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HDM v5 Documentation.

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By Geoffrey Evelyn, A.G.S.M, A.S.P.D, Ba (Hons).


The BEST in British Hard Disk Menu Systems!Disclaimer.

The HDMV5 system and files is provided "as is" without warranty
of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not
limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose.  No representation is made that the
HDMV5 will meet the users' particular requirements.  The user
assumes the entire risk associated with the use of the HDMV5 and
is solely responsible for the use and operation of these
functions in any application the user distributes which may make
use of HDMV5.Contents.

What is HDMV5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1

What do I need to run HDMV5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2

How do I install HDMV5?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

Creating Menu Pages and Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . .   7

The TOP LINE MENU of HDMV5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

HDFD Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

Notes (Notepad and Ascii Editor) . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

Blank. (Blank out the HDMV5 option). . . . . . . . . . . .  15

Apps (Applications Menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

Utils (System Configuration and Information Menu). . . . .  19

To-do, the Personal Task Generator . . . . . . . . . . . .  25

Msdos (Drop to). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30

Disk Catalogue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31

Close down your computer option. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40

HOTKEYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41

VIRTUAL MEMORY SWAP FILES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46

HDMV5 Startup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47

Credit where Credit is due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48

SHAREWARE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . .  49

Whats in the package?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50

THE LEGAL BIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51

Other products available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52

Index.....................................................  53
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What is HDMV5?

HDM is a Hard Disk Management System with a difference. It takes
the combination of a desktop management system and encompasses
it directly into a very comprehensive computer menu system.
Anyone from the most computer illiterate to the 'guru' of a
computer user can use HDM. As a matter of fact, of 45 businesses
are already using HDMV5, with the GAMESTORE retail computer shops
over the country also using it as the front end to their
demonstration PC's.

HDM comes out of a long line of Desktop Products created. These
are listed below and are directly included in your copy of HDMV5:

Disk Catalogue - So comprehensive it also allows you to carry out
statistics on the type of computer software you have. Now,
wouldn't it be nice to know what is the percentage of your arcade
games in your catalogue to the number of simulations? Just one
of the many reasons why computer retail stores are so involved
with HDMv5.

Personal Task Planner - Plan your tasks on a day to day, month
to month or year to year basis. HDM automatically displays tasks
which occur when your computer is switched on, allowing you to
directly print or view what you have to do!

Calculator - Very sophisticated Calculator which can be run
independently of HDMv5. Also has a memory and recall storage
facility.


Why ANOTHER Hard Disk Menu?

Hard Disk Menu systems are probably one of the most popular
applications around on Shareware. Unfortunately, virtually all
HDMs I have come across do not allow the user much scope for
personalisation - HDM is not ONLY a Hard Disk Menu but a complete
suite of applications all-in-one with NO memory loss!!!

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What do I need to run HDMV5?

HDMV5 was created on a 386 Wyse 3225 with 150mb and VGA colour
running at 25mhz. It has been tested in the following
environments (machines):


On an Amstrad 1512 CGA running at 4mhz.
On an IPC (M3pc) EGA 286 running 12mhz.
On an Elonex VGA 320 386 running at 20mhz.
On an Elonex VGA 320 486 running at 33mhz.

HDMv5 requires the following hardware:

IBM PC AT, PS/2 (286-based or greater) or 100% compatible
computer.

IBM EGA,VGA,CGA or Hercules graphics card.

640k memory is highly recommended (*)

1mb of hard disk space. It is very highly recommended that you
run HDMV5 from the Hard Disk, though it is possible to install
it on Worm Drive or Floppy Disk.

Dos 3.0 or later version - Dos 5 is very highly recommended.Page 3
How do I install HDMV5?

HDMv5 comes in compressed form as HDMV5?.ZIP. The '?' is simply
the version number of the latest copy of HDMv5. At publication
of this document HDMV5 was at the version of 5.3 - Therefore your
compressed file may be named as HDMV53.ZIP

To install HDMV5 a bit of thoughtware is suggested: Ask yourself
these questions:

1: Which Disk Drive should I place HDMv5?
2: Do I wish HDMv5 to run automatically as soon as I switch on
   my computer?
3: How much free diskspace do I have on the Disk Drive on which
   I can place HDMv5?

Notes before you begin:

HDMV5 can be installed on ANY disk drive in ANY subdirectory. It
is 'partition aware' meaning that if you have split your hard
disk drive C: into D: and E: that you may install it on any one
of those drives. You can even install it on drive C: D: and E:
if you wish to have separate menus for separate disk drives.

Lets take the example where I wish to install HDMV5 on Drive C:
in a subdirectory (folder) called HDMV5. Lets also assume that
this subdirectory does NOT exist and that drive C: has more than
1MB of free diskspace.

To take you through the installation process, simply follow these
steps. Note: <PRESS RETURN> when you see this next to a command
it simply means that you press the RETURN or ENTER key.

1: Create a folder called HDMV5 on your hard Disk Drive C:

     MD C:\HDMV5 <PRESS RETURN>

2: De-compress your copy of HDMV5?.ZIP into that drive and
   folder using either PKUNZIP or UNZIP:

     PKUNZIP HDMV5?.ZIP C:\HDMV5 <PRESS RETURN>

You have now copied all the files required by HDMV5 into drive
C: in a folder called HDMV5. Now, lets drop into that drive and
folder:

     C:             <PRESS RETURN>
     CD\HDMV5       <PRESS RETURN>

Notes: HDMV5 can only be run via a configuration shield. HDMv5
generates this 'shield' when you first start up HDMV5.
Thereafter, you MUST run HDMV5 via the 'shield'. Do NOT run the
executable file HDMV5.EXE after you have generated the shield.
If you do, you will find that menu options you have added into
the menu system will simply not run.

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Lets continue this installation over the page:

Generation of the 'shield' - MENU.BAT

Type the following command. Note that you should be inside the
HDMV5 subdirectory before attempting this command: See the
previous page for information:

HDMV5 <PRESS RETURN>

The Hard Disk Menu system will then carry out the following:

Check the Cmos battery, is it down or running out?
Check your hard disk for bad sectors and mis-matched chains.
Check your expanded / extended memory (are you running a Memory
Manager (HIMEM.SYS EMM386.SYS) - are you running a caching
system)
Check your Monitor, is it VGA, EGA or CGA? - If so, are the
screen boundaries ok? Is your monitor suffering from burn in?


These checks will take milliseconds - In fact, before you know
it you will see a full screen display:

On the top left hand side of the display:

Status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock and Insert Key. If say the Caps
Lock is on then you will see CAPS LOCK ON displayed.

On the top right hand side:

The title of the Hdm plus version and author and date of release.

Next line down:
This is the top line menu. And is broken into several areas:

File : Includes List, View, Copy, Delete, Print options.
Hd/Fd: Includes Change Disk Drive, Format Disk, Select Directory.
Note : Personal and Ascii File Editor.
Blank: Interactive Screen Blanker option.
Apps : The Heart of HDMv5. This is where the user defines menu
       options, pages, security in fact anything to do with your
       menu options.
Utils: Switch from CGA/EGA/VGA 25, 43 or 50 (if SVGA) line mode,
       Select HDM font (from 20 font choices), Dump Log,
       Configure Hdmv5 etc.
Todo : Personal Task Manager.
Msdos: Allows you to leave HDMV5 and drop back into the depths
       of DOS.
Inv  : Disk Catalogue Program.
Close: Auto Park-the-Disk-Drive-Heads Facility for when you need
       to finish your session with the computer.




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The centre of the Screen.
This will currently be blank; displaying HDMV5 in a pattered
format. Centred will be displayed the fact that you have no menu
options and that they need to be defined. We'll not go ahead and
do that just yet; lets see that 'shield' that HDMV5 will now have
generated. To do this you must LEAVE HDMV5 NOW. To do that,
simply move your highlight bar using the left/right arrow keys.
Position the highlight over the MSDOS option and press Return.
Similarly, you could press M for MSDOS which would automatically
run the option. You will be finally asked whether you really wish
to leave HDMV5. Press Return on 'YES' - HDM will then save the
current configuration of your computer to its own configuration
and gracefully exit back to DOS.

You will notice immediately two things:

1: That your 'position' in Dos will have altered. You are no
longer in the folder in which you previously installed HDMV5.

2: That HDMV5 will display at the foot of the screen:

     To re-load HDMV5 type:
     C:\HDMV5\MENU

Ok, so what do we do now?

Firstly, lets go back into the HDMV5 folder. Remembering that we
previously installed HDMV5 in the folder called HDMV5 on Disk
Drive C: we would type:

CD\HDMV5 <PRESS RETURN>

Then lets examine the contents of the generated 'SHIELD'
menu.bat. It should look like the one below:

Echo Off
Cls
C:
Cd\HDMV5
Echo Loading Hard Disk Menu Version 5.3, please wait
HdmV5 //SWAPPATH:'C:\HDMV5' %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
C:
Cd\SYSTEM\HDMV5
MENU1


Whats all of this then?

Continued overleaf:







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The first five lines are typical Msdos commands; do not echo
the preceding commands, clear the screen, change to Disk Drive
C:, go into folder HDMV5 then display a message.

The sixth line:

HdmV5 //SWAPPATH:'C:\HDMV5' %1 %2 %3 %4 %5

//SWAPPATH:
This is a parameter passed into HDMV5 forcing it to save any
VIRTUAL MEMORY files into HDMV5 on disk drive C:. If this is
not implied virtual memory files created by HDMV5 will not be
removed by Hdmv5. These files can be quite big depending on
the amount of extended or expanded memory you have. See
'parameters' and 'VIRTUAL MEMORY SWAP FILES' for further
information.


