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TXTRUN.EXE (turning text into softwares.) version 0.8 (c) copy right 1990-91 All Rights Reserved =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROMPTS AND MESSAGES =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following is a list of messages generated at the in-line commands. Many are designed to act as context sensitive help so that they may not be elaborated on. A few may seem redundant to you, but if this doesn't work, then reporting the message which appeared, along with the DOS version you are using and other relevant informations helps narrow the reason for the trouble. =-=-= Unknown parameter on the command line =-=-= Something not recognized was found on the line when you ran the program. If you ran this program from a batch command file, error messages are followed by errorlevel = 1 so that you can have your batch file take appropriate actions. =-=-= There is no memory resident mode for Run option. =-=-= There is no memory resident mode per se for TXTRUN. While TXTRUN or the .COM software made by TXTRUN is running another software/batch-file/DOS-commands (abbreviated to just "software(s)"), this is in fact memory resident, but as soon as your software finishes, it kicks right back to the page 1 of your text anyway. Since TXTRUN pages will not operate while your software is running, this is not considered a memory resident mode. (SHELLP.EXE, however, will operate under the condition specified above) Edit errors and messages =-=-= The Edit option must be followed without any space or tab separating it from the file name as in TXTRUN EC:/SUBDIR/MESSAGE.TXT<ntr> The following are bad examples TXTRUN E SPCBAD.TXT<ntr> TXTRUN E NOCOMEXE.EXE<ntr> The first because of the space after "E" The second because .EXE or .COM are not editable files. =-=-= Having to remember to avoid placing spaces or tabs after each option may be bothersome to remember, but it simplifies accessing these context sensitive messages. For the benefit of neophytes, if you try to edit .EXE or .COM softwares, the various internal checks TXTRUN performs should prevent it, but you should not do so intentionally. While the number of decisions this program makes is "like the number of stars in the heaven", there is always Murphy's law: "if it can lock up, it will". =-=-= This text file is over 40,000 bytes long. =-=-= You tried to edit a text file which was over 40,000 bytes long. Since the .COM software to be made must be no more than about 65,000 bytes in length, this will not work. =-=-= This intermediary file is over 45,000 bytes long. =-=-= You tried to edit an .EDT file which was made by TXTRUN and it was over the limit for the intermediary file. If your editor can edit binary files, try removing the last page. If not, try using DEBUG.COM and save the length minus some bytes by placing a new value in the CX register and Writing out the new file. Normally, you shouldn't get this message because of =-=-= This text file will become over 45,000 bytes long. =-=-= A preliminary check on your text file indicates that this will become an intermediary .EDT file which will be larger than the allowed 45,000 bytes limit. This will abort so that you can use your editor or ascii word processor to make a shorter text file which can be used. The main culprit in enlarging the size of the .COM software which will be made by TXTRUN is the number of selections which will run other softwares (or batch files or DOS commands) since they are entered into your text file by TXTRUN. TXTRUN itself can handle a text up to 255 characters long (the .EDT file line may be a lot longer) so you don't have to worry about entering the names and parameters of softwares which may become very long. =-=-= This text file is less than 10 byte long. =-=-= The text file is 0 - 9 bytes long. This is obviously too short to contain anything which will be made into a menu. If you're wondering what the smallest .COM software which TXTRUN can make, it's less than 8,000 bytes long for TXTRUN version 0.8. =-=-= The Edit requires 196 KB free space =-=-= Of the 640 KB of system memory space, TXTRUN needs 196 KB to run correctly. If you're trying to run this while you were running another software, get out of that software first. If you're using a RAM drive which uses the 640 KB system memory, try using a smaller size. The "KB" in 640 KB is really 1024 bytes, so 640 KB is 65,536 bytes (64 * 1024) since this is what most people talk about. These documents usually use numbers like "40,000 bytes" or "45,000 bytes" to tell you that it is indeed a multiples of 1,000 bytes and not a round about way of saying 1024 byte chunks. What CHKDSK.COM claims differs from this statement because most of COMMAND.COM can be transitory in memory (depending on DOS version and other factors, the absolute size and the transitory size varies greatly.) =-=-= I cannot edit. The pre-processing itself