HEY NEWUSER v1.3 By : Douglas Baxter , SOLITUDE BBS of California 714-834-0711 (1:103/513). Description : HEY NEWUSER is a PPE for PCBoard 15.+ that allows a SysOp to automatically route a welcome message to newusers at their time of login. The welcome message is called HEYNEW.TXT and may be created using any ASCII text editor. A Configuration file must also exist. This file is called HEYNEW.CNF and contains the name to be displayed as the Sender of the message as well as other configuration information. History : 30NOV93 v1.0 - Initial Release from SOLITUDE BBS. 01DEC93 v1.1 - Added a feature to automatically upgrade users found in the HEYNEW.CNF file to a definable security level. This feature allows you to enter VIP users that you expect to login eventually and have their security levels upgraded without wait. - Killed the receipts to solve a bug. 02DEC93 v1.2 - Located an error in the code that caused fail execution of the PPE. Solved the 'FAILED EXECUTING PPE FROM DISK' bug. 16DEC93 v1.3 - Added a reminder message to be sent to the SysOp regarding the new user. To Install : This is the easy part! Follow the set-up instructions below and you'll be running HEYNEW in no time. If you do have any questions call me at SOLITUDE BBS 714-834-0711 and I'll be more then glad to help you out! Step 1 - Create a directory for HEYNEW to reside in. 2 - Copy all HEYNEW files to the new directory. Make sure you copy at least the four files listed below! HEYNEW.PPE HEYNEW.TXT SYSOP.TXT HEYNEW.CNF 3 - Edit your PCBTEXT entry #123 to reflect the drive, path, and HEYNEW.PPE (ex !C:\pcb\ppe\heynew.ppe). 4 - Return to the HEYNEW directory and use your text editor to alter HEYNEW.TXT to your system. This is the message that will be sent to the user. 5 - Edit your SYSOP.TXT. This is the reminder message that will be sent to you! 6 - Change the HEYNEW.CNF file with your text editor to have the following (DO NOT include line #s or Description) Line # Example Description 1 Douglas Baxter Your name! 2 40 Security level to change VIPs to. 3 2 Number of VIP users 4 George Bush 1st VIP name. 5 John Doe 2nd VIP name. 6 - Done! Call SOLITUDE BBS and make a few suggestions or look for a new version of this utility. Registration : This PPE is FREEWARE! You may use it, share it, and copy it to meet your needs. I only ask that you offer a suggestion if you have one. The source is not included and will not be until all changes are made.