Format of Control.Dat file Control.Dat is a normal CR/LF style text file with the following lines in exactly the order shown. BBS name BBS City, BBS State BBS phone number {AAA-EEE-NNNN} Sysop name,Sysop {Sysop name in upper case followed by the literal ',Sysop'} Serial number ,BBS ID {Serial Number, UpperCase BBSID} Date of mail packet, time of packet {MM-DD-YYYY,HH:MM:SS} Caller's name {Uppercase} blank 0 0 Number of conferences (in additon to conference 0 which is main) (ie use number of conferences minus one) Conference number Name of Conference (should be limited to maximum length of 12 characters) ... ... ... ... ... Conference number Name of Conference name of BBS welcome file name of NEWS file name of BBS goodbye file Other optional data may occur after the Goodbye file line, but the trend is to omit this data. If included it is as follows: 0 {Unknown} Screen Length USER NAME {Upper case} FirstName {Proper case} CITY, ST {Upper case} Data Phone {AAA EEE-NNNN} Voice Phone {AAA EEE-NNNN} Security Level Expiration Date {MM-DD-YY} Last On Date {MM-DD-YY} Last On Time {HH:MM} Number of calls 0 {Unknown} DownLoaded Bytes DownLoaded Count Uploaded Bytes Uploaded Count Time Limit Per Day {Minutes} Time Remaining {Minutes} Time Used Today {Minutes} DownLoad Limit/Day {Kilobytes} DownLoad Bytes Remaining Today {Bytes} DownLoaded Today {Bytes} Current Time {HH:MM} Current Date {MM-DD-YY} System Tag Line