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D O O R F R A M E Version 1.9 A BBS Doors Development Library for the Visual Basic DOS compiler Copyright (c)1993 By Richard Paquette and Chuck Valecek All rights reserved. Support boards are: The Livewire BBS - Richard Paquette - - Public Nodes (2) 609-235-5297 (HST) - Suburban Software - Chuck Valecek - - Public Nodes (2) 708-636-6694 / 708-636-6697 - DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page i C O N T E N T S ================= Warranty ............................................ ii Copyright notice .................................... ii Distribution ........................................ ii Description ......................................... ii BOX.IT .............................................. 1 BACK.SPACE .......................................... 2 CLEARBUFFER ......................................... 2 CLREOL .............................................. 2 CLRMOL .............................................. 2 CLRSOL .............................................. 2 CLRSCRN ............................................. 2 DE.LAY .............................................. 2 DETECT.ANSI ......................................... 2 DIS.PLAY ............................................ 3 ENTER ............................................... 4 EXIT.DOOR ........................................... 4 IN.PUT .............................................. 4 IN.KEY .............................................. 4 INITIALIZE .......................................... 5 LINES ............................................... 5 MAKE.BLT ............................................ 6 MAKE.BLT.CURRENT .................................... 6 MORE ................................................ 6 MUSIC ............................................... 6 OUT.PUT ............................................. 6 SEND ................................................ 7 SENDANSI ............................................ 7 SHOW.BLT ............................................ 7 COLOR TABLE ......................................... 8 CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT ........................... 9 PCBOARD.SYS VARIABLES ............................... 10 USERS.SYS VARIABLES ................................. 12 DOOR.SYS VARIABLES .................................. 13 USERINFO.DAT VARIABLES .............................. 15 DORINFOx.DEF VARIABLES .............................. 15 CALLINFO.BBS VARIABLES .............................. 16 SFDOORS.DAT VARIABLES ............................... 18 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ................................. 20 DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page ii Warranty This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by you. Futhermore, the author does not warrant, guarantee, or make any other representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the program, and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. The author cannot and will not accept responsibility for system damage, loss of profit, or any other special, consequential or incidental damages resulting from the use or inability to use this product. Copyright DOORFRAME (Copyright (c) 1993 by Richard Paquette & Chuck Valecek) is being distributed as Shareware. Under this concept you may use the SHAREWARE or (unregistered) version for a reasonable period of time for evaluation after which you should either register your copy or discontinue usage. Distribution You are encouraged to distribute DOORFRAME provided that all files contained in the archive are distributed in their original and unmodified state. Description DOORFRAME is a subroutine library for developing online BBS Doors for systems that are compatible with PCBOARD.SYS, USERS.SYS, DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS, USERINFO.DAT, SFDOORS.DAT, or DORINFOx.DEF for interfacing to the BBS. This version of DoorFrame was written for MicroSoft's Visual Basic for DOS (tm). DoorFrame also utilizes some of the routines contained in Tom Hanlin's PBClone library. The COM routines are handled by the QBSerial I/O library. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 1 DOORFRAME ROUTINES ==================== NOTE: Since the subroutines are DECLAREd in DFRAMEVB.INC (you DID $INCLUDE: it didn't you?) you should not use the CALL statement. Type the name of the subroutine and list it's parameters (if any) without the enclosing parentheses. For example: DIS.PLAY MSG$,FG%,BG%,BLINK%,BELL%,XPOS%,YPOS%,NL%,CENTER%,CAPS%,CODES% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBROUTINE: BOX.IT SROW%,SCOL%,EROW%,ECOL%,BTYPE%,BFG%,BBG%,FFG%,FBG%,FCHAR%,SHADOW%,TITLE$,HFG%,HBG% PARAMETERS: SROW% - ROW the box is to start at. Valid numbers are 1 - 22. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. SCOL% - COLUMN the box is to start at. Valid numbers are 1 - 79. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. EROW% - ROW the box is to end at. Valid numbers are 2 - 23. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. ECOL% - COLUMN the box is to end at. Valid numbers are 2 - 80. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. BTYPE% - Type of border. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. 0 = No border (spaces all the way around). 1 = Single line all the way around. 2 = Double line all the way around. 3 = Double line on sides, single on top and bottom. 