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ZeppeLAN (tm) User's Guide Chapter 1. Introduction ZeppeLAN (ZEP) is a program that allows a NetWare user to manage certain parts of the NetWare local area network (LAN) environment with less trouble than is usually required with the NetWare utility programs. You can run ZEP in one of two ways: as a memory-resident popup program or from the DOS command line. Both modes are functionally the same. The memory-resident mode is available from within other applications when you press a hot key. To run the command-line version, you must exit your application or shell out to the DOS prompt from within the application you are running. As an alternative, you can install the command-line ZEP program in a Windows or DesqView window or as a swapped task under the DOS 5 DOSSHELL program's task swapper. The shareware version of ZEP, which this document describes, includes several work station desktop applications, including shared printer selection, a telephone dialer, logging on and off the network, and sending one-line messages to other logged-on users or groups. Each of these processes is described fully in the chapters that follow. The commercial version of ZEP, which you get when you register the shareware version, adds support for multiple file servers, allows you to capture the output of all your printer ports, and includes electronic memos between network users and on-line mapping of network drives to network directories. Following is a description of the differences between the commercial and shareware versions. 1. The memory-resident mode of the shareware version is fully memory resident and occupies about 50K of conventional DOS memory. The commercial version swaps most of the program to expanded or extended memory or to a swap disk file. The memory-resident part occupies only about 5K of conventional DOS memory. 2. The commercial version of ZEP works with multiple file servers in a LAN. The shareware version works only with a work station's primary file server. 3. The commercial version allows you to concurrently capture the output from LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3 to selected network print queues across file servers. The shareware version captures LPT1 only to print queues on the work station's primary file server. 4. The commercial version allows you to select a Print Configuration that you define with NetWare's PRINTCON program. The shareware version does not give you access to Print Configurations. 5. The commercial version includes the ZEP Electronic Memo feature that allows you to exchange memos with other users on the network. The shareware version does not include this feature. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 2 6. The commercial version allows you to log in and out of file servers on the network from within the program. The shareware version does not. 7. The commercial version allows you to map network drives to network directories from within the program. The shareware version does not. 8. The shareware version includes an on-line product registration form that you can fill out and print from within the program. The commercial version does not include this form since it assumes that you are already registered. 9. The commercial version includes a printed copy of the user's manual, upgrades to new versions for a reduced cost, and telephone technical support. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 3 Chapter 2. Installation This chapter is about the installation of ZEP onto a network. Usually, the Network Administrator or SUPERVISOR user will install the program files on the network file server. Users may install their own configurations by using command line options when they load or run the program. As an alternative, a work station user can install a private copy of the programs. ZEP does not need to be installed on the file server. 2.1 System Requirements To run ZEP, you must have NetWare version 2.15 or greater, DOS version 3.0 or greater, and at least 70K available in your workstation's conventional memory if you are going to load ZEP as a memory-resident program. Note that the commercial version, which you get when you register, requires only 5K. 2.2 Files in the ZEP Distribution Whether you downloaded ZEP from an on-line service or bulletin board service or purchased it from a shareware diskette vendor, you will have these files: ZEP.EXE The load module for the memory-resident program. ZEPLAN.EXE The command line program and the transient part of the memory-resident program. ZEP.HLP The Help database. HOTKEY.EXE A program to help you determine hot key scan codes and shift masks to customize the hot key with a command-line option. ZEP.DOC This documentation file. 2.2 Installing the ZEP Software 1. Log onto a file server as the SUPERVISOR user or a user with SUPERVISOR privileges. 2. Copy the files ZEP.EXE, ZEPLAN.EXE, ZEP.HLP, and HOTKEY.EXE into a publicly available subdirectory on the file server. Add a search path to the subdirectory in the NetWare System Login Script so that everyone can find and load the software into their work stations. The simplest way to install ZEP is to copy the files into the SYS:\PUBLIC subdirectory. 3. Set up the NetWare print queues with the NetWare PCONSOLE utility program. When you associate print queues with printers, name the queues with names that are meaningful to the users. The users will see these print queue names when they select a printer to which they want to direct the print output from their applications programs. 4. The HOTKEY.EXE program is a utility program that displays the ZEP command-line option for selected hot keys. If a user wants to change the ZEP hot key, this program will help. The instructions for running it are here. Enter its name, HOTKEY, on the command line. The program will display this message: ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 4 Hot Key Code Computation (Enter for hot key codes.) Press Hot Key... Press different hot key combinations. As you do, the program will display the name of what you entered as shown in this message: Press Hot Key...Alt+LeftShift+N When you have pressed the hot key combination that you want and its name is displaying in the message just shown, press the Enter key. The program will display this message: Alt+LeftShift+N = BIOS Shift Mask: 0a, Keyboard Scan Code: 31 Example command line: zep +h310a The example command line is the way you would run ZEP to change the command line to Alt+LeftShift+N. See Chapter 3 for a discussion of command line options. