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Design SHELL v6.0a
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Icon based menuing system (GUI)
Copyright (c) 1993-94 by:
jwh: SoftWare
6947 Haggerty Road
Hillsboro, Ohio 45133
1(513)393-2402
Published an distributed by:
Kathi Hildenbrand (jwh: SoftWare)
6947 Haggerty Road
Hillsboro, Ohio 45133
1(513)393-2402
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Design SHELL allows up to 30 menus or applications on each
page. You are allowed to have Sub Menus and Applications
mixed on any page. Menus can be four levels deep.
With this configuration, you can have up to 810,000 titles.
Sub Menus are titled as "Menu" and Applications are titled
as "File".
If a title is password protected, a red bar will appear
below the Hotkey prompt.
NOTE ! All references to "Click" means to click your left
mouse button on the option.
Adding a Sub Menu or Application.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the EDIT Icon.
Click on Add a new title.
At the data entry screen:
Title: Enter a title for this menu or application.
~~~~~~
HotKey: This hotkey can be used to access this menu
~~~~~~~ or application using the keyboard. Press
PgDn to list active Hotkeys.
Drive: Enter the Drive letter. Press PgDn to list
~~~~~~ all drives in a pick list menu.
Directory: Enter the Directory that this application is
~~~~~~~~~~ located in. Press PgDn to list all
Directories in a pick list menu.
Command: Enter any DOS or Batch file command or the
~~~~~~~~ filename that executes the application.
Press PgDn to list files.
You may enter any number of commands you
like as long as you separate each command
with a carat character (^). Each command
will be executed separately. Press PgDn to
list all files in a pick list menu.
Always include the file extensions (.COM,
.EXE,.BAT) when entering filenames.
You may also include a plus character (+)
immediately following any command. Including
a plus character will instruct Design SHELL
to ask the user for a command line switch or
parameter at run time. Any number of
commands may include a plus character.
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You may also include the word "DROP" as a
command on this line. This DROP command
will instruct Design SHELL to drop to DOS.
Prompt: Any text entered here will be displayed to
~~~~~~~ the user at runtime.
Pause: If you want Design SHELL to pause and wait
~~~~~~ for a keypress after displaying the above
prompt, answer this with a "Y".
NOTE ! Read the Extended Pause information at
the end if this help screen for more
information on the use of this command
with sub menu selections.
Password: Enter a password here, only if you want this
~~~~~~~~~ menu or application password protected.
CAUTION !
Even blank characters can be used as
password characters so if you do not want
password protection, make sure no characters
or blank spaces are present here.
SHELL: Answering this with a "N" will instruct
~~~~~~ Design SHELL to totally drop out of system
memory during executing an application (the
preferred method).
Answering with a "Y" will instruct Design
SHELL to execute this application through a
shell to DOS. With this method, Design
SHELL will use about 40kb of system memory
during execution of an application.
NOTE ! The SHELL method is slightly
faster. Also if you are running Design SHELL
through another GUI or menu you may need to
use this SHELL method to make sure Design
SHELL returns after executing a command.
MENU: Answering this option with a "Y" will cause
~~~~~ this title to become a sub menu title. You
are allowed to have sub menus three levels
deep. If you use this title as a sub menu,
you need not enter any text or information
at the Drive, Directory, Command, or Prompt
fields. The HotKey will be the only active
field.
Answering with a "N" will instruct Design
SHELL to treat this title as an application
entry.
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ICON: Enter the complete DOS Path and filename of
the Icon you want displayed with this title.
Press PgDn to list all Icons to a pick list
screen. Icon files may be located on any
drive or directory on your system.
Copy and Paste: At the upper left hand corner of this data
entry screen you will see two icons new
representing Copy and Paste. If you select
the Copy icon, all of the information from
this entry will be copied to a paste buffer
in memory. You may then Paste this
information to a new or existing entry, by
selecting the Paste icon while at the new
data entry screen.
After completing all fields, click on the "TAB" icon to
save the field information.
After saving this title, Design SHELL will place your new
entry on the display screen, normally at the lower right
hand corner. You may then move or relocate this new entry
by clicking on the Move Icon, then click on the new Icon,
move it around the screen to the location you like, and
then click your mouse to paste it down.
