User Editor (F8)

Working with your users records using the User Editor is easy. You can use the user editor to locate/view/change information in a users record. You can also edit a users record while they are on-line by pressing <Alt-E>.

Both ways of editing a users record in ProBoard are virtually identical. ProBoard keeps a user's record in memory while they are online and then writes it back to the user file once they log off. If you want to make changes to a user's record who is online, it is important to use the <Alt-E> method since you will be editing their record in memory. If you use the user editor in PROCFG.EXE to edit the record of a user who is online, any changes you make will be written over by the user record in memory when they log off.

You can use the following keys in the user editor:

<PgUp>

Go to the previous user-record.

<PgDn>

Go to the next user-record.

<Ctrl-PgUp>

Go to the first user-record.

<Ctrl-PgDn>

Go to the last user-record.

<ESC>

Exits the User Editor.

<Alt-A>

Add a new user record.

<Alt-D>

Toggle the 'deleted' flag of the current user.

<Alt-F>

Shows flag descriptions for flags you have defined on your BBS. After pressing <Alt-F> another window will appear showing the flags and any descriptions you have defined for them. You can add/edit descriptions for your flags by pressing <Alt-E> in this window, then using the Up and Down arrows to position on the flag. Then simply type the description you want and press <ESC> to exit that field, and <ESC> once again to exit the flag description window.

<Alt-L>

Opens a secondary window listing your user records. Several powerful functions are available here to make finding and editing your users much easier. Press the <F1> key, and ProBoard will display a help screen containing information on the following items.

<PgUp> ..... Moves to the previous screen page of user
records.
<PgDn> ..... Moves to the next screen page of user
records.
<Home> ..... Moves to the first record in the user file.
<End> ..... Moves to the last record in the user file.
<Esc> ..... Closes the user list window and returns to
the user editor, positioned on the first
record in the user file.
<Enter> ..... Closes the user list window and returns to
the user editor, positioned on the user
record you were on in the user list window.
<1...9> ..... Begin typing the record number you want to
go to in the user file. A window will
appear showing you the number as you type
it. Press <ENTER> to jump to the record
you have entered, or <ESC> to return to the
user list.
<A...Z> ..... Begin typing a name or part of a name to
search for in the user file. This
activates the search dialog window. Once
you have entered the name you want to
search for, press <ENTER> to begin the
search. You can press <ESC> at any point
during the search, to abort the search and
return to the user list. If the search
finds a record matching what you entered,
you can press <ENTER> to edit that record,
or press <Alt-N> to find the next
occurrence of your search criteria.
<Alt-F> ..... Activates a window asking if you want to
enable the user list filter. If you select
"No", you are returned to the user list.
If you select "Yes", the user list filter
dialog window is activated. By filling in
various items in the filter dialog, you can
limit the scope of the user records
displayed in the user list. Once a filter
is in effect, only the user records
matching the filter condition are displayed
in the user list. You can then move thru
the records displayed, editing them and
using any other user list keys as you
normally would. To disable a filter, press
<Alt-F> and select "No" when asked "Enable
filter?". Closing the user editor also
cancels any filter in effect.
<Alt-G> ..... Activates a window asking what user record
you want to go to in the user list. Either
enter a number and press <ENTER> to go to
that user record, or press <ESC> to return
to the user list.
<Alt-S> ..... Activates the search dialog window. Once
you have entered the name you want to
search for press <ENTER> to begin the
search. You can press <ESC> at any point
during the search, to abort the search and
return to the user list. If the search
finds a record matching what you entered,
you can press <ENTER> to edit that record
or press <Alt-N> to find the next
occurrence of your search criteria.
<Alt-N> ..... Finds the next occurrence (if any) of
search criteria specified with the <Alt-S>
(search) option (above).

<Alt-N> ………………… Searches for the next user-record matching

the search criteria specified with <Alt-S>.

<Alt-P> ………………… Toggles the Password Hide/UnHide option

when viewing user records. The character
that is displayed when passwords are hidden
is defined in PROCFG, [F1] Options, System
Options, in the "Password Display" field.
When viewing a user record where the
password is hidden, simply press <ENTER>
when positioned on the hidden password, and
ProBoard will display the user's password
in a window.

<ALT-R> ……………….. Restore User Record. If you are editing a

user's record and change your mind, you can
use this option to restore the user record
to it's original values.

<Alt-S> ……………….. Searches for a user-record. You may

optionally specify either part of, or the
full name of the user you are searching
for. The search uses "fuzzy" logic,
meaning that it will find user names
containing strings that are close to what
you type. How accurate the fuzzy search is
depends on the setting in PROCFG, [F1]
Options, System Options, in the
"FuzzySearch Rate" field.

<ALT-V> ………………… Validate User. Opens a window containing

any validation templates defined in the
PROCFG, [Shift-F6] Validate Template
Editor. (Refer to the "Configuration"
section of this manual under "Validate
Template Editor" for more information on
setting up your templates.) Select one of
the templates, and ProBoard will update the
user record with the values defined in the
template, asking you for confirmation
first. Press <ESC> at any point during the
validation to abort the validation.

<F10> ………………….. Opens a secondary window containing

additional information about the current
user. Once this window is displayed, you
may display/edit the following items.

Times Called.

Total Number of Downloads.

Total KB of Downloads.

Total Number of Uploads.

Total KB of Uploads.

Number of Messages User has posted.

Total Time user has spent online to date.

Amount of Time user has spent online today. If the user has not

been online today, there may still be a value in this field.

This field is cleared by ProBoard upon a users first call of each
day.

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- Total KB downloaded today.
- Time Balance in the users bank account.
- Time Withdrawn from users bank account.
- Time Deposited in users bank account.
- Time user has borrowed from TheBank.
- Payback date for time user borrowed from TheBank.

