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- The Executive Version 2.5 by Bill Miller May 19/90
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-
- The Executive was first born out of a need that we found in the
- Forem ST bbs program to be able to access desk accessories and also be
- able to easily execute GEM applications with the touch of a mouse
- button, rather than typing in a filename on a command line.
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-
- INSTALLATION OF EXECUTIVE
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- Just copy the EXECUTE.PRG, EXECUTE.SYS, and EXECUTE.RSC into the
- directory where TURBO.PRG now resides. Installation of Executive
- is now complete.
-
-
-
- AUTO BOOTING ///Turbo Board
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- I have been told that you cannot use the REBOOT program with
- Executive. This is correct, as REBOOT directly boots from an Auto
- folder and will not allow the ST to initialize GEM.
-
- Not all is lost though, there are another ways to start Turbo.
- If you are using TOS 1.4, you can Install turbo.prg as an AUTO booting
- GEM application and save your desktop. If you are using an older
- version of TOS, you may also use a program like STARTGEM or HEADSTART
- from the Codehead guys. Either of these programs will autostart Turbo
- from a Cold boot, and allow you to use Executive.
-
-
- Now the Executive is installed on your system. The Executive is
- so easy to use, that you don't have to read any further, but following
- will be a list of the features of Executive and how to use them.
-
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- The Executive - Program description
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-
- The Executive allows you use run all GEM or TOS programs from the
- desktop or from the sysop mode in ///Turbo Board. It can contain a
- maximum of 32 Applications under two drop down menus, also the file
- selector or parameters can be automatically passed when executing an
- application. It is recommended that the UIS ]I[ program ( Universal
- Item Selector) be used if you are running Executive. UIS 3 is an
- excellent program and is well worth the price.
-
- When Executive intializes for the first time the Desk and File
- entries for the menu will appear, under Desk you will find the the
- Executive registration info, and also the desk accessories, if any
- were installed. Under the File entry, you will find three entries:
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- Install Application
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- Use this to install a new application, up to 32 may be installed.
- When you click on this entry a file selector will appear and you then
- click on the program that you wish to execute, then the Install
- Application dialog box will appear.
-
- The install application box allows you to enter a Menu Strip name
- that will show up under the Execute drop down menus. You can also
- enter parameters. These will ALWAYS be passed to your application via
- the Command Line.
-
- AUTO CL will cause the Enter Parameters box to be displayed when
- the application is executed. The program extension has no effect, it
- will work with Tempus.prg for instance.
-
- AUTO FS will cause the File Selector to appear every time you
- execute an application. If you want to enter a mask for the File
- Selector simply type it in the PARAMETERS line. No entry= *.* , you
- can use wild cards (* and ?) if you want. (eg *.TXT or ABC??.* ect.)
-
- NOTE:
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- When executing a program with a TTP extension, an ENTER PARAMETERS
- box will appear as with the GEM desktop. If the TTP file was
- Installed as an Application, then the ENTER PARAMETERS box will not
- appear unless you enable the AUTO CL box, or you can alternately use
- the AUTO FS if you wish to use a file selector.
-
-
- * HOLD SCREEN will hold the screen after execution of your program.
- This is useful for some TTP and TOS programs that may abort leaving a
- message that would otherwise vanish when Executive reappears.
-
- * KEEP PATH will hold the path to the Default Executive (forem)
- path. It is useful for running or testing Forem Batch or Doors
- programs that may be located elsewhere, but need to use the default
- Forem directory.
-
- The HELP! button will give you this very info in case you forget.
-
- Application Menu Manager
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Use to modify Executive Menu entries and Options. If you wish to
- edit the installed applications, simply drag one to the edit button.
- The same box as the Install Application box will appear allowing you
- to edit your entry. Reordering the applications is easy, just drag an
- application to the place you wish it to be and the applications will
- reorder themselves. To remove an application simply drag to the
- REMOVE button. The UNDO button will reset any reorder, edit or
- deletion you have made since last calling the Menu Manager.
-
- * Version 2.5 now allows you to change the path of an installed
- application. Just click on the FILENAME box or the actual program
- name, and a file selector will appear, to allowing you to change the
- file easily.
-
-
-
- Executive allows you a few options. These are:
-
- Desktop Mode - Use when run from the desktop
- BBS Mode - Will send an OFF HOOK command to your Modem
-
- Fast Reload - Executive stays resident in this mode
- Memory Saver - Saves memory but must reload Executive (saves ~100k !!)
-
- FX On - Pretty expanding boxes and silly little sounds
- FX Off - The stuff I spent so much time on, are all disabled!
-
-
- Execute file
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Use to Execute any Gem or Tos program without installing it.
- Executive will retain the path of the last file that you executed.
-
- Alternate Menu Data Files
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-
- In case you want to install more than 32 applications, The
- Executive allows you to create and load alternate menu data files.
- These files contain the installed application information. The
- default menu data file is EXECUTE.WJM, if this file is found when
- Executive is booting or reloading then it will be loaded. If you want
- to create a different menu data file then click the right hand mouse
- button, a file selector will appear. Type in a file name, if it isn't
- found then Executive will prompt you if you want to create the file.
- Hit yes and any applications you install will be saved under that file
- name. To load a different data file click the right button and select
- any previously saved data file.
-
-
-
- Our Support BBS - ///Turbo Board Support - 416-274-1225, Fnet Node #18
- is available if you have any questions.
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- Universal Item Selector 3 - Ordering Information
-
- UIS 3 is not a shareware program. Though it is advantageous to use
- this program with Executive, it is not included here. You may order
- the UIS 3 program from:
-
- Application and Design Software
- 120 NW "E" Street,
- Grants Pass, OR
- USA 97256
-
- Phone 503-476-0071 Price is $29.95 us (upgrade from UIS 2 for $7)
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