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- MENUMAN: EASY POWERBASIC MENUS
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- COPYRIGHT, 1992, 1993
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- SALT AND LIGHT SOFTWARE
-
- 1525 LOCUST ST.
-
- READING, PA. 19604
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-
-
- PROLOUGE
-
- MENUMAN 1.0 for Powerbasic is designed to generate menus with
- selection by function keys, numbers and widebar selectors that travel
- horzintally and vertically. The menus are loaded into a file called
- "TESTMENU.BAS" and are loaded as subprograms. The reason for assigning
- the menus as subprograms is that this gives the programmer more flexibility
- to call the menu subprogram any time he wishes and to locate and assign
- certain colors to the menus. Programs included on the disk:
-
-
- MENUMAN.EXE
-
- MENUMAN.DOC
-
- FKEYSAMP.BAS
-
- FKEYSAMP.EXE
-
- HORZSAMP.BAS
-
- HORZSAMP.EXE
-
- NUMBSAMP.BAS
-
- NUMBSAMP.EXE
-
- VERTSAMP.BAS
-
- VERTSAMP.EXE
-
-
-
- The programmer may include the menus generated by MENUMAN 1.0 for
- Powerbasic into his or her work on a royalty free basis.
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- MENUMAN was born out of frustration. I was tired of coding menu files
- and forgetting "END SELECT" or rummaging around my source code files on disks
- and looking for the proper way to do the INSTR function or flipping through
- pages of books on programming on how to handle an error trap. So, I came
- with MENUMAN as a way to always put together a menu that would work and not
- have to spend hours of programming.
-
- MENUMAN will generate menus with selection by alternate keys,
- function keys, a Lotus type menu, numbers selections and popup vertical bar
- menus. The following is a short tutorial on:
-
- * The opening screen of MENUMAN
-
- * An overview of the TOOLS section
-
- * A step by step process of creating a menu
-
-
-
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- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
- OPENING SCREEN
-
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
- Type Menuman at your DOS prompt and the opening screen of MENUMAN
- will be staring back at you in a few seconds. To select a menu function, use
- up or down arrows to move the widebar selector and then press ENTER when you
- are at the menu type you want. If you want to use one of MENUMAN's tools (you
- don't have to return them, neighbor) move the widebar selector to TOOLS and
- press ENTER. To exit MENUMAN, move the widebar selector over to EXIT and
- press ENTER. (Hint: the home and end keys will send you to EXIT).
-
-
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
- TOOLS SECTION
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- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
- After you enter the TOOLS section of MENUMAN, you will see a box
- with the following options:
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- COLOR SELECTOR
-
- CHANGE DIRECTORY
-
- BOX LOCATOR
-
- BOX STYLES
-
- EXIT
-
- Move the widebar cursor over each item and Press ENTER at the one
- you want.
-
- Here is an overview of each section of TOOLS
-
- #################################################
-
- COLOR SELECTOR
-
-
-
- After the widebar cursor is placed over the first entry and ENTER is
- pressed, the user will see how a menu will look with different colors.
- You will see a box popup in the lower right handed corner of the screen with
- a range of colors, number 1 through 15. Type in the foreground color of your
- choice and then type in the background color of your choice. Then a smaller
- box will appear, showing you how you color selections will look on the screen.
- If you want to choose another color combination press the Number 1, or if
- you want to exit to MENUMAN's opening screen, press Number 2.
-
-
- ########################################################
-
-
- CHANGE DIRECTORY
-
- The second option will change the directory inside any drive by typing in
- the drive letter and the name of the directory or subdirectory you wish.
-
- Example: C:\QB\MENUS\SHIP
-
-
- ######################################################
-
-
- BOX LOCATOR
-
-
- The third choice on the TOOLS menu will show what your menu will look
- like at designated screen locations. A distored display means that your menu
- went below the 25-row limit, or beyond the 80-column limit.
-
-
- #######################################################
-
- BOX STYLES
-
-
- The fourth choice on TOOLS menu will show five styles of boxes
- offered in your menu subprogram.
