From: mnott@gwdg.de (Matthias Nott)
To: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET (Keith Petersen)
Subject: PowerBatch V 1.1 Batch enhancer
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.announce
Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d

I have uploaded:

SimTel/msdos/batutil/
pbatch11.zip    Batch Enhancer: Menus, Mouse, Hotkeys, Colors!

  Wait! Just one question.  Did you ever want <really nice> batch-
  files without having to dive into programming? Did you ever want
colored menus with <mouse> and hotkey control,  pop up windows and
text boxes with various types of shadows, borders and even screen-
savers using a single command line in your batch files?  Giving to
your batch files a <really professional> appearance?

  PowerBatch V 1.1 is the right choice for you then.
  
  PowerBatch V 1.1 provides easy to use menus with  mouse control,
  hotkeys, borders, shadows for 3D-effects, colors, screen savers,
and more. More than 30 command line options can be used, affecting
the program's behavior. But you don't need to worry about  all the
options at a time - just do what you want, the program  will  take
<useful default values> and give you assistance whenever an  error
occurs.

  PowerBatch V 1.1 comes along with a <detailed tutorial> in  both
  English and German.  The tutorial batch  file itself  is written
making <heavy use> of the possibilities as provided by PowerBatch.
The tutorial batch file is <extensively commented> and can be used
as a sample application. The tutorial gives you step-by-step help,
samples, color tables and tables explaining all parameters. If you
intend to distribute PowerBatch V 1.1 (you are encouraged to do!),
please <always> include the executable together with the tutorial.
Other questions can be answered via email. Suggestions are greatly
welcome.

  PowerBatch V 1.1 can be run stand-alone. You need  only the exe-
  cutable PB.EXE (less than 30 KB) to get  all functions.  Imagine
using it together with your own programs on floppy  disk distribu-
tions and the like! But perhaps try to keep it together  with  the
tutorial, thus permitting other people to use it as well.

  PowerBatch V 1.1 is <CARD-WARE> or ShareWare.  If you use it re-
  gularly, you are encouraged to pay a small registration fee.  If
you like the program, I may ask you in any case to send me a  nice
post card, regardless of whether you want to register or not.

> PowerBatch V 1.1 is fully functional! <No> ShareWare nag-screens
> or the like are included! It is up to you to register or not. In
> any case send nice post cards :)

> Users unpack the pbatch11.zip file into a separate directory and
> run the pbhelp.bat tutorial batch file. Thats all.  You will get
> it working for your own purpose within 30 minutes typically. The
> *.GER, *.ENG, *.MEN files are source files for the tutorial. The
> executable is PB.EXE.

Special requirements: None. It will run as long as DOS runs.

Changes: PBATCH11.ZIP replaces PBATCH10.ZIP. Some minor changes in
         the program's internal functions have been applied. As it
         was requested by several users, the screen savers can now
         as well be activated  immediately moving the mouse to the
         upper right corner of the screen. Other  suggestions  "to
         do in the near future" are mentioned in the tutorial file
         PBHELP.BAT.

Shareware or Cardware. Uploaded by the author.

Matthias Nott
mnott@gwdg.de