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4Dos User Menu 1.2
╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ╔════════════════════════════╗
║ The number keys (1 thru 0) ║ ║ Contributed by Dick Botbyl ║
║ select a menu item ║ ║ ║
╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ █▀▀▀█ ▄ ▄█▄▄ ║
║ b = screen blanker ║ ║ █ █ █ █ ║
║ c = calendar ║ ║ █▄▄▄█ ▄ ▄ █▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █ ║
║ d = run a DOS command ║ ║ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ║
║ h = this help screen ║ ║ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ║
║ l = Buerg's list.com ║ ║ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ║
║ t = big Time display ║ ║ Computer Software ║
║ u = select UltraVision size ║ ╠════════════════════════════╣
║ x = exit the menu or use Esc ║ ║ CIS id # 71571,151 ║
║ ? = 4Dos help ║ ║ Copyright (c) 1990 ║
╚═══════════════════════════════╝ ╚════════════════════════════╝
page down for more info
This BTM was written because of a frustration over available menu programs.
- Most are not compatible with UltraVision screen sizes. Those that can
handle more rows & columns, still put the menus in the upper left 80x25.
- Most are bulky and do things I do not want and/or need.
- Many are harder to setup than the BTM/ALIAS equivalents.
Some BAT/BTM menus are dull and a plain prompt is boring!
Hints:
- Make sure you have enough free environment space. The best I can
determine is that 400 free bytes of Environment are required.
(these works for me)
CONFIG.SYS:
SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM /L:C:\4DOS /E:1024U /A:4096 /D:d:\ /U /P
4START.BAT:
SET 4DSHELL=/E:1024 /A:4096
Increase the number after after "/E:", if you get an "out of environment
space" error message.
- If your menu selection is a BAT/BTM, remember to CALL it or you will not
return to the menu. ie.:
elseiff "%_key"=="6" then^CALL MYPROGRM.BTM
- Using ALIASes to execute your favorite programs may(?) save a little
memory and the menu BTM looks much cleaner.
- V. Buerg's LIST.COM is much prefered over the internal LIST (sorry, T.R.)
4START.BAT:
SETDOS /v0 /I-LIST /S6:7
ALIAS LIST=`C:\BUERG\LIST.COM %1&`
Notes:
- Both command history and F1 (4Dos Help) are available with the "D" prompt.
- On an XT or AT this may be unbearably slow, but it's liveable on my
386-25.
- The size of the file can be decreased if you do not want/need the arrow
key highlighting and selection. (YOUR editing is necessary).
- Key input reaction time can be increased by eliminated unwanted options.
- The calander and the big time display will need some changes, if you run
them outside the 4DUM12.BTM.