made this too big. =-=-= A later event in processing your text made the text too large to handle. You must make the text smaller. =-=-= There is no space left to edit. =-=-= A later event in processing your text made the text too large to handle. You must make the text smaller. =-=-= You cannot have chr(0) inside regular text. Please remove them before use the Edit. =-=-= There is nothing special about chr(0) that TXTRUN cannot handle it, but if you accidentally tried to edit executable softwares (with file extension .EXE or .COM), this feature should catch it, since such files contain this null character used as executing commands. =-=-= I did not find at least five pairs of <ntr><lf> here. I am aborting because I don't think that this is a text file. =-=-= This is another step used by TXTRUN to check that you are indeed trying to edit regular ascii text files. =-=-= Your text is over 255 columns The recommended length is 78 or less. Aborting. =-=-= Your text file was found to be over 255 columns wide. Since there TXTRUN is not designed to support such expensive screen, this will abort. If the text was within 255 columns wide and your monitor is 80 columns wide, then TXTRUN will simply not display text beyond 78 columns. =-=-= You tried to define more than 255 pages using over 255 form feeds. This is not allowed. =-=-= You probably wouldn't encounter this message, since at 40,000 bytes, each of your page will contain about 157 characters only, which does not contain enough text to make much of a menu or game. =-=-= The form feed (chr(12)) must be on the left most column. TXTRUN.EXE expects them to be on the very left side. =-=-= =-=-= Your text page is over 48 rows high. The recommended length is 23 or less. Aborting. =-=-= Did you forget to include the ^S_##r coding after the 48th row? Each selection may have its own individual prompts which can make a pop up page several hundred lines long, but if you forgot to include the coding, it get caught by this. =-=-= <- This file extension is for the intermediary .EDT file, but does NOT have the codes indicating this to be an .EDT type. Shall I treat it as a normal file? (type "N") or as the intermediary .EDT file? (type "E") My recommendation is to abort and check (type "<esc>") =-=-= You specified that the intermediary .EDT file be edited, but its content does not look like the .EDT file. If you used the letter T option to change the file name extension for the intermediary file, check your directory to see what you've done so far. If you use the T option, be sure to use it before the Edit option like this TXTRUN TZ Eyourfile<ntr> The following does not work TXTRUN Eyourfile TZ<ntr> because as soon as TXTRUN encounters the Edit option, it does, without seeing what other options you typed. Normally, you shouldn't get this message because of =-=-= This text file will become over 45,000 bytes long. =-=-= A preliminary check on your text file indicates that this will become an intermediary .EDT file which will be larger than the allowed 45,000 bytes limit. This will abort so that you can use your editor or ascii word processor to make a shorter text file which can be used. The main culprit in enlarging the size of the .COM software which will be made by TXTRUN is the number of selections which will run other softwares (or batch files or DOS commands) since they are entered into your text file by TXTRUN. TXTRUN itself can handle a text up to 255 characters long (the .EDT file line may be a lot longer) so you don't have to worry about entering the names and parameters of softwares which may become very long. =-=-= This text file is less than 10 byte long. =-=-= The text file is 0 - 9 bytes long. This is obviously too short to contain anything which will be made into a menu. If you're wondering what the smallest .COM software which TXTRUN can make, it's less than 8,000 bytes long for TXTRUN version 0.8. =-=-= The Edit requires 196 KB free space =-=-= Of the 640 KB of system memory space, TXTRUN needs 196 KB to run correctly. If you're trying to run this while you were running another software, get out of that software first. If you're using a RAM drive which uses the 640 KB system memory, try using a smaller size. The "KB" in 640 KB is really 1024 bytes, so 640 KB is 65,536 bytes (64 * 1024) since this is what most people talk about. These documents usually use numbers like "40,000 bytes" or "45,000 bytes" to tell you that it is indeed a multiples of 1,000 bytes and not a round about way of saying 1024 byte chunks. The documentation previously stated that TXTRUN uses 200 - 220 KB, while this message claims 196 KB. Actually, TXTRUN needs 196 KB, but was stated as 220 KB before to account for the needs of COMMAND.COM. (Depending on your DOS version and various other factors, this need varies greatly. And since parts of COMMAND.COM is allowed to be overwritten, (transitory) what CHKDSK.COM reports as the amount of free