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     *                         JOIN v1.0                          *
     *                  Written in PPL for PCBoard                *
     *       By Teddy - SysOp of the digital Underground BBS      *
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  Pirates with Attitude is a group dedicated to bringing you the finest 
  software also for PCBoard systems. 

  This code was written for the sysops that carry more than one network
  and don't want thier users to have to scroll to the bottom of a 600+
  line file to find the network conferences they want to see.

  This file is free and requires NO registration. 
  
  But if you have other PPL Programs , please upload them at my bbs ;-))

  Now that all that was said...

  I carry a couple of networks and each have a LOT of different conferences
  in them...The main problem was that for people to see the conferences at
  the bottom of the list, they would have to scroll through some 1200+ 
  conference names. Thus JOIN steps in. JOIN will display ONE screen of
  NETWORKS to your users and let them select which lists they prefer to
  view instead of what was being forced upon them.

  Setting up:

  There are 2 different types of screens 1, the network screen and 2, the
  conference screens. The first one you will have to create, the latter
  you will only have to divide your present conference listing up.


  NETWORK SCREEN:

  You must create the NETWORKS screen first that your users will be 
  presented with. The name MUST BE NCNFN. You can add the language suffix
  if you have more than one language. and also the security suffix 
  (See the NCNFN screens inside this zip). 
  Next it should only be 22 lines long, JOIN places the cursor at the
  bottom of the screen when asking for an input. Your networks will be
  numbered 1-?, again see the NWORKS file in this zip.
  
  These files MUST reside in a subdir in the PPE dir called NETCNFN.
 
  CONFERCENCE SCREENS:

  The conference screens are the ones that are connected to one single 
  network (Or however you want to list them), and list the conferences 
  available screens. The file names of these are <number of the listing>
  + NET, so if I had 3 different networks, they would be listed under
  1NET 2NET 3NET. When the user selects a conference by number,
  that number is appended to the word NET and then that file is displayed
  to the user. Again you can attach the suffix to the file for language
  specific files (ie...1NET.GER 2NET.GER) And you may add also a SECURITY 
  to the files (ie...1NET20 or 2net99.ger)

  These files MUST reside in a subdir in the PPE dir called NET.

  So what you should have in your ppe directory when your finished are
  the following files:

                        NJOIN.PPE
  
  and in the NETCNFN directory                       

                        NCNFN
                    or  NCNFN20     (for level 20)
                    or  NCNFN20.ger (for level 20 in german language)
                    or  NCNFN.ger   (for all levels in german language)
                    
  in the NET directory do the same with 
   
                        xNETxx.xxx
                        
  PCBSETUP:

  Now go into PCBsetup to the CMD.LST section:

  < B: File Locations, B: Configuration Files, CMD.LST >

  Edit a line to include the following:

  Command       Security      PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
  =======       ========      ========================================
     J             0           F:\PCB\PPE\PWAJOIN\JOIN.PPE

  The command your changing is "Join", Security level at whatever you want,
  and the path (FULL) to the JOIN.PPE.

  Thats all there is to it!, Now go into pcboard and select J a conference,
  you should see the network screen pop up and then from there JOIN will 
  ask which NETWORK you wish to view, and then which conference within the
  network to join.


     Support:  The Digital Underground BBS - SysOp Teddy
     

     History:  05-25-93 þ Release of Version 1.00