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NMSMENU.EXE
Version 0.00.1: 01/12/91 : Begin development.
Version 1.00.0: 01/12/91 : Done. Beta test begins.
Version 1.00.1: 01/13/91 : Changed the program name.
Version 1.00.2: 01/17/91 : Added CLS to temporary batch file. Changed entry
of password so it won't echo to the screen. Allowed user to escape
from password and enter parameters routines.
Version 1.01.0: 01/19/91 : Added code to handle encrypted menu files.
Version 1.02.0: 01/23/91 : After executing a program, the menu program will
now return to the menu the program was called from.
Version 1.02.1: 01/26/91 : Added information message to batch file that is
created and executed. Added screen blanking. Made message flash when
a new menu is loaded or command executed.
Version 1.03.0: 01/27/91 : Added mouse support.
Version 1.04.0: 01/28/91 : Revised double click routine. Added help screen.
Version 1.04.1: 02/02/91 : Fixed spelling in a couple of messages. Added
message when loading NMCONFIG.
Version 1.04.2: 02/04/91 : Turn mouse off if MAIN.MNU not found.
Version 1.05.0: 02/10/91 : Revised menu structure so that ESCAPE will back out
of each menu and load the previous menu.
Version 1.05.1: 02/19/91 : Fixed blank screen routine to save the current
screen to a different array so it wouldn't conflict with the display
menu routine.
Version 1.06.0: 02/23/91 : Added command line variables to NMSMENU to set
the two heading lines. Also, encrypted the $RETURN$.FIL.
Version 1.07.0: 03/17/91 : Attempted to fix spurious graphics characters that
appear in the menu title after returning from execution of a program.
This may be hard to fix, since I can't reproduce the problem on my
system. Also fixed to display a default header if none is specified on
the command line.
Version 1.07.1: 05/09/91 : Attempted to fix problem with the printer being
randomly turned on when exiting menus and the temporary files not being
deleted when exiting. This forced the user to warm-boot to get out of
the menus.
Version 1.08.0: 08/08/91 : Added Alt-X to exit immediately to DOS without
backing out of the menus (thanks Erich!) and Alt-D which allows the
user to shell to DOS. Still need to add mouse support for these two
features. Also add another environment variable (MENUTEMP) to allow the
program files to be run from a common network directory. NMCONFIG will
also use this environment variable. This is the directory where it
must be located. This variable must point to a directory that is
readable and writeable by the user.
Version 1.09.0: 08/22/91 : Added clock display to menu screens.
Version 1.09.1: 08/28/91 : Changed clock display to hours and minutes only.
Also changed when it is first displayed to allow it to work properly
over dialup lines.
Version 1.09.2: 08/29/91 : A bug crept in with version 1.08.0 which created
$RETURN$.FIL in the wrong directory. Fixed.
Version 1.09.3: 09/07/91 : Added Alt-M function to return to the Main Menu.
Version 1.09.4: 09/14/91 : Add the ability to use the mouse to select the
options on the bottom line.
Version 1.10.0: 09/14/91 : Fixed a bug in the display when the configuration
program was not found. It was redisplaying the wrong bottom line. Also
clear the keyboard buffer between options. Cleaned up source code to
remove code that had been commented out.
Version 1.10.1: 09/19/91 : Fixed so user doesn't have to be in the MenuTemp$
directory to run NMCONFIG by adding the path in front of the command.
Version 1.10.2: 09/21/91 : Returning from a DOS shell using the mouse to
select the ALT-D command from the bottom line displayed the current
entry as garbage. Fixed.
Version 1.12.0: 10/21/91 : Figured out how to get the CLEARLINE and CENTER
subroutines to be recognized outside this code. Removed. Also did
command line checking to check for a command line that is all spaces.
Version 1.13.0: 10/29/91 : When clicking outside the main area and then
selecting the DOS shell, after returning the highlighted item was
displayed as garbage. This was pretty obscure and only happened if the
user was using a mouse. Using keyboard selection only it was not a
problem.
Version 1.13.1: 11/17/91 : Field for user supplied prompt was two characters
longer than would fit on one line when the maximum length prompt text
was entered.
Version 1.20.0: 01/02/92 : Pause would not work when executing a batch file
from the menu. $PAUSE$.BAT is created from NMSMENU and executed by
NETMENU.COM after $$MENU$$.BAT is completed. Synchronize version
numbers of all programs prior to release.
Version 1.20.1: 01/18/92 : Found a routine that allows lower case characters
on the command line.
Version 1.21.0: 02/08/92 : Fixed to return to the drive and directory that the
program was started from.
Version 1.22.0: 02/15/92 : Added a monochrome/laptop screen and colors. Also,
write out zero byte $PAUSE$.FIL.
Version 1.22.1: 02/22/92 : Compiled and linked with BC7.
Version 1.23.0: 02/29/92 : Changed the way NETMENU checks to see if it has
shelled out. Now it checks for a file called NMS_LOAD.CHK. Initial
release.
Version 1.24.0: 03/07/92 : Remove DOS Shell option. It proved to be too
much trouble.
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NMCONFIG.EXE
Version 0.00.1: 01/10/91 : Begin development.