system memory will not agree with what this document claims.) All this sounds like double-talk and contradictory to many of you, but 220 KB was chosen as a conservative figure to avoid nasty surprises you may encounter. =-=-= I cannot edit. The pre-processing itself made this too big. =-=-= A later event in processing your text made the text too large to handle. You must make the text smaller. =-=-= There is no space left to edit. =-=-= A later event in processing your text made the text too large to handle. You must make the text smaller. =-=-= You cannot have chr(0) inside regular text. Please remove them before use the Edit. =-=-= There is nothing special about chr(0) that TXTRUN cannot handle it, but if you accidentally tried to edit executable softwares (with file extension .EXE or .COM), this feature should catch it, since such files contain this null character used as executing commands. =-=-= I did not find at least five pairs of <ntr><lf> here. I am aborting because I don't think that this is a text file. =-=-= This is another step used by TXTRUN to check that you are indeed trying to edit regular ascii text files. =-=-= Your text is over 255 columns The recommended length is 78 or less. Aborting. =-=-= Your text file was found to be over 255 columns wide. Since there TXTRUN is not designed to support such expensive screen, this will abort. If the text was within 255 columns wide and your monitor is 80 columns wide, then TXTRUN will simply not display text beyond 78 columns. =-=-= You tried to define more than 255 pages using over 255 form feeds. This is not allowed. =-=-= You probably wouldn't encounter this message, since at 40,000 bytes, each of your page will contain about 157 characters only, which does not contain enough text to make much of a menu or game. =-=-= The form feed (chr(12)) must be on the left most column. TXTRUN.EXE expects them to be on the very left side. =-=-= =-=-= Your text page is over 48 rows high. The recommended length is 23 or less. Aborting. =-=-= Did you forget to include the ^S_##r coding after the 48th row? Each selection may have its own individual prompts which can make a pop up page several hundred lines long, but if you forgot to include the coding, it get caught by this. =-=-= <- This file extension is for the intermediary .EDT file, but does NOT have the codes indicating this to be an .EDT type. Shall I treat it as a normal file? (type "N") or as the intermediary .EDT file? (type "E") My recommendation is to abort and check (type "<esc>") =-=-= You specified that the intermediary .EDT file be edited, but its content does not look like the .EDT file. If you used the letter T option to change the file name extension for the intermediary file, check your directory to see what you've done so far. If you use the T option, be sure to use it before the Edit option like this TXTRUN TZ Eyourfile<ntr> The following does not work TXTRUN Eyourfile TZ<ntr> because as soon as TXTRUN encounters the Edit option, it does, without seeing what other options you typed. This is to allow later versions to do something like TXTRUN Eonefile Eanother Ethirdfil<ntr> to edit more than one file. This feature is not operational. =-=-= If you can see the file content normally, this is a normal file. If you see some strange codes, this was probably an intermediary .EDT file. =-=-= You typed <esc> upon encountering the error prior to this message above. This provides extra guide in deciding what to do now. =-=-= <- This file extension is NOT for the intermediary file, but has the codes indicating this to be an .EDT type Shall I treat it as a normal file? (type "N") or as the intermediary .EDT file? (type "E") My recommendation is to abort and check (type "<esc>") =-=-= Conversely, you tried to edit a file which did not have the .EDT file extension, but an analysis of the file contents indicates that this may be the intermediary file. If you inserted some of the advanced features mentioned in the TXTRUNDC.TXT file, you will not get this message. The letter T option in .EDT =-=-= The letter T option must be followed by a <spc> (i.e. " ") or some printable letter which is not chr(0) - chr(31). TXTRUN Edit option reads a text file and writes an intermediary file with the file extension ".EDT" as in "filename.EDT" in case you go away to lunch or if there is a power black out. TXTRUN Change option reads a .COM file and writes a text file with the file extension ".TXT" as in "file.TXT" Use this option to change the letter "T" in ".EDT"/".TXT". "TXTRUN TZ Efile.txt<ntr>" and "TXTRUN TZ Cfile.com<ntr>" makes file names "file.EDZ" and "file.TXZ" respectively, instead of "file.EDT" and "file.TXT" default. With next one, TXTRUN T Efilename.doc since the "T" option is followed by a space (chr(32), not a <tab>), the files made are "file.ED" and "file.TXT". The "T" option must be BEFORE the Edit/Change option, not "TXTRUN Efile.doc TZ<ntr>" or "TXTRUN