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- MR. MENU
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- Ok so I didn't use alot of time thinking up the name MR. MENU, but this is
- a fast, easy way to create a menu that will do anything you can do from DOS.
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- FEATURES
-
- MR MENU will generate the majority of your batch for you, only leaving the
- actual commands to be inserted. You should be able to create a total full
- featured menu in about an hour. After doing the first one you should be able
- to cut that in half.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- To gain the best use of this program please install ANSI.SYS in your
- CONFIG.SYS file. This will allow you to access the fantastic abilitys of a
- program called THEDRAW to create your menu screens. As far as memory and
- go, if your computer is an IBM compatible and will boot up it should run
- this program. The code generator is not memory resident nor are the utilities
- included.
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- SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- Included in this package are the following files.
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- MASTER.EXE The code generator
- SAMPLE.COM A sample menu screen
- SAMPLE1.COM Another sample menu screen
- MRMENU.DOC This file
- ANSWER.COM Creates errorlevel codes for your batch files
- MRMENU.BAT The sample batch file
- MRMENU2.BAT The other sample batch file
- JOT.EXE A public domain text editor
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- In addition you will need a program called THEDRAW, it is avalible on almost
- every bulletin board in the country. Other wise you'll have to recode one
- line of your batch file but that will be no big deal. However you don't get
- the great colors and animation of THEDRAW that way. In any event it is
- possible to use a text editor and create good menus but to create GREAT ones
- use THEDRAW.
-
- An Ascii text editor will also be needed but I think everyone with a computer
- has one. I included a public domaian program call JOT. I did not write it nor
- do I take any credit for it. However it's pretty good.
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- Again install ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. The format for doing so is
- device=ansi.sys
- That's all there is to it, if you're not sure about the CONFIG.SYS file
- check your DOS manual!
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- LEGAL JUNK
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- THIS IS A SHAREWARE PROGRAM YOU MAY TRY IT, HOWEVER IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE
- IT YOU MUST REGISTER MR MENU.
-
- BECAUSE OF THE VAST NUMBER OF CONFIGURATIONS IN HARDWARE OUT THERE TODAY I
- MAKE NO WARRANTY AS TO FITNESS OF THIS PROGRAM FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE USER
- ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY IN DETERMINING WHAT PROGRAMS ARE FIT TO USE ON HIS
- OR HER INDIVIDUAL MACHINE. I WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES
- RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM. I DO HOWEVER GUARANTEE YOUR
- SATISFATION, IF YOU REGISTER MR. MENU, IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT YOU ARE UNHAPPY
- WITH YOUR PURCHASE YOU MAY RETURN IT FOR A PROMPT FULL REFUND! A REFUND WILL
- BE CONSIDERED THE FULL EXTENT OF MY LIABILIY IN ALL CASES!
-
- MAKING A MENU
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- To create a menu you need to first decide what you would like it to do. Get
- out a piece of paper and write down what you would like to automate on your
- computer. Put your list in the order you want to have listed on the actual
- menu, assigning letters to each item startin with A.
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- After you have done that fire up your copy (register it) of THEDRAW and
- draw your menu screen. I'm sure you can come up with a nice screen just be
- sure to list each item with their corresponding letter.
-
- EXAMPLE
-
- A. LOTUS 123
- B. THEDRAW
- C. WORD PERFECT
- ESC TO QUIT
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- As soon as you have it finished save using the cOm funtion in THEDRAW.
- This will create an executable file. To check if you did it right type in
- the name of the file you just created. If the file name was MENU.COM you
- would type
- MENU
- at the dos prompt and your screen should come up immediately on the screen.
-
- At this point you are ready to create your menu. This will be a batch file
- and it will be generated by the program MASTER.EXE. Start the program by
- typing.
- MASTER
- you will be taken through a series of questions just answer them according
- to the needs of your menu. For the above menu example you would answer
- 3 when asked how many choices you wished on your menu and you would answer
- MENU when asked for the name of your .com file. In the event you are not
- to use THEDRAW to create your menu screen you would type in any thing that
- was easily remembered like your name.
-
- After you answer all the questions the program will write most of your batch
- file for you! You then can test it by typing the name you gave your batch file
- EXAMPLE
- MYMENU
-
- All that remains to be done now is to type in the dos commands you wish to
- do. A hint : the end of a line equals pressing the return key. For example:
- To do the menu above you would load your batch file into your favorite editor
- and do the following.
- ON THE LINE UNDER :CHOICEA you would type the following if Lotus was in a
- directory call c:\lotus
- cd\lotus
- 123
-
- you could then erase the PAUSE statement and that entry would be done.
-
- If you want to nest menus you may easily do that by adding the menu name on
- your first menu. To get to that menu you need add the line COMMAND/C MENUNAME
- with MENUNAME being the name of your second menu. This will take you right to
- the second menu.
-
- Take a few minutes and look at the included sample menus.
-
- REGISTRATION
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- You may register this program by sending $5.00 to
-
- RIVERSOFT
- 509 VINE
- LEAVENWORTH, KS. 66048
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- THANKS,
-
- Bob Fairburn
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