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                    AUTO-MIGHT PROFESSIONAL V2.0

                Developed by The Pendulum Group, Inc.

                   One-Event Demonstration Version

                            USER'S MANUAL


          Developed by:     The Pendulum Group, Inc.
                            333 W. Hampden Avenue #1015
                            Englewood, Colorado  80110
                 Voice:     [phone]
                   FAX:     [phone]


  Copyright 1993  -  The Pendulum Group, Inc.   All rights reserved.
  Auto-Might Professional is a trademark of The Pendulum Group, Inc.

  INTRODUCTION

  Welcome to the world of unattended operation of your computer. Auto-Might
  Professional is a powerful program that you can learn to use in only a
  few minutes to automatically execute any program or utility.

  Auto-Might Professional is a combination of two memory resident programs,
  an event processor and a keyboard macro builder.  This means it can run
  programs and utilities for you as if you yourself were sitting at the
  keyboard of your computer typing the commands.

  To process an event, Auto-Might Professional needs to know three things:

  1.  The keystrokes that run the program or utility.

  2.  What time of day or on what date the event should be processed.

  3.  How frequently the event should be processed. (One Time, Daily,
      Weekly, or Monthly).

  Thus Auto-Might Professional gives you the ability to execute programs
  and utilities just once or on a regular basis when the computer is
  unattended, at night, or on holidays.  This demo version of Auto-Might
  Professional allows only one event to be scheduled.

  HOW DOES AUTO-MIGHT PROFESSIONAL WORK?

  Auto-Might Professional is a memory-resident program, which means it
  stays in your computer's memory regardless of what other programs you may
  run.  Auto-Might Professional is usually loaded when the system is
  booted, at which time it reads an Auto-Might Professional file containing
  your events.  AutoMight Professional continually monitors its own
  internal clock and calendar, comparing that to the events scheduled.

  When the time comes for an event to be processed, Auto-Might Professional
  will attempt to process it.  Note that an Auto-Might Professional event
  can feed keystrokes to a program already running, but normally an
  Auto-Might Professional event starts a program at the DOS prompt.  If
  scheduled, Auto-Might Professional cannot start a second program.
  Auto-Might Professional was designed to be fully compatible with other
  memory-resident programs.

  Before executing an event, a warning window will appear on the screen.
  The window displays the name of the event and the event's number.  If no
  one responds by pressing one of the three function keys, Auto-Might
  Professional will beep once each minute for five minutes.  After five
  minutes, AutoMight Professional assumes the machine is idle and processes
  the event.

  If you press the F1 key, Auto-Might Professional will immediately process
  the event.

  If you press the F2 key, the warning window will disappear, and
  Auto-Might Professional will "snooze" for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes,
  the warning window will reappear.

  If you press the F3 key, Auto-Might Professional will cancel execution of
  the scheduled event for this time only.  That is, if it is a recurring
  event scheduled to be processed each Wednesday, it will still be
  processed next Wednesday.

  USING THIS MANUAL

  In this manual, the key that we call <enter> may be called "return" in
  other publications.  We call it <enter> because when typing command
  strings in Auto-Might Professional, you specify this key as <enter>.

  SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

  1.   Install this Demo following the instructions on the diskette and
       those that appear during the installation process.

       Note:  The spelling of the Auto-Might Professional program is
       abbreviated as "automite".  DOS does not allow names longer than 8
       characters.

  2.   Now add a command to the DOS file autoexec.bat that will load the
       Auto-Might Professional program into memory each time the system is
       booted.  Add the following lines to the autoexec.bat file:

       cd\automite

       automite

       cd\

       Note:  These lines must not precede any commands in the autoexec.bat
       file that set the date and time of the computer.  Do not change the
       computer's date or time with the DOS date and time commands after
       Auto-Might Professional has been loaded.  Otherwise, Auto-Might
       Professional's calendar and clock will not be synchronized with the
       computer's clock and calendar.

       At some point while the system is booting, you should see the
       message on your screen:

              Auto-Might Professional Event Processor
                      Successfully Installed

       This message tells you that Auto-Might Professional is now resident
       in your computer's memory, it has read the event file, and is ready
       to execute the event found there.

  GETTING STARTED WITH THIS DEMO

  To start the program, you must have installed the Auto-Might Demo as
  previously described.  Auto-Might Professional must be resident in memory
  to process an event.

  Once installed, the following menu screen will appear:

       Auto-Might Demo Manual                      F1
       Ordering Information                        F2
       Auto-Key Highlights                         F3
       Why You Need Auto-Might Professional        F4
       Testimonials                                F5
       _________________________________________________

       Exit to Auto-Might's One Event           Alt-X


  You may highlight the field you want or hit the appropriate Function Key.
  The F1 - F5 Keys are all text files which can be printed and reviewed.
  We highly recommend that the Auto-Might Demo Manual be printed so that
  you can understand the basic workings of the software. Additionally, the
  Keystroke Table is very important to the setting up of your one event.

