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CoolUser Version 1.25
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Written by Neil Staib/ Country BBS
(c) Copyright 1996-97 All Right Reserved
Fidonet :- 3:640/296
Internet :- nstaib@country.brisnet.org.au
Introduction
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Welcome to Cooluser, I wrote this program in MEX for maximus, because I didn't
like maximus default change menu. Thanks for showing some sort of interest in
this program. The layout comes for a great change user utililty for
RemoteAccess called USERset.
Cooluser has been tested on OS/2 using Maximus 3.01.
System requirements
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* Maximus Version 3.00 or later.
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Disclaimer
==========
Cooluser is guarenteed to do absolutely nothing. If it trashes your User Files
then that is your problem.
You use Cooluser free of charge to non-commercial and commercial users. Source
Code is included.
Neil Staib (or Country BBS) is in no way obligated to provide any future versions
of, or support for Cooluser.
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Copyright Notices
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RemoteAccess - Copyright Wantree Development & Andrew Milner
USERset - Copyright Chief Data Recovery
MEX, Maximus - Copyright Lanius Corporation
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Installation
============
Cooluser is ready to go for people who live in Australia, as date format is set to
DD-MM-YY. Follow the steps below to install cooluser. Hope you like it!
1) Copy *.VM, *.MEX and cooluser.mh into your Mex directory.
* Here I have set it to D:\bbs\max\m.
2) Copy *.BBS, *.MEC into your Misc directory.
* Here I have set it to d:\bbs\max\misc.
3) Copy pwdtrash.bbs to your Maximus directory.
(This is the file which can put in bad passwords).
4) Change to your lang directory and load your main <language>.mad file
(Here it's ENGLISH.MAD) into your favourite text editor.
At the end of your language file you will see a section called "User Heap". You
may see another files there. Add the following to this section:
; Includes any user heaps here
<Other one may be defined here>
#include <../m/cooluser.lh>
Save it now!
5) Edit COOLUSER.LH into your favourite editor, which you can change the following:
* Change the default english to a different language.
* Change the default colours.
Save it now!
6) Compile your language file, from your main MAX directory.
MAID <Your language here>.mad
7) Edit COOLUSER.MH into your favourite editor, which you can change the following:
* Change which options you want the user to use.
* Define the Date format.
* Define if you have external protocols.
* Define Minimum Age.
Save it now!
8) Compile COOLUSER.MEX, CUINIT.MEX, CUSHOW.MEX, CUCHECK.MEX and CUCHECK2.MEX.
9) Edit your menus.ctl and change the following:
Just in case you want go back do this first:
Display_Menu Change Demoted "Change setup"
Change it to...
% Display_Menu Change Demoted "Change setup"
Now add cooluser to your menus.
display_file Misc\cooluser Demoted "Change setup"
10) SILT MAX
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Known Problems
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1) Problem: If the user has set clearing screen codes off, screen looks funny.
Fix : Make sure all users have clearing screen code on.
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Thank-you Notices
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The following people, I would like to thank:
Stefan Xenos: For giving me the idea to break it down.
Tommi Pitkanen: Bug Report.
Mark Lews: Bug Report.