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- AUTOMENU (v4.5) by Magee Enterprises, Inc. REGISTRATION ($50.00)
-
- With Automenu, you can create menus that access all of your frequently
- used programs, and perform DOS commands with a single keystroke. You
- no longer have to remember complex DOS commands, program and file
- parameters, or batch file and subdirectory names, because Automenu
- will do it ALL for you. You can even customize Automenu to perform
- very complicated batch file procedures.
-
- With Automenu, you create your own menu. This is made possible by
- Magee Enterprises' proprietary Menu Definition Language (MDL)TM.
- Using the MDL, you can create a Menu Definition File (MDF)TM, and
- write your own individualized menus.
-
- Automenu implements the essential features of a menu utility with a
- number of useful PC software management features in one efficient
- package. Automenu will reduce the time you spend navigating in DOS,
- changing directories, calling up programs, and managing your system;
- and Automenu will do it in ways that are easy to learn and easy to
- customize for your own needs. Some of Automenu's key features are:
- - Easy installation and operation on single user and local area
- network systems
- - FAST, single-keystroke execution of DOS commands, batch files and
- programs
- - Allows new or occasional users unfamiliar with DOS to concentrate on
- their application
- - Ability to prompt the user for input and act accordingly
- - Programmed operator input with structured (static) and free-form
- (dynamic) modes add flexibility to menu selections
- - Chaining from menu to menu to allow an UNLIMITED number of menu
- selections
- - Password-controlled access to specific menu selections, each having
- a unique password
- - Optional encryption of menu files
- - Unattended execution of menu selections by time-of-day
- - Ability to remove Automenu from memory prior to execution of
- programs which require the maximum available memory
- - On-line help available (press "H" at any menu screen)
- - Support for CGA (color), MDA (monochrome), EGA (Enhanced Graphics
- Adapter), VGA (Video Graphics Array) and Hercules graphics adapter
- displays
- - Real-time switching between color and monochrome monitors
- - Control of mouse sensitivity to ease navigation among menus
- - Easy-to-use command language (MDL) which allows users to personalize
- their menu system
- - Easy modification of menu features, e.g., screen colors, default
- file names, screen display features, and mouse sensitivity
- - Screen blackout to prevent image-burn; replaces an inactive screen
- with optional periodically shifted user message with blackout delay
- selectable in increments from 1 to 45 minutes
- - Menu file editor AUTOMAKE eases creating and editing of Menu
- Definition Files and provides on-line help
- - Use your choice of function keys, number and arrow keys, spacebar,
- mouse or voice controller to highlight and select menu options
- easily and quickly
- - Numeric keypad can be toggled for numeric or cursor control
- - On-screen display of date and time, keyboard status and available
- DOS system memory (RAM)
- - Written totally in assembler, not copy protected
- - Features redirection capability and support for the ANSI.SYS driver.
- - Increased functionality on local area network systems
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- Hardware requirements: Automenu can be used on all 100% IBM
- compatibles, including the IBM PC, XT, AT, JR., Portable, Convertible,
- 3270-PC, and all Personal System /2 models.
-
- Automenu requires DOS version 2.0 or higher. It requires only 32 KB
- of free memory, due to the fact that it is written entirely in
- assembler. It is fully functional with either fixed or diskette
- drives. It uses only standard, documented DOS and BIOS calls. It is
- compatible with Microsoft Windows 2.X, Windows/286 and /386, and
- Novell, 3COM, Alloy, and other network operating systems.