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- -=( HandyMan documentation )=-
-
- Excuses:
- ========
-
- Sorry.. Not a real documentation, more a collection of notes on the parts
- of Handy that needs them. Most of the functions speak for them self, a few
- need some explenation. But first.. BragTime!
-
- Features:
- =========
-
- ■ Quiet interface.
- ■ Easy to use menu system, but also shortcuts for the most used functions.
- ■ A view ALL nodes in one graph feature. Gives an overview of the usage
- of all the nodes in one screen.
- ■ Also the TimeLog.BBS Graphs per node.
- ■ Buildin eventmanager for up to 16 evens. Set time and day of week.
- ■ 16 slots for external utilities. put Race, your email editor, a local
- login etc. as external in the menu... Every external can have it's own
- password.
- ■ Externals and Jump to dos leave only some 300 bytes in low-memory. The
- rest goes to EMS/XMS/Disk.. With special thanks to Ralf Brown and his
- SPAWNO41..
- ■ Auto keyboard locking. If you've put a password in the CONFIG.RA, this
- password is used by handy too.. For all the important features, this
- password has to be typed. BUT giving the password unlockes the keyboard
- for sometime. Not touching the keyboard for that time, and click. The
- Keyboard is locked again.
- ■ Fallback from menu to "Who's online" screen (When not waiting for imput)
- ■ Build in editor for online messages. Max 10Kb...;-)
- ■ up to 10 pre-cooked onlinemsgs.
- ■ Desqview awear
- ■ Lots and lots of more.. See for yourself..
- ■ Buildin no-nosense screensaver
-
- Installation:
- =============
-
- Rename the HANDYMAN.DEM file to HANDYMAN.INI and read it. All the options
- are explained in the INI file. Defaults are given. Appart from the INI file
- the Environment variable RA= should be available. (That is, unless you
- run the program from the RA system directory).
-
- All handyman's supportfiles should be in the same directory as the EXE file.
-
-
- Notes:
- ======
-
- ■ Handyman can handle up to 20 nodes. (numbered 1..20!) Everybody who
- uses more lines tell me..;-) (And send me a free copy of the main
- program/hardware/whatever your firm sells...;))
-
- ■ External program's detect themself if the programname is a program or
- a batch or BTM file. For BATCH and BTM's the commandinterpreter is loaded
- with the /C parameter. You can force this behavior for other programs bij
- starting the programname with an exlamation mark. (!)
- This goes for externals and events.
-
- ■ If you want a hotkey in the Externals menu, put a tilde in front of the
- key when editing the menutitle.
-
- F.e. ~Local logon
-
- As menutitle, will use the L of local as hotkey.
-
- ■ Note that the lastcall.bbs info is reset every night.. Best time to view
- the graph is some minutes before 00:00.
-
- ■ The TimeLog graphs are not glorified. They show absolute values (that is,
- as absolute as they get..;) I wanted to make it easy to compare them..
-
- ■ You can have a special VIP list for Handy, or use the OtherVIP keyword
- to use the RA VIP list.
-
-
- Legalties:
- ==========
-
- Not to much. Use this program at your own risk. Never will the programmer be
- responsible for any misfortune this program causes.
-
- This program is cardware. Send me a nice postcard if you continue to use this
- program. If you have ideas, put them on a postcard and send them. I don't
- garanthee a thing and I prefer to keep handyman a tool, not a toy.. but you
- can always try..;-) Anyway, if you mis something, first see if you can't
- install it as external. If that's possible, Probably that was also the reason
- why it wasn't build in.. FM f.e. is much better that a buildin msgeditor
- ever will get....
-
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Gerhard Hoogterp FidoNet: 2:283/1.2
- Kremersmaten 108 BITnet: HOOGTERPG@HENUT5.BITNET
- 7511 LC Enschede or HOOGTERPG@UTWENTE.NL
- The Netherlands
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