ProfitPress Mega CDROM2 …eeware (MSDOS)(1992)(Eng)/ProfitPress-MegaCDROM2.B6I/DESQVIEW/MISC/DVREM17B.ZIP/DVREMOTE.DOC

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    Saesoft International,           Netherlands Message Center S0073Y
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                  TRADEMARKS

    DESQview is a registered trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems
    Doorway is a registered trademark of Marshall Dudley


                  DISCLAIMER

    Use of this program  acknowledges this    disclaimer of  warranty:
    "This program  is  supplied as is. Saesoft disclaims all warran-
    ties, express  or  implied,  including,  without limitation, the
    warranties of merchantability and of fitness of this program for
    any purpose. Saesoft assumes no liability for damages  direct or
    consequential, which may result  from the use of or inability to
    use this program. Even if Saesoft has been advised of the possi-
    bility of such damages or any claim by any other party."

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    Saesoft (R) DESQview Remote Access Control - Version 1.07b
    Copyright (C) Saesoft International 1983, 1991.  All rights reserved.

    DRStat: PollMode On/Off.

    Press: 'CTRL + Enter' for DVMenu access.
           'ALT + -' for LearnMenu access.
           'ALT + [' to Close a window !
    And  : 'CTRL + BackSpaceKey' to exit.


    DvRemote,  the    ultimate way  of controlling  a remote    computer
    running DESQview and remote multitasking at the same time !


    1) Installation;
    =*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*==
    Log on to the  remote computer, start Doorway, for example  with
    the next line: "Doorway COM1 /X: /K:0 /M:32767 /O:T /V:D /C:DOS"
    and  do NOT  use the  "/U:" switch  with Doorway, start DvRemote
    and take the next 30 minutes to get used to the idea...

    Then press CTRL+Enter and you will find yourself on the DV menu,
    that is... the DV menu    on the remote end !  Don't  get confused
    now... :-)


    2) DESQview Remote Window Setup;
    =*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*==
    The window in which you run a bbs  or whatever    that answers the
    modem, must be set with the next parameters;

    Writes text directly to screen.......: [N]
    Displays graphics information........: [N]
    Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [N]

    {Press F1 for advanced options}

    Runs in background (Y,N,blank)...: [Y]

    Other settings    will result  that Doorway will NOT  show you the
    realtime screen, but the Virtualized one instead...


    3) Using DvRemote;
    =*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*==
    Defining startup keys or key combinations, the default keys are;
    DvRemote 0E7F 240A 8200 1A00, which are;
         Exit Menu Learn Close
    Use  WHATKEY.COM to determine what values to put here, note that
    you  HAVE TO ENTER ALL 4 KEY VALUES,  weather  you have  changed
    them or not, simply replace the one you have redefined...

    Note about  whatkey.com, this one will use the enhanced keyboard
    if there is one, so don't use values that don't work on a remote
    site.

    And whatever you do, DON'T CLOSE YOUR OWN REMOTE WINDOW OR BE SO
    SMART AS TO USE THE MARK OPTION INSIDE THE REMOTE WINDOW !!! :-(
    Or simply maskout the close command of DvRemote at startup like;

    DvRemote 0E7F 240A 8200 FFFF   /
         Exit Menu Learn Close Pollmode

    The idea that you're actually running dv on a remote, believe me
    it's a weird experience...

    DvRemote  has enhanced keyboard  detection  bild-in, if you have
    one it will use it.

    After starting    DvRemote, the best thing  to do  is, to hide the
    remote window before  doing anything  else, so that whatever you
    do, you will always get back to the DV menu after an exit.

    To get    out of    DvRemote, close  ALL  the windows  on the remote
    computer (unless you want it to keep running) and return  to the
    window from which you started DvRemote and press CTRL+BackSpace.

    Also be aware that you are running remote (how hard that may be)
    like using programs that are known to kludge your comport, other
    configured communication programs, or processor hogs.


    4) Weird things;
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    Doorway isn't the only program  with Door capability, as long as
    it is a  program which    maps the  realtime  display  through the
    modem, DvRemote will work as well.

    If your running at 2400bd, be patient...

    And  DO NOT  use a screen blanker  at the  remote end, those who
    don't believe me please try it...

    If  you want  to use  50 line mode,  be sure  that  the  doorway
    program  is capable of    supporting it !  and before you  can use
    other  windows    in  50 line mode,  don't  forget  to  switch the
    dvremote window into 50 line mode first !

