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The four programs included here can be used to control the state
of the toggle keys from a batch file. For example, they can be used to
insure that caplock is on for a program that doesn't recognize lower
case, or to set the numeric pad to the desired state after rebooting,
despite what DOS may do. Caplock.com included here is not the PC mag program
that decides that you don't really want caps on and turns it off when you
use the shift key. These programs simply turn the flags on or off. THe
syntax is as follows:
NUMLOCK [ON|OFF] Controls the number lock state
CAPLOCK [ON|OFF] " caps " "
SCRLOCK [ON|OFF] " scroll " "
INSLOCK [ON|OFF] " insert " "
The programs are very simple minded. Anything in the third character of the
command tail that when masked by 0FH results in 0EH will set the state ON.
Anything else will set the state OFF. For those who don't speak hexadecimal,
this means that the characters ".", ">", "N", "n", "^" and "~" will turn it
on if they are where the "N" is in the following line:
caplock oN
If you put two spaces following the word caplock, it will turn off. I don't
try to parse the line, I just check the character location. It took less time
to write the programs than it did to write this explanation. You are getting
what you paid for here.
Otherwise these are pretty handy programs. I think you will find them useful.
Ken Norris