A ÜÛÛ ÛÛÛ Ü ÜÛ ÜÛÛÛÜ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ßÛßÜÛ ÛÛ ßÛÜ ÄÄÄÄÄ ÛÛÛÝÄÄÄ ÛÛÛ ÜÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÄÞÛÝÄÄÄÄÄÄ þßÛßÜþ ÛÛÛ ÜÛÜÞÛÝ ÛÛÝ ÛÛ ßÜ ÞÛÛ PPE ÛÛÛÛÜßÜ ÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛ ÞÛÝ ÛÛÜÛÛÛßÜÛÛß ÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Ûß Ä ß ßÛß ÜÛßßßÜÜÛßß ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Production ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ The ULTIMATE NEWS PPE ³ ³ ³ ³ Version 1.21 ³ ³ ³ ³ A WILD PPE Production ³ ³ Copyright (1996) ³ ³ ³ ³ Written By : Thomas Christoph ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Introduction º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Thank-you for taking the time to try out the ULTIMATE NEWS PPE on your BBS. I'm sure that you'll find this program organizes your NEWS file into a form that's easy to manage, and fun for the users to flip through. This PPE is also 100% RIP compliant! If you're utilizing RIP graphics on your BBS, then this program will automatically interface with your existing RIP (Remote Image Protocol) graphics, without modification! So, enough of the introduction, on with the installation. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Installation º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Make a directory on your harddrive to run this PPE. For demonstration purposes, we'll call it : D:\PCB\PPE\NEWS Unzip the contents of the zip file into this directory. It's now installed on your harddrive. Next you'll be instructed on how to configure your system to recognize and use this PPE. NOTE : IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM VERSION 1.20 TO 1.21, SIMPLY REPLACE THE OLD NEWS.PPE WITH THE ONE INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE, NO RECONFIGURATION IS NESSESSARY TO USE THIS NEW RELEASE! ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º CONFIGURATION º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ 1) Edit the MAIN CONFERENCE of your BBS using the PCBSETUP.EXE program that comes with your PCBOARD Bulletin Board Package. 2) Edit the "Name/Loc of NEWS File : D:\PCB\NEWS\MAIN" file by pressing the F2 key. Delete your old NEWS file, or rename it so you can use it to construct your new NEWSx files (described in detail below). Create a new NEWS file containing only the following line. !D:\PCB\PPE\NEWS\NEWS.PPE This should now be the ONLY line in this file! This statement will call the NEWS.PPE, and it will then take control of the NEWS handling. Save the file, then while still positioned on that file, press F3, and repeat the process. This will ensure that both ANSI and ASCII callers will both utilize the NEWS.PPE program you're installing now! ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º NOTES ON CONFIGURATION º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Editing the NEWS.DAT file ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ This file contains two numbers. The first is the FIRST number of the news item and the second is the LAST number of the news item. If you have only ONE news item, both numbers will of course be the same. The following is a more detailed description of the two numbers, and how they intereact with the Ultimate NEWS PPE. 1 <-------- This is the FIRST news item number that you have created 8 <--¿ ie: NEWS1 | À----- This is the LAST news item number that you have created ie: NEW8 (This would be assuming you also have NEWS files NEWS2,NEWS3,NEWS4,NEWS5,NEWS6,NEWS7) Each of these NEWS files are individual news items, that will be displayed individually, one after another. The FIRST file that will be displayed to the user will be the LAST NEWS ENTRY, in the example above (NEWS8). That way, you can keep adding news, simply by creating a new NEWS file. Again in this example, your next news file would be NEWS9. You would then, after creating NEWS9, change the LAST news item number to a 9. The NEXT and final step is to create your NEWS files. View the sample NEWS1 file for your initial idea of how it works. EDITING THE NEWS FILES ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1) The FIRST line is the DATE of the news item that you're creating. You can present the date in any format you'd like, ie: MM/DD/YY, or YY/MM/DD So long as you do not exceed 8 characters in length 2) The second line is the TITLE of the news item, and may be up to 40 characters in length. PCB color codes may be inserted and do not count towards the total length of the title! 3) The next 15 lines are comprised of the body of the news item that you're creating. The news item lines may be up to 73 characters wide. NO WIDER! PCB color codes may be inserted and do not count towards the total length of the line! If you choose NOT to use any color codes within the body of the news item, the Ultimate NEWS PPE will colorize the text for you using LIGHT and DARK CYAN, just to perk up the news item if you do not have the time to apply color to the news item yourself. 4) The last line MUST contain the word END in upper case! This indicates to the PPE that it has reached the end of the news item! NOTE : As you add NEWS files, you will create them with the next available number. For example, if you have ONE news item, and want to add another, the next file will be named NEWS2. As time goes by, you'll probably want to get rid of the older news items. Simply change the NEWS.DAT to reflect this. Say for example, you have 85 new items ranging from 1 to 85, and you want to eliminate the first 25. Edit the NEWS.DAT file, and change the first line from a 1 to 26. You may then delete news items NEWS1 through NEWS25. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º HOW IT WORKS º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ All of the commands that are available are explained on the NEWS screen. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Registration º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Should you decide to register, you'll be assuring yourself that we will continue writing more PPE's, and update my existing collection of PPE's with new revisions! Sending in your registration fee of $5.00 will get you a registration key that will remove the 8 second delay when exiting the NEWS PPE. Registration is easy. Simply mail in the registration fee of $5.00 Canadian, or $4.00 U.S. Funds to the following address making the cheque or money order payable to "THOMAS CHRISTOPH". Thomas Christoph 14 Acorn Crescent St. Albert, Alberta T8N 3S4 Canada You MUST include a copy of the REGISTER.DOC file enclosed in this archive, or ensure that you've written down the required information on a piece of paper when sending in your cheque, or money order. **** IMPORTANT **** The Key that will be sent to you is calculated on the SYSOP NAME and the BBS NAME. Exact spelling is crucial. Make sure that you specify upper and lower case in your name and BBS name. You MUST enter your name and bbs name in the key file EXACTLY as you write it down in the REGISTER.DOC. Please follow ALL instructions in the REGISTER.DOC file. === ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Closing Comments º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -ÄÄ úú ú ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ I hope you find this PPE useful, and worthy of registration. Many hours of work have gone into programming this so it operates smoothly and without slowing down the system. Feel free to try this software, and if you do use it, please send in your $5.00 registration fee. Your support of Shareware authors ensures that quality programs such as this continue to find their way to your BBS. Should you have any questions, I can be reached via E-MAIL at the following address or, if you'd like to see this, and other PPE's functioning on my support BBS, feel free to call anytime. 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