    "Yes it's only  a 1630 bytes .com file... who ever told you that
     a program needs to be over 100k to be any good ?"


    5) ?ware;
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    DvRemote  is FreeWare, which means  that you may  use it  in any
    environment you like, but NOT for direct commercial purposes.

    DvRemote  is a    commercial product  of Saesoft International and
    may NEVER be sold, changed, modified in any way known or unknown
    NOT even with written permission from Saesoft, applying  to  the
    executable(s), documentation  and sub-related files or programs.

    If you want, you may register your use of DvRemote, by transfer-
    ring  $10 USdollars  to our  account, or an  international money
    order.


    6) Diagram;
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    |=============|            |============|
    | Remote site |======<==>======| Local site |
    |=============|            |============|

    Running DESQview,           Running a communication program
    a communication program        switched into doormode. {Alt-=}
    shelled out to Doorway,
    and DvRemote.               (may even be running DESQview...)


    7) Problems;
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    I have    noticed  some problems    which happen  with  doorway  and
    dvremote, doorway is  not passing on  the correct  scancodes, so
    dvremote will never see the correct keystrokes to gain access to
    DV, to solve this problem, start doorway  on the remote computer
    and run whatkey.com at the remote end, then press ^Enter to find
    out what the value really is, do this with the other 3 DV access
    keycombinations  and use all 4    of them when  invoking    dvremote
    like;

    DvRemote 1111 2222 3333 4444 <enter>,  only then  will    dvremote
    'see' the correct scan/key codes it needs.

    So get all  4 scan/key    codes with a whatkey.com  session inside
    doorway  on the remote site  and place them  on the startup line
    for dvremote.

    Example:

    Link to the remote computer,
    start Doorway (or whatever you use)
    start Whatkey.com
    Press Ctrl + Backspacekey    (which is exit from dvremote)
        write the value down
    start Whatkey.com
    Press Ctrl + Enter        (which is DVmenu access)
        write the value down
    start Whatkey.com
    Press Alt + -            (which is DVlearn access)
        write the value down
    start Whatkey.com
    Press Alt + [            (which is DVclose option)
        write the value down

    Then start DvRemote with these value in the above order.

    At this moment I would recommend to use; (default now)
    dvremote 0E7F 240A 8200 1A00
    which only changes the dvclose command from ctrl+[ to alt+[.


    8) History;
    =*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*==
    1.00 -> 1.02 - Key translation development.
    1.03 - Found the way to get the menu's up from any window.
    1.04 - Changed default keys to solve  a translation problem with
           doorway, added explanation (7) to doc file.
    1.05 - Added a driver which keeps track of the cursor  no matter
           which window owns it, dvremote will test for it's presen-
           ce and uses the driver cursor position info.
           Techinfo, dvremdrv  is hooked into  interrupt 0x6D, which
           is called  by the  rom-bios, it was  the only way  to get
           back below desqview  and store  the cursor position when-
           ever it is updated, I didn't want to hook into the multi-
           plex link because it slows things down to much... and i10
           isn't called anyway...  But I have no idea  if this works
           for all systems, if it doesn't on yours, try to found out
           what interrupt  is called  from your rom-bios  and let me
           know.
    1.06 - Added / option to commandline, when you type;
           "DvRemote /" DvRemote will start in pollmode, which means
           that this may  improve the cursor position  management in
           general, without the / dvremote    will stay idle and waits
           for a key to be pressed, so that the cursor management in
           combination with  dvremdrv will only activate after a key
           has been  pressed, using /  anywhere  on the  commandline
           will keep  dvremote polling  the keyboard  and thus  also
           keep  dvremote constantly  check for cursor updates, note
           that the / option  may take  a bit more    processtime then
           without...
           Added statusline  to indicate  if the driver is found and
           the pollmode (/) status.
           Added  cursor type change  support, don't know if doorway
           does anything with it, but it's in there...
    1.07 - Finally...  thanks to  Microsoft Press  for  providing me
           with the  video controller access information, the driver
           'dvremdrv' is no longer needed !
           Note: If you want to use  50 line mode, be sure that  the
           doorway program is capable of supporting it !  and before
           you can use other windows in 50 line mode,  don't  forget
           to  switch the  dvremote window into 50 line mode first !
    1.07b- Minor  enhancements, interrupts    are  no longer    disabled
           while reading data directly from the controller, DESQview
           doesn't disable them while writing so why should DvRemote