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- Vendor Information
- PowerBatch
- Computing Systems Design, Inc.
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- The copying restrictions listed in this file apply to any individual,
- organization, user group, or business that charges any fee for the
- distribution of the ShareWare version of PowerBatch produced by Computing
- Systems Design, Inc. (CSD, Inc). PowerBatch is a ShareWare product and is a
- copyrighted product by CSD, Inc.
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- No organization who receives remuneration for the distribution of software
- products may sell or distribute CSD products without prior written permission
- from CSD. Any ASP member vendor will be granted the right to distribute
- PowerBatch. ASP member vendors may receive written permission by contacting
- CSD via CompuServe EasyPlex, CID 72701,155 or by writing to the address below.
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- Non-ASP vendors may request permission by writing
- CSD, Inc.
- P.O. Box 566484
- Atlanta, GA 30356-6009
- furnishing COMPANY NAME, OWNER'S NAME, COMPANY ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND
- METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION (floppy disk, CD, etc).
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- PowerBatch software may not be distributed on any magnetic media containing
- any software produced by any company other than CSD, unless written permission
- is specifically granted to do so.
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- Permission is granted to distribute only the evaluation version of PowerBatch.
- Registered versions of the software differ from the evaluation version only in
- title screens and ShareWare registration information.
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- The Registration Fee for PowerBatch is ....................$30 US
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- >>> PAYMENT MUST BE IN U.S. FUNDS, DRAWN ON A U.S. BANK. <<<
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- CATALOG DESCRIPTION
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- Add power to your batch files with PowerBatch. Create batch files that execute
- with the speed only a compiled program can deliver.
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- Standard batch functions plus over 40 additional commands provide you with the
- capability to create professional screen displays with boxes, colors, direct
- cursor positioning, and keyboard input capability.
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- Validate drives, directories, files, and paths before your batch file attempts
- to copy or use data. Retrieve environment variables, current date, current
- time, disk capabilities, and free space and make intelligent decisions within
- your batch files using the string and numeric comparison commands.
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- Create variables and constants to be used in any of the PowerBatch commands,
- even DOS commands!
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- Need to create a batch file that cannot be exited by pressing break (or any
- key)? PowerBatch gives you an option at compile time to create a batch file
- that cannot be exited by pressing the break key. Great for consultants who
- need to create for clients batch files that cannot be modified or misused.
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- PowerBatch gives you:
- 1) Commands which provide systems information. These commands provide the
- current color settings, the current date, the current time, check for
- the existance of a valid drive letter, and commands which check for
- the existance of a directory or a file.
- 2) Commands which control the flow of the batch program. Execute different
- portions of the batch program based on existance or non-existance of
- directories or files. Compare the contents of one variable with the
- contents of another variable or a constant and execute different
- portions of the batch program based on the results of the compare.
- 3) Commands which control the way text is printed on the screen. Change
- any portion of the screen to any valid screen color, cause a message
- to blink on the screen, or highlight a message in reverse video.
- 4) Commands which provide string manipulation. Change a string to all
- upper case characters, or all lower case characters. Extract a
- portion of a string such as the first three characters or the last
- four characters. Build a new string from two existing strings by
- concatenation of the two strings.
- 5) Commands which deal with screen writing and input from the keyboard.
- These commands are the main strength in the PowerBatch system.
- Directly address any position on the screen and move the cursor to
- that position to read or write text. Automatically center a message
- or title on any line. Box commands draw borders around portions of
- the screen to enhance screen appearance. Read a single key from the
- keyboard, read the response to a query that only accepts a yes or no
- response, read a string of characters from the keyboard with a
- specified maximum length, and read keys from the keyboard
- automatically changing the characters to upper case.
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- UPDATES
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- Updates will be furnished automatically to any vendor to whom registrations
- can be traced.
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