SpyderWEB                   Freeware Version 1.1                    2/5/97

SpyderWEB is a programming toolkit for making Bulletin Board (BBS) door 
programs capable of sending HTML documents (web pages). This means that 
almost anyone who can write a door game or door program for a BBS
can make them appear as a web site with a world wide web internet look
and feel. 

******************************  FREEWARE  ********************************
This version is Freeware, please distribute freely. Since it is a demo
program it will only send up to 7 HTML pages every time it is run. That 
should give people enough opportunity to test the software and see if they
can use it. The registered version will send an unlimited number of web 
pages / HTML documents. It only costs US $ 9.95. We accept payment in any 
major currency, money orders, or checks.

*****************************  PROGRAMMING  ******************************
This kit is designed for use with the Borland Turbo c++ for DOS version 3.0.
We suspect it will work with other Borland compilers as well but haven't
tested them. Study the example test.c program with the test.prj project 
file. The basic idea is to link our spyder1.obj object file with your
code (represented by test.c). We use the LARGE memory module throughout.
We also use OpenDoors version 5.0 door programming library. It is a truly
excellent door programming library for c programming. Opendoors may be 
found on many programming BBS's and CD's.

******************************  FEEDBACK  ********************************
Visit our BBS or send us email and let us know what you are doing and how
you like this product. Since this product is freeware we are limited in 
the amount of technical support we will give. The registered version 
comes with two hours free technical support. 

******************************  BBS SETUP  ********************************
Put all the files in a subdirectory, we call ours c:\bbs\test

Make certain there isnt a drop file in that subdirectory. We usually use 
dorinfo1.def for local testing and development work. We might include a
copy of our dorinfo1.def in the kit to facilitate your local testing. IF 
THERE ARE TWO COPIES OF DROP FILES IN THE SUBDIRECTORY CONTAINING TEST.EXE
THE PROGRAM WILL NOT WORK.

The program is set up like a door game. On our TAG 2.7 BBS running on 
IBM-DOS 5.0, 386sx-40, 4 MB RAM, 270 MB hard drive we use this batch file 
to call the program test.exe:

copy door.sys c:\bbs\test
cd c:\bbs\test
test.exe
cd c:\bbs

The program is designed to use dsz.com for zmodem communications. When 
installing your program on your bbs make certain dsz is either in the 
subdirectory with your program or listed in the path. FOR LOCAL TESTING
it is useful to use a dummy dsz program. We use dsz.bat. It has only
one word in it. Hello. That's it. But it works great for program 
development.

Dsz.com is available from a lot of BBS or programming BBS's and
on some CD's also.

******************************  WEB PAGES  ********************************
We included a couple HTML pages for example purposes. They are named
hello.htm and quit.htm. Quit.htm is becomming a standard for us. When 
someone requests quit.htm they see a goodbye message and control 
returns to the BBS. Hello.htm is an example of a simple web page that
you could show callers to your BBS. You could use any HTML page 
you like, as many pages as you like, and show gifs, include hyperlinks
to other pages, sound files, avi files, textured backgrounds, SVGA 
graphics, beautiful fonts, and all kinds of neat stuff. 

******************************  HTML GAMES  *******************************
Since you know what file is being sent you can now write a program that 
keeps score or tracks your position. For example, you could write a
dungeons and dragons maze type exploration game where players can click on
links that say "East", "West", "North", or "South" and show web (HTML) 
pages with gifs of each "room" in the maze with a description of the 
items / monsters in each room. Your code can track your position. If a 
user clicks on the "Pick up the gold coin" hyperlink, your program 
increments the player.gold counter by 1 coin. 

And all you have to do is link your program with spyder1.obj when you 
compile. It's so easy!

********************************  BUY IT  *********************************
The registered version of this toolkit is only US $ 9.95 and supports
unlimited numbers of HTML pages. You can write as many programs as you 
want with it at no additional charge. You'll get two hours of technical 
support via our support BBS or email included with the registered version.
The registered version has no advertising for Hypernet Software so it
should smoothly integrate into your program.

*****************************  WHY DO THIS?  ******************************
People keep saying that BBS's are declining in popularity because everyone
is going to internet and the world wide web. We found that there is a LOT
of interest in our BBS ever since we started writing programs that offer
world wide web internet style HTML pages from our BBS. Our BBS is FREE.
People can surf our BBS web site and play our WWW style door games for FREE. 
They dont have to pay $ 20 a month for access. Almost anyone can have 
their own BBS for very little money, and with our webBBS software 
and a few of your WWW style games people could practically have their 
own web site. And we deliver stereo sound effects, stereo music, 
animation, movies, gifs, beautiful pictures and interesting games this 
way. You can let your creativity soar. Take your programming skill to 
new dimensions and develop new ideas. People love to see new things and 
this is a totally wide open area to program in.

****************************  I-COMM BROWSER  *****************************
We use the I-Comm www internet browser version 1.15 beta 2 (a combination
modem software and browser capable of showing web pages via modem) to 
connect to bulletin boards and browse their web pages. There are some 
special features of that particular version of I-Comm. You can download
I-Comm version 1.15 beta 2 and instructions on how to use it from our
support BBS. Leave a message for us if you have any questions, we love to 
have visitors!

**************************  DETROIT PROGRAMMERS  **************************
Eric VonHypernet                   Jackal                     CyBerDuDE!
     (313)386-8292 Hypernet Software BBS, Detroit area, Michigan, USA
                    http://www.gatecom.com/~hypernet
           P.O. Box 762, Allen Park, Michigan, 48101-0762, USA

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