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- MENUBANK MENU GENERATION SYSTEM
- FROM
- KEDWELL SOFTWARE Pty Ltd
- P.O. Box 122, Brisbane Markets, Queensland 4106
- Phone 379-4551 Fax 379-9422
-
- IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A SIMPLE MENU AND DO NOT WANT TO READ THE MANUAL
- YOU SHOULD:-
-
- 1) Start the menu definition program by typing MBGEN and pressing
- ENTER
-
- 2) Pressing ENTER to accept 'Fast & Easy Menu'
-
- 3) Define your menu. If you are in doubt, pressing F1 for the first
- time will give you some help about what you are about to do,
- pressing F1 for the second time in succession will show you the
- manual. Pressing F1 for the third time in succession will give
- you some help on how the manual operates. Press Esc(ape) once to
- remove the effect of each F1 key.
-
- When you are finished, Press F10 to save your menu.
-
- 4) Press Q to terminate the menu definition program.
-
- 5) Type STARTMB MENU to run your new menu. You may want to
- include this statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that your
- machine will go directly to the menu when you turn it on (see the
- DOS manual "EDLIN" for instructions).
-
- The files provided on this diskette are:-
-
- README This file
- MBGEN.EXE Program used to create menu definition files (.MEN)
- MBGEN.DMU Menu definition file of internal menus in MBGEN.EXE for all
- operations other than window editing
- EDTWIN.DMU Menu definition file of internal menus in MBGEN.EXE for
- window editing
- MBGEN.MAN The binary version of the on-line manual used in MBGEN.EXE
- MB.EXE Program loader. ( Must be run via STARTMB.BAT )
- MBRUN.EXE Program used to execute the menu definitions held in a menu
- definition (.MEN) file, (MBRUN.EXE is run via MB.EXE).
- DB PASW.EXE Program called by MB.EXE to control password maintenance
- DB PASW.DMU Menu definition file used to control menus by DB PASW.EXE
- CONVTXT.EXE Program used to convert text files (.TXT) to
- a) binary manuals to be used by MBGEN.EXE or MB.EXE or
- b) Message files (.LAN) used by MBGEN.EXE or MB.EXE
- CONVTXT.DMU Menu definition file of internal menus used by CONVTXT.EXE
- STARTMB.BAT Batch file which should be used to start MB.EXE.
-
-
- Function keys used in MBGEN and MB:-
- -----------------------------------------
-
- F1 This key is used for HELP. Pushing the F1 key once provides the
- user with whatever "context sensitive" help is available. Pushing
- F1 for the second time makes the on-line manual (if present)
- available.
- F10 Accept data or save data to disk.
- Alt X Terminate program without saving changes.
-
- All other keys are specific to each program and are explained in the help
- available in that program.
-
- Please see later in this file for a brief explanation of keys used while
- accessing the on-line manual facility.
-
-
- Passwords
- ---------
-
- The master password provided with the package is MASTER, and the operator
- to enter to access this password is SYSOP. We suggest that you change the
- master password at your earliest convenience making sure to remember what
- you change it to. The master password is actually stored, in hashed form,
- within MBRUN.EXE. THERE IS NO WAY OF FINDING OUT WHAT IT IS IF YOU FORGET IT.
-
- Any other passwords are stored, in hashed form, in the file MB.PWD
-
-
- Keys used when accessing the on-line manual function
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- F1 Help about how to access the manual (What keys can be used)
- Pressing this key while on a page of the on-line manual will
- provide you with this list of the key functionality.
- F9 Go to manual index to find a page number
- F8 Go to manual overview to find a page number
- "up arrow" Scroll up line by line
- "down arrow" Scroll down line by line
- Page up Go to previous page
- Page Down Go to next page
- Home Go to first line on page
- End Go to last line on page
- P(n) Go to page (n) where (n) is the known page number
- Ctrl Home Go to first chapter
- Ctrl End Go to last chapter
- Ctrl Pg Down Go to next chapter
- Ctrl Pg up Go to previous chapter
- C(n) Go to Chapter (n) where (n) is the known chapter number
- Ctrl P Go to the Print Menu
- Escape Leave the on-line manual facility
-
- Note
- ----
-
- It has always been the intention of Kedwell Software to provide its
- products with the greatest possible power at the least possible cost, as
- such, no printed manual is included within the product. You can access and
- print anything you want (ranging from a single page through to a whole
- chapter or even the whole manual) from the on-line manual directly to your
- own printer. If sufficient requests are received we will re-evaluate the
- necessity for a printed manual but be sure that the price will have to
- rise.
-
-
- Distribution and Licensing Policies
- -----------------------------------
-
- The license fee is for the Programs MBGEN.EXE and CONVTXT.EXE. You may not
- distribute these programs in any form whatsoever without absolute written
- permission of Kedwell Software Pty Ltd.
-
- All other programs are provided free of charge and can be replicated and
- distributed, provided they are distributed with a copy of this file and a
- copy of Kedwell Software Pty Ltd's Software License Agreement, without
- incurring any further license fees.
-
- What this means is that the purchaser can create defined object menus,
- on-line manuals etc and distribute them with all the necessary files and
- programs to execute the defined object menus etc, but cannot replicate and
- distribute the programs used to create the defined object menus etc.
-
-
- Customised Versions of MENUBANK
- -------------------------------
-
- Kedwell Software offer the service of customising this menu generation
- system.
-
- Some of the possible customisations which could be provided:-
- a) MBRUN.EXE (The menu execution program) and MBGEN (The menu definition
- program) could boot with an initial text or graphics screen tailored
- to the customers requirements. E.G. A screen with a corporate logo.
- b) The "screen save" facility could show an item of the customers
- choosing. E.G. A corporate logo or similar etc etc
- c) Anything else imaginable.
- If you require a quote for this service please contact Kedwell Software at
- the phone numbers or fax numbers shown at the top of this file.
- END OF README FILE
-