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 5 Chapter 3. Running ZEP You run ZEP either as a memory-resident program or as a normal DOS program from the command line. Both operating modes have command line options that follow the program's name on the command line. 3.1 Command Line Options Following are the command line options for ZEP when you run it in either the memory-resident mode or as a DOS program from the command line. A command line option consists of plus (+) or minus (-) followed by a letter, which may be upper or lower case. Some options have more information after the letter. +c1 or +c2 - Set the Dialer Communications Port This option sets the Dialer's communication port to COM1 or COM2. Use C1 for COM1 and C2 for COM2. This communications port is the port to which your modem is connected. C1 is the default. +m - Use monochrome display This option tells ZEP to use monochrome (black and white) screens instead of color screens. You would use this option if you have a monochrome display monitor attached to a color card and the resulting screens are difficult to read or unattractive. Some laptop screens are easier to view with this option. ZEP will use this option automatically if you have a Monochrome Display Adaptor in your computer. The next option applies to ZEP's memory-resident mode only. +h - Set the Hot Key This option sets the ZEP hot key, the key combination that you press to pop up ZEP. You would use this option if the default hot key, Alt+LeftShift+P, interferes with keys used by other programs that you run. You enter a two-digit keyboard scan code followed by a two-digit shift mask after the H on the command line. For example, to set the hot key to Alt+LeftShift+N, use this command line option: +h310a The scan code and shift mask values are hexadecimal, and the HOTKEY.EXE program described in Chapter 2 will tell you what its values can be. 3.2 Loading Memory-resident ZEP You load ZEP into memory as a memory-resident program by entering its name on the command line like this: zep Follow the program name with any command line options you wish to ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 6 make. For example, to load ZEP so that it uses COM2 for the Dialer, enter this command: zep +c2 ZEP displays this screen when you load it. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ZeppeLAN Version 1.0 (Shareware) ║ ║ Copyright (c) 1992 Contact Plus Corp. All Rights Reserved ║ ║ Hot Key = [Alt+LeftShift+P], Help = [F1] ║ ║ NOTE: UNREGISTERED COPY. SELECT Register ON THE MAIN MENU. ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ You have used the unregistered ZeppeLAN 4 times The message at the bottom of the display tells you how many times you have used the shareware version. It is a reminder that you should register the program and get the commercial version. 3.3 Popping Up ZEP After you have loaded ZEP into memory, you may pop it up onto the screen at any time as long as whatever you are running is not a graphics program. To pop it up, press the hot key. ZEP pops up this menu. ╔═══════════╗ ║ Main Menu ║ ╠═══════════╣ ║ │Printing ║ ║ │Users ║ ║ │Dialer ║ ║ │Register ║ ║ │Unload ║ ╚═══════════╝ You can move the cursor bar up and down the menu with the up and down arrow keys. Press Enter to select one of ZEP's commands. You can move the cursor to a command by typing the first letter of the command. 3.4 Popping Down To return to the program that you interrupted to run ZEP, press the Esc key while the Main Menu is being displayed. 3.5 Unloading ZEP To unload ZEP from memory, select the Unload command on the Main Menu. Use this command only when you have popped ZEP up from the DOS command line and when no other memory-resident programs are resident above ZEP. If another program is running or resident above ZEP, ZEP cannot unload itself and will display an error message to that effect. A memory-resident program is above ZEP if you loaded it after you loaded ZEP. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 7 3.6 Running ZEP from the DOS Command Line If you do not want to keep ZEP resident in memory, you can run it as a DOS command line program. Its operation is the same as when it is memory resident except that you will not see the Unload command on the Main Menu. To run ZEP from the command line, enter this command: zeplan ZEP will take over the entire screen with a background display, and will display the Main Menu as shown above without the Unload command. When you press the Esc key from the Main Menu, ZEP will exit to the DOS command line. All of the changes that you made by using ZEP will still be in effect, however. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 8 Chapter 4. On-Line Help ZEP provides context-sensitive on-line help. Press F1 at any time during the operation of ZEP to see a window that displays what is going on. After you have read the help window, press any key to return to ZEP. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 9 Chapter 5. Printing ZEP's primary function is to allow you to select network printers. In the usual NetWare environment, you must select and de-select a network printer from the DOS command line by using the NetWare CAPTURE and ENDCAP commands. To use those commands, you must exit from your application. With ZEP, you can select a network printer by popping up ZEP and selecting the Printing command on the Main Menu. 5.1 Selecting a Network Printer When you select the Printing command on the Main menu, ZEP displays the Printer menu, which looks like this. ╔════════════════════════╗ ║ Printer Menu ║ ╠════════════════════════╣ ║ │LPT Capture (off) ║ ║ │End Capture ║ ║ │View Print Job Queues ║ ╚════════════════════════╝ The shareware version of ZEP captures one printer port only, LPT1. The LPT Capture command indicates whether capturing to LPT1 is on or off. To start capturing or to change the capture to a different network printer, select the LPT Capture command on the Printer menu. You will see a list of network printers as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Capture to LPT1 ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ │LASERJET III ║ ║ │OKIDATA M92 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ The list shows all the network printers that are available for you to print to. Move the menu cursor to the printer you want to select and press Enter. ZEP will display the LPT Printer menu again with the (on) token shown next to the LPT Capture command. 