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AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER and REGISTRATION INFO Documentation/Beta Tester - Robin Cunningham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 1 ABOUT MENU MAKER MENU MAKER is a program that helps anyone, novice or professional, to create beautiful, personalized menus with up to four different pop-down screen pages featuring shadow-boxes and a fifth DOS prompt screen page, all available at the press of a function key. You can create any type of menu screen you can imagine - LOTUS-bar styles, overlaying shadow-boxes, shifting columns - using the complete ASCII character set and 255 color options. Your menus can activate any DOS command or launch your favorite programs in two ways: Position a menu bar with the arrow keys and hit enter, or use a Microsoft compatible mouse and click on your choice. You can create menus with as many command strings as you can fit on any one of the four screens. And, with MENU MAKER's newest feature, you can assemble menus with your own labels or descriptive commands that make it easy for a novice user to launch specific programs or employ DOS commands to format disks, run CHKDSK, or other utilities without tedious command- line language. You may use the menus you create any way you want - give them to friends or co-workers, incorporate them in shareware, be as generous as you wish - but remember, you MUST register your copy of MENU MAKER before you can profit from the sale of any menus you create. HOW TO LOAD MENU MAKER MENU MAKER comes archived in an LHARC self-extracting file, MM130.EXE. Just make a directory called MENU (this can be anything; for this explanation, MENU), then copy MM130.EXE to the new directory. Change to that directory and, at the DOS prompt, type MM130 and the file will self-extract, copying several files to your new directory. Type MM at the DOS prompt to start the program. To print the manual, turn on your printer, set for a 66 line page, and line print head to top of form. At the DOS prompt, type COPY C:\MENU\MM.DOC PRN . 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 2A HOW TO CREATE A MENU The best way to learn how to use MENU MAKER is to step through the complete creation of a simple menu. Launch MENU MAKER by typing MM at the DOS prompt in the MENU directory, then press [ENTER]. After the title screen display, you will see instructions at the lower left for viewing the OPERATIONS SCREEN. For short, OPSCRN will be used in this manual. This screen lists all the operations available for creating your menu. There are two ways to activate any function: Either move the menu bar with the arrow keys to highlight your choice and hit [ENTER], or press the function key listed next to your choice. First, lay out the background. When displayed on this background, the shadow boxes add a pleasant 3-dimensional effect to your menu. Press [ALT-F9] to display the OPSCRN, then place the menu bar over [Pick Color for Draw, Fill, or Box] or press function key [F7]. This pops down the color options. Let's use color value 15 for this sample menu. Move the cursor down the chart until 15 appears in the window at the top of the chart, then press [ENTER]. As you become used to the chart, you can ignore the value number and just pick the color you like best. Armed with a background color, you need a background character. Press [ALT-F9] to get the OPSCRN and use the menu bar or the function key F3 to choose [Display Ascii Character Set]. Now, using the arrow keys, place the cursor over the character ▓, which is character value [178] on the chart, then press [ENTER]. Again, you can choose any character you like; this is only an example. Press and hold function key [F4] to repeat this character across the width of the screen until the line is filled. Next, hit and hold [F5] to copy this line over and over down the screen until the background is filled in. Now, choose and place a shadow box to hold your DOS commands or programs names. Here is the box and the commands you are going to create in this example: Note the markers and required spaces - THESE ARE IMPORTANT. PAUSE marker - [Shift][~] | ╔═════════ | ═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ √ DIR~ - DOS command to display current directory ║ ║ √ TIME - DOS command to set system time ║ ║ √ DATE | - DOS command to set system date ║ ╚═════ | ═══ | ═════════════════════════════════════════════╝ | MUST be at least 2 spaces between MUST be a SPACE command and your description between check and command Start with a color choice by switching to the OPSCRN and using the menu bar method or hitting [F7], then choose color value [30], and [ENTER]. Get back to the OP SCRN and use the menu bar or [F6] to [Pick and Place a Shadow Box]. 