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- HDM IV v2.7 by MicroFox Registration $ 50.00
- UTIL FEB91 HDM HARD DISK MENU DOSSHELL
- FILES: hdm427.sdn
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- This program is a DOS shell that hides the underlying
- operating system from the uninitiated user, yet does not get
- in the way of the expert user. The basic system consist of
- up to one thousand menu files with ten menu pages each, and
- each page has ten entries for a total of 100,000 entries to
- choose from. You can start an entry by pointing to it with
- the cursor or the mouse, then press the <Enter> key or the
- left mouse button, or you can simply press the number key
- associated with that entry. Each entry can start a program,
- run a batch file, or execute any DOS command. An entry can
- also have multiple steps which can include any or all of the
- possibilities above plus special HDM functions and macros.
- You can change menu pages by pressing the <A> through <J>
- keys or the <Alt-1> through <Alt-0> keys to go directly to
- page "A" through "J" or use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys. Each
- page and each entry on each page has a user definable
- description. You can go to another Menu File by using the
- action function {MENU ###}. The Menu Files are numbered from
- zero to 999.
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- The <F10> key displays a horizontal menu at the top of the
- screen. The choices from the menu include: Menu, Page,
- Security, Local, Global, or Exit. Help can be selected any
- time and presents you with another menu and screens that
- explain how to use the Hard Disk Menu System. MENU allows
- you to add, change, delete, move, or copy the menu entry
- descriptions and their associated menu action. PAGE lets you
- change the description of a Page Index entry, import pages,
- switch pages, or delete pages. SECURITY allows you to set up
- user logons and password protect menu entries. LOCAL lets
- you set up variables in the current menu file and GLOBAL lets
- you set up variables that affect all menu files. EXIT leaves
- HDM and returns you to the DOS prompt or opens a DOS window
- where you can run any DOS command, program, or batch file.
- Other commands in the Top Menu allow you to set up macros,
- menu titles, change colors and window borders, set mouse
- sensitivity, set communications parameters, set time for
- automatic blanking of the menu screen, and set up hands off
- timed execution of any menu entry any time of the day, week,
- or month.
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- The user defined menu entries consist of two parts. The
- first one is a 48 character description that is displayed on
- the screen and can be anything you want. This is what you
- choose to start a menu entry from the main menu. The second
- part of this menu entry is the menu action. This tells HDM
- what to do when this menu entry is started. The menu action
- can contain anything that you would normally put in a DOS
- batch file, plus functions and macros that give you
- additional flexibility, ease of use, and capabilities beyond
- DOS and other menu systems.
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- Help is always available. Press <F1> from anywhere in the
- Hard Disk Menu to get the help menu and help screens. Help
- topics are displayed at the left side of the screen and a
- description of each topic is displayed on the right side of
- the screen.
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