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Program name: "The Main Menu"
Description: "The Main Menu" is a simple and easy way to create a main
menu list of specific programs that you run frequently. "The Main
Menu" is ideal as a boot-up menu for computer novices who never will
master DOS commands. You can shield the end-user from having to
remember where their programs are. Just create a menu list with a
text editor once, and let "The Main Menu" take it from there. Once
the end-user has selected a program from "The Main Menu" menu list,
that program will run. Once the program they selected has completed
running "The Main Menu" menu list will appear again! This way the
end-user never has to see a DOS prompt.
Getting started: Place the following files in your C:\ root directory:
MENU.BAT
MENU.LST
MENU.MY
MENU.PWD
MENU_EXE.EXE
REGISTER.EXE (only necessary during the evaluation period)
If these files are not placed in the C:\ root directory then the
program will NOT operate properly.
Then add the following line to your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
MENU.BAT
The MENU.BAT should be the very last line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
This is the file that starts the ball rolling.
When your computer boots up, the MENU.BAT will execute and will
display a menu list containing the programs that you have defined in
the MENU.LST file. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING A MENU.LST FILE!
Use a text editor to create your own custom MENU.LST file. The
MENU.LST file should be formatted in this manner:
Program name, Directory where program resides, Filename of program
Separate each parameter with a comma. Here are some valid examples:
MicroSoft Works Word Processing, C:\WORKS, WORKS.EXE
Tommy's Trivia, C:\GAMES\TRIVIA, TRIVIA.EXE
Tommy's Gin Rummy, C:\GAMES\RUMMY, RUMMY.EXE
Tommy's Blackjack, C:\GAMES\BJACK, TOMMYS21.EXE
Disk Note Librarian, D:\DLOG, dnote.exe
QuickBasic, C:\DOS, QBASIC.EXE
Tiny Editor, C:\UTILITY, ted.com
You can place each field in neatly arranged columns if you wish, but
this is not necessary. In other words, the following is just as
acceptable as the example above:
MicroSoft Works Word Processing,C:\WORKS,WORKS.EXE
Tommy's Trivia,C:\GAMES\TRIVIA,TRIVIA.EXE
Tommy's Gin Rummy,C:\GAMES\RUMMY,RUMMY.EXE
Tommy's Blackjack,C:\GAMES\BJACK,TOMMYS21.EXE
Disk Note Librarian,D:\DLOG,dnote.exe
QuickBasic,C:\DOS,QBASIC.EXE
Tiny Editor,C:\UTILITY,ted.com
The important thing to remember is to separate each parameter with a
comma. You must separate the program description from the directory
path with a comma, and a comma must also separate the directory path
from the program name.
Note that the programs you define in the MENU.LST file will be listed
ALPHABETICALLY in "The Main Menu" menu list. If you do not wish to
have the list sorted alphabetically, then add the following line
somewhere in the MENU.LST file (don't forget to include the semi-colon) :
; SORT=OFF
If you wish to display the program description, program paths, and
filenames in "The Main Menu" menu list, then insert the following line
somewhere in the MENU.LST file:
; Details=ON
Background color: To change the background color, add the following
line somewhere in the MENU.LST file:
; COLOR=x
...and replace "x" with a number from 0 to 6 where...
0=black 1=blue 2=green 3=cyan 4=red 5=magenta 6=brown
For example, to make a red background, add the following line to the
MENU.LST file:
; COLOR=4
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Distribution: "The Main Menu" is distributed as shareware software.
Shareware is a "try before you buy" software marketing concept that
allows the user to obtain fully functional copies of programs for
evaluation. The distribution and copying fee that you may have paid
to obtain this disk does not cover the cost of the software contained
on this disk. Shareware programs such as the one that you have
obtained require separate payment to the author if it is found to be a
useful product and if it is used beyond a reasonable evaluation
period.
Registration fee: $12.00 (single user license)
Site license: The $12.00 registration fee required for continued use of
"The Main Menu" is for a single installation, single user license. If
you or your company wish to use "The Main Menu" on multiple PCs, then
please contact the author for discounted site license details.
Program author: Philip Kapusta
406 Monroe Avenue
Falmouth, VA 22405 USA
Send e-mail to: 74170.3550@compuserve.com
Visit our Internet Web site: http://members.aol.com/shareware/
for more useful, reasonably priced "try before you buy" software. Or
call our 24-hour BBS at (540) 372-9680.