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     ▀▀ What is a Menu Maker
       ■ Features
         . Features (cont'd)
       ■ Menu Selection Options
       ■ Terms
       ■ Changing Your Menu
       ■ Menu Files
       ■ Utilities - Function Keys
         . Shift Function Keys
         . Ctrl Function Keys
       ■ Menu Format Options
         . Window
         . Table
         . Page
       ■ Error Messages
       ■ Technical Operation Notes
         . Default Settings
         . Parameter Passing
           · Parameter Syntax

























































─────────────────────────What is a Menu Maker─────────────────────────
A menu maker allows quick access into programs, batch files and com-
mands sent to your DOS command processor.  You may create as many
menus as you like, within the limits of your disk space.  There are
three different layout options that you may use to customize your menu
appearance.  Below is a sample of the page layout format to illustrate
the two main elements of each menu: commands to be sent to your com-
mand processor and the descriptions you assign for each command.

   ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
   │ ┌───Descriptions───────────────Commands────────────────────┐│
   │ A>     Demonstration      ───> EZDEMO                      ││
   │ B>     Program Guide      ───> EZORDR                      ││
   │ C>   Function Key Maps    ───> EZKEYS                      ││
   │ D>    Keystroke Index     ───> EZINDX                      ││
   │ F>     General Topics     ───> EZHELP EZWARE41.HLP         ││
   │ G>   Menu Maker Topics    ───> EZHELP EZMENU41.HLP         ││
   │ I>   File Manager Topics  ───> EZHELP EZFILE41.HLP         ││
     .
────────────────────────Menu Maker Features───────────────────────────
 ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█Fast and Easy░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█  ░▒▓█

 ■ Helps organize programs and files
 ■ Allows "Windowing" into other programs with minimal use of memory
 ■ Three different menu format options
 ■ Bar Menus allow quick access to functions
 ■ Dynamic Bar Menus
 ■ Direct selection using function keys
 ■ Macros to save time by reducing repetitive keystrokes
 ■ Dozens of user definable system defaults
 ■ Many editing functions
 ■ Full color displays
 ■ Allows interactive sessions with other programs
 ■ Assists with organizing software
 ■ Fast access to programs
 ■ "Hot-Keys" for Utilities to save time making menus
 ■ Menu editing functions
 ■ More that one data file may be open at a time
────────────────────Menu Maker Features (cont'd)──────────────────────
  ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
  ║ At any time in EzWare, <F3,K> will display some of the ║
  ║ hundreds of features to help make menus.               ║
  ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝














─────────────────────────Menu Selection Options───────────────────────
From the Opening Menu, you may make selections from the menu by
pressing either the letter of the menu item or by using combinations
of the following direction keys:


       ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
       ║                MENU SELECTION OPTIONS              ║
       ╠═══KEY(S)════╤═══════════════ACTION═════════════════╣
       ║ Right Arrow │ Highlight Next Menu Item             ║
       ║ Left Arrow  │ Highlight Previous Menu Item         ║
       ║ <─┘         │ Select Highlighted Item              ║
       ║ Down Arrow  │ Highlight the Next Menu Item         ║
       ║ Up Arrow    │ Highlight the Previous Menu Item     ║
       ║ Home        │ Highlight First Menu Item            ║
       ║ End         │ Hightlight Last Menu Item            ║
       ║ Esc         │ Go to Previous Menu                  ║
       ║ Spacebar    │ Highlight Next Menu Item             ║
       ╚═════════════╧══════════════════════════════════════╝
──────────────────────Menu Making Terms───────────────────────────────

 ■ Command────────── Information passed from EzWare to the command
                     processor
 ■ Create─────────── Make a new menu file
 ■ Description────── Information about the menu command
 ■ Format─────────── Type of menu layout, window, table, or page
 ■ Load───────────── Retrieve a menu file to change the current menu
                     descriptions and commands
                     and commands on same line
 ■ Page Layout────── Full screen display of menu with descriptions
 ■ Save───────────── Store the current menu descriptions and commands
                     to the default or a specified menu file
 ■ Table Layout───── Menu descriptions displayed sequentially down the
                     screen
 ■ Window Layout──── Menu descriptions displayed in four sets with
                     the option of assigning a separate title for each
                     set

─────────────────────────Changing Your Menu───────────────────────────
To change your menu, select the "Utilities" option from EzWare's
opening menu.  The most common changes involve the menu descriptions
and commands.  Press <C> for the change menu, then press the letter
corresponding to the menu item to create or change.  To change the
menu description, press <D> or press <C> to change the menu command.













────────────────────────────Menu Files────────────────────────────────
Your EzWare programs include the default menu file named,
"EZWARE.EZB".  This menu is designed to assist you with learning
how to use some of the EzWare products; however, you may want to
make your own custom menus.  If you use more than one menu, then
some of EzWare's file functions may assist in managing these files.

