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Menu Master(tm) Version 1.20 The Ultimate Menu Editor For Supported BBS Systems Majik Board(tm) QuickBBS(tm) RemoteAccess(tm) SuperBBS(tm) Copyrighted (C) 1989,1990 by Dale Barnes FidoNet 1:375/11.0 Menu Master Documentation Copyrighted (c) 1989,1990 Dale Barnes -=- Majik Micro Systems FidoNet: 1:375/11.0 Menu Master Documentation Copyrighted (C) 1990 Peter Kling -=- Computer Group,Ltd FidoNet: 1:267/169.0 & 1:267/269.0 MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE COVER TABLE OF CONTENTS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECTION PAGE ------------------------------------------------ Index 1 Contained in this package 2 Help Files 2 Introduction 3 Menu Master Config 4 Getting Started 5 Simulated Security Levels 5 Status Line & Function Keys 6 F1 - Toggles Ansi or Ascii 6 F2 - Toggles Data Mode 6 F3 - Toggles Line Numbers 6 F4 - Toggles Ctrl A 6 F5 - Toggles Line Wrap 6 F6 - Changes of Security & Flags 6 Hot Keys 7 File (Alt-F) 7 New Menu (Ctrl-N) 8 Save Menu (Ctrl-S) 8 ReName Menu (Ctrl-R) 9 Copy Menu (Ctrl-C) 9 Delete Menu (Ctrl-D) 10 Write to Menu (Ctrl-W) 10 Shell to DOS (Ctrl-O) 10 Settings (Alt-S) 11 Add Lines (Alt-A) 11 Delete Lines (Alt-D) 12 Insert Lines (Alt-I) 12 Edit Entry (Alt-E) 13 Colors 14 List Lines (Alt-L) 14 Global Changes (Alt-G) 15 Copy Menu (Alt-C) 15 Make Menu (Alt-M) 15-17 Highlight (Alt-H) 18 Prompt (Alt-P) 18 Quit (Alt-X) 18 MenuType.Lst 19 Revisions 19 Future Revisions 20 Thanks! 20 Documentation Package 20 Thank you 20 Copyright Notices 21 The End 21 Print Me (Registration Form) included MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Menu Master is designed to make your life much easier when creating and editing menus for supported Bulletin Board Systems. Making menus with Menu Master has even been described as 'Fun'. Currently Supported Bulletin Board Systems: Majik Board(tm) QuickBBS(tm) RemoteAccess(tm) SuperBBS(tm) Additional version EMM1.00 supports: Enhanced Bulletin Board System(tm) "EBBS" Futures versions might support: The Bread Board System(tm) "TBBS" Menu Master is menu driven and has limited mouse support. If you have used a version of Menu Master prior to v1.02 you will notice a huge difference in look and feel. You may delete the old MMC.EXE and MM.CFG files. They are no longer used. Registration is still only $10. Please print the PRINT.ME file for more information. If you are on a limited income and can't afford the ten bucks, get in touch with me at the address at the end of this file. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 2 Welcome to Menu Master vs 1.20. I hope that you find it useful, and will support Menu Master. This version of Menu Master supports the following Bulletin Board Systems: QuickBBS 2.66 RemoteAccess 0.04a Majik Board 1.01 /b14 SuperBBS 1.05 Included in the original ZIP file: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MM.EXE - Menu Master main program MM120.DOC - Documentation package MM.CFG - Sample configuration file Print.me - Registration form Readme.1st - Notes from the author MMQBBS.Hlp - QuickBBS help file MMRA.Hlp - RemoteAccess help file MMSuper.Hlp - SuperBBS help file MMMajik.Hlp - Majik Board help file Menutype.Lst - Sample extra menu option file Help Files: ~~~~~~~~~~~ The help files are provided here Original for Menu Master, but as pointed out by one newer user, these help sheets can be printed to make useful charts when writing or re-writing your menus. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 3 MM.CFG: ~~~~~~~ First and most important is the config File. Shown below is an example of the 'MM.CFG' file. You should edit this file with your favorite Ascii editor. The first part of the file explains the options in the config file. MM.CFG is self explaining and need no other documentation other than the being shown here. ; Configuration file for Menu Master v1.20 ; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ; First is the name of menu to load - TOP for most, TOP_2 for QuickED users ; Second is one of the following: ; QuickBBS* RemoteAccess SuperBBS Majik ; ; Third : Security level to start up with; 32767 limit for QuickBBS 2.66 ; Fourth thru seventh : Flags for A,B,C,D ; Eighth : Toggle Show Data On/Off ; Ninth : Toggle Word Wrapping On/Off ; Tenth : Toggle Line Numbers On/Off ; Eleventh : Toggle ^A Mode (AutoExec) On/Off ; Twelfth : Toggle Ansi Mode On/Off ; ; Do Not Delete any of this information ; ------------------------------------- TOP.MNU ; Menu Name to Load QUICKBBS ; System to Load 64000 ; Security level to use XXXXXXXX ; Flags[A] XXXXXXXX ; Flags[B] XXXXXXXX ; Flags[C] XXXXXXXX ; Flags[D] ShowData Off ; Show menu data on/off WordWrap On ; Wordwrap on/off LineNumber On ; Show Line numbers on/off AutoMode Off ; ^A mode on/off AnsiMode On ; Ansi on/off ^ No Spaces! MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 4 Getting Started: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Menu Master must be run from your BBS directory. Load Menu Master by typing MM at the dos prompt and hitting enter. ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Menu Master v1.20 | | Menu Editor/Simulator For QuickBBS | | Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 By Dale Barnes | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- | | | Registered To: | | | | Your Name | | 5555 Any_Street Name Lane | | Any_Town, Any_State Any_Zip | | | | <Hit Any Key> | | | ------------------------------------------------- You will first be greeted by this if you are registered. If not, you will get the above message asking you to register Menu Master proceed after it displays the "Hit Any Key" message. I must point out the registered version does not have any delays of any kind. Your menu is simulated for you constantly. Every change you make will update the simulation. The simulation is preset to the below levels depending on the BBS software supported and all flags ON: QuickBBS - 32000 RemoteAccess - 64000 SuperBBS - 64000 Majik Board - 64000 This is so you can always see exactly what you have in your menu at all times. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 5 STATUS LINE & FUNCTION KEYS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The bottom line tells you what menu you are editing, what level and flags settings the simulation is using, the time, and the simulation toggles. The function keys change the simulation toggles. Status Line Example: F1:ANSI ON F2:Data Mode OFF F3:Numbers ON F4:Ctrl-A Mode OFF F5:Line Wrap OFF MAJIK.MNU S:32000 A:XXXXXXXX B:XXXXXXXX C:XXXXXXXX D:XXXXXXXX As you can see from the example of the status line, you are told what menu is currently being simulated along with security, flags and what options are currently in use. F1- Toggles ANSI or ASCII mode. F2- Toggles Data mode. In data mode you are given brief information about each menu option instead of the display txt. Data mode is very useful if you are making text file menus. (Ctrl-A type) F3- Toggles the line numbers. Helpful in picking the correct line to edit. F4- Toggles Ctrl-A mode. In Ctrl-A mode the simulator will display any text file that you may be using for the menu. You must have Ctrl-A type 40 menu option setup somewhere in the menu for this to work. See the BBS documentation for more info on type 40 menus. Also will load type 1,2,4 menus with a Ctrl-A if this option is ON. If you need to Edit a type 1,2,4 menu, turn OFF this option and you will stop at that menu and be allowed to edit the options in it. F5- Toggles line wrap. If line wrap is ON you get a more accurate simulation of what will display. Leaving line wrap OFF makes editing menus with long display lines a little easier. F6- Allows you to change the security and flags that the simulation is using. To change to another menu, simply hit the hotkey that activates it. Menu Master supports the menu stacking of the supported BBS Systems as well as displaying ASC/ANS files. You can move through your menus just as if you were on your BBS. Other keys will pop up message boxes telling you what that particular option will do on your board. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 6 HOT KEYS ~~~~~~~~ Menu Master has its own set of hot keys that is uses to activate the editing options. The command hotkeys are shown on the Menu Master main menus. To activate the main menu hit <ESC> <F10> or the mouse button. You will now see the below menu: ------Menu Master------ | File * Alt-F | | Settings * Alt-S | | Add * Alt-A | | Delete * Alt-D | | Insert * Alt-I | | Edit * Alt-E | | List * Alt-L | | Global * Alt-G | | Copy * Alt-C | | Make * Alt-M | |---------------------| | HighLight * Alt-H | | Prompt * Alt-P | |---------------------| | Quit * Alt-X | ----------------------- All the above keys are HOT keys which can be called almost anywhere within the program. We will explain each and every option here. --- File --- ALT-F ~~~~~ ------Menu Master------ | File * Alt-F | | Settings * Alt-S | | Add * Alt-A | ----File Management---- | Delete * Alt-D | | New Menu * Ctrl-N | | Insert * Alt-I | | Save * Ctrl-S | | Edit * Alt-E | | Rename * Ctrl-R | | List * Alt-L | | Copy * Ctrl-C | | Global * Alt-G | | Delete * Ctrl-D | | Copy * Alt-C | | Write To * Ctrl-W | | Make * Alt-M | | OS Shell * Ctrl-O | |---------------------| ----------------------- | HighLight * Alt-H | | Prompt * Alt-P | |---------------------| | Quit * Alt-X | ----------------------- Alt-F brings up the File management menu which gives you a few more options that are explained next. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 7 --- New Menu --- CTRL-N ~~~~~~ Ctrl-N brings up the SideKick(tm) type box which you can either select the menu you wish to edit or start typing the name of the menu. You can get help with the dir box with the F1 key. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | F1 Help <- Select Space Toggle | | E:\MM\MENUS\*.MNU | | Matching files: 32 Total bytes: 36573 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | BINKLEY.MNU CBVMAN.MNU CECHO.MNU EBBSTEAM.MNU ECPROG.MNU | | FILEAREA.MNU GOODBYE.MNU LOCAL.MNU MERCHANT.MNU MONT.MNU | | MSGAREAS.MNU NETDEV.MNU NETMAIL.MNU PASCAL.MNU QUICKBBS.MNU | | QUICKDEV.MNU SYSCHAT.MNU SYSOP.MNU SYSOP375.MNU TEST.MNU | | TEST1.MNU TEST2.MNU TEST3.MNU TEST4.MNU TEST87.MNU | | TEST88.MNU TEST99.MNU TESTIT.MNU TESTON.MNU TOP.MNU | | TOP_2.MNU UTILITY.MNU | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Use your cursor keys to highlight the menu you want to edit and press ENTER. If you prefer, you can start typing the name of the menu instead of cursoring to it. Entering a name the does not exist will cause 'Menu Master' to ask you want to create it. --- Save Menu --- CTRL-S ~~~~~~ Saves current menu without asking. No prompts at all. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 8 --- Rename Menu --- CTRL-R ~~~~~~ Ctrl-R asks you first what menu you would like to rename, if you hit enter you will get the familiar SideKick(tm) box. Enter Menu Name, ENTER For Directory, ESC To Abort ----------------------------------------------------- |Rename What Menu? (.MNU Extension Assumed) ········| ----------------------------------------------------- If you hit <enter> you will bring up the SideKick(tm) type box in which you can select the menu you wish to rename. Enter Menu Name, ENTER For Directory, ESC To Abort ----------------------------------------------------- |Rename What Menu? (.MNU Extension Assumed) ········| ----------------------------------------------------- |Enter New Name: (.MNU Extension Assumed) ········| --------------------------------------------------- You can use the cursor keys to highlight the menu you wish to rename and when you hit enter, you will be asked for the new name. Remember you can always use <Escape> to exit out of this option. --- Copy Menu --- CTRL-C ~~~~~~ Select Menu To Copy Copy menu allows you to copy one menu over the top of another or copy to a new menu. The Sidekick(tm) type box will be displayed for you to select the menu you wish to copy. ---------------------------------------------------------- |Destination Menu Name: (.MNU Extension Assumed) ········| ---------------------------------------------------------- You are now prompted for the menu name to copy TO. Be careful using this as you may copy a menu over one you wanted to use. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 9 --- Delete Menu --- CTRL-D ~~~~~~ This one you can use to delete files/menus in your menu directory or your backup files. You will see the SideKick(tm) type box and just highlight the menu or type the name and when you hit <enter> the menu will be deleted. ---------------------------------- |C:\MM\MENUS\MAJIK.BAK Deleted. | ---------------------------------- You will NOT be prompted for "are you sure?" so be careful! --- Write To Menu --- CTRL-W ~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------- |Enter Name To Write To. (.MNU Extension Assumed) : TEST····| ------------------------------------------------------------- Used to copy the entire menu that is currently loaded to another menu name. ---- Shell to DOS --- CTRL-O ~~~~~~ Menu Master Shell Active. Type EXIT to Return. The IBM Personal Computer DOS Version 3.30 (C)Copyright International Business Machines Corp 1981, 1987 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981, 1986 [Menu Master v1.20 Shell] C:\MM> Not much to say here. This option allows you to shell to DOS, check on a few things, etc. Remember to type EXIT to return to Menu Master(tm). MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 