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- I have included some examples of batches that can (must) be used with
- MTA. The collection contains the following files:
-
- MTACHILD.BAT Usage : When MTA must call itself (with swapping)
- when an arc-in-arc file is converted. See
- MTA.CTL;
-
- MTABETWE.BAT Usage : An extended example (containing the MTA_CRC
- and MTA_DIR programs) of the batch that can
- be called in the ExitBetweenConversion exit
- of MTA;
-
- MTABETWN.BAT Usage : A normal example (containing normal CRC32
- and DOS DIR programs) of the batch that can
- be called in the ExitBetweenConversion exit
- of MTA;
-
- MTACOMPN.BAT Usage : An example that can be used in the exit
- ExitAfterCompression;
-
- MTASTART.BAT Usage : An example that can be used in the exit
- ExitBeforeStart;
-
- MTA__END.BAT Usage : An example that can be used in the exit
- ExitBeforeEnd;
-
- MTAFORMT.BAT Usage : An example that can be used in the exit
- ExitBeforeFill (only with /D and the
- AllDisketteFiles options set to ON);
-
- MTACATLT.BAT Usage : An example that can be used in the exit
- ExitAfterFill (only with /D option set
- to ON);
-
- All exits are optional, you do not have to include them at all. The
- following general rulles apply to all batch-files:
-
- - MTA will clear the screen (it's own screen);
- - MTA will restore the cursor;
- - MTA wil NOT restore the video-mode. If MTA is started with, lets
- say 43-lines support and some of the (buggy!) programs that are
- called in a shell will restore the screen to 25-line mode and
- not back to 43-line mode after they have finished, MTA will not
- restore the mode back to 43-line support (see DOC). MTA WILL act
- according to the new screen dimensions and will reset it's own
- screens to the new mode;
- - MTA will call COMMAND.COM (or an alternative shell) with /C. This
- is ALWAYS done with help of the COMSPEC variable;
- - You do not have to call a batch, you can also call a program, but
- in this case you must either have the program in the DOS-path or
- supply the full path and name of the program;
- - MTA will preserve the directory, so you can change the directory
- to something else, MTA will change it back after the call returns
- to MTA;
- - You can include a full 'circus' in your batch-files. In this case
- it is advised to use the swapping program (look into MTACHILD.BAT
- for an example);