menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space. All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. )
Press ESC to put this help screen away.
Welcome to MenuWizard's Online Help
What you're reading right now is a "Help
screen."
Press F1 to see a Help screen
F1
about the menu command or dialog
-box item that's currently active.
Most Help screens have some highlighted
items ("Help keywords") on them that lead
to another Help screen.
You can use the Tab and Shift Tab
Tab
keys to move the cursor from one
Help keyword to another, then press
Enter to choose that item.
With the mouse, you can click a Help
Mouse
keyword to choose that item.
To return to the previous Help screen
Press ALT-F1.
To exit from the online help press ESC.
(System) menu
(Alt-Spacebar)
The System menu appears on the far left of the menu bar and is represented by the
symbol. (
When you pull down the
menu, you see `
About Help
Refresh Save
DeskTop
Retrieve
DeskTop Clear
DeskTop
About
When you choose the About command from the
(System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and version information. G
To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button.
Help
Opens this help system. Use F1 to get direct help about the function currently used.
Refresh
Refresh allows you to redraw the screen if it has been destroyed (by multi tasking or TSR programs).
Save DeskTop
This allows you to save the state of all open windows (menus, views, etc) to a desktop file. When a Retrieve
Desktop of the same desktop file is selected, those windows will be loaded and displayed in the same state as when the desktop file was saved.
Retrieve DeskTop
Retrieve a previously-saved state of all open windows from a desktop file. All windows that were open when the Save
Desktop was selected with the above desktop file, will be loaded and displayed in the same window size and position as before.
Clear DeskTop
Closed all open menus and views from the desktop. This function is automatically executed when the Language is changed. A 'Save menu ?' Confirmation will be invoked for each menu that was changed and not saved.
File
(Alt-F)
The File menu offers choices for changing the current language, opening, Saving and Printing Menus, Simulating the BBS, Dos Shell and exiting the program.
Langauge Open Open
GlobalRA
New Save Save
Save
Simu
Setup BBS
Simulate Menu
Simulate
View Dos
Shell Exit
File
Language
This opens the list of languages that are defined in RA's configuration and allows you to select one. When selected, You will be promped to either clear the desktop, Reload the desktop (which will try to open the same menus currently opened in the new selected language), or Keep the desktop, which will leave the opened menus opened (in the old language). The menus path will be set as specified for that language, and the AutoLoad Menu will be loaded (from the new language menu path).
File
Open
(F3)
The Open command allows you to open an existing menu. In the Open Menu dialog box you can selct the file by writing it's name or selecting him from the menu list (use the TAB key to switch from the file name field to the menu list). When Enter is pressed or the OPEN button is pressed, MenuWiz loads the selected menu and displays it in a new window on the desktop.
File
Open GlobalRA
This will open the menu 'GLOBALRA' in the current language. The GLOBALRA menu is a special menu. All it's commands are active in ALL the menus. It's a good place to have Commands like 'Goto Main Menu' and 'Goodbye'.
File
The New command creates a new Menu window. The window's name is "NoName".
File
Save
(F2)
The Save command allows you to save the current Menu to disk. If you wish to save the file under a new name, select the Save
As command instead.
File
Save As
The Save As command allows you to save the current menu window to a new file name. Note that if a menu window does not have a name (it is called "Noname") selecting Save will execute the Save As dialog box.
File
Save All
The Save ALL command saves preforms a Save on all open menus in the Desktop.
File
Simu Setup
(Alt-U)
This will open the Simulate
setup
dialog in which you can define parameters for the BBS
Simulation.
Simulate Setup
In this dialog you can define the following options for the BBS
Simulate or the Menu
Simulate :
Type - Show the Ascii or the Ansi menus
Security - The Security level used on the simulation.
Baud - The simulation speed.
Flags - The Flags used on the simulation.
File
BBS Simulation
(Alt-B)
This command will open a full sized window (without a frame !) in which you will see the BBS as if you load it in local mode. Hot keys may be pressed to preform a goto/gosub/return from menu or simply display a message of the command being executed otherwise. Press ESC or CTRL-F3 to close the simulation window.
File
Menu Simulation
(Alt-A)
(Registered only)
Exactly like the BBS
simulation, only the first menu executed is the current menu and NOT the one selected in the Config|Defaults.
File
View
Let you load an ANSI/ASCII file and display it in a new window. The file selection is exactly like in the Open dialog.
File
DOS Shell
(Alt-J)
With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. 9
To return to this program, type EXIT at the DOS prompt.
File
Exit
(Alt-X)
The Exit command terminates this program.
Menu
(Alt-M)
In the Edit menu you may find commands related to the current menu. f
Prompt HighLight
Delete Insert
Next
Ruller Editors
Shells Replace
Menu
Prompt
(Alt-P)
The Prompt command opens a dialog in which you can change both the prompt and the prompt color for the current menu. You may move between the Prompt string, the prompt color and the background with TAB. use the arrow keys to change the color and the background.
