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- WELCOME TO COMMAND POST!
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- This disk/archive contains Command Post 8.0h
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Command Post helps you end the drudgery of day-to-day tasks
- when working in Microsoft Windows. Its FAST text-based interface
- completely avoids the graphical overhead that often bogs down real
- productivity in Windows. It is true that Command Post does not support
- a "glittery" type interface, but then that was not the design goal.
- Command Post is designed to be part of the key machinery holding up
- the entire Windows environment.
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- How many times have you tired of changing drives, moving through two
- subdirectories, finding an executable file from among 43 other
- filenames, double clicking on it, selecting File/Open, then searching
- for another directory in the listbox because your document happens to
- be in a different directory than the program! With Command Post you
- can automate that knowledge of where to move around the disk, which
- directories to go to, which files you want to work on, what size you
- prefer your window to be, and so on.
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- With almost two hundred functions and commands, Command Post can:
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- . Run Windows and DOS programs.
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- . Send keystrokes directly to applications.
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- . Rearrange, resize, hide, and close windows.
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- . Run programs either concurrently or sequentially.
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- . Display information to the user in various formats.
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- . Prompt the user for any needed input.
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- . Present scrollable file and directory lists.
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- . Copy, move, delete, and rename files.
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- . Read and write files directly.
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- . Copy text to and from the Clipboard.
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- . Perform string and arithmetic operations.
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- . Make branching decisions based upon numerous factors.
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- And much, much more.
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- Of course, to take full advantage of the flexibility of Command Post,
- one must spend some time with either the manual or the help file and
- become aquainted with the underlying WIL script language.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Command Post requires an IBM PC or compatible with a minimum of 2
- megabytes of RAM, running Microsoft Windows version 3.0 or higher.
- Acceptable performance may require 4 megabytes or more of ram.
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- SPECIAL BONUS FOR REGISTERED USERS
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- Registered users receive our new "Dialog Editor" which allows them to
- graphically construct dialog boxes, (a lot like the Visual Basic dialog
- editor), and other utilities to help make programming Command Post menu
- items a tad easier and faster.
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- PREMIER SUPPORT NOW AVAILABLE
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- A fee based extended support system is now available to assist
- corporate software engineering projects which require high technology
- assistance, custom Windows programming, or custom interfaces to suites
- of Windows applications. See the README2.TXT file for more information.
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- LATE-BREAKING NEWS
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- Command Post 8.0 is a major update from previous versions. We are
- sending all registered users update letters. If you are a registered
- users and did not receive an update letter by Nov 1, 1992, then
- somehow we missed you. Call (800)-762-8383 and get it straightened
- out.
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- A lot of the changes have occurred in the menu script language. A
- number of speed and assorted enhancements have been filtering
- in since our previous major release (7.0) some time ago. Command Post
- is now quicker, smarter, and zippier.
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- Command Post menus have undergone some natural evolution. There are
- more menu files supported (up to 10 now) and our pre-packaged menu
- files now include the following:
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- CMDPOST1.CPM - Defines the "File" menu
- CMDPOST2.CPM - Defines the rest of the file manager menus
- CMDUSER.CPM - A sample user menu to start from
- CMDGROUP.CPM - The menu item that can rebuild itself from
- the Program Manager groups.
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- If you have a pre-existing copy of Command Post on the system, the
- setup program will (optionally) save the new menu files with an
- extension of NEW rather than overwriting existing menu files. You
- can then look at the NEW files to see the latest sample menus.
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- *** FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPPORT ***
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- Command Post now supports some foreign languages. English is built in,
- and the software attempts to examine your system, and, if you are using
- German or French, will configure itself to use German or French. More
- languages on the way. There is also "ValSpeak", which is both a
- parody on Southern California slang, and an example of how *some*
- messages may be modified for the end users.
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- To access a non-default langauage do the following:
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- 1) Examine the WWWDLANG.DLL file to determine the languages
- available. The file has documentation in it that will help you
- figure this out. (It is not really a DLL, you can look at it.
- It will probably be in your Windows directory.)
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- 2) Edit the WWWBATCH.INI file and add an item to the MAIN section,
- something like:
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- WWWBATCH.INI
- [Main]
- Language=ValSpeak
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- HOW TO INSTALL COMMAND POST
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- Use our WSETUP.EXE program, which will copy the files for you and install
- a WINBATCH group in the program manager with various sample files.
- To use our WSETUP.EXE program... (Manual install instructions below)
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- 1) Close down all extraneous Windows applications.
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- 2) Close down any running copies of Command Post, WinBatch, File
- Commander, WinEdit, or any other process that uses the WIL language
- interpreter DLL. (If you forget some, the setup process will tell
- you something went wrong during the install of the WWWBATxx.DLL).
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- 3) Double-Click on the WSETUP.EXE program
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- 4) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial directory,
- or accept the given default (C:\CMDPOST).
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- PACKING LIST
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- These files comprise the main Command Post package.
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- WSETUP.EXE The setup program
- WSETUP2.OVL A setup program overlay
- WSETUP.INF Setup script file
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- CP__VER.xxx Version stamp file. xxx is the version number
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- FILE_ID.DIZ Short description file for BBS type systems
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- README.TXT This file - An initial look at the software
- README2.TXT More initial info, legalese, other products, order form
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- BROWSER.EXE A copy of our BROWSER file viewer.
- BROWLANG.DLL Browser language file.
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- CMDPOST.MAN The Command Post manual.
- WILDOC.MAN The WIL language reference manual
- (Not always included when we send a printed manual)
- WIL.HLP The WIL language online help file
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- CMDPOST.EXE The Command Post EXE file
- CP_TREE.EXE A TREE utility for Command Post
- TASKMANR.EXE An optional replacement task manager
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- CMDPOST1.CPM Command Post file manager menus - Part 1
- CMDPOST2.CPM Command Post file manager menus - Part 2
- CMDGROUP.CPM Program Manager group menus
- CMDUSER.CPM Sample user menu
- WWWMENUS.DLL Not really a DLL, more menu code used by CPM files
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- WWWCP800.DLL Command Post DLL
- WWWBAT11.DLL WIL interpreter DLL
- WWWDLANG.DLL WIL language DLL
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- WWWDOS.BAT BAT file used by WWWDOSC.PIF and WWWDOSP.PIF
- WWWDOSC.PIF PIF file used to run a DOS command and quit
- WWWDOSP.PIF PIF file used to run a DOS command and pause
- WWWVIRT.BAT BAT file example showing PATH modifications for DOS apps
- WWWZIPLS.EXE ZIP utility used by ZIP menu item
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- *** Please help us out ***
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- If you have received a regular licensed copy of Command Post (what
- we call the retail version), your 3.5" disk *might* contain a shareware
- ZIP file of the latest version of Command Post. If so, please help
- us spread it around - upload it to your favorite local BBS, send it
- to your company software librarian, or any other place where people
- who might appreciate Command Post can come across it.
- Thank you very much.
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- Please see README2.TXT for more information.
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