Cfile.COM TZ<ntr>" =-=-= The Change option is not operational. If made, it may not operate as stated here. Since these programs flow with the opinions sent in by you, there is no guarantee that any promised feature will be added (or conversely something removed). screen code errors =-=-= The Screen code option lets you replace the Screen code chr(19) with something else. This option must be followed by a number between "1" and "255" as in "S1" through "F255". Use this option if you cannot type control codes. Chr(1) through chr(13) are NOT recommended. You cannot use "S13" or "S10", which are <ntr> and <lf>. Nor can you use "S0", which is a null character, or S8/S9. You cannot set the Screen code equal to the Form feed code. =-=-= =-=-= You cannot use "S13" or "S10", which are <ntr> and <lf>. Nor can you use "S0", which is a null character, or S8/S9. =-=-= Although the previous message would have warned you, you tried to set the screen code to one of the codes which were not allowed. The screen code (chr(19)) should be changed to a regular printable character if your editor/ascii-word-processor cannot insert ^S in your text. TXTRUN will not stop you, but if you must define this, define it to a printable character such as the back slash "\", bar character "|" or other characters which you're won't use often. =-=-= You cannot set the Screen code equal to the Form feed code. =-=-= As before, but you tried to say that the screen code is the same as the form feed code. form feed errors =-=-= Not all form feeds are on the left most side. Aborting. =-=-= All form feeds must be on the very left most side. You cannot indent it with spaces, tabs or any other character. =-=-= The Form feed option lets you replace the end of page code chr(12) with something else. This option must be followed by a number between "1" and "255" as in "F1" through "F255". Use this option if you cannot type control codes. Chr(1) through chr(13) are NOT recommended. =-=-= As with the screen code, if you cannot insert control codes such as form feeds into your text, do not try to insert other control codes. Some older word processors may try to fill a page with extra <ntr><lf> pairs to make up a page. If you use such a word processor, try to use an ascii mode or non-document mode or other options to avoid filling a page with these. =-=-= You cannot use "F13" or "F10", which are <ntr> and <lf>. Nor can you use "F0", which is a null character, or F8/F9. =-=-= =-=-= You cannot set the Form feed code equal to the Screen code. =-=-= beep error =-=-= After the Beep option, I was expecting to find the word "OF" or "OFF" as in "BOF" or "BOFF" to turn OFF the beeping accompanying error messages. There must be no space between "B" and either "OF" or "OFF" as in "B OFF" or "B OF" BOX option uses BOX1(8chrs) through BOX7(8chrs). =-=-= box errors =-=-= This lets you replace one of the 9 box types by yours: The new BOX option requires that you follow this by a number between "1" and "9" as in "BOX2________" through "BOX3________" to replace BOX type 2 with these and the BOX type 3 with these. The characters required are the left-top-chr top-middle-chr right-top the left-box-chr right-chr the left-bottom-chr bottom-middle-chr right-bottom-chr in this order. These may be used to distinguish between subroutine pages, left/right pages or different levels of nestings. (All nine types may be replaced if desired.) =-=-= The "________" above contain examples of the box characters to define. They are not reproduced here because they may not be compatible with your editor which you are using to see this document. To see what they look like, use just the "BOX<ntr>" parameter without entering anything else. They look like this if you must see them here. -- -- -- | | | | | | | | -- -- -- =-=-= I was expecting to find eight characters after the BOX# option, where "#" is a number between "1" and "9". To find the order of characters required, type TXTRUN BOX<ntr> and I'll tell you what's required. Beep OFF option is "BOF" or "BOFF" =-=-= <ntr> error =-=-= The Ntr option lets you replace the music sign displayed as the end-of-line displayed on screen by something else. This does not affect how the text is stored, but only how it is displayed. This option must be followed by a number between "1" and "255" as in "N1" through "N255" =-=-= Default is N13 to display a music sign at each end-of-line. N32 will prevent the display of end-of-line indicator. N9 for <tab> will not be a blank, but instead, you will see a box with a circle inside. getting down one level by typing <esc> at any page =-=-= When you move from one page to another with the left/right cursor keys or PgUp/PgDn keys, you move in one sheet 2-D level. When you select a page by selecting a choice which is hi-lighted in reverse character mode by pressing <ntr>, then you move to another level (a second plane or layer) of pages. By default, typing <esc> at any page on this