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VII. The Aladdin Main Screen VII. The Aladdin Main Screen VII. The Aladdin Main Screen
The RoundTables Menu -
Before we get into each item of the RoundTables menu we will
go into some detail about the configuration of RoundTables
and the Aladdin software.
Setting the RoundTable Configurations
Now that you have set up the primary and GEmail
configurations, we will cover setting up the RoundTables in
the RoundTable Configuration Dialog Box. To access the
RoundTable Configuration Dialog, click on "Roundtables" from
the "File" menu. This option allows adding new Roundtables
and editing or deleting existing selections. Clicking "Ok",
or pressing "Return" will exit the RoundTable Configuration
screen, save any new/modified RoundTable configuration
information and return you to the Aladdin main menu.
Editing or Adding a RoundTable
To add a RoundTable to the list, use the mouse and click on
"<Click here to add>" with the left mouse button. This will
bring up the Aladdin RoundTable Editing screen, "RoundTable
settings".
RoundTable Settings
To edit a RoundTable on the list, point to the name displayed
on your Roundtable list and double-click the left mouse
button. The Roundtable Configuration Dialog Box will be
displayed permitting options and settings to be edited.
Editing a RoundTable is done on the same RoundTable Editing
screen as when you add a RoundTable to the list. The same
instructions apply.
Deleting a RoundTable
To delete a RoundTable from the list, point to the name on
your RoundTable list and double-click the left mouse button.
When the RoundTable Configuration Dialog box is displayed,
click the "Delete" button at the bottom right. This will
cause Aladdin to delete the RoundTable from the list,
permanently, unless added at a later time.
Changing the RoundTable List Order
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The Roundtable list order may be changed by pointing to the
names on the list with the mouse and pressing and holding the
left mouse button to select the Roundtable name from the
displayed list. Continue to hold the mouse button down while
dragging the name to its new position on the Roundtable list.
The RoundTable Editing Dialog Box
The RoundTable Editing Dialog is used to select and set the
options for specific GEnie RoundTables that you want Aladdin
to access automatically.
Pressing the <Return> key or clicking on the "Ok" Button -
Exits the RoundTable Editing screen, saves the information
for the selected RoundTable and returns to the RoundTable
Configuration screen.
Selecting Fields for Editing - The [Up] and [Down] Arrow
Keys, Tab Key, or Mouse pointer may be used to move from
field to field.
RoundTable Settings
GEnie page number - Enter the number of the GEnie page at
which the RoundTable is located. Services on GEnie are
assigned page numbers. For example, the Atari ST RoundTable
main menu is located on page 475, the MichTron RoundTable is
located on page 490. If you are not sure on which page the
RoundTable you want to add is located, click on "GEnie Page
Number". This function displays all the services on GEnie and
their respective GEnie page numbers. For more information,
see the File Menu section of this manual. You can also view
the file "GENIE.LST", which is included in the Aladdin
distribution files, by using the "Browse file" function also
located under the "File" menu. Once you enter the page
number, and move to the next field, by striking the TAB key.
Aladdin will search the index and display the name of the
service on that page, if it is found in the index. If it is
not found, you will have to enter the RoundTable name in the
"Name" field. This should not happen under normal conditions.
If you cannot find a RoundTable which you know exists by its
page number, you may have to click on the option to update
the GEnie product index. This option is available from
"Product Index" under the "File" menu.
RoundTable Name - This field is normally filled in by
Aladdin. Refer to the previous section for more information.
AutoPass 1 options - This field holds the AutoPass 1 options
for Aladdin. In this field you will select what actions
Aladdin will take every time it automatically accesses this
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RoundTable on GEnie when you click on "Do AutoPass 1" from
the GEnie main menu. We will explain the Do AutoPass
operations in the Terminal Menu section of the manual. In an
AutoPass 1 operation Aladdin checks for and/or retrieves new
messages and/or files. The possible options for this field
are buttons which can be clicked on with the mouse.
Selections for the message area are, "All New Messages",
"Check for New Messages", and "All New Replies".
"All New Messages" tells Aladdin that it should ask for and
store all new messages.
"Check for New Messages" tells Aladdin that it should check
for new messages only and lets you select which topics you
want. If you click on "Check for New Messages", it takes
another log on session for Aladdin to download the new
messages for you to view and/or reply to.
"All New Replies" instructs Aladdin to read only those topics
which you have already read or replied to once before. These
topics are referred to by GEnie as "marked" topics. If you
want Aladdin to check for new files in the software library
area of the RoundTable, Click on "Check for New Files".
Aladdin will then check the software library for new files
every time it logs on to GEnie and accesses that RoundTable
during a Do AutoPass 1 operation.
For example, if you want Aladdin to check for new messages
only, click on "Check for New Messages" in the Do AutoPass 1
options field. If you want it to check for and retrieve new
messages and also check for any new files in the software
library of that RoundTable, click on "All New Messages" and
"Check for New Files". If you only want Aladdin to check for
new files in the software library area and ignore the message
area, click only "Check for New Files".
AutoPass 1 days - This field controls which days of the week
Aladdin will access the RoundTable during an AutoPass 1
operation. The default entry in this field is all days (all
buttons highlighted). This tells Aladdin to include this
RoundTable on an AutoPass 1 operation all seven days of the
week. If you wish to limit AutoPass 1 operations on this
RoundTable to certain days of the week, use the mouse and
click on the days to ignore with the left mouse button,
unhighlighting the days to ignore.
For example, if you wish to have Aladdin include this
RoundTable during an AutoPass 1 operation only on Sundays,
Wednesdays and Fridays of every week, you would highlight
only the buttons for Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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