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The Executive Version 2.5 by Bill Miller May 19/90
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The Executive was first born out of a need that we found in the
Forem ST bbs program to be able to access desk accessories and also be
able to easily execute GEM applications with the touch of a mouse
button, rather than typing in a filename on a command line.
INSTALLATION OF EXECUTIVE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just copy the EXECUTE.PRG, EXECUTE.SYS, and EXECUTE.RSC into the
directory where TURBO.PRG now resides. Installation of Executive
is now complete.
AUTO BOOTING ///Turbo Board
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have been told that you cannot use the REBOOT program with
Executive. This is correct, as REBOOT directly boots from an Auto
folder and will not allow the ST to initialize GEM.
Not all is lost though, there are another ways to start Turbo.
If you are using TOS 1.4, you can Install turbo.prg as an AUTO booting
GEM application and save your desktop. If you are using an older
version of TOS, you may also use a program like STARTGEM or HEADSTART
from the Codehead guys. Either of these programs will autostart Turbo
from a Cold boot, and allow you to use Executive.
Now the Executive is installed on your system. The Executive is
so easy to use, that you don't have to read any further, but following
will be a list of the features of Executive and how to use them.
The Executive - Program description
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Executive allows you use run all GEM or TOS programs from the
desktop or from the sysop mode in ///Turbo Board. It can contain a
maximum of 32 Applications under two drop down menus, also the file
selector or parameters can be automatically passed when executing an
application. It is recommended that the UIS ]I[ program ( Universal
Item Selector) be used if you are running Executive. UIS 3 is an
excellent program and is well worth the price.
When Executive intializes for the first time the Desk and File
entries for the menu will appear, under Desk you will find the the
Executive registration info, and also the desk accessories, if any
were installed. Under the File entry, you will find three entries:
Install Application
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Use this to install a new application, up to 32 may be installed.
When you click on this entry a file selector will appear and you then
click on the program that you wish to execute, then the Install
Application dialog box will appear.
The install application box allows you to enter a Menu Strip name
that will show up under the Execute drop down menus. You can also
enter parameters. These will ALWAYS be passed to your application via
the Command Line.
AUTO CL will cause the Enter Parameters box to be displayed when
the application is executed. The program extension has no effect, it
will work with Tempus.prg for instance.
AUTO FS will cause the File Selector to appear every time you
execute an application. If you want to enter a mask for the File
Selector simply type it in the PARAMETERS line. No entry= *.* , you
can use wild cards (* and ?) if you want. (eg *.TXT or ABC??.* ect.)
NOTE:
When executing a program with a TTP extension, an ENTER PARAMETERS
box will appear as with the GEM desktop. If the TTP file was
Installed as an Application, then the ENTER PARAMETERS box will not
appear unless you enable the AUTO CL box, or you can alternately use
the AUTO FS if you wish to use a file selector.
* HOLD SCREEN will hold the screen after execution of your program.
This is useful for some TTP and TOS programs that may abort leaving a
message that would otherwise vanish when Executive reappears.
* KEEP PATH will hold the path to the Default Executive (forem)
path. It is useful for running or testing Forem Batch or Doors
programs that may be located elsewhere, but need to use the default
Forem directory.
The HELP! button will give you this very info in case you forget.
Application Menu Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use to modify Executive Menu entries and Options. If you wish to
edit the installed applications, simply drag one to the edit button.
The same box as the Install Application box will appear allowing you
to edit your entry. Reordering the applications is easy, just drag an
application to the place you wish it to be and the applications will
reorder themselves. To remove an application simply drag to the
REMOVE button. The UNDO button will reset any reorder, edit or
deletion you have made since last calling the Menu Manager.
* Version 2.5 now allows you to change the path of an installed
application. Just click on the FILENAME box or the actual program
name, and a file selector will appear, to allowing you to change the
file easily.
Executive allows you a few options. These are:
Desktop Mode - Use when run from the desktop
BBS Mode - Will send an OFF HOOK command to your Modem
Fast Reload - Executive stays resident in this mode
Memory Saver - Saves memory but must reload Executive (saves ~100k !!)
FX On - Pretty expanding boxes and silly little sounds
FX Off - The stuff I spent so much time on, are all disabled!
Execute file
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Use to Execute any Gem or Tos program without installing it.
Executive will retain the path of the last file that you executed.
Alternate Menu Data Files
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In case you want to install more than 32 applications, The
Executive allows you to create and load alternate menu data files.
These files contain the installed application information. The
default menu data file is EXECUTE.WJM, if this file is found when
Executive is booting or reloading then it will be loaded. If you want
to create a different menu data file then click the right hand mouse
button, a file selector will appear. Type in a file name, if it isn't
found then Executive will prompt you if you want to create the file.
Hit yes and any applications you install will be saved under that file
name. To load a different data file click the right button and select
any previously saved data file.
Our Support BBS - ///Turbo Board Support - 416-274-1225, Fnet Node #18
is available if you have any questions.
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Universal Item Selector 3 - Ordering Information
UIS 3 is not a shareware program. Though it is advantageous to use
this program with Executive, it is not included here. You may order
the UIS 3 program from:
Application and Design Software
120 NW "E" Street,
Grants Pass, OR
USA 97256
Phone 503-476-0071 Price is $29.95 us (upgrade from UIS 2 for $7)
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