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This file contains the  Table Of Contents for the  documentation on the  demo
versions of TalkThru For OS/2 release 2.3.

In order to conserve space on  Compuserve and compatibility across users PCs,
the documentation available here  is a "text only" version  of the production
documentation.  In order to produce these "text only" versions, we eliminated
all formatting, graphical images and "screen pictures" you would normally see
in the production documentation.

You  may obtain  more complete  and  intuitive  documentation  from  Software
Corporation Of America with the production  versions of TalkThru.  SCA can be
contacted at [phone].


          TABLE OF CONTENTS                    FILE NAME


          1. Introduction                      filename(TTINTRO.DOC)
            1.1 Product Overview
            1.2 Product Description
              1.2.1 The Customization File
              1.2.2 Communications Support
              1.2.3 Terminal Emulation
              1.2.4 The Phone Book
              1.2.5 Phone Book Entry Definitions
              1.2.6 Modem Configuration Files
              1.2.7 EHLLAPI Support
              1.2.8 File Transfer
              1.2.9 AUTOPILOT Programming Language

          2. Installation                      filename(TTINSTAL.DOC)
            2.1 Package Inventory
            2.2 System Requirements
            2.3 Before You Begin
            2.4 Installing TalkThru
            2.5 Starting TalkThru
            2.6 Modem Setup And Device Configuration
              2.6.1 Overview
              2.6.2 Procedures For TalkThru Release 1.03
              2.6.3 Procedures For TalkThru Release 2.3
            2.7 Testing The Sample Session

          3. TalkThru Initialization/Termination  filename(TTCNTRLR.DOC)
            3.1 Overview
            3.2 TalkThru Invocation
            3.3 TalkThru Termination

          4. The Phone Book                    filename(TTPHONBK.DOC)
            4.1 Overview
            4.2 Starting A Session
            4.3 Opening Another Phone Book
            4.4 Phone Book Maintenance
              4.4.1 Creating A New Phone Book
              4.4.2 Adding Sessions To A Phone Book
              4.4.3 Modifying Sessions In A Phone Book
              4.4.4 Deleting Sessions From A Phone Book
            4.5 The Controller Panel
            4.6 Phone Book Entry Definitions
              4.6.1 Overview
              4.6.2 Modifying Phone Book Entry Definitions
            4.7 Making A Model Phone Book Entry

          5. Terminal Emulation                filename(TTEMULAT.DOC)
            5.1 Overview
            5.2 Starting Terminal Emulation
            5.3 Exiting Terminal Emulation
            5.4 Making A Connection
            5.5 Cancelling A Connection.
            5.6 Modifying The Communications Settings
            5.7 Modifying MOUSE Actions
            5.8 Modifying The Terminal View
            5.9 Modifying Terminal Colors
            5.10 Modifying Terminal Font
            5.11 Modifying Keyboard Assignments
            5.12 On-Screen Emulator Buttons
            5.13 Support For Drag And Drop
            5.14 Viewing The Screen Review Buffer

          6. The TalkThru Customization File   filename(TTCUSTOM.DOC)
            6.1 Overview
            6.2 Customization Variables Description
              6.2.1 DISABLE_PHONEBOOK_MENUITEMS
              6.2.2 DISABLE_TERMINAL_MENUITEMS
              6.2.3 COMM_MANAGER
              6.2.4 DATA_DIRECTORY
              6.2.5 ICON_DIRECTORY
              6.2.6 IND$FILE_VERSION
              6.2.7 PROGRAMS_DIRECTORY
              6.2.8 SCRIPT_ALTPATH
              6.2.9 SCRIPT_DIRECTORY
              6.2.10 SESSIONS_DIRECTORY

          7. Modem Configuration Files         filename(TTMODEM.DOC)
            7.1 Overview
            7.2 Modifying Modem Configuration Files
              7.2.1 TalkThru Release 1.03
              7.2.2 TalkThru Release 2.x And Above

          8. EHLLAPI Support                   filename(TTHLLAPI.DOC)
            8.1 Standard EHLLAPI Support
              8.1.1 Overview
              8.1.2 Activating EHLLAPI For A Session
            8.2 Guidelines For Usage
              8.2.1 Overview
              8.2.2 EHLLAPI Functions
              8.2.3 TalkThru EHLLAPI Extensions
                8.2.3.1 Connect and Disconnect Enhancements
                8.2.3.2 Dialing and Hanging Up The Phone
                8.2.3.3 Data Capture
                8.2.3.4 Sending Control Sequences
                8.2.3.5 Clearing The Local Screen
                8.2.3.6 Sending TalkThru Assigned Keys
                8.2.3.7 File Transfer Requests

