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                  CNet SAM, v2.0 READ_ME! File by Dotoran
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    This file was inspired by Bill Beogelian's "AMvde" program that listed
the Activity Monitor for editing by the SysOp.

    This program is an extension to Bill's "show the users" mode, which will
display the AM (Activity Monitor) to the USERS of your bbs, who normally can
NOT see this display.

    I decided to go ONE STEP FURTHER by adding the STATUS WINDOW Display to
the screen, AS WELL AS the SAM (System Activity Monitor). The coding is 100%
MINE, which means color, color, and MORE color, which was the ONE thing I
thought Bill's program was seriously lacking.

    Imagine your staring at one of your port screens when NOONE is currently
online. What do you see? Status Window at the top, SAM Display Chart (if its
what you have defined to display), and three system dates. Well, that's what
this program does, EXACTLY. The STATUS WINDOW will be filled with THAT Users
information, COMPLETELY. The SAM Display window will be displayed showing ALL
the same values the SYSOP see's when they use the "AM" command, INCLUDING the
"Last" column values, which constitute what THAT user has done so far this
call. This was something the first version of the program COULDN'T do, but
I've since located the correct values for this column! Yes!

    Setup for this program is VERY simple:

1: Copy the "SAM/" directory into your PFILES: area.

2: Add the Arexx Program "SAM" somewhere in your PFILES area. The "SAM2" and
   "SAM3" are IBM-ANSI TEXT files the user may view from within "SAM" to help
   describe what the various values displayed on the screen mean. (Hopefully,
   in EASY to UNDERSTAND English!)

3: This is NOT Mandatory, but makes for a nice touch. Add the "SAM" command
   to your BBSMENU by adding the following line at the END of Menu # 2, the
   Available Everywhere Menu:

       SAM        `1- | {#0pfiles:SAM/SAM}
                        ^
                    Control-Q

4: You should now SAVE your BBSMENU file, using the RAMIGA - T key combo to
   enable the SAM variable. All that's left to do is set some internal
   variables in the main file...

5: Inside the "SAM/SAM" main file, near the top of the listing are four
   variables you will want to edit, BEFORE using this file for the first
   time. Here's a bit of info as to what they each do:

getcomp = 0  /* Read Computers AGAIN from BBSMENU(to Update)(1=Yes,0=No) */

    - The first time the file is used, it will see if the file "SAM.comp"
      exists in the directory. If it doesn't, then your BBSMENU file will
      be read in to discover which Computer Types you have set up. The file
      uses this info when displaying the users Computer Type on the screen.

    - If you ever change your Computer Types in BBSMENU, you can update the
      "SAM.comp" file by either setting this variable to equal "1" or else
      physically deleting the "SAM.comp" file. The next time you use the SAM
      command, the "SAM.comp" file will be recreated.

cutcomp = 1  /* Keep Computer Names from: 1=Left, 2=Right Side of Name.  */
wdscomp = 1  /* Keep 1=1st 5 characters, 2=1st Word Only(Up to 5 Chars). */

    - These two variables tell the file how to process the computer types.
      Only 5 characters may be displayed in the Status Window for Computer
      Type. These variables help you to define WHICH 5 characters should be
      displayed. Setting "cutcomp" to 1 will take the LEFTMOST 5 characters,
      while setting it to a 2 will take the RIGHTMOST 5 characters.

    - If you set the "wdscomp" variable to equal 2, then the first WORD of
      the Computer Name will be used(provided it's 5 or less characters),
      so if you had "IBM Compatible" as one of your Computer Types, it would
      use "IBM" as the Computer Name, instead of "IBM C", which looks a bit
      sloppy.

    - To exactly mimic CNet Amiga, set BOTH variables equal to 1.

showcom = 2  /* Show SysOp Comment? (1=Yes, 0=No, 2=Only to Group 31's). */

    - A couple of you were telling me you didn't like the idea of your users
      being able to view the "SysOp Comment", because you were using that
      field to store information about why they had a certain access level,
      or why they DON'T have "real" access to your board, etc. This variable
      allows you to determine how to process the SysOp Comment. Set to 0 and
      NOONE will be shown the Comment. Set to 1 and EVERYBODY will see it,
      while set to 2 and only those users with Access Group 31 will see it.

    That's It! You're all done! I hope you enjoy this little program, and if
you notice any problems I may have missed, or spot something about it that
you don't like, drop me some mail, either at my place of on Future World.

                                                                 - Dotoran
"AMvde", v0.1 is copyrighted, 1993 by Bill Beogelein.
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