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DATE: MARCH 19, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.03B
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Thank you for taking the time to examine the Waiter!
At this time, all of the documentation is up to date with the
executable version of the Waiter.
As new versions are released, this is where the updated
information will be located until it is merged with the main
documentation.
Dennis Raney
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DATE: APRIL 8, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.05
CHANGES: NETWORK SUPPORT ADDED (INSTRUCTION IN WAITER.DOC)
MONTH BUG FIXED
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NETWORK SUPPORT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WAITER. USING A DOS
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE, YOU CAN SET UP UNIQUE DATA AND BATCH FILE
NAMES FOR EACH USER ON THE SYSTEM. THIS CIRCUMVENTS ANY POSSIBLE
CONFLICTS THAT MAY OCCUR IN A MULTIUSER SYSTEM.
CURRENT REGISTERED USERS OF THE SINGLE USER VERSION MAY
PLACE THE WAITER ON A NETWORK SINCE ALL VERSION OF WAITER OFFER
THIS SUPPORT. I DO REQUEST THAT A $5.00 PER WORKSTATION FEE
BE SENT IN TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL USERS OF THE SOFTWARE.
SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON INSTALLATION
ON NETWORKS.
------- A MINOR BUG WAS FIXED IN THE DATE DISPLAY. THIS CAUSED
THE MONTH DISPLAYED TO BE ONE MONTH OFF.
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DATE: APRIL 23, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.06
CHANGES: FIXED A MINOR BUG IN THE LOGGING FEATURE OF WAITER.
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A MINOR BUG IN WAITER PREVENTED IT FROM ADDING TO THE
WAITER.LOG FILE. THIS PROBLEM WAS CREATED WITH THE ADDITION OF
THE NETWORKING FEATURES.
ONLY VERSION 3.05 HAS THIS PROBLEM. A WORK AROUND FOR VERSION 3.05
IS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT
SET WMSBAT = _WMS;WAITER
OR RUN VERSION 3.06
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DATE: MAY 14, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.07
CHANGES: ADDED ANNOTATED MENU SELECTIONS
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------ ADDITION ------
PREVIOUS VERSION OF WAITER ALWAYS USED THE CURSOR KEYS OR
THE MOUSE TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR TO A SELECTION. YOU COULD ALSO
PRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE MENU SELECTION AS A SHORT CUT.
THIS SHORT CUT METHOD WORKED FINE AS LONG AS NO TWO
SELECTIONS ON A MENU STARTED WITH THE SAME LETTER.
WAITER NOW CHECKS EACH MENU DESCRIPTION FOR THE FIRST DIGIT
OR CAPITAL LETTER AS THE SHORT CUT KEY STROKE. THE FOLLOWING RULES
NOW APPLY TO SHORT CUT SELECTIONS.
1. THE FIRST CHARACTER THAT MATCHES THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION BECOMES
THE SHORT CUT KEY.
A. CAPITALIZED LETTER (A-Z)
B. DIGIT (0-9)
C. PLUS OR MINUS (-+)
2. IF NO LETTERS ARE CAPITALIZED, DIGITS, PLUS, OR MINUS, THE FIRST
LETTER OF THE SELECTION DISCRIPTION BECOMES THE SHORT CUT KEY.
3. SHORT CUT KEYS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE CURRENT TEXT COLOR WITH THE
INTENSITY TURNED ON.
BECAUSE OF RULE NUMBER 3, YOU MUST USE THE LOWER INTENSITY
COLORS FOR THE TEXT COLOR OF MENUS AND HIGHLITE BARS.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BOTHER WITH THIS FEATURE, SIMPLY
CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OR ALL LETTERS IN THE DISCRIPTION, OR
USE NUMBERS.
------ FIX ------
WHEN USING WAITER WITH VERSION 4.xx OF MS-DOS, WAITER WOULD
NOT USE THE "CALL" FUNCTION, BUT WOULD USE THE "COMMAND /C" INSTEAD.
WAITER NOW PROPERLY DETECTS VERSION 4.xx.
------ ADDITION ------
WHEN IN A SUB-MENU, YOU MAY NOW PRESS THE CONTROL KEY AND THE
HOME KEY TO RETURN TO THE TOP MENU. PRESS AND HOLD DOWN THE "CTRL"
KEY AND PRESS THE "HOME" KEY ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
THIS WILL PROVIDE A QUICK WAY TO RETURN TO THE TOP MENU WHEN
YOU ARE BURIED DEEP IN THE MENU STRUCTURE.
