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- BESTMENU
- THE FIRST SERIOUS MENU SYSTEM
-
-
- By
-
- Wild West Software
- Austin, Texas
-
-
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- │ INSTRUCTIONS │░░
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- * Full Working Demo....
-
- This copy of BestMenu works exactly like the full version of the
- program. There is, however, an annoying Happy Face that jumps
- across the screen everytime you invoke a menu selection. We
- think that you would rather see the little face than a limited
- version of BestMenu. Of course, the Happy Face is not there
- strictly to annoy you. Rather, it is a reminder that in order to
- continue bringing you new versions of BestMenu, as well as new
- programs, we need your support.
-
- There are other program utilities which you will only receive
- with the FULLY REGISTERED version of BestMenu. These include
- SWITCH, the disk swapping utility; SHRTBOOT and LONGBOOT, the
- Reboot utilities; LPTSWAP, the parallel port swapping utility;
- and PASSWORD, password protection for your menu selections.
-
- So, if you like BestMenu, send us a check or money order for:
-
- BestMenu $ 29.95
- Shipping $ 6.00
- ----------
- $ 35.95
-
- Become a registered BestMenu user and get rid of that stupid
- happy face! Please give a copy of this demo to your friends, and
- remember to include all of the files that you received, so they
- will have a complete set. Make shareware work!
-
- By the way, the file ORDER.TXT contains a registration form that
- can be used to make your order.
-
-
-
-
- * Installing BestMenu....
-
- Copy all BestMenu files to one diskette or subdirectory on
- your hard disk. Make sure that the following files are present
- on the disk:
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- BMDEMO.COM Main Program - Type BMDEMO to start.
- MAKEMENU.COM Make Menu Windows
- OVERLAY.COM Overlay for BMDEMO.COM
- CLOCK.COM The World Time Clock (must download BESTCLOK.ARC)
- CONFIG.BM Configuration File Created by MAKEMENU.COM
- MAIN.BM Main Menu - Menu File
- *.BM Sample menu files
- BESTMENU.TXT Introduction to the product
- BMQUICK.TXT Quick And Dirty Instructions
- ORDER.TXT BestMenu Registration Form
-
-
-
-
- * Starting BestMenu....
-
- To start BestMenu, move to the BestMenu drive and directory, and
- type:
-
- BMDEMO [ENTER]
-
- The BestMenu Main Screen will appear. From now on you may move
- from one menu to the other by pressing the corresponding function
- key or by using the arrow keys to point to the desired selection
- and pressing enter.
-
-
-
-
- * Menu Windows....
-
- BestMenu uses Menu Windows to display up to 10 selections per
- window at 6 different levels. That is 10 to the 6th, or 1,000,000
- possible selections for a single menu system. If you are at the
- MAIN MENU, press [F1], [F9], [F8] to see how menu levels work.
-
-
-
-
- * Menu Files....
-
- Menu Files are all files terminated with the extension .BM.
- These files contain the information necessary to present a menu
- window on the screen, as well as the commands to be performed by
- the selections inside the window.
-
-
-
-
- * The MenuMaker....
-
- The MenuMaker program is used to create and edit menu files. To
- start the MenuMaker type:
-
- MAKEMENU [ENTER]
-
- The Main Menu at the top of the screen allows you to:
-
- Config: Change the environment colors of BestMenu Main Screen.
- Set time lapse for the World Clock to pop up.
- Toggle audio feedback from the keyboard ON and OFF.
- Tell BestMenu that you want to use a mouse.
-
- Menus: Create or Edit Menu Files.
-
- Support: Support information.
-
- Exit: Returns to the operating system
-
- The MenuMaker can also be invoked from within BestMenu. Press
- [F8] BestMenu utilities and [F1] Build or Edit Menu Files.
-
-
-
-
- * Editing A Menu File....
-
- Load a menu file from The MenuMaker by entering:
-
- MAKEMENU [ENTER]
- M ( for Menus at the main menu )
- F ( for Files in Menus menu )
- L ( for Load in the Files menu )
-
- Now, highlight a menu filename and press [ENTER] to load it.
- Going back to the previous menu you can:
-
- Files Save: Save the menu file
- Name : Change the filename
- Banner : Change the banner at the top of the menu window
- Color : Change the foreground and background colors of the
- window.
- Titles : Insert, Delete or edit the selection titles
- Commands : Insert, Delete or edit the commands for each
- selection title.
- Reset : Erases all window information.
- Exit : Return to the main menu.
-
- A typical operation consists of:
-
- a. reading an existing menu file.
- b. editing its Banner
- c. editing its titles
- d. editing the commands of one or more selection titles
- e. changing the colors
- f. saving the menu file back to the disk
-
-
-
-
- * Creating A Menu File....
-
- Creating a Menu file is just as simple as editing one. Start the
- MenuMaker program, but instead of reading an existing menu file,
- enter a name for the new menu file to be created. Build the
- titles and commands from scratch, and don't forget to save your
- work to the disk.
-
-
-
-
- * The Commands....
-
- You may enter up to 10 command lines per menu selection. If more
- commands are necessary, you should consider breaking the task
- into two selections, or using a batch file to complement the
- command set. Any DOS command is a valid Menu command, including
- batch file statements like PAUSE, IFs and REMs. In addition to
- DOS commands, you may enter a program filename or batch filename
- (EXE, COM or BAT). Remember, ONE command per line!
-
-
-
-
- * Connecting Two Menu Windows....
-
- To move from one window to the other, you must enter the filename
- of the menu file to be merged to on the command line. To merge
- from the Main Menu (MAIN.BM) to the System Utilities Menu
- (SYSTEM1.BM) using selection [F1] of the main menu, we use a
- command line in MAIN.BM that reads:
-
- SYSTEM1.BM
-
- and nothing else. This simple approach is used to connect all
- menus at all levels. To call a menu window to the screen, just
- place the corresponding menu filename in one of the selection
- command lines of the current menu.
-
-
-
-
- * Mouse Support....
-
- If you have a mouse, you should load your mouse driver as usual
- and install the mouse from within The MenuMaker using Config
- Mouse Yes.
-
-
-
-
- * The World Time Clock....
-
- The World Time clock has some parameters that may be set
- according to your preferences:
-
- CLOCK/S Sets the local time and the four world times.
- CLOCK/C Toggles the hourly CUCO ON and OFF.
- CLOCK/1 Uses Color Palette 1.
- CLOCK/3 Uses Color Palette 2.
-
- The clock will pop up on the screen after X minutes without
- keyboard action. X is set in MenuMaker.
-
-
-
-
- * The Real User's Guide....
-
- These are only Quick & Dirty instructions for BestMenu, and aim
- solely at giving you a superficial understanding of how the
- program works. The Real Users Guide is 100 pages long containing
- everything you will ever want to know about BestMenu and its
- utilities. The User's Guide is fully illustrated with Mac
- quality pictures and typeset quality printing.
-
- The User's Guide is accompanied by a 200 page illustrated book
- called "The Wizard of DOS". The Wizard of DOS covers every
- aspect of the operating system, including tricks and traps. The
- book is composed of 14 chapters, 5 of which are totally devoted
- to hard disk directories and hard disk maintenance. Both the
- programs and the books were fully written by Wild West Software
- staff members.
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