Editing or changeing a Sub Menu or Application.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the Edit Icon.
Click on the Edit a title.
Click on the Menu or Application title you want to edit.
Make all the changes you like.
Click on the TAB Icon to save your changes.
Deleting a Sub Menu or Application.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the Edit Icon.
Click on Delete a title.
Click on the Menu or Application you want deleted.
The "Setup" Icon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This Setup Icon will take you to a sub menu that allows
setting up password protection for the entire system and all
options, turning the screen blanking option on or off and
setting the time delay before going into screen blanking,
allows editing the screen blanking logo, provides options
for setting mouse rate, keyboard rate, and delay, an option
for turning a screen grid on or off, selecting a default
directory for the text editor, and also provides an option
for selecting screen wallpaper images.
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NOTE ! wallpaper screen image files are identical to icon
files. Icons may be used as wallpaper files simply
by including a underscore character (_) in the
filenames.
The "NEW" Icon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option allows changing a picture icon that has
currently been assigned to a menu or application title. To
change a picture simply click on the change icon, click on
the menu or application title you want to change, at this
time you will be presented with a list of all icons click on
the new icon you want to be displayed. Design SHELL will
then change the picture icon for you.
The "MOVE" Icon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option allows moving a current title to a new location
on your screen. To move a title, click on the move icon,
click on the title you want to move, move the title to the
new location, click your mouse to paste it down.
The "ICON" Icon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option takes you to the Icon editor. In this module
you may also select font types, font colors, and screen
background colors
For more help on the Icon editor, you may access a help
screen from within the Icon editor.
The "UTIL" Icon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option takes you to the Disk utility module. In this
module you may perform various Directory and File
maintenance chores. This module also provides you with a
complete front end menu system for the very popular PKZIP
archiving utility application and the McAfee virus scan
utility.
For more help on the Disk Utility module, you may access a
help screen from with in the Disk Utility module.
Extended Pause.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This pause statement works slightly different when
setting up a selection as a sub menu (Menu (Y/N) = Y).
When a selection is setup as a sub menu, and the Pause
is set to Yes (Pause (Y/N) = Y), all or any text that
has been entered at the Command and Prompt fields will
be displayed to the user at run time.
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The Icon Editor Module.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This Icon editor should have no problems working with
icon lists of up to around 700 icons depending on your
system memory setup. The Icon limit is 700 Icons.
If you experience a slow down during the display of the
Icons, you may need to increase the buffers statement in
your CONFIG.SYS file.
A BUFFERS=60 seems to work best with large Icon libraries of
over 250 icons.
Creating New Icons.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To create a new Icon, click on the File Icon and then enter
a new Icon filename. The editor window will be cleared and
you may begin painting your new Icon.
Editing Existing Icons.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the List icon, a list of all icons will be
displayed, select an icon to edit by clicking on the icon.
You may also select an icon through the file list accessed
through the File icon.
Deleting Icons.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the File icon. Select the icon you want to delete
by highlighting it then click on the enter icon. You may
also just click on the filename to delete it.
Moving Icons.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on the file Icon. From the Icon list, click on the
Icon you want to move. From the Drive list, click on the
drive you want this Icon moved to. From the Directory list,
click on the directory you want this Icon in.
New Path.
~~~~~~~~~
Click on the file Icon. From the Drive list, click on the
drive you want to work from. From the Directory list, click
on the directory you want to work from.
NOTE !! All Icons that are currently being used by Design
SHELL (DESIGN01.ICN to DESIGN49.ICN), and the wallpaper icon
files must reside in the same drive/directory that the
Design SHELL program files are located in. All other Icons
may be placed in an alternative drive/directory, and can be
accessed with the Icon editor or used for Menu or File
selection Icons.
Clicking on the Grid Button will toggle the drawing board
grid On or Off.
Clicking on the Font Icon will present you with a pull down
menu for selecting a new Font type.
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Clicking on the Font Color Icon will present you with a
pull down menu for selecting a new font color.
