****************READ THIS ENTIRE FILE******************* ***** REGISTERED CALLERS CAN PICK UP THE LATEST VERSION BY ENTERING MARQEEREG, IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY FLAGGED FOR YOU. 05-28-94 ** The initial release would not always honor the registration numbers that I was giving out and would continue to display evaluation copy. This has now been fixed. You should replace your old ppe with this version. - Added a random display feature, On line 18 there is a new switch FR This stands for File/Random. On Line 32 you may specify a different text file if you so choose. You may enter 50 different display lines, and the program will randomly select them each time. The maximum text display will be 2048 characters, each line must not exceed 255 characters, and it should be a complete sentence, otherwise it might not make sense to the caller. This has no affect on the F switch. Just note the additional Path that you would have to insert. - An added ppe utility. NOMARQEE.PPE, This utility will allow the caller to turn the marqee display on or off. We've heard great praises about the marqee, but there's always a few that don't like changes. So we have created a new ppe to toggle it on and off. Place the command "MARQEE" or whatever you want to call it in your CMD.LST and point to NOMARQEE.PPE and select the desired security level. Since it is toggleable don't call it NOMARQEE. Since you want your callers to see the marqee I would not place this command on the menu screen, and only tell those who ask for it to be shut off. NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT DATA IN COMMENT FIELD #2 COULD BE LOST. DO NOT USE NOMARQEE.PPE IF YOU ARE USING COMMENT FIELD 2. We are using PCBoard's sysop comment field number 2, to place a - character that we look for each time Aqmarqee is run. If you are storing any information in this field the NOMARQEE.PPE will not work. Comment 2 field has to be blank. We can make a custom version using one of the Pcboard Note fields if you need it. Due to the need for access speed of AQMARQEE we felt that having a separate file with the caller's selection would hinder the program. 05-29-94 - If sysop invoked a chat, with the F10 key the screen would not be cleared, and upon sysop exiting chat the caller would have a marqee display and no menu. This bug will require a little assistance from you. You will need to edit your PCBTEXT file. Type MKPCBTXT enter the location and name of your PCBTEXT. Use the F3 key to Jump to Record 333. This is the record you will need to edit. The field is rather small so insert the following. %J:\PCB\SYS\REC333 This is where all of my text is located at, insert your drive and appropriate location. Now save the file by hitting Escape. Next you will need to create and edit the file REC333 in the location where you pointed it to. INSERT @CLS@ at the very beginning, then insert the Text that you want to display to the caller afterwards. For an example I will enclose my REC333 FILE. If you need to execute another PPE do this on the second line after you have completed a @CLS@. I've never run a PPE while another one has been running so we shall see what some of you come up with. I don't see any other way of correcting this since I don't have access to knowing when the F10 key is hit, as PCB seems to grab hold ofit first. When your done chatting the screen should restore and MARQEE will start over from the beginning. NOTE: You may invoke the F10 key at anytime, except when your BBS name is being displayed. If you do then upon exiting of the chat mode the PPE will wait until it is finished displaying your bbs name before restarting the screen. If you invoke F10 while they are entering commands, their commands will no longer be there, as I'm restarting the PPE. If they PAGE you, this will not be a problem. - Added a number of times switch. In Marqee.cfg line number 11, enter the number of times that you would like the Marqee to display. A 0 will disable this option. PARDON ME if I'm getting to involved in writing the directions, I want to make everything perfectly clear, There are things such as mkpcbtxt that a novice sysop might not have yet discovered.