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About SM 4,Utility Menu This option brings up the about box for Smart Menu. It lists such things as the author's name, address, and phone number for technical support. To bring this up from the keyboard, press either F4 or ALT-R. About SM Screen Colors 5,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the About SM screen, which displays technical support information, version and copyright information. These colors are also used for the shareware information screen. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Activate Saver 2,Screen Saver Information This option will activate the screen saver. If a password has been entered for the screen, it will be required to return to the menu. This option can be activated by pressing F8 from anywhere in the program. Add Entries 4,Configuration Menus This option brings up an entry-information screen that allows the user to enter and revise all necessary information about the entry. This screen will be blank, ready for a new entry. New entries are added to the list, so they must be resorted, if you want to keep them sorted. Clock Option 2,Configuration Menus This option will allow you to decide if you want the clock displayed on Smart Menu's main screen. Color Selection Screen 7, When an option from the Colors menu is chosen, the screen is cleared and a box appears with all of the available colors in it. The cursor is located within the color box. Using the cursor keys and/or the mouse, you can select any of the available colors for that option. The current color for the current option is shown at the bottom of the screen. Whatever colors you select will be put into immediate effect. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Configuration 5,Utility Menu This option starts Smart Menu's configuration program. If a configuration password is defined, then it must be entered correctly before the configuration program will be run. To start Smart Menu's configuration program, using the keyboard, press either F3 or ALT-C. Configuration Entry Information Line Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the lines where information is displayed and changed in the "Entries Window". Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Configuration Entry Information Window Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the entry information dialogue box, where all of the information about each entry is entered. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Configuration Menus 9, The configuration of Smart Menu is run from a series of pulldown menus. These menus use the cursor keys and the mouse to select an option. In the middle of every configuration screen, there is a line that shows whether you are working on the main menu or a sub-menu, as well as the title of the current menu. A brief explanation of the menu option that the highlight bar is on is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Press F1 on a configuration option to get more detailed help for that option. Configuration Password 5,Configuration Menus This allows you to enter the password that you want users to have to enter correctly before the configuration program is run. This password is not required, and the case sensitivity of the password depends on your settings. Leave the password blank if you do not want a password to be needed. Default File Sort 10,Configuration Menus This option allows you to determine how the files will be sorted in the file browser. This sets the default setting, but you can temporarily change it when you are in the file browser. Here are the available choices: DOS ORDER: This is the order that DOS has the files in. FILE NAME: Sorted by the file's name. EXTENSION: Sorted by the file's extension. FILE SIZE: Sorted by the file's size. FILE TIME: Sorted by the file's time. Delete Entries 6,Configuration Menus This option provides a way to delete one entry, or as many as you want. A box appears with all the current entries in it, and you can select the entries that you want to delete. There is no second chance. So, be sure you want to delete the entries. The only way to get them back is to exit without saving, and restart the configuration program. Different Running Modes 16,Multiple Modes Smart Menu is compatible with all types of executable files. The only stipulation is, that to use different, or "strange" type of executable files, SM must run in batch mode, which is where everything is run from a batch file. SM is started from a main batch file and the selected program is run from a batch file. This enables SM to execute virtually any file capable of being run by the computer at the command line. Batch mode takes up no memory from the program that is being run. However, batch mode tends to run a slight bit slower, and is not good for high-security systems where users can break out of a batch file. However, to overcome the slowness and security problems, SM also includes a "swapping" mode. This swaps almost all of SM out of conventional memory when running a program, and it is much faster and more secure then running from batch files. However, swapping requires almost 220k of either expanded or extended memory or disk space. It also takes up 1.8k of conventional memory. The limitation to this mode is that you can only run .EXE, .COM, and .BAT files from SM. DOS Shell 5,Utility Menu This option allows the user to temporarily exit to DOS, allowing them to enter any DOS commands that they want, and quickly return to