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DATE: JUNE 12, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.07a
CHANGES: FIXED RANDOM PAUSE BETWEEN SUB-MENU BUG
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-------- FIX -------
WAITER WOULD PROMPT TO "PRESS ANY KEY TO RETURN" TO MENU WHEN A
SUB-MENU WAS SELECTED. THIS PROBLEM WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON CERTAIN
SUB-MENU SELECTIONS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED WITH THIS
RELEASE. ONLY THE "WAITER.OVL" FILE NEED BE INSTALLED TO CORRECT
THIS.
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DATE: JULY 2, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.08
CHANGES: 1. SYSTEM INFORMATION NOW DISPLAYS THE PROCESSOR TYPE.
2. AUTOMATIC PATH SEARCHING FOR PROGRAM FILES.
3. BACKGROUND FILLER STRINGS, INSTEAD OF SINGLE CHARS.
4. SYSTEM INFORMATION SELECTION, DELETION AND ADDITION.
5. COMMAND LINE PROMPT STRINGS.
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-------- ADDED -------- COMPUTER PROCESSOR TYPE
SYSTEM INFORMATION NO DISPLAYS THE COMPUTERS PROCESSOR TYPE, IE.
8086, 80186, 80286, OR 80386. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW THE 486 PROCESSOR
WILL BE DETECTED AT THIS TIME, SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ONE
OF THOSE CRITTERS YET.
-------- ADDED -------- AUTOMATIC PATH/WORK DIRECTORY FILL-IN
WHEN ADDING MENU SELECTIONS, WAITER WILL NOW SEARCH YOUR
ENVIRONMENT "PATH" VARIABLE FOR THE NAMED FILE. IF FOUND IT WILL
FILL IN THE "PROGRAM PATH" AND "WORKING DIRECTORY" FIELDS.
FOR THIS OPTION TO WORK THE PROGRAM MUST EXIST SOMEWHERE
IN THE PATH, AND YOU MUST USE THE COMPLETE FILENAME AND EXTENSION.
OTHERWISE THE WORKING DIRECTORY WILL BE SET TO WHAT EVER THE
PROGRAM PATH IS SET TO, OF COURSE YOU MAY EDIT THESE FIELDS TO
THE DESIRED PATH.
-------- ADDED -------- BACKGROUND STRINGS
BACKGROUND STRINGS IN PLACE OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERS! THIS
ONE CAN BE VERY DRAMATIC LOOKING, AS WELL AS VERY FUNCTIONAL. THE
PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF WAITER LET YOU CHOOSE A CHARACTER TO BE
DISPLAYED ON AS THE BACKGROUND. WAITER NOW GIVES YOU THE OPTION
OF DISPLAYING A STRING OF CHARACTERS (UP TO NINETEEN) ON THE BACK-
GROUND INSTEAD.
THIS STRING CAN BE DEFINED DIFFERENT FOR EACH SUB-MENU IF
YOU WISH. YOU CAN ENTER YOU NAME, YOUR COMPANY NAME, ETC.
TO ADD THE STRING PRESS THE INSERT KEY TO GET TO THE SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION MENU. A NEW OPTION "FILL STRING, SET" HAS BEEN ADDED
TO THIS MENU. SELECT THIS OPTION AND YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER
YOUR CHOICE OF A STRING. PRESS <RETURN> TO SAVE YOUR SETTINGS WHEN
FINISHED, OR <ESC> TO ABORT.
SPACES ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND ARE NOT STRIPED FROM THE STRING
YOU DEFINE.
HOW DOES WAITER HANDLE IT? WAITER FIRST CHECKS TO SEE IF A
STRING HAS BEEN SET (GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ONE CHARACTER). IF SO
THE STRING IS DISPLAY, OTHERWISE THE SETTING FOR THE BACKGROUND
CHARACTER IS DISPLAYED AS USUAL.
THIS NEW OPTION REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THE MENU EVEN MORE
PERSONAL. TRY ADDING THE STRING "*** WARNING ***" TO MENUS THAT
CONTAIN DESTRUCTIVE DOS COMMANDS, ETC...
