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DLPROMPT v1.0
Written By: Steve Catmull
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What Does It Do?
==============================================================================
Normally when a user requests a download in PCBoard, the filename prompt
looks like the following:
Enter the filename to Download (Enter)=none
DLPROMPT is a PPE which turns this prompt into a full-screen display
showing the following information:
* Last five files in the batch to download
* Batch statistics (total size, total time, number of files, etc.)
This is all done in a nice display which you can customer to your liking.
Installing
==============================================================================
To install this PPE you must have:
* PCBoard v15.1
* Unzipped the PPE into a subdirectory on your disk. My personal
preference is to put it in its own subdirectory, but the choice
is up to you.
Once you have unzipped the file into a subdirectory, run the INSTALL.BAT
file. This batch file calls MKPCBTXT and automatically replaces record
#61 so it runs the PPE instead of displaying the normal prompt.
The syntax for INSTALL.BAT is as follows:
INSTALL [d:\path\pcbtext] [d:\path\toppe\] /EXPERT /SYSOP
Replace "d:\path\pcbtext" with the full path and filename of your PCBTEXT
file. If you do not know where your PCBTEXT file is, look in PCBSetup |
File Locations | System Files. There you will find the following line:
Location of PCBTEXT Files : C:\PCB\GEN\
From the above, I know the PCBTEXT files to be located in C:\PCB\GEN\. The
filename for the default language is therefore C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT
Replace "d:\path\toppe\" with the subdirectory the PPE was unzipped into.
My personal preference is to install the PPE into C:\PCB\PPE\DLPROMPT\ but
your idea of the ideal installation location my differ. Using my example,
I would type C:\PCB\PPE\DLPROMPT\ for the path to the PPE.
The /EXPERT and /SYSOP command line parameters are optional. Very simply,
these parameters do the following:
/EXPERT: If the user is in expert mode, do not use the full-screen
display. Instead, show the normal prompt.
/SYSOP: If the user has security level greater than or equal to
SysOp security (PCBSetup | Security Levels | Sysop
Commands), show the normal prompt instead.
Examples:
#1 Straight install with no command line parameters:
INSTALL C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT C:\PCB\PPE\DLPROMPT\
#2 Installing with the /SYSOP command line parameter:
INSTALL C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT C:\PCB\PPE\DLPROMPT\ /SYSOP
#3 Installing with the /EXPERT command line parameter:
INSTALL C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT C:\PCB\PPE\DLPRMPT\ /EXPERT
#4 Installing with the /EXPERT *and* /SYSOP command line parameters:
INSTALL C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT C:\PCB\PPE\DLPRMPT\ /EXPERT /SYSOP
Files In The Archive
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DLBOX - ASCII (non color) version of the full-screen display
DLBOXG - ANSI (color) version of the full-screen display
DLBOX.RIP - RIP version of the full-screen display (may want to rename)
DLPROMPT.DOC - Documentation for DLPROMPT
DLPROMPT.PPE - The actual program
DLPROMPT.PPS - The source for the program
DLPROMPT - Display file used to display normal prompt
INSTALL.BAT - Installation batch file
FILE_ID.DIZ - Archive Description File