@ Error writing setup file, PM.CFG. Press a key to continue... @ Error writing disk file. Press a key to continue... @ Error reading data file. Press a key to continue... @Illegal character in pathname (" / [ ] | < > + = ; , * ? space).@Press a key to set all menu page colors. Press Escape to abort.@ Not all directories are listed. The limit of 256 is exceeded. @No blank pages are available. Increase menu size and try again.@ The COMMAND.COM parameter must begin with /C and a space. @ Batch files (.BAT) are entered as a parameter to COMMAND.COM. @ The entry must include the drive name and path. Example: C:\ @ Press a key to overwrite existing file. Press Escape to Abort.@ Must be a numeric value from 0 to 99. (0 disables blanking). @Entry must be a number within the range of menu pages available.@Diskette menus are limited to 2 directory levels below the root.@ The menu size must be a number from 1 to 32,000 pages. @ Press a key to REDUCE the menu size. Press Escape to abort... @Acceptable options are C, P and D (or M if this is a submenu ).@ This item was not created by this function. @ Press a key to ERASE this page. Press Escape to abort... @ Do not supply a name extension. (It is added by the program). @ @ Home ^W Move cursor to beginning of line. @ End ^Z Move cursor to end of line. @ L Arr ^S Move cursor left one character. @ R Arr ^D Move cursor right one character. @ D Arr ^X Move cursor to next line, accept entry. @ U Arr ^E Move cursor to prior line, accept entry. @ ^L Arr ^A Move cursor to prior word. @ ^R Arr ^F Move cursor to next word. @ Enter ^M Accept entry and move cursor to next line. @ BkSp ^H Delete character to the left of the cursor. @ Esc Exit and abandon changes to current line. @ Del ^G Delete character at the cursor location. @ Ins ^V Toggles insert/overlay modes. @ ^T Delete line beginning at cursor position. @ ^Y Delete entire line. @ ^R Restore original line (while on line). @ ^C Center text (menu title or help screen). @ ^L Lengthen text (menu title or help screen). @ @Move to item and press Enter, or type first letter of item name.@┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐@│ F1 Help (Any key to exit) │@│ ** <Sp> Move to prior or next item │@│ Home Move to first item │@│ End Move to last item │@│ Enter Select item │@│ Escape Return to prior menu │@└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘@ @[MENU] is the sub menu where you add or change menu items. @[HELP] is the sub menu where you design menu help screens. @[COLOR] is the sub menu where you change the program colors. @[BLANK] sets the time for screen blanking or turns it off. @[Path] sets the path for DOS exit with F8, F9 or F10 keys. @[Access] prevents unauthorized users from changing the setup. @[User] is a list of user passwords for menu item access. @[DOS] submenu controls user access to the operating system. @[LOG] submenu computer activity log functions. @[TIME] submenu controls the date and time display format. @[Title] Each menu page may have a title. It may be centered @ by pressing ^C or lengthened by pressing ^L. @[ALTER] This sub menu provides functions to rearrange the menu@ items after they have been entered. @[INDEX] Create, update or remove a menu item index. @[User] Each menu item on each menu page may be assigned up to@ 8 user password codes selected from the user password @ list. Use the arrow and page keys to select the item @ and page and then enter the number for each password. @[Goto] As an alternate to the PgUp and PgDn keys, you may go @ directly to a menu page by entering the page number. @[Run] This function allows you to test your menu entries. @ Use [Run] to go to a sub menu you have just created. @[Size] A menu may contain up to 32,000 pages. Be sure you @ have 3,610 bytes of disk space for each page you wish @ to add. Move items you wish to save before shortening@ a menu, since items on deleted pages are lost. @[Disk] Creates a stand-alone diskette menu from the displayed@ menu page. Each of up to 16 items may be a Program or@ Command, submenus are not applicable. @Colors are set individually for each menu page. Use the page @keys to select the desired menu page before setting the colors. @Select [All] to set all menu pages to the displayed colors. @ @Color changes are made by repeatedly selecting the desired item.@Each time an item is selected the color will change and the new @color will be displayed on the screen. Try the various choices @to view their effect on the screen. Your choices are saved when@you change to a different menu page. You may start over at any @time by selecting [Default]. This sets proper attributes for a @monochrome monitor and pleasing colors for a color monitor. @ @Toggling the [Filter] function controls retrace blanking. If you@are using a CGA adapter and color monitor you may choose to have@fast screen displays with "snow" or eliminate the "snow" and @have slower screen displays. If you see a flash of "snow" upon @selecting [Filter], retrace blanking is off and you will have @fast screens. If you don't see the flash of "snow" then retrace@blanking is on and the display will be slower. If you have an @EGA or monochrome system, set the snow filter for fast displays.@[BLANK] The screen becomes blank after the set time in minutes@ of inactivity while the menu is displayed. @[Path] Sets the drive and directory when executing commands @ with <F8> or <F9> and when quitting the program <F10>.