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v3.0


Legal.
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        I, Mauricio Pineda, am not responsible for anything that happens
to your system by a direct, or indirect result of your inability to install
my program properly, or for any other reason!  There are no backdoors in this
program, and although it does shell out to DOS to run a protocol, nothing
in this PPE can or will destroy anything on your system. Read bellow for
information on how to obtain the source code.


What's it for?
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        This PPE is designed to allow your users to download files before
they log onto your system. Files such as your ALLFILE.LST, SUBSCRIB.TXT, or
any other file you may think of importance to them.  These of course
would be free downloads because there would be no user name to associate
the download to.


Installation.
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        Installation is fairly simple. Find out what the first prompt is
on your system (ie. "Operational Language sets available" prompt 385 in
your PCBTEXT file, or "Would you like graphics" prompt 149). Then simply
edit those field to read "!C:\PCB\PPE\DLOGON\DLOGON.PPE" of course using
your own path to the PPE. And that's it for installing it.

If you are installing the PPE in record 149 of your PCBtext file, you will
need to create a file called TRAILER.TXT. In this file you will be able to
put whatever was in your original record 149 such as
'!C:\PCB\PPE\GRAF\GRAF-D.PPE', or if you don't use the GRAF-D.PPE then you
will be able to replace the prompt that was taken out when you installed this
ppe.

        Now, for it to run properly you will need 3 things.

    1) Edit the file DLOGON.CFG as follows:
2   <--- Number of files available. (Files not lines in CFG file!)*
ALLFILE.LST - All file list.    <--- Name and description of first file.
d:\free\allfile.lst <--- Full path and name of file to download.
SUBSCRIB.TXT - Subscription information.  <--- Name and desc of 2nd file.
d:\free\subscrib.txt    <--- Full path and name of 2nd file...
and so on....

* This number is important cause it lets the program know how many lines to
search for. You can always specify more files than you have listed, it will
just take longer for it to search the listing. WARNING! Do not specify less
files than are shown in your CFG file cuase it will not display the bottom
files.

    2) Edit the PROT.CFG file in the PPE directory as follows:
2       <-- The format of this file is the same as DLOGON.CFG
DSZ Zmodem MobyTurbo(tm)  <--- Description of the protocol.
dsz port 2 sz -m    <--- Full command line to use.

NOTE: Since most external protocols require an actual com port, people using
DigiBoards, Aarnet cards and such, might not be able to use this program.
Since PCBoard doesn't activate download paths until after the user has logged
on, I was unable to find another route for this to work. Maybe 15.2 will have
this problem taken care of!

    3) Make sure that the protocol you selected above actually exist on your
       path! Otherwise, it might not work! <g>


Files.
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DLOGON.DOC   - This file! DUH!
DLOGON.CFG   - Configuration file for filenames and paths.
DLOGON.PPE   - Slam dunking PPE in full effect!
PROT.CFG     - Configuration file for protocols.
HEADER.      - Header file to show below version info and above file names.
FOOTER.      - File to display below files, above prompt.
TRAILER.TXT  - File to display other info after PPE is done.*
FILE_ID.DIZ  - Description file!

*This file can also be used to call other PPEs after DLogon is done.


Thanks!
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        Thanks to Bill Marcy for not wanting to share his PPE with me and
forcing me to get off my butt and write it myself!

        Thanks to John Dixon of Envisions Solutions for suggesting different
protocols to use with the program.
        plug-------> For Scanners call (1-800-365-7226) <-------plug


Source.
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        The source code is available via for a fee at Uncle "D"s Directory
at (415) 364-3001 in conference #4. Of course you can just decompile it
and use it, but trust me, you can make better sense of what's happening with
the original source! :)