Version 0.00.5: 01/11/91 : Basic version complete. Need to add mouse support
Version 0.00.6: 01/11/91 : Added mouse support.
Version 0.90.0: 01/12/91 : Removed mouse support (for now). Increased length
of Description field.
Version 1.00.0: 01/12/91 : Done for now. Still need to check path\directory
entry so they will be valid in NETMENU.
Version 1.01.0: 01/18/91 : Set file protections on menu files. Encrypt menus.
Enhanced error checking of entries. Added swap and delete routines.
Version 1.01.2: 01/21/91 : Fixed entry into a blank field so that the cursor
would start at the beginning of the field.
Version 1.02.0: 01/27/91 : Discovered CHECKKEY command. Added mouse support.
Version 1.03.0: 01/28/91 : Modified double click with mouse. Added help.
Version 1.03.1: 02/02/91 : Added messages when saving and loading menus as
well as when re-loading NMSMENU.
Version 1.05.0: 02/10/91 : Changed the menu structure to allow moving back
thru the menus by pressing ESCAPE. This is the first step required in
order to link local menus to the network menus.
Version 1.06.0: 02/23/91 : Removed hard coded MRKNET. Added command line to
set heading. Command line is passed from NMSMENU.
Version 1.06.1: 02/27/91 : Fixed COMMAND$ function so it won't capitalize the
command line.
Version 1.07.0: 03/18/91 : Traced down problem with not writing the proper
parent menu. Also fixed to display default heading if no command line.
Version 1.07.1: 03/22/91 : Fixed encryption problem when creating MAIN.MNU
Version 1.08.0: 09/17/91 : Added descriptions of menu items to bottom line,
clock, and the name of the current menu.
Version 1.08.1: 09/19/91 : Fixed display of the current menu filename so it
stays within the border of the screen.
Version 1.12.0: 09/22/91 : Recompiled with PBCLONE routines. Synchronize
version number with NETMENU. Added the ability to select the bottom
line functions with the mouse.
Version 1.20.0: 01/02/92 : Synchronize version numbers of required programs
prior to release.
Version 1.20.1: 01/18/92 : Found a routine that allows lower case characters
on the command line.
Version 1.22.0: 02/15/92 : Added monochrome screens. Synchronize version
numbers.
Version 1.22.1: 02/22/92 : Recompiled with BC7.
Version 1.23.0: 02/29/92 : Synchronize version numbers. Initial release.
Version 1.24.0: 03/07/92 : Synchronize version numbers.
Version 1.24.1: 03/24/92 : Begin work on adding text editor capability for
creating batch files while adding menu entries. Also added checks for
existing directories and .COM, .EXE, and .BAT files with the proper
name. If not found, gives the user the opportunity to create the batch
file.
Version 1.24.2: 03/25/92 : Fixed double backslash bug when directory path was
the root directory. Also turned clock off before shelling to editor.
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NMS_INST.EXE
Version 0.00.1: 02/23/91 : Begin development.
Version 1.00.0: 02/23/91 : Done.
Version 1.01.0: 03/17/91 : Doesn't delete the netmenu.tab file when exiting
so it can be manually compiled if necessary.
Version 1.02.0: 05/09/91 : Removed the '>nul' from several lines that get
written to the NETMENU.TAB file. Trying to figure out why the printer
gets toggled on after loading lots of stuff.
Version 1.03.0: 08/08/91 : Removed generation of the batch file lines that
download the NETMENU program files. Also changed location where the
temporary files are found from MENUPROG to MENUTEMP.
Version 1.04.0: 08/29/91 : Changed the batch file that is created to look
in the right place for the $$MENU$$.FIL to delete it.
Version 1.04.1: 08/30/91 : Batch file was exiting from menu when invoked.
Fixed.
Version 1.05.0: 09/25/91 : Added a line to the batch file that resets the
DOS prompt to remind the user to EXIT back to NETMENU when shelled out.
Version 1.06.0: 09/28/91 : Added check in NETMENU.COM to see if the user has
already shelled out. If already shelled out a second copy won't load.
Thanks to George Rowley for this idea.
Version 1.08.0: 10/21/91 : Removed INPSTR routine from this file. Can now be
accessed from USER.LIB. Also shortened the length of the header lines
from 70 characters to 50 characters to comply with the DOS command line
length limit.
Version 1.10.0: 10/21/91 : Removed requirement to use BAT2EXEC. Generate the
.COM file within this program.
Version 1.20.0: 01/02/92 : Fixed to delete $RETURN$.FIL when first loading
and also to generate the batch file the user can manually compile.
Version 1.21.0: 02/08/92 : Synchronize version numbers.
Version 1.22.0: 02/15/92 : Compile with TurboBAT compiler. Don't print source
Version 1.23.0: 02/29/92 : Synchronize version numbers. New batch file that
checks to see if it's loaded differently. Compiled with BC7. Initial
release.
Version 1.23.1: 03/01/92 : Added switch to create the batch file.
Version 1.24.0: 02/07/92 : Simplify the batch file. Synchronize version
numbers.
Version 1.24.1: 03/28/92 : Create .COM file compiled with TurboBAT 3.10