SM, without having to restart it. To return to Smart Menu from DOS, type "EXIT" at the DOS prompt. To access this feature without using the Utility Menu, press F6 or ALT-S. DOS Shell Password 5,Configuration Menus This allows you to enter the password that you want users to have to enter correctly before they can use the DOS Shell feature. This password is not required, and the case sensitivity of the password depends on your settings. Leave the password blank if you do not want a password to be needed. Edit a Sub-Menu 9,Configuration Menus Select this option, and a box appears with all of the names of the available sub-menus in your current list of entries. Using the cursor keys to move the highlight bar, select a sub-menu to work on. After doing this, a momentary delay will occur, while SM is preparing to edit a sub-menu. Then, the main configuration menu will appear again, but everything you add or change applies only to the current sub-menu. Note that when you create a new sub-menu the title line is the same as the Entry Title, initially. However, you can still change it, if you like. Edit Specific Entries 5,Configuration Menus This option provides an easy way to edit one entry, or as many as you want. When you select this option, a box of all the current entries appears. After selecting the entries that you want to edit, you are then given the information screen for each of them, where change their configuration. Error Message Window Colors 4,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the box that pops up whenever an error occurs, or a message needs to be displayed to the user. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Exit Directory 4,Configuration Menus This option allows you to specify what directory you will be in when you exit Smart Menu. This must be set to a valid directory, or left blank. If it is left blank, then SM will exit to whatever directory you were in when SM was started. Exit Password 5,Configuration Menus This allows you to enter the password that you want users to have to enter correctly before they can exit Smart Menu. This password is not required, and the case sensitivity of the password depends on your settings. Leave the password blank if you do not want a password to be needed. Exit SM 6,Utility Menu This option exits Smart Menu back to the DOS prompt. If an exit password is defined, then it must be entered correctly before SM will exit. To exit Smart Menu using the keyboard, press ESCape from the main menu, or press ALT-X or F10 from any menu, either the main menu or a sub-menu, to exit directly to DOS. Exit Sub-Menu 5,Utility Menu This option exits the current Sub-Menu back to Smart Menu's main menu. To exit the current menu, using the keyboard, whether it is a sub-menu or the main menu, press ESCape or the RIGHT mouse button. If the menu that you are exiting from is the main menu, then you will be returned to DOS. Exit without Saving 4,Configuration Menus This option will return you to Smart Menu's main screen, or the previous menu, if you were working on a sub-menu, without saving the current file. Thus, any changes you may have made will be lost if you select this option. No confirmation for this action is asked for, so please be careful! Help Screen Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for all of the help screens that are displayed whenever F1 is pushed. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Highlight Bar Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the highlight bar that shows which entry is currently selected. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Highlight Bar Type 7,Configuration Menus This allows you to choose how the highlight bar will look in SM's main menu screen. There are two choices, with an example of each on the screen. The two choices are: FULL LENGTH: This is the entire length of the window. TITLE LENGTH: This is only the length of the entry's title. Home Directory 3,Configuration Menus This option allows you to specify Smart Menu's home directory, where SM can find its configuration and help files. To work properly from a PATH statement or in batch mode, this option must be set correctly. Log File Option 8,Configuration Menus This option allows you to tell Smart Menu if you want a LOG file to be kept. If you select YES, a file called SM.LOG will be created in SM's Home Directory. When this option is selected, the time and date that a user runs a program, starts the menu, uses the configuration program, or exits the menu will be recorded in this file. This file is a pure ASCII file, so you can view it with TYPE, List, or some other file viewing utility. Main Configuration Hot Key Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the hot keys that are displayed in the configurations menus. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Main Configuration Highlight Bar Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the highlight bar used in the configuration program. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Main Configuration Screen Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the main configuration program colors, used throughout the configuration program. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Main Screen 16,Utility Menu Movement Keys ■ Up, Down Cursor Keys - Move Highlight Bar Home, End - Move Highlight Bar to Top, Bottom 0 through 9 - Move Highlight Bar to respective number PgDown, PgUp - Show More Entries, if Any Selection Keys ■ Enter - Select Current Entry Ctrl-Enter, Alt-P - Select Entry and Ask for Parameters Other Keys ■ ESC - Exit Current Menu │Mouse Movements F2, Alt-U, Right Cursor Key - Pop Up Utility Menu │ Up,Down - Move Bar F3, Alt-C - SM Configuration │ Right - Utlity Menu F4, Alt-R - Display the Credits Screen │ Left - Exit Utility F5, Alt-T - Toggle Passwords │ Menu F6, Alt-S - Temporarily Exit to DOS │Mouse Buttons F8 Alt-A - Activate the Screen Saver │ Left - Select Entry F10, Alt-X - Exit Smart Menu │ Right - Exit Menu Main Screen Colors 4,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the main menu screen, the clock, registration and version information, and the help prompt. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Menu Window Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the window on the main screen in which the entries are displayed. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Mouse Option 4,Configuration Menus This option allows you to enable or disable SM's built in mouse support. The short delay that you may notice each time you run SM is caused by SM looking for a mouse. By turning off mouse support, if you don't have, or use, a mouse, you can save some time at the start of SM. Multiple Modes 6,Running Mode Smart Menu lets you decide which mode you want it to run in, in each sub-menu. This way, one sub-menu can swap programs, and another can be run in batch mode. You can also tell one sub-menu to swap to XMS, and another to EMS, or whatever. In order for this feature to work properly, SM.BAT must always be used to run Smart Menu. Page Down 5,Utlity Menu This option scrolls the screen down one screenful, so that more entries are visible. More entries will only be visible if there is more than one screenful of them configured. Otherwise, nothing will happen when this key is pushed. To do this from the keyboard, just press PageDown. Page Up 5,Utlity Menu This option scrolls the screen up one screenful, so that the previous entries are visible. More entries will only be visible if there is more than one screenful of them configured. Otherwise, nothing will happen when this key is pushed. To do this from the keyboard, just press PageUp. Parameters 5,Utility Menu This option selects the current entry, and pops up a window to ask the user for any parameters or command line options to be passed to the running program. There are several other ways to do this, besides using the Utility Menu, one of which is that you can push CTRL-ENTER or ALT-P. Password/Parameter Line Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the actual lines where information is entered in the Password and Parameters Window. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Password/Parameter Window Colors 4,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the window that pops up whenever a password is needed, or parameters are going to be entered. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Password Case Sensitivity 4,Configuration Menus This option allows you to choose whether or not the passwords are case sensitive. (i.e. If they are case sensitive, then "PASSWORD" will not be accepted if "Password" is entered as the password. This option affects all of the passwords in the entire program. Passwords Backspace 5,Configuration Menus This option allows you to determine whether or not the backspace key will be allowed during password entry. If this is set to off, then when the backspace key is pressed, nothing will happen. On the other hand, if the option is on, backspace will delete the previous character, as normal. This option affects all of the passwords in the entire program. Return to Root Option 6,Configuration Menus This option allows you to toggle on or off the Return to Root Option. If this option is on, then after any program has been run, the computer will return to the root directory of that drive. This only affects drives other than the one SM is located on. For example, if you have drives C: and D:, and SM is on drive C:, then only programs run from the D: drive will return to the root directory. Revise All Entries 5,Configuration Menus This option brings up an entry-information screen that allows the user to enter and revise all necessary information about each entry. The difference between this option and "Add Entries" is that this option starts at the beginning of the list, allowing you to edit each entry, where as "Add Entries" starts on a new entry, not revising the old ones. Running Mode 3,Different Running Modes This option allows you to choose how Smart Menu runs your programs. You must decide between Batch Mode or Swapping Mode. For a detailed description of each of these modes, press F1 again. Save File 3,Configuration Menus This option saves the current configuration file, and continues in the configuration program, instead of returning to SM, or the previous menu. This is useful for saving the file before making some big changes to it. Save File and Exit 3,Configuration Menus This will save the current configuration file under its current name and return you back to Smart Menu's main screen, or the previous menu, if you were editting a sub-menu. Save File As... 5,Configuration Menus This option allows you to save the current configuration file under a new name. When the input box appears, enter any legal DOS filename. You only have to enter the first eight letter of the filename, as Smart Menu automatically addes the .CFG extension to it. SM will then save the file under that new name. Screen Saver Information 12, Smart Menu