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You are granted the right to reproduce, distribute and use copies of RWMenu, on the express condition that you do not receive any payment, commercial benefit, other consideration for such reproduction or distribution, or change this license agreement or copyright notice. The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to modify the product or its components, are reserved exclusively by Robert Wilson. Limitations: You may make and keep ONE back-up copy of RWMenu for your personal use, provided that you copy all the copyright trademark, and other information indicated on the initial screen display onto your backup diskette label, and you have registered. Also you may distribute copies to other persons, but solely for their evaluation and solely for evaluation by such other persons during a thirty day period. RWMenu must NOT be sold or otherwise provided as part of a larger system, or as part of a more inclusive product or service, without express written consent and licensing from Robert Wilson. To register your copy of RWMenu please send your name, mailing address, telephone number, version number, and a check or money order for the amount of $37.00 to: Robert Wilson, P.O. Box 3126, San Bernardino, CA 92413. When you register your copy you will receive the newest version of RWMenu when it is available. RWMenu, BMF, MCF, and MNU are trademarks of Robert Wilson. 1 Order Form ---------- (Quantity:________) X (Price: $37.00) = $________________ First Name: ________________________________________________ Last Name: ________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Telephone number:____________________________ Version Number: _____________________________ Comments: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ************************************************************* Mail to: Robert Wilson P.O. Box 3126 San Bernardino, CA 92413 ************************************************************* 2 Files that you should have -------------------------- Your copy of RWMenu should have the following files. o RWMENU2.EXE o RWMENU.EXE o RWMENU.MCF o RWMENU.DOC o RWMENU.MNU o PRINTER.MNU o COPY.MNU o RWMENU.BMF o RW.BAT o M.BAT RWMENU2.EXE is the 80286 and above version of RWMenu. RWMENU.EXE is the 80286 and under version. RWMENU.MCF is a Menu Configuration File that holds some necessary configuration information. RWMENU.DOC is this file that you are reading now. RWMENU.MNU, PRINTER.MNU, and COPY.MNU are sample MNU files that you can edit to fit your own needs without having to start from scratch (See MNU File Commands). RWMENU.BMF is a file that may or may not be with your copy of RWMenu. This is a file that RWMenu creates when you enter a blackout message. RW.BAT is another file that RWMenu creates. This is the batch file that is run when you select a menu option. M.BAT is a sample batch file that will run RWMenu. 3 How to install RWMenu (Short Version) ------------------------------------- To install RWMenu to your hard drive you need to do the following. First make a directory on your hard drive to put RWMenu into. I recommend that you make a directory named 'RWMENU' or 'MENU'. The next thing you need to do is to copy all of the RWMenu files into the newly created directory. The last thing that you need to do is to create an MNU file that will contain the options that you are going to want to run. I recommend that you just edit the sample MNU file that is included with RWMenu. How to install RWMenu (Long Version) ------------------------------------ o Step 1: The first thing you will need to do is to make a directory on your hard drive to put RWMenu into. Lets say that you want to put RWMenu onto your C drive into a directory called MENU. First you would type 'C:<ENTER>', this will make sure you are on drive C. Then you would type 'CD\<ENTER>', this will put you into the root directory of your hard disk. Now to actually create the directory called menu you need to type 'MD MENU<ENTER>'. You now have a directory on your C drive called MENU. o Step 2: You must now copy all of the files from the RWMenu diskette to the directory you just created in step 1. There are many ways this can be done. Assuming that you want to copy the files from floppy drive A to the MENU directory here is what you would need to do. First type 'CD\MENU<ENTER>' ; this will put you into the directory we created in step 1. Next you would type 'COPY A:\*.*<ENTER>' ; this will copy all the files from the floppy drive A to the MENU directory. Another way you can do it is to type 'COPY A:\*.* C:\MENU<ENTER>' ; if you choose to do it this way then you do not have to type the change directory command. o Step 3: You should now have all of the files copied to a directory on you hard drive. The last thing you need to do is to create an MNU file. To do this you will need to look over the MNU File Commands section and have it handy when you start creating an MNU file. When you create your first MNU file I highly recommend that you just edit the sample MNU file (RWMENU.MNU). When you want to create sub menus I suggest you copy RWMENU.MNU to the name of the new MNU file and just edit it again. 