second level gets you back to the page on the first level which called it. The only option available is "AOFF" for "Any <esc> at new level goes back to the last level's calling page is turned OFF here.". It may be abbreviated to "AOF". What background pages display will self-adjust themselves when <esc> will exit one level only from the calling page. =-=-= By default, when you go up from level 1 to level 2 etc, you can go down to the level below it by typing <esc> at Any page. By using the AOFF option, you can get down one level only if you type <esc> at the page you went up at. (<esc> stands for "escape".) If you don't understand the wording or the illustrations in this and TXTRUNDC.TXT, just try it. one way passage through the pages =-=-= The option "O" was not followed by "NE" as expected The option "ONE" turns off the two way definition of path when right/left cursor or PgUp/PgDn are used to go from one page to another. Normally, the pages are set for two way passage: The last page stored by alt-5 is stored so that typing alt-right, alt-PgUp etc lets the present page go to the stored page, and the stored page can go to present page. With "ONE" way set, the stored page cannot go to here. This also allows several pages to go to one particular page. Within the menu, alt-O can switch this ON/OFF. =-=-= If you went from page 1 to page 2 by pressing down on the left cursor key, it's logical to assume that pressing down on the right cursor key while in page 2 will get you back to page 1 again. But there may be times when you want this restricted. This option lets ........ ........ you add this so that passage . .<-cursor . . through the pages is one way .page 2. left .page 1. only. While you're editing . . . . your text file, the alt-end . . cursor->. . key combination turns this ........ right ........ ON/OFF as needed. One of the feature about ........ the one way passage is that . . several pages can access one .page 7. cursor- single page like this in this . . right \ example to the left. . . \ ........ \ There is no limit in the ........ ........ number of pages which can . . . . access any one page, and the .page 5. cursor->.page 1. page 1 here can access any . . right . . one of the pages to its left, . . . . no access to its left, or ........ ........ access another page which ........ / cannot access page 1 at all. . . cursor/ .page 8. right There is nothing special . . about page 1, except that . . when you run softwares, your ........ .COM software will place you back in this page after it finishes running your software. If you have a page which cannot be accessed from any other page, it will not be deleted, but it will make your .COM software that much bigger. clearing your screen =-=-= Normally, TXTRUN will clear 50 Rows even if the .COM software which TXTRUN created only displays on the top 25 rows. If you don't want 50 rows cleared, the CLR# option lets you change the number of rows cleared to something else. The correct range is "CLR 10" through "CLR 60" to clear only the top 10 rows, through 60 rows. To clear the top 25 rows, use "CLR25". =-=-= This normally doesn't affect most users, but if you use either a VGA or EGA with 50/43 rows respectively, you may want control over what TXTRUN does to your screen. The Hercules' card which allows 38 rows mode for the Lotus 1-2-3 is only possible because of a Hercules driver for the 1-2-3 spread sheet. Without the 8 x 8 pixel font driver, each character will not fully display and will not work. =-=-= Normally, TXTRUN will clear the entire width of the screen. (this is normally 80 Columns wide) The correct range is "CLC 10" through "CLC 100" to clear the left 10 columns through 100 columns. =-=-= TXTRUN will clear your screen, regardless of the width of the screen. If you don't want TXTRUN to clear all of the screen, use this to restrict it. But if you do, TXTRUN cannot control its background if any of its pages stray beyond the area which is cleared. =-=-= Normally, TXTRUN will clear the background to attribute 7 for white letter on black background. If the .COM software will only run on color monitors, you can make the background to another color, such as "CLRA18" for blue or "CLRA33" for green or "CLRA50" for cyan. This only affects how the background looks like, not the pages themselves. For an example of the colors you can see use alt-A to pop up the attribute and count the colors as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...... 