3 There are 12 different ready-made boxes to choose from. Cycle through them by hitting any key. Try box number [3] for now. Cycle to it, then [ENTER]. You will see a ruler and pointer displayed at the bottom of the screen and an instruction line indicating the current ROW and COLUMN of the ruler and pointer. Using the up or down arrow keys, move the ruler to ROW 2, then use the right or left arrow keys to move the pointer to COLUMN 6. Press [ENTER] and the box is positioned. Notice that MENU MAKER automatically shadows all characters lying along the right and bottom edges of the box. This creates the 3-dimensional effect of sophisticated menu systems. The next step is to type the DOS commands (or program names) in the box you have created. Starting at the left corner of the box, using the arrow keys, move the cursor down 2 rows, then over 4 columns to the right. Hit [F9]; this will type a check mark character √ to indicate where you want your highlighted menu bar placed within the box and will move the cursor over 2 spaces. (Remember, you can redefine the color for the letters of the command you will type in next. Switch to the OP SCRN, hit [F7], and select a new color scheme). For the moment, leave it the same as before. In this menu, let's use the simple DOS commands DIR, TIME, and DATE. LEAVE A SPACE right after the check mark, then type DIR, then [Shift][~] to tell the computer you want it to pause after displaying the root directory of filenames. If you left out the [Shift][~], the display would race through the directory, then return immediately to the menu screen. With the pause, you can view the directory at leisure, then press any key to continue on to the menu screen. If you want to add a description of just what DIR means, type in your comments after the 2 spaces created by the [F9] key. To add the TIME command, follow the same procedure as with DIR (remembering to hit [F9] for the check mark), hit the space bar once, type in TIME, then add your comments after the 2 spaces. The same holds for DATE. The program will permit you to leave 1 blank row between each of your commands if you like. That's the first box in the menu. Let's add a convenient time display. ╔══════════╗ Using the ASCII character set, draw a small box in a ║ 00:00:00 ║ corner of the screen, selecting a color scheme of your ║ TIME ║ liking. Inside, type in the time string 00:00:00. ╚══════════╝ As long as you don't cover this box with another, the time will be displayed on each menu page, or screen. While in this example there are only 3 screen pages - the DIR, TIME, DATE page, another box you will create in a moment, and the DOS prompt page - you can create other menus that may have up to 4 pages in addition to the DOS prompt page, so you must instruct the user how to display each screen page. ╔════════════════════╗ ║ - MENU OPTIONS - ║ ║ [F1] - Menu Page A ║ So, you have to make an instruction box ║ [F2] - Menu Page B ║ to show what function key displays each ║ [F5] - DOS Prompt ║ menu page and how to exit the menu. ║ [Esc] Exit Menu ║ ╚════════════════════╝ Switch to the OPSCRN, display the color attribute chart, and select a color scheme for the box. Then use, for example, box number 1 from the cycle of ready-made boxes and place it at ROW 6, COLUMN 9. 4 Each of the 4 possible menu pages is automatically assigned a function key by MENU MAKER in this order: [F1] - Menu page A [F2] - Menu page B [F3] - Menu page C [F4] - Menu page D [F5] - Dos prompt page The DOS prompt box is preset in memory by MENU MAKER. If [F5] is hit by mistake, just [ENTER] without typing a command and you will go back to the original menu display. The PAUSE character [~] can be used after a command typed here. The ESCAPE key [Esc] will exit your menu at any time. Now that you have created your first menu screen, or page, you must store it in memory so that it can be used to form a menu program later. Call up the OPSCRN, then select [Save Work Screen in Memory for [F1]] or press [Alt-F1]. This will display a request for the screen page number to store. Since this is your first screen page, select [1] to assign your screen to [F1] and store it in memory. As this is done, you will see that between the check mark and command string a ■ block marker is placed. This will not be placed on the final menu screen. It is necessary for MENU MAKER to determine which box displays the menu bar in the succession of screen pages. A ■ block marker between the check mark and command indicates that a previous box has been created and saved. Next, you can make the second screen page mentioned earlier. This page will overlay the first page and contain this box: ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ √ FORMAT B:/S ║ ║ √ FORMAT B: ║ ║ √ COPY MYMENU.COM B: ║ Use Drive B: for a dual- ║ ║ diskette system. ║ First option formats a diskette on ║ ║ drive B: and adds DOS system files ║ Use Drive A: for a system ║ ║ with a hard drive. ║ Second option formats a diskette on ║ ║ drive B: ║ ║ ║ ║ Third option copies MYMENU.COM to ║ ║ drive B: ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝ Call up the OPSCRN, choose a color scheme ([F7]), this time using color value [78], then [ENTER]. Go back to the OPSCRN, menu bar or hit [F6] to [Pick and Place a Shadow Box], and choose number 8. Place it with the arrow keys at ROW 3, COLUMN 21, then [ENTER]. Next, move the cursor into this second box and type in the example commands. Use [F9] to place the check marks and then type in the DOS commands as shown in the box above. After completing the second screen page, store it in memory by calling up the OPSCRN, then menu bar to [Save Work Screen in Memory for [F1]] and press [ENTER] or hit [Alt-F1]. When asked which screen page to save, since this is your second screen page, assign it to 2 (function key [F2]). It is again automatically saved to memory. 