4 Special keys within RWMenu -------------------------- While RWMenu is running you can press the following keys. o F1 -- Brings up the help screen. o Alt-M -- Enter a message to display on the blackout screen. o Alt-I -- Display the licensing information. o Alt-A -- Add a new menu option. o Alt-B -- Change the blackout minutes. o Alt-D -- Erase a menu option. o Alt-N -- Change from letters to numbers or vice versa. (A-I <=-*-=> 1-9) o Ctrl-E -- Erase the menu and goto the blackout screen. If you use the DOS append command you must be sure it is off in order for the Alt-A option to work properly. To turn it off you have to type 'APPEND;'. What's inside RWMENU.MCF ------------------------ The RWMENU.MCF file holds how many minutes before the screen will blackout ,how many hard drives your system has, whether to display letters or numbers for the menu options, and what to do with Num Lock. The blackout minutes can range from 00 to 99. Here is a sample RWMENU.MCF file. --------------------------------- 10 -- Blackout time (in minutes) 01 -- Total number of hard drives 90 -- Display numbers (0 for no, 1 or more for yes) 00 -- 00 = Num Lock off, 01 = Num Lock on, > 01 don't do anything. Note: RWMenu is only concerned with the first two characters on the line and ignores everything else. 5 Color Chart ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Background Foreground Color No Blink Blink Dark Light ------------------------------------------------------------ Black 0 8 0 8 Blue 1 9 1 9 Green 2 A 2 A Cyan 3 B 3 B Red 4 C 4 C Magenta 5 D 5 D Yellow 6 E 6 E White 7 F 7 F ------------------------------------------------------------ To use this chart simply take a number (or letter) from both columns (Background & Foreground) and put them together to make one hexadecimal number. For example if you wanted to make the menu title color as White on Black the hex number you would put in the MNU file would be 07 or 0f. If you wanted the menu title to blink then the number could be 87 or 8f. 6 MNU File Commands ----------------- , - Comment The comment option allows you to put comments into your MNU files. The comma command in RWMenu is just like the REM command in batch files. You can place anything you want to after the comma. Example: :Multiplan ,Turn the echo off \echo off ,Clear the screen \cls . . . ~ - Page Title A title must be defined for each individual menu page. This title will be displayed as the first line of text on the menu. The title will also be centered automatically. In each MNU file the user can define up to nine individual pages. Example: ~Main Menu :Multiplan \echo off \cls . . . : - Menu Selection This is the actual menu item displayed for the user to choose from. There is a limit of nine different options to each of the nine individual menu pages in any one MNU file. Example: :Lotus 123 \echo off \cls . . . 7 ? - Custom User Prompt This option can be used to provide additional help to the user when they have a certain option highlighted. The text (up to 70 characters) that follows the '?' will be displayed on the bottom of the screen and will automatically be centered. It has to come right after the ': - Menu Selection' or right after the '@ - Timed Execution'. Example: :Multiplan ?Run Multiplan \echo off \cls . . . > - Load an Alternate MNU file This option will cause the text that follows to be treated as the name of another MNU file. When the user selects a selection with this listed under it, RWMenu will read the new MNU and change the menu display accordingly to show the options in the new MNU file. The MNU filename can be any valid DOS filename and can include a drive name and path. Example: :Printer Control Menu ?Control the printer >printer.mnu . . . \ - Batch DOS Commands This function defines a DOS command to be executed in a DOS batch file. There is no limit to the number of commands that can be defined under each menu selection. RWMenu will create a batch file containing the lines marked with this option. If you want RWMenu to come back up when the batch file is done with then be sure the last line of your BAT file runs RWMenu. Example: :Quattro Pro ?Run Quattro Pro 2.0 \echo off \cls 8 . . . @ - Timed Execution This function allows you to run a menu selection that does not require interaction from the user. It must be placed right under the Menu Selection (the ':') in the MNU file. The format for using the @ function is @D-HH:MM:SS, where D is the day of the week, HH is the hour in 24 hour format, MM is the minute, and SS is the seconds. The day is a number between 0 and 7. Where 0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday, etc... Enter a 7 for the day when you want to run your menu option every day of the week at the specified time. Example: :Backup Drive C: @0-23:00:00 \echo off \cls . . . ] - Display Text This function will display text to the screen. To display a blank line simply do not follow the ']' with any text. Use it in combination with the '[' and '[[' functions. Please note that all of your ']', '[', and '[[' must come before the '\' option. Example: :Multiplan ?Run Multiplan ]Remember to use the proper naming convention when saving ]your files. If you don't we may never find it again. ]Thanks for your coperation. ] ] [[Press ENTER to continue... \echo off \cls . . . [ - Dynamic Input 9 This function will display a '-=*>' prompt and wait for the user to type something. Whatever the user types can then be passed on to the BAT file as the %1, %2, ... %9 variables. Example: :Multiplan ]Enter the directory where your file(s) are. ]Include the full path. Example C:\DATA\MPFILES ] [ \echo off \cls . . . [[ - Static Input This command is just like the above only it displays a list of choices for the user to pick from. You can have up to 9 choices for the user to choose from. Example: :Multiplan ]Which directory are your file(s) in? ] [[c:\data\isf [[c:\data\cow \echo off . . . % - Password This command allows for password protection of a menu option. You can have an unlimited amount of passwords for each option. Example: :Multiplan %password %secret \echo off \cls . . . ! - End of MNU file 10 This function tells RWMenu that it has reached the end of the MNU file. It should be the very last line in your MNU file. Example: . . . !End of RWMENU.MNU 11 Format of an MNU file --------------------- MNU files are made up of two sections. The first section tells RWMenu what color things are going to be. The second section tells RWMenu what options are going to be on the menu and what to do when one of those options are chosen. Here is a sample of the first section of an MNU file. ,--------------------------------------------------------------- 01f -- BackGround Color 017 -- Selection Color 031 -- Page title color 01f -- Color of the letters (A-I) 031 -- The color of the Program Title line 070 -- The color of the highlight bar 017 -- The color of the date & time 017 -- The color of the NUM,CAPS, and SCROLL 017 -- The page message color 003 -- The static input color 010 -- ESCape to DOS value ( 0 for no, 1 or more for yes. ) ,--------------------------------------------------------------- *** Note *** The hexadecimal number must never be greater than 0FF. Here is a sample of the second section of an MNU file. ~MAIN MENU :Quattro Pro ?Run Quattro Pro Version 1.0 \echo off \cls \c: \cd\app\qpro \q \c:\app\rwmenu\m ,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ :Print Master \c: \cd\pm \pmmain \cd\app\rwmenu \m ,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ :WordPerfect \echo off \set comspec=c:\dos\command.com \cls \c: 12 \cd\data\wp \append c:\app\wp \path=c:\app\wp;c:\mouse;c:\app\menu;c:\dos \wp \c: \path=c:\dos;c:\app\menu \append ; \c:\app\rwmenu\m ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :R:BASE for DOS \echo off \path=c:\app\menu;c:\dos;c:\rbfiles \append c:\dos \cls \c: \cd\rbfiles\dbfiles \rbase \path=c:\app\menu \c:\app\rwmenu\m ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :Telix \echo off \c: \cd\app\telix \telix \c:\app\rwmenu\m ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :Harvard Graphics \echo off \cls \cd\app\harvard \hg \c: \c:\app\menu\m,bat ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :Genealogical Management System \echo off \cls \cd\paf \fr \c: \cd\app\menu \m ,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ , Exit to the DOS Prompt ,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ :Exit to C:\> \echo off \cls \set comspec=c:\dos\command.com \path=c:\;c:\app\menu;c:\app\mace;c:\dos \append c:\dos 13 \echo \echo \echo Root Directory \echo Type "M" to return to the menu \echo \echo \prompt=$e[34m$p$g$e[0m \c: \cd\ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ~Games Menu :Battle Chess \echo off \cls \c: \cd\games\chess \chess \c: \cd\menu \m ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ~More options :Exit to 1C:\> \echo off \cls \echo \echo \echo Root Directory 1 \echo Type "M" to return to the menu \echo \echo \prompt=$p$g \c: \cd\ :Exit to 2C:\> \echo off \cls \echo \echo \echo Root Directory 2 \echo Type "M" to return to the menu \echo \echo \prompt=$p$g \c: \cd\ :Timer Test Option3 \cls \cd\ \dir/w>rdir3 \cd\app\rwmenu \m 14 :Timer Option4 \cls \cd\ \echo WoW Did it really work \dir/w>rdir4 \m :Timer Option5 \cls \cd\ \dir>rdir5 \m :6 :7 \cd\ \cls \dir/w>rdir7 \m :8 @2-13:09:00 \cls \dir \echo WoW! :9 @2-13:01:01 \cd\ \echo Hello \dir/w >t9.tst \m !End of rwmenu.mnu 15 Miscellaneous Info. -------------------- RWMenu has been successfully tested on the following systems. o Data World 386 o IBM PS/2 Model 50/Z o IBM 3270 PC AT o Kaypro PC 10 RWMenu is written entirely in a computer language (You can figure out which one if you wish, but why bother). If you have a 286 machine and are getting snow from RWMenu2.EXE then you should try running the 8088 version of RWMenu. I try to test the program as well as I can but chances are good that there are several bugs that have not showed their ugly face it. So if you find any bugs please let me know so I can fix them. Thanks. 16