has its own built-in screen saver. This will become active after an amount of time that you specify in the configuration program. The screen saver will pop-up anywhere in Smart Menu - the main menu, the configuration, the help screen, etc. - anywhere! The screen saver simply clears the screen and prints random, colored dots on the screen. It does not use any graphics modes, so it will work with any monitor and video mode. After the screen saver has popped up, you can press any key, or move the mouse to restore the screen to its normal state. Whatever key you press, or mouse movement you make, is not passed back to Smart Menu, so do not be afraid of pressing a "bad" key. Of course, you can optionally turn off the screen saver. Screen Saver Password 4,Screen Saver Information This option allows you to set a password for Smart Menu's screen saver. This password will have to be entered in order to return to Smart Menu after the screen saver has been invoked, either automatically or manually. Screen Saver Time 5,Screen Saver Information This option allows you to choose the amount of time of inactivity that SM will wait before the screen saver becomes active. You can also completely disable the screen saver. Simply pick the amount of time that you want, or "None" if you want to turn it off. Press F1 for more detailed information on the Screen Saver Select Entry 8,Utility Menu This option runs the currently selected program. No parameters are asked for, unless it has been configured to. An easier way to do this is simply to press ENTER or the left mouse button to run the program. If Smart Menu is in batch mode, then a batch file with the programs name will be run, and SM will occupy no conventional memory. If Smart Menu is in swapping mode, then it will swap itself out to either XMS, EMS, or disk, and then run the program directly. Shareware 14, Smart Menu is a shareware program. This means that it is not free, and you are expected to pay for it after a 30 day trial period. The shareware version of Smart Menu is fully functional, and the only differences are the shareware notices. These "annoyances" will disappear upon registration. Registration is good for life. This means that you only pay once. All future updates are free! Upon receipt of your registration, I will promptly mail you your serial number and registration number. (Notice: No disk is sent, unless specified.) When a major upgrade of Smart Menu is released, you will be notified by mail, or electronic mail, if possible. Registered users of Smart Menu are also eligible for discounts on any future programs written by me. Numerous hours of work went into Smart Menu. If you like and/or use Smart Menu, please register it! Shareware Info 4,Shareware This option brings up a screen about registering Smart Menu. This screen can also be accessed by pressing either F7 or ALT-I. This option is not available in the registered version of Smart Menu, for obvious reasons. Smart Menu Features 16,Smart Menu Ordering Some of Smart Menus Features: - LOG File keeps track of what everyone does in SM. - Numerous Entries - Full Mouse Support - User Configurable Colors - State-of-the-Art Swapping - Small Size - DOS Shell - Point 'N' Shoot file selection - Parameters - Passwords - System Password - Password Flexibility and Toggling - Built-in Screen Saver - Full On-Line Help with Index Smart Menu History - 1.0 02,Smart Menu Features 9/14/92 - Initial Release of Smart Menu! Smart Menu History - 1.1 16,Smart Menu History - 1.0 11/14/92 - Released as Version 1.1 Bugs Fixed: - Colors were not being reset to the same as they where before SM was run. Fixed. - Occassionally, some programs would not run, after returning from a menu that uses swapping to a menu that uses batch. Fixed. - When ALT-X or F10 was pressed from a sub-menu, Smart Menu was not exiting properly. Fixed. - When saving a CFG file under a new name, SM did not add the .CFG extension to the name. Fixed. Enhancements/Additions: - Added an option to the command to start SM with a different configuration file than the default file, "SM.CFG". - Now displays the name of the configuration file for the current menu on the main configuration screen. Smart Menu History - 1.2 14,Smart Menu History - 1.1 12/10/92 - Released as Version 1.2 Bugs Fixed: - Title Line of new sub-menus wasn't being added when you edit them for the first time. - Text Input Lines were not being updated properly in the Entry Information Screens. Enhancements/Additions: - Added an option to not display the clock on the main screen. - Enhanced the CFG Files. This is why SMUpdate is included. In the new type of file, they can be used as either Main Menu files or Sub-Menu Files with no problems. - Added an option for SM to keep a LOG file of what users do in Smart Menu. This is a file in SM's home directory, called SM.LOG. Smart Menu History - 2.0 16,Smart Menu History - 1.2 - Added hot-keys to the Configuration menus. - Added a Change to root option to return to the root directory after running a program. - Added full, on-line help, available anywhere in the program, by pressing the F1 key. - Added a Help Index, available through the Shift-F1 key. - Added more clock display options. You can now choose to show the clock with or without seconds. - Added more keys in the Color Selection Screen - Added the ability to call the screen saver on demand - Added a Screen Saver Password to lock up your system - Changed so that if you specify a CFG file on the command line, you do not need to