5 Just a short reminder here. While you have made two simple screen pages containing a few boxes each with no more than four choices in each box, you may create menus with more than one box per screen page, each box containing as many command string columns or program listings as you can fit in it. You may choose to have one large box containing all your commands, or several boxes, each containing a group of commands or programs sharing a common purpose. Whatever your format, MENU MAKER allows you to move the highlighted menu bar back and forth across the screen page to select any particular command or program. Before creating the stand-alone .COM menu program, you can press [Alt-10] and type in your name, the date the menu was created - in short, anything up to 60 characters in length that identifies this menu scheme. Then hit [ENTER]. To have MENU MAKER create the .COM menu program containing your newly created screen pages, call up the OPSCRN, menu bar to [Create Menu File] and [ENTER] or press [F1]. You will enter the number of menu screen pages you have created, in this case, 2, then type in a complete Drive/Path/Name for your menu program and [ENTER]. Here are some examples: Type in a drive letter - A:, B:, C:, D:, etc. The Path where the menu program can be found. THIS MUST BE A ROOT DIRECTORY, that is, a \ directory, not a "\menu" or "\mymenu" subdirectory. Add a name for your menu program - MYMENU, GAMENU, LOTUS, etc. MENU MAKER will add the .COM extension; you don't have to type it here. EXAMPLE: A:\MYMENU or B:\GAMENU or C:\LOTUS - always using a ROOT directory. Finally, call up OPSCRN and menu bar to [Exit - MENU MAKER - program] and [ENTER], or just hit [Esc] to exit MENU MAKER. To display your creation, type in the menu file name at the DOS prompt, press [ENTER] and view your masterwork. 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 2B HOW TO CREATE MENUS USING DESCRIPTIVE COMMANDS This technique will create menus that replace cryptic DOS commands with plain language descriptions of what you want to do or what is going to happen. Your descriptions are limited only by your imagination and a 60- character line. For example, the first menu box you created could have replaced the DOS commands with these descriptive lines: ╔════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ √ ∙ I'd like to view the current directory ║ ║ √ ∙ I'd like to change the system time ║ ║ √ ∙ I'd like to change the system date ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════╝ To make these descriptive commands in boxes you've created, after you place the check mark √ with the [F9] key, hit [F10] and the cursor will move over 1 space as required and MENU MAKER will place the mark ∙ and a window box will appear requesting you to assign the upcoming description to a screen page, 1 through 4. In this case, enter 1. Next, you are requested to type in the actual DOS command or path to launch a program. For example, enter the DOS command DIR for the current directory listing. (Don't forget about the PAUSE mark ~ to slow the action). Or, to launch the WORDPERFECT program residing in the WP50 directory, type C:\WP50\WP. Remember to list the complete path to the program directory and the letters required to start the program. If you need a series of commands to change directories to get to your program, then launch the program, just type in each command, hit the + (MENU MAKER will type two ++ to show the division between each command), then type the next command. For example, say you want to start COMMANDER KEEN from the C:\GAMES\KEEN directory. Use these two commands: CD C:\GAMES\KEEN (to change directories) KEEN1 (to start the game) When you are finished listing your commands, hit [ENTER]. The cursor will reappear right after the ∙ mark on your screen. Now type in your description, as in the example box above. Remember to follow the order as requested: - [F9] for check mark √ - [F10] for description mark ∙ - DOS command (with or without PAUSE mark ~), program path and launch letters (C:\WP50\WP), or series of commands (CD C:\GAMES\KEEN KEEN1) - Description in plain language - 1 blank row between each command if you wish. Follow the previous instructions to save the screen to memory and complete your new, friendlier menu program as described in CHAPTER 2A. 