I have written some directions on how to set things up as I did in Netbull.  Using this setup will allow users to see the wcMAIL pre file before the main menu upon entering the door and after making selections.  It also enables you to use the regular menu instead of the dynamic menu so callers can see the stats about their time left, time on, and current conference.

Note this setup requires DOS 6.0 or later and only functions with ANSI at this time.  The regular RIP menu starts on a clean screen and I could not stop it as needed, unable to find any @CLS@ codes in the file.

Also note I was using Netbull 2.59 which creates an extra blank line at the end of wcmail.bbs.  If a later version is ever released that eliminates this lines 6-11 of the batch file below will not be needed as they allot for the extra line.  I installed Netbull to report on our Internet mail runs and later our Echo Mail runs (Our UUCP connections was costing to much to maintain so five people could send E-MAIl.). Here is how to set it up.

1. Place Edlin (file name is edlin.exe) in any directory in your path if you don't have it in one already.
2. Edit the file wcmmail.bbs using wcDRAW or any other display file editor to remove everything above the white box with the menu picks including the @CLS@ code, and the extra line between the last pick and the bottom border of the box.  Make sure the first line of the box is at the very top of the file when doing so.
3. Copy wcmmain.bbs to a file in its directory called wcmmains.bbs.
4. Edit your netbull.cfg file to set up netbull to create ANSI and RIP versions of the wcmail.* file if it is not already set up to do so.
5. Create a file in your Wildcat home directory called netbull.bat with the following text:
6. @Echo off
   cls
   cd\wildcat
   netbull.exe
   cd\wildcat\disp
   ctty nul
   echo 11d > script
   echo e >> script
   edlin wcmail.bbs < script
   for %%a in (wcmail.bak script) do del %%a
   copy wcmmains.bbs wcmmain.bbs
   rem copy wcmmains.rip wcmmain.rip
   copy wcmail.bbs + wcmmain.bbs
   move wcmail.bbs wcmmain.bbs
   rem copy wcmail.rip + wcmmain.rip
   rem move wcmail.rip wcmmain.rip
   rem erase wcmail.rip
   ctty con
   cd\wildcat
   cls
7. Change all cd commands to reference your setup if the paths in the cd commands do not match it.  This batch file is setup for BBSS with a Wildcat home directory of C:\wildcat, a Wildcat display directory of C:\wildcat\disp, and a Netbull directory of C:\wildcat.
8. Modify all batch files which run netbull.exe so that they run  netbull.bat. If the batch files run other commands after netbull.exe make sure to use the DOS call command to run netbull.bat or these commands will not run.

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