-------- ADDED ---------- SYSTEM INFORMATION REMOVAL
"* SYSTEM INFORMATION *" HAS BEEN A POINT OF INTEREST SINCE
THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF WAITER TWO YEARS AGO. SOME PEOPLE LIKE
OR LOVE IT, WHILE OTHERS SEE IT AS A WASTED MENU SELECTION.
WELL IF YOU ARE THE LATTER GROUP, YOUR TIME HAS ARRIVED.
WAITER WILL NOW ALLOW YOU TO DELETE THIS "SYSTEM INFORMATION" MENU
SELECTION! DELETE THE SELECTION AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER MENU ITEM
USING THE SETUP MENU'S "DELETE" FUNCTION, AND SELECT THE "SYS INFO"
LINE, AND DELETE AWAY.
IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO RESTORE THE INFORMATION SCREEN
YOU CAN ENTER A SINGLE "*" (ASTERISK) IN THE "FILENAME" FIELD OF
A MENU SELECTION. THIS WILL CAUSE WAITER TO MAKE IT AN
INFORMATION SELECTION. YOU CAN ADD THIS TO ANY SUB-MENU, THE
ONLY THING REQUIRED IS THE MENU DESCRIPTION AND THE ASTERISK IN
THE FILENAME FIELD. THE OTHER FIELDS IN THE ADD/EDIT SCREEN ARE
DISCARDED. ONCE SETUP THIS WAY THE ONLY THING YOU CAN EDIT ARE
THE MENU DESCRIPTION AND PASSWORD FIELDS.
-------- ADDED ---------- PROMPT DESCRIPTIONS
WHEN ADDING MENU SELECTIONS THAT PROMPT THE END USER FOR
A COMMAND LINE, THE COMMAND LINE YOU ENTERED WHEN ADDING THE
SELECTION WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR INFORMATION TO THE USER.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED A SELECTION TO PARK THE HEADS
ON YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, YOU COULD SET THE "PROMPT FOR COMMAND
LINE" TO "Y" FOR YES. THEN IN THE "COMMAND LINE" COULD ENTERED
AS "PRESS RETURN TO PARK HEADS, ESCAPE TO ABORT". THIS WOULD
THEN BE DISPLAYED TO THE USER ON THE TITLE AREA OF THE WINDOW.
THE USER CAN STILL ENTER A COMMAND LINE.
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DATE: JULY 2, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.08a
CHANGES: 1. SYSTEM INFORMATION NO DISPLAYS THE PROCESSOR TYPE.
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-------- FIX ------- PATH SEARCHING
WAITER WAS INCORRECTLY OVERWRITING PREVIOUS PATHS AND WORKING
DIRECTORIES WHEN EDITING A MENU SELECTION.
WAITER WILL NOW ONLY SEARCH THE PATH ONLY WHEN ADDING A
MENU SELECTION.
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DATE: JULY 24, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09a
CHANGES: 1. REMOVED THE "HOW MANY MENUS QUESTION".
2. REDESIGNED COLOR MENU SETUP.
3. CHANGED "CREATE A SUB-MENU" TO "NEW SUB-MENU, CREATE".
4. WINDOW COLOR CHANGED.
5. EXPANDED AND EXTENDED MEMORY STATUS ADDED.
6. DATA FILE COMPRESSOR UTILITY ADDED.
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(1) ------- CHANGED -------
WHEN INSTALLING WAITER ON A NEW COMPUTER, IT WILL NO LONGER
ASK FOR AN INITIAL NUMBER OF MENUS TO CREATE. IT WILL CREATE ONE
MENU ONLY. AS NEW SUB-MENUS ARE CREATED, WAITER WILL ADD THEM
AS NEEDED.
(2) ------ CHANGED -------
COLOR CONFIGURATION IS TOTALLY RE-WRITTEN! COLOR SETUP IS
NOW COMPLETELY INTERACTIVE (WYSWG).
PRESS THE INSERT KEY TO ENTER THE CONFIGURATION MENU, AND
THEN PRESS THE "C" KEY TO ENTER THE COLOR SETUP SCREEN.