%1 - %5

These are special substitution parameters which can force
HDMV5 to do special things: For example, if you typed MENU -A,
%1 would hold the entry -A and this would be passed into
HDMV5. HDMV5 recognises 5 special parameters:

-A, -S. -D. -L, -P


For more information about these parameters, please read up on
the section on Parameters.


You have now installed HDMV5!
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Creating Menu Pages and Menu Options.

There are two ways in which you could create menu pages.
HDMv5, when installed has no menu pages and menu options.

What are Menu Pages?

HDM is a Hard Disk Menu system. A menu option is another
application title that you may have on your computer. For
example, Quattro Professional Spreadsheet is a title of an
application. If you have such an application, you may wish to
add it as a menu option to HDMv5. However, this menu option
would be related to a particular page. The title of this page
would be Spreadsheets. If you are still confused, imagine the
way you have your computer configured via Dos:

Lets assume that you have a single Hard Disk on your Computer
Drive C:. If you carried out a Disk DIRectory of that drive
from the root directory (C:\) you might see a display like
this if your computer was configured like mine:

C:\>

     DOS5      <DIRECTORY>
     SYSTEM    <DIRECTORY>
     IBMDOS.SYS
     IBMBIO.SYS
     SMARTDRV.SYS

etc.

If I had a look in my SYSTEM directory I would see:

SYSTEM\UTILS
SYSTEM\GRAPHICS
SYSTEM\COMMS

As you can see, there are a number of folders within SYSTEM;
from this you can see a hierarchical structure. SYSTEM would
be a page, UTILS might be a sub-page, and within UTILS I might
have an application called PCTOOLS.

So, one option I could place would be called PCTOOLS and its
related page would be UTILITIES.


HDMV5 will continually display an error message informing you
that you have NO menu options until you define them. To do
this you must firstly define menu pages.

So, how do you create MENU pages?

Easy. From the DOS prompt type:

MENU -A <PRESS RETURN>

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The -A parameter informs HDMV5 that you wish to immediately
define new menu pages. You can, of course do this from within
HDMv5. If you are within HDMV5 press ESCAPE to move the
highlight to the top line menu. Press A for Apps which will
display a sub-menu. Within this sub-menu you will see an
option called MENU PAGE OPTIONS. Access this option.

Upon doing this or running HDMV5 by typing MENU -A you will
then be given three options if you have not already defined
menu pages. These are:

A: Add more menu page definitions.
M: Modify existing pages.
D: Delete existing pages.

If you have no menu pages defined, you will be asked to enter
your menu pages. Enter your menu page titles as required. A
blank entry will quit the option.

You can now enter your menu options. Access the Apps menu
again if you are not already in that sub-menu and press A
again for Add Application.

Here you are able to enter the title of the application, for
example Quattro Professional Spreadsheet.
Following that, you will need to choose the related menu page,
remembering of course that you have already defined them.

You can then enter up to ten MSDOS commands that you would
normally enter to run the titled application.

Notes:
If one of your commands runs a BATCH FILE (a file ending with
a .BAT) use the CALL command. For example, lets assume that
the Quattro Professional Spreadsheet runs from a file called
QUATTRO.BAT which is located in the root directory of your
Disk Drive C:
The commands you would enter on the first three lines would
be:

C:
CD\
CALL QUATTRO

That's all there is to it! You are limited within HDMV5 to
store up to 50 characters per DOS command. However, this is
easily overcome if you use HDMV5s' variable command
substitution. Read up on Command Variables for further
information.

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At the foot of the Add/Edit/Delete Application Screens there
are options. These are as follows:

╔═══════════════Adding new applications to the Hard Disk Menu════════╗
║Title of Application :                                              ║
║Tagged to Page Option:                                              ║
║Command Line 1       :                                              ║
║Command Line 2       :                                              ║
║Command Line 3       :                                              ║
║Command Line 4       :                                              ║
║Command Line 5       :                                              ║
║Command Line 6       :                                              ║
║Command Line 7       :                                              ║
║Command Line 8       :                                              ║
║Command Line 9       :                                              ║
║Command Line 10      :                                              ║
║Is this command to be AUTOMATIC?    [y/n]: N                        ║
║Password? (leave blank if NO password)   :                          ║
║Are there Parameters to this title? [y/n]: N                        ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

1: Is this command to be AUTOMATIC.

An automatic option is one which will, upon startup of HDM
on a certain day, automatically run this option. You can
have as many automatic options as you like in the system and
as many options as you like running on a particular day.

For example, every Wednesday as the computers are switched
on at work HDMV5 automatically runs a maintenance procedure.
On a Thursday and Friday it runs a Backup procedure, of data
and programs respectively. This is done by simply typing in
the commands required to carry out that maintenance then
informing HDMV5 that the above commands must be carried out
on a certain day by typing 'Y' next to AUTOMATIC [y/n]. You
will then need to choose a day (a list of Monday to Friday
will pop up).

2:Password (leave blank if NO password). You may wish to
protect this option from all or some users. To do this,
enter a password up to 20 characters in the box. I is
suggested that you remember your passwords. HDMV5 will NOT
tell you what they are!!!

3:Are there parameters to this option? [y/n]. If you run say
a popular wordprocessor package that enables you to enter
the name of the file as part of its execution then this is
the option for you. Typing 'Y' to this prompt will upon
execution of the option ask the user to enter a parameter.
If the parameter itself is left blank HDMV5 will still run
the option without any parameters.





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The TOP LINE MENU of HDMV5.

You should have by now created menu pages and perhaps some
menu options. If you have not and wish to do so please read
up on the previous pages (Creating Menu Pages and Menu
Options).


Movement:

In order to access the top line menu you have three routes.

1: With the mouse activated and mouse support ON (See HDM
   Configuration to configure HDMV5 for mouse support).

   Click on the Word of the option to run with the left
   mouse button.

2: With the Hotkey list displayed on the right of the screen
   and your menu pages displayed on the left:

   Press ESCAPE, move the highlight over the option and
   press RETURN or press the highlighted letter of the
   option to run.

3: Using the BOUND KEYS. Press ALT and the highlighted
   letter of the option to run. For example, to access the
   File Menu you would press ALT F.


Each sub-menu of the top-line menu allows you to use the
mouse. To close any of the sub-menu boxes click on the left
mouse button over the area to the left of the down arrow key
character presented in the foot of the sub-menu boxes.
Similarly, movement is obtained via selecting one of the
arrow characters with the mouse. You can also select options
or listed files with the mouse, with few exceptions.
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File Menu

The File Menu governs ANYTHING to do with FILES (of
course!). From simply viewing the contents to printing.

Using some of the options will directly affect the bottom
status line. On this status line is given the currently
selected directory, disk drive and filename.

There are five options present in this menu. These are as
follows:

List files.
This option will list files from the currently selected
directory and disk drive. If you have not selected a
directory then the root directory is assumed. If you wish to
change directory see HDFD Menu for further information.

Once this option is selected a list of files will appear. In
order to use any of the following options YOU MUST select a
file from the listing. Once you have selected a file the
status line (filename) will echo the name of the file you
have selected.


Copy files.
This option allows you to copy the selected file from its
current position to any destination. Note that this
procedure does NOT check for the occurrence of the
destination. Simply type the destination disk drive and/or
directory and press return. Do NOT end the destination with
a backslash unless a new filename precedes it or the
filename will not be copied to its destination. An example
destination is given below:

C:\SYSTEM

is valid

C:\SYSTEM\

is NOT unless you do this:

C:\SYSTEM\NEWFILE.TXT

which is valid.


Delete Files.
This option allows you to completely erase the selected
file. Note that NO checks are made - you can erase ANY file
- even HDMV5 itself. HDMV5 however does attempt to check
that you are not removing any files from within itself. You
will need to confirm twice about removing a file from your
computer or external storage media.

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View File.

If you have selected a file you can view its contents. By
accessing this option the contents of the file will be
displayed in box. Note that ANY kind of file can be viewed
and that you are NOT ABLE to modify the contents of the
file. To do this use the Ascii Editor (Notes).

Certain facilities are enabled during the use of this
facility.

ALT G - this allows you to move the cursor to a new line.
Simply type the number of the page you wish to move to and
press RETURN.

ALT O - this allows you to view the contents of another file
without selecting it. Useful if you wish to cross-reference
the currently selected file with another file. You can type
in the source disk, directory and name of file in one sweep.
For example:

C:\SYSTEM\UTILS\DATA,TXT

is valid.

If the file is not found an error message will be displayed.


If the file you have selected is in a dBASE II/III/III+
format you will be able to browse the database.

ALT /G allows you to go to a record within the Database
selected.

Other keys: HOME, END, PAGEDOWN, PAGEUP, CTRL/DOWN/UP are
all valid key presses.


Print File.
This allows you to output the selected file directly to
printer (if connected). Note that this option does not take
into consideration the format of the file you are about to
print. Remember that if you like you could set the printer
in a certain font by firstly using the hotkey F3 (Set up
Printer).









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HDFD Menu.

This is the Hard Disk, Floppy Disk Menu.

Select Disk Drive.
Here you can select a different Disk Drive to examine, and
this option works closely with the File Menu options. Once
you select a different disk drive, any selections you made
in the File Menu are removed.

A box displaying all the connected storage devices will be
displayed. HDMV5 is aware of Worm Drives, CD-Roms,
Partitions  and Ram Drives.

