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Introduction
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Keeping it Closed
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If you want to keep MicroPhone's connection port closed until you need to open it, try using the MicroPhone Standard.closed connection driver, which should be included somewhere on your original disks. Rename it MicroPhone Standard and put it in the Connection Folder, which should reside in the same location as MicroPhone. Then, whenever you open up a settings document, the connection will not be opened until you go to the Phone menu and choose Open Connection. If you can't find the MicroPhone Standard.closed connection driver, create a new connection driver called MicroPhone Standard. In it, create one script called "Setup". In this script, place the line:
Remark "do nothing here"
That's it. We are overriding MicroPhone's built-in Setup script that automatically opens the connection anytime you open a document.
Faster Communication Settings
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To make the communication settings dialog display faster, remove any modem drivers from the modem folder that you don't normally use. MicroPhone builds this list from scratch whenever you display the communication settings dialog, so the fewer the drivers, the smaller the list, hence the quicker the dialog will display.
Quick Transfers
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If you find yourself constantly using two or more file transfer protocols, instead of going to the Transfer menu each time you want to send a file, create a one-line script for each protocol you use. Then, assign the script to an Fkey or command key for easy access. For example, this script will do a ZMODEM Send ASCII:
Send File ZMODEM ASCII "''"
Note the single quotes in the double quotes. This makes MicroPhone bring up a dialog box allowing you to choose the file you want to send.
