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ALARM This switch enables and disables the HOST speaker. When OFF a BELL (^G) will be sent to the remote, but will not sound on the HOST. When ON, the Bell will sound on both the HOST and REMOTE sytems. Use the left and right arrows to select options. BOTTOM LINE This switch allows you to configure DOORWAY for better compatibility with the communication program being used on the REMOTE end. IT has several options: EXCLUDE TOP LINE and EXCLUDE BOTTOM LINE allow the the remote to display only in 24 lines. This is necessary if the remote has a status line. Since the HOST will have 25 lines, you will need to decide whether to elimiate the top or the bottom line. EXCLUDE LOWER RIGHT CHARACTER. Some com programs do not interpret the ANSI do not wrap line code. This causes the remote screen to scroll when the bottom line is written, when it should not. When this happens, updates on the remote will not completely overwrite the previous screen. When this switch is set the bottom right corner of the remote screen will not update on the remote system. Use the left and right arrows to select options. COMMAND.COM Normally when DOORWAY loads a program COMMAND.COM is not loaded. This save a small amount of memory. However for a DROP to DOS remote session, or if you want to run a batch file from DOORWAY, COMMAND.COM must be loaded. DOS means that DOORWAY will load and execute your command intrepretor. A drop to DOS will be performed. VIA means that the command intepretor will be sued to load and execute the program file. This may be a batch file, or the program itself may require a secondary command interpretor to work properly. Use the left and right arrows to select options. DISABLE DISK WRITES If you disable disk writes then the program running under DOORWAY will not be able to write to the disk. This is normally used for security. Use the left and right arrows to select options. EXIT MESSAGE This is the name of a file created with a ASCII or ANSI editor. The file will be opened, and sent to the remote system upon termination of the program DOORWAY has loaded. Pauses can be put into the exit message by starting the line where you want the pause with a $:. Note that the $: MUST be preceded by a carriage return/line feed for it to work properly. FAST This is used when DOORWAY is running an action game. It should never be used for anything else. It will not move the cursor until there is a character is written. The purpose is to prevent wasting time moveing the cursor if nothing gets written. Except for action games in BIOS mode this switch should never be used. Use the left and right arrows to select options. GRAPHICS This refers to ANSI GRAPHICS. ANSI will be used if you set this switch on, or if you are in direct video mode. If the remote terminal cannot support ANSI or VT100 emulation then this should be set to OFF. If you leave it blank DOORWAY will setting in the DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS file. ANSI is required for colors and for cursor addressing. Use the left and right arrows to select options. HALT SHELLS TO DOS This switch will prevent the comspec (COMMAND.COM) from being loaded by the application. It should be used for security if the application program has a shell to DOS capability, and you do not want your users to have access to DOS. Use the left and right arrows to select options. INITIAL WELCOME This is the name of a file created with a ASCII or ANSI editor. The file will be opened, and sent to the remote system upon execution of DOORWAY. Pauses can be put into the exit message by starting the line where you want the pause with a $:. Note that the $: MUST be preceded by a carriage return/line feed for it to work properly. A password may be added by starting a line with a P:PASSWORD, where PASSWORD is the password you want the user to enter. A menu can be created by starting a line with a M:. IE: M:Enter your selection: Refer to the documentation for additional information on using a menu. SCROLL THRESHOLD When in direct screen mode, DOORWAY compares the remote screen to the HOST screen. If more than 5 lines can be matched by scrolling the screen, DOORWAY will scroll the screen, then fill in the lines which have changed. If the threshold is set low, the remote scroll when there is no apparent reason for it to do so. If it is too high, the remote screen may be repainted entirely when a scroll and a couple of lines could have been painted. This switch changes the thresold from 5 lines. 25 will never scroll. KEYBOARD TIMEOUT This is the number of seconds DOORWAY will allow with no keyboard input from the HOST or REMOTE keyboard. After this time has elapsed with no input DOORWAY will terminate the program and exit. Default is 255 seconds, and 0 will disable keyboard timeouts. INSERT EXTRA LINFEEDS Some older ANSI.SYS drivers would do a blind scroll. This is usually best fixed by using ANSIPAT.EXE on your ANSI driver, or using PC Magazines ANSI.COM. If this switch is set ON then DOORWAY will attempt to guess when a blind scroll was done when in BIOS mode, and scroll the remote. If you are getting double line feeds at the bottom of the screen on the remote, turn this swithc OFF. Use the left and right arrows to select options. MAXIMUM USER TIME This is the time in minutes the user is allowed in DOORWAY. If left blank defualt is 10 minutes, and if DOORWAY reads a DOOR.SYS or a PCBAORD.SYS file, the time will be the amount given in this file, unless overridden by this switch. This switch is only functional on registered versions of DOORWAYU. NETWORK OVERRIDE This switch will change calls to read a file into a network compatible mode. This may help if a program gets sharing violations when running on more than one window or computer. Use the left and right arrows to select options. OVERRIDE OPENING SCREEN This overrides the large