Once you select a new disk drive its designator will be
displayed on the status line at the foot of the screen.


Select Subdirectory.
Using this option creates a graphical tree of the currently
selected disk drive. If there are no subdirectories an error
message will be displayed. Simply select a directory and
its' designator will also be displayed in the foot of the
screen. You may find it easier to use HOTKEY F5 which not
only displays subdirectories but also allows you to select
multiple files. See HOTKEYS for further information.


Format Floppy Disk Drive A: or B:
This takes the advantages of DOS version 5.0 and greater,
with the fact that you can imply full parameters to the
format command. Before using this command it is highly
recommended that your PATH reflects the location of the
FORMAT command. If it does not you may find that using this
option will be futile.

Upon using this option you will be able to choose floppy
disk A: or B: and choose the format size of the disk (which
should match the type of disk). HDMV5 will then take those
entries as parameters and run the FORMAT command based on
your choices.
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Notes (Notepad and Ascii Editor).

This allows you to enter notes on a personal scale and also
to modify information in Dos Text (Ascii) Files. For
example, you may wish to alter the autoexec.bat and
config.sys. This enables you to do just that.

When using this option you will need to decide whether you
wish to enter personal notes or modify a ascii file.

If you opt for the latter you will need to enter the full
path and filename of the file you wish to modify. For
example:

C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

is valid.

If HDMV5 could not locate the file you wish to modify a
blank screen will be shown and you will be CREATING the file
that you entered. This means of course that you can use the
Ascii Editor to create files as well!!!

You personal notes are stored in a file called NOTEPAD.HDM
which is located in your HDMV5 directory. If you wish to
remove it simply exit to DOS (MSDOS) and use the normal DOS
command to remove it.

Once you are in the Editor / Notepad a number of options are
open to you. To find out what they are simply press F1 for
Help, which will display a full screen of commands you can
use whilst in the Editor.

Note that LINE LENGTH and TAB SPACING can be configured via
the SYSTEM INFORMATION option. See System Information for
further details.

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Blank. (Blank out the HDMV5 option).

This option allows you to interactively blank out the screen
when HDMV5 is not in use. This is useful if you want to
saver your monitor from 'burn out'.

HDMV5 however AUTOMATICALLY blanks out after 3 minutes of
non - use. This can be configured via SYSTEM INFORMATION.
See System Information for further details.

You can also blank out your monitor AND lock the keyboard.
Extremely useful if you are about to leave the room or
office and do not want unauthorised personnel using your
computer. This is accessed via HOTKEY F8. See HOTKEYS for
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Apps (Applications Menu).

This is basically the heart of HDMV5. It gives you access to
menu options, pages, security, command variables and the
discreet listing of all your menu options.

Add Application.
Add Application has been covered in detail. See the
information block on Creating Menu Pages and Menu Options
for further details.

If you have NOT already created menu options but have
already created menu pages then you are advised to enter
some menu options for your copy of HDMV5.


Edit Application.
This allows you to modify contents of a menu option. For
example, you have created a fancy maintenance procedure and
now want it to run every tuesday. All you have to do is edit
it and change AUTOMATIC to yes and pick the day.

Here, you will need to choose the menu page to which your
option belongs then the option itself. A screen exactly the
same as the Add Application Screen will be presented filled
with details on the application you wish to modify. Once you
have made your changes the changes are immediately saved
back to disk.

Delete Application.
This allows you to remove a menu option from HDMV5. Follow
the same procedure as for editing an application to pick the
application you wish to delete. You will need to confirm
that you wish to remove the application displayed.


Menu Page Options.
This has been covered in detail in the section 'Creating
Menu Pages and Menu Options'. Each option you create in
HDMV5 must be related to a menu page. You are STRONGLY
advised to create menu pages first before creating menu
options. If you have not already done so please read up on
that section.

Security.
Here you are able to deter users from using ANY of the top
line options bar the actual parking (Close) option of HDMV5.
You may wish to do this if your computer can be used by
other personnel who may use say DELETE SELECTED FILE and
remove a very inportant document on your computer.
All passwords that you enter are encrypted using a very
special HDMV5 code which is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE to crack.
It is therefore VERY IMPORTANT that you remember the
passwords you enter; HDMV5 will NOT inform you of what they
are if you forget them!!!

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Hotkeys are protected via security as well. If you enter a
password for MSDOS (Drop to) then the USE MSDOS COMMAND
(HOTKEY F6) will also be protected using the same password.
If you enter a password for FILE then HOTKEY F5 (Disk list
of any drive) will be protected using that password.

To enter a password, choose select Security then choose the
facility which you wish to protect. On the right hand side
of each of the facilities listed here will be an information
block informing you whether the facility is already
protected.

If it is, you will need to enter the correct password to
change the password related to that particular option.

If it is not protected you will need to enter a new
password.

A password can be up to 20 characters long and can include
any character; even ASCII characters (1-255). Good passwords
have combinations of letters and numbers in them.

You will need to type the password in twice, simply because
its a reminder exercise and because when you wish to enter
the password again to use the facility protected you will
see only dots echo instead of the characters you enter.


List all Items.
Once you have a good base of menu options you may start
forgetting where everything is - you may even wish to re-
group your menu options. To do this, an auditory command has
been included. This option lists all menu options in order
of menu page. You can then see all the menu options which
you have stored in HDMV5.


Command Line Variables.
Because of the limitation when creating / editing menu
options within HDMV5 - the fact that each DOS command is
limited to a 50 character entry - you may need to go beyond
that limit. For example, a long copy command in which the
destination path is at least 50 characters long (a network
path which has not been mapped for example!) can be
laborious to enter and also a real pain, especially if you
need to use the same command over and over again. This
simplifies the whole procedure.

HDMV5 can store up to 99 command line variables. Each
variable is identified by a $&<num> where <num> is any
number between and including 1 and 99; each command line
variable can store a command up to 250 characters long.




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When you have firstly accessed this option a centered screen
will appear. On the left hand side will be listed
chronologically all the command line variables. For example


S&1:=
$&2:=
$&3:=

Obviously I'm not going to enter all 99 of them!

Ok, lets assign variable $&1 to be CHKDSK /F

To do this, simply position the highlight over the variable
and press RETURN.

A bottom centered screen will appear, allowing you to enter
the command string CHKDSK /F. So, go ahead and type:

CHKDSK /F <PRESS RETURN>

You have now assigned $&1 to CHKDSK /F so now the screen
display will reflect that as follows:

S&1:=CHKDSK /F
$&2:=
$&3:=


How can we use that? Ok. quit the facility by pressing
ESCAPE. Lets add another option (use ADD APPLICATION) and
title the option 'Check the Hard Disk for Errors'. Assign it
to a page which you have already created. Then type the
following


CD\
$&1
PAUSE
ECHO That's it, hope you enjoyed my first try at being
brill!


Ok, save the new application, press ESCAPE and run the new
option. You will see that HDMV5 will take the variable $&1,
find out its substituted command and run that instead!

As you can see, you could get quite creative with this!

You could even assign $&2 to C:\SYSTEM\UTILS\DATA\WORDDOCS
and $&3 to F:\WINDOWS\DOCS\PROPOSAL\LETTERS

Then, say in a command line enter


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COPY $&2\LETTER.DOC $&3

Which would copy LETTER.DOC from the directory stored in $&2
to the directory stored in $&3.

Utils (System Configuration and Information Menu)

This section of HDMV5 controls the layout of your personal
copy of HDMV5 and the configuration of most of its internal
facilities.

This menu includes the following options:

Fonts / Video Mode
Alter Background
Palette Setup
System Information / HDMV5 Configuration
Title of this HDM
Dump HDMlog now


Fonts / Video Mode:
With the exception of the first option within this submenu
these options are applicable ONLY to a machine which caters
for EGA / VGA / SVGA graphics. HDM will display an error if
you have a computer which does not one of these kinds of
graphic cards (Hercules / CGA).

80x25 Row , CGA EGA VGA only - switches HDM into 'normal'
mode for your computer - 80 characters by 25 characters.

80x43 Row, EGA & VGA only - switches into 80 characters by
43 line mode.

80x50 Row, VGA only - switches into 80 x 50 line mode.


Whatever mode you switch into, HDMV5 will try to keep the
same font you requested for that mode. These fonts are
listed below:

Reset Font to Normal - Resets your font back to the normal
font of your computer.

Others; Digital, Avante Garde, 3270, Broadway, Cryrillic,
Percy, Legend, Calligraphy, Script, Old English, Bauhaus,
Bodoni, Garamond, Park Avenue, Computer, Romany and Italic.

Simply select your font and HDMV5 will switch the font
directly into the requested font. It is suggested that you
play around a little with the fonts until you find one that
you like!

Note - if when running HDMV5 you find that it attempts to
load a Video Font / Mode (and you are using a Hercules / CGA
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monitor (for fonts)) then simply use the Reset the Font to
Normal option, which will force HDMV5 not to attempt to
reset your fonts when reloading HDMv5.





Alter Background.
HDMv5 has 12 preset pattern backgrounds plus the option
allowing you to create your OWN patterned background. When
selected you may find that the very last option displays
'Enter your own Phrase'. Selecting that option will allow
you to enter your own phrase which will be displayed in a
patterned format on the HDMV5 screen.


Please note, HDMV5 stores the current format of the screen
you are working on. You may find that after selecting a new
patterned background that HDMV5 does not display it
immediately. Press ESCAPE 3 times so HDMV5 can restore and
re-save the new pattern. You will then see the new pattern
displayed.

