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   Prefer                                     1.1  (c) Jim Davis   


      THIS IS FREEWARE.  Enjoy.  Send money if you want to, I won't
    argue.

       Created with Searchlight Programmer's Library
       Portions Copyright (c) 1994 Searchlight Software, Inc.
       (c) 1994 Jim Davis.

      This program is strictly for Searchlight BBS.  It is intended
    to be a complement to Searchlight's VALIDATE.EXE, which is used
    to set user access options like levels, flags, and time limits,
    from the command line.  PREFER.EXE will allow the sysop to set
    preference flags, languages, and prompting options from the
    command line.


   Syntax

      PREFER.EXE <username> [options]

        <username> can't contain underscore characters.  Use the
        %N parameter instead of %U.

        Where [options] can be one or more of the following:

      /Hn   - Help level (where n is `N'ormal, `I'ntermediate,
              or `E'xpert)
      /An   - Ansi mode (`G'eneric, `P'roComm, `F'ull)
      /Nn   - Screen length (where n is from 0 to 24)
      /Fn   - File List format (`L'ong, `S'hort, `P'rompt)
      /Mn   - Pause between messages (`P'rompt, `Y'es, `N'o)
      /Sn   - Subboard disposition prompts (`Y'es, `N'o)
      /Dn   - Mail disposition prompts (`Y'es, `N'o)
      /In   - Internal Protocol (0..4, 0=Extern, 1=XSUM, 2=XCRC,
              3=X1K, 4=ZModem)
      /Rn   - RIP Message Font (`N'ormal, `L'arge)
      /Bn   - Current subboard
      /Ln   - Language (where n is the language name)
      /P... - Set preference attributes ([+-]abc...)


   Examples

      This line will give Joe Schmoe the `J' preference attribute and
    turn off all subboard and mail disposition prompts, default him to
    using `Long' file list formats, always pause between messages, and
    use the internal protocol 4 (ZModem).  It also sets his Searchlight
    language to `PIGLATIN', assuming you have a PIGLATIN.LNG file handy.

      PREFER JOE SCHMOE /FL /MY /SN /DN /I4 /LPIGLATIN /P+J

      Please note that the /L option allows you to have a `Select your
    Language:' prompt somewhere OTHER than immediately before or after
    login.


   Author's Address

        Jim Davis                   Hippie Commune BBS
        PO Box 103                  (615) 528-1800
        Baxter, TN  38544           FidoNet: 1:3637/2 
                                      SLNet: 250:312/1005
                                   InterNet: jad7084@tntech.edu
  
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