The  biggest  drawback of other BBS packages that allow  the
   sysop  the flexibility of designing his or her own menus  is
   the amount of maintenance that is necessary in updating  the
   menus.  Until  now it was necessary to have a separate  menu
   for  each  file  and message  area.  The  RemoteAccess  menu
   templating system alleviates this problem by allowing you to
   set  up one menu that will act as a "skeleton" for all  your
   message  and  file areas.  Two "variables" are available  to
   you; "M" for the currently selected message area and "F" for
   the currently selected file area.  In your template menu(s),
   where you would normally put the message area number in  the
   optional  data field for say a "Read" command,  put in "/M".

   When  the read is selected by the  user,  RemoteAccess  will
   substitute this for a message area number.  Likewise,  where
   you would specify a full path for a file function, put a "/F
   in  the optional data field.  RemoteAccess will replace this
   variable with the path to the currently selected file area.

   To put a value into one of these two variables, simply put a
   "/M=<Area  Number>"  or "/F=<Area Number>" in  the  optional
   data field of a type 1,  2 or 4 menu command.  For  example,
   say   you  set  up  a  message  area  template  menu  called
   "MSGMENU", using the /M in the optional data fields. Another
   menu,  which  you have set up to list the available  message
   areas,  simply consists of type 1 or 2 menu commands to jump
   to MSGMENU. One menu line looks like this:

        <H>ard Disk Conference

   This is a type 2 command,  which will "gosub" to the MSGMENU
   menu:

        Type : 2

   On the optional data line,  put the name of the menu to jump
   to, and also set the template variable.

        Optional Data : MSGMENU /M=45

   45 corresponds to the hard disk conference area,  as defined
   in RACONFIG.

   There  are two other constructs that work with the  template
   commands. /M=+ or /F=+ will increment the currently selected
   template area  by one, and /M=- or /F=- will  decrement  the
   currently  selected template area by one.  RemoteAccess will
   automatically  scan  all  file (or  message)  areas  in  the
   specified direction to determine the next area that the user
   has been given access to.