This option does not rely on the presence of a certain video
type to work. Any type of monitor will do!

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Palette Setup
HDMV5 has 63 preset colors in its palette. Choosing a
palette colour directly affects the colour of the
background. Other colours on HDMV5 are NOT affected.

When using this option you will be informed of the number
corresponding to the current background colour. Use your up
and down arrow keys to alter the number and watch the colour
of the background pattern, which will alter as you press one
of these keys. Press RETURN when you find one which you
like.


This option does not rely on the presence of a certain video
type to work. Any type of monitor will do!
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System Information.
This gives key information regarding the state of your
computer. HDMV5 gathers this information each time it is run
and will try its' LEVEL BEST to warn it something just
doesn't add up.

System information is split into two sections;

Information about your Computer and
HDMV5 configuration.

Information about your computer.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║                 System Information / HDMV5.3 Configuration          ║
║Computer..........:IBM PC XT/AT 286 (sub model 2) /386/486.          ║
║Cpu Type..........:80386 Processor.                                  ║
║Coprocessor.......:No Co-Processor                                   ║
║ROM Date..........:02/28/89              MsDos Verson......:5.00     ║
║Dos Memory........:640kb.                EGA/VGA Memory....:256kb.   ║
║Free Memory.......:80kb.                 Memory Manager?...:No.      ║
║Expanded Memory...:0kb.                  Extended Memory...:0kb.     ║
║                                                                     ║
║Printer connect...:Yes.                  Dos Print Spool?..:No.      ║
║                                                                     ║
║Serial Port 1/2...:Serial Port 1+2.      Extended Keyboard?:Yes.     ║
║                                                                     ║
║Do you wish to Configure HDMV5? [y/n]: N                             ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

Notes about some of the items of System Information.
System Type: HDMV5 examines the ROMBIOS Id for your computer. These are
just some of the computer types it recognises:

08/16/82  :  IBM PC XT (first one)
10/27/82  :  IBM PC handling hard disk
11/08/82  :  IBM portable PC, XT
06/01/83  :  IBM PCjr
01/10/84  :  IBM PC AT
06/10/85  :  IBM PC AT rev 1
09/13/85  :  IBM PC convertible
11/15/85  :  IBM PC AT with speed governor
01/10/86  ;  IBM PC XT (rev 1)
04/21/86  :  IBM PC XT 286 (sub model 2)
05/09/86  :  IBM PC XT (rev 2)
09/02/86  :  IBM PS/2 model 30
02/13/87  :  IBM PS/2 model 50 (submodel 4)
02/13/87  :  IBM PS/2 model 60 (submodel 5)
03/30/87  :  IBM PS/2 model 80 (16mhz)
10/07/87  :  IBM PS/2 model 80 (20mhz)

Some Clone manufacturers do not put ID bytes in the Rom Bios.
Most do to keep close compatibility with IBM.

ROMDATE. This is displayed in the format MM/DD/YY that corresponds
to the date of the rom BIOS manufacture.

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EXPANDED / EXTENDED MEMORY: Expanded / Extended memory that is in use by
print spoolers or ram disks is not considered available.


If you typed 'Y' to the prompt displayed at the foot of the screen given
on the previous page HDMV5 would load and display its internal
configuration.

Most of the information displayed below is saved when you exit HDMV5 to a
configuration file called HDMV5.CFG.


╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
                          HDM Configuration Screen

HDM Entry Security:

Password Entry to HDMV5.3  : N        Password :

Notepad, Ascii Editor and Todo Task Notes:

Line Length                :  75      Tab Spacing (Chrs):   5



Special HDM Configuration  :

No. of DOS commands to save: 10  Disable Startup Checks?    : N
Current Time [99:99:99]    :     Todays' Date [MM/DD/YY]    : 23/11/91
Log all use of HDMV5?      : Y   Clear log on day (1=Sunday): 2
Blank Screen (Secs 180-900): 600
Do you want Mouse Support? : N

Swapfile Path, (Disk:\Dir) : E:\HDMSWAP


Notes:

Hdm Entry Security. This allows you to disable access into HDMV5.
If you type 'Y' to the 'Password Entry to HDMv5.3' you will need
to enter a password up to 20 characters long. This password will
only need to be re-entered once HDMV5 is switched on preceding
days. If you wish to disable the password facility simply leave
the prompt as 'N'.

No. of DOS commands to save. HOTKEY F6 can store up to 500 of
your DOS commands. This is extremely useful if you need to use a
certain command over and over again. HDMV5 is preset to save up
to 10 of your previous command entries; modify this as you see
fit.

Disable Startup Checks. HDMV5 checks the state of your hard disk,
monitor, cpu, extended / expanded, CMOS etc. If you wish to
bypass these checks simply type 'Y'. Doing this speeds up the

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loading process; however HDMV5 cannot alert you if your computer
is going to malfunction or something just 'doesn't add up'!


Log all use of HDMV5. HDMV5 is preset to record EVERYTHING the
user does! When I mean everything, I mean using ANY part of HDMV5
and any of the menu options you create. It stores the time, date
and the application that the user runs. All this information is
stored on a day by day basis; on a day preset it will
automatically DUMP the log to a file called LWEKLOG.LOG.

If you do not wish to store a log of computer usage simply change
the prompt to 'N'. LWEKLOG.LOG file can be viewed via any
wordprocessor or editor supporting Ascii.

Clear log on day (1=Sunday). This is where, if 'Log all use of
HDM' shows 'Y' to decide when the log should be cleared. Upon
start-up of HDMV5 on the day chosen HDMV5 will automatically
spool its weekly log into LWEKLOG.LOG which will reside in HDMV5s
directory. Simply view or print this file as required using your
favourite wordprocessor or editor. Note that this file is
overwritten by HDMV5 on the day you choose.

Blank Screen (Secs 180-900). HDMv5 automatically blanks itself of
non-use when left on the HDMV5 main screen. This is save your
monitor from burn in and possibly to inform other users that the
computer is not currently in use.

Since this is stored in seconds you can see that the figure 600
equates to 6 minutes. You can alter this from anything between 3
and 12 minutes.

Do you want Mouse Support? HDMV5 recognises most mouse systems
ranging from serial mouses to logitech BUS mouse systems. It is
suggested that the software for the mouse is already loaded and
that the mouse is operable OUTSIDE of HDMV5 before using mouse
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To-do, the Personal Task Generator.
When running this option for the first time you will need to
enter your name and the name of the company using the Todo-List.
Obviously if you are using HDMV5 at home you can simply leave
these blank.

The Personal Task Organiser Program allows you to store titles
and notes of personal tasks. As you can see on the screen layout
below, this is split into a number of sections.

The top line of the Task list shows the available HOTKEYS (F1 -
F6). Keys F7 and F8 are also available but not displayed on this
line. Read up on HOTKEYS for further information.

The second line shows the current date in Day, Day Number, Month
and Year number format.

The fourth line contains your three main menu options.

Special Options.
This option can only come into practice if you have entered a
personal task. It contains facilities which allow you to edit,
remove or view by date options.

Add new To-Do Item.
This option has but one goal in life. To facilitate the user in
creating a Personal Task.


Print To-Do-List.
This option allows you to print one, the current day or all of
the todos. There is also a configurator option for those who wish
the notes of a task to be in a different font to the header of
each task.

The Center screen (when you have created your todo list) will
show the number, the task title, the date on which it is supposed
to take place and its priority. As you can see at the foot of the
screen you can browse your Todo List by pressing the PageUp or
PageDown keys to move up and down the list respectively. To exit
the Todo List simply press ESCAPE. (See QUIT TODO for further
details).

Overdue (*) if a task is overdue a (*) will be placed under the
priority

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     Creating a Personal Task.


Press 'A' or move your highlight over the Add new Todo-Item
and press RETURN from the top line menu.

A drop box will appear, prompting you for the date on which
this task should occur. Lets assume that we are going to
plan a meeting with a client. The date showing in the prompt
box will be the current date. Enter the date for tomorrow
into the prompt box and press RETURN.

As you do this three more items will appear.
On the far right of the date you have entered the message
'Item No:'<num> will appear where <num> is the number of the
Todo in the Task list.

Below the date entered will be a one line prompt asking you
to very briefly describe the task. Following the above
example, type in:

Meeting with Freddy Bean re accounts

and press RETURN.

The cursor will now be flashing in 'PRIORITY'. 'Priority' is
a gradient based on the task. If the task has a high
priority, type 1. The lowest priority you can designate to
tasks is 9. Type the number '1' - DO NOT PRESS RETURN.

You will be asked if the information entered is correct. If
you type 'N' the information will not be saved to the TODO
List. Typing 'Y' saves the information entered so far as
'Item Number 1'. and then asks if you wish to enter notes
relevant to the meeting with Freddy Bean. Type 'Y'.

A lower box is opened. You are now in the Todo List Editor.
Here you can enter as much notes as you like. Pressing F1
for Help will detail control keypresses which you can use
whilst in the Todo List Editor. To save your notes press
SHIFT - F10; ESCAPE to abort the notes entered. These
commands are displayed at the head of the Editor screen.

You have completed entering your first Task!!! You will
notice that the 'Enter to-do items' box still shows. You can
close this box down by pressing ESCAPE, or, if you have more
Task to enter simply continue!

Note - you may NOT back-date a task. A Task can only occur
on the current day or after.

When you leave the Add new to-do item menu you will see your
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Altering the state of your tasks.

Access the Special Options menu.
If you have not already created Tasks you must do so. See
the previous page for information.

