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------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor is the system function that will assist you in harnessing the power of SYSTEM MASTER. It will allow you to build the ultimate power base for your computing needs thru a multitude of editing features & shortcuts built into the Command Editor. 4.1 Accessing the Command Editor The SYSTEM MASTER Security system is distributed inactive. If the Security System has been activated from the configuration menu, continue by reading the following: To access the Command Editor, you MUST Log onto SYSTEM MASTER by pressing the F4 key and entering your system password. After 'Logging' on to SYSTEM MASTER, you will be able to access the Command Editor by pressing the F2 key. Since the Command Editor is protected by access-level checks failure to LogOn, or modify the 'minimum access level system variable will cause SYSTEM MASTER to reject your request to access the editor. (See section 5 for Security Access Level discussion) (See section 8 for System Variable modifications) 4.2 The Command Editor and the Keyboard When you are inside the Command Editor you will have access to various 'special' keys that were implemented to make command editing easier and quicker. LeftArrow RightArrow Home End Del Tab F8 BackSpace 4.2.1 LeftArrow The LeftArrow key, if the current cursor position is greater than position 1 of the current input field, moves the cursor to the left 1 position. 4.2.2 RightArrow The RightArrow key, if the current cursor position Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- is less than the length of the current input field moves the cursor to the right 1 position. 4.2.3 Home The Home key moves the cursor to position 1 of the input field. 4.2.4 End The End key moves the cursor to 1 position past the end of the currently displayed character string. 4.2.5 Del The Del key deletes the character at the cursor position and slides the balance of the string to the right of the cursor to the left 1 position to take the place of the deleted character. 4.2.6 Tab The Tab key, if the current cursor position is less than the length of the current input field moves the cursor to the right 5 positions. 4.2.7 F8 The F8 key, is used while editing field data to clear text from the cursor position to the end of the current line. 4.2.8 BackSpace The BackSpace key, is used to delete the character to the left of the cursor. All characters under and to the right of the cursor are shifted left 1 space. 4.3 ADDing a menu option to SYSTEM MASTER To ADD a menu option, we mean ADD a completely new menu option to the shell. To ADD a menu option, you must first find the place within the shell you want the menu option to be displayed. The location can be virtually anywhere within the shell with 1 exception. To allow the menu boxes to expand dynamically as options are added, the ADD command appends new options to the end of an existing menu box, or creates Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- a new menu box if the menu box does not yet exist. So, to ADD a menu option to SYSTEM MASTER, you only need to locate a menu level, a menu and a menu box for the definition to be located in. After a menu location has been selected and the selection bar has been located within that menu box, or on the menu pad where a new box will be placed, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Add Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once, and an editing box will appear. Go to sub-section 4.14 for further information. 4.4 EDITing a menu option in SYSTEM MASTER To EDIT a menu option, we mean EDIT an existing menu option in the shell. To EDIT a menu option, you must first find the location of the menu option to be edited and place the selection bar on that menu option. After the menu option to be edited has been located and the selection bar has been located on that menu option, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Edit Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once, and an editing box will appear. Go to sub-section 4.14 for further information. 4.5 INSERTing a menu option into SYSTEM MASTER To INSERT a menu option, we mean INSERT a new menu option into a specific location within a menu box. To INSERT a menu option, you must first find the place within the shell you want the menu option to be displayed. The location can be virtually anywhere within the shell with 1 exception. Since the menu boxes expand dynamically, you can INSERT a menu option only within a previously defined menu box. After the menu option to be inserted has been located and the selection bar has been located on that menu option, you need to press the 'F2' key. Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Insert Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the INSERT option is selected, the menu box is enlarged by 1 line and the option at the current location, as well as any options below that one on the menu box, are shifted down 1 line, and an editing box will appear. Go to sub-section 4.14 for further information. 4.6 DELETEing a menu option from SYSTEM MASTER To DELETE a menu option, we mean DELETE a menu option from the from the shell without writing its contents to the option buffer. To DELETE a menu option, you must first locate the option you wish to delete from the shell and place the selection bar over it. After the menu option to be deleted has been located and the selection bar has been located on that menu option, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Delete Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the DELETE option is selected, the menu option is immediately deleted and all options below the deleted option are shifted up one line and the menu box is made 1 line smaller. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.7 CUTting a menu option from SYSTEM MASTER To CUT a menu option, we mean CUT a menu option from the shell and save contents to the option buffer. To CUT a menu option, you must first locate the option you wish to cut from the shell and place the selection bar over it. After the menu option to be cut has been located and the selection bar has been located on that menu option, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Cut Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the CUT option is selected, the menu option is immediately deleted Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- and all options below the deleted option are shifted up one line and the menu box is made 1 line smaller. The contents of the menu option are written to the option buffer and made available for 'PASTING'. