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- About FREE Runit
- ----------------
- The Runit utility is a small program launcher that can be configured by
- a message originator to run a designated program on a network. With this
- utility you can "send" a program to network users via a Windows mail system
- (e.g. MS MAIL) without actually sending copies of the program to each one.
- The designated program will run when the user double clicks on the Runit
- icon embedded in their message.
-
- You can use Runit with any Windows mail system that allows embeded programs.
-
- Runit will save you a lot of disk space if the program you wish to distribute
- is large. This utility is also useful when you want users to run a program
- without wrapping them up in the technical details of how to get to it.
-
- This version of Runit is fully functional and FREE! An newer commercial
- version is available for the registration fee of $9. The commercial version
- is smaller and contains more features. To register, please send $9, your
- name and address to
-
- Frank Font Software
- P.O. Box 1232
- Germantown, MD 20875-1232
-
- The registration fee includes normal shipping and handling.
-
- Please send any enhancement suggestions or comments to the above address
- or to my ID of 72440,2354 on CompuServe.
-
- How To Use
- ----------
- The Runit utility is configured via command line arguments. It is a Windows
- program, so to do this you need to configure it through the RUN option of
- your Windows' FILE menu. The switches used and their effects are
- as follows:
-
- /? ... A simple help screen will appear.
- /SETTING? ... Shows current setting.
- /SET:<filespec> ... Will set the Runit utility to run <filespec>.
-
- Example: MYPROG.EXE is on the network at F:\STUFF\PROGS
- and RUNIT.EXE is at C:\
-
- 1. From the RUN option of the FILE menu, type
-
- C:\RUNIT /SET:F:\STUFF\PROGS\MYPROG.EXE
-
- A window will appear showing the new setting.
-
- 2. Attach C:\RUNIT.EXE to a mail message and send it.
- 3. When the recipient of the message double clicks on the RUNIT icon,
- MYPROG will execute.
-
- Note: Always be sure to send the RUNIT.EXE that you set. If you're not
- sure what a RUNIT.EXE has been set to, just do a RUNIT /SETTING? in
- the RUN option of the Windows' FILE menu.
-
-
- Limitations
- -----------
- 1. An error will result if the program to which Runit is set is not
- available. (Runit may not be a good choice if users do not share
- similar drive mappings on the target server.)
- 2. Runit does no syntax checking of its setting.
- 3. This free version does not set a starting directory.
- 4. Pipe and redirection symbols are not processed by Runit.
-