 ■ Create a new menu file:
   <U,F,N>
 ■ Save menu commands and descriptions to current menu file:
   <U,F,S>
 ■ Load another menu file:
   <U,F,L>
 ■ Save menu commands and descriptions to a different menu file:
   <U,F,O>




─────────────────────────Standard Function Keys───────────────────────
Press <F1> to activate the Main Help Menu, or go directly into a help
utility by pressing <F2> thru <F10>.

╔══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤═════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╗
║ <F1> │ <F2> │ <F3> │ <F4> │ <F5>│ <F6> │ <F7> │ <F8> │ <F9> │ <F10>║
╠══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪═════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╣
║Help  │System│Help  │Macro │Run  │Screen│Calcu-│Disk  │Time  │DOS   ║
║      │Utils.│Topics│Utils.│Log  │      │lator │Utils.│Utils.│Gate  ║
╚╤═════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧═════╤╝
┌┘ <F1>=Help Menu                      <F6>=Screen Utilities        └┐
│  <F2>=System Utilities               <F7>=Math Utilities           │
│  <F3>=Help-On-Help Menu              <F8>=Disk Utilites            │
│  <F4>=Macro Utilities                <F9>=Time Utilities           │
│  <F5>=Runtime Status                <F10>=DOS Gateway              │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Other standard utilities available from the main help menu include:
    <K>=Function Keys Maps
    <R>=Registration
──────────────────────────Shift-Function Keys─────────────────────────
For a complete listing of the function keys, press <F3,K>.  Below are
the Shift-Function keys in effect for EzWare.



     ╔══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╗
     ║ <F5> │ <F7> │ <F9> │<F10> ║
     ╠══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╣
     ║Show  │Snap  │Erase │Erase ║
     ║Macros│Shot  │EOL   │Line  ║
     ╚╤═════╧══════╧══════╧═════╤╝
 ┌────┘                         └─────┐
 │ <Shift-F5>=Show Current Macro Set  │
 │ <Shift-F7>=Save Screen Image       │
 │ <Shift-F9>=Erase to End of Line    │
 │<Shift-F10>=Erase All of Line       │
 └────────────────────────────────────┘

──────────────────────────Ctrl-Function Keys──────────────────────────
These Ctrl-Function keys may be used in EzWare.


╔══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╗
║ <F1> │ <F2> │ <F3> │ <F4> │ <F5> ║
╠══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╣
║Change│Change│Other │Util. │Clear ║
║Menu  │Last  │Menu  │Menu  │Tracer║
╚╤═════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧═════╤╝
 │  <Ctrl-F1>=Go To Change Menu   │
 │  <Ctrl-F2>=Go To Last Change   │
 │  <Ctrl-F3>=Load Another Menu   │
 │  <Ctrl-F4>=Utilities Menu      │
 │  <Ctrl-F5>=Clear Runtime Log   │
 └────────────────────────────────┘



──────────────────────────Menu Format Options─────────────────────────
There are three different format options for the display of your menu.
To change the current format to display menu descriptions in a table
format, press <U,L,T>.  To change the format to display menu descrip-
tion and commands in a page format or side by side, press <U,L,P>.
The third option displays menu descriptions in a windows format
(U,L,W).  The format is remembered for your next session if you exit
normally from EzWare <E,E>.











