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               ▀▓ 5Mins to setup Lightning Conference Joiner..
              
           Written and d-signed by CosTip.Q-tip PCBoard Productions
          (C)opyright and (P)roduced 1994,1995.  All rights reserved
            This Programm uses Lightbar Pro System by Costip.Q-Tip
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│Xtra Join/2 Introduction...                                                │
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│                                                                           │
│ Hello outta space people,                                                 │
│                                                                           │
│ and again somebody has written a lightning conference joiner ... but this │
│ one seems to be the _fastest to setup_ ever released. the best, you've got│
│ this ppe for nothing (-d/l bill). okay, read the (small) documentation    │
│ and setup your J command.                                                 │
│                                                                           │
│ the doc file explains only the most important things, because you should  │
│ know how to handle this programm !                                        │
│                                                                           │
│ okay, closing with friendly regards... yours cosmic!                      │
│                                                                           │
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│Xtra Join/2 Filelist...                                                    │
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│these files you should have after unpacking...                             │
│                                                                           │
│1. Data                                                                    │
│   └---------> Directory <-------------------------------------------------│
│   Xtrajoin.gfx           <> B4 Menu grafix...                             │
│   Xtrapass.gfx           <> Grafix for "password question"...             │
│   Xtrafail.gfx           <> Failed to enter the correct password grafix...│
│    Conf281.gfx           <> New Prompt...                                 │
│                                                                           │
│2. Infos                                                                   │
│   └---------> Directory <-------------------------------------------------│
│   Conf_nfo.1             <> Conference 1 Information File...              │
│                                                                           │
│3. Main                                                                    │
│   └---------> Directory <-------------------------------------------------│
│    XJoin_C.1             <> Configuration files for conference page 1...  │
│    XJoin_G.1             <> Grafix files for conference page 1...         │
│    XJoin_C.2             <> Configuration files for conference page 2...  │
│    XJoin_G.2             <> Grafix files for conference page 2...         │
│   Xtrajoin.cfg           <> The main configuration file...                │
│   Xtrapass.cfg           <> Config file conference passwords...           │
│   Xtrajoin.hlp           <> Help Screen for your user...                  │
│   Xtrajoin.doc           <> Some text...                                  │
│   Xtrajoin.rev           <> History File...                               │
│   Xtrajoin.ppe           <> Maybe the most important piece of this package│
│      Q-Tip.nfo           <> Releases Notes...                             │
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│Xtra Join/2 Install & Setup...                                             │
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│                                                                           │
│i've included a example configuration... so that you can learn from...     │
│                                                                           │
│─────────────────────────────────────────────────────╕                     │
│ J        10         c:\pcb\xjoin\xtrajoin.ppe       │ CMD.LST             │
│ command  security   path to the ppe...              │                     │
│─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                     │
│This replaces ya old (lama) PCB Join Command...                            │
│                                                                           │
│─────────────────────────────────────────────────────╕                     │
│RECORD #  64         !E:\Q\Xtrajoin\Xtrajoin.ppe     │ PCBTEXT             │
│─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                     │
│To Restart XtraJoin if invalid Conference given...                         │
│                                                                           │
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│RECORD #  281        %C:\Q\Xtrajoin\data\conf281.gfx │ PCBTEXT             │
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│Looks better...                                                            │
│                                                                           │
│have a look at the configuration files ... you can give each page a totally│
│different look... maybe first in blue, second in red and third in green....│
│                                                                           │
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│                Xtra Join main config file -> Xtrajoin.cfg                 │
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│Line│          Option           │               Description                │
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│ O1 │Use Multi Conference Pages │(Y)es or (N)ope                           │
│    │                           │Set this to _yes_ when having more than 18│
│    │                           │different conferences. if not, set this to│
│    │                           │_nope_                                    │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O2 │How Much Pages you have    │1-999                                     │
│    │                           │amount of your conference screens....     │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O3 │Display picture b4 da menu │C:\QTip\Xj\B4.GFX or * for nada           │
│    │                           │some sysops like to show da people a nice?│
│    │                           │screen before da main menu screen comes up│
│    │                           │so that everybody knows what gonna come...│
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O4 │Use passwords/conference   │(Y)es or (N)ope                           │
│    │                           │this is maybe very usefull for boards with│
│    │                           │"private" conferences .... set this to yes│
│    │                           │and check _xtrapass.cfg_ out ... good idea│
│    │                           │is to remove the original password which u│
│    │                           │setup with _pcbsetup/conferences_.........│
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O5 │String for enter password  │Should be clear...                        │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O6 │Ansiposition for the str.  │Pos 1                                     │
│ O7 │                           │    2                                     │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O8 │Use info status display ?  │(Y)es or (N)ope                           │
│    │                           │A kewl option for Demo Boards. Grab a ansi│
│    │                           │from the supported group and display it to│
│    │                           │your user. also i u wanna explain ya users│
│    │                           │the special rules for a conference, no win│
│    │                           │shit or something like that. Anyway, there│
│    │                           │is no need for this ? oks, ive included da│
│    │                           │old menu pictures with no info option.... │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O9 │Where to place 1st char ?  │Pos to display "ok/no"                    │
│    │                           │XtJoin checks if a _Conf.info.picture. is │
│    │                           │available and when it displays ok...      │
│    │                           │                                          │
│ 1O │Prompt for Yes nfo avail.  │up to 4 chars, or redraw the menu picture.│
│ 11 │           No      "    .  │                    "                     │
│ 12 │Clearing Prompt...         │Will be insert after passing topic...     │
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│ 13 │Security for (J)oin direct?|As you mabye already know, xtra join gotta│
│ 14 │Security for (+/-)?        |hidden conferences... these two switches  │
│    |                           |are necessary if you HAVE private confs.. │
│    |                           |The advantage of hidden confs is that only│
│    |                            user with the right security can see the  │
│    |                           |various (private) confs. to avoid some    │
│    |                            troubles with direct joiner set the sec   │
│    |                            equal to sec of your private conf...there-│
│    |                           |fore you should use (xtra)passwords for ya│
│    |                            private conferences...                    │
│ 15 |Security for (i)nformation                                            │
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│                                                                           │
│                                                                           │
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│               Xtra Join pwd config file -> Xtrapass.cfg                   │
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│Line│          Option           │               Description                │
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│ O1 │ Conference Number         │This is the REAL ( not the mentioned in ya│
│    │                           │conference grafixx screen ) PCB conference│
│    │                           │                                          │
│ O2 │ The conference password   │Should be clear...(up to 20 chars)        │
│    |                           │                                          │
│ O3   Restart ... continue with next conference...                         │
│                                                                           │
│ eXample ...                                                               │
│                                                                           │
│ 1                            Conference No.1                              │
│ Qtip                         The Password                                 │
│ 5                            Conference No.5                              │
│ CosmicRuelt                  The Password                                 │
│ 12                           Conference No.12                             │
│ pwacoderusingbackdoors       The Password                                 │
│ #                            NO MORE PWD Conferences... _iMPORTANT_       │
│                                                                           │
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│            Xtra Join conference page config -> Xjoin_c.1-999              │
│-───-─--───-─--    - - --───-─----───-─- -───- - -─ ─-─  -───- - -───-─- --│
│  Please check out the configuration file. there you will find a complete  │
│                      description how to handle it.                        │
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