home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- PC DASHBOARD (tm) v 1.08 Evaluation Version available on
- Custom Menus for Your PC CompuServe, The Source, or
- - by John Franck directly from No Sweat Software.
-
- No Sweat Software, Inc. Archived File: PCDSH6.ARC
- 10 E. Church Street
- Martinsville, VA 24112 UnARC with ARC-E.COM or
- 703 632-3982 equivalent.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Note: Since PC Dashboard's original release, v1.02, several changes and
- minor fixes have been made and are now included in v1.08. If you have
- a previous version, then refer to the end of this document to see a
- listing of the changes.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- PC DASHBOARD is an exceptionally powerful and easy-to-use Menu System for
- IBM PC's and compatibles equipped with fixed disk drives. It eliminates the
- need for you to remember complicated DOS commands and confusing directory
- paths when you want to run a program or other routine from your hard disk.
-
- You can enter the program start-up commands ONCE into PC Dashboard's Menu
- Item Settings window; after that, simply pressing the appropriate letter key
- will launch your program or specific task. At last - you can FORGET ABOUT
- DOS and concentrate on getting your work done!
-
- PC Dashboard is a completely re-written and enhanced version of the popular
- shareware menuing system, Menu Master 2.12, by John Franck (February, 1987).
- Menu Master's great success is largely due to many honest people who
- supported the shareware concept, and who appreciated Menu Master's simple,
- straightforward design. Every effort has gone into keeping things just as
- simple with PC Dashboard, while providing the additional features that make
- it THE most powerful, flexible, and easy to use menu system available.
-
- FEATURES:
-
- - Simple to learn - fast and easy to use.
- - Menu Settings entered directly from the program - no text
- editor needed - no complicated special commands to learn.
- - Clear, colorfully attractive screen layouts.
- - Pop-up Help windows.
- - Menus with up to 24 items per menu - all defined by you.
- - Unlimited number of Submenus created automatically and
- displayed instantly.
- - Menu prompts, Passwords, Directory Paths, and Command Settings
- (with up to 10 lines per setting) - all defined by you and
- entered only ONCE.
- - Screen colors and individual Menu Prompt colors can be
- customized to suit your tastes.
- - Personalized Menu Titles.
- - Colorful On-screen User Notes customized in either regular text
- or extra-large "BigNotes" text.
- - Menu selections can prompt the user for input.
- - Option to keep PC Dashboard memory-resident, increasing the
- speed in returning to the menu.
- - Gateway to DOS function: can "shell" to any subdirectory that
- you designate while your current menu stays in memory.
- - Optional Time and Date display.
- - Optional clock chimes on the hour.
- - Optional screen saver blanks the screen after 4 minutes of inactivity.
- - System Password protection scheme with extensive flexibility.
-
- The Evaluation Version of PC Dashboard is distributed as SHAREWARE and is
- FULLY FUNCTIONAL! When you register, you will receive the Licensed Version
- of PC Dashboard, which is the commercially available, shrink-wrapped
- software package from No Sweat Software. It contains the official program
- disk, complete printed user's manual, registration code, certain utility
- programs, product support commitment from No Sweat Software, and access to
- future upgrades of PC Dashboard at nominal cost.
-
- The downloadable file, PCDSH6.ARC, contains all of the files necessary to
- fully evaluate PC Dashboard, including a 12-page instruction manual. The
- files should be Un-ARCed using ARC-E.COM or equivalent. The manual may be
- printed by copying the file PCDASH.DOC to your printer. Normally, the DOS
- command for doing this is: COPY PCDASH.DOC PRN. The Registration/Order form
- can be found at the end of PCDASH.DOC.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PC Dashboard (PCD) Improvements since v1.02, the original release:
-
- Version Improvements
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 1.08 Some programs running under PCD's Gateway Mode (DOS Shell) would
- cause PCD to crash upon returning to the menu. - Corrected.
-
- A batch file or program running under the # (memory-resident)
- mode could cause a blank menu screen to appear if the file or
- program contained a command to change directories (eg. CHDIR).
- - Corrected.
-
- Typing "MENU" instead of "EXIT" during Gateway Mode (DOS Shell)
- would load another copy of PCD on top of the "parent". If done
- enough times, the computer's memory could be used up. With v1.08,
- you can type either "EXIT" or "MENU" to return from the Gateway
- Mode. It is no longer possible to load PCD on top of itself.
-
- When the screen blanks after 4 minutes of inactivity, it now
- blanks out completely (without the PCD logo or Time showing).
-
-
- 1.07 Composite Monochrome monitor support. Some types of composite
- monochrome monitors, could not handle PCD's default system colors.
- This was corrected with v1.07. The System Options window now
- allows you to specify if your monitor is NOT a color display.
-
- Menu Title and Menu Prompts would not hold their proper color
- values at the MAIN menu with v1.06. Corrected.
-
-
- 1.06 Version 1.02 would disable the On-Screen Notes feature after a
- specified number of unregistered uses. This feature was removed
- with v1.06, making PCD's evaluation version indeed
- fully-functional. (Thanks to the kind folks who helped us see
- the light on this one.)
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Copyright (C) 1988 No Sweat Software, Inc. - 2/15/89
- All rights reserved
-
-