EDITOR INI. EXE 

The window interface is very easy to use...


Select "open" to open an existing or "create" to create a new config.ini file.

The "Text Configuration" tab (Button F2)

There you have 3 text boxes which you can enter your onw text that will be displayed on execution of menu.exe.

1) Title - The title of the application (This is the text that will apear on the title bar of  menu.exe).

2) Introduction - The introduction (This is the text that will be displayed to the user in the text box of menu.exe when application is initially launched).

3) About - Information about the application (This is the text that will be displayed when the user clicks on the About button in menu.exe).

The "Icons" tab (Button F3).

This window allows you to select the icons you use in the menu.exe application
They can be either ico, cur, or bmp format.

The "Database" (Button F4)

This window allows you to "Add", "Delete" or "Modify" the database of applications or items that will apear in the Menu List and can be used by the user with menu.exe.

Clicking on "Add" or "Modify" will open the left hand boxes for editing.

"Description"

1. Name - Enter the name of the application. This line can be used as a "blank" or filled with "symbols" (= = = = = =) and used as a seperator.

2. Description - Enter your text desciption of the application.

3. Picture - Enter or browse to an image that you wish to associate with the application, you can use any bmp image that depicts the program. If this field is left empty the default image will be displayed.

4. Buttons 1 and 2 -  Asign a function to the customisable buttons (the options could be; open" or "unzip" etc.).

5. Button 1 allows the user to open the file to be installed.

6. Enter a text description i.e. Install, Unzip etc., the applications "name" and the path of the application (this path should include the directory and subdirectory location of the application, that will be run from the menu.exe (this is also the path used by "windows explorer" to display the contents of the applications directory when the user presses the "Explore" button).

7. Button 2 allows you to specify and the user to open a file directly i.e a txt file that contains information associated with the application or create a hyperlink to a URL associated with the application.

8. Enter a text description i.e. Web, Read Me etc., the files "name" and path (this path should include the directory and subdirectory location.

Boxes 3, 5 and 8 contain the following buttons.

Button Functions.

The "Browse" button.

This button allows you to easily browse to an image or application relevent to the menu list.
If relevent box 3, will allow you to browse to and select an image which will appear in place of the default image when the user selects a line on the menu list of menu.exe.

If relevent, boxes 5 and 8, will allow you to browse to and select an application which will be executed when the user clicks the associated button. (An executable file exe, com etc.)


The "Internet" button

This button opens a window where you can enter an valid Internet address. It can be either a url http://, download ftp://, or a simple e-mailmailto: command.
menu.exe opens the users default browser or e-mail client for connection to the Internet to perform the selected action.

The "MX UNZIP"   button

This button (available in release 1.0 onwards) allows the menu.exe to decompress, a zip format application into a folder selected by the user.
Click the button to open a dialog box. This is where you enter the location of the zip file that will be uncompressed by the user.

Button"*.*" 

This feature is only available in release 1.1 of CSK onwards. This option allows the user to perform an action on any type of file that is not an executable file, like for example *.gif, *.doc, *.htm, *.pdf, *.txt, *.jpg, *.avi, *.mpg, *.* or any file, using the file associations in the users Windows registry.

For example a user may have MS-Word installed on their computer. files doc will open your file with Ms-Word. otherwise, it will open with Word Pad.

Alternatively a graphic file gif, jpg, tiff will be opened using the users default graphics program, i.e. Paint Shop Pro, others with AcdSee, others with Corel Draw etc......

The "Graphic Appearance" Tab (Button F5)

Displays the appearance of of menu.exe allowing you to alter
certain parts of the graphics used.

Click on an object (A button, an image, a text area, or on the window)
modificator will display the name of the selected object. Click on an object to select and modify its properties.

- The first 4 (+ - - +) buttons allow you to alter the dimension of the selected object.

- The other 4 (SX DX Up Down) buttons allow you to alter the position of the selected object.

- Grid size allows you to control the positioning increment of the selected object using the (+ - - +) and (SX DX Up Down) buttons listed above:

If you select a grid size of (under 200), the repositioning increment will be small. If you select a grid size of (over 200), the repositioning increment will be greater.

- Background Image is the image of deep of menu.exe

- Background Colour and Font Colour allow you to change the background and font colours for the selected object.