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MakeMNU - Documentation, (c) 1989, Progressive Computer Services, Mike Perry
Release 2.0 - 08/22/89
Make Menu is a utility developed for EZ-Menu Version 4.0 or 3.5. This
program, when run will scan the desired disk and search for applications.
These "common applications" such as WordPerfect, Lotus, etc. are identified by
the existance of particular files in particular subdirectories. Make Menu
will try to find such applications, and if they are present, will create a
menu entry in the specified menu file which will allow the user to call such
programs from EZ-Menu.
"Make Menu" will allow you to automatically set-up EZ-Menu to provide
selections for many of the applications that are available on your computer.
NOTE: Previous version of MAKEMNU were intended to be run only once for
each logical drive to search. What would happen if you ran the program
for a particular drive more than once, is that multiple entries in the
menu for the same selection would appear. This has been corrected and
as long as you don't change the spelling of a menu option, Makemnu can
be run as many times without creating multiple menu selections of the
same name.
USING MAKEMNU
=============
Using this program is quite simple. Either call Makemnu from DOS (by typing
MAKEMNU while you are in the EZ-Menu subdirectory) or from EZ-Menu (if this
is one of the options available).
The MAKEMNU program will prompt you for two items of information before
starting - the first is the name of the menufile to add selections to. The
default file is MAIN.MNU which is the menu initially displayed when EZ-Menu
is loaded. If you specify a different name, it is advised that you add the
.MNU extension so later, you can add an item to the main menu which will call
your new menufile.
The second item of information MAKEMNU requires is the drive on which to
search for applications. The default is C:. If you have more than one
accessible hard disk, or have a large drive partitioned into two or more
drives (i.e. a 40 meg broken into C: and D:), you should run MAKEMNU once for
each drive - the first time specifying C: and the second time specifying
drive D:. In this manner, you will have added all applications found on both
your drives to the menufile specified.
With Makemnu 2.0, you can specify the two items of information above via
command line parameters. For example: MAKEMNU MAIN.MNU C: will auto-
matically invoke Makemnu, searching drive C: and adding any found
applications to the menufile MAIN.MNU.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
======================
As you can see, MAKEMNU is a valuable utility. It allows you to set-up EZ-
Menu, then automatically create/update the menus to show what is available on
your computer. Of course, in order for MAKEMNU to acknowledge that an
application is on the computer, it must have been installed properly
(according to the standard installation routines for that package).
At present, there are over 180 applications searched for by the program. As I
acquire more information on the most commonly used applications, I will
update MAKEMNU to search for them.
This software is exclusively for use by registered users of EZ-Menu 4.0 and
those evaluating EZ-Menu 3.5. This program will NOT work with a previous
versions of EZ-Menu earlier than 3.5.
ALLOWING MAKEMENU TO RECOGNIZE OTHER APPLICATIONS
=================================================
Included in this package is a file called APPS.EZ. This is an ASCII file
containing the information used to tell MakeMenu what applications to look
for on the disk. If you examine the file, you should be able to easily see
how to add new applications for MakeMenu to identify. Briefly, to add an
application for MakeMenu to search involves adding 2 lines to the APPS.EZ
file. The first line lists the path and filename of the program file (used
to invoke the application). Please be sure to include a valid extension
(either .BAT, .COM, or .EXE). The second line lists the description of the
application (with a maximum limit of 35 characters).
If desired, you can add comments to the APPS.EZ file by preceeding the
comment with an asterist (*) in column 1 of the same line. Also, you can
now specify command line parameters by putting a line, immediately following
the first line of an application's entry in APPS.EZ, beginning with a ^
For example:
\SK\SK.COM
^parameters
Sidekick
Would, if found, cause an entry to be added to the menu whose command to
execute would be: "SK.COM parameters"
* *
This software remains the property of Progressive Computer Services. P.C.S.
shall not be liable for any damages caused from the use, or misuse of this
software.
If you do not have EZ-Menu Version 4.0 - you can contact Progressive
Computer Services to order a copy. The entire package is $45.00, $35 for
a disk upgrade.
Contact:
Progressive Computer Services
P.O. Box 8721
New Orleans, LA 70182
Credit Card Orders: 504-282-0634
Bulletin Board Sys: 504-282-5753 (300-2400, 24 hrs)
I hope you enjoy the product - if you have any questions feel free to
contact me via the BBS or by mail.
- Michael Perry