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REVISION HISTORY
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All upgraders should always let INSTALL or DMUTIL /M rebuild your MENU.BAT and
DOSMENU.INI files. You should then compare them with your originals (which
will be renamed to MENU.BA0 and DOSMENU.IN0) for any additions or changes.
7.0d
o A new utility, DMsurvey, has been added to the DOSmenu system.
It contains its own command processor to allow you to build
ineractive queries of network users. All answers can be
saved to separate user files or a single delmited data file
for later processing by any program.
7.0c
o Added more definable utility function keys under [Global Keys]
section of the DOSMENU.INI file. The Alt key definitions
"AltF? Text" and "AltF? Cmnd" have been increased to 8.
Similar options have been added for the Ctrl and Shift
function keys (1 through 8) as well.
o DMmanage now writes its /D delimited file to DMMANAGE.TXT in
the current directory.
7.0b
o Corrected DMmanage output of actual DOS conventional memory.
7.0a
o Added capability to use a double line in menus (LINE2) as well
as BLANK and LINE.
o When moving through menus, the selection bar now skips any
blank or lined menu items.
o When using the default one-key selection, the DOSmenu assigned
menu letters now skip blank and lined menu items.
o Most of the above are also true for "Pick" menus and DMselect.
o Menu items with questions, etc., are now signified with '..'.
o There are now more DOSmenu file editing options from the menu.
o A better Personal Menu help screen is now available.
o Fixed an anomaly that caused DMquery to work improperly.
{
Ver 7.0 includes a brand new version of DMlogin that does NOT use batch files.
You may need to reconfigure your login process before replacing your previous
version of DMlogin with this version.
}
7.0
o A brand new version of DMlogin is included. This version is
now very easy to setup and use. It requires no batch files
and works great with NetWare (even with VLMs). It has a
Built-in SLIST as well. A major upgrade.
o A new documentation file, DMLOGIN.DOC, is now included.
DMlogin documentation is no longer part of the DOSmenu
documentation file.
o For those who desire, DMlogin may now be purchased separately
as a standalone network login product.
o A "Temp Batch Directory" option is now available for use under
the [Network] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. This is used
to determine where any temporary run batch files for a user
will be written. This was previously defined under the
"Private Directory=" option but is now split off by itself.
If not filled in, then the private location is still used.
o You can now optionally use different colors for the main menu
and any sub-menu window panels in your menu system.
o You can now use DOS variables, like %MYVAR%, anywhere within
the DOSMENU.INI, DOSMENU.MNU, and DOSMENU.NTE files.
o You may now place blank or lined menu lines anywhere in your
menus with the keywords BLANK or LINE as a menu item with NO
command items following. See documentation for more.
o If a User is defined, either through the NetWare connection or
by defining a DOS variable in DOSMENU.INI for the user name,
you may use the phrase %DM_User% to substitute the user's
name anywhere. This is especially helpful if using NetWare
where a user's login name is not automatically set to a DOS
variable. The same holds true for the Server name: use
%DM_Server% in that case.
o These built-in system variables are also available for use as
above: %DM_Year%, %DM_Month%, and %DM_Day%.
o All DOSmenu logging is now done to a central log file.
o The "Use Menu Chevrons=" option now also includes a '≈' after
any menu item that ask a question or shows a list before it
runs. It signifies that the item will not run immediately.
o The DMselect Instant Menu Utility is now part of the shareware
package.
o Fixed an anomaly where the "Personal Directory=" line in the
DOSMENU.INI file only worked properly if you defined a root
directory like C:\. it now works for any directory.
o Fixed an anomaly that caused the FILE and DIRECTORY menu
rights to work incorrectly when not logged into the network.
o Many overall improvements have been made throughout the
product.
6.9j
o Fixed an anomaly that caused DOS to lose its Ctrl-Break key
and function capability if hardware managing was turned on
in DOSMENU.INI. This problem is also fixed in DMselect
o A "Use Connection Numbers" option is now available for use
under the [Network] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. This
is used to determine whether connection numbers will be used
as part of the temp batch file users create when running
multiple command line menu items (on NetWare networks only).
6.9i
o DMlogin's secret password can now be up to 43 characters in
length.
o Menu item description length has been increased to 60 chars.
o Any tab characters in the DOSMENU.NTE notes are now expanded
to eight characters.
6.9h
o A nifty instant menu utility, DMselect, has been added to the
registered distribution package. This utility is a must for
anyone doing networks.
o A "Frame Windows" option is now available for use under the
[Interface] section of the DOSMENU.INI file and the
DMLOGIN.INI file. This is used to determine whether the
normal program windows will use a frame or not.
o Fixed an anomaly where sometimes a ',' in a question right
(Q=...) caused a runtime 201 error.
o Fixed a minor Install error when attempting to install to the
same directory the installation files are located in.
