• Show message or screen on

    From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to HAWKEYE on Sat Apr 7 00:32:00 2018
    Can anyone send me in the right direction to show a message, screen or so whe H>an user logon on a particular date?

    For eg on 1 february for valentine's day, 1 april for april foolsday, etc...

    If you mean for various holidays, I set up an event in the Windows 7
    Task Scheduler to run a batchfile to copy the desired holiday screen to C:\SBBS\TEXT\NEWS1.ANS, to run with the EZLOGON module. I originally ran
    a Windows program called Kirby Alarm to do that...and before that, ran a program called "Tech Scheduler".

    I mainly use the ones that were created and copyrighted by Bob Snyder
    in 1987...but he encouraged Sysops to use them on his BBS. I also added
    in the ANSI screens from the HOLIDAYS program for Virtual Advanced (VADV32)...and some I created for Memoral Day and 9/11, severe weather preparedness, and the BBS's birthday. These are the first ANSI screen
    that appears to users after they logon. These are in the files
    MONTHALL.ZIP in the ANSI/RIP Gaphics files area, and HOLIDAYS.ZIP in the
    VADV32 files area...both available for all users via anonymous FTP.

    The only specific holidays that I don't do screens for (since the
    dates change every year) are Ash Wednesday, and Easter itself. If you
    want a list of dates and screens that I use, I can send that in another message.

    However, with the stormy weather of tornado season lately, the BBS has
    been down more than up. It looks to be calm for a few days, but storms
    return by Friday the 13th of April, and may last over that weekend.

    Daryl

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