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 3 HOW TO EDIT A MENU MENU MAKER has the unique ability to edit any previous menu screen pages you may have created. You can correct misspellings, add to or remove command strings, program names, or descriptions, rearrange boxes, colors, whatever you want to do. Editing a menu is easy. First, load the program, call up the OPSCRN, then menu bar to [Edit a Pre-existing Menu File] and [ENTER] or hit [F2]. You then type in the Drive\Path\Name of menu file to edit and [ENTER]. For example, edit your sample menu to make a small change in one of the DOS commands you created earlier. At the menu file name request, type in the drive, path, and name you saved the menu file under and [ENTER]. You don't have to type the .COM extension; MENU MAKER knows this already and will load the file for editing. Once you see the first screen page, move the cursor down and change the DOS directory command from DIR~ to DIR/W~. Don't forget the PAUSE mark ~. or the computer will race through the directory listing. Now, save the edited screen page in memory by calling the OPSCRN, hit [Alt-F1], then select menu screen 1, since is the first menu screen. Because you made this change in the first screen page, you must make a corresponding change in the second screen page. Why? Because of the layout of this menu, the second box overlays the first, but doesn't cover it - some of the instructions are visible, notably, the DIR~ command. To maintain a professional looking menu, you must change this DIR~ to DIR/W~ too. To do this, call the OPSCRN, menu bar to [View or Edit Work Screen - [2]], then [ENTER], or hit [Alt-B]. Move the cursor into the box and change DIR~ to DIR/W~ as in the previous screen. Save this second menu screen as you did the first, remembering to select menu screen 2. As you may have noticed from the OPSCRN, you can call up any of the four [View or Edit] options by using [Alt-A] through [Alt-D]. If you want to change a description you've used to replace a DOS command, it's just as simple. Display the screen you want to change, move the cursor to the description mark ∙ , then hit [F10]. Type the appropriate screen number, type the new command (or the old one if all you are changing is the description), then type the new description. Save the menu screen. When you are done with all changes, you must recreate the menu file. Call the OPSCRN, hit [F1], enter the number of screen pages you've edited (in this case, 2), fill in the Drive\Path\Name for the menu file (typically, the same as the original file), then [ENTER]. Finally, exit the program - [Esc]. One IMPORTANT RULE to remember when using the descriptive method of creating menus is that you can have only ONE column of commands per menu page. This was neccessary to keep the created menus to a managable file size. 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 4 INVISIBLE CHECK MARKS and SUPERCHARGING YOUR MENU As you progress with your menu screens, you may eventually decide that the check marks used for the highlighted menu bar placement have to go. Why should the menu user see them, after all? This is a method of using the same color foreground and background to render these marks invisible. First, select your color attribute number, then move the cursor over old check mark and hit [F9] to print new check mark in invisible type. Save your screen as usual - ([Alt-F1]). See CHAPTER 2A for review. Here is a chart of all matching fore- and background colors: COLOR ATTRIBUTE # ------------------------------------- Blue on blue - 17 Green on Green - 34 Cyan on Cyan - 51 Red on Red - 68 Magenta on Magenta - 85 Brown on Brown - 102 White on white - 119 Black on Black - 8 (For monochrome monitors) If you have a dual-diskette system and want to supercharge your menu speed, try this method. It involves setting up a RAMDISK. Create a RAMDISK using DOS's VDISK.SYS or any other RAMDISK program. The RAMDISK only needs to be big enough to hold your menu program, plus an extra 100 bytes of working room to hold the menu batch file. Here's an outline for those of you who are new to RAMDISKs; it uses VDISK.SYS. On the floppy you boot from, create a file (or, if you have one, edit) CONFIG.SYS. Example: Type COPY CON CONFIG.SYS, then [ENTER] Type DEVICE=VDISK.SYS, then hit [F6] or [Ctrl-Z] and [ENTER] This tells the computer you want a 64 K RAMDISK and assigns it the next logical drive letter, typically, C for dual-disk systems or D for hard drive systems. To make sure your menu program is always available in the RAMDISK, you must create or edit an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your boot floppy or in your root directory, using the same method you used for your CONFIG.SYS file. Once you make the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, type in these command lines: COPY MYMENU.COM C:\ C:\MYMENU In this example, C:\ is the typical drive letter for a dual-disk system. To check the letter assigned to your RAMDISK, reboot your computer and watch the opening screens. When VDISK is loaded by DOS, watch for the drive letter. Remember it and use this drive letter in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and when you write the Drive\Path\Name for your menu program. If you must change it, simply load your menu program for editing, then hit [F1] and enter the new drive letter. See CHAPTER 3 for a review. 