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73......127 etc. CLRA0 is not allowed, CLRA128 and above blinks. =-=-= If you use this feature, and you run other softwares from a TXTRUN selection high-lighted with reverse characters, some some softwares may use this as the default background, while others may try to control it on its own. patch errors The following are errors which may come about if you were instructed to apply a simple band-ade before the next version can correct it. Do not try to use it on your own. =-=-= This is used to add simple patches to the program if a minor program error can be corrected. The patch address value was greater than 65,535. The address value must be 0-65,535 as in "P0 #" through "P65535 #" where "#" is value to be placed at this address. The value is also 0 - 65,535. INCORRECT TAMPERING CAN CAUSE HARM TO YOUR COMPUTER!! =-=-= =-=-= The address was given, but no corresponding value to put here was given. The correct value is 0 through 65,535 as in "P# 0" through "P# 65535", where "#" is the address and is also 0 - 65,535. INCORRECT TAMPERING CAN CAUSE HARM TO YOUR COMPUTER!! =-=-= =-=-= The address was 0 - 65,535 as expected, but the value to place here was over 65,535. Both the address and the value to place here must be 0 - 65,535 as in "P 0 0" through "P65535 65535" INCORRECT TAMPERING CAN CAUSE HARM TO YOUR COMPUTER!! =-=-= The following subroutine message is built-in, but is not operational. It may or may not be present in future versions, depending on what you ask. The Zubroutine option lets you replace the "s" which display on the left top part of the box to indicate that this is a subroutine. This option must be followed by a number between "0" and "255" as in "Z0" through "Z255". "Z0" will not display this subroutine indicator. Change errors and messages These messages are already built-in, but not fully operational. They should not be used, since they have not been defined. Later versions may or may not run with such features. The Change option must be followed without any space or tab separating it from the file name as in TXTRUN CC:/SUBDIR/MESSAGE.COM<ntr> The following are bad examples TXTRUN C SPCBAD<ntr> TXTRUN CNOEXEFIL.EXE<ntr> The first because of the space after "C". (The lack of file extension .COM is allowed, because if you don't type ".COM", it is assumed to be .COM anyway.) The second because files with .EXE cannot be changed. The Change option changes a text file made into a .COM software back into the original text file. I was expecting to find a file with file extension as in CAPITAL.COM<== (If you type "CAPITAL", it is assumed to be "CAPITAL.COM" This software was not a .COM made by TXTRUN.EXE This is the wrong version of .COM to change into text with this version of TXTRUN.EXE .COM changed back to .TXT correctly. The following are disk(ette) related errors. =-=-= There is not enough space on the diskette. =-=-= An attempt to write either the .EDT intermediary file or the .COM software indicated that you did not have enough space on your diskette. Chances are that this did not occur if you have a hard disk. Insert another diskette and retry. =-=-= Program error. Bad function number. =-=-= Please report the circumstances this occurred under. =-=-= The file cannot be found. =-=-= The file name you specified did not exist. Did you mistype a number for a letter? Did you forget one letter? Did you inverted two characters or had an extra one? =-=-= The subdirectory path specified does not exist. =-=-= As with the above, but an error in the directory path. =-=-= Not enough handle available: Set FILES=20. =-=-= Normally, this type of error should not appear. If you were running another software before running TXTRUN, whereby you can get back to that software by typing "EXIT<ntr>", that software may be keeping files open. Avoid this. =-=-= No access allowed. =-=-= Do you have a file set for read only or is there some file protector in memory? =-=-= Memory control block is destroyed. Reboot As Soon As Possible (ASAP). =-=-= Something unexpected happened. Report the DOS version which you are using. That's probably the most likely reason. The following error messages shouldn't appear, but are prepared just in case. Despite whatever message appears, the real problem is probably very different. The only real purpose these serve is that it can catch and stop the program before something uncontrollable happens. =-=-= Program error. Incorrect handle specified. =-=-= =-=-= There is not enough free system memory. =-=-= =-=-= Program error. Bad memory block address specified. =-=-= =-=-= Program error. Bad environment specified. =-=-= =-=-= Program error. Bad format specified. =-=-= =-=-= Program error. Bad access code used. =-=-= =-=-= Program error. Bad data used. =-=-= =-=-= The specified drive does not exist. =-=-= =-=-= The current directory was removed. =-=-= =-=-= This device is not the same as before. =-=-= =-=-= Some error caused abortion. =-=-= The following are the errors and prompts displayed while editing your text files. =-=-= Alt-5 to define page first. =-=-= When you try to make a passage between two pages or call another page as a subroutine from the reverse character selection and ^SC coding in your text, you must first decide which page should be accessible. Then go to that page and type alt-5 to store that page number. (that's pressing down on