Edit
HighLight
(Alt-H)
The HighLight command opens a dialog in which you can change the highlight color for the current menu. You may move between the color and the background with TAB. use the arrow keys to change.
Menu
Delete
(Del)
This option will let you delete the current line in the current menu. You will be prompt for a confirmation.
Menu
Insert
(Ins)
This option will let you Insert a new line in the current menu. You will be prompt for a confirmation. If confirmed , you will be prompted for each idem in the menu.
Menu
Next Ruler
(Alt-F1)
This will switch the current menu to the next ruler. There are 4 rulers which can be defined in Config|Rulers. A Ruler is a configuration of which fields are shown on the screen , and in what length. g
+--> 1 --> 2 --> 3 --> 4 -->+
| |
+-----<-----<-----<-----<---+
Menu
Editors
(Alt-E)
(Registered only)
Execute one of the defined Editors using the current menu entry as the parameters. The editors are defined in the Config|Externals The Current directory is set to the Text file directory.
Menu
Shells
(Alt-S)
(Registered only)
Execute one of the defined Shells using the current menu entry as the parameters. The shells are defined in the Config|Externals
Menu
Replace
(Alt-R)
(Registered Only!)
Opens the Search
Replace
Dialog This dialog can be used to search menu items by Type,Data substing, Flags, Sec level and KEY. It can also search all the open menus on the desktop, or all matching a wildcard. The Search & Replace can be executed on all the languages at once.
Search & Replace
(Registered Only!)
This dialog is divided into three parts : The 'Search for' box, the 'Replace with' box and the Options
dialog. Use OK to confirm or ESC to cancel. You can set Search for any combination of the six fields :
<Type> Will search for entries with this
type only.
<Data> Will search for entries that has
this substring in their Data field.
The replace Data field will either
replace all the Data field or only
the Substring found (configurable)
<Flags> The flags search and replace may be
either in RA style, or in a full
match and replace. (configurable)
<Min-S> Search for this Sec level.
<Max-S> Search for this Max Sec level.
Search & Replace Options
(Registered Only!)
This dialog sets the behavior of the Search
Replace : Use OK to confirm or ESC to cancel.
<Data field> If the search included a string
in the Data field, and an entry is found
that has that string in it's Data field
(substring) then 'Change only' will tell
MenuWiz to replace that substring in the
found entry with the string that's in the
replace Data field. 'Full Replace' will
Replace ALL the Data Field in the found
entry with the Replace Data field. If the
search did not include any string in the
Data field, a Full Replace is forced.
<Flags Search> 'Full match' will only match
entries that their flags field is EXACTLY
like the search flags field. 'RA match'
will match entries who will match each 'X'
and 'O' that are set in the search flags.
Any flag that is not set (i.e. '-') in the
search flags will not be checked.
<Flags Replace> 'Full Replace' will replace
the entire Flags field with the one in
the replace flags field. 'Change only'
will Set or Unset the flags that are set
with 'X' or 'O' and will leave the flags
that are set with '-' as they were.
<Menus to search> Will set the search to
include the current menu, All the menus
that are open in the desktop, or a group
of menus that can be selected by a
wildcard (i.e. '*' will select ALL the
menus in the menus directory !!).
<Menus Wildcards> This field is only used
when 'Wildcards' is used in the Menus to
search.
<Languages> If this will be set to 'All',
not only the menus set in the 'Menus to
search' will be searched , but also the
same menus in all other languages.
(i.e. selecting a '*' in the 'menus to
search' and 'All' in the Languages to
search will search ALL the menus in ALL
the languages !!)
<Options> 'Case sensitive' - will set a case
sensitive Data field search.
'No-Ask' - will NOT ask to confirm replace
on each entry found.
'Menus No-Ask' will NOT ask to confirm the
search on every menu that is to be
searched (If more then one menu is set for
the search, i.e. Wildcards,Desktop or All
Languages)
Window
(Alt-W)
The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands. Each Menu, View, of Simulation is a window. 9
Window-management commands
Resize/Move Zoom
Next Previous
Close Tile
Cascade
Window
Resize
(Ctrl-F5)
Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.
Size
If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. Q
If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window.
Move
When you choose Window
Resize, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. F
You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.
Window
Zoom
(F5)
Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. {
You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
Window
Tile
Choose Window
Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop. L
Tiled Windows
Window
Cascade
Choose Window
Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop. A
Cascaded Windows
Window
Next
(F6)
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window
Previous
(Shit-F6)
Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window
Close
(Alt-F3)
Choose Close to close the active window. O
You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window.
Config
(Alt-C)
The Config menu contains commands to modify options in MenuWiz such as Rulers, Colors, External utilities. G
Colors Rulers Externals Defaults Simulate Save
Config
Config
Colors
The Colors item brings up the Colors
dialog , where you can customize the colors of the display. Use the Config|Save
Config to save the new colors so that they will be automatically loaded when Menuwiz is loaded again.
