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QuickCOLORS 1.0
Copyright 1993, Jerry Cooksey
Introduction
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QuickCOLORS is a screen utility which will change your screen's text color
and background color quickly and easily. Best of all, QuickCOLOR does NOT
REQUIRE ANSI, a device driver shipped with DOS which eats up a good chunk
of memory.
QuickCOLORS is especially useful in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and other batch files,
where you might want the information echoed to the screen by a particular
command to stand out from all the others. By adding some color to your
screen, along with blinking if desired, your batch files are sure to catch
the user's attention. See the 'Instructions for use' section below for the
proper syntax.
For information on registering or distributing this program, please see
the section entitled "Registration/Distribution" below.
Features
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As with QuickDIAL, a command line phone dialer, and QuickLOAD, a utility which
loads programs after a user-defined amount of time if no key is pressed (both
by the same programmer), the main feature in my mind is that this program is
small, fast, and does the job it was designed to do. (Again, not every
program can make that claim!)
QuickCOLORS simply changes your screen colors (WITHOUT ANSI!) and gets out of
your way. QuickCOLORS should work with all versions of DOS, although this has
not been tested. QuickCOLORS should also run on any IBM-compatible computer
regardless of memory, due to its extremely small size.
Installng QuickCOLORS
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For easy access at any time, place QuickCOLORS in a directory in your path.
To determine which directories are in your path, type "PATH" and hit enter at
the DOS prompt.
After you have copied the files, the program is ready to run.
Instructions for use
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QuickCOLORS uses the syntax below:
COLORS textcolor [and/on] background [/b] [/?]
COLORS /?
COLORS NORMAL [/b] [/?]
COLORS REVERSE [/b] [/?]
textcolor - the color of text to be displayed on the screen.
and - optional word you can add for readability and to make command easier
to remember.
on - optional word you can add for readability and to make command easier
to remember.
background - the background screen color to be used.
/b - option to add blinking to your text.
/? - help screen option. This will also give a display of all available
colors and their recognized names.
NORMAL - sets colors to white text on black background (same as 'COLORS WHITE
ON BLACK' but 'COLORS NORMAL' is easier to type).
REVERSE - sets colors to black text on white background (same as 'COLORS BLACK
ON WHITE' but 'COLORS REVERSE' is easier to type).
For instance, the commands:
COLORS RED ON BLUE
COLORS RED AND BLUE
COLORS RED BLUE
all will produce screens of red letters on a blue background. If '/b' was
added to the commands above, the red letters would blink.
The use of the words 'and' and 'on' are purely optional, and are provided
only to make the commands easier to read and remember.
Sample use in an autoexec.bat file: COLORS RED ON LIGHTBLUE /B
LOAD 3 C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM
COLORS NORMAL
The above lines will change the screen to red letters on a light blue
background, with the red letters flashing. The next line loads Windows after
a 3 second wait (using QuickLOAD from the same programmer). Whereas this
would normally display a message in white letters on a black background, it
will now display the message in blinking red letters, making it much more
eye-catching. The next line returns all colors to normal (white letters on
a black background).
By alternating QuickCOLOR commands, you can make your autoexec and other batch
files more pleasing to watch and more effective at the same time.
Registration/Distribution
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QuickCOLORS is a shareware program. Under the shareware principle, you may
freely distribute QuickCOLORS to others, but you (and they) are legally and
morally obligated to pay for this software if you find it useful. The
registration fee is only $5.00 for individuals, $15.00 for businesses.
Registration enables the author to continue programming efforts and
enhancements to this and other programs. Registration also enables you to
continue to legally use the software should you find it useful. It will also
help me support my son and daughter, who are growing faster than the memory
requirements of many of today's programs!
Registered users will be notified of any future updates as soon as they are
released.
QuickCOLORS may be freely distributed to any party, with the only restriction
being that you must distribute this file (COLORS.TXT) and the program
executable file (COLORS.EXE) together.
The author disclaims any responsibility for damages or losses as a result of
use of this program.
To register the program, remit payment in US currency (check or money order)
to:
Jerry Cooksey
802 Winchester Avenue
Middlesboro KY 40965-1544 USA
Please enclose a note that the payment is for registration of QuickLOAD,
the version number that you are using, and your name and address. Also,
please let me know where you got your copy from (BBS, friend, etc.) and the
city, state, and country that the source is located in. If you have any
suggestions or comments, enclose them as well.
Technical support
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For technical support, please write the address above or leave questions
on the Boone's Trail BBS at (615) 869-3657. On Boone's Trail BBS, join
conference "Quick Series" and leave your message addressed to me. I log
on to this BBS about once a week, and will respond with a message addressed
to you as soon as is possible.
Updated programs in the Quick series, which now includes QuickCOLORS 1.0,
QuickDIAL 2.0 and QuickLOAD 2.1, are placed on the Boone's Trail BBS first,
so you may want to look for updates while you are logged on. Boone's Trail
BBS supports up to 14,400 baud modems and MNP 2-5, with file transfers in most
popular protocols, including Ymodem batch and Zmodem.