Clicking on the Screen Color Icon will present you with a
pull down menu for selecting a new screen background color.
The Icon Editor Tools.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Clicking on the Save Tool will save any changes you have
made to an icon.
Clicking on the Copy Tool will copy the currently loaded
icon to a paste buffer.
Clicking on the Paste Tool will replace the current icon
with the icon copied to the paste buffer.
Clicking on the Erase Tool will clear the icon editor to
the current color.
Clicking on the Brush Tool will allow painting one pixel at
a time.
Clicking on the Box Tool will allow drawing a box.
Clicking on the Circle Tool will allow drawing a circle or
ellipse.
Clicking on the Move Tool, Up, Down, Left, or Right arrows
will scroll the icon on the drawing board.
Clicking on the Flip Tool, Left, or Up arrow will flip the
icon vertically or horizontally on the drawing board.
Clicking on the UnDo Tool will undo your last change.
Clicking on the Roller Tool will repaint the selected color
with a new color.
Clicking on the Filled Box Tool will draw a filled box using
the current color.
Clicking on the Filled Circle or Ellipse Tool will draw a
filled circle or ellipse using the current color.
Clicking on a color selection in the palette will change the
paint brush or roller color. You may also change the paint
color by clicking your right mouse button on any color over
the entire screen.
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The Directory/File Utility Module.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Navigating the Drive and Directory list.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you first enter the utility module, you will be located
in the drive and directory that the Design SHELL program
files are located in.
Clicking on the drive characters ([-A-], [-B-], etc) will
switch you to that particular drive.
Clicking on a double dot (..) will move you backwards in a
directory tree branch.
Clicking on a directory will move you into that directory.
Clicking on a file will tag that file for any file
maintenance you want to perform.
NOTE !! All Directories are listed in uppercase characters
and all Files are listed in lowercase characters.
Clicking on the Up/Dn Icons will scroll the directory/file
list up or down, one line at a time.
Clicking on the PgUp/PgDn Icons will scroll the directory/
file list up or down, one page at a time.
Clicking on the Enter Icon while a drive or directory is
highlighted will take you to that drive or directory.
Clicking on the Enter Icon while a file is highlighted will
will tag or un-tag that file.
Clicking on the Plus (+) Icon will tag all files.
Clicking on the Minus (-) Icon will un-tag all files.
Clicking on the Directory Icon will give you options to
Create, Rename, or Erase directories.
Clicking on the PK-ZIP Icon will present you with options
for ZIPing, Un-ZIPing, ZIP to EXE, View a ZIP, Test a ZIP,
and Fix a corrupt ZIP file. An option for setting up default
ZIP switches is also avalible. At least one file must be
tagged before this option is active.
NOTE !! Before the above option will work, you must have
the following files located in a directory that
is included in your path statement.
PKZIP.EXE, PKUNZIP.EXE, ZIP2EXE.EXE, ZIPFIX.EXE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright by: PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved.
These files are available as shareware on most
all BBS's and shareware mail order catalogs.
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Clicking on the Sort Icon will present you with options for
sorting the file lists by Name, Extension, File Size, or by
File Date.
Clicking on the Copy Icon will present you with options to
Copy or Move tagged files to any drive or directory you
select.
Clicking on the Edit Icon will load a tagged text file into
a text editor.
Clicking on the Erase Icon will present you with options for
erasing all tagged files.
Clicking on the Rename Icon will allow you to rename a
tagged file.
Clicking on the View Icon will allow you to view a tagged
text file.
Clicking on the Attribute Icon will allow you to edit the
file attributes for a tagged file.
Clicking on the Volume label icon will allow you to edit the
current disk volume label.
Clicking on the Run or Go Icon will allow you to execute or
run a tagged executable file (.COM,.EXE,.BAT).
Clicking on the File Spec Icon will allow you to query the
file list. DOS wildcards are legal here.
Clicking on the Format Icon will provide you with options
for formating floppy disks.
Clicking on the Drives Icon will display disk size and free
space for all drives on your system.
Clicking on the Virus Scan Icon will execute the McAfee
virus scan utility (SCAN.EXE) and scan all tagged files for
any viruses.
