GG> I run my doors like this:
 GG>      Display_File       misc\DoorSys             Normal  "3The Pit"
 GG>   NoDsp Xtern_DOS       doors\PIT.BAT            Normal  "3"
 GG> This is just how I prefer to do it.
I usually just use
  Xtern_dos      pit.bat                  Normal  "3 The Pit"
My leaving.mec looks like:
[comment
                This file creates all the dropfiles for max
][link]misc\dorinfo
[link]misc\doorsys
[link]misc\wwiv
[link]misc\srdoor
since this is called on all external programs, it creates ALL the drop files 
whenever a door is run. saves lots of repetition in menus.ctl.
srdoor.mec is the drop file that bre/fe/tal etc use. it just saves running 
srdoor.exe. the rest are included with max. here's srdoor.mec (originally by 
Jason Hendriks, i think ;) )
[delete]c:\max\Node%k\DOORFILE.SR
[open]c:\max\Node%k\DOORFILE.SR
[comment  1][write]%r          [comment Real Name]
[comment  2][write]%g          [comment ANSI support (1/Y/G/C = yes)]
[comment  3][write]0           [comment IBM charaters (1/Y/G = yes)]
[comment  5][write]24          [comment number of lines on the screen]
[comment  6][write]%b          [comment baud rate]
[islocal][write]0[comment                             COM port]
[isremote][iftask]2 [write]4[comment                  COM port]
[isremote][iftask]3 [write]3[comment                  COM port]
[comment  8][write]%t          [comment time left (minutes)]
[comment  9][write]%n          [comment Username or First name]
[comment  -][open]Nul          [comment Close the file]
i use c:\max\node#\ for drop files, depending on the node number. the 
[isremote] stuff is for OS/2, with dos you can just use
[write]%P
I use this in all my drop files, it's easier than using the node number as 
the com port, which is another way to do it =)
ttyl, greg
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