Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 01:37:34 12/08/02
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On December 07, 2002 at 11:34:30, Edward Seid wrote: Hi I tried your three bat file approach. There seem to be a small problem. It opens and closes, opens and closes every 30 seconds. :) -S. >If disconnecting is your problem, I'd like to share my elegant (IMO) solution. > >For my automatic chess server activities, I use 3 files. > >1) A batch file to start everything. >FRENZEE.BAT >----------- >REM -- >REM -- Start WinBoard in Zippy mode, and restart it each time it exits. >REM -- > >sleep 30 >:loop >start /w winboard -debug @Frenzee.ini >sleep 30 >goto loop > >2) A seperate .ini file which loads AFTER (and overrides) the default >winboard.ini >FRENZEE.INI >----------- >/zp >/zippyPassword apasswordhere >/zippyPassword2 anotherpasswordhere > >;ICC >/ics >/icshost chessclub.com >/icsport 5000 >/icshelper timestamp >/icslogon FRENZEE.logon > >; Frenzee >/fd=G:\Fischer\Chess\Frenzee\Frenzee_ICC >/fcp=Frenzee > >/saveGameFile=G:\Fischer\Chess\Frenzee\Frenzee_ICC\FRENZEE_ICC.pgn >/autoSaveGames=true > >/xtop >/xanimate > >/autoCallFlag=false >/xexit >/zippyMaxGames 10 >/zippyReplayTimeout 3600 > >/zippyGameEnd='seek 10 0 f m\nseek 15 0 f m\nseek 25 0 f m\nresume\naway\n' > >3) A file with the account login info >FRENZEE.LOGON >------------- >HandleHere >PasswordHere >seek 10 0 f m >seek 15 0 f m >seek 25 0 f m >resume > >The only other thing you need is the Sleep utility which can be found at >http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10121017.html?tag=lst-0-4 > >FRENZEE.BAT will pause 30 seconds, then attempt to connect to ICC. If it ever >disconnects, it will wait 30 seconds and try to reconnect. > >If you ever want to stop playing, just close out the DOS console that is running >FRENZEE.BAT, and issue the 'exit' command in the Winboard/ICC console. > >I hope that helps.
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