Help on the Colors dialog box
The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the following:
On color and black-and-white systems, it
also contains two color palettes.
On monochrome systems, it contains a set
of radio buttons instead of the palettes.
This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different parts of this program.
Group
Desktop
Selection Menus
Dialogs
Viewer
BBS Menus
Help
The Group list box contains the names of the different regions of the program that you can customize. L
Item
Color
When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box displays the names of the different views in that region.
Foreground
Background
On color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and Background palettes to modify colors.
Colors
) Mono low
( ) Mono high
( ) Mono underscore
( ) Mono inverse
On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons systems to modify the character attributes. Q
Text Text Text
Text Text Text
On all systems, the display text (above the Help button) shows the current color or attribute settings. a
Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors dialog box by choosing OK.
Config
Rulers
The Rulers item brings up the Rulers dialog where you can customize the display rulers. In each ruler you can decide which fields will show when that ruler is used. The screen is divided into four Rulers. Each ruler Consist of 3 parts. Use TAB to move between parts and Rulers. Use Enter when Done. Use the Config|Save
Config to save the new Rulers so that they will be automatically loaded when Menuwiz is loaded again. The Rulers parts are: K
<Type> You can select one of the three
Types using the Up/Down keys :
None - Type field not displayed.
Numeric - Type Number displayed.
Text - Type description displayed
<Fields> Use Space to Set/Clear each field.
Only fields with a 'X' will be displayed.
'Limits' refers to the Limits dialog and
'Grp,Node' refers to the Groups and Nodes
dialogs. All off these will be displayed
as a '
' and can be opened by a mouse click
or Enter.
<Data Length> If Data field is selected,
This determines its length. The field
itself can be scrolled when edited, so
small Data Length will cause no problems.
Config
Externals
This item brings up the 'External Shells' dialog where you may setup the external Ansi/Ascii/Other editors, and other Shells. This shells can be executed from the Menu|Editors and the Menu|Shells. Use the Config|Save
Config to save the new Externals so that they will be automatically loaded when Menuwiz is loaded again.
The difference between the 'Editors' and the 'Shells' is that when an 'Editor' is executed, the current directory is changed into the TEXT directory of the current language. When Shells are used , the current directory is changed into the MENUS directory. Each Editor/Shell have two fields : it's name and the command. The name can have one letter enclosed in two wave signs to set a HOT key. (i.e. '~A~nsi' will have a hot key of 'A'). L
The command can include the following substrings that will be translated :
%n where n is a number from 1 to 9, will
be translated into the n'th word in the
data field of the current command.
(i.e. 'thedraw %1.td').
%0 Will be replaced by ALL the data field.
%m Will be replaced by the current
language Menu Path.
%t Will be replaced by the current
language Text Path.
%q Will be replaced by the current
language Questionnaire Path.
%r Will be replaced by RA's path.
Config
Defaults
This dialog sets the following options: O
<Auto Simulate> will start the BBS simulate
as soon as MenuWiz is loaded.
<Auto Save> Will automatically save changed
menus without asking for a confirmation.
This might be risky if you made a mistake,
MenuWiz will automatically save the menu
when you close it or exit menuwiz.
<Auto Desktop> Will automatically save and
load the desktop when MenuWiz is Loaded
and terminated. (Will not reload desktop
if Auto Simulate is Selected)
<Inherited Ruler> Will open new menus in
the same ruler as the Current Menu and
not as Ruler 1.
<Auto Menu> The menu to automatically load
when Menuwiz is loaded.
<Auto Lang> Language to startup with. 0 For
'Default language'
Config
Simulate
Will setup the default simulate parameters. This is exactly like the File|Simu
Setup setup , but it will be automatically loaded with MenuWiz.
Config
Save Config
Saves all changes made in the Config menu to MenuWiz setup file. Menuwiz will also ask if you wish to save the setup , when exit is selected and the setup was changed and NOT saved using this option.
Menu Window
In this window you can edit the current menu. The menu name is displayed at the top of the Window with the Ruler number in []. The Current Language is displayed at the menu line. Press F1 now to get help on using the online help.
Valid Keys are :
F10 Open the Pull down Menu. You can Also use Alt-Space (for the System sub menu),
Alt-F,Alt-M,Alt-W,Alt-C for the File,Menu,Window and Config sub menus.
Arrows Move Lines and Fields.
Tab,S-Tab Moves like right and left keys.
PgUp/PgDn Move one page Up or Down
Ctrl-PgUp View top of file
Ctrl-PgDn View bottom of file.
Home Same as Ctrl-PgUp
End Same as Ctrl-PgDown
Ctrl-Right Move to the last field on the line.
Ctrl-Left Move to the first field on the line.
Ctrl-[Ltr] Move to and edit a field in the current line.
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