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The Automated BBS screen rotator
RotateIt v1.5 - Purpose & Reason...
Tired of looking at those same screens???? Well this little program
takes care of that inconvenience!
RotateIt is just another one of those file rotation programs. RotateIt
was written to rotate a group of files within a directory, Mainly for
BBS (Bulletin Board System) use. If you have a group of files that is designed
in the same category of a certain display screen and you want all of them
displayed, this is were RotateIt v1.5 comes in.
RotateIt v1.5 - Example of usage:
Say you have 2 other screens that you want to be displayed as a
welcome screen on your BBS besides the one you already have set for display.
For starters you may want to unpack your archive in the directory in which
your menus and display screens are located. After you have done that
you can run SETUP.EXE and configure your wanted settings. The first
question asked in SETUP.EXE is what's the original filename of the screen
that your BBS program looks for, lets say your running PCBOARD, it would
be WELCOME. WELCOME. - would be the first answer to the first question.
Second, the next question is how many screens are going to be rotated
BESIDES the main screen? In this case it would be 2 screens. Third, it will
ask you in the order in which you want the screens displayed what the
first screen filename is. Lets say its COLOR.ANS, so you would enter
COLOR.ANS as your first ansi screen to appear. SETUP.EXE then takes
COLOR.ANS and renames it to FILE1. Then you are asked for the second
screen to be displayed, lets say that one is called HELLO.ANS, so you enter
HELLO.ANS. HELLO.ANS is renamed to FILE2. And finally your done with
the setup, that simple. If you enter a wrong filename SETUP.EXE will
halt and exit to DOS. You may then start over by simply entering SETUP.EXE
again.
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NOTE: You can only enter up to 5
**** screens or files!
(future versions will support more screens)
RotateIt v1.5 - Disclaimer
This program is "as is", if you get it with files missing and other junk,
or have any type of hardware or software problems it is not an anyway the
authors fault or Atomic Soft. RotateIt v1.5 in its original compression and
format is non-troublesome.
RotateIt v1.5 - Quick installation!
This part of the documentation is for those who don't like to read em. So
here's a quick way to install RotateIt.
1. Unpack the RotateIt archive in a selected directory. (Its preferred that
unpack it in the directory that holds your display files for your BBS)
2. Run SETUP.EXE, make all the specific changes, config your files in which
you wish to display.
3. Run ROTATE.EXE, (If you like) to see if you have any errors. If so,
run SETUP.EXE again.
4. You can run ROTATE.EXE as an event for your BBS nightly or after every
caller. YOUR DONE!
RotateIt v1.5 - Files
These are the files that should be contained in the archive:
SET. - For RotateIt v1.5 usage only!
ROTATE.EXE - The Main Program, rotates files.
SETUP.EXE - configuration file, run to set ROTATE.EXE up with your screens.
REGISTER.DOC - registration form, please use this one. Hehehe.
ROTATE.CFG - RotateIt v1.5 usage only!
ROTATE.DOC - The current file you are viewing
RotateIt v1.5 - The rotation process...
The rotation process is very simple. This example is used with 3 different
rotating screens:
In SETUP.EXE the files are renamed so they are compatible with ROTATE.EXE
This is what happens when ROTATE.EXE is ran...
FILE1. renamed to BAK. \
FILE2. renamed to FILE1. \
FILE3. renamed to FILE2. - Dont be alarmed if your
WELCOME. renamed to FILE1. / screens are not the same filename
BAK. renamed to WELCOME. /
NOTE: WELCOME is the PCBOARD filename for the main screen as you login.
RotateIt v1.5 - Set it up with you BBS
You can use ROTATE.EXE as an event of some sort to rotate the files after a
period of time. Or you can rotate them after every logoff, if you BBS
program supports it.
RotateIt v1.5 - Have a question about RotateIt ?
If you ever have a question, suggestion or comment you may call and leave
me a message (Scott Klassen) to me and I will get right back to ya!
Call Ya! WeBeCad (812) 4229403, (812)4283870 or (812) 4280267
Ya! WeBeCad consists of 15 CD-ROMS and a huge adult section for your
shareware pleasure!
RotateIt v1.5 - Registration
You have 120 times of usage, trial period. If you like it support the Shareware
concept...
REGISTER!
Registration only consists of 10.00$ in U.S.A. currency!
With the 10.00 dollars you will also receive a updated version of
RotateIt. One will be sent every time a new version is made! And,
1 free unregistered copy of other SHAREWARE that Scott M. Klassen
has written, like MOVEIT, the file moving process that's quick and
easy! Or GIFHIDE, hide your .GIF file in a directory.
And many others...
To order fill out REGISTER.DOC
if you cant print it out
copy the information on a piece of paper.
and
send it to........
Scott M. Klassen
4055 Triple Crown Dr.
Newburgh, IN 47630
ATTN: RotateIt v1.5
Thanks!
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Special Thanks!
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Thanks to those who BETA tested ROTATEIT v1.5!
The following are those BBS's and there SysOp who helped BETA test...
BBS SysOp
Ya! WeBeCad ....... Don Habegger
Northern Getto ....... Dean Becher
Homers Place ....... Yoda
The Abyss ....... Rick Pierson
Thanks guys!