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AskIt and AskIt/2 v1.00
Copyright 1993, Ian William Robertson
All Rights Reserved
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Description
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AskIt is a utility that will allow you to enter one of the user-defined
selections, and exit at a unique errorlevel. AskIt includes the ability to
timeout after a user-defined length.
For example, let's say that you want to create a batch file that will ask
you which program you want to use. You could do the following:
ECHO A) Spreadsheet
ECHO B) Word Processor
ECHO C) Data Base
ECHO.
ECHO Enter Selection:
ASKIT ABC 10
This example would wait until the user entered A, B or C, or timeout after
10 seconds (assuming option A).
Warranty
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This software is provided free of charge to all users. No warranty is
provided, whether expressed or implied.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me a postcard or letter
with the following information to the address listed at the right. This is
just for my own information. I'd like to see who is using the program and
how far it has spread.
· Name Ian Robertson
· Address 1606 Peachwood Drive
· Telephone Number San Jose, CA 95132
· Business (if applicable)
· Business Description (if applicable)
· Number of Systems
· Version Number
· How You Are Using The Software
· Suggestions/Comments
Requirements
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DOS Version: OS/2 Version:
· DOS v3.31 or higher · OS/2 v2.0 or higher
Instructions
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AskIt requires the following command line syntax:
DOS : AskIt <choices> <timeout_in_seconds>
OS/2: AskIt2 <choices> <timeout_in_seconds>
<choices> : This can be a list of up to 254 characters. You
can choose from A-Z and 0-9, case insensitive.
Put all characters side by side with no spaces,
commas, etc.
<timeout_in_seconds> : After this number of seconds, AskIt will exit as
if choice number one had been selected. You can
disable the timeout by using 0. The maximum
number of seconds allowed is 10000.
Bug Reports
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If you encounter any bugs while using the software, please fill out the
following information and send it to one of the addresses listed in the Contact
section.
· Name
· Address
· Telephone Number
· Business (if applicable)
· Version Number
· System Description (operating system, FAT/HPFS, etc.)
· Bug Description
· Steps to Reproduce Bug
Comments, Questions and Suggestions
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If you have any comments, questions or suggestions regarding this software,
please send them to one of the following addresses in the Contact section.
Obtaining the Latest Version
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The latest version of AskIt can be obtained from Data Port BBS in File Area
1 as AskIt<version>.ZIP. For example, version 1.23 would be stored as
"AskIt123.ZIP". You may also FREQ the magic filename "AskIt" if you are in
FidoNet, RBBSnet or OS2net.
Contact
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The author, Ian Robertson, may be reached at the following addresses:
· Data Port BBS: 408-259-3019 @ 14.4kbps
· InterNet : ian.robertson@f106.n143.z1.fidonet.org
· FidoNet : 1:143/106
· RBBSnet : 8:915/14
· OS2net : 81:302/106
· USPS : Ian Robertson
: 1606 Peachwood Drive
: San Jose, CA 95132