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Convert from ADMENU to ADMAST
ADMCONV version 2.00
by
Allen Dew
604 Lakeview Road
Durham, NC 27712-1340
CompuServe 73737,1345
BBS Support 919-471-6026
INTRODUCTION
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If you are a current user of the ADMENU program and are upgrading
to the new ADMAST program, then you can use this conversion
program to convert your old ADMENU.DAT files to the new format
required by the ADMAST program.
The ADMENU program used data files which were character based and
could be viewed by any program with the ability to display text
files. That allowed anyone to see the passwords set on any of
the menu items. It also was slower for the ADMENU program to read
the text based files to display each of the custom menus.
The new ADMAST program uses a binary type of file to store the
menu data and contols. All the passwords are encrypted to prevent
the most determined person from breaking into the contol system
used by ADMast Menu.
GETTING STARTED
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This conversion program is supplied as an aid to converting to the
new ADMast Menu. It is not required to use this program, but this
program will save you the time and trouble of re-entering each of
your menus. You only need to run this program once for each menu
you have created. A new binary data file will be created from the
old text based file. All the optional controls will be set to
their default values. All of the existing menu items and colors
will be retained.
The ADMCONV.EXE file should be copied to a common utility directory
on your hard drive. Then, change directories to get into a
directory where the ADMENU.DAT file resides. At the DOS prompt,
enter ADMCONV and press Enter. The ADMENU.DAT file will be
converted to a new file named ADMAST.DAT. Both files will be
in the same directory. (You can delete the ADMENU files after you
have the ADMAST program working).
As soon as you replace the old MAST.BAT file with the new MAST.BAT
in the ugrade package, you will be using the new ADMAST.DAT files.
After converting all the old menus to the new format, you should
press the ALT-Z keys and look over the new control options in
the new program. Use caution with the Master password feature.
If you enter a Master password and forget what it is, you will be
locked out of your menu. Get in touch with this program's author
for the super secret password which will reveal the Master password.
THE MAST.BAT FILE
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ADMast Menu's Program Intitiation File, MAST.BAT, is a very simple
batch file that initiates the program's batch sequence. If ever
misplaced or altered by mistake, the MAST.BAT file can be re-
created as follows:
ECHO OFF
ADMAST
ADTEMP
INFORMATION ON DISTRIBUTION AND UPGRADES
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ADMast Menu is distributed under the consideration that people
enjoy sharing software with each other. It takes some experimenting
with software to see if it fits your own work environment.
You are encouraged to give a copy of ADMast Menu and its
documentation to anyone you like. ADMast Menu is a Free-ware
program and thus there is no charge to use it. ADMast Menu
is not in the public domain and the author reserves all rights
to the program.
For those of you evaluating ADMast Menu for the first time, please
feel free to write to me if you have any questions or suggestions.
Evaluate the program at your own pace. If you decide it doesn't
suit your needs, give it away to someone else.
For those of you who participate in the User-Supported concept and
want to send in a few dollars to the author - THANK YOU!
I plan to continue upgrading and improving ADMast Menu, especially
since so many of you have encouraged my efforts.
I've received good ideas from many of you that I plan to include
in later versions.
Thanks,
Allen Dew
================= End of Documentation ===========================