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- This file contains common mistakes that people make. Hopefully I can
- reduce the number of support calls with this file.
-
- After the initial install. Try running MARX QUICK or MARX QUICKNOV to
- see what the menu is like. Don't run MARXMENU QUICK. Use the MARX.BAT
- file.
-
-
- Q.) I'm getting "Error accessing Overlays!"
-
- A.) MarxMenu requires the file MARXMENU.OVR file to be in the same
- directory as the MARXMENU.EXE file. In previos versions of MarxMenu
- the EXE and OVR files were combined. This cause file sharing
- problems on some networks and dumb multi-taskers such as Windows. So
- I had to separate the overlay file.
-
- Q.) Everything was working fine and I moved the files to another
- directory and I'm getting "Bad command or File Name".
-
- A.) The MARX.BAT is generated for a specific directory. Use your editor
- to edit MARX.BAT to run in the new directory. If you are still
- having problems change the ECHO OFF to ECHO ON and watch the batch
- file execute.
-
- Q.) I get stuck in the menu and it won't exit. Just keeps looping.
-
- A.) The MXSTOP.BAT, BATEXIT.BAT and DROPTO.BAT files need to be in the
- same directory as MARX.BAT.
-
- Q.) On my Novell network, I get "Error creating BAT file" when users try
- to run programs from the menu.
-
- A.) This is caused when users don't have enough access rights for
- MarxMenu to create temporary batch files. Use the
- SET TEMP=<directory> to point to a directory where the user has full
- access rights.
-
- Q.) I'm running LanTastic and when two people use the menu at the same
- time I get a "File Sharing Violation" error.
-
- A.) This is solved by setting the MARXMENU.OVR file to "Read Only".
-
- Q.) Under an OnKey statement, I'm mixing batch file commands and
- MarxMenu commands (using the |). It seems that all the MarxMenu
- commands execute first rather than the order that I specified.
-
- A.) Yes, since MarxMenu is a 0k menu system, all batch files commands
- are written to a batch file and executed when MarxMenu exits. It is
- also important to remember that when you return to MarxMenu that you
- come back to the beginning of the menu and not the last line you
- left.
-