10 --- Settings --- ALT-S ~~~~~ -----Simulate Settings------ | ANSI Mode * F1 - On | | Data Mode * F2 - Off | | Line Numbers * F3 - On | | Ctrl-A * F4 - Off | | Wrap Lines * F5 - Off | |--------------------------| | Sec/Flags * F6 | ---------------------------- This just pulls up another menu which shows you what keys control what you see but you also see this at all times on the status line. --- Add --- ALT-A ~~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Editing Entry #: 9 | |123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345| |········································································ | | | |Optional Data: | |········································································ | | | |Menu Type---=>0· | |Security----=>5···· -----------------------Keys In Use---------------------| |Key---------=>? |??SRE?MA || |ForeGround--=>15 -------------------------------------------------------| |BackGround--=>0· | |A Flags-----=>-------- =====================Shift-FKeys=================== | |B Flags-----=>-------- | F1-┌ F2-┐ F3-└ F4-┘ F5-─ F6-│ F7-├ F8-┤ F9-┴ F10┬ | |C Flags-----=>-------- | (Use ALT-FKeys To Change Charset) | |D Flags-----=>-------- =================================================== | | | | [F1] to Finish and Save Changes | | [ESC] To Abort Changes To This Entry | | [HOME]-Beginning of Line, [END]-End of Line, [INS]-Toggle Insert Mode | | [F2]-Center Display Line, [F10]-Menu Type Help | | | ---------String To Appear On Menu, ^String^ Makes String HighLighted--------- This brings up the heart of Menu Master (tm) which allows you to edit everything in a menu. Here you can change prompts, colors, displayed strings etc. Once you used this a little bit, you will master this in no time at all. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 11 --- Delete --- ALT-D ~~~~~ -------------------------- | Delete Start Entry:1· | | Delete Ending Entry:1· | -------------------------- If you wish to delete parts of a loaded menu, then use this feature and you can delete one entry or all of them so be careful when using this feature. --- Insert --- ALT-I ~~~~~ ----------------------------- |Insert Before What Entry?1·| ----------------------------- This allows you to add entries to a loaded menu, just tell it where to load it and you will then be put into the editing screen to add the needed information like below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Editing Entry #: 1 | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | |123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345 | |··········································································· | | | |Optional Data: | |··········································································· | | | |Menu Type---=>0· | |Security----=>5···· -----------------------Keys In Use----------------------| |Key---------=>? |??SRE?MA || |ForeGround--=>7· --------------------------------------------------------| |BackGround--=>0· | |A Flags-----=>-------- =====================Shift-FKeys=====================| |B Flags-----=>-------- | F1-┌ F2-┐ F3-└ F4-┘ F5-─ F6-│ F7-├ F8-┤ F9-┴ F10┬ || |C Flags-----=>-------- | (Use ALT-FKeys To Change Charset) || |D Flags-----=>-------- =====================================================| | | | [F1] to Finish and Save Changes | | [ESC] To Abort Changes To This Entry | | [HOME]-Beginning of Line, [END]-End of Line, [INS]-Toggle Insert Mode | | [F2]-Center Display Line, [F10]-Menu Type Help | | | ---------String To Appear On Menu, ^String^ Makes String HighLighted---------- MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 12 ---Editing Entries--- ALT-E ~~~~~ ===================== |Edit Which Entry?1·| ===================== You will then be presented with the editing screen. This much like the one used before so the commands should be easy to remember. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Editing Entry #: 1 | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | |123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345| |=> Utility Area <=························································ | | | |Optional Data: | |·········································································· | | | |Menu Type---=>0· | |Security----=>1···· -----------------------Keys In Use---------------------| |Key---------=>? |??CEPLSTGV?M || |ForeGround--=>7· -------------------------------------------------------| |BackGround--=>0· | |A Flags-----=>-------- =====================Shift-FKeys====================| |B Flags-----=>-------- | F1-┌ F2-┐ F3-└ F4-┘ F5-─ F6-│ F7-├ F8-┤ F9-┴ F10┬|| |C Flags-----=>-------- | (Use ALT-FKeys To Change Charset) || |D Flags-----=>-------- ====================================================| | | | [F1] to Finish and Save Changes | | [ESC] To Abort Changes To This Entry | | [HOME]-Beginning of Line, [END]-End of Line, [INS]-Toggle Insert Mode | | [F2]-Center Display Line, [F10]-Menu Type Help | | | ---------String To Appear On Menu, ^String^ Makes String HighLighted--------- Editing entries works just the same as 'menuedit'with a few exceptions. At any time you can hit the F10 key to get pop-up help with menu types. You can cursor or mouse down to the menu type that you want and the appropriate number will be placed in the menu type field. You can put special characters in your display text using the SHIFT-Fkeys. Change the current ASCII set used with the ALT-FKeys. The ASCII sets used are identical to those used in Thedraw. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 13 The keys in use are always shown so you don't put the same key in twice. You can enter any number for the menu colors, however, unpredictable results will occur if you use values outside of 0-15 for Foreground and 0-7 for background. Black ... 0 DarkGray ..... 8 Blue .... 1 LightBlue .... 9 Green ... 2 LightGreen ... 10 Cyan .... 3 LightCyan .... 11 Red ..... 4 LightRed ..... 12 Magenta . 5 Yellow ....... 14 Brown ... 6 White ........ 15 LightGray 7 Blink ........ 128 You can save the entry with either F1 or the <END> key. <ESC> takes you out without saving the current changes. --- List --- ALT-L ~~~~~ -------------------- |List To Printer? N| -------------------- You will be prompted for this list to go to the printer, if you answer no, it will be displayed to the screen. 1 Str:[M]essage Section Menu Type:1 Sec:5 Key:M ForGround:7 BackGround: 0 DATA:msgareas FLAGS> A:X------- B:-------- C:-------- D:-------- 2 Str:[O]nline Games Menu Type:1 Sec:5 Key:O ForGround:7 BackGround: 0 DATA:Merchant FLAGS> A:X------- B:-------- C:-------- D:-------- 3 Str:[L]ogoff BBS Menu Type:1 Sec:1 Key:L ForGround:7 BackGround: 0 DATA:Goodbye FLAGS> A:-------- B:-------- C:-------- D:-------- 4 Str:[P]age Sysop Menu Type:11 Sec:5 Key:P ForGround:7 BackGround: 0 DATA:Paging the Sysop Now... FLAGS> A:X------- B:-------- C:-------- D:-------- Press Any Key To Continue or ESC to Stop... MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 14 --- Global Changes --- ALT-G ~~~~~ You will be prompted for the type of data to globally change. Use the cursor keys to select the type. (Note: ESC gets you out of just about anything in MM) You will be prompted for the search data and then the data to replace it with. Then you will select the menu(s) in which to make the changes. The spacebar toggles the menus to change. There are lots of on-screen instructions so just play with it to get the hang of it. --- Copy Menu --- ALT-C ~~~~~ ----------------------------------------- | Copy Range Start Entry:1· | | Copy Range Ending Entry:1· | | Copy Range Before What Entry:1· | | Delete Source Entries?Y | ----------------------------------------| This allows you to copy sections of a menu and move them to another part of the menu and either delete the old parts or just copy. --- Make Menu --- ALT-M ~~~~~ This is a VERY powerful command. You can make all your message board and file area menus with just a few keystrokes using the menu creator this is more for QuickBBS and SuperBBS than RemoteAccess since QuickBBS thru 2.64 and SuperBBS thru 1.04 do not support menu templates. If you run RemoteAccess you can still use this but you would be better off to read the documentation that comes with RemoteAccess and using the editor in Menu Master, create and test with Menu Master. Upon entering the creator you will be asked if you want to make <M>essage or <F>ile menus. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 15 No matter which one you chose, you will be asked the name of a 'source menu'. This is a special menu that you must make. All menus that are made during this run will be based on this source menu. The source menu should look just like any other menu with a few exceptions. If this is a message area source menu, do not put any board numbers in the data fields for types 23 through 27. Menu Master will put the correct data in these fields. If you do put something there, Menu Master will ignore the entry and leave it the same in each menu it makes. If its a file area source menu, do not put any data for types 29 through 34. Menu Master will fill in the correct path for each menu it makes. You may want the same path on a certain command. For instance the <U>pload command. You want all uploads to go to a certain directory. Just fill in the path for this command in the data field and Menu Master will not change it for each menu it makes. On the text line of a menu entry you can put a (ASCII 1) character and the maker will put the area name in place of it in each menu it makes. You can also put the in the prompt of the source menu. Example: Message Area Would turn out to be: Hard Drives Message Area if you happened to have included that message area in your creation run. If you place a '|' character as the LAST character in the display text of the source menu,the maker will automatically center the display line. During the make run, 'Menu Master' goes through each area you have selected to create, It looks at each entry in the source menu and checks to see if it needs to have some special information added to the data field. It also checks the display text for the special control-a and pipe character. If it finds an entry in the source menu that needs some special data, it inserts it. IE: if you were making message menus and it found a type 27 (post message) entry AND you left the data space blank for that entry, it would insert the proper message board number in the data field. Now you are probably wondering, How does it know what information to put in each menu? For message menus, it gets the information from Config files. After typing in your source menu name, it reads the config and presents you with a selection screen where all your message areas are listed. If a board has a checkmark next to it, it will be created on this run. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 16 Toggle the boards with the spacebar. When you have chosen all the boards that you want to create hit ENTER. Each menu will be simulated as it is made. Menu Master will put the board name as defined in the config files everywhere you put a in the source menu and the board number in the data field everywhere it finds a type 23-27 command in the source menu. It will NOT put the board number in the data field of an entry if you already have something there. You might want the option <L>eave Feedback on each message menu. That is a type 27 (post message). In your source menu you could enter the appropriate board number in the data field of that entry along with /T=Your_Name and Menu Master will not change it in each menu it makes. Menu Master will name each message menu it makes MESSxxx Where xxx is the board # defined in config.bbs for QuickBBS/SuperBBS or Messages.RA for RemoteAccess. The menu it makes for board 4 would be called MESS4.MNU. For file menus Menu Master gets the information from a control file for QuickBBS and a binary file for RemoteAccess/SuperBBS. For QuickBBS, each line of the control file should have the following format. QuickBBS uses: <path> <sec> <AreaName> You can use your FLSEARCH.CTL file for the control file for QuickBBS only. After specifying the control file name, you will be presented with a selection screen similar to the message area one. Menu Master will put the AreaName as defined in the control file everywhere it finds a in the source menu display text and the appropriate path everywhere it finds a type 29-34. It will save the menu with the name FILExxx where xxx is the line number in the control file. Up to 200 file area menus can be defined in one control file. This should help those with CD-ROM drives make their menus quickly. Some sample source menus are enclosed. I know this sounds complicated but once you play with it a little, there is nothing to it. Experimentation is the key to success with the Make option. After a little experimentation you'll get the idea of how powerful this feature is. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 17 --- Highlight --- ALT-H ~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | HighLight ForeGround Color:7· HighLight BackGround Color:0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you use the ^ in your menus this command controls what color you see. The supported BBS systems currently use this to "highlight" text in the menus. An Example would be "^~^ Minutes Remaining" would highlight the ~ (time left to user) in the color picked by the Alt-H command. This information will be saved (if you choose)in Record[0] of the menu record in the Type and Sec area. --- Prompt --- ALT-P ~~~~~ 1: => Utility Area <= =========================================================================== | Prompt String:Command: ················································ | | | =========================================================================== This feature allows you to change what the user will be shown while waiting for a command to be typed. This can be almost any type of string so you can play around with it and change it as much as you like! --- Quit --- ALT-X ~~~~~ Only if Menu Master "thinks" a menu has been changed will it prompt you to save it before exiting, otherwise just exits back to DOS. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 18 Menutype.Lst: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Added option for new menu options to be added to the bbs and supported with a file called 'MENUTYPE.LST'. This file can be edited by any text editor. As shown below the each line contains three pieces of informa- tion. a) menu option number, b)what the command does*, and c) optional data information. This option is good up to 255 menu options. 98 Show_Whos_Online 99 Display_All_Errors C:\Majik\ERRORS.LOG 100 Online_User_Editor *The Description must be entered with no spaces ! Use the '_' key to fill in any spaces that are needed. Revision Notes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is added comments on the know items that have been fixed or improved as reported by users and registered owners: o Better menu Templeting o SupperBBS vs 1.05 support and help files added. o Majik Board vs 1.01 /b12 support and help files added. o Increased Menu Speed about 200% o Reduced the UnRegistered screen to one line. o Increased I/O checking of Menu Master vs 1.20 should run from any directory as long as Menu Master can find the 'Key' and 'Config' in the Current Directory that you are attempting to load it from. o Added new Menu option file, good for keeping up with the Changes without downloading new versions every time. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 19 Future Revisions: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a list of know areas that are still in need of Minor improvements. Menu Master vs 2.0 will be a completely new Package. The entire source code will be changed, improved routines added. So If you can find something else that is not listed below please let me know. 1) Needs better external help support Answer: in the works. 2) Better mouse support Answer: will take place when I rewrite Menu Master with objects. 3) Better password's support on type 1,2,4 menus. Answer: This I will work better on next! Thanks! ~~~~~~~ I would like to give Peter Kling a nice "Thank You" for taking the time with cleaning up the documentation and most of all, helping to test MM out to make sure it worked well enough to release. Also to the beta testers who provided me with bug reports and suggestions to make Menu Master better. To you I say "THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!" Documentation Package: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Documentation & Graphic package is provided by Peter Kling, Computer Group,Ltd. Computer Group,Ltd is located at Po box 8453 Albany, New York 12208. FidoNet address 1:267/169.0 & 1:267/269.0 Printed copies of this documentation is available for $5.00 + Shipping from Computer Group,Ltd. Source Code: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source code is not available this time but maybe in the near future. If you are interested in purchasing the rights/ownership of Menu Master, please contact me below with your offer. MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 20 Copyright Notices: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Menu Master(tm) is copyrighted by Dale Barnes, Majik Micro Systems. Menu Master Documentation is copyrighted by Peter Kling. Majik Board(tm) is copyrighted by Dale Barnes, Jim Perry. QuickBBS(tm) is copyrighted by Ultimate Software Technologies, Inc. RemoteAccess(tm) is copyrighted by Continental Software, Ltd. EBBS(tm) is copyrighted by Tony Hsieh. TBBS(tm) is copyrighted by eSoft, Inc. SideKick(tm), Turbo Pascal are copyrighted by Borland Int'l. SuperBBS(tm) is copyrighted by Risto Virkkala and Aki Antman. The End! ~~~~~~~~ That is it for the docs. Everything else if self explanatory. Have fun! Thank you for using Menu Master. Please remember to register! Dale Barnes PO Box 230203 Montgomery, AL 36123-0203 Data 205-277-3437 FidoNet (1:375/11.0) MENU MASTER DOCUMENTATION : PAGE 21