type the '.CFG'. - Changed so that selecting All for a Swap Destination swaps to XMS, EMS, and DISK, in that order. For a full list, please see the Smart Menu Documentation. Smart Menu Ordering 15,Smart Menu Features Upon registration of Smart Menu (SM), you will receive a Registration Number, Serial Number, a printed manual, and a disk with the latest version on it. There is no difference between the registered and unregistered version of SM, except that registered version lacks the shareware screen, and the owner's name and serial number are displayed on the main screen. Registration of Smart Menu is eighteen dollars ($18.00), U.S., and is for life. You can register all future versions of Smart Menu with the same Registration Number and Serial Number. To register Smart Menu, please fill out this form, and mail it, along with the appropiate amount, in a check or money order (Please, no cash), made payable to John Campion, and your order will be shipped promptly after receiving it. See the form for info about Site Licenses. Smart Menu Support 15,Smart Menu Ordering There are three ways of getting technical support: A) U.S. Mail - My address is: John Campion 86 Collins Circle Hanover, PA 17331-3448, USA. B) Support BBS - Smart Menu's Support BBS is: Sawbuck's BBS in Hanover, PA. Sysop: Thomas Miller Node 1 - (717) 632-2788 - 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 C) Voice Phone - (717) 633-1244 - Registered Users have unlimited usage, and unregistered users may have one call. Please do not call collect unless you have a bug report. Thanks! Sort Entries - Ascending 5,Configuration Menu This option simply sorts the current list of entries in ascending order. Just for reference, ascending is : Apple, Book, Cookie... On the other hand, descending is : Cookie, Book, Apple... Sort Entries - Descending 5,Configuration Menu This option simply sorts the current list of entries in descending order. Just for reference, ascending is : Apple, Book, Cookie... On the other hand, descending is : Cookie, Book, Apple... Swapping Destination 6,Different Running Modes This option, which is only applicable when the run mode is swapping, allows you to tell SM where to swap itself out to. The choices are EMS, XMS, DISK and ALL. They stand for expanded memory, extended memory, disk, and whichever SM can find, respectively. When disk is chosen, if the TEMP environment variable is set, SM will swap there. If not, SM swaps to the current directory. System Password 6,Configuration Menus This allows you to enter the one required password. This password will work in the place of any other password in the program. This means that whoever is in charge of the menu only needs to remember one password, instead of countless different ones. This password is required, and defaults to 'SM' if none is given. The case sensitivity of this password depends on your settings. Title Line 3,Configuration Menus This option allow yout to enter or change the title line. The title line is the line that is displayed at the top of the menu screen. You may enter anything you like, using the standard input keys. Title Line Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the title line, "Smart Menu" and your own title line on the main screen. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Toggle Passwords 12,Utility Menu This is an option that I believe is unique to Smart Menu. When you select this option, the system password must be entered. If the correct password is given, then no passwords will be needed to run any of the entries. The system password must be entered again if you want to turn the passwords back on. Some people may find this option useful, especially if someone like a teacher wants their class to run a certain program one day, and then the next day, they can do whatever they want. This way, all the teacher has to do is turn off the passwords. Passwords will still be required for configuration, exiting, and the shell to DOS option. To use the keyboard to access this feature, press either ALT-T or F5. Utility Menu 11,Main Screen This menu is used to easily access all of Smart Menu's primary functions in the main screen. Press F1 on each option on the utility menu to get help for that option. The Utility Menu can be popped up through one of several ways: RIGHT Movement: This is the simplest way. Press the right cursor key, or move the mouse to the right to pop up the utility menu. Pressing the left cursor key, ESCape, or moving the mouse to the left removes the menu. F2 or ALT-U: These are for those without a mouse, or those who like to use the keyboard. Pressing ESCape is the only way to exit out of the utility menu when one of these keys is pressed to get to it. Utility Menu Colors 4,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the little menu that pops up on the main screen, with all of the choices on it, such as Help, About SM, Configuration, etc. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Utility Menu Highlight Bar Colors 3,Color Selection Screen This option alllows you to select the colors for the Utility Menu's highlight bar. Color changing is not available in monochrome mode, sorry. Visible Passwords 5,Configuration Menus This option allows you to choose whether or not the user can see what he/she is entering. If this is set to off, then the user will see a small star for each character that is entered. This way, people who are watching cannot see the password. This option affects all of the passwords in the entire program.