The options within this menu are as follows:

Modify a To-Do from this list.
Upon accessing this option you will need to enter the
corresponding number of the task that you wish to modify.
Following your entry you can modify the tasks' details in
the same fashion as when the task was created. See Creating
Tasks for further details. A blank entry or pressing ESCAPE
will abort this option.

Remove one To-Do from this list.
This allows you to completely erase a task listed on screen.
Once again you will need to type the corresponding number of
the task you wish to erase. You will need to confirm the
erasure of the task after typing in its' number.

See another Dates To-Do list.
As your list grows, you may wish to examine ONLY tasks which
occur on a certain day. You will need to enter the date to
check against in DD/MM/YY fashion. If HDMV5 cannot locate
any tasks occurring on that day you will be informed.

Reset - See Whole To-Do list.
You will need to run this option in order to see the entire
list after using the previous option. If you have not used
the previous option you will be informed that no filter is
in place.

Browse the Whole To-Do Data.
This displays another centered screen in which all tasks are
displayed by date and priority. If any notes are attached
you will see the prompt 'NOTES ATTACHED'. You will also see
the title of the task. Press ESCAPE to leave this facility.

Date / Priority Sort Option.
This option sorts the Todo list into Date and Priority
order. Useful if you have added in tasks which are in no
order and therefore wish to re-examine your tasks by order
in which they occur.


Erase a Day / All To-Dos.
You may wish to start again from scratch or simply remove a
whole days' entry of tasks.
When using this option you will need to choose one of these
options. If you opt for (d)ays you will need to enter the
date of the tasks to be removed. (W)hole obviously removes
all of the tasks from the Todo-List, leaving you with a
blank screen!

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Calendar - See HOTKEYS for further information.
Printing your Tasks to Printer / Hard Disk.

This option allows you to print 1 task entry, the current
days' entries or all the entries stored in the Task List
System.

Simply choose the option that you require. There is a final
option on this screen which allows you to set a printer
string for the header and information block of your tasks
when sent to printer.


Notes. When opting for '1 todo item only' you will need to
type the corresponding number of the Todo that you wish to
output.

The system does check for the presence of a printer. Make
sure that your printer is connected. You can even send a
printer code to the printer to set a font using HOTKEYS (F3)
though this is overridden by any font codes you have entered
in the Printer Setup option.

When sending the Todo-List to Hard Disk, HDMV5 generates a
file called TODO.TXT in its own directory. Using the Notepad
supplied with HDMV5 (ALT N from the HDMV5 screen) or your
favourite wordprocessor you could examine this in more
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Quitting the Task Organiser.

Press ESCAPE from the top line menu. You will need to
confirm your choice of leaving the program by typing 'Y'.
HDMV5 will then re-sort the Todo List by Date and Priority
Order.

Notes:

As the database is being sorted, HDMV5 generates two further
files:

OldList.LST
OldList.DBT

You may remove these files if the files TODO.LST and
TODO.DBT reside in the HDMV5 directory. If they do not, an
action which HDMV5 could not locate (for example a computer
reset) may have occurred. Simply re-generate TODO.LST and
TODO.DBT by typing:

RENAME OLDLIST.* TODO.* <PRESS RETURN>
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Msdos (Drop to)

This is the only way in which you may leave HDMV5 to the
depths of MSDOS. If password protected you will need to
enter the correct password to use this facility.

When leaving, this option informs HDMV5 and HDMV5 takes
action by saving any changes to the configuration of HDMV5
to a file called HDMV5.CFG

Note that if there is not enough diskspace (about 80k) then
the configuration for HDMV5 will NOT be saved.

HDMs' startup controls are also saved in the HDMV5.CFG file.
Some of these startup controls informs HDMV5 not to carry
out a 'new day' check after the first time HDMV5 has been
accessed that day. It is strongly advised that you do NOT
delete this file or all your configurational setup for HDMV5
is lost.
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Disk Catalogue.

This part of HDMV5 has been created to store the details of
your floppy disk, CD-Rom cartridges, WORM Cassettes, Tape
Drive Tapes, in fact, any storage media that you use as part
of your computer system.

What kind of information can be stored?

Reference Number : The number allocated to the storage
media.

Entry Date : The Date when the entry was made to the Disk
Catalogue.

Update Date: The Date when the contents of the entry was
modified or re-saved.

Disk Number: The physical serial of the disk, or number of
the disk in a certain storage case.

Box Number : The number of the storage case.

Disk Title : The title of the storage media.

Disk Type  : What kind of software is stored on this disk,
or, what type of software is stored on this disk, or,
anything that you wish to catagorise the disk as.

Full Description : A full description up to 3 lines long.
Here you can indicate more information, related keywords etc
that will enable you to find the disk at a later stage.

Document Created On: If the disk holds ONE file, when was
that file created?

Document Update On: If the disk holds ONE file, when was
that file updated?

The Disk Catalogue System uses a DATABASE called
DISKCAT.CAT. There are no limits to the number of RECORDS
that you can store in this database. Fields that are
designated as alphanumeric (character) can store
combinations of letters, numbers, phrases etc.
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Screen layout of the Disk Catalogue.

From left to right, top line menu.

Disk Find.
This allows you to:
1: Immediately find a disk via keyword(s).
2: Search for any previous match using a keyword(s).
3: Search for any more matches using a keyword(s).
4: Display the current record, hiding all boxes.
5: Switch case sensitive searching.
6: Copy all records to a separate file which contain a
   keyword(s).


Leaving the Disk Catalogue.
This is the only way to leave the Catalogue Program.
Pressing ESCAPE from the top line menu positions you at this
location.

Options.
This forms the heart of the Disk Catalogue System:

Add / Modify Data. Allows you to enter details of new
storage media, modify existing media details, or even modify
the details of the media displayed on screen. See ADD /
MODIFY OPTION for more details.

View Program Status. Gives detailed information about the
number of records in the system, in the 'filtered' system,
whether the database has just been ordered etc.

Print this Screen. Dump details of the disk information
displayed on screen directly to printer.

Examine Screen Data. Allows the user to browse all storage
media details; the details are displayed in the add/edit
format.

Browse Database. Allows the user to browse all storage
details, tag/untag a group, view the tagged group, search a
particular column or move around the database. This is all
displayed in columnised format.

Output Database. Output a section or all of the Catalogue
Data to Hard Disk or Printer in Report format.

List Keywords Fields. Displays the contents of the fields
used by Disk Find when attempting to locate a storage media
detail sheet.

Msdos Command. A mirror image of the Hotkey F6 'Run a Dos
Command' - see HOTKEYS for further information.



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Reports / Labels. Output a section or all of the Catalogue
Data to Hard Disk / Printer either Statistical Report
format, label format. Report on reference numbers not
allocated, Mailmerge information to Word Perfect 5.0 and
greater, (tm)

Database Backup. Allows you to backup the entries made in
the current day or week or month to floppy disk.

Use Existing Filter. When you create s subset of the
database by filtering the filter can be saved for later use.
Using this option executes a saved filter on the database.

Renumber a Record. Allows you to give a new number to a
reference number.

Statistics Facility. Create reports giving percentages,
totals, ratios on your storage media.

Filter - This displays all the fields used in the Catalogue
Database. Selecting one allows you to define a filter. For
example, in a database where there are details of 500 disks,
100 tapes and 20 worm drives lets examine JUST the
information applicable to a worm drive. If 'worm drive' was
stored in the Disk Type you could easily 'filter' using that
field.

Set Order - This places the Catalogue Database into a
different sequence. Useful when browsing and you wish to see
your entries in Disk Title order.

Utilities.

Delete   - This allows you to completely erase a record.
Total    - This allows you to find out how many records are
           in the catalogue system.
Calendar - Normally HOTKEYED as F4. See HOTKEYS for further
           information.
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How to I create a new record in the Disk Catalogue?

Press O for Options.

Press A for Add/Modify Data

At the point where the top status line reads:

Record Input Options

Press A for A for Add a new Record

Type in the details in each of the prompt boxes, pressing
return after each one. If you wish to move from field to
field, press the up or down arrow key. If you wish to move
to the end field, press PAGEDOWN. If you wish to move to the
first field, press PAGEUP.

A prompt box will appear in the centre screen with options A
to E. Simply choose the applicable option by pressing its'
first letter.

You have just CREATED a new record.

To modify the contents.

Get back to the point where the status line reads

Record input options

Press either M for Modify Existing Record, or press the down
arrow key and select Modify entry on screen.

Make the changes as you see fit.
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How do I find details on a Disk?

Press D for Disk find from the top line menu.

Press E for Enter/Modify Keyword(s) for Searching.

Enter your keyword(s) as required.

To exit that facility press RETURN on a blank entry.

Press N for Next Location of Keyword(s) entry.

If the record is found you will be asked whether you wish it
to remain on screen. If you do not you may either continue
the search or press ESCAPE to abort.


How do I create a Filter?

Lets assume that you wish to find details on Worm Drives.
Lets also assume that you place the word 'Worm Drives' in
the Disk Type when adding/modifying a record.

From the top line menu, press F for Filter.

Using your up/down arrow keys, highlight Disk Type and Press
RETURN. If you make a mistake simply press ESCAPE and start
again.

Once you have done that, a full screen box will appear,
giving you search options at the foot of the screen. You
will see:

Contains A : Searches for any phrase within a field.
Begins With: Searches for any phrase at the beginning of a
field.
Sounds Like: Included for the ones who can't spell <grin>,
searches the field for phrases that sound LIKE the word you
enter.
Equal To   : The phrase you enter exactly matches what is
stored in the field.
Is Empty   : The field you have chosen contains NOTHING.
Not Equal  : The field you have chosen contains information
that is NOTHING LIKE what you are about to enter.

