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- INTRODUCTION»#«
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- The program »%t«DO.EXE»#« executes text file scripts. These
- scripts give you a powerful tool to perform many tasks on
- your PC.
-
- »%t«DO»#« features include:
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- »gr«■»wh« Control of the text screen display (position, color,
- speed of display, sound)
- »gr«■»wh« Ability to execute other programs
- »gr«■»wh« Variables which can be entered by the user and
- displayed
- »gr«■»wh« Script control with selective branching, loops, etc
- »gr«■»wh« Execution of scripts from other scripts
- »gr«■»wh« A complete math package
- »gr«■»wh« A communications package
- »gr«■»wh« An onscreen clock
- »gr«■»wh« A calendar display and date/time functions
- »gr«■»wh« String handling functions
- »gr«■»wh« An »ma«INTERACTIVE»wh« mode for operator intervention/testing
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- This TUTORIAL»#«
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- This tutorial is a set of »%t«DO»#« scripts. One of the best ways to
- learn »%t«DO»#« is to examine these files once you've gone through
- the tutorial. Many of the techniques used here can be adapted
- to »re«YOUR»#« scripts.
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- »gr«NOTE»gray«:»#« Lines in the tutorial starting with a vertical bar ("»gr«|»#«")
- are displayed before they are executed. Throughout this
- tutorial, press »bo«<enter>»#« to execute commands and display lines
- presented in »bo«reverse video»#«.
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- /ENDEXEC CLEAR