NOTE !! Before the above option will work, you must have
the following file located in a directory that is
included in your path statement.
SCAN.EXE
~~~~~~~~
Copyright by: McAfee Associates. All Rights Reserved.
This file is available as shareware on most all BBS's
and shareware mail order catalogs.
Located at the upper right hand corner of the disk utility
screen you will find a right arrow button that can only be
accessed with your mouse. This new button works in three
different ways:
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1>- Clicking your left mouse button on it will toggle the
tools between the built-in tools and the user definable
tools.
2>- While this button is at a RED color, you may click your
RIGHT mouse button on it to access the setup routine for
creating the user definable tools for executing DOS
commands or executing exterior utilities.
3>- While this button is at a CYAN color, you may click your
RIGHT mouse button on it to access the Edit and View
utility setup routine.
This Edit and View utility setup routine allows setting
up several different exterior utilities for use when
selecting the Edit and View icons or tools. An example
of how you may setup different Editors:
Utility File extensions
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EDIT .DOC.TXT.BAT.SYS.1ST.NUL
QBASIC .BAS
HEXEDIT .COM.EXE
PBRUSH .PCX
The above setup would use the "EDIT" utility if you had
tagged a file with the file extensions of ".DOC.TXT.BAT
.SYS.1ST.NUL". NOTE ! the ".NUL" extension represents
a file with no file extension.
QBASIC would be used as the editor if a .BAS file
extension was tagged.
The same prosedure is followed for the View option.
The Text Editor Module.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This text editor should have no problems working with text
files with up to 666 lines of text. Each text line may be up
to 255 characters long.
An option for setting up the default path for this editor
can be found at the Setup menu from the main screen of
Design SHELL.
When leaving the editor, if you have made any changes to the
loaded text file, you will be asked if you want to save the
shanges.
F1............ Options menu.
Most options in this menu are pretty much self explainatory
with the exception of the F10=Run Batch. This option was
provided to give the user a way to test run batch files.
Any Batch or DOS commands typed into the editor will be
executed when this option is selected.
F2............ Help system.
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Editor hot keys and commands.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Insert........ Toggles between insert and overtype mode.
Red cursor designates insert mode.
White cursor designates overtype mode.
Tab........... Moves the cursor right (tab spaces).
Shift+Tab..... Moves cursor left (tab spaces).
Delete........ Removes the character at the current
cursor location.
Home.......... Moves cursor to the left side of editor.
Ctrl+Home..... Moves cursor to top of editor.
End........... Moves cursor to the right side of editor.
Ctrl+End...... Moves cursor to the bottom of the editor.
PgUp.......... Moves text up 25 lines each press.
Ctrl+PgUp..... Moves to top (beginning) of text file.
PgDn.......... Moves text down 25 lines each press.
Ctrl+PgDn..... Moves to bottom (end) of text file.
Up/Down Arrow. Moves cursor Up/Down one line each press.
Rt/Lt Arrow... Moves cursor Right/Left one space for
each press.
Ctrl+Y........ Deletes the text line at cursor location.
Ctrl+N........ Inserts a new blank text line at the
cursor location.
BLOCK OPERATIONS.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shift+Arrow keys.. Mark a block of text.
Shift+Delete...... Delete a block of text.
Shift+Insert...... Insert a block of text.
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Design SHELL - compuPHONE module.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With compuPHONE, you are limited only by disk space on the
number of different databases or the number of records per
database.
compuPHONE operates in three different modes.
Mode 1 - The full operating mode that allows full editing of
records.
Mode 2 - When you select the Query option and Query the
database, all records that match your search text
are copied to a separate file (QUERY.DAT) after
Query is complete, this QUERY.DAT file is loaded.
In this mode you may not edit or change a record.
Options for sorting the list, printing, dialing, or
pasting to and from the clipboard file are
available. You may also highlight a record, press
Esc, and return to the main database (mode 1) with
the highlighted record listed available for editing
Mode 3 - compuPHONE also provides a way of listing all of
the entries that have been pasted to the clipboard
file (CLPBOARD.DAT). From the Files menu, you may
select "Load Clipboard". You may Sort, Print, or
Dial a number from the clipboard file.