4 = Single line on sides, double on top and bottom. BFG% - Foreground color of the border. (See color table) Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. BBG% - Background color of the border. (See color table) Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. FFG% - Foreground color of the box fill characters. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. FBG% - Background color of the box fill characters. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. FCHAR% - ASCII number of the character to fill box with. EX: 32 = SPACE, 65 = A, 206 = ╬ SHADOW% - -1 = no Shadow, 0 - 7 = Background color of the Shadow. This will put a Shadow on the right and bottom edges of the box. TITLE$ - Displays a title centered on the top border. Accepts a STRING variable or QUOTED TEXT. HFG% - Foreground color of TITLE$ HFG% - Background color of TITLE$ DESCRIPTION: Draws a BOX with various style borders. The inside of the BOX may be filled with any ASCII character you choose. The upper left corner of the screen is ROW 1, COLUMN 1 and the bottom right is ROW 23, COLUMN 80. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 2 SUBROUTINE: BACK.SPACE ROW%, COL%, NUM% PARAMETERS: ROW%, COL%, NUM% DESCRIPTION: Backspaces NUM% from the ROW% and COL% specified. SUBROUTINE: CLEARBUFFER BUFF% PARAMETERS: BUFF%, 0, 1, 2 DESCRIPTION: Clears either the keyboard buffer, the communications input buffer, or both. 0 = Clear both buffers. 1 = Clear communications input buffer only. 2 = Clear keyboard buffer only. SUBROUTINE: CLREOL XPOS%, YPOS%, BGC% PARAMETERS: XPOS%, YPOS%, BGC% DESCRIPTION: Clears from the specified row and column to the end of that line. The line is cleared in whatever color is specified in the BGC% parameter. NOTE: Does not work in non-ANSI. SUBROUTINE: CLRMOL XPOS%, YPOS%, LENGTH%, BGC% PARAMETERS: XPOS%, YPOS%, LENGTH%, BGC% DESCRIPTION: Clears from the specified row and column for the number of columns given in LENGTH%. The line is cleared in whatever color is specified in the BGC% parameter. NOTE: Does not work in non-ANSI. SUBROUTINE: CLRSOL XPOS%, YPOS%, BGC% PARAMETERS: XPOS%, YPOS%, BGC% DESCRIPTION: Clears from the specified row and column to the start of that line. The line is cleared in whatever color is specified in the BGC% parameter. NOTE: Does not work in non-ANSI. SUBROUTINE: CLRSCRN PARAMETERS: BGC% DESCRIPTION: Clears both the LOCAL (if ON) and REMOTE displays in the back- ground color of your choice. Range is 0 - 7. ANSI only. SUBROUTINE: DE.LAY SEC% PARAMETERS: SEC%, 1, 2, Etc. DESCRIPTION: Pauses your program for the number of seconds in SEC%. Accepts INTEGER number or variable. SUBROUTINE: DETECT.ANSI PARAMETERS: None DESCRIPTION: This routine will determine if the remote system has ANSI capability. If the remote system is ANSI compatible, the GRAPHICS% variable will be set equal to -1 otherwise it is set to 0. This routine does not control whether COLOR is used or not, see the MODE% variable for that. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 3 SUBROUTINE: DIS.PLAY MSG$,FG%,BG%,BLINK%,BELL%,XPOS%,YPOS%,NL%,CENTER%,CAPS%,CODES% PARAMETERS: MSG$ - Text to be printed in either variable or quoted form. Example: "Print this" or MSG$ = "Print this". FG% - Foreground color (0 - 15) Of the text. Can be in INTEGER number or INTEGER variable form. Example: FG% = 1, 1, BLUE (See Color Table) BG% - Background color (0 - 7) of text otherwise same as FG% BLINK% - Enter 1 for blinking text or 0 for normal text. Accepts INTEGER number or INTEGER variable. BELL% - Enter 1 to sound a beep on the remote or 0 for no beep. Does not beep on the local computer. Accepts INTEGER number or INTEGER variable. XPOS% - Row number for cursor positioning. Valid numbers are 0 - 23 (status line is on 24 - 25). Enter 0 to disable. Accepts INTEGER number or variable. NOTE: XPOS% is ignored when GRAPHICS% = 0. YPOS% - Column number for cursor positioning. Valid numbers are 0 - 80. Enter 0 to disable. Accepts INTEGER number or INTEGER variable. NOTE: YPOS% is ignored when GRAPHICS% = 0. NL% - Enter 1 to send a CR/LF at the end of the line. Enter 0 to position the cursor after the last character. Accepts INTEGER number or INTEGER variable. CENTER% - Enter 1 to center the line or 0 for no centering. CAPS% - Enter 1 to convert text to all uppercase. Enter -1 to convert text to all lowercase. Enter 0 for no case conversion. Accepts INTEGER number or INTEGER variable. CODES% - 0 = No color codes in this statement. 1 = Color codes are present in this statement. DESCRIPTION: Displays text to both the Local (if on) and Remote screens. Accepts the full ASCII charcter set (0 - 255). Supports ANSI color and cursor positioning (XPOS%, YPOS%). DoorFrame features auto-ANSI detection and will display in graphics mode if it senses ANSI capability on the remote end. ENHANCEMENTS: There are some special symbols available to make text blink in the middle of a line in any color you wish. For example: DIS.PLAY "This will %{Blink Yellow{", LWHITE, BLACK, 0, 0,...... Note the {'s before and after Blink Yellow. They tell the routine to display the text in between in yellow and blinks because of the % symbol. Without the % the text is displayed in yellow but does not blink. The rest of the line is displayed in white on black. The symbols and their corresponding colors are: ~ = Blue, ` = Green, @ = Cyan, ^ = Red, | = Magenta { = Yellow, and } = White Put a * in front of the first symbol to display in low intensity colors. Ex: *}text} displays 'text' in low intensity white. And %*}test} displays 'text' in low intensity white and blinks. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 4 Please note that you must have called DETECT.ANSI before using these symbols and the caller must be ANSI capable. Multiple codes are allowed in one Dis.Play statement. See the included DFDEMO.BAS file for examples on using this option. If a particular Dis.Play statement does not contain any of these color codes, then the Codes% parameter should contain a 0. This will result in a significant increase in display speed since the routine doesn't have to search for and strip these characters. SUBROUTINE: ENTER PARAMETERS: None DESCRIPTION: Outputs a "Press <ENTER> to Continue" prompt and waits for the response. If the caller is in graphics mode, this is centered on line 23. In non-graphics mode it is centered 2 lines below the last line printed. SUBROUTINE: EXIT.DOOR YN$ PARAMETERS: YN$, "Y", "N", "G" DESCRIPTION: VERY IMPORTANT! Always call this subroutine as the last thing your program does. EXIT.DOOR updates the system files with any changes that have been made to system variables, closes the files, etc. You can toggle this ON, "Y" or OFF, "N" when you call EXIT.DOOR. Accepts a STRING variable YN$ = "Y" or quoted text "Y". If you wish to allow the caller to log off from your Door, call EXIT.DOOR "G". When you use EXIT.DOOR "G", DoorFrame returns a DOS Error Level of 1 for Wildcat! systems and 62 for all others. SUBROUTINE: IN.KEY PARAMETERS: NONE DESCRIPTION: Simple routine to get a resonse from a user. Basically it emulates the BASIC Inkey command. It will do nothing but get a response from the user and check for dropped carrier. It does NOT watch the time thats your job. Should return a response faster than the IN.PUT routine. It will return a value in RESPONSE$. EXAMPLE: DO WHILE RESPONSE$ = "" IN.KEY X& = X& + 1 DIS.PLAY STR$(X&), FG%, BG%, BLINK%, BELL%, XPOS%, YPOS%, NL%, CENTER%, CAPS%, CODES% LOOP SUBROUTINE: IN.PUT LENGTH%, WAITTIME&, IFG%, IBG%, AUTOCR%, Text$, TFG%, TBG%, X%, Y%, Show% PARAMETERS: LENGTH% - Desired length of input. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. 0 = any length. WAITTIME& - Number of seconds to wait for input. If ENTER is not pressed before this times out, control is passed back to the calling routine and RESPONSE$ will contain "-1" IFG% - Foreground color of the response (INTEGER). IBG% - Background color of the response (INTEGER). AUTOCR% - 1 = Automatic CR, 0 = Wait for ENTER to be pressed. Text$ - Text to display (if any). Use "" for no display. TFG% - Foreground color of Text$ BFG% - Background color of Text$ X% - X coordinate to display text. 0 = current coordinate. Y% - Y coordinate to display text. 0 = current coordinate. Show% - 0 = Don't display response, 1 = Display response. DESCRIPTION: Gets a response from the caller which is returned in the variable RESPONSE$. Passes ASCII characters in the range 32 - 127 and ignores all others unless Hi.Ascii% = 1, in which case it accepts ASCII 32 - 255. IN.PUT also allows you to use HOT KEYS! If you are prompting for a Y/N you could do something like: IN.PUT 1, 180, 12, 0, 1, "Is everything correct? (y/n) ", 1, 1, 0 IF UCASE$(RESPONSE$) = "Y" THEN Etc., Etc. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 5 As soon as the caller hit Y or N, the subroutine terminates without his having to hit ENTER (however IN.PUT always returns when ENTER is pressed). The response would not be displayed. The IN.PUT can also be used as a timed routine. In the example above, The routine would wait for 180 seconds. if it does not receive a keypress within that time, it returns to the calling routine and RESPONSE$ would contain a "-1". IN.PUT features word-wrap ability in both forward typing and while backspacing. SUBROUTINE: INITIALIZE PARAMETERS: None DESCRIPTION: VERY IMPORTANT! You MUST make a call to INITIALIZE before your code does anything. This subroutine opens the system files and obtains all the information you will need to run your Door. It first reads the configuration file you passed on the command line, then it reads the BBS interface file PCBOARD.SYS, etc. There are 3 variables that must be populated before the call to INITIALIZE. PROGNAME$ = "Name of your Door" EXENAME$ = "FILENAM" VERSION$ = " v0.0" INITIALIZE PROGNAME$ and VERSION$ are displayed on the Status line after the callers name. EXENAME$ must be populated if you plan to use the high score bulletin generator. EXENAME$ is the filename of your program minus the .EXE extension. -> NOTE: EXENAME$ MUST BE NO MORE THAN 7 CHARACTERS! SUBROUTINE: LINES SROW%,SCOL%,LEN%,DIR$,ENDS%,MID%,EFG%,EBG%,MFG%,MBG% PARAMETERS: SROW% - Row the line starts at. Valid numbers are 1 - 22. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. SCOL% - Column the line starts at. Valid numbers are 1 - 79. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. LEN% - Length of the line. Max. of 23 for vertical, 80 horiz. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. DIR$ - "H" = horizontal. "V" = vertical. Accepts a STRING variable or quoted text. ENDS% - If you are placing the line inside a box, you can make the ends of the line match the box border. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. 0 = No ends. (straight line only) 1 = Single line. 2 = Double line. MID% - Type of line. 1 = Single line. 2 = Double line. Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. EFG% - Foreground color of the ends (see color table). Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. EBG% - Background color of the ends (see color table). Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. MFG% - Foreground color of the line (see color table). Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. MBG% - Background color of the line (see color table). Accepts an INTEGER number or variable. DESCRIPTION: Draws either a vertical or horizontal line at the specified location. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 6 SUBROUTINE: MAKE.BLT HI.SCORE& PARAMETERS: HI.SCORE&, 10, 10000, Etc. DESCRIPTION: This routine will write a hi-score bulletin listing the top ten scores. The parameter passed must be a LONG INTEGER (&). This routine creates a file called FILENAME.BUL (where FILENAME is the same as specified in the EXENAME$ variable). The first line of this .BUL file indicates the path to the actual BLT file. It initially writes FILENAME.BLT. If you wish to have a different filename (such as BLT1) you must edit this line. The filename for your BLT file should be 7 characters or less because DoorFrame also writes a graphics BLT and appends a G to the filename. (You should also explain this to your user Sysops!) SUBROUTINE: MAKE.BLT.CURRENT HI.SCORE& PARAMETERS: HI.SCORE&, 10, 10000, Etc. DESCRIPTION: Same as MAKE.BLT except it posts CURRENT scores rather than highest scores. SUBROUTINE: MORE PARAMETERS: None DESCRIPTION: Outputs "Press <ENTER> to continue, or <E> to end" and waits for a response. Check the variable RESPONSE$ for an "E" and terminate the current routine if found. For example: MORE IF UCASE$(RESPONSE$) = "E" THEN Etc.. Etc. SUBROUTINE: MUSIC TUNE$ PARAMETERS: MUSIC CODES DESCRIPTION: Outputs music to the remote system. The TUNE$ parameter contains the same codes you would normally use in the BASIC PLAY statement. For example: TUNE$ = "t110 l8 ms d4 mn o3 g a b o4 c ... " MUSIC TUNE$ Since not all communications programs can handle music, you should ask the user if he has music capabilities. If the user can't handle music he will simply see the music codes come across his screen (not a pretty sight!). SUBROUTINE: OUT.PUT LF% PARAMETERS: LF%, 1, 2, Etc. DESCRIPTION: Outputs the specified number of CR/LF. Parameter is an INTEGER number or an INTEGER variable. Ex: OUT.PUT 2 DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 7 SUBROUTINE: SEND FILENAME$, YN%, CLR% PARAMETERS: FILENAME$ - STRING variable or quoted text of file to SEND. YN% - 0 = Do not use the ENTER prompt after last page. 1 = Use the ENTER prompt after last page. CLR% - 0 = Home cursor, do not clear screen. 1 = Normal clear screen. DESCRIPTION: Sends the specified filename. This can be either an ASCII file or an ANSI file. SEND first checks for the existance of the file and either sends the file or reports "File not Found!". This is handy for displaying Help files, Welcome screens, etc. NOTE: When using The Draw to create ANSI screens, save the screen using the block mode (ALT-B) as this seems to produce better results than using the regular save function (ALT-S). SUBROUTINE: SENDANSI FILENAME$, YN%, INTER% PARAMETERS: FILENAME$ - STRING variable or quoted text of file to send. YN% - 0 = Do not use the ENTER prompt after last page. 1 = Use the ENTER prompt after last page. 2 = Pause at end for Spacebar. Doesn't print anything INTER% - 0 = User can interrupt and exit the screen anytime. 1 = User cannot interrupt file until it is finished. DESCRIPTION: Sends the specified ANSI file if it exists. This routine does not stop until the entire file has been sent. Pressing the Spacebar during display aborts the file unless Inter% is set to 1. SUBROUTINE: SHOW.BLT YN$ PARAMETERS: YN$, "Y", "N" DESCRIPTION: Call this routine if your Door features a Hi-score bulletin. Make sure you have called MAKE.BLT first! Best place to call this is just before you call EXIT.DOOR. For example: MAKE.BLT HI.SCORE& SHOW.BLT "Y" EXIT.DOOR "Y" SHOW.BLT "Y" will ask if they want to see the Bulletin. SHOW.BLT "N" displays the bulletin without asking. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 8 C O L O R T A B L E ====================== COLOR # - NAME INTENSITY FOREGROUND (FG%) BACKGROUND (BG%) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 - BLACK Low X X 1 - BLUE " X X 2 - GREEN " X X 3 - CYAN " X X 4 - RED " X X 5 - MAGENTA " X X 6 - YELLOW " X X 7 - WHITE " X X 8 - GRAY High X 9 - LBLUE " X 10 - LGREEN " X 11 - LCYAN " X 12 - LRED " X 13 - LMAGENTA " X 14 - LYELLOW " X 15 - LWHITE " X The COLORs are defined as CONSTANT in the DFRAMEX.INC file so you may use either the actual color number, it's name or an INTEGER variable of your own choosing when CALLing the DIS.PLAY subroutine. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 9 CONFIGURATION FILE ================== The format of the configuration file used by Doors created with DoorFrame is: C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only C|\PCB\USERS.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using USERS.SYS C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0) C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS <- For GT Power systems C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <- For Wildcat! 3.x+ systems. C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <- For systems that support DOOR.SYS C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <- For QBBS/RBBS/RA. Replace x with Node #. C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <- For Spitfire systems. C:\BBS\TRIBBS.SYS <- For TriBBS systems. MicroNet <- BBS name Ted <- Sysop's first name Freeman <- Sysop's last name . <- The Configuration file is left open as #1 . so you may add whatever is necessary. NOTE: See Miscellaneous Notes for info on using Environment Variables. NOTE: There are 2 additional lines necessary when using GTUSER.BBS. Since this file does not provide the ComPort% and NodeNum% variables, advise your Door users to add them to this .CFG file on lines 5 and 6 respectively. Both variables will default to 1. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 10 VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING PCBOARD.SYS ========================================== ALLOWEDBYTES& Allowed D/L bytes from the PWRD file. This number is in actual bytes rather than Kilobytes allowed. * BAUDCONN$ Connect rate of caller or "LOCAL" * BAUDOPEN$ Port opening BPS * BBSSYS$ Name of the BBS CALLALARM% Caller alarm status. -1=ON, 0=OFF * CALLERSLOC$ Location of CALLERSx log CHATSTATUS$ Chat mode status. "U" or "A" * CITY$ Callers city and state * CNAMESLOC$ Location of CNAMES * COMPORT% COM port number CONFREG$ Conferences registered in DISPLAY% Local display status. -1=ON, 0=OFF DOWNLOADS& Number of downloads made * ECC% Error corrected connect. 1=YES, 0=NO EXENAME$ Name of .EXE (Programmer supplied) EXPERT$ Expert mode - "Y" or "N" EXPIRE$ Callers expiration date * FIRST$ Callers first name GRAPHICS% Graphics mode status. -1=ON, 0=OFF Determines if the caller is ANSI compatible If your door requires the use of cursor positioning and GRAPHICS% = 0 then you should kick him back out of the door. * HPHONE$ Callers home phone number * LASTON$ Date caller last logged on (MM-DD-YY) LEVEL& Callers security level * LOCALUSR% -1 = LOCAL mode, 0 = Online * LOGONHRS$ Time caller logged on in HH:MM format * LOGONMINS% Time caller logged on in minutes MODE% 0 = Non-color, -1 = color is on. Default is the BBS setting. You may force color by setting this to -1. * NAME$ Callers full name * NETWORK% 1 = BBS is networked, 0 = no network * NODENUM% Node number OWNER$ Name DoorFrame is registered to (if any). PASSWORD$ Password of caller PAGEBELL% Page bell status. -1=ON, 0=OFF PAGELEN% Callers page length * PCBDAT$ Location of PCBOARD.DAT * PCBOARD% 1 = PCBoard, 0 = non-PCBoard PRINTER% Printer status. -1=ON, 0=OFF PROGNAME$ Name of DOOR (Programmer supplied) PROTOCOL$ Caller's default protocol (Z, X, etc.) RESPONSE$ Returned after a CALL to IN.PUT SERIAL$ Your DoorFrame serial #. String variable. * SYSLOC$ Location of system file. This contains the path/filename of line 1 in the .CFG file. * SYSOP% 1 = SYSOP is using DOOR, 0 otherwise * SYSOPFIRST$ Sysops first name SYSOPFLAG$ " ", "N"=Sysop Next, "X"=Exit to DOS * SYSOPLAST$ Sysops last name * SYSOPNAME$ Sysops first and last names DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 11 TIMEADJUST% Use to adjust the callers remaining time online. This variable adjusts the ELAPSED time so if you wish to decrease his time, give this a positive value. * TIMEALWD% Minutes caller is allowed * TIMELEFT% Time caller has left in minutes. Doorframe calculates this so changing it has no effect * TIMENOW% Current time in minutes (0 - 1440) * TIMESON% Number of times on system TIMEOUT% Programmer supplied keyboard timeout. Defaults to 300 (5 mins) if not specified. Has a minimum of 60 seconds. Maximum is 32,767 since it's an integer. * TIMEUSED% Time used so far today in minutes UPLOADS& Number of uploads made * USERCOMMENT$ User maintained comment * USERSLOC$ Location of USERS file * USERNUM% Record number of caller VERSION$ DOOR version # (Programmer supplied) * WPHONE$ Callers work phone number NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 12 VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING USERS.SYS ======================================== When using USERS.SYS, all variables contained in PCBOARD.SYS may be used plus the following additional variables. DAILYDNLDBYTES& Bytes downloaded so far today. DELETEFLAG% 1 = delete this record, 0 = keep EXPIREDLEVEL& Expired Security level LASTCONF% Conference number last in. LASTTIMEON$ Last time caller was on MSGS.LEFT% Number of messages posted MSGS.READ% Number of messages read PCB.VERSION% PCBoard version number (i.e. 1450) TOTDNLDBYTES& Total number of BYTES downloaded TOTUPLDBYTES& Total number of BYTES uploaded NOTES: These variables are all passed back to PCBoard. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 13 VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING DOOR.SYS ======================================= ! ALIAS$ Callers alias/handle ! * ANSISUPPORT$ Caller supports ANSI but in NG mode * BAUDCONN$ Connect rate of caller or "LOCAL" * BAUDOPEN$ Port opening BPS ! * BBSCOLOR% BBS default color code (1-15) * BBSSYS$ Name of the BBS BIRTHDATE$ Callers date of birth CALLALARM% Caller alarm status. -1=ON, 0=OFF * CITY$ Callers city and state * COMPORT% COM port number (1 - 4). CONFREG$ Conferences registered in DAILY.BYTES.ALWD& Daily download max. K limit DISPLAY% Local display status. -1=ON, 0=OFF ! DOORS.OPENED% Number of Doors caller has opened DOWNLOADS& Number of downloads made ! * ECC% Error corrected connect. 