Press C for Contains A then type

worm drive

and press RETURN.

Note that you can type in lower, upper or mixed case for any
of the searches.

Press E for End Filters.

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(You can use Connect with And / Or when your filters become
a big more complex. Eg, a Filter where the disk type
contains worm drives or tape streamers)


The system will then search for any occurrences of 'worm
drive' within the field Disk Type. Whether it finds them or
not you will be asked whether you wish to save the defined
filter for later use. If you do type 'Y' and enter the
description of the filter.

NOTE: Once you create a filter, HDMV5 switches the Disk
Catalogue into Temporary File mode. If you wish to switch
back so you are using the Disk Catalogue you MUST use the
'What Database is in use' toggle located in the Disk Find
Menu.



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How do I print out the details of the Disk Catalogue.

There are three routes. From the top line menu:

Route 1: (Assumes you are printing the information already
displayed on screen).

1: Press O for Options.
2: Press P for Print Screen,
3: Choose, to the Printer or Hard Disk?

Note that you could send a printer code before hand by using
HOTKEY F3 (Set up Printers).


Route 2: (Assumes you are about to print a FILTER or the
Entire Database).

1: Press O for Options.
2: Press O for Output Records.
3: Here you have a choice. If you wish to print the
information as it is displayed on screen, press I for Input;
Flat form means that the output will be akin to the display
you see in BROWSE Database.


Route 3: (Assumes you are about to print a FILTER or the
Entire Database, and that you wish to print statistical
information).

1:Press O for Options.
2:Press Z for Statistical Reports,

To define a report, simply opt for option one and follow the
prompts. Each statistical report that you define can be used
over and over again; you will be asked to name the
statistical report and it will be saved to disk as
<Yourfile>.RDF - Note that you DO NOT provide the extension
- HDMV5 needs to know the type of file created. <Yourfile>
is the title of the report up to eight characters long.

As you define the report, you will find that you can choose
any field in the database to glean a statistic. For example,
by choosing say DISK TYPE and opting for 'O'ccurences of the
value 'worm drive' you will be able to see a percentage and
ratio of your worm drives to all the other storage media
recorded in the Disk Catalogue.

If you have already defined a report, you would use option B
(Print Defined Reports) which will this time request the
name of the file. Once again, please do NOT enter the
extension of the statistical report already saved. Simply
type the name of the report you saved AS when you CREATED
it.


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The time taken to create this type of report largely depends
on the statistics you wish to glean off and the number. When
the report is complete you will be asked whether you wish to
view the report, print it or save it as a file on Hard Disk.
If you wish to send it to Hard Disk enter a name for the
report. Do NOT enter ANY extension. HDMV5 will add a .PRN to
the title of the report so you can identify it when you exit
HDMV5 to Msdos.

Other Notes.

1: Important. When you have filtered the database please
remember two things:

     a) - That HDMV5 switches the Disk Catalogue into
Temporary File mode. During this mode you may only filter,
search, sort or output. You may NOT modify any information
in a temporary file. In order to switch back into Disk
Catalogue mode (Master File) you MUST use the 'What Database
is in Use option' which allows you to toggle between
temporary and Master File.

     b) - A Filtered Database will only remain temporary
until it has no further records; ie, you filter from a
temporary file and find no records in the filter. HDMV5
automatically switches you back into Master File mode.


2: Keywords. Choose your keywords carefully. When searching,
try searching for character strings greater than a length of
2 characters. For example, searching an entire database for
the occurrence of 'E' will display virtually EVERY record!


3: Check the status (View Status) of your Disk Catalogue
frequently if you are using the Catalogue for a length of
time. It gives discreet information about the state of the
Catalogue system.

4: You can backup the information onto disk if you so
desire. The files you need to copy onto disk are as follows:

DISKCAT.CAT
MASTIND.CAT
FILTSAVE.*


5: Think carefully about what you want out of your database
before you filter. A logical sequence of filtering is far
quicker to create than a haphazard string of filters. Play
around a lot with the filtering process until you feel
comfortable. Note that your data will not be harmed in ANY
way whilst you filter the database.

6:Full Help for the system is provided via F1 - use it if

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your stuck or re-read this manual!

7:Other special searches can be carried out via the F4 key
(Immediate Search) allowing you to search ANY field
immediately. This can also be accessed by pressing F9 whilst
using the Browse the Database option.


8: Finally, Diskcat was designed using another of my
shareware creations called PROGCREA. Just thought I'd fling
that in but maybe you'd like to go and design your own
database!!

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Close down your computer option. (ALT C)

One thing that struck me about most Hard Disk Menu systems
is the lack of concern over the state of the Hard Disk. This
option allows the user to end their daily session on the
computer by gracefully closing down the Hard Disk Menu.

This option saves the any changes to the configuration for
HDMV5 then parks the computer. The user is then forced to
switch OFF the computer via the power off button or reset
their computer if they wish to continue using the computer.

Note that the user will need to confirm twice that they wish
to close down HDMV5.
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HOTKEYS:

Whilst in the HDMV5 main screen these keypresses will speed
up the way in which options are executed:

ALT F - File Menu.
ALT H - HDFD Menu.
ALT N - Notepad - Ascii Editor (Notes).
ALT B - Blank HDMV5 now (Blank).
ALT A - Applications Menu (Apps).
ALT U - Utilities Menu (Utils).
ALT T - Personal Task Organiser (TODO).
ALT M - Drop to MSDOS - leave HDMV5.
ALT I - Disk Catalogue System.
ALT C - Close down HDMV5; park the hard disk the user MUST
        either switch off or reboot.


In addition, whilst in HDMV5 or the Todo List Generator or
the Disk Catalogue these keys are available:

╔═════════Hotkey List.════════╗
║F1 - HDM v5 Help Facility.   ║
║F2 - HDM Macro Facility.     ║
║F3 - HDM Set up Printer(s).  ║
║F4 - HDM Calendar.           ║
║F5 - Disk List of any Drive. ║
║F6 - Run a MsDos Command.    ║
║F7 - HDM Calculator.         ║
║F8 - Lock Keys & Blank Out   ║
╚═════════════════════════════╝

F1 - Help Facility. When running HDMV5 from the DOS prompt
(using MENU if you have not generated the SHIELD) and
pressing F1 you will find the screen split into two 'halfs'.
On the left hand side is the Help Index; on the right is the
text related to the index chosen. HDMV5 automatically places
the screen at the Applications Help subject (it is assumed
that the user has not set up ANY applications or menu
pages). To leave the subject press ESCAPE and use the
up/down arrow keys to find another subject and press RETURN.
Similarly, to find a subject quickly you could press the key
letter displayed on the left of each subject,

F2 - Macro Facility. A macro is a chain of commands linked
to one form. This is particularly useful in the Disk
Catalogue - you could assign 'forms' to keywords and insert
these keywords when entering data into the Disk Catalogue.
This facility gives you three options.

     (A) - Create a 'data' macro. A data macro should NEVER
be used to drive a menu; a data macro can contain blocks of
text of information required for either the Todo Editor, the
Notepad / Ascii Editor or the Disk Catalogue. This option
works in exactly the same fashion as the Notepad / Ascii

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Editor. When saving the macro you will need to name it. DO
NOT GIVE MACROS an EXTENSION - HDMv5 assigns .MBF to the
macro and stores its title to a file called MACROS.BFI.
These files are stored within the HDMV5 subdirectory.


     (B) - Modify, Playback, Delete Macro. Note that you
should have already defined either a data or menu macro. If
you have not you will find HDMV5 displays an ERROR!!!! Once
you have defined your macro, a list of any macros created
will be displayed on the right of the screen. Select the
macro you wish to access and press RETURN. You will then be
able to modify the contents of the macro, play the contents
of the macro into HDMV5 present 1000 keyboard character
buffer, or simply remove the macro. Once again, be careful
to remember the difference between data and menu macros.
For example: you could store to macro INFO the following:

'This information is for Tape Drives Only : HHJSK'

This is assigned as a data macro.
When playing the macro 'INFO' back - DO NOT PLAY IT unless
you wish to play it into the Ascii Editor, the ENTRY SCREEN
of the Disk Catalogue WHEN YOU ARE ADDING OR MODIFYING A
RECORD or the Todo List Notepad.



     (C) - Create Menu Macros. A Menu macro differs from a
Data Macro in two ways:

1: It can store any ascii character, including Shift / F1 -
10, Alt F1 - F10, CTRL F1 - F10, F1 - F10,

2: You can ONLY store ONE LINE of information to a menu
macro.

To store special characters (Return, Up Arrow key, etc) you
can press F3 whilst using this facility then select the
keypress you wish to add to the macro. If you select a
keypress note that your cursor will not move in the entry
position. Simply press the right arrow key to store the next
keypress.


HOTKEY F3 - Hdm Set Up Printer. In release version 5.3 HDMV5
recognises three types of printer:

EPSON - (This covers LX, FX, LQ Series).
HP LASERJETT II, IIP, III
Kycero F1010, 820a.

This option is particularly useful if you wish to send a
font to your printer up without messing out with dip
switches or led panels on printers AND without leaving HDMV5
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to do so. Simply select the printer type to set up. A list
of font codes are displayed. Select one. If your printer is
online and connected the code will be sent and you will be
informed. If not, well, set up your printer and try again.
If your printer still does NOT recognise HDMV5 try this. Use
the System Information option (ALT U S) and examine the
state of your printer spooler and printer connect. If you
are using a serial printer examine the serial connection.


