Hello all!


Back in the day I had a pretty extensive new user questionaire that new users had to fill out before i called them back to validate them. IT asked if the user is a ham radio operator, what class of license he/she held, etc. Also it asked if the user was a musician or held other interests catered to by the system. tHIs allowed me to grant them access to my packet radio door and other goodies depending on how they answered.

This questionaire posted answers to a plain ascii file, which my robot then posted to an echo which was shared by myself and my co-sysop. WE both ran points off the bbs and this way we could call to validate new users even when nobody was physically present at the bbs location for days at a time.

Busily customizing here but can't seem to recall how I had that set up. Anybody have such a sample of a questionaire which they'd be willing to post here or in netmail at me? Of course I'd adapt it to my purposes <g>.

IN case system version matters, running max 3.0.



Regards,
Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Radio REscue on fidonet (1:116/901)

Back in the day I had a pretty extensive new user
questionaire that new users had to fill out before i
called them back to validate them. IT asked if the
user is a ham radio operator, what class of license
he/she held, etc. Also it asked if the user was a
musician or held other interests catered to by the
system. tHIs allowed me to grant them access to my
packet radio door and other goodies depending on how
they answered.

Here's the gist of a MECCA based questionnaire:

================================================================
[open]nuv.txt
[write]***********************
[write]* New User Validation *
[write]***********************%!
[post]

Are you a ham operator ? (N,y) [ansopt menu]ny
[store]Is_Ham
[choice]y[goto ham_questions]
[goto next_question]

[/ham_questions ansreq][setpriv]radio[keyon]r
What is your license class ? [clear_stacked readln]License_Class
What is your callsign ? [clear_stacked readln]Callsign
Member of club ? [ansopt clear_stacked readln]Club

[/next_question ansopt]
What type of music ? [readln]Music

[xtern_batch]sendmsg.bat ================================================================

Note that the above questionnaire automatically elevates the user's priviledge level to "radio" and turns on key "r" if they responded Yes to the HAM question, which is probably not what you want.

The above example runs a batch file when finished that could import the answers
into a message area.

You could do some fancy cursor control with [locate] and/or add colours etc.

This questionaire posted answers to a plain ascii file,
which my robot then posted to an echo which was shared
by myself and my co-sysop. WE both ran points off the
bbs and this way we could call to validate new users
even when nobody was physically present at the bbs
location for days at a time.

Nuv.txt is appended unless deleted. So you you may prefer to "type nuv.txt >> keep_nuv.txt; del nuv.txt" in your import batch file (to send only the latest details).

Use MEX for anything more sophisticated.

--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)

Mvan Le wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

Back in the day I had a pretty extensive new user
questionaire that new users had to fill out before i
called them back to validate them. IT asked if the

<snipage>

[open]nuv.txt
[write]***********************
[write]* New User Validation *
[write]***********************%!
[post]

COol, thanks for the code examples. cOUldn't quite recall how I got there, but
that helps a bunch, especially after I get some coffee going into the body. Much appreciated.

Regards,

Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Radio REscue on fidonet (1:116/901)

[write]* New User Validation *
[write]***********************%!
[post]

COol, thanks for the code examples. cOUldn't quite
recall how I got there, but that helps a bunch,
especially after I get some coffee going into the body.
Much appreciated.

For a refresher refer Section "17.5. Questionnaire Token Listing" (2 pages) in Max.doc.


--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)

Mvan Le wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

For a refresher refer Section "17.5. Questionnaire Token Listing" (2
pages) in Max.doc.

Yep finally found it, and grabbed the wordprocessor to pull it out of the doc so I can have it handy in the text editor along with the mec file I"m editing. HElps a bunch. THese days since the bbs won't be catering to musicians as the old one did (though I'm still an audio and music professional) there are a lot more questions on amateur raido activities as well as on other emergency response activities. YOur code example got me started quite well.



Regards,
Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Radio REscue on fidonet (1:116/901)