SDN¹ Plus/SDN1_.cdr/sdn/util1/hdm427.sda

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HDM IV v2.7 by MicroFox                  Registration $ 50.00
UTIL FEB91 HDM HARD DISK MENU DOSSHELL
FILES: hdm427.sdn

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This program  is  a  DOS  shell  that  hides  the  underlying
operating system from the uninitiated user, yet does not  get
in  the  way of the expert user.  The basic system consist of
up to one thousand menu files with ten menu pages  each,  and
each  page  has ten entries for a total of 100,000 entries to
choose from.  You can start an entry by pointing to  it  with
the  cursor  or  the mouse, then press the <Enter> key or the
left mouse button, or you can simply  press  the  number  key
associated  with that entry.  Each entry can start a program,
run a batch file, or execute any DOS command.  An  entry  can
also  have multiple steps which can include any or all of the
possibilities above plus special HDM  functions  and  macros.
You  can  change  menu  pages by pressing the <A> through <J>
keys or the <Alt-1> through <Alt-0> keys to  go  directly  to
page "A" through "J" or use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys.  Each
page  and  each  entry  on  each  page  has  a user definable
description.  You can go to another Menu File  by  using  the
action function {MENU ###}.  The Menu Files are numbered from
zero to 999.

The  <F10>  key  displays a horizontal menu at the top of the
screen.  The choices  from  the  menu  include:  Menu,  Page,
Security,  Local,  Global, or Exit.  Help can be selected any
time and presents you with  another  menu  and  screens  that
explain  how  to  use the Hard Disk Menu System.  MENU allows
you to add, change, delete, move,  or  copy  the  menu  entry
descriptions and their associated menu action.  PAGE lets you
change  the  description of a Page Index entry, import pages,
switch pages, or delete pages.  SECURITY allows you to set up
user logons and password protect menu  entries.   LOCAL  lets
you set up variables in the current menu file and GLOBAL lets
you set up variables that affect all menu files.  EXIT leaves
HDM  and  returns you to the DOS prompt or opens a DOS window
where you can run any DOS command, program,  or  batch  file.
Other  commands  in  the Top Menu allow you to set up macros,
menu titles, change colors  and  window  borders,  set  mouse
sensitivity,  set  communications  parameters,  set  time for
automatic blanking of the menu screen, and set up  hands  off
timed  execution of any menu entry any time of the day, week,
or month.

The user defined menu entries  consist  of  two  parts.   The
first  one is a 48 character description that is displayed on
the screen and can be anything you want.  This  is  what  you
choose  to start a menu entry from the main menu.  The second
part of this menu entry is the menu action.  This  tells  HDM
what  to do when this menu entry is started.  The menu action
can contain anything that you would normally  put  in  a  DOS
batch   file,   plus  functions  and  macros  that  give  you
additional flexibility, ease of use, and capabilities  beyond
DOS and other menu systems.

Help is  always  available.   Press <F1> from anywhere in the
Hard Disk Menu to get the help menu and help  screens.   Help
topics  are  displayed  at  the left side of the screen and a
description of each topic is displayed on the right  side  of
the screen.


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