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Hard Disk Menu
HDM version 4.11
BBS name: HDM411.ZIP
The only requirements for distribution of the Hard Disk Menu are
that no files may be changed, and the distributor must notify the
customer that HDM is a Shareware product and that continued use
requires that the user register the product with the author. The
registation form is in the file called ORDER.DOC, recent changes
are listed in the file HISTORY.DOC. New users are granted a 30
day trial license to test drive HDM to find out if it is the menu
system for them. After 30 days, the user must register HDM with
MicroFox or stop using the product. This policy will assure that
Shareware authors that produce good products at reasonable prices
will stay in business and continue with their Shareware efforts.
Jim Hass is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable
to resolve a shareware - related problem with an ASP
member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be
able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve
a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not
provide technical support for members' products.
Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road,
Muskegon MI 49442 or send a message via CompuServe
mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
HDM IV IS A NETWORKABLE MENU AND SECURITY SYSTEM FOR DOS.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
Hard Disk Menu is a DOS shell that hides the underlying operating
system from the uninitiated user, yet does not get in the way of
the expert user. The basic system consist of up to one thousand
menu files with twenty-six menu pages each, and each page has ten
entries for a total of 260,000 entries to choose from. You can
start an entry by pointing to it with your mouse and pressing the
left button, or use the keyboard to move the cursor and press the
<Enter> key, or simply press the number key for that entry. Each
entry can start a program, run a batch file, or execute any DOS
command. An entry can also have multiple steps which can include
any or all of the possibilities above plus special HDM functions
and macros. Each entry has a user definable description. You can
go to another Menu File with 260 more entries by using the action
function {MENU ###}. Menu Files are numbered HDM.000 to HDM.999.
MicroFox Company
HDM was written by Jim Hass P.O. Box 447
CompuServe Mail: 73057,3113 Richfield, Ohio
Telephone orders (216) 659-9489 USA 44286-0447
LONG DESCRIPTION
Hard Disk Menu is a DOS shell that hides the underlying operating
system from the uninitiated user, yet does not get in the way of
the expert user. The basic system consist of up to one thousand
menu files with twenty-six menu pages each, and each page has ten
entries for a total of 260,000 entries to choose from. You can
start an entry by pointing to it with your mouse and pressing the
left button, or use the keyboard to move the cursor and press the
<Enter> key, or simply press the number key for that entry. Each
entry can start a program, run a batch file, or execute any DOS
command. An entry can also have multiple steps which can include
any or all of the possibilities above plus special HDM functions
and macros. You can change menu pages by pressing the <A> through
<Z> keys or the <Alt-1> through <Alt-0> keys to go directly to
page "A" through "J" or use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys. Each page
and each entry on each page has a user definable description. You
can go to another Menu File with 260 entries by using the action
function {MENU ###}. Menu Files are numbered from zero to 999.
The <F10> key displays a horizontal menu at the top of the
screen. The choices from the menu include: Menu, Page, Security,
Local, Global, or Exit. Help can be selected any time and
presents you with another menu and screens that explain how to
use the Hard Disk Menu System. MENU allows you to add, change,
delete, move, or copy the menu entry descriptions and their
associated menu action. PAGE lets you change the description of a
Page Index entry, import pages, switch pages, or delete pages.
SECURITY allows you to set up user logons and password protect
menu entries. LOCAL lets you set up variables in the current menu
file and GLOBAL lets you set up variables that affect all menu
files. EXIT leaves HDM and returns you to the DOS prompt or opens
a DOS window where you can run any DOS command, program, or batch
file. Other commands in the Top Menu allow you to set up macros,
menu titles, change colors and window borders, set mouse
sensitivity, set communications parameters, set time for
automatic blanking of the menu screen, and set up hands off timed
execution of any menu entry any time of the day, week, or month.
The user defined menu entries consist of two parts. The first one
is a 48 character description that is displayed on the screen and
can be anything you want. This is what you choose to start a menu
entry from the main menu. The second part of this menu entry is
the menu action. This tells HDM what to do when this menu entry
is started. The menu action can contain anything that you would
normally put in a DOS batch file, plus functions and macros that
give you additional flexibility, ease of use, and capabilities
beyond DOS and other menu systems.
The Hard Disk Menu is not memory resident. When you run a
program, HDM gets out of memory completely so that all system ram
is available for your use. HDM is then automatically called back
into memory when your program is finished.
Help is always available. Press <F1> from anywhere in the Hard
Disk Menu to get the help menu and help screens. Help topics are
displayed at the left side of the screen and a description of
each topic is displayed on the right side of the screen. You can
move up and down through the help topics or press the letter
associated with it and the information on that topic will
immediately be displayed in the help text window at the right.
You can also get help on the keys available when you are in the
main menu. Just press <F1> from the main menu and a help window
will open with information specific to that menu. It is also
possible to set up custom help for any menu entries that you
want. See the sample files "A1.000" and "HELP.000" on your HDM
distribution disk.
HDM also has the ability to log user activity by writing
information to a file every time a menu entry is run. To use the
log file, start HDM with the -L or -L<path> startup switch.
HDM allows you to put security levels on any entries in the main
menu and on the commands in the pull down windows. This can be
done either at the group level via the Security pull down window
or by putting the cursor on any main menu entry or any pull down
menu command and pressing the Alt-F1 key. You must have at least
one password set up in the Master Password Table to use security
levels. The file SECURITY.DOC explans the multi-level security.
You can customize the opening logo screen by using the -H startup
switch and putting your own company logo in the file HDM.HDR. You
can also create custom help screens for each main menu entry by
creating a text file with a name that uses a combination of the
menu entry page letter and number and the menu file number. For
example custom help for menu entry B5 in menu file HDM.333 would
be named B5.333. When F1 is pressed while the cursor is on that
entry, your custom help is displayed before the normal HDM help
screens.
There are many features built into the Hard Disk Menu for use on
local area networks. One that must be used is the -W startup
switch. This tells HDM where to keep the work file that it uses
to keep track of information for each user. You can change the
name of the work file, X.BAT, by using the X environment variable
(set X=). The -T and -0 through -9 startup switches also can help
with network environments as can some of the security features.
All HDM registrations will include a fully functional evaluation
copy pEDIT, one of the best ASP shareware editors available. The
following is a short description of pEDIT:
Full featured split-screen editor handles up to six
files. Supports all the usual editing functions plus
block indent. Word Processing features include word
wrap, paragraph indent, case change. pEDIT uniquely
treats everything as text; editor commands & shelled
DOS command output are accessible in special buffers.
Has WordStar and Emacs emulations plus global search.