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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS
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on duplicating, publishing or distributing the
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files on KeelyNet except where noted!
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June 27, 1992
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HOW_TO.ASC
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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Warren Owens.
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Just passing on some good Infomation!
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06/30/91
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Uploading Ansi (or other) messages to a Wildcat database
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First of all i don't really claim to know alot about Wildcat, but I
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run a BBS (The Oilfields BBS), and I, along with many other Sysop's
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wanted to know just how to post a color (ANSI) ad in a message area
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of a bbs, I have 4 or 5 such ads on my board and set out to find the
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anwser, well after 2 long nights this is what I came up with:
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The message area in Wildcat will accept only 73 characters long,
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this is important to remember because this also means ansi control
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characters as well, when entering an ansi message if a control
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character goes over 73 characters long it will wrap around, and
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cause you message to be deformed, I use THEDRAW for making these
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type of messages, basically because it easy to use.
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In using the Draw, if you start your message in column 1, when you
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save it in the ansi form The Draw will ask you "Video
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Preparation?", Choose Clear Screen, then the next question is very
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important "Maximum Output Line Length?".
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If you started in column 1, you can choose 73 (the default is 255
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which is great for making screens, but not for ansi messages), if
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you started your ansi message in column 3, save your message at 70
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"Maximum Output Line Length" (70 characters long)
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The trick is to not go over 73 characters long including any ansi
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control characters, and when saving your message choose the fastest
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display which is 0.
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Just one other note in saving your message The Draw will report to
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you how many lines it took to save your message, be sure not to go
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over 150 lines, (thats all Wildcat will accept in the message
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aera), it's not really that hard you may have to try it a few times
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to get it right, but it sure is worth it I would say I have added
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maybe 100 users to my board by using these ansi messages, by the
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way you can also make animated messages the same way!
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I have included two screens both the same, one save at 73
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Page 1
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characters long and the other save at The Draw defaults, look at
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both screens in a good ansi editor, you will notice a big
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difference, but if you have ansi.sys installed in your config.sys,
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uses the DOS command type <screen>.scr, and the output is the same,
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the one screen that was saved at 70 characters long is a uploadable
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ansi message.
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To upload to a message area of Wildcat you must have comm. software
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that supports the ASCII file transfer, most do, when you are
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prompted to enter your message, start your upload, directly into
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the message editor of Wildcat.
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Some other important notes, this will work great with Wildcat 2xx,
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and up I don't know about earlier ver. of Wildcat, it also works on
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other bbs software that supports ansi in the message area, but for
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some reason I can't upload a ansi message in the new 3.0 ver. of
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Wildcat, I don't know if this is a bug or what, but it just don't
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accept it.
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If you get all this figured out and don't have a place to post your
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new colorful, animated BBS ad, give my board a call, and post it,
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any sysop may do so.
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The Oilfields BBS
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Maricopa, CA
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as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
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Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page.
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet
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