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Table of Contents
License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Files that you should have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU2.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU.MCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU.DOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU.MNU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RWMENU.BMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RW.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
M.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Special keys within RWMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What's inside RWMENU.MCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Color Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MNU File Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
, - Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
~ - Page Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
: - Menu Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
> - Load an Alternate MNU file . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
\ - Batch DOS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
@ - Timed Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
] - Display Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
[ - Dynamic Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
[[ - Static Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
% - Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
! - End of MNU file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Format of an MNU file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Miscellaneous Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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License Agreement
-----------------
RWMenu is NOT "Public Domain" or "Freeware" RWMenu is a
copyrighted software product developed and owned by Robert
Wilson.
You are granted the right to reproduce, distribute and use copies
of RWMenu, on the express condition that you do not receive any
payment, commercial benefit, other consideration for such
reproduction or distribution, or change this license agreement or
copyright notice.
The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to
modify the product or its components, are reserved exclusively by
Robert Wilson.
Limitations: You may make and keep ONE back-up copy of RWMenu for
your personal use, provided that you copy all the copyright
trademark, and other information indicated on the initial screen
display onto your backup diskette label, and you have registered.
Also you may distribute copies to other persons, but solely for
their evaluation and solely for evaluation by such other persons
during a thirty day period. RWMenu must NOT be sold or otherwise
provided as part of a larger system, or as part of a more
inclusive product or service, without express written consent and
licensing from Robert Wilson.
To register your copy of RWMenu please send your name, mailing
address, telephone number, version number, and a check or money
order for the amount of $37.00 to: Robert Wilson, P.O. Box 3126,
San Bernardino, CA 92413.
When you register your copy you will receive the newest version
of RWMenu when it is available.
RWMenu, BMF, MCF, and MNU are trademarks of Robert Wilson.
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Order Form
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(Quantity:________) X (Price: $37.00) = $________________
First Name: ________________________________________________
Last Name: ________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Telephone number:____________________________
Version Number: _____________________________
Comments: __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
*************************************************************
Mail to:
Robert Wilson
P.O. Box 3126
San Bernardino, CA 92413
*************************************************************
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Files that you should have
--------------------------
Your copy of RWMenu should have the following files.
o RWMENU2.EXE
o RWMENU.EXE
o RWMENU.MCF
o RWMENU.DOC
o RWMENU.MNU
o RWMENU.BMF
o RW.BAT
o M.BAT
RWMENU2.EXE is the 80286 and above version of RWMenu.
RWMENU.EXE is the 80286 and under version.
RWMENU.MCF is a Menu Configuration File that holds some necessary
configuration information.
RWMENU.DOC is this file that you are reading now.
RWMENU.MNU is a sample MNU file that you can edit to fit your own
needs without having to start from scratch (See MNU File
Commands).
RWMENU.BMF is a file that may or may not be with your copy of
RWMenu. This is a file that RWMenu creates when you enter a
blackout message.
RW.BAT is another file that RWMenu creates. This is the batch
file that is run when you select a menu option.
M.BAT is a sample batch file that will run RWMenu.
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How to install RWMenu (Short Version)
-------------------------------------
To install RWMenu to your hard drive you need to do the
following. First make a directory on your hard drive to put
RWMenu into. I recommend that you make a directory named
'RWMENU' or 'MENU'. The next thing you need to do is to copy all
of the RWMenu files into the newly created directory. The last
thing that you need to do is to create an MNU file that will
contain the options that you are going to want to run. I
recommend that you just edit the sample MNU file that is included
with RWMenu.
How to install RWMenu (Long Version)
------------------------------------
o Step 1: The first thing you will need to do is to make a
directory on your hard drive to put RWMenu into. Lets say
that you want to put RWMenu onto your C drive into a
directory called MENU. First you would type 'C:<ENTER>',
this will make sure you are on drive C. Then you would type
'CD\<ENTER>', this will put you into the root directory of
your hard disk. Now to actually create the directory called
menu you need to type 'MD MENU<ENTER>'. You now have a
directory on your C drive called MENU.
o Step 2: You must now copy all of the files from the RWMenu
diskette to the directory you just created in step 1. There
are many ways this can be done. Assuming that you want to
copy the files from floppy drive A to the MENU directory
here is what you would need to do. First type
'CD\MENU<ENTER>' ; this will put you into the directory we
created in step 1. Next you would type 'COPY A:\*.*<ENTER>'
; this will copy all the files from the floppy drive A to
the MENU directory. Another way you can do it is to type
'COPY A:\*.* C:\MENU<ENTER>' ; if you choose to do it this
way then you do not have to type the change directory
command.
o Step 3: You should now have all of the files copied to a
directory on you hard drive. The last thing you need to do
is to create an MNU file. To do this you will need to look
over the MNU File Commands section and have it handy when
you start creating an MNU file. When you create your first
MNU file I highly recommend that you just edit the sample
MNU file (RWMENU.MNU). When you want to create sub menus I
suggest you copy RWMENU.MNU to the name of the new MNU file
and just edit it again.
