SWPSCRN.exe, ver 1.4 (c) 1993 R. Shane Downs This program is Shareware, and may be distributed freely as long as there are no fees charged for specific access to this file. Also the accompanying files, SWPSCRN.TXT and REG.TXT must be included. This file cannot be bundled with any other software package. This program is not free, if you find SWPSCRN to be useful, please send $10.00 to: C.R.S. BBS P.O. Box 40801 St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0801 SWPSCRN.EXE is offered "as is", and is guaranteed to do nothing more than occupy space on the ol' HD. Under no circumstance shall the author or CRS BBS be held responsible for any damages or loss resulting from the use of, and or the inability to use SWPSCRN.EXE. Please direct all inquires to the address listed above, or call 'C.R.S. BBS', at (813) 327-8842 or (813) 323-1440 for info or the latest version. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>How SWPSCRN Came To Be<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I have used alot of the screen rotaters for my BBS, but none seemed to be quite what I had in mind. Some would only rotate a couple of screens, some were so crippled they weren't worth installing and some you had to have an equal amount of WELCOME/GOODBYE screens(just what I need, 15 GOODBYE screens). I liked the idea of having my board look different every time someone called and it also gave me a chance to use all the screens I had spent so many hours making. Well my co-sysop and I got together with Shane Downs and pretty much gave him the whys and wherefores of what we wanted to do and presto. SWPSCRN was created. After a couple of "BETA" versions, the end result is now on your Hard Drive. This is the first of many more affordable SF utilities. David Mueller (Recoil) Sysop C.R.S. BBS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Good Stuff<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Installing SWPSCRN is very simple. Just put it in your "diplay" directory. For example purposes, we'll use C:\SF\DISPLAY. I run my version in my SFINIT.BAT, but it can also be run as an event. To run SWPSCRN in your SFINIT.BAT, follow the example listed below. "Sample SFINIT.BAT" other commands here CD\DISPLAY SWPSCRN WELCOME1.CLR OPENCLR 1 20 SWPSCRN WELCOME1.BBS OPENBBS 1 10 SWPSCRN WELCOME1.RIP OPENRIP 1 5 (do not include these(1) (2) (3) (4)(5) CD\SF other commands here (1) SWPSCRN Executing SWPSCRN.EXE (2) WELCOME1.CLR WELCOME1.BBS Name of File after being "SWAPPED" WELCOME1.RIP (3) OPENCLR Name of file to be "SWAPPED". To swap multiple .CLR files, OPENBBS you would make as many WELCOME1.CLR screens as you wanted OPENRIP but would name them OPENCLR.1, OPENCLR.2, OPENCLR.3 etc. The same for .BBS and .RIP. OPENBBS.1 or OPENRIP.1 Do not add the file ext(.1,.2,.3) in the command line, just the source file name OPENCLR, OPENBBS, OPENRIP. (4) 1 Beginning file extension to swap. In other words, if you have 20 welcome screens, OPENCLR.1...OPENCLR.20, you would place the number of the first screen to be swapped. In this example it would be 1 (openclr.1). (5) 20 Ending file extension to swap. In other words, if you have 20 welcome screens, OPENCLR.1...OPENCLR.20, you would place the number of the last screen to be swapped. In this example it would be 20 (openclr.20) That's all there is to it. Remember that in order to swap all 3 of your welcome screens, .CLR, .BBS and .RIP, YOU MUST run the command line of SWPSCRN 3 times in your SFINIT.BAT. (See example SFINIT.BAT above) THIS PROGRAM IS NOT CRIPPLED IN ANY WAY ! THIS IS A FULL VERSION. THE REGISTERED VERSION WILL REMOVE THE SHAREWARE SCREENS AND CONSIQUENTLY RUN A LITTLE FASTER THE ONLY LIMITATIONS IN THIS RELEASE< ARE THE ONES PLACED ON IT BY "DOS", SO CONSIQUENTLY, YOU CAN ONLY SWAP FROM 999 DIFFERENT FILES. (DARN)