          9. File Transfer                     filename(TTFTRAN.DOC)
            9.1 Screen Capture
            9.2 Ascii
            9.3 Compuserv B+
            9.4 XModem/YModem/ZModem
              9.4.1 Overview
              9.4.2 Procedures
            9.5 IBM IND$FILE
              9.5.1 Introduction
              9.5.2 Procedures From Terminal Emulation
                9.5.2.1 Sending A PC File To The Host
                9.5.2.2 Receiving A PC File From The Host
              9.5.3 Procedures From An OS/2 Session
                9.5.3.1 File Transfer Commands
              9.5.4 VM/CMS Specific Requirements
                9.5.4.1 VM/CMS Command Format
                9.5.4.2 VM/CMS Positional Parameters
                9.5.4.3 VM/CMS Optional Parameters
              9.5.5 TSO Specific Requirements
                9.5.5.1 TSO Command Format
                9.5.5.2 TSO Positional Parameters
                9.5.5.3 TSO Optional Parameters
              9.5.6 CICS Specific Requirements
                9.5.6.1 CICS Command Format
                9.5.6.2 CICS Positional Parameters
                9.5.6.3 CICS Optional Parameters
              9.5.7 IND$FILE Problem Resolution
                9.5.7.1 General
                9.5.7.2 Release Incompatibilities
                9.5.7.3 Common Error Messages
                9.5.7.4 Tips To Correcting File Transfer Errors
            9.6 Kermit

          10. AUTOPILOT Language Overview      filename(TTAUTOI.DOC)
            10.1 Introduction
            10.2 Support For The Presentation Manager
            10.3 Running an AUTOPILOT Program
            10.4 The AUTOPILOT Script Search Order
            10.5 Compiling An AUTOPILOT Program
            10.6 Language Conventions And Definitions
              10.6.1 Tokens
                10.6.1.1 Identifiers
                10.6.1.2 Labels
                10.6.1.3 Keywords
                10.6.1.4 Numeric Constants
                10.6.1.5 String Constants
                10.6.1.6 Operators
              10.6.2 Comments
              10.6.3 Conversions
              10.6.4 Numeric And String Expressions And Operators
              10.6.5 Conditional Expressions And Relational And Logical Operators
              10.6.6 Order Of Precedence
              10.6.7 Scope Of Identifiers
              10.6.8 Syntax Notation
              10.6.9 Customization Variable Access
              10.6.10 Passing Variable Information
            10.7 Definition Of Terms

          11. AUTOPILOT Statements By Category    filename(TTAUTOC.DOC)
            11.1 Conditional Testing And Branching
              11.1.1 Functional Overview
              11.1.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.1.3 Processing Overview
            11.2 Defining Identifiers
              11.2.1 Functional Overview
              11.2.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.2.3 Processing Overview
            11.3 String Manipulation
              11.3.1 Functional Overview
              11.3.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.3.3 Processing Overview
            11.4 Accessing System Information
              11.4.1 Functional Overview
              11.4.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.4.3 Processing Overview
            11.5 Accessing TalkThru Information
              11.5.1 Functional Overview
              11.5.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.5.3 Processing Overview
            11.6 PC File Processing
              11.6.1 Functional Overview
              11.6.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.6.3 Processing Overview
            11.7 Calling Other Programs
              11.7.1 Functional Overview
              11.7.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.7.3 Processing Overview
            11.8 Directing Communications
              11.8.1 Functional Overview
              11.8.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.8.3 Processing Overview
            11.9 Managing Presentation Manager Dialogs
              11.9.1 Functional Overview
              11.9.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.9.3 Processing Overview
            11.10 Supporting Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
              11.10.1 Functional Overview
              11.10.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.10.3 Processing Overview
                11.10.3.1 Client Syntax
                11.10.3.2 Server Syntax
                11.10.3.3 DDE ACTION Routines (General)
                11.10.3.4 Client ACTION Routines
                11.10.3.5 Server ACTION Routines
            11.11 Calling DLL Functions Directly
              11.11.1 Functional Overview
              11.11.2 List Of Statements And Functions
              11.11.3 Processing Overview
                11.11.3.1 Declaring DLL Functions
                11.11.3.2 Calling DLL functions
                11.11.3.3 Passing Window Handles To Functions
                11.11.3.4 Rules For Specifying Functions