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY of OPERATIONS Each operation listed can be activated by highlighting it with the menu bar, then hitting [ENTER], or by using the appropriate function key. Once you have used the OPSCRN several times, you will find the function keys much quicker to use without returning to the OPSCRN. F1 - Create Menu File to disk. Requests a drive letter, path, and menu file name, then creates a menu program on the assigned disk. Path MUST be the ROOT directory. F2 - Edit a Pre-Existing Menu File. Requests a drive letter, path, and menu file name, then loads this menu program for editing. F3 - Display Ascii Character Set. Displays the Ascii Character Chart. F4 - Repeat Character Picked from Set. Types on the screen the Ascii character selected from the chart. F5 - Duplicate Top Line at Next Line. Copies any line to the next line. Used to fill a background screen by duplicating the top line. F6 - Pick and Place a Shadow Box Cycles through the 12 ready-made menu boxes, then uses the ruler and pointer method to place it on the screen. You may cancel this option by hitting [Esc]. F7 - Pick Color for Draw, Fill, or Box. Displays the color attribute chart. Select color attribute for typing, filling, menu boxes, check marks, description marks. Default is white on black. Cancel this option with [Esc]. F8 - Pick Color for Menu Bar. Displays color attribute and assigns a color to highlighted menu bar for use in your menu screens. May be changed for each screen. Default color is black on white. Cancel this option with [Esc]. F9 - Types Check mark for Menu Bar Placement. Types a check mark to indicate where highlighted menu bar will be placed on menu screen. 10 F10 - Assign Command/Program to Description. Types description mark ∙, then requests DOS command or Program name. Type in command or program name, [ENTER], then type in description of this command or program on menu screen. See CHAPTER 2B. Alt-F1 - Save Work Screen in Memory for [F1]. Requests menu page number for storage of current work screen. Alt-F2 - Clear Work Screen - Last Color of [F7]. Clears screen, defaults to last color selected by [F7]. Requests confirm with Y/N (Yes/No) key. Alt-F3 - Pick Color for DOS Window. Displays color attribute chart; assigns color to DOS window ([F5] of screen page choices). Default is white on black. Alt-F8 - Pick Color for Border. Displays color attribute chart, assigns color to menu border. Cancel this option with [Esc]. Alt-F9 - Operations Screen Displays OPSCRN. Alt-F10 - Display your name when menu exits. Displays name, logo, date, message up to 60 characters long when any created menu program is exited. Useful for shareware authors. Alt-A - View or Edit Menu Page [1]. Displays work screen [1] for editing or viewing. MUST be used before any editing session. Alt-B - View or Edit Menu Page [2]. Workscreen [2] for editing, viewing. Alt-C - View or Edit Menu Page [3]. Alt-D - View or Edit Menu Page [4]. [Alt-H] - HELP screen displaying FUNCTION KEY operations. [Esc] - Exit MENU MAKER. 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 6 AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER and REGISTRATION FORM This software and documentation file are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. >>-SWIFT-WARE-> does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the suitability or results from use of this software. All risks arising from the use of this software are assumed by the user and not >>-SWIFT-WARE-> nor any club, BBS, or vendor distributing this software. THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE The Shareware concept is founded in the free distribution of software, a cost-cutting alternative to expensive mainstream programs. Users can try the software to test its suitability to their needs, then register with the author if satisfied. Not a bad alternative in a pay-before-you-play world. Keeping in mind the fundamental good spirit of shareware, if you are satisfied, register and pay for your copy of the software. This allows the author to continue to provide quality software for free distribution and repays the long hours required to produce these programs. RESTRICTIONS Permission is given to copy and distribute this software as follows: - The software and documentation must be bundled together - There will be no charge, except for minimal disk cost - The software may not be bundled for use as an incentive to market another software or hardware product. This software is NOT a PUBLIC DOMAIN program; it IS a SHAREWARE product. IMPORTANT You may distribute your menu programs as personal creations for sale ONLY if you are a registered user of MENU MAKER. You assume all responsibility for the use or misuse of any and all menu programs you create. >>-SWIFT-WARE-> cannot be held responsible for any damages stemming from the use or distribution of any menu programs created by registered users. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome. Write to author at home address or leave a message via CompuServe E-mail. CServe ID 72230,1306 Registration Fee - $10 US per copy + $2.00 S/H - Check or Money Order Overseas must be US money. Send to: William Cravener 520 North Stateline Road Sharon, PA 16146 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER PROGRAMS by the AUTHOR: BOBCAT.EXE ($15.00) Here's a program that takes Text Mode Graphics to the MAXIMUM!! Let's anyone manage their Files and Directories. 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