6.9g
o You may now optionally define your own main help screen for
your users. This is done in DOSMENU.INI (run DMUTIL /M to
get a new DOSMENU.INI file that contains the new help screen
section. A "Use New Main Help Screen" option is available
for use under the [Interface] section of the DOSMENU.INI
file for this purpose as well. Please see documentation.
o If an item is not available to a user, the user no longer sees
it on their main help screen at all.
o A "Show Date/Time" option is now available for use under the
[Interface] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. If NO, then
the updated date and time will not be shown at the top of
the menu screen.
o A "Show F1/F10 Keys" option is now available for use under the
[Interface] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. If NO, then
the "F1 Help" and "F10 Quit" keys will not be shown at the
bottom of the menu screen, whether enabled or not.
o The DOS environment variable menu right, E=, is no longer
case sensitive on the _right_ side of the equation. In
other words, if DOS variable TEST=q or TEST=Q, then
{e=test~q} will return true in both cases.
o The "Use Simple Admin Tool" option is no longer definable in
DOSMENU.INI. Instead, F9 always edits the current menu file
while Ctrl+F9 always edits all menu system files.
o When using F9 to edit the current menu file, DMutil will find
the item you were pointing to in DOSmenu and take you there
automatically.
o DMlist can now write blocks of a viewed file to another file,
and backup and delete the viewed file (registered version).
6.9f
o Fixed an anomaly where "fill and pick" did not work correctly
when both [] and {{}} were used together on a single line
command (vs multi-line commands) for a menu item.
6.9e
o Fixed a recently introduced anomaly where the Alt_F1..F5 keys
would not work.
6.9d
o The '<>' set has been added for filling command lines with
parameters. This is just like the '[]' set except that this
fill is optional.
o Added DOSmenu path to workstation status screens for debugging
purposes.
o Support Group and Support User options now remain in force
even after slecting new menu files.
6.9c
o "Fill and Pick" symbols can now be located on any menu item
command, even those with multiple command lines.
o The maximum length of menu item command lines has been
increased to 120 characters.
o The maximum number of sub-menus has been reduced to 35 so that
the maximum number of command lines per menu item could be
increased to 35.
o A "Support Group" option is now available for use under the
[Security] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. This may be
used by support users to see all menu items in a menu
file that are otherwise restricted by the u= and g= rights
(user and group rights will be ignored). This is for
testing only and this user is still subject to the maximum
numbers of sub-menus and any other memory limits.
o A "Support User" option is now available for use under the
[Security] section of the DOSMENU.INI file. This may be
used by an administrator to see all menu items in a menu
file (all rights will be ignored). This is for testing only
and this user is still subject to the maximum numbers of
sub-menus and any other memory limits.
o One new loading message option has been added to MENU.BAT.
6.9b
o DMsaver (the screen saver) now ships with the shareware
package. It also now can use the user's NetWare password to
protect the workstation when it activates.
o A "Sreen Saver NetWare Password" option is now available for
use under the [Interface] section of the DOSMENU.INI file.
This is used to determine whether the screen saver will
use the NetWare password or not when using DMsaver.
o A new key has been added for the screen saver. You may now
press Ctrl+Alt any time you are in DOSmenu to immediately
invoke the screen saver to help with workstation security.
o 'A'..'P' letter keys work properly in the pick function now.
o A ZoomAll option has been added to the DMutil Windows menu.
6.9a
o "Fill and Pick" has been enhanced. Additionally, you may now
define text files to hold pickable items -- so you may pick
anything you wish!
o Fill now restricts the user to that portion of the menu item
command line.
o DMutil now has online help all about "Fill and Pick".
o NOTE: The '|' pick character has changed to surrounding the
pick specification with '{{...}}'. See the documentation
for specifics.
o NOTE: The '@' character, previously used for unrestricted
filling in of command lines, is now GONE. If you were using
this character in your menus, YOU MUST REPLACE it with '[]',
the new fill indicator. Check especially any personal menus
under the (Directory of...) default item.
o The '@' character is now correctly interpreted in a file name
in menu item file names.
o DOSmenu menu files may now have a '_' in their file name.
o The cursor now works properly in DMutil from the install
process.
6.9
o DOSmenu now has built in pick lists for specified directories
and files for use with menu item commands. For example, to
have a menu choice that views all *.txt files in \data, the
menu command would be:
dmview |\data\*.txt {| signifies make a pick list}
This command will bring up a pick list of the available
files for the user to choose from.
o DOSmenu now can allow users to fill in parts of the menu item
command line. For example, to have a menu choice that asks
which file to edit, the menu command may be
wp f:\data\wp\[].doc {[] signifies the fill in place}
This command will ask the user to fill in the missing data.
o The above two features, picks and fills, may be used together.
For example:
wp |f:\data\%user%\wp\[]\*.doc {fill in and then pick}
o DMmanage is now run by DOSmenu (instead of by MENU.BAT) when
Hardware Managing Services are turned on in DOSMENU.INI.
This allows the MENU.BAT cycle to run faster.
o New "Mouse Group=" and "Nomouse Group=" exception groups are
now available in DOSMENU.INI for group-based mouse support.
o The F9 Admin password, if defined, now also protects the F7
view menu items commands feature.
o Four new utilities have been added to the registered package:
DMchkDir, DMdirF, DMdirS and DMupdWS. See documentation for
specifics.