HOTKEY F4 HDM CALENDAR.
This key is substituted for IMMEDIATE SEARCH whilst in the
Disk Catalogue. You can use the Calendar system as an option
in the Delete facility of the Disk Catalogue or as an option
in the 'Special options' option.

When accessing this option you will need to enter a date to
check against. The date already displayed in this box will
be the current date. If you do not wish to continue press
ESCAPE. If you wish to continue type a date and/or press
RETURN. You will be then shown a box giving a full calendar
of the month. To browse from week to week, press the up or
down arrow keys. To move from day to day, press the left or
right arrow keys. To move from month to month, press the
pageup or pagedown arrow keys. To leave the facility, press
the ESCAPE key.


HOTKEY F5 DISK LIST OF ANY DRIVE.

This option takes all most of the options available in the
File Menu and Hdfd Menu for quick access. This option
therefore is protected when you enter security protect the
FILE menu.

Here you are able to browse disks, subdirectories, and, tag
files from any disk / directory to a list, which can then be
moved, copied or deleted in ONE SWEEP!


When pressing F5 (and entering a password if protected) you
will be prompted to pick a disk drive. After picking a disk
drive HDMV5 will then scan that disk for available
directories and files. These are then listed in Alphabetical
order Ascending with Directories before Files. (LISTED
DISPLAY).

To move from Subdirectory to Subdirectory (down a level) -
Press RETURN on the subdirectory you wish to browse.

To move from Subdirectory to Subdirectory (up a level) -
press ESCAPE from the LISTED display.

To select a file. Press RETURN on the name of the file you
wish to select. You will then need to decide what you wish

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to do with that file. (T)ag it means that you add it to a
Group which can then be deleted, copied or moved. (U)ntag it
means that you can remove it from the group if you had
previously moved it to the Group. (V)iew it means that you
can examine the contents of the file using the VIEW SELECTED
FILE facility (See Files Menu for further details about this
option).

When you have completed your selection or you wish to leave.
Press ESCAPE from the top level directory. If you had
selected any files and tagged them into a group you will see
a listing of this group. You will then need to decide
whether these files will be copied, moved or deleted.

Note. HDMV5 uses the DOS COPY command during this procedure.
HDMV5 does not check for the existency of the destination if
you wish to copy or move the files.


HOTKEY F6 - Run a MsDOS command.
This facility uses the same password as MSDOS (Drop to (ALT
M)) - if that option is password protected you will need to
enter the correct password to use this facility.

HDMV5s' DOS command runner has special feature. It can
actually REMEMBER up to 500 of your last commands entered in
its facility. This means that instead of you having to
retype a command that HDMV5 stores the command in its own
DOSLIST

The number of commands that HDMV5 is limited to the 'How
many Dos Commands to remember' number placed in HDMV5s'
configuration. To modify this, read up on the section System
Information / HDMv5 Configuration for further details.


You can enter your DOS command in upper/lower/mixed case,
with or without parameters. Note that HDMV5 is limited to
running a Program whose executable memory size is less than
or equal to 100k.

Once your command is entered and you have pressed RETURN
HDMV5 will clear the screen and execute your command. Once
the command is complete control will be passed back to
HDMV5.

NOTE : Do NOT run TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) Programs
from within HDMV5 using this command!

F7 HDM Calculator. This calculator can be run independently
of HDMV5. The executable filename is called HDMCALC. This
hotkey makes things easier by chaining you out to the
calculator then re-loading HDMV5.

If you have your own calculator (which is NOT a TSR and not

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called via a BATCH (ending with a .BAT) file), simply copy
it into the HDMV5 subdirectory as HDMCALC.EXE. This means
that when you press F7 that your calculator will be run
instead of the default supplied with the HDMV5 package.



F8 - Lock Keys and Blank out. This option allows you to
enter a number up to four digits long which will lock out
the keyboard and blank the entire screen. This option can be
used from ANY position from inside HDMV5. You also have the
ability whilst using this option to enter a note up to 3
lines long. For example:

Scenario : Its lunch at work. You work in an office of more
than 10 Pcs. You don't want people using your computer when
your out the office, but switching it off isn't going to
help much either because booting up (switching on) the
computer sometimes takes AGES; this is also coupled with the
fact that Jill, your co-worker has got some data for you and
could arrive at any time.

So, press F8. A centred screen appears. Here you have two
prompts. The first requests a number up to four digits long.
Type in the number. The next prompt asks whether you wish to
leave a note for any other user. Enter a note for Jill,
informing her you'll be back very soon (thats an example
following the above paragraph). You will need to type the
four digit code to validate a lock out. When you have done
that the computer screen will completely blank out, leaving
only the time, the status of the Num, Ins and Caps and if
you have entered a note that will be centred in a box.

Note that at the foot of the screen a message will appear
requesting the four digit number. When you wish to use the
computer again, simply enter that number. Any invalid entry
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VIRTUAL MEMORY SWAP FILES.

If you have EXPANDED MEMORY, HDMV5 uses it to speed up its
processing as well as some disk based operations. HDMV5 uses
memory configured as expanded memory according to the Lotus
- Intel - Microsoft (LIM) Expanded Memory Specification
(EMS) version 3.2 or higher.

However, if HDMV5 cannot find available memory to carry out
certain operations it will automatically create memory swap
files. These are explicitly names files with NO extension,
The titles can range from AAAAAAAA to ZZZZZZZZ.

As these files can be quite large, (anything up to 200k),
HDMV5 needs to be informed where they can be placed. This is
set as a default to the directory in which HDMV5 starts up
from.

It is suggested that you create a temporary drive (Ramdisk)
or use a temporary directory to store these virtual memory
swap files. Then, as a matter of routine you can completely
clear that directory. Having swap files saved were HDMV5 is
can be a bit of a nuisance, especially when you need to
clear out that directory a little.

So, what should you do.

1: Create a temporary directory or Ramdisk (refer to your
MSDOS Manual if you are uncertain how to do this).

2: Run up HDMV5 using this command:
   MENU -S

This will automatically load HDMV5 at the System Information
Screen Overlay. Type 'Y' to continue on to the HDM
Configuration and at the last prompt line
'Swapfile Path, (Disk:\Dir)' type the disk drive and or
subdirectory where you wish HDMV5 to save its swap files.

Save the configuration and exit.
Now, if you examine your MENU.BAT file it will now reflect
on the command line where you see HDMV5 the following:

HDMV5 //SWAPPATH:<YOURPATH> %1 %2 %3 %4 %5


Where <YOURPATH> is now where HDMV5 will save its virtual
swap files and will also attempt to clear them for you once
you leave HDMV5. If Menu.bat is already on your path by the
subdirectory HDMV5 is not, simply copy MENU.BAT to its new
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HDMV5 Startup Parameters.
To use these simply type

MENU -A ─┘

Where '-A' is the startup switch.

Description of these switches:
-A : This forces HDMV5 to immediately place the user at
defining new pages. This is particularly useful when you are
setting up HDMV5 for the first time and therefore need to
define menu pages; options (applications) which you set up
must be related to these pages. EG: On a page which is
called DATABASES could be three applications:

     Menu Page         Applications.

     DATABASES ------- Dbase III +
                       Foxbase
                       Paradox


-L   List all options (applications) which you have already
set up in HDMV5. Useful if you wish to remind a user (or
yourself!) of what exactly you already have defined (This
option is of no use if you have not yet defined menu pages
and menu options (See -A)).

-D   Immediately load the Disk Catalogue. Useful if the most
important thing is the Disk Catalogue and you wish to
immediately use it!

-S   Immediately load and run the System Information
Facility, giving you discreet information about your
computer and allowing you to configure HDMV5.

-T   Immediately load and run the Personal Task Manager.
Useful if you wish to check the Personal Task Manager very
quickly!

Note that you can very easily use one, two or all of the
switches given above as one command. For example, you could
type

MENU -t -S -d

If you wished to run the Personal Task Manager, then the
System Information Screen then the Disk Catalogue. You can
enter the switches in upper or lower case and in any order
but make sure you enter them as given above.

Once your 'switch' command is used HDMV5 will load up in the
normal way.
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Credit where Credit is due.

HDMV5 has been tested and re-tested: Before I go on I MUST
thank these persons for their help in making HDMV5 'bug-
free' and testing and re-testing the release version 5.3,

Beta Testers:

Keith Hawkins.
Cathy Reardon.
Maxine Texon.
Tim Hadricks.
Bill Easley.
Josuah Carty.

The Staff of the GAMESTORE, Newcastle, Eldon Square.
The Staff of COMPUTER WORKSHOP.

Support.

If you are completely stuck on using HDMV5; please note that no
technical support is available unless you register your copy of
HDMV5. However, for general questions I am available via messages at
the Valentes Bulletin Board in Dorset:

0305251830 Line 1
0305251489 Line 2

Similarly, I can be contacted after 7pm till 10pm on 091 284 0785.


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SHAREWARE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION.

For me, shareware is a wonderful concept.  The concept is to
allow easy access to the widest array of software which can
be evaluated at no cost.  It is called shareware because it
is meant to be shared, or distributed, by users via floppy
disk and/or electronic bulletin boards so that an ever
increasing number of people can obtain access to it.

The person evaluating this software does not have to shell
out any money to try it, unlike most commercial packages.

