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WELCOME TO VERSION 2.9 OF THE FOXMENU-SYSTEM
The program was created by Kjell Wittmaack June 1993
! ! ! ! ! ! ! W A R N I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! !
FOXMENU v. 2.9 is unable to run if this file is modified or missing.
FOXMENU is a shareware-program so you may distribute it freely, as long as you
give me the credits!! Note that FOXMENU will refuse to run if this file, or the
FOXMENU.EXE-file has been changed. If you like this program, please contact me
on one of the addresses listed at the bottom of this document.
>FOXMENU is a very flexible menu-program that can have a maximum of 8 menu-
lines of your choice. The program runs in graphics-mode to improve its
charisma.
The program supports MS-mouse, if available. In this new version, FOXMENU has
been memory-optimized and in addition the system-time is now displayed.
FOXMENU will at startup try to detect which graphic-mode your computer use.
This works on most machines, but if you have an old machine like a 8086,
FOXMENU might not display correctly.
>Whats new
Version 2.9 is able to run on machines without expanded memory and a Stacker
drive with satisfactory performance (Stacker has been a problem in earlier
versions). Oncemore the code itself has been optimzed for memory-consumption.
The diskdrive letter in the FOX.INI -file has been omitted from this version
in order to save memory.
The memory requirement for FOXMENU v. 2.9 is 59,67 Kb.
>The infra-structure of FOXMENU
In order for FOXMENU to run, two files are required, FOX.INI and FOXINI.BAT.
>FOX.INI
This file is used to setup FOXMENU. It contains the following information in
the shown order:
The Heading: This specifies the headline for FOXMENU (max 21 characters)
Loop ON/OFF: If you wish FOXMENU to continue when the call is returned from a
program, set this parameter to 1. If you want FOXMENU to terminate
when the call is returned, set it to 0.
<<<<<<<<<<<<< NOTE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drive: This line has been ommitted from
version 2.9 in order to save memory.
Menudifition: Here you specify the labels for each menu-line (max 8). If you
want to leave one of the menu-lines empty, you will have to leave
an empty line in its place.
Mouse X and
Y coordinate: These two lines specifies where to place the mouse-cursor at
start-up. IF X is 320 and Y is 220 the cursor will be placed in
the midle of the screen.
>FOXINI.BAT
This file contains the information of what each menu-line should do. This file
contains only normal batch-programming, so it should be easy enough to under-
stand, but an example might be usefull:
:POINT1
c:\windows\win.com
GOTO END
':POINT1' specifies that this is the actions to be taken for menu-line
number 1.
'c:\windows\win.com' specifies that Windows is to be started.
'GOTO END' specifies that no further actions is to be taken for menu-line
number 1.
NOTE that 'point8' is the actions taken when FOXMENU terminates (usually
none).
Starting FOXMENU
Simply change to the directory where FOXMENU is placed and type FOXMENU. You
can of cource do this with a batch-file placed in a path.
Using FOXMENU
Setup the files FOX.INI and FOXINI.BAT as you wish your menu to run. Note that
the 8. menu-line will terminate FOXMENU.
- When the program is running
To chose a menu-line, with the keyboard, type the number placed at the start
of the line. It is not nessasary the press <Enter>.
To chose a menu-line, with the mouse, simply move the pointer to a menu-line
of your choice, and press the left button.
When a menu-line is chosen, the actions specified in FOXINI.BAT will be
carried out.
If you chose menu-line 8, FOXMENU will terminate.
FOXMENU uses Turbo Pascal's overlays to minimize the use of memory. If your
system supports Expanded Memory, FOXMENU will use this to maximize speed.
H A V E F U N ..
Any comments, flowers, idea's, orders or checks (MOST WELCOME), send 'em to:
E-mail:
DSZFOX@HP1.CBS.DK or
DSZFOX@HP2.CBS.DK or
DSZFOX@HP3.CBS.DK
Mail-address:
Kjell Wittmaack
Aakandevej 24
3500 Vaerloese
Denmark