AreaControl
                                       By John Veldthuis

This program is freely redistributable but all files must be included with
it in their unaltered form. That means no powerpacking the files then
shoving them back into the archive.
It is not PD and I retain control and Copyright over it. No Warrenties are
given and the user is responsible for anything that may happen

What does this do

It is a program to control access to File Areas on DLG BBS's. It is of most
use for CD roms where there are alot of Areas and you need to lock them all
while the CD is Offline
For example I have the Aminet CD online and there are 135 File Areas that
go to this CD. Before I would have to have 135 CloseArea commands in a
script file and the same ammount to reopen them. This program lets you do
it in one shot. For example if I want to close all the CD AReas I would use

AreaControl 500-635 MyPASSWORD "CD is currently Offline"

This would lock all Areas 500 to 635. If I wanted to keep one open such as
620 then I would use

AreaControl 500-619,621-635 MyPASSWORD "CD Is Currently Offline"

The command line is

Areas Password Reason LOCK UNLOCK

Areas is a Range given in the form as number seperated by , and -
100,120-145,200 would lock/unlock Areas 100, 120 to 145 and 200
The Password is the Password given to the DLG resource manager
The Reason is shown to users who try to enter the Area
LOCK is the default and locks the areas
UNLOCK is used to reopen the Areas After locking them.

Everything except lock and unlock must be supplied to the command line.

This program requires dlg.library and WB2.04 or better.

I can be contacted at johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz on Usenet or 3:771/440
(Only for a short while now) and 3:775/440 (Maybe? We are changing nets)
Or even
21 Ngatai Street
Manaia, Taranaki
New Zealand

Version History

V.90	First public release