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This file is intended to help you get started quickly using AutoScript.
The information presented here is by no means complete. Please refer to
the file AS.DOC for more information.
Loading AutoScript
Copy the files distributed with AutoScript onto your hard disk. Make
sure that the files: AS.EXE, AS.OVL, and AS.USG are in the same
directory. To load AutoScript, run AS.EXE. AutoScript will load itself
into memory and return. It should take about 37 Kbytes. Press
Ctrl-4 (the 4 at the top of the keyboard, not the numeric keypad key)
to pop up the Settings window, and adjust the settings as desired (Refer
to AS.DOC for detailed information on each setting). Use the up and
down arrow keys or Tab key to move around the window. Some of the
settings are multiple-choice items, and are chnged by pressing the
spacebar. To change a hot key setting, press Enter, followed by the
desired key combination. To leave the window and save changes, press
Ctrl-Enter. Pressing Esc leaves the window, but does not save changes.
Make sure to leave the Default mode setting as "Interactive" so that you
will be able to try out some of AutoScript's features. Setting the
default mode to "Standby" will disable most of the features.
Recording and Playing Scripts
To see a brief demonstration of some of AutoScript's script features,
play the demo script. To play the script, press the Play Script hot
key (default is Ctrl-2), type "demo.scr" on the prompt line, and press
Enter. Assuming that the file DEMO.SCR is located in the current
directory (if not, include the path), AutoScript will begin playing the
script. You can see the commands which went into the demo script by
uncompiling it. Type "AUC DEMO.SCR <Enter>" to uncompile the demo
script. The uncompiler will create an output file named "DEMO.SCA"
(unless a different output file name is specified). You can view and/or
edit this output file using any text editor.
To create a script from a text script file, create a file, following the
syntax rules in Chapters 4 and 5 of AS.DOC, and compile the script using
the script compiler. To compile, type "AC filename <Enter>". The
compiler will create an output binary script file with the same name as
the text file, but with the extension ".SCR" (unless a different output
file name is specified).
To record a script, press the Record Script hot key (default is Ctrl-1).
Enter the name of the script file to be created, an optional hot key for
playing the script, and an optional description, and check whether or
not you want AutoScript to record delays and changes in the keyboard
status (ie. presses and releases of Ctrl, Alt, and Shift, and changes in
Caps Lk, Num Lk, and Scrl Lk states). Use the spacebar to check or
uncheck the last two items. To begin recording, press Ctrl-Enter from
any field, or Enter from the last field. AutoScript will now record all
keystrokes and most actions. To end recording, and save the recorded
script to the disk, press the Stop Rcrd/Play hot key (default is Ctrl-3).
To play back the recorded script, press the script's hot key, if you
specified one, or press the Play Script hot key, and type the name of the
script. To replay the last script played, press the Replay key (default
is Ctrl-6).
Other Features
The Actions window provides access to some of AutoScript's other
features. To pop up this window press the Actions hot key (default is
Ctrl-5). The Save Screen action saves the current text-mode screen,
including the cursor position, to a file, and the Display Screen action
displays a saved screen. The Copy and Print Screen Text actions allow
you to select a portion of a text-mode screen to be saved to a file or
printed. The Stuff Text File action takes the contents of a text file,
and "types" them. The Lock Keyboard action lets you specify a password
to lock your keyboard. Edit SP Keys lets you view and/or modify the
hot keys assigned to individual scripts, and Unload causes AutoScript to
try to remove itself from memory. Refer to AS.DOC for more informaation
on each of the actions.
If the Extended kbd buffer setting in the Settings window is set to "ON",
you will be able to type up to 200 keystrokes, instead of the usual 15.
Pressing the Blank scrn hot key combination should cause your screen to go
blank. Pressing any key will unblank the screen. These and other
features are described in AS.DOC.