the alt key and while keeping it pressed down, also typing "5" on the numeric keypad or its equivalence on your keyboard, not the "5" above the letters "RT"). =-=-= K,P,<spc> or 1-9, 0 (10sec) =-=-= When you insert the name of your software, batch file or DOS commands, the very first character location is reserved for TXTRUN itself. Normally, TXTRUN will clear the screen before running your software etc, but placing the letter "K" in the first location will keep the page it ran from. If you have the letter "P" here, then after your software is ran, it will Pause, waiting for you to type any key before kicking back into page 1 again. If you have the number "1" - "9", after running your software, it waits 1 - 9 seconds before kicking back to page 1 again. "0" will wait for about 10 seconds. =-=-= No <spc>. Type letters, #. =-=-= After you type K, P, or numbers to run your software, at the second character location, you must type the name of the software like this KDIR *.*<ntr> PWORDPROC.EXE FILE1<ntr> DATABASE.COM<ntr> 2COPY A:AFILE B:BFILE<ntr> BUSHY.BAT<ntr> The first example will keep the page it was selected at and then display all the names in the default drive and subdirectory. The second will run your software and after you finish with it, it will pause for you to type any key before kicking you back to page 1. The third will run your software and as soon as you finish, it will kick you back to page 1. The fourth will copy the file and then pauses about two seconds before kicking back in. The last will run whatever you have in the batch file and then kick back in again. =-=-= This page # is stored now. =-=-= =-=-= PgUp for this two ways ^ v =-=-= ....... You went to the "then page" and typed alt-5 to store .then . this page number. Then you went to the "now page" . page. and typed alt-PgUp to define a tow way passage . . between this "now page" and the "then page" stored. ....... ^PgUp As long as you did not use the AOFF option or typed | the alt-end combination, this forms a one-to-one vPgDn passage. Another page may have a one-way passage to ....... the "now page", but only this one "then page" may .now . be accessed by the "now page". . page. . . ....... =-=-= PgUp defined for this ^ =-=-= ....... Initially, you used the AOFF option or previously, .then . you used the alt-end combination to make one way . page. passage. . . ....... You typed alt-PgUp to define a passage between this ^PgUp page and the page number stored with alt-5. You can | go from here to the page stored with alt-5, but the | page stored with alt-5 cannot access this page yet. ....... .now . To access it, you must store the "now page" by . page. typing alt-5 here, go to the "then page" and type . . alt-PgDn then. The alt-5 page is deleted as soon as ....... it is used, so you must store it over again. =-=-= PgDn for this two ways ^ v =-=-= As with above two ways. =-=-= PgDn defined for this v =-=-= As with above one way. =-=-= Right cursor two ways <--> =-=-= As with above two ways. =-=-= Right cursor for this -> =-=-= As with above one way. =-=-= Left cursor two ways <--> =-=-= As with above two ways. =-=-= Left cursor for this <- =-=-= =-=-= As with above one way. =-=-= =-=-= No passage. Cannot end it. =-=-= You typed alt-end-left, alt-end-right, alt-end-PgUp or alt-end-PgDn to end a passage between two pages, but there was no connecting passage in the direction you specified. Type alt-home to see which passages are allowed from the present page. You typed the alt-5 combination and TXTRUN tells you that the present page number is now stored for use by other pages to make a passage or to be called at a higher level. =-=-= One way passage thru pages. =-=-= You typed the alt-end key combination to make the passage through pages one way. If your keyboard doesn't have a dedicated numeric keypad, type alt-1 combination to insert the chr(1) code. (^A or control-A). If your keyboard has two sets of cursor keys and <end> keys, choose the very far right set with the numbers on them. =-=-= Two way rite/left/PgUp/PgDn =-=-= You typed the alt-end key combination again, or you used the AOFF option and you used this key combination to set it back to normal. =-=-= THIS page's left page gone. =-=-= You typed alt-end-left-cursor to delete this page's passage to the page connecting it via the left cursor. But the left page can still access this page unless you cut it off as well by going to that page and typing alt-end-right-cursor ....... ....... Before you press down on the alt . .