  NOTE:  To print any of the text files in this manual, use the DOS copy
         command.  As an example, to print the manual for this demo type:
         COPY MANUAL.TXT PRN

  If after exiting this Demo you wish to return at a later time, the
  following procedure should be followed; Begin in the directory that
  contains the Auto-Might Demo, usually called "automite".

  This Demo allows you to enter two commands at the prompt of the
  "automite" directory.  These commands are "menu" and "autoedit".

  Typing in:  menu <enter>, brings up the menu shown above. Typing in:
  autoedit <enter>,  brings up Auto-Might's One Event.

  To bring up the Auto-Might Professional event scheduling screen, called
  autoedit, enter

  autoedit

  The event scheduling screen is simple to use, but does require that you
  enter the command string precisely.  We suggest you test an event command
  string yourself before entering it into Auto-Might Professional to be
  certain that it will do what you intended.  Since it is critical that
  Auto-Might Professional have the exact key sequence needed to execute the
  event, you may want to write down each keystroke as you test it.

  FUNCTION KEYS

  Several function key descriptions appear across the bottom of the
  Auto-Might Professional event scheduling screen, which are described
  below.  In addition, several other keys can be used on this screen; they
  are also described below.

  F1 - PREVIOUS EVENT

  Auto-Might Professional Version 2.0 has an 8 and 32 event version; this
  function key scrolls the event display one event closer to event number
  1.

  F2 - NEXT EVENT

  Auto-Might Professional Version 2.0 has an 8 and 32 event version; this
  function key scrolls the event display one event closer to the last
  numbered event, either 8 or 32.

  F3 - SAVE

  This function key saves to disk any changes made to any event.

  F5 - COPY

  Auto-Might Professional Version 2.0 has an 8 and 32 event version; this
  function key allows you to copy previously defined events.

  F4 - CANCEL

  This function key erases all information for the event currently
  displayed.

  F10 - QUIT

  This function key terminates the current editing session, and returns you
  to the DOS prompt.

  ENTER  (or RETURN)

  This key moves the cursor to the next field on the screen.

  UP ARROW

  This key moves the cursor up through the fields on the screen.

  DOWN ARROW

  This key moves the cursor down through the fields on the screen.

  Other Editing Keys like the insert, delete, and destructive backspace
  keys can also be used when editing events.

  EASY EVENTS

  Auto-Might Professional's keyboard macro AutoKey can "record" the
  keystrokes necessary to execute an event, and assign a key combination to
  that recording.  Auto-Might Professional will enter the key combination
  at the time you specify causing the macro program to replay the pre-
  recorded keystrokes.

  When programming an event, simply enter the key combination in the
  Keystrokes field of the Auto-Might Professional event scheduling screen.
  See the Keystroke Table for a list of key combinations supported by
  Auto-Might Professional.

  We are unable to provide the macro capability of AutoKey in this demo.
  We are assuming you have knowledge of the use of macros.  For more
  information about AutoKey, go to the AutoMight Demo Menu and press the
  function key F3.

  EXAMPLE 1:  DOS DIRECTORY

  Demo Event #1 instructs Auto-Might Professional to execute a "dir"
  command, which will display a directory on the screen.  Press <enter>
  twice to skip the date and time. We will come back to these fields later.

  REPEAT FREQUENCY

  Type D at the Repeats prompt so the event will occur daily. Auto-Might
  Professional will display a "Y" under each normal workday, Monday through
  Friday.  So far you have told AutoMight Professional that you want this
  event to occur every workday of each week.  We want to execute this event
  today.

  Press <enter> until the cursor is at the Title field.

  EVENT NUMBER, TITLE AND KEYSTROKES

  Auto-Might Professional will automatically number this event as number
  "1".  Now, in the Title field enter:

  DOS Directory

  as the title of this event.  You can enter up to 20 characters for a
  title.  Press enter to move to the Keystrokes field. In the Keystrokes
  field, type the following keystrokes:

  dir<ENTER>

  You can enter up to 512 keystrokes.  Note that <ENTER> tells Auto-Might
  Professional to simulate pressing the enter key after feeding the
  keystrokes "dir" into the system.

  Press <enter> to move to the Date field.

  DATE, TIME AND DAY

  The fields in the upper left of the screen are for the date, time,
  repeats, and day of the week.  Type:

  01 01 1993

  in the Date field.  Since this is a daily event, the starting date is not
  important as long as it is some date and/or time in the past.  You must
  use a date and/or time in the future for a one-time event; however, you
  can use a date in the future for the first occurrence of any event
  regardless of the frequency, daily, weekly, or monthly.