█████████████████████┌────────┤Tutorials├───────┐████████████████████
████████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄│A>     Demonstration      │▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄████████████
████████████▌████████│B>     Program Guide      │███████▐████████████
████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄│C>   Function Key Maps    │▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄████████
████████▌███▌████████│D>    Keystroke Index     │███████▐███▐████████
████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄│E>─────────┤Exit├─────────│▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄████
┌─────┤Documentation├───┐                    ┌──────┤Databases├─────┐
│F>    General Topics   │ ┌────────────────┐ │K>       Assets       │
│G>  Menu Maker Topics  │ │                │ │L>Names and Addresses │
│H>         Help        │ │                │ │M>    Phone Numbers   │
│I>  File Manager Topics│ │                │ │N>      Banking       │
│J>   Database Topics   │ └────────────────┘ │O>      Recipes       │
████▌███▌███▌████████┌────────┤Utilities├───────┐███████▐███▐███▐████
████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│P>      Wordprocessor     │▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████
████████▌███▌████████│Q>         Notepad        │███████▐███▐████████
████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│R>    Calendar+Notepad    │▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████████
████████████▌████████│S>      File Manager      │███████▐████████████
████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀│T>       Menu Maker       │▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████████████
█████████████████████└──────────────────────────┘████████████████████
                     │A─     Demonstration      ─│
                     │B─     Program Guide      ─│
                     │C─   Function Key Maps    ─│
                     │D─    Keystroke Index     ─│
                     │E──────────┤Exit├──────────│
                     │F─     General Topics     ─│
                     │G─   Menu Maker Topics    ─│
                     │H─          Help          ─│
                     │I─   File Manager Topics  ─│
                     │J─    Database Topics     ─│
                     │K─         Assets         ─│
                     │L─  Names and Addresses   ─│
                     │M─      Phone Numbers     ─│
                     │N─        Banking         ─│
                     │O─        Recipes         ─│
                     │P─      Wordprocessor     ─│
                     │Q─         Notepad        ─│
                     │R─    Calendar+Notepad    ─│
                      .
 ┌───Descriptions───────────────Commands─────────────────────────────┐
 A>     Demonstration      ---> EZDEMO                               │
 B>     Program Guide      ---> EZORDR                               │
 C>   Function Key Maps    ---> EZKEYS                               │
 D>    Keystroke Index     ---> EZINDX                               │
 E>─────────┤Exit├─────────---> ░▒▓EzWare>EXIT<▓▒░                   │
 F>     General Topics     ---> EZHELP EZWARE41.HLP                  │
 G>   Menu Maker Topics    ---> EZHELP EZMENU41.HLP                  │
 H>          Help          ---> Explanation Of Menu Selection Options│
 I>   File Manager Topics  ---> EZHELP EZFILE41.HLP                  │
 J>    Database Topics     ---> EZHELP EZDATA41.HLP                  │
 K>         Assets         ---> EZASET SAMPLE.5                      │
 L>  Names and Addresses   ---> EZNAME SAMPLE.1                      │
 M>      Phone Numbers     ---> EZLIST SAMPLE.2                      │
 N>        Banking         ---> EZBANK SAMPLE.3                      │
 O>        Recipes         ---> EZCOOK SAMPLE.7                      │
 P>      Wordprocessor     ---> EZWORD SAMPLE.0                      │
 Q>         Notepad        ---> EZNOTE SAMPLE.4                      │
 .
────────────────────────EzWare Error Messages─────────────────────────
Error messages are displayed in the center of the top line on your
screen.

 ■ Buffer full────── Insufficient system memory to execute requested
                     command.  Press <F5> or use the DOS "CHKDSK"
                     command to check status of system memory.
 ■ Read error─────── Problem with reading specified file.  Check the
                     file name to insure that file exists on your
                     disk.
 ■ Syntax error───── Parameter syntax error.  Refer to, "Parameter
                     Passing" help topic.
 ■ Write error────── Problem writing specified file to disk.  Check
                     to insure file exists on your disk.





───────────────────────Technical Operation Notes──────────────────────
EzWare is designed to be easy-to-use and to save you time in creating,
accessing and managing information on your computer.  There are
many advantages to using some of the advanced features of EzWare
such as using default settings and passing parameters.














──────────────────────────Default Settings────────────────────────────
Default settings are values that EzWare loads from EZWARE.EZB upon
initial program startup.  Any changes are automatically saved when you
exit from EzWare so you need not redefine them at the start of each
session.  Below is a table of the defaults and keystrokes used to
change them:

          ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
          ║   GLOBAL DESCRIPTIONS AND KEYS TO CHANGE THEM  ║
          ╠════════════DESCRIPTION══════════╤KEYS TO CHANGE╣
          ║ EZWARE CUSTOM MENU DESCRIPTIONS │   <U,C,||,D> ║
          ║ EZWARE CUSTOM MENU COMMANDS     │   <U,C,||,C> ║
          ║ EZWARE LAYOUT                   │     <U,L,||> ║
          ║ WINDOW FORMAT TITLE             │     <U,T,||> ║
          ║ LAST FILE                       │      VARIOUS ║
          ╚═════════════════════════════════╧══════════════╝



──────────────────────────Parameter Passing───────────────────────────
Passing information into a program is done with parameters. Parameters
may be passed into EzWare from the command line.  When no parameters
are used, the file named, "EZWARE.EZB" will set defaults upon program
startup.  Each parameter is separated by a single space.  The sequence
of parameters is important.  EzWare has three options for parameter
passing:

 ■ No parameter──────── EZWARE.EXE will load the file, "EZWARE.EZB"
                        EZMENU.EXE will load the file, "EZMENU.EZB"

 ■ One parameter─────── Load the file or path corresponding to this
                        parameter.

 ■ Special parameter─── When you send the '@' character, the original
                        default menu descriptions and commands are
                        loaded.


──────────────────────────Parameter Syntax────────────────────────────
Examples of passing a parameter into EzWare are listed below.  The
first example illustrates loading a custom menu you created for EzWare
to display named, "MYMENU.EZB" which is located in the recommended
EzWare menu subdirectory:

 ■ >EZWARE C:\EZ41\MENU\MYMENU.EZB
    ┬    ┬ ┬                     ┬
    │    │ └────────┬────────────┘
    └─┬──┘          ╘═SINGLE PARAMETER═
      │
      ╘═PROGRAM═

 ■ >EZWARE @
    ┬    ┬ ┬
    │    │ └─────┐
    └─┬──┘       ╘═SPECIAL PARAMETER TO LOAD PRESET DEFAULTS═
      │
      ╘═PROGRAM═
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