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- Documentation for
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- MENU CONSTRUCTION KIT
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- This program is distributed under the concept of Shareware.
- It may be given out freely. But if you like and find it useful,
- please send $5.00 to:
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- Cinway Software
- 1966 Longwood Court
- LaPlace, La. 70068
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- This will make you a registered user, and allow you to
- receive updates at a nominal fee of $3.00 (to cover the cost of
- the disk and postage). Updates will only be available through
- the mail to registered users. Your support will allow me to
- continue writing this kind of software. THANK YOU!! Now on with
- the good stuff.
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- M.C.K. will allow you to enter the entire name of all
- program files on the disk, then load and run the program of your
- choice at the push of a single key. The menu is set to autorun
- at boot up and will run any GEM program (I haven't found one yet
- that won't run). The construction program will run in medium or
- high res. And the menu created by this program will run in all
- three resolutions. There are two drawbacks to this system.
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- 1. All programs on a disk must be capable of running in
- the same resolution.
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- 2. The system takes up about 12K of disk space. (Sorry
- about that, I tried to keep the code as short as
- possible)
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- If these aren't a problem for you, then read on.
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- BUILD MENU
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- CREATE NEW MENU - When creating an autoboot menu for a disk for the
- first time, select this option. The disk you
- want to create the menu for must be inserted into
- drive A before selecting this option. Files to
- be run must be on the disk. You will be shown a
- file selector box and asked to select a file.
- Only files with 'prg', 'tos', and 'ttp'
- extensions should be selected. Once a file is
- selected you will be asked to enter the full
- title. You can enter the full title of the
- program along with version numbers or anything
- else you care to. You will then be asked if you
- would like to do another. You can enter 'N' for
- no and return to the main screen, or 'Y' (or
- just hit 'RETURN') to continue.
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- ADD TO CURRENT MENU - Select this option to add to a menu file
- that was loaded in from a disk or has been
- created with the "CREATE NEW MENU' option.
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- EDIT MENU IN MEMORY - Use this option to change a title to suit
- your tastes. You can also delete a title
- entirely from the menu file. Don't forget to
- save your menu file after you finish.
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- CREATE MENU SYSTEM - This will write all the files nescessary to
- autoboot the menu and display the files on your
- disk. It will create an 'AUTO' folder and write
- the boot information inside. It will then write
- MENU.PRG and MENU.DAT in the root directory. If
- you already have an AUTO folder on your disk, it
- and the programs inside will remain intact. Any
- programs in the AUTO folder not written by
- M.C.K. may cause problems. You'll have to
- experiment. This option also deletes
- 'desktop.inf'. It isn't used and will increase
- load time slightly. You can always add it back
- after if you wish.
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- MENU I/O
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- SHOW MENU - Will show current menu file in memory. Good for
- checking to see if it's the way you want it before
- saving.
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- LOAD MENU - Loads a 'MENU.DAT' file from a disk that already has
- the menu system on it. 'MENU.DAT' file can be easily
- changed to correspond with program deletions, title
- changes or additions. Use the ADD and EDIT options.
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- SAVE MENU - Saves the 'MENU.DAT' file after alterations have been
- made.
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- The program should run cleanly as is. The only time I have
- encountered problems was when I didn't leave the computer off
- long enough before booting. If you find any bugs or just want to
- leave a comment, you can reach me on GENIE. My address is
- 'W.BABIN'.
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- ENJOY!!!!!!
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