5.6 End Capture To end the capture of a printer port, select the End Capture command on the printer menu. The capture will stop. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 10 5.7 View Print Job Queues Use the View Print Job Queues command on the Printer menu to view the print jobs that are queued to each network printer. The command will display a list of the network printers like this: ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Print Job Queues ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ │LASERJET III ║ ║ │OKIDATA M92 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ Move the menu cursor to a network printer entry and press Enter. ZEP will display the print jobs in the queue like this: ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Seq Job User Banner Copies Size ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ │ 1 336 ED Daily Memos 1 287 ║ ║ │ 2 608 ED Daily Memos 1 12166 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The Seq field is the sequence assigned by NetWare to the print job and indicates the order in which the jobs are to be printed. The Job field is a job number assigned by NetWare. 5.8 Deleting a Print Job To delete a print job from the network printer's print job queue, move the menu cursor to the print job and press the Del key. The job will be removed from the queue if you are the user who originated the job or if you are the Network Administrator or the assigned queue operator. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 11 Chapter 6. Dialer ZEP includes a telephone dialer program. Each user has a personal phone book with names and telephone numbers. You can add, change, and delete entries in the phone book. ZEP will dial the numbers through your modem. To run the dialer, select the Dialer command on the Main menu. 6.1 Phone Book The Dialer command displays your personal phone book as shown here. ╔══════════════════════╗ ║ Phone Book ║ ╠══════════════════════╣ ║ │Bert Francis ║ ║ │Charlie Bertini ║ ║ │Donn Powless ║ ║ │Ed Trujillo ║ ║ │Fred Grundeman ║ ║ │Howard Johnson ║ ╚══════════════════════╝ If there are no entries in the phone book, the Dialer command will proceed to the procedure discussed in Adding an Entry below. To select a phone book entry for dialing or changing, move the menu cursor to the entry and press the Enter key. To add an entry to the phone book, press the Ins key. 6.2 Adding an Entry When you add an entry to your phone book, ZEP displays a blank phone book entry form as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ Phone Book Entry ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ Name: ║ ║ Phone: ║ ║ (F2 to dial) ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ Type a name into the Name field and a phone number into the Phone field. You can move between the fields by pressing Enter, Tab, or the arrow keys. When you are done, press Esc. ZEP will ask this question: ╔═══════════════╗ ║ Add the entry ║ ╠═══════════════╣ ║ │Yes ║ ║ │No ║ ╚═══════════════╝ Select Yes to add the entry to the phone book. The Dialer will ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 12 display another blank entry window so that you can add more entries to the phone book. 6.3 Changing an Entry To change an entry in your phone book, select the entry in the Phone Book list window and press Enter. The Dialer will display the entry with its current values as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ Phone Book Entry ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ Name: Bert Francis ║ ║ Phone: 873-4123 ║ ║ (F2 to dial) ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ Change the entry by moving between the fields and typing new values. When you are done, press Esc. ZEP will ask this question: ╔══════════════════╗ ║ Change the entry ║ ╠══════════════════╣ ║ │Yes ║ ║ │No ║ ╚══════════════════╝ Select Yes to change the entry in the phone book. 6.4 Deleting an Entry To delete an entry from your phone book, display the Phone Book list, move the menu cursor to the entry you want to delete, and press the Del key. The Dialer will ask you to confirm the delete by answering this question. ╔═════════════════════╗ ║ Delete Bert Francis ║ ╠═════════════════════╣ ║ │Yes ║ ║ │No ║ ╚═════════════════════╝ Select Yes to delete the entry from the phone book. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 13 6.5 Dialing To dial a number from your phone book, select the entry in the Phone Book list window and press Enter. The Dialer will display the entry as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ Phone Book Entry ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ Name: Bert Francis ║ ║ Phone: 873-4123 ║ ║ (F2 to dial) ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ Press the F2 key. The Dialer will begin dialing the phone number through your modem. While it is dialing, it will display this message: ╔══════════════╗ ║ Dialing... ║ ╚══════════════╝ When it is done dialing, the Dialer will display this message. ╔════════════════════════════╗ ║ Notice ║ ╠════════════════════════════╣ ║ Pick up the phone and then ║ ║ Press any key ║ ╚════════════════════════════╝ Be sure to pick up the phone before you press a key. Pressing a key is your way of telling the dialer that you have the phone off the hook and it is OK for the dialer to hang up the modem. With the phone off the hook, the connection is not broken, and your call may proceed. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 14 Chapter 7. Users Command The Users command on the Main menu allows you to send one-line messages to other users and set your login password. When you select the Users command, you see a list of the users who are currently logged onto the network as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Users ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ │Ed Watson (+) ║ ║ │John Martinez ║ ║ │SUPERVISOR ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝ The entry with the (+) token is you. The (+) token indicates that you currently have messages enabled, which means that NetWare and other users can interrupt your processing with a one-line message at the bottom of the screen. If you did not have messages enabled, the token would be (-). See Enabling and Disabling Messages in this chapter. NetWare users have two names: their login userid and a so-called "full name." Your userid is a nickname that you use to log into the network. The Network Administrator assigns full names to login userid accounts with the NetWare SYSCON utility program. If you have a full name, ZEP uses it to display lists of users. If you do not have a full name, ZEP uses your login userid. 7.2 Sending a Message to a User You can send a one-line message to a user from the Users list shown above. Move the menu cursor to one of the users other than yourself and press Enter. You will see this message entry window. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Send Message to John Martinez ║ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ Type a message into the window and press Enter to send the message or Esc to reject it. If the user has messages enabled or if the user's message buffer is full, you will get an error message to tell you that the message is not delivered. 7.3 Enabling and Disabling Messages You can enable and disable one-line messages to yourself by using ZEP. You would do this when you do not want to be interrupted. Some programs, such as communications programs, should not be interrupted in the manner that the NetWare messages do it. Select one of your own entries from the Users list shown above. You will see the User menu shown here. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 15 ╔════════════════════╗ ║ User Menu ║ ╠════════════════════╣ ║ │Messages Enabled ║ ║ │Change Password ║ ╚════════════════════╝ With the menu cursor on the first selection, press the Enter key to toggle between Messages Disabled and Messages Enabled. Press Esc when the command reflects the condition you want. 7.4 Setting Your Login Password To set your login password, select the Change Password command from the User menu. You will see this entry window. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Old Password ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Type your old password if you had one before this. Observe that all password entries echo to the screen as asterisks regardless of what you type. This is to prevent an onlooker from discovering your password when you enter it. ZEP will display this entry window. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ New Password ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Type the new password you want to use. If you want to remove the password completely, press the Enter key without entering a password. If you are entering a new password, ZEP will display this entry window. Its purpose is to assure that you made no keying errors and that the password is the one you want to establish. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Enter Password Again ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Enter the password a second time. If the password is accepted, ZEP will return to the User menu. If it is not, you will get an error message. ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 16 Chapter 8. Registration When you register your shareware copy of ZEP, you receive many benefits, including the commercial version of ZEP, printed user documentation, customer support on our support hot line, free upgrades for one year, and low-cost upgrades after that. Registration costs $95. Select the Register command on the Main menu. If you have used your shareware ZEP more than 30 times, ZEP automatically executes the Register command each time you load the program. This procedure does not mean that you cannot use the program without registering at that time or that you must complete the registration before using the program any more. Simply press Esc to go to the Main menu if you do not want to register right away. Eventually, however, you should register the program. That is what makes the shareware concept work. You can try out the program for a while. If it turns out to be useful to you, then and only then do you pay for it. The Register command displays the Registration form as shown here. ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ZEP Registration Form ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ Name: ║ ║ Company: ║ ║ Addr 1: ║ ║ Addr 2: ║ ║ City: ║ ║ State: ║ ║ Zip: ║ ║ Phone: ║ ║ MC/Visa No: ║ ║ Exp Date: ║ ║ Diskette 3.5: [ ] (y/n) ║ ║ 5.25: [ ] (y/n) ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Move up and down the fields with the up and down arrow keys or the Enter key. Type your name, address, and phone number. If you wish to pay by credit card, enter your MasterCard or Visa number and its expiration date. Put a 'Y' next to the diskette size you want. When the form is complete, press Esc. You will see this question. ╔═════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Print the ZEP Registration Form ║ ╠═════════════════════════════════╣ ║ │Yes ║ ║ │No ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝ If you have already selected a printer to capture LPT1, or if a printer is connected locally to your LPT1 port, select Yes to print the form. If not, select No, and set up your printer. Use the Register command on the Main menu again to return here. The form will ZeppeLAN User's Guide Page 17 still have the data you typed and you can print it. Fold the printed registration form on the dotted lines, insert a check if you are not paying by credit card, staple the form, put a stamp on it and mail it.