prompted when the log has been completely read back to a user with G-
file/P-file maintenance privileges.
Z Edit the entry file for the current area, or subdirectory of an area.
The entry files are displayed to users as they enter the area,
unless their help levels are set to “expert”.
12.2 SELECTING AN ITEM
An item may be ‘selected’ (G-files read P-files ran) by entering its number
from the list of items at the command prompt.
12.3 ADDITIONAL COMMANDS AVAILABLE IN G-FILES/P-FILES
In addition, many other commands, which are listed under the main menu, are
also available here. These include: Chat, Feedback, Help, MSend, STatus,
and Time.
12.5 G-FILE AND P-FILE MAINTENANCE HELP
As with much of C-NET you are able to control many aspects of each
system/subsystem within the BBS. The G-files/P-files are no exception to
this. You are able to control how long a user must be on-line, to how much
to charge (if using the accounting system), and just about anything in-
between. For this reason, some of the prompts for the files editing system
need a little explaining.
First, if you want a particular access group to be on-line for at least ten
minutes before playing games, you may code each type of game (e.g., role-
playing games). To do this, just edit the DIRECTORY for those games, and
the user will not be allowed into that directory until he has been on-line
for ten minutes. This is for all of the games in a directory. You may
elect to allow users to play SOME games, but not others. Those that you
wish to ‘lock’ for a time, must be edited individually.
You may also elect to keep a game from an access group until you get it
fully tested on your system. This is exactly the purpose of the Date
prompt. Just as you would ‘predate’ a news file, you may also do so with a
game or G-file. Simply enter the number of days you would like the game to
not appear in relation to the CURRENT date, and that game will NOT appear
to your users (unless that user has G-file/P-file maintenance access).
You may elect to have a game alphabetized, or not when adding it. This
feature allows you to keep those games that you would like to appear first
at the top of the list, and those you aren’t quite as concerned about can
be just about anywhere. You may elect to have a game at the bottom of the
list, this too can be accomplished by transferring it to the bottom.
12.6 G-FILES - ON-LINE STORE EDITING
One of C-NET’s abilities (also Multi-Net’s), is the ability to process
orders for products and services that you or an associate can provide. For
this reason, there is a P-file on your original master disk entitled
‘prg.Order Here’, whose purpose is to process orders taken by C-NET.
Multi-Net is capable of transmitting these orders to another node in the
network, using its powerful mapping routines. It is done by simply adding