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- Q.BAT Instructions
-
-
- Located within one of the self-extracting archives on the new
- enclosed "ProDev*QUOTE Utility Programs" disk is the Q.BAT BATch
- file. This Q.BAT file will be placed in the \PDS sub-directory by
- the UINSTALL program. This file will allow you to run any of the
- ProDev*QUOTE programs from WITHIN another of the ProDev*QUOTE
- programs.
-
- The following instruction for the Q.BAT file will work ONLY ON A HARD
- DISK and will NOT work if you are using a DOS Shell menu system that
- only allows you to run .COM and .EXE type programs. If your menu
- system is limited to only .COM and .EXE files, I suggest that you
- call 1-800-662-4330 and order Magee Enterprises AUTOMENU.
-
- To run the QUOTE.EXE, QTRACK.EXE, QBROWSE.EXE and EPRICE.EXE (if you
- ordered it) programs, perform the following . . .
-
- CD\PDS
- Q 1 (Enter) to run the QUOTE program
- or
- Q 2 (Enter) to run the QTRACK program
- or
- Q 3 (Enter) to run the QBROWSE program
- or
- Q 4 (Enter to run the EPRICE program
-
- BE SURE TO TYPE A SPACE AFTER THE "Q" AND BEFORE 1, 2, 3 or 4.
-
- Any of the above commands will run the Q.BAT file. The desired
- program will be run from the batch file. From within the program,
- the "Quit" Menu now has selections to run either of the other two
- programs. The program will stuff either 1, 2, 3 or 4 into the DOS
- Errorlevel when the program is Quit with the new menu selections.
- Since DOS ran the program from within the Q.BAT file, DOS goes back
- to the next statement in the Q.BAT file to execute the next command
- in the Q.BAT file. The IF ERRRORLEVEL statement in the Q.BAT file
- will branch to run another of the Quote programs.
-
- If you select the Quit option, you will be returned to the DOS
- prompt. If you wish to look at the Q.BAT file, just type . . .
-
- TYPE Q.BAT (Enter)
-
- If you are running your hard disk with a menu, edit the end of the
- Q.BAT file and add CD\ and the command to run your menu program. You
- can use EDLIN or any ASCII editor to edit the Q.BAT file.
-
- If you have established Multi-State Tax and Labor Rate files per
- Appendix C of the QUOTE.DOC manual, type Q 1 ST (Enter) and
- substitute the 2 character State Code for ST.
-
- Very truly yours,
-
-
- George Abbott
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