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- DOS PHANTOM V2.8 from P2 Enterprises
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- DOS Phantom is a keystroke record-and-playback utility. Recordings
- can be of any length and can be edited after recording. Recordings
- can be played back at high speed or with delays. Playback can be
- scheduled for a time in the future or invoked with a hot key.
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- INSTALLATION:
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- Create a directory and unzip the PTM224.ZIP file into it.
- Example:
- C:\> MKDIR PHANTOM
- C:\> CD PHANTOM
- C:\PHANTOM> UNZIP ..\PTM228
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- DEMONSTRATION:
-
- Make sure you are in the directory containing the PHANTOM2.EXE and
- DEMO files. Then, type PHANTOM2 DEMO to run the demonstration.
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- REGISTRATION:
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- When you register, P2 Enterprises will send you a free DOS Phantom
- Quick Reference booklet. This booklet contains just about every-
- thing you need to use DOS Phantom without cracking the manual!
-
- See the file ORDER.FRM in this kit, or use CompuServe's registration
- service (GO SWREG, registration ID 300).
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- DOS Phantom is:
- - A task automation tool
- - A tool for creating self-executing demos (with looping and
- timeout features)
- - A software testing tool (including screen and print capture)
- - A substitute for .BAT files
- - A keystroke macro utility
-
- DOS Phantom recordings can be edited to include:
- - Pop-up text windows
- - Pop-up menus
- - Pauses for user input
- - Branching based on:
- - menu selection
- - program exit status
- - appearance of a text string on the screen
-
- DOS Phantom recordings can be scheduled for playback
- - daily
- - weekly
- - once only
-
- DOS Phantom provides facilities similar to the scripting languages of
- popular communications programs such as Procomm and CrossTalk, but
- applied instead to *your* computer rather than the one you are connected
- to over the phone line. You can even use DOS Phantom to control a
- Procomm session instead of using Procomm's scripting facility.
-
- DOS Phantom is useful as a batch substitute, as a regression testing
- tool for software development, for creating demos of software, and for
- automating any task you perform repetively on your computer.
-
- A demonstration recording and Users Guide are included in PTM228.ZIP.
- DOS Phantom is shareware. The registration fee is $25.00. All features
- are present and active in the shareware version.
-
- Changes from the previous versions:
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- Version 2.1 of DOS Phantom fixes a bug introduced in V2.0 which
- prevented ALT and CTRL keys from playing back correctly into some
- application programs, including CIM (CompuServe Information Manager).
-
- Version 2.2 is a redistribution of V2.1 which corrects the fact that
- obsolete versions of the TXT2PTM and PTM2TXT programs were included
- in PTM221.ZIP.
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- Version 2.3 adds support for the PHANTOMDIR environment variable, and
- support for scheduled playback and hot-key initiated playback with
- the programs SCHEDULE and HOTFILE.
-
- Version 2.4 fixes two bugs reported just after version 2.3 was released.
- Version 2.4 of PTM2TXT fixed a bug which caused the timings of certain
- keystrokes (those with scan codes under 10h) to be set to zero. Version
- 2.4 of PHANTOM2 fixes a problem where keystrokes were missed during
- auto-repeat with typematic rates set above 15. Minor changes were made
- to the documentation.
-
- V2.4 also introduces the MAKEPTM program for producing DOS Phantom
- recordings from plain ASCII text files.
-
- V2.5 fixes a bug in MAKEPTM which prevented processing files without
- at least a 1 second line delay and incorporates changes to allow chaining
- to another recording during playback.
-
- V2.6 adds support for the F11 and F12 keys and their SHFT, CTRL, and ALT
- variants and fixes a bug which caused the schedule to be corrupted when
- the default RECORDNG.PTM file was used for recording.
-
- V2.8 replaces the keyboard NumLock, ScrollLock, CapsLock, and Insert
- keys to their pre-playback state when recording terminates unless
- the $RetainKybdFlags directive is contained in the playback file.
- (The $RetainKybdFlags directive has no arguments and may be placed anywhere
- in the playback file.) V2.8 also fixes a bug which caused scheduled
- playbacks with days or dates specified other than the first in the list
- to be ignored.
-
- V2.8A of PHANTOM2.EXE correctly reports errors when invalid hot key
- combinations are specified. V2.8A of TXT2PTM.EXE correctly processes
- delays specified as MM:SS.CCC. V2.8 incorrectly processed time delays
- of over approximately 5 minutes.
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