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PROGRAM: SETKEY 1.0
WRITTEN ON: JANUARY 1, 1993
WRITTEN BY: BOB WEBB
5353 ST JAMES PLACE
FREDERICK, MD. 21701
COMUSERVE ID: 70007,4524
PURPOSE: SET FUNCTION KEYS FOR USE BY DOS
NOTE: THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES ANSI.SYS
IN YOUR CONFIG.SYS ENTER THE FOLLOWING LINE:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
DISCLAIMER:
AS A SIGN OF THE TIMES I MUST PUT THIS IN. USE SETKEY AT YOUR
OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT WILL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
INTRODUCTION:
SETKEY IS FREEWARE. THE ONLY THING I ASK IS THAT YOU SEND ME A KIND
WORD ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
SETKEY WAS WRITTEN AS A BATCH FILE AND COMPILED USING BAT2EXEC BY
DOUGLAS BOLING. THE PROGRAM USES ANSI.SYS AND SENDS THE PROPER ANSI
CODES TO ALTER A FUNCTION KEY'S PURPOSE.
I WROTE THIS PROGRAM TO STORE MY MOST FREQUENTLY USED DOS COMMANDS
IN AN FUNCTION KEY. FOR EXAMPLE I WORK ALOT ON SEVERAL NOVELL LANS,
AND I AM CONSTANTLY LOGGING IN AND OUT OF MULTIPLE FILE SERVERS.
SO I SET UP ALT-1 TO LOG ME INTO FILE SERVER 1, ALT-2 TO FILE
SERVER 2, ETC. I ALSO SET UP FUNCTIO KEYS FOR DIR, PATH, SET, MEM, CLS.
USAGE:
SETKEY IS REALLY SIMPLE TO USE. THE SYNTAX IS:
SETKEY {FKEY} {COMMAND}
WHERE FKEY IS THE FUNCTION KEY THAT YOU WANT TO ASSIGN, AND
COMMAND IS THE DOS COMMAND THAT YOU WANT TO ASSIGN.
IF FKEY EQUALS "LIST" THEN THE PROGRAM WILL PRINT A LIST OF ASSIGNABLE
KEYS.
ALSO IF COMMAND EQUALS "CLEAR" THEN THE KEY ASSIGNMENT WILL BE CLEARED.
I HAVE ALLOWED ROOM FOR 3 VARIABLES TO BE PASSED TO THE PROGRAM SO
THAT YOU CAN ADD PARAMETERS TO THE COMMANDS
A FEW EXAMPLES:
SETKEY F5 DIR
TO CLEAR: SETKEY F5 CLEAR
SETKEY ALT-1 LOGIN SERVER1\BWEBB
TO CLEAR: SETKEY ALT-1 CLEAR
SETKEY CTL-CURSOR-RIGHT CLS
TO CLEAR: SETKEY CTL-CURSOR-RIGHT CLEAR
SETKEY LIST (PRINT LIST OF ASSIGNABLE KEYS)
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE. PLEASE SEND BUG
REPORTS (I HOPE I DONT GET ANY), AND COMMENTS TO ME ON COMPUSERVE
AT 70007,4524.
THANK YOU,
BOB