@[Access] is a password identifying persons authorized to change@ the program setup. If a password is not entered, the @ setup program is accessible to all users. @[User] is a list of up to 32 user passwords for menu access. @ Each menu item may be assigned up to eight of these @ passwords. The list is displayed for reference while @ the passwords are being assigned to the menu items. @[DOS] This submenu controls access to the operating system @ by locking or unlocking all means of exiting to DOS. @[LOG] This submenu provides the facilities for activating, @ viewing, printing and maintaining the activity log. @[TIME] This submenu selects the date and time display format.@ @(The menu bar position shows the current state of the DOS, LOG @ and TIME functions as each of these submenus are selected). @ @Use the PgDn and PgUp keys or select [Goto] and turn to the menu@page you wish to build. Use the Up and Down arrow keys and move@the bar to the position where you wish to add or change an item.@Select one of the following editor functions to make your entry:@ @ [Program] This is where you enter application programs such @ as your word processor, data base or spreadsheet. @ Most of your entries will be made here. @ [Command] This is where batch files, DOS commands and other @ utilities are entered. If a menu item doesn't run @ properly as a [Program] entry, reenter it here. @ [Menu] This is where sub menus are created. Enter the @ menu item name and the page number it is calling. @ (Press F4 to select the first blank menu page). @ @Press F8 while making an entry to execute a single DOS command. @Press F9 to temporarily go to DOS. Type EXIT at the DOS prompt @return to the setup program when you are finished. @ @Press F1 after selecting [Program] or [Command] for more help. @[Goto] Select a menu page by page number. @[Copy] Copies the selected menu item into the holding buffer@ where it remains until overwritten by another item. @[Move] This is the same as [Copy], except the selected item @ is removed from the menu when placed in the buffer. @ Use [Move] to delete items from the menu. A deleted @ item may then by undeleted with the [Place] function.@[Replace] Moves an item from the holding buffer to the selected@ menu location. If that location contains an item, it@ is replaced by the item in buffer. The buffer may be@ placed at any location on any menu page. @[Swap] The selected menu item is exchanged for the item held@ in the buffer. You cannot swap to an empty buffer. @[Insert] Create a blank menu item entry at the cursor position@ and move the remaining items down one position. @[Delete] Delete the menu item at the cursor position and move @ the remaining items up one position. The item that @ was deleted is placed in the holding buffer. @[Blank] Erases all menu items from the displayed page. @[Time] Sets a starting time for the selected menu item. @1. Enter the menu item name you wish to appear on the menu. @2. Enter option C, P or D if you wish to clear the screen before@ running the program and/or pause before ending it. @3. Enter the command to execute your program. Include the drive@ and path to its location and the .COM or .EXE name extension.@ (Press F5 to find a file or F6 to display a directory list). @4. Enter any parameters you wish to send to your program. You @ will be prompted for parameters from the menu if you type the@ word "PARAM" on the parameter line following any other items.@5. Enter the drive and directory to change to if required. @ DOS command line HardDisk Manager @ ┌─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐ @ │ C>CD\MYDIR │ Command: C:\MYDIR\MYPROG.EXE │ @ │ C>MYPROG /1 /2 /3 │ Parameter: /1 /2 /3 │ @ │ │ Directory: C:\MYDIR │ @ ├─────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤ @ │ C>D: │ Command: C:\WP\MYEDITOR.EXE │ @ │ D>CD\MYDATA │ Parameter: MYFILE │ @ │ D>C:\WP\MYEDITOR MYFILE │ Directory: D:\MYDATA │ @ └─────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘ @1. Enter the menu item name you wish to appear on the menu. @2. Enter option C, P or D if you wish to clear the screen before@ running the program and/or pause before ending it. @3. Enter the command or batch file you wish to execute exactly @ as you would enter it on the DOS command line. @ (Press F5 to find a file or F6 to display a directory list). @4. Enter any parameters you wish to send to your program. You @ will be prompted for parameters from the menu if you type the@ word "PARAM" on the parameter line following any other items.@ DOS command line HardDisk Manager @ ┌─────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐ @ │ C>CHKDSK A:/F │ Option: D, Command: CHKDSK A:/F │ @ ├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ @ │ C>DIR C:*.*/W │ Option: D, Command: DIR C:*.*/W │ @ ├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ @ │ C>\UTILITY\MYUTIL │ Command: \UTILITY\MYUTIL │ @ ├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤ @ │ C>CD \ │ Command: MYBATCH │ @ │ C>MYBATCH │ Directory: C:\ │ @ └─────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘ @Select [Goto] or use the PgUp/PgDn keys to select the menu page @and the Up/Down arrow keys to select the menu item for which the@help screen will be designed. Select [Design] to create the new@menu help screen. Press Escape to return to the menu when you @have finished creating the new help screen. The word "Help" is @now displayed beside the menu item. If you select an existing @screen, it will be displayed for editing. @ @New help screens begin as a box of 16 lines. If your screen is @less than 16 lines, select [Size] to change the length of the @box. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to adjust the box length, then @press Escape to return to the menu. @ @New help screens begin as black text on a white background. You@may change the colors by selecting [Color]. Use the Left/Right @arrows to change the text color and the Up/Down arrows to change@the background color, then press Escape to return to the menu. @ @If you want to delete a help screen or redesign an existing help@screen from scratch, select [Remove]. @[Activate] Instruct HARDDISK MANAGER to record computer use @ in an encrypted file named PM.LOG. If the file @ does not exist, it is created. @[Deactivate] Turn off the computer activity log function. @ @(The menu bar position shows the current state of this function)@ @[Browse] Display activity data. Press any key to pause or @ continue the display. Press Escape while paused @ to end the display and return to the menu. @[Print] Print the data to a parallel printer connected to @ LPT1 using continuous paper or a cut sheet feeder.@[File] Print the activity data to an ASCII file. You are@ prompted for a path and filename. An extension of@ .RPT is assigned by the program. @[New] Erase the existing PM.LOG file and create a new @ empty PM.LOG file. Use this function to discard a@ file reaching its maximum size of 786,000 bytes or@ 32,750 entries. (About 7.5 years of normal use). @[Exit] Return to the setup utility main menu. @Move the menu bar to the directory where your program is located@and press Enter. If you are selecting a command, move the menu @bar to the name of the file you want to execute and press Enter.@ @Use the Up/Down arrow keys, the Home/End keys and the PgUp/PgDn @keys to move the menu bar to the desired selection. Press the @Escape key to exit from the directory or file displays without @making a selection. @ @HARDDISK MANAGER assumes you want to change to the program's @directory before executing the selected program. If that is not@the case, press ^Y or ^T to erase the directory field entry. @ @HARDDISK MANAGER displays the directories and files of the @drive it was started from by default. To see a different drive,@enter the drive letter and a colon before pressing F6. @ @Several seconds are required to read the drive the first time F6@is selected. After that the display is instantaneous until a @different drive is selected to be displayed. @Move the menu bar to the desired file and press Enter. @ @Use the Up/Down arrow keys, the Home/End keys and the PgUp/PgDn @keys to move the menu bar to the desired selection. Press the @Escape key to exit from the display without making a selection. @ @HARDDISK MANAGER assumes you want to change to the program's @directory before executing the selected program. If that is not@the case, press ^Y or ^T to erase the directory field entry. @ @HARDDISK MANAGER displays the directories and files of the @drive it was started from by default. To see a different drive,@enter that drive in the command field before pressing F5. @ @Enter the specification for a file or group of files in the @command field to limit the search to specific files. Global @characters (* and ?) are acceptable. If no specification is @entered, all files (*.*) will be displayed. All searches start @at the root directory of the specified drive. @ Example entries: *.EXE C:*.EXE MYPROG.* C:MYPROG.* @ @ @Move the menu bar to the desired menu page and press Enter. @ @Use the Up/Down arrow keys, the Home/End keys and the PgUp/PgDn @keys to move the menu bar to the desired selection. Press the @Escape key to exit from the display without making a selection. @ @HARDDISK MANAGER displays a sorted list of titled menu pages @for your selection. Menu pages with no title are considered to @be blank and are not available for selection by this function. @ @If you wish to select a blank menu page, press Escape to return @to the menu window and press function key F3. The first menu @page found with no title is considered to be a blank page and is@automatically entered as your selection. Press Enter to accept @the selection and exit from the menu window. Now select [Run] @if you want to go to that page and enter menu items. @ @ @ @This function instructs HardDisk Manager to automatically run @a selected menu item each day at a given time. It operates when@the HardDisk Manager menu is displayed, waiting for an item to @be selected & during the time the screen blanking feature is on.@ @The menu item to be executed is selected by placing the cursor @bar on the desired item prior to selecting the [Time] function. @The page and item number of the currently selected item and of @the previously selected item are displayed for reference. @ @Auto start is turned off when the time display boxes are blank. @Press the Insert key to toggle the auto start feature to On and @then select the desired time using the arrow keys. Press Enter @to accept the new settings and return to the bar menu. @ @The Escape key is used to return to the bar menu without making @any changes to the original program selection or to the original@time setting. @
