Callinfo.bbs

External Program Data File (a.k.a. drop file), CALLINFO.BBS format from the RBBS software.

This file should normally be created in the current node's directory (example: C:\sbbs\node1). The current node's directory can be easily passed to external programs via command line (using the %n command line specifier in SCFG) or more easily retrieved by external programs be reading the SBBSNODE environment variable.

The CALLINFO.BBS is a plain text file consisting of CRLF-delimited lines, parsed one line at a time.

Note: In order to keep track of midnight rollovers, line 11 was modified in version 2.0 to include MM/DD/YY.

Most of the original software was written in Pascal. This is a routine to write the file (in Pascal)

Save_Caller_Info.pas

procedure Save_Caller_Info;
  { Save the callers information when exiting to a live program or
    Dropping to DOS from remote. }
  var
    FileOut        : Text;
    DateTime       : String;
    OldSlash       : Char;
  begin
    Assign(FileOut, HomePath+'CALLINFO.BBS');
    Rewrite(FileOut);
    CheckError('Rewriting CALLINFO.BBS');
    Update_User_Info_Before_LogOff;
    with User do
      begin
        OldSlash := SlashChar;
        SlashChar := '/';
        WriteLn(FileOut, UserName);                                  { Line 1 }
        case Baud of
          B300 : WriteLn(FileOut, '1');                              { Line 2 }
          B1200 : WriteLn(FileOut, '2');
          B2400 : WriteLn(FileOut, '0');
          B9600 : WriteLn(FileOut, '3');
          B19200 : WriteLn(FileOut, '4');
          BLocal : WriteLn(FileOut, '5');
        end;
        WriteLn(FileOut, CallingFrom);                               { Line 3 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, SecurityLevel);                             { Line 4 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, User.TimeLeft);                             { Line 5 }
        if ColorMenus then WriteLn(FileOut, 'COLOR')
        else                                                         { Line 6 }
          WriteLn(FileOut, 'MONO');
        WriteLn(FileOut, Password);                                  { Line 7 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, UserRefNum);                                { Line 8 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, TimeOn);                                    { Line 9 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, TimeStr);                                  { Line 10 }
        with DateTimeCalled do
          DateTime := TimeToTimeString('hh:mm', T)+' '+DatetoDateString('mm/dd/yy', D);
        WriteLn(FileOut, DateTime);                                 { Line 11 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, ConfJoined);                               { Line 12 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, DailyDL);                                  { Line 13 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Cfig.SecMaxDL[Array_Level]);               { Line 14 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(DailyDK));                              { Line 15 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(Cfig.SecMaxDK[Array_Level]/1024));      { Line 16 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, User.PhoneNumber);                         { Line 17 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, DatetoDateString('mm/dd/yy', TimeDate.D)+Space+
                TimeToTimeString('hh:mm', TimeDate.T));             { Line 18 }
        if User.Xpert = Novice then WriteLn(FileOut, 'NOVICE')
        else                                                        { Line 19 }
          WriteLn(FileOut, 'EXPERT');
        case User.TransferMethod of                                 { Line 20 }
          All : WriteLn(FileOut, 'All');
          Ymodem : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Ymodem');
          YmodemG : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Ymodem/G');
          Xmodem : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Xmodem');
          XmodemCRC : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Xmodem/CRC');
          Xmodem1K : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Xmodem-1K');
          Xmodem1KG : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Xmodem-1K/G');
          ASCii : WriteLn(FileOut, 'Ascii');
        end;
        WriteLn(FileOut, DatetoDateString('mm/dd/yy', LastNew.D));  { Line 21 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(TimesOn));                              { Line 22 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(LinesPerPage));                         { Line 23 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(UsersHighestMsgRead(HighMsg, ConfJoined))); { Line 24 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(Uploads));                              { Line 25 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Sc(Downloads));                            { Line 26 }
        if DataBits = SevenBits then WriteLn(FileOut, '7  { Databits } ')
        else WriteLn(FileOut, '8  { Databits }');                   { Line 27 }
        if Local then WriteLn(FileOut, 'LOCAL')
        else WriteLn(FileOut, 'REMOTE');                            { Line 28 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, 'COM'+Sc(Cfig.CommPort));                  { Line 29 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, DatetoDateString('mm/dd/yy', BirthDate));  { Line 30 }
        { Write Comm Port Speed }
        if Cfig.FixedRate then WriteLn(FileOut, Cfig.BaudInit)
        else
          WriteLn(FileOut, BaudRate);                               { Line 31 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, AlreadyConnected);                         { Line 32 }
        if MNP_Connection then WriteLn(FileOut, 'MNP/ARQ Connection')
        else WriteLn(FileOut, 'Normal Connection');                 { Line 33 }
        with GlobalNinfo.TimeOff do
          DateTime := DatetoDateString('mm/dd/yy', D)+' '+TimeToTimeString('hh:mm', T);
        WriteLn(FileOut, DateTime);                                 { Line 34 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, Cfig.NodeID);                              { Line 35 }
        WriteLn(FileOut, DoorNumber);                               { Line 36 }
        SlashChar := OldSlash;
      end;                                                             { With }
    Close(FileOut);
    CheckError('Closing CALLINFO.BBS File');
  end;
 

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