Kbyte Balance user has banked.

Kbytes user has withdrawn from TheBank.

Kbytes user has deposited.

Kbytes user has borrowed.

Payback date for Kbytes borrowed.

Date last used the time bank.

When you have found the user-record you are looking for, move between the fields by using the arrow keys. To edit a field, just move the selector to that field and begin typing.

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User Name ………………. User's name.

Alias ………………….. Each user can have a unique 'alias'

(nickname). In selected message areas, the
user can use this alias to write messages
or (if enabled) can login using this alias.

Password ……………….. User's password.

City …………………… City the user lives in.

State ………………….. State the user lives in.

Country ………………… Country the user lives in.

Address 1 ………………. Users address, line 1 of 3

Address 2 ………………. Users address, line 2 of 3

Address 3 ………………. Users address, line 3 of 3

Forward To ……………… (not implemented yet)

Level ………………….. User's security level (ranging from 0 to

64000). A 0 (zero) means that the user
has NO access to the BBS.

Flags ………………….. User's flags. Edit them by pressing

<Enter>, and then pressing any character
ranging from A thru Z and 1 thru 6 to
toggle that flag. Press the <F1> key to
view/edit any flag definitions for your
BBS.

Expiration Date …………. When this date is specified (non-zero), the

user's security level will drop to the
level specified in the "Expiration Level"
field (below).

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Expiration Level ………… The new security level assigned to a user

when the "Expiration Date" (if other than
0) is reached.

Expiration Flags On ……… User flags to turn on when expiration date

is reached.

Expiration Flags Off …….. User flags to turn off when expiration date

is reached.

Comment ………………… This field allows you to enter comments

about this particular user.

Voice Phone …………….. User's voice phone number (not restricted

to a certain layout).

Data Phone ……………… User's data number (if any).

FAX Phone ………………. User's FAX number (if any).

Birth Date ……………… The date of birth of this user. This will

be recorded if you turn on the option to
ask new users for their birth date upon
initial login. Directly to the right of
the birth date field is a number in
brackets. This number is the users age, as
calculated by ProBoard based on the date
entered into the birth date field. If you
change the users birth date, you must save
the record in order for the calculation of
the users age to take place.

Sex ……………………. User's sex. Toggle options with the space

bar.

Date Format …………….. The date format this user prefers to use.

Toggle through the allowable formats by
pressing the right-arrow and left-arrow
while positioned on this field.

Screen Height …………… Number of screen lines for this user.

Default Protocol ………… The default file transfer protocol this

user has selected.

Language ……………….. The language file the user selected from

the list of available languages on your
BBS. If no languages are available or the
user pressed <ENTER> when asked to select a
language then ENGLISH is used as the
default. You can edit the users language
selection but you must type the language
name.

Log Level ………………. The way in which entries about this users

calls will be written to PROBOARD.LOG Use
the Space Bar to toggle between "Normal",
"Suspicious","Extensive", and "Friend".

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Terminal ……………….. Users Terminal Setting. Press the

<Spacebar> to toggle between "ANSI",
"Avatar", "Avt/0+", and "TTY".

NetMail Credit ………….. Number of credits the user has left to

write Netmail messages.

First Call ……………… The date of the user's first call to your

system. This field is display only.

Last Call ………………. The date of this users last call to your

system. This field is display only.

Deleted ………………… If this is set to “Yes”, this users record

will be removed from your user file the
next time you run PBUTIL UP (User Packer)
to pack the user file.

More Prompt …………….. Pause after each screen page?

Clear Screen ……………. Send screen clearing codes to the user?

Hot Keys ……………….. Hot Keys enabled? If set to “Yes” user can

hot key thru your menus. If set to "No"
then command-stacking will be used instead.

IBM ……………………. If set to “Yes” all IBM-specific characters

will be filtered out and converted to
standard ASCII. If set to "No" then IBM
characters will be sent.

Full Screen Editor ………. If set to “Yes”, then the fullscreen

message editor (defined in PROCFG, F1,
Paths, Editor Command) will be used when
this user enters messages. If set to "No"
then ProBoard will use it's internal line
editor instead.

NoKill …………………. If set to “Yes” the user's record CAN NOT

be removed from the userfile when using
PBUTIL UK (User Killer) or PBUTIL UP (User
Packer).

Ignore Download …………. Does this user have UNLIMITED download

access? If set to "Yes", ProBoard will
ignore download limits for this user.

Attention ………………. If set to “Yes”, ProBoard will play the

file "ATTEN.MUS" when this user logs on.
The file "ATTEN.MUS" must be located in
your ProBoard System Directory (usually
C:\PB).

No Tops ………………… If set to “Yes”, then this user will be

excluded from any of the "tops" lists that
ProBoard creates. (Refer to Menu Function
48 for more info).

Hidden …………………. If enabled, ProBoard will hide this users

activity from the "Last Callers List"

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(Menu Function 51), "Show Users Online"
(Menu Function 50), and from the "User
List (Menu Function 13).

Guest ………………….. Allows this user to have “guest account”

status. This means their daily totals for
minutes online, files downloaded, etc.,
will be reset on each call of the day, and
not just on their first call of each day.

Free Chat ………………. If set to “Yes”, ProBoard will freeze the

system timer when you and this user are
chatting. This means no time will be
deducted from a users online time when
chatting.

Local Only ……………… If enabled, this user is not allowed to log

in remotely, they can only use the local
console to login.

RIP ……………………. If set to “Yes” then RIP graphics will be

sent to this user. If set to "No" RIP
graphics will not be sent to the user even
if RIP is detected.