(Esc) ------ Selecting this option will exit the phonebook.
(M) Setup -- Select this option to setup your modem and
printer for correct operation.
(D) Dial --- Select this option to dial a highlighted phone
number listing.
(H) Help --- Select this option to view the help text.
Options available while in mode #1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(F) Files -- Select this option to Open, Create, or Delete a
phonebook database. You may also, Load,
Copy-to, Copy-from, or Clear the clipboard file
(CLPBOARD.DAT).
(I) Insert - Select this option to insert a new record. With
the highlight bar at "bottom of file", your new
record will be added to the end of the
database. If the highlight bar is currently on
a record, the new record will be inserted just
above the highlighted record.
(C) Change - Select this option to change or edit a current
record. A current record must be highlighted
before this option is active.
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(E) Erase -- Select this option to erase or delete a record.
A current record must be highlighted before
this option is active.
(Q) Query -- Select this option to Query or Search out a
record or a group of records. At the Query
screen, simply enter any text at any fields
that you want to search for then press the F1
key to begin the Query. Pressing F1 with all
fields blank will list all records in the
Query. All records that match will be copied
to the QUERY.DAT file and then listed to screen
(Mode 2).
(S) Sort --- Select this option if you want to sort the
records. You may sort records on any field.
Options available while in mode #2 (QUERY.DAT).
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(F) Files -- Select this option to Load, Copy-to, Copy-from,
or Clear the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
(P) Print -- Select this option to print the QUERY.DAT file
in list form.
(L) Labels - Select this option to print mailing labels from
the QUERY.DAT file.
(S) Sort --- Select this option if you want to sort the
QUERY.DAT file. You may sort records on any
field.
Options available while in mode #3 (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(P) Print -- Select this option to print the CLPBOARD.DAT
file in list form.
(L) Labels - Select this option to print mailing labels from
the CLPBOARD.DAT file.
(S) Sort --- Select this option if you want to sort the
CLPBOARD.DAT file. You may sort records on any
field.
Loading the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Select the Files option and then the Load Clipboard option.
Clearing the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before adding any records to the clipboard file, you may
want to make sure that it currently has no records. Simply
select the Files option and then the Clear Clipboard option.
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Copying a record to the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Individual records may be placed into the clipboard file
either by clicking your RIGHT mouse button on the record or
highlighting a record and then pressing the enter key.
Copying a database to the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Load the database you want to place in the clipboard file
using the Files option and then the Open option. Once you
have the database loaded simply select the Files option and
then select the Copy-To clipboard option.
Copying records from the clipboard file (CLPBOARD.DAT).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To copy the contents of the clipboard file into the
currently loaded database, simply select the Files option
and then the Copy-From Clipboard option.
Combining two databases.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can combine two different databases using the clipboard
file as the tool. Simply load one of the databases through
the Files/Open options. Copy this database to the clipboard
file with the Files/Copy-To clipboard options. Then open the
second database using the Files/Open options. At this point
combine the clipboard contents to the current file using the
Files/Copy-From Clipboard options.
Adding records to a database.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Besides the Insert option, you may add records to a database
while at the Insert or Change screen. Pressing the Page Down
key will advance you to the next record in the database. If
you are at the last record and press the Page Down key, a
new blank record will be added to the end if the file. You
may move Up or Down through the database using the Page Up
or Page Down keys.
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DISCLAIMER;
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Users must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This application supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness
for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages,
direct or consequential, which may result from the use of
this manual or the application it describes.
jwh: SoftWare
6947 Haggerty Road
Hillsboro, Ohio 45133
Phone: (513)393-2402
This application was written and compiled using
MicroSoft QuickBASIC v4.5
The main structure being made up of basic code, the
remainder being about 70% assembly language modules.
Design SHELL is copyright (c) by:
jwh: SoftWare. All rights reserved.
QuickBASIC is copyright (c) by:
The MicroSoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PKZIP is copyright (c) by:
PK Ware. All rights reserved.
SCAN is copyright (c) by:
McAfee Associates. All rights resurved.
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