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Special keys within RWMenu
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While RWMenu is running you can press the following keys.
o F1 -- Brings up the help screen.
o Alt-M -- Enter a message to display on the blackout screen.
o Alt-I -- Display the licensing information.
o Alt-A -- Add a new menu option.
o Alt-B -- Change the blackout minutes.
o Alt-D -- Erase a menu option.
o Alt-N -- Change from letters to numbers or vice versa.
(A-I <=-*-=> 1-9)
o Ctrl-E -- Erase the menu and goto the blackout screen.
If you use the DOS append command you must be sure it is off
in order for the Alt-A option to work properly. To turn it off
you have to type 'APPEND;'.
What's inside RWMENU.MCF
------------------------
The RWMENU.MCF file holds how many minutes before the screen
will blackout ,how many hard drives your system has, and whether
to display letters or numbers for the menu options. The blackout
minutes can range from 00 to 99.
Here is a sample RWMENU.MCF file.
---------------------------------
09 -- Blackout time (in minutes)
01 -- Total number of hard drives
00 -- Display Numbers (0 for no, 1 or more for yes)
Note: RWMenu is only concerned with the first two characters on
the line and ignores everything else.
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Color Chart
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Background Foreground
Color No Blink Blink Dark Light
------------------------------------------------------------
Black 0 8 0 8
Blue 1 9 1 9
Green 2 A 2 A
Cyan 3 B 3 B
Red 4 C 4 C
Magenta 5 D 5 D
Yellow 6 E 6 E
White 7 F 7 F
------------------------------------------------------------
To use this chart simply take a number (or letter) from both
columns (Background & Foreground) and put them together to make
one hexadecimal number. For example if you wanted to make the
menu title color as White on Black the hex number you would put
in the MNU file would be 07 or 0f. If you wanted the menu title
to blink then the number could be 87 or 8f.
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MNU File Commands
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, - Comment
The comment option allows you to put comments into your MNU
files. The comma command in RWMenu is just like the REM command
in batch files. You can place anything you want to after the
comma.
~ - Page Title
A title must be defined for each individual menu page. This
title will be displayed as the first line of text on the menu.
The title will also be centered automatically. In each MNU file
the user can define up to nine individual pages.
: - Menu Selection
This is the actual menu item displayed for the user to choose
from. There is a limit of nine different options to each of the
nine individual menu pages in any one MNU file.
> - Load an Alternate MNU file
This option will cause the text that follows to be treated as the
name of another MNU file. When the user selects a selection with
this listed under it, RWMenu will read the new MNU and change the
menu display accordingly to show the options in the new MNU file.
The MNU filename can be any valid DOS filename and can include a
drive name and path.
\ - Batch DOS Commands
This function defines a DOS command to be executed in a DOS batch
file. There is no limit to the number of commands that can be
defined under each menu selection. RWMenu will create a batch
file containing the lines marked with this option. If you want
RWMenu to come back up when the batch file is done with then be
sure the last line of your BAT file runs RWMenu.
@ - Timed Execution
This function allows you to run a menu selection that does not
require interaction from the user. It must be placed right under
the Menu Selection (the ':') in the MNU file. The format for
using the @ function is @D-HH:MM:SS, where D is the day of the
week, HH is the hour in 24 hour format, MM is the minute, and SS
7
is the seconds. The day is a number between 0 and 7. Where 0 is
Sunday, 1 is Monday, etc... Enter a 7 for the day when you want
to run your menu option every day of the week at the specified
time.
] - Display Text
This function will display text to the screen. To display a
blank line simply do not follow the ']' with any text. Use it in
combination with the '[' and '[[' functions. Please note that
all of your ']', '[', and '[[' must be put right under the Menu
Selection (the ':').
[ - Dynamic Input
This function will display a '-=*>' prompt and wait for the user
to type something. Whatever the user types can then be passed on
to the BAT file as the %1, %2, ... %9 variables.
