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          SAVENET and LOADNET version 1.00  Copyright 1992  Gary Myers

NOTICE:
    This program is FREEWARE.  Use and distibute it as freely
as you wish, as long as this documentation is included.  You must
not proffit from the sale or transfer of this program to anyone.
The author retains the full copyright to the program files and
this document.

    Use this program at your own risk.  No warrenty, expressed or
implied, if offered. The author accepts no liability for the use,
or misuse of this software.


Intro:
    Savenet and Loadnet make up a useful utility for the Lantastic
Network under DOS.  It's purpose it to eliminate the lengthy batch
files required to login and redirect on a network at boot up time.
These programs will NOT help you to configure the network or to
change anything in real time.  That function is already provided
by the NET.EXE program.  Unfortunately there is no option in NET.EXE
to save any configuration for the next session.  All changes in
the NET.EXE program all lost if you reboot or logout of the server.

    The Windows version of NET does allow you to save the settings
and automatically reload them when you restart it.  These programs
will give you that ability by adding 2 new commands to the network.
SAVENET will write a file to disk containing the network setup at
the time it executes. Be carefull not to run it unless the network
is currently configured the way you want it restored to later.
LOADNET will read the disk file and execute the necessary calls
to REDIR.EXE to setup LPT TIMEOUT, NET MESSAGE STATUS, SERVER
LOGINS and DEVICE REDIRECTIONS.

SAVENET.EXE:
    Redir.exe must be installed for Savenet to work.  Use the
Net.exe program to setup your server logins and redirections.
Also set lpt timeout and message status with "NET LPT TIMEOUT xxx"
and "NET MESSAGE/enable/disable BEEP POP" commands at the DOS
prompt.
    Then run Savenet.  The main menu will show the name of
this config file. The default is \lantasti\netdata.cfg.  You
may change this by pressing N at the menu and enter up to 39
characters for the path and filename. You may also overide the
default name on the DOS command line by placing the config
file path and name after the Savenet command.  For example:
    SAVENET D:\NETSETUP.001
will load the program settings (color, beeps ect.) from that
file, but the NETWORK settings will still come from the
CURRENT network setup, not from this file.  The program options
are:
    ENTER KEY - Saves the current setup to disk and exits the
                  program.  You are prompted about overwite if
                  the file already exists.  If an error occurs
                  you must run the program again.
    ESC KEY   - Aborts the program without changing anything.
    SPACE KEY - Cycles through the color options for SAVENET.
     P  KEY   - Turns on or off the option for LOADNET of
                prompting for user name and passwords. If you
                  set this to NO, you must use the auto login
                  feature of Lantastic, which is set by the
            NET USER command, or uses the machine name
            and no password as the default.
     M  KEY   - Sets the number of minutes the LOADNET program
            will keep trying to connect to a server that is
                  not on line.  Range is 0 to 255 minutes.  A setting
            of 0 will cause off line servers to be skipped.
     B  KEY   - Turns on or off the Beep option for LOADNET and
                  SAVENET.  Lantastic beeps are still controlled
                  by the REDIR.EXE and NET MESSAGE status.
     N  KEY   - Allows you to change the path and name of this
                config file.  If you use a name other than the
                  default, you must specify that name on the
            command line for LOADNET to use it.  You can
            have more than 1 config file.  For example, one
                file might login under one user name, and a 2nd
                  file could prompt for a different name to use
                  on other servers.

LOADNET.EXE:
    After Savenet has created the network config file, use Loadnet
to restore those settings.  Loadnet has only one option, that being
the command line parameter of which config file to use.  If no
parameter is given the default \lantasti\netdata.cfg is used.
While Loadnet is loging in or redirecting, you may hit the ESC
key to abort the program.  While waiting for a server to come
on line, any key other than ESC will skip to the next server, as
will having the MINUTES option set by Savenet expire.
    The best way to use these programs is to remove any NET LOGIN,
NET USE, NET LPT or NET MESSAGE commands in your network startup
batch file and replace them with a single "LOADNET" command, and
then configure the network and issue a SAVENET command.  You
should have SAVENET.EXE and LOADNET.EXE in your network directory.
Then when ever you want to edit your network setup, simply enter
a SAVENET command after making the changes in NET's menus.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
    Lantastic is a copyright and trademark of Artisoft, Inc.
    DOS assumes MS-DOS, copyright Microsoft Corporation.
    Windows is copyright Microsoft Corporation.

    This is NOT an Artisoft product.  It has no connection
    what so ever to Artisoft, and is simply the output of
    a hobyist.