration section.
Next you must set up at least 1 subscription fee level.
Next import your existing Ipad control files into the Ipad Manager
database. If you presently have existing customers, you will need
to edit the customer database to add the subscriber names, addresses,
etc and edit their expiration dates and other things.
Install.exe
A dos based program to extract the control file names and paths
from the IPAD.ctl file and update the IPADMGR system configuration
database. The IMPORT.EXE also builds the Mail_auth.hdr file. The
header(.hdr) file allows the sysop to keep UUCP and other information
in the file and the POP mail information in the database. The POP
mail information is appended onto the header file and then placed
into the control file by the normal running of IPADMGR.TPG program.
Stats.exe
A dos based program that will gather all the stats from the various
log files used by the IPAD. This program will also rename the existing
logfiles based upon the date (ie:IPAD.LOG becomes IPAD1225.95 if the
date is December 25, 1995). This program should be run when TBBS comes
down for the nightly batch file and run only once a day. The Stats
program also reindexes the databases before execution. Make sure that
in your runbbs.bat file that you change directory to your Ipad Manager
directory before running Stats.exe.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q
The Ipad Manager control panel. This is for sysops and allows the
operator to set up the fee structor, browse subscribers, view stats etc
Dotbbs 200 Logchk /Q
Put in your menu0000 menus to notify you when you have credit card
transactions to process.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q &&/Update
Updates a callers TBBS Userlog entry. Only needed for Systems that
set TBBS A flags & Priv's for TBBS Menus. Normally this is changed
for the caller when they update via the bbs. But it is needed if the
Administrator updates the caller.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q &&/Author
Allows a caller to authorize themselves for PPP, FTP or Pop mail
by selecting a sysop prepared level. Upon proper input into the
credit card entry and selecting proper levels, the IPAD control
files are updated. The customer may also select to turn on the
auto billing function. The configuration menu allows a tbbs menu type
to be called upon successful purchase of the account.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q &&/Nightly
Runs in a Ghost event to automatically re-bill credit card customers
who have selected to auto renew their subscriptions. This updates the
database, generates a new record in the ipadmgr.log credit card log
and then runs the CONTROL program to update the IPAD control files.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q &&/Control
Runs in a Ghost event when ever the sysop selects to update the
ipad user control files from the database. This will also turn off
service for expired customers. The /Control functions will copy
the existing Ipad Control files to backup files with a suffix of
.000.
Dotbbs 200 Ipadmgr /Q &&/Rolloff
Runs in a ghost event to rolloff customers from the database that have
expired. The /Rolloff will also reindex the Ipadmgr.nx* indexes.
The /Rolloff will run the /Control program after the rolloff.
All database files are generated by the program as needed.
IpadMgr Generates a credit card file called Ipadmgr.log when there are charges
present that need to be processed. Simply print and delete this file and
process the charges.
NOTE DEMO USERS: The demo program is limited to 10 records in the subscribers
database. The programs will not run when 10 or more callers are in
the database.
NOTES: Check your /Ipad/Control directory for a mailauth.hdr file. This
must exist. This file is the portion of your MAIL_AUTH.CTL file
that does not include the POP3 information. The IpadMgr will append
the POP3 information onto this header file for proper operation.
If for some reason the .HDR file is lost. When you installed IpadMgr
the first time a header file (Header.org) is placed in your IpadMgr
operating directory. Also each time you run Install a header file
Header.bak is placed in your IpadMgr operating directory. If your
header file in the Ipad/Control directory is lost, just copy header.bak
or header.org from your Ipadmgr directory to the Ipad/Control Directory
with the same name as your header file.
v 1.0.B 12-07-95
Added the ability to store and use the IPAD sunscriber FILTER command in
the ANS_AUTH control file.
v 1.0.A 12-03-95
Added hold feature to subscribers edit screen. The H(old) will place
a semi-colon before the subscribers name in the control files. The
H(old) will prevent the person from being purged as the Keep will do.
v 1.0.9 11-31-95
Added the ability to have hourly "overtime" accumulation be done on a
daily basis as well as on a monthly basis. An administrator would
enter in the fee schedule how many minutes are in the daily or monthly
base rate. If using daily, the slip usage time over the base amount
will be totalled until either the subscription is renewed via credit
card or a statement is mailed.
v 1.0.8 11-29-95
Added the ability to have a $0 level in the subscription level.
I do not reccommend doing this, as callers have been know to keep
calling back as different names. But the ability is there. Ipad
Manager will not allow the same subscriber name to use the free level
more than once.
v 1.0.7 11-27-95
Added the ability to do hourly billing and added the ability to
print form letters and do billing with insertion parameters from
the Ipad Manager database. The letter bodies for the form letters/
bills can be generated by almost any text editor such as Word Perfect
or MS Word.
v 1.0.6 11-21-95
Corrected a bug in auto-renewal printout to the ipadmgr.log. It was
not decrypting the credit card number to the log file.
v 1.0.5 11-20-95
Corrected a bug in the credit card verfication.. If the card number
was found in the trash can, then if a correct card number was entered
after it, the program would error. Also added credit card number
encryption to the data base. The de-crypted number will always be
shown to the Sysop, it will be encrypted only in the database.
IPAD is copyrighted by Philip L. Becker Ltd
IPADMGR is copyrighted by Jeff Johnson