-
-
-
-
- ________________________________________________________
-
-
- MENU CREATION
-
- ________________________________________________________
-
- Step by step instructions on how to create menus:
-
- ALTERNATE KEYS MENUS
-
- First step: Leave the widebar selector on MENUS and then press
- ENTER. The menu of menu choices will appear and the widebar selector will
- be placed on the function keys menu item; press ENTER.
-
- Second step: An input box will appear on the lower portion
- of the screen. Type in the desired number of entries (2 to 7) then press
- Enter.
-
- (Hint: items are limited to 10 cols in length. Menuman will
- let you know if you have gone over the limit by sounding a chime. The entry
- will be erased and you will be asked to retype it. Any entry can be edited in
- place by pressing the ESC key. The edit function will only work with the
- current entry).
- Then the next entry will appear. Continue to press ENTER until all
- the selections for your menu have been entered. There is no need to provide
- an entry for an "EXIT" or "QUIT" option because MENUMAN automatically
- designates the last item in the menu for this purpose.
-
- (Hints: Menuman will select the first letter of your entry as the hot
- key. Your letter selection will be marked in the letters and numbers box. What
- if you have entries that start with the same letter? Well, there are two ways
- to work around that situation.
- 1. Use the numbers as a means of utilizing entries with the same
- letters. Do it this way by typing: 1MENUMAN, or 2BOXMAKER. That's right no
- spaces between numbers and words.
-
- 2. Misspell the entry like this "EMNUMAN. The letter "E" will have
- a box around it in the finished menu. You will have to shift the lower case
- "m" to the first position in the word and make several other small
- adjustments to get the memu the way you want it.)
-
-
-
- Fourth step: Another box will appear asking you if you want to save
- the menu to "TESTMENU.BAS" or quit the process and return to the Main Menu.
- If you select to save the menu, it will be placed in the current path which
- you are working. (Directories and paths may be changed by using the Change
- Directory option in the Tools Menu.)
-
- (Hint: a working model of an alternate keys menu with has
- been included on the disk. A compiled version has also been included)
-
-
- FUNCTION KEYS MENUS
-
- First step: Leave the widebar selector on MENUS and then press
- ENTER. The menu of menu choices will appear and the widebar selector will
- be placed on the function keys menu item; press ENTER.
-
- Second step: An input box will appear on the lower portion
- of the screen. Type in the desired number of entries (2 to 9) and press Enter.
-
- (Hint: items are limited to 15 cols in length. Menuman will
- let you know if you have gone over the limit by sounding a chime. The entry
- will be erased and you will be asked to retype it. Any entry can be edited in
- place by pressing the ESC key. The edit function will only work with the
- current entry).
-
- Then the next entry will appear. Continue to press ENTER until all
- the selections for your menu have been entered. There is no need to provide
- an entry for an "EXIT" or "QUIT" option because MENUMAN automatically
- designates the last item in the menu for this purpose.
-
- Fourth step: Another box will appear asking you if you want to save
- the menu to "TESTMENU.BAS" or quit the process and return to the Main Menu.
- If you select to save the menu, it will be placed in the current path which
- you are working. (Directories and paths may be changed by using the Change
- Directory option in the Tools Menu.)
-
-
- (Hint: a working model of a Funtion keys menu with has
- been included on the disk. A compiled version has also been included)
-
- _________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- LOTUS TYPE MENUS
-
- First step: Leave the widebar selector on MENUS and then press
- ENTER. The menu of menu choices will appear; move the widebar selector to
- the Horizontal menu item and press ENTER.
-
- Second step: An input box will appear on the lower portion
- of the screen. Type in the desired number of entries (2 to 7) and press Enter.
-
-
- (Hint: items are limited to 10 cols in length. Menuman will
- let you know if you have gone over the limit by sounding a chime. The entry
- will be erased and you will be asked to retype it. Any entry can be edited in
- place by pressing the ESC key. The edit function will only work with the
- current entry).
