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ExtraDOS Toolbox (tm)
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Users Manual
Version 3.80 03/16/92
Copyright (c) 1985-92 Foley Hi-Tech Systems (ASP) All Rights Reserved
Introduction
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ExtraDOS Toolbox is a compilation of tools useful to Microsoft DOS
users. I originally wrote the first version of ExtraDOS under MS-DOS
because I found a need for them and there were no commercially
available products that provided these functions. Some ExtraDOS tools
were designed to enhance programs already found in MS-DOS. Other
tools were familiar to the Unix world, but were not available in
MS-DOS. Over the years this collection has grown into large group of
very useful tools. Some of these utilities are duplicates of those
found elsewhere, but often provide much better features or reduced
memory overhead than similar utilities found elsewhere. In addition,
ExtraDOS complements PC-Tools and Norton Utilities with added tools
these programs do not provide.
Over thirty of the ExtraDOS Toolbox utilities have been selected by
Paul Somerson, former Executive Editor of PC Magazine, for Bantam
Books', DOS Power Tools, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded for DOS
5.0.
I hope you find these tools useful and convienent. Any suggestions
for enhancements, improvements or additions are welcome. Please
contact use with your comments.
David R. Foley
License Agreement
This software is protected by both United States' copyright law and
international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat this software
"just like a book," with the following single exception. Foley Hi-Tech
Systems authorizes you to make archival copies of the software for the
sole purpose of backing up our software and protecting your investment
from loss. By saying, "just like a book," Foley Hi-Tech Systems means
that this software may be used by any number of people and may be
freely moved from one computer location to another, provided there is
absolutely no possibility of it being used at one location while
it is being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two
different people in two different places simultaneously, the software
may not be used by two different people in two different places simultaneously.
You may not make copies of the software documentation or disk, except
as described above. You may not distribute, rent, sublicense, or lease
the software or the documentation. You may not alter, modify, or adapt
the software or documentation, including but not limited to translating,
decompiling, reverse assembling, or creating derivative works. You may
not use the software in a network, timeshareing, multiple CPU, or multi-
user environment unless each user is licensed by Foley Hi-Tech
Systems.
EXTRADOS TOOLBOX
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LIMITED WARRANTY
Upon notification of defects in material or workmanship,
within the warranty period of 45 days from the date of purchase,
Foley Hi-Tech Systems will, at its option, replace the defective
diskette or refund the license fee. If you need to return a product,
call the Foley Hi-Tech Systems Technical Support Service Department
to obtain a return authorization number. The remedy for breach of
this warranty shall be limited to replacement or refund and shall
not encompass any other damages, including but not limited to loss
of profit, and special, incidental, consequential, or other similar
claims.
Foley Hi-Tech Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
with respect to defects in the diskette and documentation, and the
program license granted herein in particular, and without limiting
operation of the program license with respect to any particular
application, use, or purpose. In no event shall Foley Hi-Tech
Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial
damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
consequential, or other damages. This statement shall be construed,
interpreted, and governed by the laws of the State of California.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
ExtraDOS Toolbox, TurboBAT, SpeedRAM, Screen Manager, Profiler,
WizLabel, CDBS, Press Gate Manager, ExtraWindows Toolbox and Safety
Disk are trademarks of Foley Hi-Tech Systems.
MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Norton Utilities are a trademark of Symantec.
PC-Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software.
TURBOBAT - Turbo Batch File Compiler
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DESCRIPTION
TurboBAT allows you to compile standard DOS batch files into .COM
binary programs. This will greatly enhance the speed of large batch
files by allowing them to run in native code rather than interpreted
DOS commands. The resulting .COM files may call nested batch files
without loosing the parent since the parent calling program is now
no longer a batch file.
VERSION
3.10 03/19/92
COMMAND FORMAT
TURBOBAT [/1][/4][/A][/Dname][/I][/L][/T][/X] file[.ext]
/1 Insert single stepping code. The creates a version of the
output that is useful when debugging a batch file. When the
output .COM program is run, it will single step through each
line of the original program.
/4 Supress 4DOS warning messages. Don't report any warning
messages generated by the use of 4DOS specific commands.
/A Supress all warning messges (same as /4/I/L/X). Don't
display any warning messages, only error messages.
/Dname Include full symbolic tracing information. If NAME is
specified the information will be sent to the named file,
otherwise is is displayed via the standard error device.
There must not be any spaces between /D and NAME.
/I Ignore nonstandard labels. DOS supports labels up to 8
characters long for use with the goto statement. Many
people use the label as a comment field rather than a label
and this can cause problems when a label that is used in a
non standard fashion shows up during the compile stage of
the batch file. DOS will noramally just ignore this error.
/L Relaxed label length checking. The normal label size
recognized by DOS is 8 characters. In many cases people use
the : as a place holder for the program without ever
referencing the label. The problem is that if you have more
than one long label name where the first 8 digits match
another label, the file won't compile because it will look
as though you have duplicate labels. This switch relaxes
that limit.
/T Compile with line number TRACE information. The line number
information is displayed via the standard error device.
When running the output program compiled with this option on
you will get a display of each line number as the program is
running. This is useful when trying to determine where a
program is failing.
TURBOBAT - Turbo Batch File Compiler
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/X Supress extension warning messages. Normally during
compilation, TurboBAT will warn you about any lines that
make use of commands that are supported by the compiler but
are not supported by DOS. Using the /X will tell TurobBAT
not to warn you about any BATCH files that will not function
under normal DOS conditions.
/B- Use ANSI escape sequences instead of the BIOS. The default
screen I/O is now handled by making calls to the video BIOS.
This insures that the compiled