1=YES, 0=NO EXENAME$ Name of .EXE (Programmer supplied) EXFROM% Conference exited to Door from. EXPERT$ Expert mode - "Y" or "N" EXPIRE$ Callers expiration date ! * EVENT$ Event time (hh:mm) GRAPHICS% Graphics mode status. -1=ON, 0=OFF Determines if the caller is ANSI compatible If your door requires the use of cursor positioning and GRAPHICS% = 0 then you should kick him back out of the door. * HPHONE$ Callers home phone number * LASTON$ Date caller last logged on (MM-DD-YY) ! LASTSCAN$ Date of last directory/new files scan. LEVEL& Callers security level * LOCALUSR% -1 = LOCAL mode, 0 = Online * LOGONHRS$ Time caller logged on in HH:MM format * LOGONMINS% Time caller logged on in minutes ! MAX.FILES% Maximum daily files available ! MINSCREDIT% Time credits in minutes MODE% 0 = Non-color, -1 = color is on. Default is the BBS setting. You may force color by setting this to -1. ! MSGS.LEFT% Total messages left * NAME$ Callers full name ! * NETWORK% 1 = BBS is networked, 0 = no network * NODENUM% Node number DLTODAY& Files downloaded so far today OWNER$ Name DoorFrame is registered to (if any). PAGEBELL% Page bell status. -1=ON, 0=OFF PAGELEN% Callers page length * PARITY% Parity (word length?) (7 or 8) PASSWORD$ Password of caller * PATHGEN$ Path to the GEN directory * PATHMAIN$ Path to the MAIN directory PRINTER% Printer status. -1=ON, 0=OFF PROGNAME$ Name of DOOR (Programmer supplied) PROTOCOL$ Callers default protocol (Z, X, etc) RESPONSE$ Returned after a CALL to IN.PUT DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 14 SECREM$ Number of seconds remaining this call. SERIAL$ Your DoorFrame serial #. String variable. * SYSLOC$ Location of system file. This contains the path/filename of line 1 in the .CFG file. * SYSOP% 1 = SYSOP is using DOOR, 0 otherwise * SYSOPFIRST$ Sysops first name * SYSOPLAST$ Sysops last name * SYSOPNAME$ Sysops first and last names TIMEADJUST% Use to adjust the callers remaining time online. This variable adjusts the ELAPSED time so if you wish to decrease his time, give this a positive value. ! * TIMELASTCALL$ Time of last call (hh:mm) * TIMELEFT% Time caller has left in minutes. Doorframe calculates this so changing it has no effect * TIMENOW% Current time in minutes (0 - 1440) TIMEOUT% Programmer supplied. Defaults to 5 mins if not specified. Has a minimum of one min. No limit on maximum. * TIMESON% Number of times on system * TIMEUSED% Time used so far today in minutes TOTAL.BYTES.TODAY& Daily download K total ! TOTAL.KB.DL& Total K bytes downloaded ! TOTAL.KB.UL& Total K bytes uploaded UPLOADS& Number of uploads made * USERCOMMENT$ User maintained comment * USERNUM% Record number of caller VERSION$ DOOR version # (Programmer supplied) * WPHONE$ Callers work phone number NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. Varialbes marked with '!' are available only in the 52 line version. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 15 VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING USERINFO.DAT =========================================== * ACTIVE.MENU% 0=Main, 1=Msg, 2=File, 3=Sysop ALIAS$ Callers alias/handle * ANSISUPPORT$ 'Y' or 'N' for ANSI enabled. BANKED.TIME% Banked time. (DLT - MaxLogOn) * BAUDCONN$ Connect rate of caller or "LOCAL" * COMMAND.LINE$ Started with a CommandLine switch. Y or N. * DATABITS$ Databits, 7 or 8. * DOOR.LOGOFF$ Y or N. Set to Y if caller logged off from inside the door. DOOR.DL& Number of files DL'ed in the door. DOOR.KB& Downloads in K, add to daily and total bytes * ECC% Error corrected connect. 1=YES, 0=NO LASTSCAN$ Time/date of last new files scan * LOGONTIMEDATE$ Time and date caller logged on to BBS * NAME$ Callers full name SEC.LEVEL.NAME$ Security level name. NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. All other variables are taken from the DOOR.SYS file. VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING DORINFOx.DEF =========================================== * BAUDRATE$ Baud rate and parity of caller. Ex. 2400 BAUD,N,8,1 NOTE: RBBS adds baud rate of BBS. * BBSSYS$ Name of the BBS * CITY$ Callers city and state * COMPORT% COM port number (1 - 4). DISPLAY% Defaults to -1 (ON). * DORINFO13TH$ 13th line available only on RBBS systems. EXENAME$ Name of .EXE (Programmer supplied) * FIRST$ Callers first name GRAPHICS% Graphics mode status. -1=ON, 0=OFF Determines if the caller is ANSI compatible If your door requires the use of cursor positioning and GRAPHICS% = 0 then you should kick him back out of the door. Use DETECT.ANSI to determine this. * LAST$ Callers last name * LASTON$ Default 01-01-80 (not provided in DORINFO) LEVEL& Callers security level * LOCALUSR% -1 = LOCAL mode, 0 = Online MODE% 0 = Non-color, -1 = color is on. Default is the BBS setting. You may force color by setting this to -1. * NAME$ Callers full name NETWORK$ Network type. DoorFrame reads/writes as is. * NODENUM% Number of this Node. OWNER$ Name DoorFrame is registered to (if any). PROGNAME$ Name of DOOR (Programmer supplied) RESPONSE$ Returned after a CALL to IN.PUT SERIAL$ Your DoorFrame serial #. String variable. * SYSLOC$ Location of system file. This contains the path/filename of line 1 in the .CFG file. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 16 * SYSOP% 1 = SYSOP is using DOOR, 0 otherwise * SYSOPFIRST$ Sysops first name * SYSOPLAST$ Sysops last name * SYSOPNAME$ Sysops first and last names TIMEADJUST% Use to adjust the callers remaining time online. This variable adjusts the ELAPSED time so if you wish to decrease his time, give this a positive value. * TIMELEFT% Time caller has left in minutes. Doorframe calculates this so changing it has no effect * TIMENOW% Current time in minutes (0 - 1440) TIMEOUT% Programmer supplied. Defaults to 5 mins if not specified. Has a minimum of one min. No limit on maximum. * TIMESON% Defaults to 1 (Not provided in DORINFO) * TIMEUSED% Time used so far today in minutes NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING CALLINFO.BBS =========================================== * ALREADYCONNECTED$ "TRUE" or "FALSE" * BAUDCONN$ Connect rate of caller or "LOCAL" * BBSSYS$ Name of the BBS * CITY$ Callers city and state * COMPORT% COM port number (1 - 4). CONFREG$ Conferences registered in (ABCD etc.) * CONSOLE$ "LOCAL" or "REMOTE" DAILY.BYTES.ALWD& Daily download max. K limit * DATABITS$ 7 or 8 DISPLAY% Local display status. -1=ON, 0=OFF * DOORNUMBER$ BBS number of this door? EXENAME$ Name of .EXE (Programmer supplied) * ENTERDOOR$ Time caller entered door in HH:MM format. * FIRST$ Callers first name GRAPHICS% Graphics mode status. -1=ON, 0=OFF Determines if the caller is ANSI compatible If your door requires the use of cursor positioning and GRAPHICS% = 0 then you should kick him back out of the door. Use DETECT.ANSI to determine this. * LAST$ Callers last name LASTMSG$ Last message read * LASTONDATE$ Date and time of last call LEVEL& Callers security level * LOCALUSR% -1 = LOCAL mode, 0 = Online * LOGONTIMEDATE$ Time and date caller logged on to BBS * LOGONHRS$ Time caller logged on in HH:MM format MODE% 0 = Non-color, -1 = color is on. Default is the BBS setting. You may force color by setting this to -1. * MNP$ "MNP/ARQ Connection" or "Normal Connection" * NAME$ Callers full name DLTODAY& Files downloaded so far today DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 17 OWNER$ Name DoorFrame is registered to (if any). PASSWORD$ Password of caller PROGNAME$ Name of DOOR (Programmer supplied) RESPONSE$ Returned after a CALL to IN.PUT SERIAL$ Your DoorFrame serial #. String variable. * SYSLOC$ Location of system file. This contains the path/filename of line 1 in the .CFG file. * SYSOP% 1 = SYSOP is using DOOR, 0 otherwise * SYSOPFIRST$ Sysops first name * SYSOPLAST$ Sysops last name * SYSOPNAME$ Sysops first and last names TIMEADJUST% Use to adjust the callers remaining time online. This variable adjusts the ELAPSED time so if you wish to decrease his time, give this a positive value. * TIMELEFT% Time caller has left in minutes. Doorframe calculates this so changing it has no effect * TIMENOW% Current time in minutes (0 - 1440) * TIMEOFF$ Time caller exited from the door. TIMEOUT% Programmer supplied. Defaults to 5 mins if not specified. Has a minimum of one min. No limit on maximum. * TIMEUSED% Time used so far today in minutes * USERNUM% Record number of caller NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 18 VARIABLES AVAILABLE WHEN USING SFDOORS.DAT ========================================== ANSION$ "TRUE" or "FALSE" * BAUDCONN$ Connect rate of caller or "LOCAL" * BBSDIR$ Spitfire's home directory * BBSSYS$ Name of the BBS * CITY$ Callers city and state * COMPORT% COM port number (1 - 4). DAILY.BYTES.ALLOWED& Maximum download BYTES per day DISPLAY% Local display status. -1=ON, 0=OFF DLPERDAY& Number of downloads allowed per day DLTODAY& Number of downloads made today DOWNLOADS& Number of downloads made * ECC% Error corrected connect. 1=YES, 0=NO EXENAME$ Name of .EXE (Programmer supplied) EXTRATIME& Number of seconds gained since logon * FIRST$ Callers first name * FRONTEND$ "TRUE" or "FALSE" if booted from a front end program. GRAPHICS% Graphics mode status. -1=ON, 0=OFF Determines if the caller is ANSI compatible If your door requires the use of cursor positioning and GRAPHICS% = 0 then you should kick him back out of the door. Use DETECT.ANSI to determine this. * HPHONE$ Callers home phone number * LAST$ Callers last name LASTMCONF$ Last message conference LASTFAREA$ Last file area LEVEL& Callers security level * LOCALUSR% -1 = LOCAL mode, 0 = Online * LOGONHRS$ Time caller logged on in HH:MM format * LOGONSECS& Number of seconds since midnight when caller logged on to the BBS. * MAXBAUD$ Maximum baud of the system MODE% 0 = Non-color, -1 = color is on. Default is the BBS setting. You may force color by setting this to -1. * NAME$ Callers full name * NODENUM% Number of this Node. * NODTELOCK$ "TRUE" or "FALSE" if configured for software data flow control. OWNER$ Name DoorFrame is registered to (if any). PASSWORD$ Password of caller PROGNAME$ Name of DOOR (Programmer supplied) RESPONSE$ Returned after a CALL to IN.PUT * SECONDS& Number of seconds since midnight when caller entered the door. SERIAL$ Your DoorFrame serial #. String variable. * SYSLOC$ Location of system file. This contains the path/filename of line 1 in the .CFG file. * SYSOP% 1 = SYSOP is using DOOR, 0 otherwise * SYSOPFIRST$ Sysops first name NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 19 * SYSOPLAST$ Sysops last name * SYSOPNAME$ Sysops first and last names SYSOPNEXT$ "TRUE" or "FALSE" TIMEADJUST% Use to adjust the callers remaining time online. This variable adjusts the ELAPSED time so if you wish to decrease his time, give this a positive value. * TIMEALWD% Minutes caller is allowed * TIMELEFT% Time caller has left in minutes. Doorframe calculates this so changing it has no effect * TIMENOW% Current time in minutes (0 - 1440) TIMEOUT% Programmer supplied. Defaults to 5 mins if not specified. Has a minimum of one min. No limit on maximum. * TIMEUSED% Time used so far today in minutes TOTAL.BYTES.TODAY& BYTES downloaded so far today TOTAL.KB.DL& Total K bytes downloaded TOTAL.KB.UL& Total K bytes uploaded UPLOADS& Number of uploads made * USERNUM% Record number of caller NOTES: Variables marked with '*' are provided for information only. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 20 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES =================== Check DFRAMEX.INC for an explanation of variables not listed above. DoorFrame requires DOS 3.x and up since all files are opened in SHARED mode. When using PCBOARD.SYS, DoorFrame also accesses the USERS file. When using USERS.SYS, DoorFrame also accesses PCBOARD.SYS, PCBOARD.DAT and the USERS file. The DOOR.SYS used by DoorFrame is the standard 52 line GAP (tm) file. The CALLINFO.BBS used by DoorFrame currently contains 36 lines. Trapping errors --------------- If you wish to utilize the internal error trapping, insert the following line wherever you wish the trapping to begin. I would suggest putting it right after you call INITIALIZE. ON ERROR GOTO ERR.ROUTINE Then at the very end of your program insert the following: ERR.ROUTINE: ERRORS ERR, ERL END If ANY Basic error is encountered, it will branch to ERR.ROUTINE and call the ERRORS subroutine. The error will be printed to the screen and written to DFRAME.ERR. Your Door will then exit back to the BBS. The first few lines of your Door should be: ' $INCLUDE: 'DFRAMEX.INC' PROGNAME$ = "Name of the Door" VERSION$ = " v1.8" EXENAME$ = "FILENAM" <- NOTE: Max of 7 letters! TIMEOUT% = 240 <- Numbers of seconds to wait for keyboard activity. 240 will wait for 4 minutes then send a Keyboard Timeout msg. and exit back to the BBS. Defaults to 300. OWNER$ = "Your Name" <- For registered DoorFrame users only. SERIAL$ = "99999" <- DoorFrame will display an EVALUATION COPY message until registered. INITIALIZE . Your code....... . MAKE.BLT HI.SCORE& <- If you want one generated. SHOW.BLT "Y" <- If you want to show it before door closes. EXIT.DOOR "Y" The configuration filename passed on the command line is OPENed as #1. This file is left open so you may read additional lines from the .CFG file. Although it is not absolutely necessary, you should CLOSE #1 somewhere near the start of your program. DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 21 Using SysopKeys% ---------------- By setting SysopKeys% = 1 (after calling INITIALIZE), you can utilize the arrow keys for remote input. This could be used for moving highlight bars etc. (see the DFDEMO for an example). Using the arrow keys from remote can present difficulties because the terminal program the caller is using may have redefined the arrow keys. Qmodem is a good example. Normally the up arrow in Qmodem activates the scroll back buffer. However, if you switch Qmodem into DoorWay mode (ALT =), the arrow keys can be used. I do not know if this is possible with other terminals (feedback anyone?). If you do utilize the arrow keys, you would be wise to provide an alternative method of input for those callers who cannot use their arrow keys. In addition, set Sysopkeys% = 1 only when arrow input is required then immediately set SysopKeys% = 0 since capital H, K, M, and P are also interpreted as arrow keys when SysopKeys% = 1. Turning off the Status lines. ----------------------------- If for some reason you do not want the 2 Status lines at the bottom of the screen to show, you may blank those out at any time with the following. No.Status% = 1 ClrScrn Black To turn the Status lines back on just set No.Status% = 0. Returning control to programmer upon carrier loss ------------------------------------------------- There may be instances where the programmer needs to do some clean-up when a loss of carrier occurs before returning to the BBS. There are two variables that allow you to do this. After calling INITIALIZE, set Auto.Recycle% = 0. If carrier is lost, the variable NoCarrier% is set equal to 1. One way to handle this is to check NoCarrier% after each In.Put, Enter, or More statement. If NoCarrier% = 1, your door will NOT stop for user input. For example: In.Put 0, 0, 11, 0, 1, "Prompt > ", 10, 1, 1 IF NoCarrier% = 1 THEN GOTO HandleIt If the door was sitting at the In.Put prompt when carrier loss occurred, it would immediately come out of it and process the next statement. You must be VERY CAREFUL when using this option. Make sure you TEST IT THOROUGHLY!!! After you have done your clean-up, be sure to call Exit.Door "Y" to terminate the door as you normally would. System.File% Variable --------------------- The value of System.File% will tell you which BBS file is being used according to the following values: 1 = PCBOARD.SYS 6 = DORINFOx.DEF 2 = USERS.SYS 7 = SFDOORS.DAT 3 = DOOR.SYS 8 = USERINFO.DAT 4 = CALLINFO.BBS 9 = GTUSER.BBS 5 = Not Used 10 = TRIBBS.SYS DOORFRAME v1.8 - Users Guide - Page 22 Fossil Driver Support --------------------- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command line when running the door. For example: MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit the door gracefully. Environment Variables --------------------- DoorFrame supports COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line passed to your Door would be: FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /5 or FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /%IRQ% for the environment variable. The /5 tells DoorFrame to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that is normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard IRQ's. When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%, and %wcnodeid%. Some examples: PCBoard: USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS Wildcat!: USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid% Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example: SET PCBDRIVE=C: SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR SET PCBNODE=1 486DX CPU's ----------- The math coprocessor in 486DX CPUs cannot handle floating point math which all MicroSoft Basic's use. This can show up as an ERROR 5, a keyboard timeout, etc. Fortunately there is an easy fix for this problem. Simply place the following line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file: SET NO87=ON