  Press <enter> to move to the Time field.

  Look at the current date and time display in the upper right section of
  the screen, and enter a time in the Time field that is one or two minutes
  from now.  Enter it in 12-hour time, and specify a.m. or p.m.

  Note:  When entering times, 12:00 am is midnight and 12:00 pm is noon.
  To enter a time such as half past midnight, you would enter 12:30 am.

  SAVE THE EVENT

  Press the F3 function key to save the new event and tell the Auto-Might
  Professional event processor about the new event. Press F10 to quit the
  editor and return to DOS.  Now wait for the warning window to be
  displayed.

  When the warning window "pops up", press F1 to tell Auto-Might
  Professional it is OK to run the event.  AutoMight Professional will
  simulate typing the commands for a DOS directory; the directory list will
  appear on your screen.

  EXAMPLE 2:  COLD OR WARM BOOT THE COMPUTER

  You can include an Auto-Might Professional code in an event that will
  cold boot, or warm boot your computer, <CBOOT> and <WBOOT>.  A cold boot
  completely resets your system, as though you turned the power switch off
  and then on again. A warm boot has the same effect as pressing the keys
  ctrl-alt-del simultaneously.

  The only keystrokes in this event are the Event Processor's code for cold
  or warm booting the computer <CBOOT> or <WBOOT>. It is not necessary to
  include the code for enter command. We recommend only <CBOOT> or <WBOOT>
  be entered in the event. No other keystrokes should precede or follow
  this code.


  CAUTION:  Programs that are running when Auto-Might Professional
  processes a boot code may not have saved data to disk or closed any files
  in use, so data loss is possible. Please be careful!  We strongly suggest
  this function not be used in any event when the /w option (disable
  warning window) was specified at the time Auto-Might Professional was
  loaded.  We also suggest the event title warn that the event re-boots the
  system.

  OPTIONS AND FUNCTIONS

  This section describes Auto-Might Professional's DOS command line options
  and the functions available within Auto-Might Professional.  The command
  line options provide quick installation or un-installation of Auto-Might
  Professional, allow you to run Auto-Might Professional without the pop up
  window being displayed, and allow you to reset the cursor when necessary.
  Auto-Might Professional Functions allow you to delay some portion of an
  event (wait codes), print a hardcopy of the screen during or after an
  event, or define an event that cold or warm boots the system.

  COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

  Auto-Might Professional offers several DOS command line options for use
  with the event processor (automite.com).

  /u   Un-install     Un-install removes Auto-Might Professional from
       memory (it is the opposite of entering "automite").

  /w   Disable Warning Window   This option disables the warning window.
       When automite is run with this option, Auto-Might Professional will
       not display the warning window prior to processing any event.
       Events run immediately.  You are not warned that an event is about
       to begin.  The event cannot be snoozed or cancelled.

  WAIT CODES

  You can insert a code between groups of keystrokes in an event that tells
  Auto-Might Professional to wait the specified number of seconds or
  minutes before processing the remaining keystrokes in the event.  This is
  called a Wait Code.  Delays can be from 1 second to 999 minutes and you
  can put as many wait codes in a single event as you wish.

  Auto-Might Professional has two wait codes, <waitM-nnn> for minutes or
  <waitS-nnn> for seconds where nnn is a number between 1 and 999.  Wait
  codes can be used in any combination to achieve the desired delay.

  PRINT SCREEN CODE

  You can include an Auto-Might Professional code in an event that will
  print a hardcopy of the screen at that moment. Auto-Might Professional
  simulates your pressing the shift-prtsc keys.

  NOTE:  You may want to insert a wait code of a few seconds in front of
  the <PRTSC> function, to allow time for the event to display the desired
  information on the screen.

  TIPS, HINTS AND TRICKS

  We have included a few tips, hints, and tricks from current Auto-Might
  Professional users and from our staff.  If you have suggestions, please
  write or call.

  MAKING SURE EVENTS RUN EXACTLY WHEN YOU WANT THEM TO

  Remember, Auto-Might Professional displays the warning window for five
  minutes before processing the event when the computer is unattended.  For
  example, if you want your event to run unattended at midnight, schedule
  it for   11:55 p.m.

  RUNNING COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS

  If your communications software has a command, script, or batch file
  processing capability, we recommend you use that software to perform the
  step-by-step procedures within the communications session.  Use
  Auto-Might Professional to start the communications software and run that
  script or batch file.

  BUILDING EVENTS SLOWLY BUT SURELY

  Build your event file by adding one keystroke at a time and testing it up
  to that point.  If a step that was supposed to happen instead fails,
  insert a wait code at that point, and continue adding one keystroke at a
  time, or one wait code and one keystroke at a time, until the event is
  complete. If after a wait code keystrokes still disappear, try a longer
  wait period.  Use "Auto-Key" wherever applicable.