          12. AUTOPILOT Statement Reference      filename(TTAUTO.DOC)
            12.1 ACTION_ID Function
            12.2 ACTION_INFO Function
            12.3 ACTION_OBJECT Function
            12.4 ACTION_TYPE Function
            12.5 ACTION_WINDOW Function
            12.6 ADD TO Statement
            12.7 ASC Function
            12.8 ATTRIBUTE Function
            12.9 BEEP Statement
            12.10 CARRIER Statement
            12.11 CHECK Statement
            12.12 CLOSE Statement
            12.13 CLS HOST Statement
            12.14 CONNECT and JUMP Statements
            12.15 COPY_FROM_HOST Statement
            12.16 COPY_TO_HOST Statement
            12.17 CREATE DDE_LINK Statement (Client)
            12.18 CREATE DDE_LINK Statement (Server)
            12.19 CREATE DIALOG_WINDOW Statement
              12.19.1 ACTION_BAR_MENU Clause
              12.19.2 CHECK_BOX Clause
              12.19.3 COMBINATION_BOX Clause
              12.19.4 ENTRY_FIELD Clause
              12.19.5 GROUP_BOX Clause
              12.19.6 ICON_FIELD Clause
              12.19.7 LIST_BOX Clause
              12.19.8 MULTILINE_ENTRY_FIELD Clause
              12.19.9 PUSH_BUTTON Clause
              12.19.10 RADIO_BUTTON Clause
              12.19.11 TEXT_FIELD Clause
            12.20 CREATE SESSION_MONITOR Statement
              12.20.1 TEXT_WATCH Clause
              12.20.2 HOST_KEY_WATCH Clause
            12.21 DDE_EXECUTE Statement (Client)
            12.22 DDE_POKE Statement (Client)
            12.23 DDE_REQUEST Statement (Client)
            12.24 DDE_UPDATE Statement (Server)
            12.25 DECLARE FUNCTION Statement
            12.26 DESELECT Statement
            12.27 DESTROY Statement
            12.28 DIAL Statement
            12.29 DIM Statement
            12.30 DIR Statement
            12.31 DISABLE Statement
            12.32 DISABLE Statement (DDE Client)
            12.33 DISABLE Statement (DDE Server)
            12.34 DISCONNECT Statement
            12.35 DISK_INFO Function
            12.36 ENABLE Statement
            12.37 ENABLE Statement (DDE Client)
            12.38 ENABLE Statement (DDE Server)
            12.39 EOF Function
            12.40 EXIT Statement
            12.41 FILE_ACCESS Function
            12.42 FILE_TRANSFER_STATUS Function
            12.43 FOUND Function
            12.44 FOUND_COLUMN Function
            12.45 FOUND_ROW Function
            12.46 GLOBAL Statement
            12.47 GOTO Statement
            12.48 HANG_UP Statement
            12.49 HIDE Statement
            12.50 HOST_CURSOR_COLUMN Function
            12.51 HOST_CURSOR_ROW Function
            12.52 IF Statement
            12.53 INCLUDE Statement
            12.54 INSTR Function
            12.55 IS_CHECKED Function
            12.56 IS_DISABLED Function
            12.57 JUMP Statement
            12.58 LEN Function
            12.59 LOCATE HOST_CURSOR Statement
            12.60 LOOK Statement
            12.61 MESSAGE_BOX Function
            12.62 MINIMIZE, MAXIMIZE, and RESTORE Statements
            12.63 NUMBER_OF_LINES Function
            12.64 ON Statement
            12.65 OPEN Statement
            12.66 OPEN Statement (DDE Client)
            12.67 OPEN Statement (DDE Server)
            12.68 OPEN_FLAG Function
            12.69 PERFORM Statement
            12.70 QUIET Function
            12.71 READ Statement
            12.72 READ_POSITION Function
            12.73 RECEIVE_FILE Statement
            12.74 RELEASE Statement
            12.75 REMOVE FROM Statement
            12.76 RESERVE Statement
            12.77 RESUME Statement
            12.78 RETURN Statement
            12.79 ROUND Statement
            12.80 RUN Statement
            12.81 SCREEN Function
            12.82 SCRIPT_INFO Function
            12.83 SEARCH_ARRAY Statement
            12.84 SELECT Statement
            12.85 SELECTED_LINE Function
            12.86 SEND Statement
            12.87 SEND_FILE Statement
            12.88 SET Statement
            12.89 SET_ARRAY Statement
            12.90 SHOW Statement
            12.91 SIGNAL Statement
            12.92 SORT Statement
            12.93 STORE Statement
            12.94 STR_CHR Function
            12.95 STR_CURRDIR Function
            12.96 STR_CURRDISK Function
            12.97 STR_DATE Function
            12.98 STR_DELETE Function
            12.99 STR_ENVIRONMENT Function
            12.100 STR_FILEPATH Function
            12.101 STR_JLEFT Function
            12.102 STR_JRIGHT Function
            12.103 STR_LEFT Function
            12.104 STR_LOWER Function
            12.105 STR_MID Function
            12.106 STR_PAD Function
            12.107 STR_REPLICATE Function
            12.108 STR_RETRIEVE Function
            12.109 STR_RIGHT Function
            12.110 STR_TIME Function
            12.111 STR_TRANSLATE Function
            12.112 STR_TRUNCATE Function
            12.113 STR_UPPER Function
            12.114 STR_VAL Function
            12.115 SWAP Statement
            12.116 TEXT_OF Function
            12.117 UNCHECK Statement
            12.118 VAL Function
            12.119 WAIT Statement
            12.120 WHILE Statement
            12.121 WINDOW_HANDLE Function
            12.122 WRITE Statement
            12.123 WRITE_POSITION Function

