While writing to disk with an engraving tool, Roy went on about dowload 
protocols to  all
 RJT> I've sat here and watched some users get totally lost when it
 RJT> comes to selecting a download protocol.  
Seen that myself a few times :-)
 RJT> What I'd like is to be able to implement some way to suggest to a
 RJT> user that,  if they don't have a default protocol set,  that they
 RJT> might want to do so and get it over with.
Actually, it'd be VERY simple.
In your WELCOME.MEC or somewhere else that's suitable, you can simply add
[IFNEW] [LINK]MISC\DLPROTOC
(or is that [FILENEW]?)
And in MISC\DLPROTOC.MEC :
[CLS]
It is reccomended that if you haven't set a default download protocol, you do 
so now. 
When you go to download files from the BBS, this protocol will be used 
automatically instead of asking you for one each time. I personally reccomend 
ZMODEM, if your system supports it (blah blah blah) 
[MNU_CMD CHG_PROTOCOL]
(or whatever it is to call the Protocol_Default option)
{end of file}
This way, a user will only see the file once, on their first call after you 
install it (regardless of how many times they've called before), then they 
can set the option and forget about it. I reccomend you actually use a 
different directory if you're like me, and often change lots of .MEC files 
then run MECCA MISC\*.MEC (which of course compiles all MEC files, and all 
those called with the [IFNEW] option get shown to everyone again, which if 
there's a few of them gets kinda annoying :-)
Hope this is of help to ya..
Dave
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