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     ³ WelcoMat     PCBoard 15.2 PPE     New Caller Upgrader  <Shareware> ³
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     This PCBoard 15.2 PPE utility  will search a list of predefined names,
     and if a match is found it will upgrade them to the security level you
     decided on.  Why? I was in a situation recently where I knew a handful
     of specific users were going to be calling my board. I did not want to
     pre-register all of them since A) it would have been more time than it
     took to write this utility and B) I wanted them to enter complete info
     into the address areas of the user records.  But... I also wanted them
     (and only them) to be upgraded instantly  and I also wanted them to be
     displayed a screen that told them  I was "putting out the welcome mat"
     for them and that they were instantly upgraded. Well this utility will
     do all this. You select the names that you want to put out the welcome
     mat for,  you select the security level that you want each one of them
     upgraded to,  and you customize the display file that they'll see upon
     their upgrade.

     WelcoMat Installation.

     Installation of WelcoMat is fairly straight-forward. Hopefully you are
     already familiar with PPEs so I don't have to get overly verbose here.
     Here's how I do it. My NEW caller logon script looks like this, just 2
     lines:
          !E:\PPE\WELCOMAT\WELCOMAT.PPE
          !E:\PPE\HOWHEARD\HOWHEARD.PPE
     The first line is WelcoMat, the other is another PPE I use that prompt
     the user for city & state and other settings info. This way, if a user
     calls me  who is not in "the list"  then the other PPE's ask for addi-
     tional address and settings info anyway.  Anyway, there is a number of
     ways you can do this. You can place the WELCOMAT.PPE in your bulletins
     to upgrade name matches only when the bulletin is read. It's up to you
     as PCB's PPE feature makes it the most flexible BBS software ever!

     WelcoMat Config File.

     The Welcomat config file MUST be called WELCOMAT.CNF and must be located
     in the same directory as WELCOMAT.PPE. This is very important!
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     ³ Intelec Online         ³ Your BBS Name
     ³ 00000                  ³ 00000 if unregistered or your reg number.
     ³ Validation Code Here   ³ Validation code given upon registration
     ³ E:\PPE\WM\WELCOMAT.LST ³ List of names that you want to upgrade.
     ³ E:\PPE\WM\DISP         ³ Path/Filename displayed to upgraded callers
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     The WELCOMAT.LST is an ascii list of user names with a specific format.
     A sample is shown below:
CLIFF WATKINS
60
1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10;11;12;13;14;15;16;17;18;19;20;21;22;23;24;25
     Each entry into this list file must use 3 lines. The first line is the
     user name that you want upgraded.  The second is the security level to
     upgrade this user to.  The third line contains all the conferences you
     want this user registered in as soon as they log in. You must separate
     each conference number with either a space or semi-colon.  We've taken
     this approach  so that you can have different upgrade options for each
     of several different users who may be calling you.  Since the security
     level and conferences are available on a user-by-user basis,  there is
     no longer a need for security levels or conference numbers  in the CNF
     file. If you don't wish to upgrade particular users in any conferences
     then leave that user's "third line" blank.

     The DISP can contain @X codes and is displayed when upgraded. It is also
     capable of security specific displays, LANGuage specific displays, ANSI,
     and it's even RIP graphics capable!