DOORWAY opening screen. It is functional only on the registered version of DOORWAY. The time delays can also be eliminated. Use the left and right arrows to select options. PATH TO PROGRAM This is the path to where the program is. Remember that you may need to put in the drive and the \ for DOS to find the program. IE. C:\MYPROG. PROGRAM TO RUN This is the name of the program file to run. IT must end in .EXE or .COM unless the COMMAND.COM switch is set to VIA. QUICKBASIC This allows you to use BIOS mode with programs compiled with QUICKBASIC 4.0. Programs compiled with versions 1-3 should use BIOS mode, QUICKBASIC 4.0 should use this switch and BIOS mode, and versions after 4.0 should use DIRECT mode. Use this switch ONLY for QB 4.0 programs. Use the left and right arrows to select options. RETURN or BREAK CODE This code will cause DOORWAY to abort a program when entered from the host or remote keyboard. For instance, a ^K will break the program and exit DOORWAY when a control K is entered at either keyboard. .SYS FILE LOCATION This switch defines the location of the DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS file. Enter the path to the DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS file. Enter a * if there is no SYS file to be read. If left blank will look in the current directory for the .SYS file. CHARACTERS TO TRAP This is a sequence of characters to trap. Normal and control characters can be trapped. Extended keys cannot be individually trapped. Entering a ^@ will trap all extended keys. If specific extended keys, such as function, alt, and cursor keys need to be trapped, then use the xtable function to translate them to something harmless. USE MULTITASKER VIRTUAL SCREEN This switch when ON will use a multitasker's virtual screen address instead of the standard screen addresses. Use this switch if you have VIRTUALIZE VIDEO turned OFF in Desqview. If VIRTUALIZE VIDEO in Desqview is ON do NOT use this switch or the remote screen will be scrambled. Use the left and right arrows to select options. VIDEO CAPTURE This should be set to DIRECT if the remote does not receive the HOST's screen. If you wish to switch between the modes with the capturing switch, you will need to set to either BIOS or DIRECT. Use the left and right arrows to select options. VIDEO CAPTURE SWITCH This character will switch the HOST between DIRECT and BIOS modes. When switching from BIOS to DIRECT mode the remote screen will be redrawn. If left blank, no switch will be defined. WAIT This switch will cause DOORWAY to wait after the program terminates, until the user enters a key. Use the left and right arrows to select options. TRANSLATION TABLE This is the path and name of the translation table. The translation table can be created by running XTABLE. It is used to translate user keystrokes to something different for the HOST program. PRINTER REDIRECTION Data sent to the printer on the HOST may be sent to the printer, dumped to NUL, or sent to the remote. If the remote does not support printer redirection then DOORWAY will dump the characters when remote is selected. Use the left and right arrows to select options. RETURN MESAGE This is the name of a file which replaces the RETURNING TO BOARD message. REBOOT INSTEAD OF EXTERNAL ABORT If this switch is set, DOORWAY will reboot the computer on a carrier loss or user timeout instead of externally aborting the program. When under Desqview the INTERRUPT 19 switch should be set as well, or lockups could result. Use the left and right arrows to select options. INTERRUPT 19 FOR REBOOTING Normally DOORWAY does not reboot on carrier loss or timeouts. However if DOORWAY is unable to break the program externally, or if the reboot switch is set then DOORWAY will reboot the computer. If this switch is set then DOORWAY will do an interrupt 19 for rebooting. This is normally done when running under Desqview, and in that case an int 19 will simply close the Desqview window. Do not use this switch if you are operating from ordinary dos. Dos tends to lock up on an interrupt 19. Use the left and right arrows to select options. OVERRIDE 40 COLUMN MODE This switch will prevent a program from going into 40 column mode. The reason for this is that 40 column mode under desqview can create problems. Use the left and right arrows to select options. CHANGE DIRECTORY TO APPLICATION If this switch is set then DOORWAY will change into the application directory prior to running the program. This is necessary for many programs to find their supporting files, such as the configuration file. If you are running a batch file from DOORWAY, then it is usually better to change any directories within the batch file itself with the CD \SUBDIR batch command. Use the left and rigth arrows to select options. NO CARRIER LOSS DELAY Normally DOORWAY will wait for carrier loss to be detected for 6 seconds. This prevents aborting the program from call waiting, or if the connection drops for a couple of seconds. If this switch is set true it will abort immediately upon detection of a loss of the CD signal. This is used with Galatacom on a null modem connection, where the CD is dropped for only about 1 second to signal DOORWAY to abort the application. Use the left and right arrows to select options. OPTIONAL TERMINATION CODES DOORWAY will normally attempt to externally abort a program on carrier loss, and user timeouts. However, some programs need to flush files, and do some maintnance prior to being aborted. If this field is not empty, DOORWAY will put requested characters in the buffer prior to attempting to externally abort the program. Up to 16 entries may be made. IE. If escapes back the program to the previous screen (from up to 4 levels depth), and a Q [return] Y [return] then exits the program, enter ^[^[^[^[Q^MY^M to make DOORWAY exit the program. (The ^[ is the escape character and the ^M is the return key).