You can use several codes in ProBoard's textfiles. These codes will be replaced by internal variables, or will perform special actions.

In the code list, you will see a code's ASCII value, the control code and a description of the code.

A '^' means Ctrl, so ^D means Ctrl-D.

┌───────┬──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ASCII │ CODE │  DESCRIPTION                                     │
└───────┴──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘           
  65     ^A    Waits for the user to press <Enter>.
  66     ^B    Disables interruption by pressing <S>.
  67     ^C    Enables interruption by pressing <S>.
  68     ^D    Enables 'More'-prompt.
  69     ^E    Disables 'More'-prompt.
  71     ^G    Rings a bell on the user's computer.
  76     ^L    Clearscreen.
  87     ^W    Pauses for 1 second.

 Control-F (^F) is 
┌───────┬──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ASCII │ CODE │  DESCRIPTION                                     │
└───────┴──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  06-65   ^FA    User's full name.
  06-66   ^FB    User's City.
  06-67   ^FC    User's password.
  06-68   ^FD    User's data/fax phone number.
  06-69   ^FE    User's phone number.
  06-71   ^FG    Time of last login.
  06-76   ^FL    Netmail credit left.
  06-77   ^FM    Number of messages written.
  06-78   ^FN    Message last read.
  06-79   ^FO    User's level.
  06-80   ^FP    Number of calls by user.
  06-81   ^FQ    Number of uploads by user.
  06-82   ^FR    Kbytes uploaded by user.
  06-83   ^FS    Number of downloads by user.
  06-84   ^FT    Kbytes downloaded by user.
  06-85   ^FU    Number of minutes online today.
  06-86   ^FV    User's screen length.
  06-87   ^FW    User's first name.
  06-88   ^FX    ANSI codes ON/OFF.
  06-89   ^FY    Screen pausing ON/OFF.
  06-90   ^FZ    Clearscreen codes ON/OFF.
  06-48   ^F0    Fullscreen editor ON/OFF.
  06-49   ^F1    User's Alias.
  06-50   ^F2    Command stacking ON/OFF.
  06-51   ^F3    IBM Characters ON/OFF.
  06-52   ^F4    User's State.
  06-53   ^F5    User's birth date.
  06-54   ^F6    User's expiration date (if any)
  06-55   ^F7    Day's until expiration date.
  06-56   ^F8    AVATAR/0  - on/off.
  06-57   ^F9    AVATAR/0+  - on/off.
  06-40   ^F"    User's Country.
  06-58   ^F:    User's first call (date).
  06-36   ^F$    User's address (line 1).
  06-37   ^F'    User's address (line 2).
  06-38   ^F&    User's address (line 3).
  06-60   ^F`    User's sex.
  06-91   ^F[    Download Kb left today.
  06-126  ^F~    Download delay in minutes.
  06-33   ^F!    # Minutes remaining until allowed to download.
  06-40   ^F(    Current file group name.
  06-41   ^F)    Current message group name.
  06-42   ^F*    Current file group number.
  06-43   ^F+    Current message group number.
  06-61   ^F=    User's fax number
  06-59   ^F;    Show password, or password character is passwords hidden

 Control-K (^F) is 
┌───────┬──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ASCII │ CODE │   DESCRIPTION                                    │
└───────┴──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  11-65   ^KA    Total number of calls to the BBS.
  11-66   ^KB    Name of the last user on the BBS.
  11-67   ^KC    Number of active Hudson message base messages.
  11-68   ^KD    Number of first message.
  11-69   ^KE    Number of last message.
  11-70   ^KF    Number of times user has paged the SysOp.
  11-71   ^KG    Day of the week (full).
  11-72   ^KH    Number of users on the BBS.
  11-73   ^KI    Current time.
  11-74   ^KJ    Today's date.
  11-75   ^KK    Minutes online during this session.
  11-77   ^KM    Minutes online today.
  11-79   ^KO    Minutes online left today.
  11-80   ^KP    Version number of ProBoard (x.xx)
  11-81   ^KQ    Daily online limit.
  11-82   ^KR    Baud rate.
  11-83   ^KS    Day of the week (short).
  11-84   ^KT    Daily download limit (Kbytes).
  11-87   ^KW    Node number.
  11-88   ^KX    Hang up phone.
  11-89   ^KY    Active message area name.
  11-90   ^KZ    Active file area name.
  11-48   ^K0    # Messages in active message area
  11-49   ^K1    Current message area #
  11-50   ^K2    Current file area #

You can also inform ProBoard about the length of a string to be placed in a textfile. This is done is the following way:

Between the first and last code, you can place '@' or '#' or '%' codes.
The field's length will be defined by the number of characters, first and
last control code included.  Use '@' to align (justify) a field to the
left, use '#' to align to the right and use '%' to center a field.

  Eg. ^K@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@B
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               23 X '@'

Thus, the total amount of characters equals 25, the user's name (^KB) will be placed in a 25-character field, left justified. You now can easily draw 'boxes' around this field, without having to worry about the actual length of the user's name.

An example of a textfile using the control codes: (the '^' stands for '^F') :

┌───────────┐
│ Some Info │
└───┬───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │ Your full name..... ^@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@A    │
    │ Calling from....... ^@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@B    │
    │ Last called........ ^@@@@@@@@@F at ^@@@@@@G               │
    │ Level.............. ^####O                                │
    │ Number of calls.... ^####P                                │
    ├──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┤
    │ Kb downloaded...... ^@@@@TK  │ Kb uploaded....... ^####RK │
    │ # downloads........ ^####S   │ # uploads......... ^####Q  │
    ├──────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┤
    │ Messages posted.... ^####M                                │
    │ Your flags......... ^@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@H    │
    ├─────────────────┐                                         │
    │ ANSI        ^#X ├─────────────────────────────────────────┘
    │ Clearscreen ^#Z │
    │ More prompt ^#Y │
    │ Editor      ^#O │
    └─────────────────┘  Press <Enter> to continue.^A