Creating the Menu Link Control File:
    A menu link control file is required for every database that you wish
    to create. This file contains all the necessary parameters such as
    database name, credits, menu names and menu items.

    !Name: Naming the Database
    The first line of the link file must contain the database name. The
    database name is specified by using the !name: command, followed by
    the database name. The database name can be up to forty characters in
    length. This name will be displayed in the Hypertext Database menu when
    selecting a database with the ALT-D keypress.

    Example: To define a database name of "Compact Disc Collection",

    !name: Compact Disc Collection                                      

    !Credits: Calling it Yours
    The next line of the link file is the credits section. Credits are
    added to databases with the !credits: command. Credits identify the
    database as your creation. The credits section can be up to five lines
    of 65 characters each.

    Let's add some credits. Type,

    !name: Compact Disc Collection                                      
                                                                        
    !credits:                                                           
        Compact Disc Collection                                         
          Copyright (c) 1990                                            
              Your Name                                                 
          All Rights Reserved.                                          

    Note:
         The use of the !credits: command is optional.

    !Menu: Naming the Menus
    Now we need to specify the menu name. Menu names are specified by using
    the !menu: command, followed by the menu name.

    Let's call our first menu Favorite CD's. Type the menu name just
    below the credits section. The next line is reserved for the first
    item of the the "Favorite CD's menu. Let's name this menu item
    Classics. Next to the menu item name is where you must specify the
    filename of the compiled file that contains the text for the menu item.


    !name: Compact Disc Collection                                      
                                                                        
    !credits:                                                           
         Compact Disc Collection                                        
           Copyright (c) 1990                                           
               Your Name                                                
          All Rights Reserved.                                          
                                                                        
    !menu: Favorite CD's                                                
  +.       Classics   classics.eho                                      
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  +--------------- This will display as the first menu item.

    Important Rule:
         The text for each menu item must be placed into a separate text
         file. This means that if you create a database with two menus, one
         menu with three items and the other with two, you will have at
         least five text files of information.

    For now, this completes the creation of our menu control link file.


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