

                       ============================
                                Convince!
                       ============================
                       Copyright 2004 - BBSFiles.com

                                original
                      COPYRIGHT 1992,94 T&J Software


                       VERSION 1.50     01/01/94

                                   By

                               Tom Wildoner

LATEST VERSION:
===============

Please visit http://BBSFiles.com for the latest version of this program.

LEGALITIES:
===========

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.

DISTRIBUTION:
=============

You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
====================

Convince! is a simple door program that you run before the real door or
after the real door. Convince! tracks the number of times a user enters
a door and after every 5 or 10 plays, presents him with a message saying
"User Name you have played this door xx times. Please help contribute
to register this door."

You can configure Convince to show this everytime (keeping tallies of
all the plays), every 5 plays, or every 10 plays.

Via the CONV!.SPE file you can include "special users" that will not get
the message.

You may also bypass users of specified security levels by adding the
security level to the SECURE.DAT file. Just append the file to add
security levels like this:

100
120
1000

NOTE:
=====

A public registration key is included to unlock the full version of this door.

Convince! will only track up to 5 users until the door is registered.

FEATURES:
=========
           --- Desqview Aware.
           --- COM0-15 support and non-standard IRQ's.
           --- Colorful ANSI screens.
           --- Chat function.
           --- NO BRUN module needed for play.
           --- BETA tested on five different boards.
           --- Will return to BBS on dropped carrier.
           --- Will TIMEOUT a player after 5 minutes of no activity.
           --- Support BBS available.


INSTALLATION:
============

Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
------------------------------------------

C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS  <=-  (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
----------------------------------------

C:\PCB\USERS.SYS    <=-  (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
---------------------------------------

C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS     <=-  (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
-------------------------------------------

C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=-  (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)
NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT

Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
-------------------------------------------

C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=-  (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
-------------------------------------------

C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=-  (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
                          where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for SFDOORS.DAT
------------------------------------------

C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT  <=-  (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)

Example configuration file for GTUSER.BBS
-----------------------------------------

C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS   <=-  (Full pathname of your GTUSER.BBS file)
T&J Software        <=-  (Change this to your BBS name)
Tom                 <=-  (The Sysop's first name)
Wildoner            <=-  (The Sysop's last name)
1                   <=-  (COM port number - defaults to 1)
1                   <=-  (Node number - defaults to 1)

Example Batch File
==================

   ECHO OFF
   CD\DOORS\LEMON           <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
   CONV! CONV!.CFG        <=- Execute the door program and pass the
                                configuration filename to the program.
   CD\PCB                   <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
   BOARD                    <=- Restart BBS.

This Door is multi-node  compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
variables, (q.v.)

Environment Variables
=====================

PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
  SET PCBDRIVE=C:               <- Drive letter of your BBS files
  SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR            <- Path to your BBS files
Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
.CFG file for multi-node operation!

To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
command line.  For example:

     CONV! CONV!.CFG /5
or using the PCBDRIVE procedure:   SET IRQ=5   and use
     CONV! CONV!.CFG /%IRQ%

This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.

  Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
 systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
 somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
 in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
 and are interchangeable.


When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
 PCBoard: 
   USERS.SYS in C:\PCB           - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
   USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1     - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS

 Wildcat!:
   USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1   - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%

Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
 SET PCBDRIVE=C:
 SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
 SET PCBNODE=1

Fossil Driver Support
---------------------
Convince! supports the use of Fossil drivers.  To tell your Door to use the
Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
line when running the door. For example:
     MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
driver is detected, Convince! will print a message to that effect and exit
the door gracefully.

Sysop Keys
==========

F3    -  Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
         written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F4    -  Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
         and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F5    -  DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
F7    -  Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
         and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F8    -  Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
F9    -  Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
         and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
F10   -  Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
ESC   -  Deactivates CHAT mode.  DOOR is resumed.
UP    -  Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.  
DN    -  Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR. 
HOME  -  HELP key for Status Line options.
ALT-N -  SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
ALT-X -  PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
         passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.


Next, you may add names to the CONV!.SPE file. Names listed in this
file will not get any messages on door usage. This file must always
be present -- so always keep at a minimum one name in it. Just add
one name per line.

Finally, edit the CONV!.SYS file. Enter one of three numbers....

0  = Show door usage to the player everytime.
5  = Show door usage to the player every 5 times he enters the door.
10 = Show door usage to the player every 10 times he enters the door.


To run in LOCAL mode simply type CONV! LOCAL


RESETTING:
=========
Simply delete the file CONV!.USR.


VERSION HISTORY:
===============
Version 1.00 ......... First release. 05-15-92
Version 1.10 ......... Updated to new door routines. 10-12-1992
Version 1.20 ......... Updated  routines, added support for fossil
                       drivers. 11-27-1992
Version 1.30 ......... Added support for COM0-15, made a change in
                       how names are read in, some BBS packages add
                       a space to the end of the users name.
Version 1.40 ......... Added better support for WC! IM and PCB/M
                       versions, now will support mono and color
                       users, better error handling routines.
                       08-11-1993
Version 1.50 ......... Upgraded to DoorFrameX v3.1 routines. Changed
                       the format of the user record file. Added
                       security level bypassing by entering the
                       security level in the SECURE.DAT file.
                       01-01-94

REGISTERING:
============
visit http://BBSFiles.com to purchase a "vanity" key
