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'RUNAPP V1.1' (c) B. Forrest 1991
After using the very successful and very excellent program 'BACKMENU', I
realized there was a slight problem. This occured when I wanted to run
the Swapfile.exe program. I don't have this as an Icon, as I very rarely use
it, and as a consequence I didn't have it included in my Backmenu.INI file.
I therefore had to run "Program Manager" and use the 'RUN' menu commmand, OR
run "File Manager" and execute it from there. This I decided would be the case
for any software not normally in a group.
To solve this problem I wrote a very simple executable file called
"RUNAPP.EXE". It was written Turbo Pascal for Windows.
You simply include a line like :
&RUN...,Runapp.exe,(additional path for executable files)
in your BACKMENU.INI file.
When run "RUNAPP" brings up a commandline in which you can type the name of
any executable file, this includes .COM, .EXE, .BAT, .PIF. The commandline
is simply executed on pressing enter.
There is also a way of 'browsing' for executable files using the browse button.
This brings up another dialog box allowing you to select the file to run. Double
clicking the filename automatically runs it.
I hope people find other uses for this apart for BACKMENU users and you are
free to distribute it without any sort of cash obligation. The source code can be
supplied for any inquisitive programmers.