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Event Manager Version 1.03 SUPER FAST, SUPER EASY multiple event manager for PcBoard BBS.

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Event Manager Version 1.03
SUPER FAST, SUPER EASY multiple
event manager. Synchronous events!
Also, now handles Sliding events.
Run events only on certain days,
and times. Now you can force
events, change other lines in
PCBOARD.DAT. Now adds three
event variables to the event
files. Day rollovers handled.


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Event Manager Version 1.03 (Shareware)
(C)opyright 1993 by Doug Laine
The Philly Exchange (609) - 927-5771


Disclaimer:

I am responsible for NOTHING! You are using this system totally at your
own risk! User takes sole responsibility for security and safety of any
datawhile using this program.

EM is not in the Public Domain. It is shareware. This means that you are
free to copy it, upload it to bulletin boards, and share it with friends
so long as no modification is made to the files contained in this archive
but you must either register it or stop using it after thirty (30) days.
No changes made be made to the contents or archive except as required to
accommodate the default archive format of a particular BBS. No -AV's or
ads for any BBS may be placed on, or in, this archive without the express
permission of the author.


Setup:

The setup of Event Manager is very simple and will be very unobtrusive
in the every day running of your board. We have made it that way, so that
you will be able to add multiple event capability to your PCBoard system
without many changes. In fact, it literally requires only two additional
lines in your BOARD.BAT file!

Since you are reading this document, I will assume that you have already
un-zipped the file. As you will see there is only one main file called
EM.EXE. This file is the actual program that does all the work. You may
place this anywhere you would like, provided you can run it. Somewhere in
your path is defiantly a good idea. The shorter the path search though, the
faster it will work. Remember, this is run EACH time that the BOARD.BAT
file is!

The next thing is to make your actual event files. I placed mine in a
subdirectory off of each node. For example, if your board directory is
F:\PCB\NODE1 which is what mine is, the event files would be placed in
F:\PCB\NODE1\EVENTS. This is to keep your board directory from getting
filled with a bunch of junk. I have named each one of my event files to
represent what they do.

There are a couple of requirements for your batch files. 1. They must
end with the word BOARD so that they will re-run the system. I do not
have Event Manager add that line as some people may not want it to do that.
2. Do not try to set the environment variables EMWEEKDAY, EMDAYNUMBER, or
EMEVENT. These are automatically added to your batch files when the system
sets up the event. They will be set to equal the right information, so you
may use the information freely. For example, if it is Sunday, then you will
see the line: SET EMWEEKDAY=0 added in your EVENT.SYS file. Also, at the
end of your event file, there will be the line: SET EMWEEKDAY= to clean up
these environment variables, provided there is the word BOARD at the end
of your event file.

When Event Manager creates your event file that PCBOARD will actually use
it appends the above information along with one command at the very beginning
of the file: EM /NEXT. This will tell Event Manager that the event has run
and that it may continue with the next event. This will all be handled
automatically when BOARD.BAT is re-run after the event.

Ok, we have now gotten everything figured out about creating our event
files. Now we have to tell Event Manager all about them, such as when we
want to run them, and what we need to change.


Setup (Continued)

I have included a sample events file. This is a comma delimited file that
is used to "teach" Event Manager about our events. The sample file also
contains this information.

1. The first thing we need to tell Event Manager is what days we want
the event to run. You will place the day number in this area. Sunday
= 0 through Saturday = 6. If you want your event to run only on
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday you would use:

124,

2. This is the line number of the data you want to change in your
PCBOARD.DAT file. We start counting at 0, so keep this in mind.
By our count, line 112 is where the event time is kept, so that is
our next chunk of data.

112,

3. This is the information that we want to place on the line specified
in column two. This will usually be the time in 24 hour format. In
the example below, you are telling the system that you want the event
to occur at 12:15am.

00:15,

If you want to replace something else, for example a filename you
would specify that here. However, if you want to just update the
PCBOARD.DAT file, in column 4 you must specify NONE. If you don't
the system could get confused. In our example we wanted to place
a different welcome file for each day, so in column 2 we specified
line 35, in column 4 we would place the word NONE, and here in
column 3 we would place:

F:\PCB\HELLO\DAY0,

4. This is the name of the event file that we want to use for our event.
You must place NONE here if you want this column ignored. Otherwise
the system will try to copy the event file to EVENT.SYS and possibly
confuse PCBoard. In our example we used:

EVENTS\USERBKUP,

5. This is a 0 or 1. This is used to tell the system whether you can
slide the event. In our example we used:

0,

6. This is a 0 or 1. This is used in the Registered versions to allow
the Sysop to synchronize all the nodes for events.

0

You would then repeat these steps for each event that you want to run.
You must be sure that the event times are sequential. If you don't your
event might not occur!

Once you have created this events file, you must convert it. The conversion
will create a file called EM.INF and must be in your board directory. This
is used to keep track of all the event information. To create this file:
EM /CONVERT sample.em If all went well, you will be displayed what
the events look like. DO NOT panic if it does not show any events pending,
this is normal as you have not run EM in the mode to setup the first event yet.


Setup (Continued)

You now must edit your BOARD.BAT file. Somewhere in the file you will find
either PCB145 or VRM145. You will be adding two lines directly above this
line.

Before:

IF EXIST ENDPCB DEL ENDPCB
PCB145

After:

IF EXIST ENDPCB DEL ENDPCB
EM
IF EXIST FORCED.BAT FORCED
PCB145

Thats all the changes you will have to make to BOARD.BAT This will allow
Event Manager to function completely. Setup is now complete! There are
additional commands, and are explained further on in the manual. As you
can see, most operations of Event Manager are totally automatic and do not
require any intervention from you.

Also, there are the three environment variables automatically added to the
beginning of your event files on the fly. They are as follows:

EMWEEKDAY - This will contain a number from 0 through 6 representing the
day of the week with 0 being Sunday.

EMDAYNUMBER - This is the day number of the year starting at January 1.

EMEVENT - This is the number of the event that is being run.




/CONVERT {filename}

This command is used to actually create the EM.INF file. This will
require that you specify a filename after the /CONVERT command. You
must place a space after /CONVERT. Example:

EM /CONVERT sample.em

This will take the comma delimited file and create our database for
events.


/FORCE {event number}

This command is used to allow you to force any event to occur right away!
Well right away is sort of an exaggeration, as it will not occur until
the next time you run BOARD.BAT. You must specify a valid event number.
When you do, your event will be created as usual but will be placed in a
file called FORCED.BAT and will have a command EM /FORCED_RESET added to
the beginning of that file. This will make the FORCED.BAT file go away
after it has been run. Example:

EM /FORCE 1


/FORCED_RESET

Command used internally. This is used to reset the forced event flag in
the database. You may use this command if your system has a problem or
you decide you don't want to force your event.


/INFO

This is used to have Event Manager display all the event information. All
the information is self-explanatory.


/NEXT

Command used internally. This is used to reset the pending event flag in
the database. You may use this command if you want the system to go onto
the next event.


/RESET

This command is used if you want to start your event sequence over. This
will make the system forget any pending events, and to find the first
event for the day.


To Register EM:

Send me five bucks.

Doug Laine C/O EM Version 1.03
661 2nd Street
Somers Point, NJ, 08244


Enjoy.


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