Hard-coded .A?? files

In certain situations, ProBoard will display default .A?? files.

Just what is an A?? file?

All .A?? files are files that have the file extensions of .AVT, .AVP, .ANS, or .ASC. If the .ANS/AVT/AVP file cannot be found, the .ASC file will be displayed (if it exists).

Note: You have to insert your own “Press [Enter] to continue” prompt if necessary!

AFTERPW.A?? Displayed to a user after they have entered their password
BEFOREPW.A?? Displayed to a user right before ProBoard asks them for
their password.
BIRTHDAY.A?? If a user logs in on his/her birthday, this file will be
shown after the news file.
Note: you can run a pex-file to congratulate a user on
his/her birthday.
DLDELAY.A?? Displayed to a user who has to wait <n> minutes before
downloading. Refer to Configuration - Time/DownLoad Limits
(F5) for more information on setting the number of minutes
for the DownLoad Delay.
DLHANGUP.A?? Displayed to a user who has selected [G]oodbye after
download, after the 10 second timer to abort the hangup,
has expired.
DUPESFND.A?? Displayed to a user who uploads one or more duplicate
files to your BBS if "Check Duplicate Uploads" is set
to "Yes" in PROCFG's File Transfer Options. The file
will be displayed to the user once the duplicate check is
completed if any duplicate files are found.
EVENTDUE.A?? Shown if a user can't login because of an event that has
to run soon.
EXPIRED.A?? When a user's level has expired, this file is shown.
EXP_WARN.A?? Displayed when the user's level expires within less than
30 days.
GOODBYE.A?? Displayed when the user is logging off, just before the
carrier is dropped.
INTRO.A?? Displayed when a user logs in, BEFORE asking a user's name
and password.
INTRO<n>.A?? This is the same as INTRO.ASC/ANS except that this file
that can be displayed to the specified node number. For
Example: to display it to node 2 you would create a file
called INTRO2.A??. If no INTRO<n>.A?? exists, ProBoard
will then show the file INTRO.A?? or LOGO.A??
MAXPAGE.A?? Displayed when the user has tried to page the SysOp too
many times.
MSGHELP.A?? Replaces the built-in message reading help if this file
exists.
NEWS.A?? Displayed AFTER the user has read his/her new mail.
NEWUSER.A?? Displayed to user before ProBoard asks "Are you a New
User?". When the user enters their name and ProBoard does
not find their name in the user file, ProBoard asks "Did
you enter your name correctly?" If the user indicates
they did, this file (if you create it) will display to the
user.
NEWUSER1.A?? Displayed when a new user is logging in, BEFORE he/she has
started the questionnaire.
NEWUSER2.A?? Displayed when a new user is logging in, AFTER he/she has
completed the questionnaire.
NOACCESS.A?? Displayed when user is not allowed to log onto one or more
lines because their access level is lower than the one
specified in the command line PROBOARD -L<level> (used to
start ProBoard on that node). Read the "Reference
Section" of this manual, under "Command Line Options &
Errorlevels" for more information on this command line.
NOTAVAIL.A?? Displayed when the user tries to page outside paging hours
PAGED.A?? Displayed when the SysOp does not respond when the user
tries to page.
PRIVATE.A?? Is displayed when your system is configured as a private
system, and a new user tries to log in.
SECxx.A?? 'xx' stands for a userlevel. If a user with level xx logs
in, this file will be displayed (eg. SEC25.ANS). The file
is shown after all WELCOME<x> files and before the
mailcheck.
TRASHCAN.A?? Shown when a user tries to use a name listed in
TRASHCAN.CTL file.
WELCOMEx.A?? Displayed at login, after the user entered his/her name.
The 'x' stands for a digit ranging from 1 to 9; these
files (if they exist) will be displayed in ascending
order, 1-2-...-9, BEFORE a mailcheck is done.