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Welcome to MENU-MAN, a utility routine to display custom user selection menus
from batch files!
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U S E R M A N U A L
Version 1.2
Release April 26, 1991
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Copyright 1990-1992 by Micrometric.
All rights reserved.
MENU-MAN is distributed as SHAREWARE and, as such, may be copied and shared on a
private non-commercial basis with others in its unmodified form. Liability is
limited to replacing the software for registered users. There is no liability
for any damage or loss caused by this software, directly or indirectly.
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If you have problems with this program, or want to send comments, manual correc-
tions, or enhancement suggestions, you may call or mail them to:
Micrometric
98 Dade Avenue
Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA
Tech Support . . . (813) 377-2515
FAX . . . . . . . (813) 377-2091
Support BBS . . . (813) 371-2490
The Micrometric Software Support BBS provides availability and technical support
for the Micrometric ■■■■-MAN series of shareware programs. First time callers
have access to the board and can leave messages or download replies/current
shareware releases. Registered users may also download the latest Beta test
software releases, when available.
Additionally, you can send routed E-Mail via the RIME(tm) network to David
Groome at the ->ACTION node in the ASP, Laser, Batch, Common, or Shareware con-
ferences. I also check CompuServe (71631,744), but only on an infrequent basis.
PKZIP, PKUNZIP and PKSFX are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
IBM PC, XT, AT and PC-DOS are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Brackets and parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Computer key conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Action steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
■■■■-MAN programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware distributed documentation manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
From a Diskette Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
From a BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registered Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RUNNING MENU-MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Batch-file-name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Title-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selection-X-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MENU-MAN OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Display Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Exploding Window Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Menu Highlight Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display Text Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shadow Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Erase Before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Erase After . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MENU-MAN OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ERRORLEVEL Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
EXAMPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Shareware message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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TABLE OF CONTENTS MENU-MAN Version 1.2
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INTRODUCTION
MENU-MAN allows the display of user selection menus from within batch files.
These menus are controlled by command line options and can contain a title and
up to twenty-three selection option lines that are generated from REM lines in
the batch which follow the call to MENU-MAN. Options include a user response
time limit, menu positioning, erasing the screen before/after menu display, and
menu sound, color and type customization.
Major Features
* Over 200 different menus per batch file.
* Simple format: MENU-MAN # filename options
REM TITLE
REM USER SELECTION 1
REM USER SELECTION 2
REM ...
* User defined window selection menus embedded in batch files.
* Automatic color display on systems so equipped.
* User control over most window menu parameters on a per menu basis.
* Display selection menus or informational messages.
* MENU-MAN sets the ERRORLEVEL environment variable for e