Prayer v1.00
                Copyright (C) 1997 Alecia & Bobby Darin
                          All rights reserved

                              Dedicated to
                   the Order of St. Paul the Apostle
                     and GOD, the Father, almighty

Synopsis:

    This program is a prayer request door.  It will work on any BBS that
    supports DORINFO1.DEF drop file format.  It allows your users to
    enter prayer requests and has the ability to allow the sysop to make
    a screen with a random prayer on it for his/her BBS.

A word from the authors:

    Thank you for using this software.  PRAYER is FREEWare.  If you do
    feel the urge to donate to its continued developement, please send
    check or money order to the following:

        WILLIAM COX
        P.O. BOX 1283
        BELLEVUE, NE  68005

    The amount that you donate is entirely up to you ;)  May GOD bless
    you and your family.

Setup:

    Simply copy the files into a directory called PRAYER.

    Next make a batch file with the following:

        @echo off
        rem
        rem change accordingly
        rem
        c:
        cd \prayer
        prayer c:\ns3\node-1\dorinfo1.def
        rem
        rem what ever your BBS requires to re-load

    Follow your BBS documentation in the DOORS section.  Thats it...

    Prayer request is now ready to run.

Random Screens:

    PRAYER can make random screens by the following commands:

        cd\prayer
        prayer random

    In the prayer directory, you will find PRAYER.ANS and PRAYER.ASC,
    ansi and ascii versions accordingly.  These screens can then be
    placed in you log-in sequence (as we do) or anywhere you desire,
    including as a log-off.

    This feature can be ran as often as you like.

Multi-node operatioons:

    The next step is required *ONLY* if your multi-tasker does *NOT*
    provide DPMI services.

    The last step is to adjust the CWSDPMI program so you won't have
    sharing violations.  Normally, you need never run this piece of
    software; however; multi-node operations cause several unusual
    factors to occur. To circumvent these problems, just add the below
    line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT for *each* node:

        CWSDPMI -p -s%NODEDIR%DPMI.SWP

        the -p tells CSWDPMI to load permamently in memory.

        the -s tells CWSDPMI to change the name and location of the swap
        file.

        the %NODEDIR% directs the swap file to the location set in the
        NODEDIR environment variable.  You can replace this with a
        literal if you like, ie:

            CWSDPMI -p -sC:\TEMP\DPMI.SWP

        There are no spaces other than those shown in the command line.

The PrayerRing:

    This software has the ability to be linked via a FTN style network.
The PrayerRing, as I call it, current ly has four systems linked.
Everyone is welcome and it is free.  Wheather you decide to join ours or
start your own local PrayerRing, you will need to know the following:

First, You will need to add this below line to your nightly clean-up:

    1³  C:
    2³  CD \DOORS\PRAYER
    3³  PRAYER KEEP 30

Adjust lines 1 and 2 according to your system.

line 3 tells PRAYER how many days to keep prayers before they are cycled
out.  this value can be adjusted to your system's needs

Next, setting up a PrayerRing.  You need a desinnated hub, in our case
1:285/82 is the hub of the PrayerRing.  So the following holds true:

    1:285/82        the hub
    1:285/81        Ä¿
    1:285/86         ÃÄ  the nodes in the ring
    1:285/88        ÄÙ

Each node needs to be assigned a specific unique identifier.  This is
done to prevent mishaps with the prayer list.  Our PrayerRing is a follows:

    Node #          Unique Id
    ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
    1:285/82        02850082.1
    1:285/81        02850081.1
    1:285/86        02850086.1
    1:285/88        02850088.1

With the above in mind, here is my section (the hub) of the PrayerRing:

    This section handles sending my prayer list to the other connected
    systems.  Dups are handled automatically.  this section can be
    executed every time a user logs off or one a day, that is
    preference.

        y:
        cd \doors\prayer
        rem
        rem copy my prayer list to the unique identifier
        rem
        copy prayer.lst 02850082.1
        y:
        cd \db
        rem
        rem using DB's DOS prompt file forwarding utility, send my list
        rem to the other systems I hub
        rem
        dbutil send 1:285/81 y:\doors\prayer\02850082.1
        dbutil send 1:285/86 y:\doors\prayer\02850082.1
        dbutil send 1:285/88 y:\doors\prayer\02850082.1

    This next section is in my mailer.bat file and is executed everytime
    I take mail.

        rem
        rem handle the PrayerRing
        rem
        y:
        cd \doors\prayer
        if exist y:\db\files\02850081.1 prayer merge y:\db\files\02850081.1
        if exist y:\db\files\02850086.1 prayer merge y:\db\files\02850086.1
        if exist y:\db\files\02850088.1 prayer merge y:\db\files\02850088.1

    The merging process automatically removes the unique id file after
    its done.

    The RayerRing is ready for operation...

    If you would like to join our PrayerRing, please drop me a net-mail
    at 1:285/82.0.