[[ - Static Input
This command is just like the above only it displays a list of
choices for the user to pick from. You can have up to 9 choices
for the user to choose from.
% - Password
This command allows for password protection of a menu option.
You can have an unlimited amount of passwords for each option.
Example:
:Multiplan
%password
%secret
\echo off
\cls
.
.
.
! - End of MNU file
This function tells RWMenu that it has reached the end of the MNU
file. It should be the very last line in your MNU file.
Example:
.
.
.
!End of RWMENU.MNU
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Format of an MNU file
---------------------
MNU files are made up of two sections. The first section
tells RWMenu what color things are going to be. The second
section tells RWMenu what options are going to be on the menu and
what to do when one of those options are chosen.
Here is a sample of the first section of an MNU file.
,---------------------------------------------------------------
01f -- BackGround Color
017 -- Selection Color
031 -- Page title color
01f -- Color of the letters (A-I)
031 -- The color of the Program Title line
070 -- The color of the highlight bar
017 -- The color of the date & time
017 -- The color of the NUM,CAPS, and SCROLL
017 -- The page message color
003 -- The static input color
010 -- ESCape to DOS value ( 0 for no, 1 or more for yes. )
,---------------------------------------------------------------
*** Note ***
The hexadecimal number must never be greater than 0FF.
Here is a sample of the second section of an MNU file.
~MAIN MENU
:Quattro Pro
\echo off
\cls
\c:
\cd\app\qpro
\q
\c:\app\rwmenu\m
,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
:Print Master
\c:
\cd\pm
\pmmain
\cd\app\rwmenu
\m
,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
:WordPerfect
\echo off
\set comspec=c:\dos\command.com
\cls
\c:
\cd\data\wp
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\append c:\app\wp
\path=c:\app\wp;c:\mouse;c:\app\menu;c:\dos
\wp
\c:
\path=c:\dos;c:\app\menu
\append ;
\c:\app\rwmenu\m
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
:R:BASE for DOS
\echo off
\path=c:\app\menu;c:\dos;c:\rbfiles
\append c:\dos
\cls
\c:
\cd\rbfiles\dbfiles
\rbase
\path=c:\app\menu
\c:\app\rwmenu\m
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
:Telix
\echo off
\c:
\cd\app\telix
\telix
\c:\app\rwmenu\m
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
:Harvard Graphics
\echo off
\cls
\cd\app\harvard
\hg
\c:
\c:\app\menu\m,bat
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
:Genealogical Management System
\echo off
\cls
\cd\paf
\fr
\c:
\cd\app\menu
\m
,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
, Exit to the DOS Prompt
,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
:Exit to C:\>
\echo off
\cls
\set comspec=c:\dos\command.com
\path=c:\;c:\app\menu;c:\app\mace;c:\dos
\append c:\dos
\echo
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\echo
\echo Root Directory
\echo Type "M" to return to the menu
\echo
\echo
\prompt=$e[34m$p$g$e[0m
\c:
\cd\
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
~Games Menu
:Battle Chess
\echo off
\cls
\c:
\cd\games\chess
\chess
\c:
\cd\menu
\m
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
~More options
:Exit to 1C:\>
\echo off
\cls
\echo
\echo
\echo Root Directory 1
\echo Type "M" to return to the menu
\echo
\echo
\prompt=$p$g
\c:
\cd\
:Exit to 2C:\>
\echo off
\cls
\echo
\echo
\echo Root Directory 2
\echo Type "M" to return to the menu
\echo
\echo
\prompt=$p$g
\c:
\cd\
:Timer Test Option3
\cls
\cd\
\dir/w>rdir3
\cd\app\rwmenu
\m
:Timer Option4
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\cls
\cd\
\echo WoW Did it really work
\dir/w>rdir4
\m
:Timer Option5
\cls
\cd\
\dir>rdir5
\m
:6
:7
\cd\
\cls
\dir/w>rdir7
\m
:8
@2-13:09:00
\cls
\dir
\echo WoW!
:9
@2-13:01:01
\cd\
\echo Hello
\dir/w >t9.tst
\m
!End of rwmenu.mnu
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Miscellaneous Info.
--------------------
RWMenu has been successfully tested on the following systems.
o Data World 386
o IBM PS/2 Model 50/Z
o IBM 3270 PC AT
o Kaypro PC 10
RWMenu is written entirely in a computer language (You can figure
out which one if you wish, but why bother).
If you have a 286 machine and are getting snow from RWMenu2.EXE
then you should try running the 8088 version of RWMenu.
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