A MENU IS DISPLAYED, ALA LOTUS, AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
THE FAMILIAR COLOR MENU IS DISPLAYED ALSO, AND THE BOTTOM HALF OF
THE SCREEN MIMICS A WAITER MENU. SELECT THE PORTION OF THE MENU
YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF, SAY THE TITLE COLOR, AND PRESS THE
ENTER KEY. THE PROGRAM THEN DISPLAYS A BOX CURSOR ON THE COLOR
MENU AT THE CURRENT COLOR SETTING. USE THE ARROW KEYS, SPACE BAR,
OR MOUSE TO MOVE THE CURSOR. AS YOU MOVE THE CURSOR, THE COLORS
WILL CHANGE IN THE EXAMPLE SCREEN. TO SELECT THE COLOR PRESS THE
RETURN KEY, TO ABORT AND RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS SETTING, PRESS THE
ESCAPE KEY.
ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COLORS, PRESS
THE ESCAPE KEY. IF YOU HAVE MADE CHANGES, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK IF
YOU WISH TO SAVE THEM, ANSWER YES OR NO.
YOU MAY ALSO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER AND FILLER
STRINGS FROM THIS MENU.
UNTIL COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION IS UPDATED IN THE MASTER DOC
FILE, THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO EXPERIMENT. ITS QUITE
FUN TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
(3) ------ CHANGED ------
THE MENU SELECTION "CREATE SUB-MENU" HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
"NEW SUB-MENU, CREATE" AND "COLOR CONFIGURATION" HAS BEEN ADDED
TO THE SETUP MENU.
(4) ------ CHANGED ------
IN THE PAST, WHEN A WINDOW WAS DISPLAYED, FOR EXAMPLE THE
THE BANNER, WAS FILLED WITH THE SAME COLOR AS THE BORDER. THIS
WAS WRONG, AND HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE WINDOWS ARE NOW CLEARED
THE THE "MENU" ATTRIBUTE. THIS CHANGE WILL EFFECT MANY OF YOUR
CURRENT SCREENS, HOWEVER, THE NEW COLOR CONFIGURATION SHOULD MAKE
ANY REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR SCREENS A SNAP.
(5) ------ ADDED ------
THE SYSTEM STATUS SCREEN WILL NOW DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF
EXTENDED MEMORY IF ANY, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPANDED MEMORY,
TOTAL FREE EXPANDED MEMORY, AND THE EXPANED PAGE FRAME ADDRESS.
ALSO THE TYPE OF VIDEO ADAPTOR IS DISPLAYED. IE. VGA, EGA,
CGA, HERCULES, ETC. IF YOUR MONITOR IS NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED,
PLEASE NOTIFY ME THROUGH THE BBS.
(6) ------ ADDED ------
WAITER.DAT FILE SHRINKER HAS BEEN ADDED. WMSHRINK.EXE
WILL REMOVE EXCESS (UNUSED) MENUS FROM YOUR .DAT FILE.
TO USE THE PROGRAM USE THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX:
WMSHRINK <INFILE.DAT> <OUTFILE.DAT>
EXAMPLE: WMSHRINK WAITER.DAT WMSMALL.DAT
THE EXAMPLE ABOVE WILL TAKE THE "WAITER.DAT" FILE AND
CREATE A NEW FILE "WMSMALL.DAT" BY COPYING ONLY THE DEFINED
MENUS, THUS REMOVING THE EXCESS AND SAVING DISK SPACE.
THIS UTILITY IS PROVIDED TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY! IT
IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UN-REGISTERED USERS. ITS
A SMALL PERK FOR REGISTERING WAITER, BUT ONLY ONE OF MANY MORE
TO COME.
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DATE: AUGUST 16, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09B (BETA RELEASE)
CHANGES: 1. FIXED SCREEN UPDATE BUG IN MENU ZAP.
2. CLOCK UPDATE SPEEDED UP.
3. INTERRUPT PROBLEM.
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(1) ------ FIXED ------
WHEN A MENU IS ZAPPED (DELETED) FROM THE PROGRAM, WAITER ALWAYS
RETURNS YOU TO THE TOP MENU (MAIN). WHEN THIS OCCURED, THE COLORS
AND BACKGROUND WAS NOT RESTORED TO THE TOP MENU COLOR SCHEME.
WAITER NOW RESETS ALL COLOR SCHEMES AFTER A MENU IS ZAPPED.
(2) ------ FIXED ------
WHEN A NEW SCREEN DISPLAYED, OR THE "SCREEN BLANKED" WINDOW
WAS DISPLAYED, THE CLOCK WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE A SECOND TO BE DISPLAYED.
