Text Files

Directory where ProBoard's textfiles are stored (drive included!).

RIP Files

Directory where ProBoard's RIP files are stored (drive included!).

RIP Icons

Directory where ProBoard's RIP icons are stored (drive included!).

Menus

Directory where ProBoard's menus are stored (drive included!).

Message Base

Directory where the message base will be stored (drive included!).

Uploads

Directory where the users' uploads will be stored (drive included!).

Private Uploads

Directory where personal files are stored. (for file exchanges between users).

Nodelist Directory

Directory where the nodelist is located. For use by the nodelist compiler. Leave this field blank if you do not have a nodelist.

PEX Files

Directory where the PEX files will be stored.

Editor Command

The external editor's filename and path (eg. C:\GEDIT\GEDIT.EXE). You can also specify a PEX file here by using a “@” as the first character.

You can also use shell options here.

It appears that if you are using GEdit v2.00 or v2.01 that you will need to write an RA 1.1x style EXITINFO.BBS file to make GEdit work with ProBoard 2.16 and higher. This is done with the Menu Function 7 “*E” parameter. Refer to Menu Function 7 for more info.

   Example: *SGEDIT\GEDIT.EXE -N*#*E
   Example: @MYEDIT  (for a PEX file).

If you are not using an external editor, leave this field blank and ProBoard will default to it's internal line editor (you can also use ProBoard's internal fullscreen editor by enabling the next option).

NOTE: this command will be ignored if ProBoard's internal fullscreen editor is enabled with the next option.

Use internal fullscreen editor

Set this to “Yes” to enable the built-in editor fullscreen editor instead of the external editor defined in “Editor Command”. When the internal fullscreen editor is enabled, the external editor will be ignored.

External Chat

Path to your external chat program. If one is defined here it will be executed instead of ProBoard's internal chat routine. You can specify either a chat door (.EXE) or a chat PEX (.PEX) file here.

If you want to specify an .EXE file, enter the full path to the program. (see example below).

If you want to specify a PEX file, you must place a “@” character before the command line. (see example below).

You can also use the “Shell” (Menu Function 7) parameters (like *X etc.) or the text macros (@<…>@).

To use the built-in chat routine in ProBoard, leave this line blank.

   Example: *E*SGCHAT.EXE D E    (.EXE chat door)
   Example: *@TheChat            (.PEX chat door)