skWare's HTML Day Quote

Introduction

skWare's HTML Day Quote Utility (skDayQuote) is a program written in wcCode that allows your users to get a quote of the using a browser.
Usage of this software is covered by skWare's Software License which you should read at some stage and you should also check out skWare's Software Warranty. You may also want to check out the Trademarks page at some stage.
You should definitely read the Change Log page.
You can also check out skWare Online for the latest information on this program and also the others written by skWare.

Installation/Upgrading

skDayQuote is shipped with a GUI Installer. All you need to do is unzip the file in some temporary directory and start the install.exe program. This will install skDayQuote on your system.
The installation process creates a backup directory in the WINS default directory called skware-backup-yyyymmddhhttss where:-
yyyy = Current year
mm = Current month
dd = Current date
hh = Current hour
tt = Current minute
ss = Current secound
The backup directory is only populated with files if the installer finds an old copy of a file that it is going to replace. This has been done so that you use the backed up files as an aid is customizing such things as the HTML templates.

Important Upgrade Notes

  1. You will need to integrate any changes that you have made to the html templates. You will find a copy of your old template files in the backup directory.

ConfigurationFile

The operation of the program is controlled by the configuration file. This configuration file is called skware.cfg and must be in your WildCat data directory (d:\wc5\data). The installation process automatically creates this file if it does not exist and adds default entries as required. If the file already exists then only new configurations items will be added.
The file skware.cfg is an 'ini' type file the contents for the [skdayquote] section are described in the following table.

Parameter Description
[skdayquote] This is the section header and is used to separate parameters from other programs.
RegCode Once registered this parameter should contain your registration code as supplied by skWare. In the shareware version this should contain the word "SHAREWARE" without the quotes.
HomePageLink This link is used when a user hits the Home button.
BackPageLink This link is used when a user hits the Back button.

HTML File Customization

The HTML interface uses WINS templates and can be totally customized by the system admninistrator. To do this you should modify the supplied templates to suit your needs. The templates are in http\skware\template\dayq. The templates supplied are discussed in the following table:-

Template File Used By
http\dayq\main.htm This template is the main template for the program.

Quotes Customization

skDayQuote uses the standard quote.bbs file supplied as part of the standard Wildcat! system. This means that any changes made to this file will be reflected in the output of skDayQuote.

Registration

There are several ways to register skDayQuote. These are:-
With credit card registration handled directly by skWare you will be charged in New Zealand Dollars (NZD) as skWare is based in New Zealand and the archaic banking rules prevent use from doing otherwise. If you use the SRU Shopping Mall to register you will be charged in US Dollars (USD). At present 1 USD is approximately $2NZD.

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Last Update 09 January 2001