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- PAN
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- VERSION 1.1
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- INTRODUCTION:
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- PAN is automation software for controlling PC programs. PAN
- processes user defined script files. Once the PC programs have
- been automated with PAN, they can be scheduled for unattended
- execution by AUTO-PC.
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- PAN vs KEYSTOKE CAPTURE
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- The following outlines when to use the AUTO-PC keystroke capture
- and playback facility or use PAN.
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- Use AUTO-PC capture and playback to:
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- Enter commands from the DOS prompt, for example:
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- Load and unload resident programs such as 3270 emulation.
- Log on to Local Area Networks.
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- Run programs that do NOT HAVE variable processing times.
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- NOTE: Keystrokes are played back at the same rate as entered.
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- Use PAN to:
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- Run programs that HAVE variable processing times, for example:
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- ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS
- - Depends on the file sizes being transfered.
- E-MAIL PROGRAMS
- - Depends on the number and volume of mail.
- DATABASE PROGRAMS
- - Depends on the number of database records.
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- NOTE: PAN can determine when a process has completed by
- checking the screen.
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- Run programs that may require seperate processing paths
- depending on some condition.
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- NOTE: PAN has IF/ELSE and BRANCHING logic.
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- ROWCOL.COM
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- ROWCOL.COM is a program developed by Logical Business Systems, Inc.
- to assist users when writting PAN scripts. ROWCOL is a POP-UP grid
- used to determine where text strings are on the screen.
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- Load ROWCOL.COM and then run the process you want to automate with
- PAN.
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- GRAPHICS MODE
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- Some programs will determine if the system they are running on
- has a graphics monitor (i.e. VIEWPOINT) and will then run in graphics
- mode. PAN supports text mode only, however using the following command:
- "MODE MONO" will force the program to run in text mode.
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- HOW TO GET PAN
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- PAN is available from PC MagNet. (See the May 15, 1990 issue of PC
- Magazine for a review of PAN.)
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- PAN is ideal to use with AUTO-PC but is NOT a product of Logical
- Business Systems, Inc. PAN is not advertised, marketed, or supported
- by Logical Business Systems, Inc.
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- * Errors occur when using PAN with HIMEM.SYS and NOVELL NetWare.
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- * Although PAN has shown some success in automating mainframe
- sessions, several conflicts have been noted with various 3270
- emulation products. (See HOSTKEYS.LIT for information on a
- product to control 3270 sessions.)
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