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UTILMENU!
v1.1
by
Bart Flentje
OVERVIEW
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Simple. This program allows you to expand your DOS hooks or your doors
menu system.
This program was written for my purposes only and upon several requests
fo a CHEAP DOS hook expansion system, I have released it as SHAREWARE.
Any revisions will be made available to the public as a always with my
programs. If anyone decides to register this product, as in ALL of my
programs, ALL future upgrades are absolutely free.
This program WAS written using a registered version of Door Frame for
which I give full credit to Ted Freeman. God Bless.
NOTE: Most errors will be logged to a file called DFRAME.ERR which is
created in the directory you run the door from.
INSTALLATION
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BEFORE WE START.... This program requires a key to run...! This key
must be placed in the .CFG files before operation. A key has been put
into the .cfg file, but it may not be current at the time of your d/l.
If the key is not valid, you can either get another temporary date key
or you can register. You can do both by calling Bit Debris BBS at
612-686-8106. Temporary date keys are good for each month and must be
a SEVEN digit number. You cannot run UTILMENU by placing 7 0's in the
place of the key.
Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
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To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all UTILMENU files
2) Unzip UTILMENU.ZIP into the the above directory
3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or
modify the supplied UTILMENU.CFG file. A description follows:
1 C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1\USERINFO.DAT Path to system file
2 Eagan Wildcat! BBS Your BBS Name
3 Bart Sysop's First name
4 Flentje Sysop's Last Name
5 0000000 Registration Number
6 batch#1.bat The batch files of the
7 batch#2.bat door programs you want to
8 and so .... run. They must exist in
same directory as UTILMENU.
NOTE: There are NO Blank Lines in the Config File!!
AND do NOT enter more than 30 batch files. It
should not hurt anything, but don't do it anyways.
4) Create a batch file or modify the UTILMENU file supplied. A
description of this file follows:
This could be MAIN1.BAT, MAIN2.BAT, DOOR1.BAT, etc.
cd\wc30\door5
:Restart
if exist doit.bat del doit.bat
utilmenu utilmenu.cfg
if exist doit.bat call doit.bat
if errorlevel 1 goto End
if exist doit.bat goto Restart
:End
The batch file must have the EXACT same structure as this
example. Obviously you'll have to modify the paths to suit
your needs.
\
-----> 5) You will need to edit the UTILMENU.ANS menu screen to suit your
/ needs. It may look like anything you want AS LONG as the top line
is left blank and the screen does NOT EXCEED past the 20th line.
I also strongly suggest you make sure that any extra line feeds are
removed from the file!!!!!!! ** important***
TheDraw seems to be the best ANSI editor on the market which would
sufficient to edit the menu screen.
6) When running in more than one node, make sure you set up your
.CFG file to reflect this. Instead of creating many different
.CFG files, the environment variable is supported INSIDE of these
.CFG files. My example shows how it should look.
Single line users must change the %NODEID% environment variable to
a "1" so it looks like .....WCWORK\NODE1\...
COM Support
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Support for COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
called BATMAN and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
passed to your Door would be:
BATMAN BATMAN.CFG /5
The /5 tells BATMAN to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that is
normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
IRQ's.
LEGALITIES
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION
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You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
REGISTRATION
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Registration and the subsequent insertion of the registration number into
your configuation file, allows for the display of your BBS name on the
opening and closing screen as well as the reduction of a delay built into
the opening screen display along with the ability to change certain
values in the configuration file.
To register your copy of UTILMENU, please fill out the registration form
(REGISTER.DOC) and mail it along with $10.00 to the authors address.
Registration keys will work for all future upgrades of this program and
you will not be let down. (all registrations are NON-refundable!)
Be sure to fill in your name and BBS name as you wish to have them shown
and they MUST match the way you entered them in the configuration file.
Remember, if you should have any problems with your door game, feel free
to get in touch with me on the MSI HQS BBS (1-805-395-0250) or you may
call me voice at 612-686-6276. (Before 11:30 p.m. C.S.T.)
BBS number is 612-686-8106.
We now accept credit cards for online registration. Call the BBS and
place your order today.
Also available: CalCat! v5.2 Holiday screen swapper. Awesome
ManDown! v1.6 force users to d/l files.