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.8 COPYing a menu option in SYSTEM MASTER To COPY a menu option, we mean COPY the contents of a menu option from the shell and save contents to the option buffer. To COPY a menu option, you must first locate the option you wish to cut from the shell and place the selection bar over it. After the menu option to be copied has been located and the selection bar has been located on that menu option, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Copy Menu Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the COPY option is selected, the contents of menu option are copied to the option buffer with out any screen updates taking place. The contents of the menu option are written to the option buffer and made available for 'PASTING'. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.9 PASTEing a menu option into SYSTEM MASTER To PASTE a menu option, we mean PASTE the contents of the option buffer into the shell. To PASTE a menu option, you must first find the place within the shell you want the menu option to be displayed. The location can be virtually anywhere within the shell with 1 exception. The paste menu item option, when utilized, places the Pasted item at the cursor location, and pushes the current item at the cursor plus all other items below it in the menu down 1 line. Therefore, you can not paste an item to the end of a menu box listing. After the menu option to be inserted has been located and the selection bar has been located at that location, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Paste Menu Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the PASTE option is selected, the menu box is enlarged by 1 line and the option at the current location, as well as any options below that one in the menu box, are shifted down 1 line. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.10 DELETEing a menu box from SYSTEM MASTER To DELETE a menu box, we mean DELETE all menu options within a menu box from the shell without writing their contents to the menubox buffer. To DELETE a menu box, you must first locate the menu box you wish to delete from the shell and place the selection bar anywhere within it. After the menu box to be deleted has been located and the selection bar has been located in that menu box, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Delete Menu Box' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the DELETE option is selected, the menu box and all related menu options are immediately deleted from the shell. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.11 CUTting a menu box from SYSTEM MASTER To CUT a menu box, we mean CUT all menu options within a menu box from the shell and write them to the menubox buffer. To CUT a menu box, you must first locate the menu box you wish to cut from the shell and place the selection bar anywhere within it. After the menu box to be cut has been located and the selection bar has been located in that menu box, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Cut Menu Box' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the CUT option is selected, the menu box and all related menu Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- options are immediately deleted from the shell and are written to the menubox buffer for 'PASTEing'. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.12 COPYing a menu box in SYSTEM MASTER To COPY a menu box, we mean COPY all menu options of a menu box from the shell and save them to the menubox buffer. To COPY a menu box, you must first locate the menu box you wish to copy in the shell and place the selection bar anywhere with that menu box. After the menu box to be copied has been located and the selection bar has been located in that menu box, you need to press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Copy Menu Box' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the COPY option is selected, the contents of the menu box and all related menu options are immediately copied into the menubox buffer for 'PASTEing'. No field editing is involved with this option. 4.13 PASTEing a menu box into SYSTEM MASTER To PASTE a menu option, we mean PASTE the contents of the menubox buffer into the shell. To PASTE a menu box, you must first find the place within the shell you want the menu option to be pasted. The location can be anywhere within the shell. After the selection bar has been placed on the menu pad that the menu box will be pasted, press the 'F2' key. You now have a list of 11 editing options from which to choose. Move the selection bar so that the 'Paste Menu Box' line is hilited, and either press the <ENTER> key or click the left mouse button once. When the PASTE option is selected, the contents of the menubox buffer are copied to the menu location targeted. NOTE: if a menu box already appears at the paste location, it will be overwritten by the pasted menu box. No field editing is involved with this option. Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.14 Command Editor Input Fields: Menu Title Input Field Button Text Input Field Pad Text Input Field Option Text Input Field Informative Text Input Field SecurityLevel Input Field AccessCode Input Field Command Input Section (19 Input Fields) 4.14.1 Menu Title Input Field The Menu Title Input Field, is the Title you see displayed at the top of the SYSTEM MASTER screen. If there is a value displayed next to the input prompt, you will probably wish to leave it alone for the following reason. The 'Menu Title' as displayed here can be edited from any of the 96 possible menu options within any given menu. Changing the Menu Title for 1 option changes it for all of the options within the current menu. The Menu Title field is 51 characters long. To leave the value as is, just press the <ENTER> key. 4.14.2 Button Text Input Field The Button Text Input Field, is an abbreviated 'Menu Title' which appears in the menu selection area that you see when you press the F10 key while in MENU mode. If there is a value displayed next to the input prompt, you will probably wish to leave it alone for the following reason. The 'Menu Title' as displayed here can be edited from any of the 96 possible menu options within any given menu. Changing the Button Text for 1 option changes it for all of the options within the current menu. The Button Text field is 12 characters long. To leave the value as is, just press the <ENTER> key. 4.14.3 Pad Text Input Field The Pad Text Input Field, is the 'Menu Box Title' which appears at the top of each menu box position on SYSTEM MASTER screen. Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there is a value displayed next to the input prompt, you will probably wish to leave it alone for the following reason. The 'Menu Box Title' as displayed here can be edited from any of the 16 possible menu options within the given menu box. Changing the Pad Text for 1 option changes it for all of the options within the current menu box. The Pad Text field is 10 characters long. To leave the value as is, just press the <ENTER> key. 4.14.4 OptionText Input Field The OptionText Input Field, is the text that will appear in the displayed menu box. When Adding a Menu Option, there will be no value displayed. If EDITing, the current option text string will be displayed for modification. If this field is left blank, SYSTEM MASTER displays what appears to be an empty option, although it is a valid option and any command instructions will be processed as usual. The OptionText field is 24 characters long. To leave the value as is, just press the <ENTER> key. 4.14.5 Informative Text Input Field The Informative Text input field is the message that is displayed on line 23 of your monitor when the hilite bar passes over the corresponding menu option. The Informative Text message allows you to attach a little longer description of the function of the menu option. The Informative Text input field is optional and can be skipped by pressing the <ENTER> key at the empty prompt. The Informative Text field is 60 characters long. 4.14.6 SecurityLevel Input Field The SecurityLevel input field is the minimum Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4- 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- access level required of any user to access this menu option. If the current user has an access level equal to or greater than the value input at this input prompt, access to the option will be granted. If the current user does not have an access level greater than or equal to the 'SecurityLevel' field access to the option will be denied. The input SecurityLevel must be within the range of 0..99. 4.14.7 AccessCode Input Field In addition to the SecurityLevel field, which is checked against the access level of the current user, the AccessCode, if assigned, adds a bit more security to a menu option by requiring the user to input an AccessCode at run-time that MUST match this value exactly, or access will be denied. The AccessCode checks NOT are case sensitive so any combination of upper & lower case characters may be entered within this field during input or access. The AccessCode input field is optional and can be skipped by pressing the <ENTER> key at the empty prompt. If this value is skipped, no access code inquiry will be executed when the menu option is selected. The AccessCode field is 6 characters long. 4.14.8 Command Input Section (19 Input Fields) When you enter the Command Input Section of the Command Editor, a second input window is displayed, and you are prompted to input command descriptions. The displayed window has 19 input positions (fields) which are available for command input descriptions. You will need to refer to sections 5, 6 & 7 for actual DOS, Batch and SYSTEM MASTER commands appropriate to this area of the menu description. When the Command Input Section Window is displayed a whole new set of editing features becomes Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- available to you. Along the bottom of the display are 7 command editor 'special' keys. F2 Insert F3 Delete F4 Cut F5 Copy F6 Paste F8 Clear EOL F10 Select 4.14.8.1 F2 Insert The F2 keys tells the Command editor to insert a blank line at the cursor for the insertion of a command. 4.14.8.2 F3 Delete The F3 key tells the Command Editor to delete the command at the cursor and move the remaining commands up one position. 4.14.8.3 F4 Cut The F4 key tells the Command Editor to delete the command at the cursor, but retain its contents in a buffer, and move the remaining commands up one position. 4.14.8.4 F5 Copy The F5 key tells the Command editor to copy the command at the cursor into the command buffer for future paste operation 4.14.8.5 F6 Paste The F6 key tells the Command Editor to insert the contents of the command buffer at the current command line. The command at the current command line, as well as all suceeding commands are moved down 1 command line. 4.14.8.6 F8 Clear EOL The F8 key, when pressed, clears all charac- ters from the cursor location to the end of the current line. Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4-11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.14.8.7 F10 Select The F10 key invokes another extra special SYSTEM MASTER feature... The Command Selection Assist Section. The 'Selection Assist' allows you to select, from dynamic menus, virtually all of the items that can be written into a SYSTEM MASTER command set. There are 8 Select Options available thru the Selection Assist menu: 4.14.8.6.1 Select Drive The Select Drive Assist provides you with a list of disk drive letters from which to make a selection. When a drive has been selected the corresponding text string is written to the input command line. 4.14.8.6.2 Select Path The Select Path Assist provides you with a list of valid path names that correspond to the drive selected in the 'Select Drive' Assist option. The innitial drive used is C: and is the current drive until the 'Select Drive' assist is selected. 4.14.8.6.3 Select Program The Select Program Assist provides you with a list of disk files which are executable. (.EXE .COM .BAT). The Select Drive and Select Path options determine which files are displayed within the selection window. 4.14.8.6.4 Select File The Select File Assist provides you with a list of valid disk files. The list of displayed files includes all files within the specified direc- tory except System files, volume labels and directories. Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4 SYSTEM MASTER Command Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.14.8.6.5 Select SYSTEM MASTER command The Select SM command Assist displays a list of valid SYSTEM MASTER com- mands that may be selected from the menu and put into the command input work area. 4.14.8.6.6 Select DOS command The Select DOS Command Assist dis- plays a list of DOS commands that are valid with version 3.3 DOS. These commands can be selected from the menu and inserted directly into the command input work area. 4.14.8.6.7 Select Batch Command The Select Batch Command Assist dis- plays a list of Batch commands that are valid with version 3.3 DOS. These commands can be selected from the menu and inserted directly into the command input work area. 4.14.8.6.8 Select Menu Cell The Select Menu Cell Option is not yet installed in this version of SYSTEM MASTER. When available it will allow you to move around the SYSTEM MASTER shell to select the command parameter required for the SYSTEM MASTER 'I', 'J', 'L', & 'X' commands (i.e. 011101). Release Date: 21 January, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Master 3.2 Page 4-13