-
- Then the next entry will appear. Continue to press ENTER until all
- the selections for your menu have been entered. There is no need to provide
- an entry for an "EXIT" or "QUIT" option because MENUMAN automatically
- designates the last item in the menu for this purpose.
-
- Third step: Another box will appear asking you if you want to save
- the menu to "TESTMENU.BAS" or quit the process and return to the Main Menu.
- If you select to save the menu, it will be placed in the current path which
- you are working. (Directories and paths may be changed by using the Change
- Directory option in the Tools Menu.)
-
- (Hint: a working model of a Horizontal menu with notations has
- been included on the disk. A compiled version also has been included.)
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- NUMBERS SELECTION MENUS
-
- First step: Leave the widebar selector on MENUS and then press
- ENTER. The menu of menu choices will appear; move the widebar selector to
- the Numbers menu item and press ENTER.
-
- Second step: An input box will appear on the lower portion
- of the screen. Type in the desired number of entries (2 to 9) and press Enter
-
- (Hint: items are limited to 15 cols in length. Menuman will
- let you know if you have gone over the limit by sounding a chime. The entry
- will be erased and you will be asked to retype it. Any entry can be edited in
- place by pressing the ESC key. The edit function will only work with the
- current entry).
-
- Then the next entry will appear. Continue to press ENTER until all
- the selections for your menu have been entered. There is no need to provide
- an entry for an "EXIT" or "QUIT" option because MENUMAN automatically
- designates the last item in the menu for this purpose.
-
- Third step: Another box will appear asking you if you want to save
- the menu to "TESTMENU.BAS" or quit the process and return to the Main Menu.
- If you select to save the menu, it will be placed in the current path which
- you are working. (Directories and paths may be changed by using the Change
- Directory option in the Tools Menu.)
-
-
- (Hint: a working model of a Numbers menu with has
- been included on the disk. A compiled version also has been included.)
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- VERTICAL SELECTION MENUS
-
- First step: Leave the widebar selector on MENUS and then press
- ENTER. The menu of menu choices will appear; move the widebar selector to
- the Vertical menu item and press ENTER.
-
- Second step: An input box will appear on the lower portion
- of the screen. Type in the desired number of entries (2 to 9) and press Enter
-
- (Hint: items are limited to 15 cols in length. Menuman will
- let you know if you have gone over the limit by sounding a chime. The entry
- will be erased and you will be asked to retype it. Any entry can be edited in
- place by pressing the ESC key. The edit function will only work with the
- current entry).
- Then the next entry will appear. Continue to press ENTER until all
- the selections for your menu have been entered. There is no need to provide
- an entry for an "EXIT" or "QUIT" option because MENUMAN automatically
- designates the last item in the menu for this purpose.
-
- Third step: Another box will appear asking you if you want to save
- the menu to "TESTMENU.BAS" or quit the process and return to the Main Menu.
- If you select to save the menu, it will be placed in the current path which
- you are working. (Directories and paths may be changed by using the Change
- Directory option in the Tools Menu.)
-
- (Hint: a working model of a Vertical menu with has
- been included on the disk. A compiled version also has been included.)
-
- **************************************************************************
-
- I am asking a registration fee of $5 for this programming effort.
- As any programmer knows, a great deal of time goes into any program.
- The gestation period usually isn't nine months but the labor pains can be
- memorable. Registered users can purchase MENUMAN updates at costs of under $7.
-
- Send all comments and/or orders to me by one of these methods:
-
- Through a letter or postcard to:
-
- CARMEN PAONE
- SALT AND LIGHT SOFTWARE
- 1525 LOCUST ST.
- READING, PA. 19604
-
- On Compuserve as CARMEN PAONE [72677, 42]
-
- On Genie as C. PAONE
-
- On Delphi as CARMENPAONE
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- On America On-Line as CARMENP805
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- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- One final word, no matter what decision you make on MENUMAN, do
- yourself a soul-saving service and read John 3:16 in any Bible.
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