JBStopGo
                             Version 1.5
                           (c)JBSoft 1992-6

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Overview
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JBStopGo is a program to automate the closing and reopening of your
applications when preparing to backup to the main computer. It will
close all running programs and start the Link or, if the Link is
already running, will close the Link and restart the programs closed
beforehand. If closing down the programs you will end up in Time as
this can speed up the file transfer process when using RCOM/RBACK
because the screen does not have to keep updating its file list (which
it does every time a file is copied).

If the Link isn't connected then things will still closedown and re-
open without attempting to set the Link. This was requested so that
people could backup SSD to SSD.

N.B. The program will close down everything so, if you have sensitive
data that must be saved it would be a good precaution to do a manual
save first. Most OPL programs do not answer to the System screen
closedown with a save - they just terminate instantly.

The program creates a small data file in the root directory of the
Internal drive called AOPEN.DAT (just to explain why this file
suddenly appears).

N.B. It is important that the Link is started and stopped by my
program as it uses the Link status to decide what to do - if the Link
is running and you wish to backup then you must close the link before
running JBStopGo. If you run the program with the Link unplugged then
the programs will be closed down but the Link not started. Under these
circumstances you can still use the program to restart the closed
applications. There is also JBGO.OPO (included in the ZIP) which will
restart the closed applications. This small program does not switch
off the Link so it should not be used as a substitute for JBStopGo.

Release History
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1.0   First public release (previous versions were hard-coded for my
      system.
1.1   Fixed a problem with SYS$RPCS being opened up when in Start
      mode.
      Now ends up in Time after closing down the applications to speed
      up the file transfer.
1.2   Now altered so that applications can be left open (use JBSGGet
      to set this up).
1.3   If the 3-Link isn't plugged in then an error is shown but it
      isn't fatal anymore.
1.3b  Allowed more time for closedowns to take account of very large
      programs saving their data.
1.4   Improved closing and re-opening applications erring on the side
      of caution.
1.5   Allowed closedown and re-starting of files without the Link
      attached.



Contact
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John Boyce
  CompuServe: 100014,1240
CIX/Internet: jboyce@cix.compulink.co.uk