THIS WAS A MINOR LOGIC FLAW IN THE CLOCK DISPLAY ROUTINE. THIS
HAS NOW BEEN FIXED, SO THE CLOCK IS DISPLAYED INSTANTLY ON THE FIRST
CALL TO THE ROUTINE.
THANKS TO THE MANY USERS WHO WERE IRRATATED BY THIS, SO I WOULD
FIX IT.... AL, RICK, :-)
(3) ------ FIXED ------
THIS PROBLEM ONLY EFFECTS USERS WHO ARE RUNNING VERSION 3.09A
OF WAITER. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A SWITCH IN COMPILERS. OTHER
VERSIONS OF WAITER WORK CORRECTLY.
WAITER WAS NOT HANDLING THE CONTROL-BREAK INTERRUPT CORRECTLY.
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THIS COULD CAUSE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WHEN RUNNING
OTHER PROGRAMS. MOST NOTABLE, WHEN PRESSING THE CONTROL-BREAK SEQUENCE
FROM WITHIN ANOTHER PROGRAM.
THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED, AND I RECOMMEND THAT ALL USERS CURRENTLY
RUNNING UNDER VERSIONS OF 3.09A UPGRADE TO THIS VERSION.
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DATE: AUGUST 21, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09C (BETA RELEASE)
CHANGES: 1. DATE AND TIME DISPLAYS CHANGED. (CHANGE)
2. WINDOW BORDERS (ADDED)
3. SCREEN BORDERS (ADDED)
4. ENVIRONMENT SEARCH (FIXED)
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(1) ------ CHANGE ------
THE "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION" MENU NOW ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE
TYPE OF CLOCK AND TIME DISPLAY. YOU MAY NOT ELECT TO DISPLAY THE
DATE AND TIME ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BANNER. THIS REMOVES THE TWO
WINDOWS THAT ARE NORMALLY DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM CORNERS OF THE
SCREEN.
THIS WAS CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTENDED MENU SELECTIONS,
AND WIDE MENU DISPLAYS. TRY IT, YOU MAY LIKE IT!
(2) ------ ADDED ------
NINE DIFFERENT WINDOW BORDERS ARE NOW DEFINED IN WAITER. YOU
MAY SELECT THEM THROUGH THE "COLOR CONFIGURATION MENU". PRESSING THE
F7 AND F8 KEYS FROM THE COLOR CONFIG MENU, WAITER WILL SEQUENCE
THROUGH THE SET OF NINE TYPES.
(3) ------ CHANGED ------
SCREEN BORDER COLORS, WHICH WERE CHANGABLE FROM THE "SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION" SCREEN, ARE NOW SELECTABLE FROM THE THE NEW "COLOR
CONFIGURATION" MENU.
(4) ------ FIXED ------
WAITER WAS SEARCHING FOR A LOG FILE, EVEN IF LOGGING WAS NOT
ENABLED. THIS CAUSED WAITER TO SEARCH THE DOS PATH LOOKING FOR THE
FILE "WAITER.LOG".
THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED. WAITER NOW ONLY LOOKS FOR A LOG
FILE IF THE LOGGING FEATURE IS ENABLED.
THANKS TO MR. GENE LECLERC FOR BEING PERSISTANT IN HELPING ME
FIND THIS PROBLEM.
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DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09D (BETA RELEASE)
CHANGES: 1. DIRECT MODE (TSR) DRIVE LOGGING ERROR (FIXED)
2. PROMPTING FOR COMMAND LINE (CHANGED)
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(1) ------ FIXED ------
WHEN RUNNING A PROGRAM ON A SECOND DRIVE, WAITER WAS NOT LOGGING
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DRIVE. THIS ONLY EFFECTED PROGRAMS RUNNING DIRECT
(TSR) MODE.
(2) ------ CHANGED ------
SELECTING THE PROMPT FOR COMMAND LINE, WILL NOW AUTOMATICALY
PLACE THE STRING IN BOTH THE MENU TITLE AND THE COMMAND LINE, IF ONE
EXISTS.
TO PLACE A STRING IN THE COMMAND LINE WINDOW TITLE ONLY, INSERT
A CARET CHARACTER "^" IN THE FIRST POSITION.
THANKS TO MR. JIM ROSTENBURG FOR VOICING HIS OPINION ON THIS
FEATURE OF WAITER! I THINK IT IS A SOLUTION THAT WILL MAKE WAITER
MORE FLEXIBLE.
