VWW4-CHK v4.0
                           By : Jason McDonnell
                             AKA : Love Slave
                         BBS : Heels of Domination
                           WHERE THE WEST IS WET

     This program  is to fix  VBBS's  problem  with  not  fully loading all
the perameters  of the  WWIV CALLOUT.NET.  WWIV uses  information from  the
CALLOUT.NET file  to determine  a net  window. This net window is very nice
because you  can set  long distance  connections to be called at night when
prices are  cheeper. But  Local connections can work all day long for free.
VBBS does  not use  this information,  and does  not allow  the setting for
callout windows.   Instead  VBBS   author either forgot to put this feature
in, or  decided   that running  BATCH files  at certain times was the best.
Either way I decided to create this program to fix this over sight.
     This program  is not  a replacement  for  the  VWW4.EXE  program  that
Registered users  of VBBS use. But the program is actually a Front Door for
the VWW4.EXE  program to  check the  time  callout  window.  Currently  the
program is configured for WWIVnet, WWIVlink, ICEnet, ULTRAnet, LOCALnet #1,
and LOCALnet #2. If you happen  to be running a network other than the ones
described, you may  contact me and ask  that I add the network to VWW4-CHK.
Anyway this is a rather simple program to install and run.


     Ok, this  is a  simple step  by step  set up for VWW4-CHK. Just follow
these steps and you should be off and running.

Step #1 - Unzip the VWW4-CHK program into your VBBS directory.

Step #2 - Rename the VWW4.EXE program to VWW4A.EXE.

Step #3 - Grab your favorite Text Editor and edit the VWW4.DAT file

Step #4 - Once editing the VWW4.DAT file you may need to change the file to
          make the program work. Line #1 of the text file contains the Path
          and the  File name  of the VBBS VWW4.EXE networking software. You
          should have  renamed it VWW4A.EXE, so if your BBS is on drive 'C'
          you would  have the  first line  as "C:\VBBS\VWW4A.EXE".  Line #2
          contains the path and file name of your WWIVnet CALLOUT.NET file.
          In my BBS there is a separate directory for the NET copy of WWIV.
          So the  second line  reads "C:\NET\DATA\CALLOUT.NET".  The  third
          line is  for the  WWIVlink's location of the CALLOUT.NET file. It
          is set  to "C:\LINK\DATA\CALLOUT.NET", so if you need to look for
          the CALLOUT.NET  file on  Drive 'D'  you would have to change the
          line to  "D:\LINK\DATA\CALLOUT.NET".  Lines #4 through #7 are for
          additional networks.  Line #4 is for ICE, #5 is for ULTRA, and #6
          and #7 are for the two LOCAL net options you have in vbbs v5.6.


Step #5  -  Save  the  VWW4.DAT  file  with  the  changed  information  (if
          necessary).

Step #6  - Rename VWW4-CHK.EXE to VWW4.EXE. This is so the VWW4.EXE file is
          called when the BBS runs a network function.

Step #7  - Test  it out to see if it works. It should work fine for you, if
          not, you  can write  me at 1@7451(NET) or 1@27496(LINK) and I may
          be able to help.







     For those wondering, the VWW4-CHK program, works as a front door. Only
when VWW4.EXE  would have  normally gotten a "D#####" Dial command, does it
do anything  more than copy the info and run the VWW4A.EXE program for you.
When the  "D#####" command  comes across, the VWW4-CHK program will look to
see if  the NETWORKID  is equal to 2 or 3. If it's 2 then it looks into the
WWIVnet directory (specified on LINE #2 of the VWW4.DAT file) and checks to
see if  it's currently  inside the  time parameter.  The flashing bar graph
that you  see, is basically there to let you see what is the available call
window for  each node.  It's really only useful for problem solving, if you
were to have a problem.