                                                              
 ____                      _               _      _____           _            
|  _ \                    | |             | |    / ____|         | |           
| |_) |_ __ ___   __ _  __| | ___ __ _ ___| |_  | |     ___ _ __ | |_ _ __ ___ 
|  _ <| '__/ _ \ / _` |/ _` |/ __/ _` / __| __| | |    / _ \ '_ \| __| '__/ _ \
| |_) | | | (_) | (_| | (_| | (_| (_| \__ \ |_  | |___|  __/ | | | |_| | |  __/
|____/|_|  \___/ \__,_|\__,_|\___\__,_|___/\__|  \_____\___|_| |_|\__|_|  \___|
                                                                               

			    =HTML broadcast system=


 ___________________________________
|*---------------------------------*|
||Credits:                         ||
||				   ||
||Coded by   :  Ren "kaaZ" Kuipers||
||Betatester :  Niels Sprenkeling  ||
||_________________________________||
*-----------------------------------*

Setup
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Copy broadcast.exe , mbc.ini and Header.gif to a directory on a public network drive.
Now edit the mbc.ini file which contains these entries:

HTML_Path = F:\public\html\
Dat_Path = O:\user\
Dat_File = user.dat
LBL_Text = Remove this message

The first entry "HTML_Path" directs to the path that contains the HTML files which you 
want to broadcast. Make sure these files have a *.HTML extension; *.HTM files will 
not be broadcasted instead these can be used for hyperlinks in a broadcast message.

The second entry "DAT_Path" directs to the path where every single user will create a
data file which excludes messages a user has removed/allready read. This Dat file is 
created as soon as a user starts broadcast.exe for the first time.

The Third entry "DAT_File" indicates the name of the DAT file that should be created.

The fourth entry "LBL_Text" allows you to customize the checkbox text.

NOTE: Make sure you end all the paths specified with a "\". Do not forget to configure
      the INI file or the application will not work correctly!


Customizing layout
------------------
The layout is completely customizable, all layout images are included extern which are
as following:

- butdown.gif
  Replace this image to customize the "OK" button image when it's pressed down.

- butup.gif
  Replace this image to customize the "OK" button image when it's in normal state.

- header.gif
  Replace this image to customize the header image which is located at the top of the window.

- skin.gif
  Replace this image to customize the background skin of the window.


Autoexecute
-----------
Make workstations autoexecute the broadcast.exe file via either a login script or windows 
startup. run Broadcast.exe with a parameter that points to the application path this is
the path which contains mbc.ini and header.gif (eg. broadcast.exe F:\public\broadcast\)
so the application knows where to find the INI file.



Ren Kuipers 
<r.kuipers13@chello.nl>
