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- The two enclosed files are my adaptations of a rexx script called
- FastMenu. This version is somewhat different from the original in
- that it sets up a menu bar at some convenient place on the workbench
- screen and provides a set of pull down menus for running your
- favorite programs. The menu bar may be placed anywhere on the screen
- either by changing the hard-coded defaults in the script or by
- using parameters supplied on the command line. Execute FastMenu1 ?
- to see the command syntax. The hard coded defaults place the menu
- bar in the middle of the Workbench screen's menu bar right over the
- area where Workbench reports free memory. I have also included a
- second script, PrtSetup.rexx, which runs under FastMenu1 and sets up
- a window with a set of gadgets used to set several common printer
- parameters. The gadgets use standard AmigaDos escape sequences which
- are sent to the PRT: port and should work properly for any preferences
- printer.
-
- While FastMenu1 checks for the needed Arexx and Arp libraries needed,
- PrtSetup does not because it assumes that FastMenu1 is already
- running. If FastMenu1 is not running, then PrtSetup will exit with
- an error message. If the libraries are not in the libs: directory,
- then FastMenu1 will exit with an error message. Both programs check
- to see if their public message ports are already active, and if so
- will exit with appropriate error messages.
-
- My thanks to Martin Weinstein, who did the original code for FastMenu.
- Read the comment header in FastMenu1 for more information on modifying
- these scripts for your specific system. Presently, the menus are
- configured by my particular setup and may not work on yours until you
- have modified the various menu entries to correspond with your commands
- and paths. Please pay close attention to the quoting conventions when
- modifying FastMenu1, as they are critical to the proper behavior of
- the script. FastMenu1 does NOT have to be RUN. Once executed it will
- detach itself. Command line is:
-
- If you have WShell and Arexx installed:
-
- FastMenu1 or FastMenu1 xpos ypos wid ht
-
- If you don't have WShell, but have Arexx installed:
-
- run rx FastMenu1 or run rx FastMenu1 xpos ypos wid ht
-
- If you haven't Arexx, then you cannot use FastMenu1 or PrtSetup.
-
- Any comments or reports:
-
- Steven D. Kapplin
- 5113 Oak Haven Ln
- Tampa, FL 33617
- CIS 70055,1021
-