ROMDOOR v3.00 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 CD-ROM Door for WildCat v3.x and PcBoard 14.5 Systems Copyright (C) 1993 by Advanced Software Concepts inc. Programmed by Jeff Bisson TABLE OF CONTENTS 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Thank you ........................................ 2 What did you get when you registered? ............ 2 How to use and install the extra features ........ 2 - 3 How to use and install the extra utilities ....... 3 - 4 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 [Page 2, RomDoor v3.00] THANK YOU 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Thank you for registering. Your registration will go into the futher advancement of Romdoor and other A.S.C. programming. If you ever have a utility that you are just dying to have, but you just don't know how to write it, we will listen. Thanks again. WHAT DID YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTERED? 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Access to premade databases: If you gave me a password on the registration form I will add you to Advanced Software Concepts(ASC) user database and you will be able to call and download premade CD-ROM databases which you can import into RomDoor. If you forgot to leave me a password, just log on the board and leave me a message telling me that you are a registered RomDoor user. I will upgrade you. Extra features such as: Create your own ANSI and ASCII menus. You can now allow your users to create text file listings of your file areas, so they can browse them offline. You can now setup a maximum of 32 CD-ROM disks. More utilites such as: ROMEDIT.EXE : The equivilent of WCPRO.EXE but for RomDoor. ROMCHK.EXE : Reports the duplicate files between RomDoor and WC!. FIXROM.EXE : Fix your database if it gets corrupted. PREMADE.EXE : Import the premade databases that you can download. ROMBULL.EXE : Create various bulletins for use on your board. HOW TO USE AND INSTALL THE EXTRA FEATURES 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 (1) To create your own screens you can use the WC! "@" color and information codes. If you decide to make an ANSI and ASCII screen instead of using "@" codes then you will need to have an ANSI editor such as THEDRAW. The names of the files should be: "@" Coded Screen : ROMDOOR.BBS ANSI Color Screen : ROMDOOR.SCR ASCII Non-Color Screen : ROMDOOR.BBS A list of the "@" codes that RomDoor supports are in ATCODES.LST. (2) To enable the text file listings you need to load up MAKEROM, press ENTER on "Edit RomDoor Main Parameters" and move to the field called BBS ID. Now type in eight meaningful letters of your BBS name. Note if you leave this field blank the feature will be disabled in the door. [Page 3, RomDoor v3.00] (3) To setup more CD-ROMs install them the same way you did the first two. (4) To use the request feature please read the section called "Setting up and maintaining the request feature" located in ROMDOOR.DOC. HOW TO USE AND INSTALL THE EXTRA UTILITIES 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 RomEdit : To run RomEdit just type ROMEDIT. A screen showing you the the CD-ROM disks you have installed in RomDoor should pop up. Press ENTER on the disk you want to edit or browse; when you do the first 20 files in the database should show up on the screen. Use the cursor keys to navagate through the database, you may delete, insert, or edit any file record you want. Description of keys: From browse window: ENTER: Modify current record. DEL: Delete current record. INS: Insert new record. ALT-C: Allows you to change the CD-ROM disk that you are browsing. ALT-D: If RomEdit doesn't know the drive path that the CD-ROM disk is in then you will need to specify it before RomEdit needs to access the CD-ROM disk. ALT-F: Allows you to find a specific file or file area, depending on the sort key that you are on. ALT-S: Allows you to change the sorting method. There are three different methods: "Area", "Name", and "Not Found". The first two are self-explainitory, but "Not Found" isn't. "Not Found" is the only useful when you want to find out what files are not located on the the disk, note that the files are placed in this key only after preforming the ALT-U operation. ALT-U: Allows you to compare the disk to the database. For more information about this feature please read the "OPTIMIZING ROMDOOR - USING ROMDOOR TO SPEED UP MARKING" section in ROMDOOR.DOC. ALT-V: Allows you to preform an action on the current file. Most often to view the file's contents. To use this feature you must create a text file called ROMEDIT.CFG located in the RomDoor directory. This file has the following format: = ^. For example: ZIP=SHEZ ^.ZIP ARJ=SHEZ ^.ARJ ARC=SHEZ ^.ARC GIF=VPIC ^.GIF RomEdit will replace the "^" with the file name. [Page 4, RomDoor v3.00] From edit window (When you press ENTER, DEL, or INS from the browse window): CTRL-Y: Clear field. F3: Check for files existence on the disk, if the file exists in the area specified then get the size and date from the disk. F10: Save Changes. ESC: Cancel Changes. RomChk : To run RomChk just type RomChk. When you do this RomChk will start comparing the two databases and will report to you any duplicates it finds. It will put the files in a file named ROMCHK.LOG. FixRom : This will rebuild your ROMFILES.DAT and ROMFILES.IX files in case they were corrupted in any way. This is a just in case program... RomBull : This utility will all you to create two different bulletins for use on your board. To run simply type ROMBULL it will load up the configuration screen. Type in the path to the file name you wish to use for each bulletin, for example: C:\WC30\BULL\BULL1 (Don't put the "." or the extension on) Once you have configured RomBull press F10. Now type ROMBULL. You will be shown the various command line parameters. Select the command you wish to use and type ROMBULL . RomBull will create the bulletin(s) you have chosen. RomBull is network safe and will run while a user is in RomDoor. If you have suggestions for other bulletins please let me know. Thanks again for registering and supporting shareware. I really appreciate it.