          A. Appendix A - AUTOPILOT Reserved Words  filename(TTAUTOR.DOC)

          B. Appendix B - Sample AUTOPILOT Scripts  filename(TTAUTOS.DOC)
            B.1 Overview
            B.2 Defining Controls On A Dialog
            B.3 Connecting To Information Services
            B.4 Recording A Communications Session
            B.5 A Calculator
            B.6 A DDE Server And Client

          C. Appendix C - AUTOPILOT Migration From DOS  filename(TTAUTOD.DOC)
            C.1 Overview
            C.2 Support For DOS PC Screen Statements
            C.3 DOS Compatible Statements And Functions
              C.3.1 CLS Statement
              C.3.2 COLOR Statement
              C.3.3 CREATE TEXT_WINDOW Statement
              C.3.4 DISPLAY Statement
              C.3.5 KEYBOARD_INFO Function
              C.3.6 KEYBOARD_POLL Function
              C.3.7 LOCATE PC_CURSOR Statement
              C.3.8 MOUSE_INFO Function
              C.3.9 MOUSE_POLL Function
              C.3.10 ON Statement
              C.3.11 PC_CURSOR_COLUMN Function
              C.3.12 PC_CURSOR_ROW Function
              C.3.13 PC_KEY Function
              C.3.14 PC_SCREEN Function
              C.3.15 PC_SCREEN_CHARATTR Function
              C.3.16 PROMPT Statement
              C.3.17 RESUME Statement
              C.3.18 SET Statement

          D. Appendix D - AUTOPILOT Messages     filename(TTAUTOM.DOC)

          E. Appendix E - Communications Manager Interface   filename(TTCMMGR.DOC)
            E.1 Overview
            E.2 Using CMMOUSE With TalkThru

          F. Appendix F - TalkThru TCP/IP Support      filename(TTTCPIP.DOC)

          G. Appendix G - Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)  filename(TTDDE.DOC)

          H. Appendix H - CID Support                  filename(TTCID.DOC)
            H.1 Creating A CID Installation Directory
            H.2 Specifying CID Parameters At Installation
            H.3 Creating A Response File
              H.3.1 Overview
              H.3.2 Keywords For Basic Installation And Upgrades
              H.3.3 Keywords For ADD-ON Diskettes
              H.3.4 Keywords For CSD Diskettes
            H.4 Sample File Server Directory Structure
            H.5 Sample Response File

          I. Appendix I - Disabling Action Bar Items   filename(TTDISABL.DOC)

          J. Appendix J - REXX  Support                filename(TTREXX.DOC)
            J.1 Overview
            J.2 Invoking REXX From TalkThru
              J.2.1 From The REXX Dialog
              J.2.2 From A Button Or Keystroke
            J.3 REXX HLLAPI Function Calls
            J.4 Sample REXX Program