  TESTING COMPLICATED EVENTS

  Divide complicated events into segments.  Build and test each segment as
  suggested above.  After all segments work as desired, combine them into a
  single event, or use "AutoKey" and "Record" the appropriate keystrokes.

  DISABLING AN EVENT

  To disable an event without erasing it from the event file simply enter
  in all zeros for the starting date.

  TECHNICAL INFORMATION - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  COMPUTER HARDWARE

  Auto-Might Professional operates on IBM PS/2, PC, XT, AT, SX and
  compatible computers.

  MEMORY REQUIREMENTS

  Once installed, Auto-Might Professional uses less than 8K of memory.  The
  event editor, autoedit, requires approximately 40K of memory when active.

  OPERATING SYSTEM

  Disk operating systems PC-DOS or MS-DOS versions 2.1 or above.  The
  program does not work in Windows, Desqview, or with Emulation packages.

  KEYSTROKE TABLE

  Auto-Might Professional also recognizes numerous key combinations.  The
  following table lists the special key combinations supported by
  Auto-Might Professional.


  Note:  NUM key combinations refer to the keys and characters on the
  numeric keypad, as opposed to those on the typewriter portion of your
  keyboard.


  SUPPORTED KEY COMBINATIONS

 <ALT-!> <ALT-#> <ALT-$> <ALT-%> <ALT-&> <ALT-(> <ALT-)> <ALT-*> <ALT-+>
 <ALT-─> <ALT-0> <ALT-1> <ALT-2> <ALT-3> <ALT-4> <ALT-5> <ALT-6> <ALT-7>
 <ALT-8> <ALT-9> <ALT-=> <ALT-@> <ALT-A> <ALT-B> <ALT-C> <ALT-D> <ALT-E>
 <ALT-ENTER> <ALT-F> <ALT-F1> <ALT-F2> <ALT-F3> <ALT-F4> <ALT-F5> <ALT-F6>
 <ALT-F7> <ALT-F8> <ALT-F9> <ALT-F10> <ALT-G> <ALT-H> <ALT-I> <ALT-J>
 <ALT-K> <ALT-L> <ALT-M> <ALT-N> <ALT-O> <ALT-P> <ALT-Q> <ALT-R> <ALT-S>
 <ALT-T> <ALT-U> <ALT-V> <ALT-W> <ALT-X> <ALT-Y> <ALT-Z> <ALT-^> <ALT-_>

 <BACKSPACE> <BACKTAB> <CTRL-─> <CTRL-2> <CTRL-6> <CTRL-@> <CTRL-A>
 <CTRL-B> <CTRL-BACKSPACE> <CTRL-D> <CTRL-E> <CTRL-END> <CTRL-ENTER>
 <CTRL-F> <CTRL-F1> <CTRL-F2><CTRL-F3> <CTRL-F4> <CTRL-F5> <CTRL-F6>
 <CTRL-F7> <CTRL-F8> <CTRL-F9> <CTRL-F10> <CTRL-G> <CTRL-H> <CTRL-HOME>
 <CTRL-I> <CTRL-J> <CTRL-K> <CTRL-L> <CTRL-LEFT> <CTRL-M> <CTRL-N>
 <CTRL-NUM-*> <CTRL-O> <CTRL-P> <CTRL-PGDN> <CTRL-PGUP> <CTRL-Q> <CTRL-R>
 <CTRL-RIGHT> <CTRL-S> <CTRL-T> <CTRL-U> <CTRL-V> <CTRL-W> <CTRL-X>
 <CTRL-Y> <CTRL-Z> <CTRL-[> <CTRL-\> <CTRL-]> <CTRL-^> <CTRL-_> <CTRL-{>
 <CTRL-|> <CTRL-}> <CBOOT>

 <DEL> <DOWN> <END> <ENTER> <ESC> <F1> <F2> <F3> <F4> <F5> <F6> <F7> <F8>
 <F9> <F10> <F11> <F12> <HOME> <INS> <LEFT> <NUM-*> <NUM-+> <NUM-─> <NUM-.>
 <NUM-0> <NUM-1> <NUM-2> <NUM-3> <NUM-4> <NUM-5> <NUM-6> <NUM-7> <NUM-8>
 <NUM-9> <PGDN> <PGUP> <PRTSC> <RIGHT> <SHIFT-F1> <SHIFT-F2> <SHIFT-F3>
 <SHIFT-F4> <SHIFT-F5> <SHIFT-F6> <SHIFT-F7> <SHIFT-F8> <SHIFT-F9>
 <SHIFT-F10> <SHIFT-F11> <SHIFT-F12> <TAB> <UP> <WBOOT> <WAITS-xxx>
 <WAITM-xxx>