Subj : Update
To   : All
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 21:19:38

Hi everyone,

With my BBS software change to ProBoard, I've had a renewed interest in
Cheepware. My doors now have "auto-local" capability.  This means if you
type its name in a command shell, the door will start in local mode.  If
you are logged in locally to your BBS and run the door, the door will
start in local mode.

This was an "accidental feature" as I was doing some code optimization
and the idea came to me to do this. <G>

This works by checking if there is a carrier fron the FOSSIL driver and
whether or not there are parameters specified on the calling command
line.  If there is carrier, the door will jump down to looking for a
dropfile and running normally.  If there are unknown parameters, it will
display its command line help.

The "/L" parameter is still supported if you wish to use it.

You can use "/?" ot "/H" for command line help.  You can also use "/" or
"-" to signify a command line parameter.

I am also working on putting in error logging into my doors, mainly for
FOSSIL/door initialization errors from FKFOSSIL (the door kit I use) and
for other possible errors.  Since I am sticking to DOS-only for now, I'm
writing a more powerful error handler.  This is not only to help the
sysop but to help me debug issues sysops might have.

I'm still planning on making my doors open source but I'm waiting until
I finish this code update.

So Cheepware is still alive.

-- Sean



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