However, this does not mean that shareware is free!  If you
like what you have tried, and intend on using it, you should
purchase that software.

I have spent much time and effort creating and documenting
HDMV5.  While the driving force behind this effort is to
share what I think is a really useful Hard Disk Menu,
probably the only FULL Desktop Management System, I am also
putting forth this effort with the prospect of selling the
fruits of my labour.

So, if you like HDMV5, and find it of use and plan on using
it, you need to complete the registration form which you can
locate in two ways:

1: A file called ORDER.FRM is included with the package.
When you install HDMV5 it will also be located in the HDMV5
startup directory.


2: Press F1 for Help and access the ABOUT HDMV5 subject.
Information about HDMV5 and how to register it will be
presented. Opt to print out the order form.

Please fill this form!


With your payment you will become a registered user
entitling you to free updates and new releases.  Also,
registered users are entitled to  free support if you have
any questions or problems with HDMV5.

Under this shareware concept, please feel free to distribute
copies of HDMV5 to whomever you wish. The only restrictions
are that:

1.  You may not distribute HDMV5 in any modified form, but
only in the original format as received by you.

2. You may not charge any fee for HDMV5 or its distribution.

3.  You must distribute all files and parts of HDMV5 as
referenced in this document and displayed on the next page.

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Whats in the package?

File list Data
CUSTOM   HLP - User customised help, right now it contains
               same as README.NOW
DISKCAT  CAT - Disk Catalogue Database.
FILTSAVE CAT - Filtering Database for Disk Catalogue
HDMCALC  EXE - HDM Calculator
HDMLOG   LOG - Log file to store HDMV5 usage.
HDMV5    EXE - HDMV5, the main menu progra,
HDMV5    DOC - The full HDMV5 Documentation.
HDV5HELP DAT - Help File Database
HDV5HELP DBT - Help file Database
MENUFILE HD5 - Contains all menu options that you create
ORDER    FRM - Order form, please fill this in to register
               HDMV5.
README   NOW - You are reading the contents of this file
               now further information, containing WHATS NEW
               in HDMV5!
TODO     DBT - Todo List Generator Database
TODO     LST - Todo List Generator Database
TOPBIT   SCR - Sign top for HDMV5 - part of .ZIP file
ORDER    FRM - Order form to register your copy of HDMV5. If
you have not already done so, PLEASE REGISTER IT!


Files Created whilst you are using HDMV5 in no particular
order:


MENU.BAT : The PRIMARY SHIELD - Do NOT erase (HDMV5 creates
it anyway if it is missing). Make sure you copy this file
somewhere on the path.
MENU1.BAT: Chain file for SHIELD - Do NOT erase (HDMV5
creates it anyway if it is missing).

OLDLIST.LST/DBT - Temporary files created by TODO.
TODO.TXT        - Task lists sent to HARD DISK.
USER_INF.TAO    - Todo List User / Company Name.
TANK.CAT/DBT    - Temporary files created by Disk Catalogue.

MENUDEFS.HD5 : Page Menu Options (ASCII) - DO NOT ERASE!
MENUDEFC.HD5 : Passwords ENCRYPTED.

HDMV5.CFG    : User Configuration of HDMV5.

DOSCMD.HD5   : All your Msdos commands entered via F6.
VARLIST.HD5  : All your command line variables.

NOTEPAD.HDM  : Personal Notes in Ascii Format.
*.MBF        : Data and Menu Macro Files.
MACROS.BFI   : Store system for Data / Menu Macro Files.
LWEKLOG.LOG  : Info Re Log use of HDMV5.

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THE LEGAL BIT.
HDMV5, Copyright 1991 Geoffrey Evelyn
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or
translated into any other language or computer language in
whole or in part, in any form or by any means, whether it be
electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of Geoffrey
Evelyn, 14 Bowsden Terrace, South Gosforth, Newcastle Upon
Tyne, NE3 1RX.
Definitions:
The term 'Software' as used in this copyright means the
computer programs contained in the disks in this package,
together with any updates subsequently supplied by Geoffrey
Evelyn.
The term 'Software Copies' means the actual copies of all or
any portion of the Software including backups, updates,
merged or partial copies permitted hereunder or subsequently
supplied by Geoffrey Evelyn.
The term 'Related Materials' means all of the printed
materials provided in this package or later supplied by
Geoffrey Evelyn.
Permitted Users:
You may:
■ Load into RAM and use the Software on a single terminal or
  a single workstation of a computer (or its replacement).
■ Install the Software onto a permanent storage device (a
  hard disk drive).
This copyright gives you limited rights to use the Software,
Software Copies and Related Materials. You do not become the
owner of, and Geoffrey Evelyn retains title to, all the
Software, Software Copies and Printed Materials. In
addition, you agree to use reasonable efforts to protect the
Software from unauthorised use, reproduction, distribution,
or publication. All rights not specifically granted in this
copyright are reserved by Geoffrey Evelyn.
Users Not Permitted:
You may not
■ Make copies of the Software, unless it is registered.
■ Make copies of the Related Materials.
■ Use the Software in a network of multiple user arrangement
  unless you have the Multi-User version and you pay for and
  obtain a separate licensed Software package for each
  terminal or workstation from which the software will be
  actually accessed.
■ Rent, lease, sub-licence the Software, Related Materials
  or Software Copies, or your rights under this copyright,
  except that transfers may be made with Geoffrey Evelyn
  prior written authorisation.
■ Alter, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer the
  Software, or make any attempt to unlock or bypass the
  initialisation system.
■ Remove or obscure the 'Geoffrey Evelyn' copyright and
  trademark notices.

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Other products available!

THEHOUSE - Ever tried running your own software house? Hire
and fire, create products, advertise and sell them? Try your
had at this brilliant simulation. Took 2 man years in the
making!!!


STOCKS - Wheel and Deal at the Stock Market Game; up to FOUR
players can play, up to 9 weeks of play, with FULL SYNOPSIS
at the end!


MONOTONY - Simulation based loosely on Monopoly(tm) BUT
using Business Workspaces!!!


PROGCREA - For the serious and novice Clipper 5.0
Programmers - create an application out of THIN AIR in a
matter of hours, NOT DAYS!!! All you have to do is add some
creativity - can EVEN import native dBASE Databases!!

In the pipline!

DUNGEONS - The first dungeons and dragons game involving up
to four players, nine large dungeons and masses of treasure
and magic!!!


HORSE MUCKUP - A True horse race simulation for the PC. Not
only bet, but check your odds against 6 trainers! Don't
worry if you run out of cash, you can always BORROW IT
<Grin>
INDEX


//SWAPPATH:
     Hdm Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Add / Modify Data
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Add new To-Do Item
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Alter Background
     Utils Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Altering the state of your tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Application Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ascii File Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
AUTOMATIC
     Automatic Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Beta Testers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Blank out HDMV5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Blank Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Browse Database
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Browse the Whole To-Do Data
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Clear log on day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Close down your computer option
     HDMV5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Close; Park Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Command Line Variables
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Contents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Copy files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Creating a Filter
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Creating a Personal Task
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Creating a Record
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Creating Menu Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Database Backup
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Date / Priority Sort Option
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Dd Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Delete Application
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Delete Files
     File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Disable Startup Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Disclaimer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Disk Catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 5
Edit Application
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Erase a Day / All To-Dos
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Examine Screen Data
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Exit to MsDos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expanded Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expanded Memory Specification
     VIRTUAL MEMORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Extended memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
F1 - Help Facility
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
F2 - Macro Facility
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
F3 - Hdm Set Up Printer
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
F4 HDM CALENDAR
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
F5 DISK LIST OF ANY DRIVE
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
F6 - Run a MsDOS command
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
F7 HDM Calculator
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
F8 - Lock Keys and Blank out
     HOTKEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 12
FILTER
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Filtering your Database
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Finding a Record
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Fonts
     Utils Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Fonts / Video Mode
     Utils Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Format Floppy Disk
     HdFd Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Hd/Fd Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HDFD Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
HDM Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Hdm Entry Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
HDMV5 Configuration
     Utils Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
HDMV5 Startup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
HOTKEYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Installing HDMV5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Leaving the Disk Catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
LINE LENGTH
     Ascii Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
List all Items
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
List files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
List Keywords Fields
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Log all use of HDMV5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Menu Page Options
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Menu Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Modify a To-Do from this list
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Movement within HDMV5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Msdos (Drop to)
     HDMV5 OPTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Msdos Command
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
No. of DOS commands to save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Notepad and Ascii Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
NOTEPAD.HDM
     Notepad / Ascii Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Notes
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Other products available!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Output Database
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Palette Setup
     Utils Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Parameters
     Application Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Password
     Application Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Personal Task Planner
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Print File.
     File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Print this Screen
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Print To-Do-List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Printing Records
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Quitting the Task Organiser
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Remove one To-Do from this list
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Renumber a Record
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Reports / Labels
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Reset - See Whole To-Do list
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
ROMBIOS
     System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Screen Blanker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Screen layout
     Disk Catalogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Security
     Apps Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
See another Dates To-Do list
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Select Disk Drive
     HdFd Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Select Subdirectory
     HdFd Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Set Order of Database
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
SHAREWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Special Notes for Disk Catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Special Options
     TODO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Statistical Reports
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Statistics Facility
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
System Configuration and Information Menu
     Utils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
TAB SPACING
     Ascii Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Temporary File mode
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
To-do, the Personal Task Generator . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Use Existing Filter
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Utilities
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Utilities Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
View File
     File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
View Program Status
     Disk Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
VIRTUAL MEMORY
     Hdm Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What do I need to run HDMV5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Whats in the package?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51