<-left .now . key and typing end-left without . . . . letting go of the alt key, this is ....... right->....... how the pages are accessed. ....... ....... After you press down on the alt . . .now . key and typing end-left without . . . . letting go of the alt key, this ....... right->....... is the result: The now page can no longer access the page next to it by pressing down on the left key, but that other page can still access the now page by pressing down on the right cursor key. In order to cut off that side's access to the now page, go to that other page and type alt-end-right. Remember to keep pressing down on the alt key while pressing down on the end followed by the right cursor key. If there is no dedicated numeric keypad, type alt-16 to generate chr(16). If there is two sets of keypads, use the one on the extreme right. =-=-= THIS page's rite page gone. =-=-= Similar to above, concerning the connection to the page to the right. =-=-= THIS page's PgUp page gone. =-=-= Similar to above. =-=-= THIS page's PgDn page gone. =-=-= Similar to above. =-=-= ^SS in text for softwares. =-=-= You tried to type alt-S to run a software from this page, but there was no ^SS coding here to allow it. This message tells you to add this coding with your editor so that you can try again. =-=-= ^SC in text for call pages. =-=-= You tried to type alt-C to call another page at a higher level from this page, but there was no ^SC coding here to allow it. This message tells you to add this coding with your editor so that you can try again. =-=-= Software here, not call pg =-=-= You typed alt-C, but the selection which can be defined at this location is a software and its parameters, not a page to be called. =-=-= Call pg here, not software =-=-= You typed alt-S, but the selection which can be defined at this location is a call to another page. disk access messages while TXTRUN or after .COM software =-=-= File not found. =-=-= The software name was not found. =-=-= Access denied. =-=-= The software exists, but no access given. Is this read only or is some other protection given? =-=-= Not enough free memory for both. =-=-= There isn't enough of the 640 KB of system memory to run. =-=-= Bad environment string. =-=-= The environment string containing COMSPEC, PATH etc was not correct. =-=-= Bad file string format. =-=-= File string bad. =-=-= Unknown error. =-=-= Something not expected prevented the software from running. =-=-= No page found next to this. =-=-= You tried to use left/right cursor or PgUp/PgDn, but there was no page defined. Was it defined from the other side? =-=-= No subroutine found here. =-=-= The page number selected at the reverse character high-lighted selection could not be found here. =-=-= Not enough memory to run it =-=-= There was not even enough free system memory to shrink down to run your software. If this happens while editing in TXTRUN, make the .COM software and try again. If you still get it then, it's a programming error or there is something else going on with your PC. =-=-= Already nested to 8 levels. =-=-= You tried to go beyond the eight levels of nestings allowed. =-=-= Type any key to continue. =-=-= The message must be read. Type any key to continue to do something else. =-=-= No "COMSPEC=" so no running =-=-= The string beginning with "COMSPEC=" was not in your environment string. As a result, softwares cannot be run if you selected them. You should have received a warning that this will happen before you ran this. To allow this, you need to tell DOS where (or which copy of) the command.com will be used as in COMSPEC=E:\COMMAND.COM<ntr> =-=-= Nothing defined here yet. =-=-= The selection was not reverse character high-lighted and there is no page to call or software to run yet. =-=-= Exit this?(type "Y" or "N") =-=-= At page 1 within the .COM software only, you typed <esc> to get out. In case you typed this by mistake, this asks you for a confirmation by typing "Y" or "y" for "yes, get back to DOS". N/n if you typed this by mistake. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISCLAIMERS, INFO FOR SYSOPS ETC =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= All products and names mentioned are Trademarks or Registered Trademarks of their respective corporations or companies. That includes my group or any other group's programs, of course. Some products may have patent protections as well. All enclosed programs, documents and other files are provided AS IS, without any warranty, expressed or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose. A contribution of $10 US/Canadian is appreciated if you find this useful, or $20 for an improved one as it comes out. ($20 Cdn if you're in Canada and $20 U.S. for U.S & others,) Unless you specify otherwise, you will get a 5-1/4" 360 kb diskette. And if you only specify 3-1/2", it will be formatted as 360kb/720kb on a 720kb or a 1.44Mb drive. NAME OF THE PROGRAM: TXTRUN.EXE ($10-$20) PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM: Changes your text into a .COM software which acts as a pull-down text menu, a dungeons and dragon game or a DOS shell to run your softwares/batch-files/DOS-commands. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ For permanency, contact c/o Dr. Sawada LCS P.O. Box 956 Outremont, Quebec Canada H2V 4R8 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+