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DATE: OCTOBER 26, 1990
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09E
CHANGES: 1. PROMPTING FOR COMMAND LINE (CHANGED, AGAIN!)
2. SCREEN BLANKING (NEW OPTION)
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(1) ------ CHANGED ------
WHEN THE OPTION FOR COMMAND LINE PROMPTING IS NOW SET YOU MAY
PLACE THE CARET ^ SYMBOL ANYWHERE ON THE LINE. WAITER WILL PARSE OUT
THE CHARACTER AND SPLIT THE LINE BETWEEN THE TITLE AND FILL IN THE
COMMAND LINE WITH THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COMMAND LINE.
EXAMPLE:
COMMAND LINE: A: /4 ^PLACE DSDD DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:!
PRODUCES THE FOLLOWING:
|---[PLACE DSDD DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:!]--------------------------|
| COMMAND LINE: A: /4 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
NOTICE, PLACE THE ACTUAL COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS FIRST,
FOLLOWED BY THE CARET AND YOUR OPTIONAL MENU TITLE.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN PLACE THE CARET IN THE FIRST POSITION AND
THE ENTIRE LINE WILL BE COPIED TO THE MENU TITLE.
IF NO CARET IS ON THE LINE, THE MENU DESCRIPTION IS COPIED
TO THE THE MENU TITLE.
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO MR. ROSTENBERG FOR THE FINE SUGGESTION,
I LIKED IT!
(2) ------ CHANGED ------
WAITER USERS NOW HAVE THE OPTION OF USING ALTERNATE PROGRAMS
FOR THE SCREEN BLANKER. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FEATURE YOU NEED
TO CREATE A BATCH FILE CALLED "WMSBLANK.BAT" WITH THE THE PROGRAM
NAME YOU WANT TO RUN IN PLACE OF THE NORMAL MOVING TIME DISPLAY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT RUN ANY TSR'S FROM THIS BATCH
FILE. WAITER WILL REMAIN RESIDENT WHILE YOUR ALTERNATE PROGRAM RUNS.
ANY TSR WOULD LOAD ON TOP OF WAITER, WASTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MEMORY.
OF COURSE, THIS FILE "WMSBLANK.BAT" MUST BE LOCATED IN THE
DEFAULT DIRECTORY OR IN THE DOS PATH.
A SAMPLE WMSBLANK.BAT FILE:
echo off
cd c:\graphics\fractal
call fractal.bat
cd c:\
OR:
echo off
cd c:\graphics
explosiv
cd c:\
THANKS TO BRENT HARMON FOR THIS SUGGESTION, IT WAS A NICE IDEA.
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DATE: APRIL 10, 1991
VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.10
CHANGES: 1. MULTIPLE COMMAND LINE PROMPTING ADDED
____________________________________________________________________
(1) ------ ADDED ------
EMBEDDING THE AT SYMBOL '@' IN THE COMMAND LINE AND SETTING THE
PROMPT FOR COMMAND LINE FIELD TO 'Y'ES WILL CAUSE WAITER TO BREAK
THE STRING INTO MULTIPLE PROMPTS FOR INPUT.
@ = INPUT SYMBOL (DEFAULT OF 60 CHARACTERS).
@8 = INPUT SYMBOL (LIMIT INPUT FIELD TO 8 CHARACTERS).
@"40 = INPUT SYMBOL (LIMIT INPUT FIELD TO 40 CHARACTERS & ENCLOSE
STRING IN QUOTES.
\@ = PRINT THE AT '@' SYMBOL ONLY.
EXAMPLE FOR USE WITH NETWARE'S SEND.EXE PROGRAM:
MENU DESCRIPTION: SEND A MESSAGE
PROGRAM NAME: SEND.EXE
PROGRAM PATH: (NONE NEEDED, ALREADY MAPPED)
WORKING DIRECTORY: . (STAY IN CURRENT DIRECTORY)
COMMAND LINE: ENTER USERS ID? @8ENTER MESSAGE? @"40
PASSWORD:
BATCH/DIRECT: D
PROMPT FOR CMDLN: Y
PAUSE ON RETURN: Y
!!! IMPORTANT !!! MAKE SURE THAT YOU SET THE PROMPT FOR COMMAND
LINE FIELD TO YES OR WAITER WILL SIMPLY PASS YOUR PROMPTS ON THE DOS
COMMAND LINE, INSTEAD OF YOUR USERS.
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