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WELCOME TO COMMAND POST 7.2!
This disk contains Command Post 7.2D and Browser 3.94
*** LATE-BREAKING NEWS ***
Command Post is still Command Post. A programmable, fast, effective,
and very powerful shell for the Windows environment. It is text-based.
It is designed to either replace or supplement both the Windows Program
Manager and File Manager.
Although the default menus supplied with Command Post are quite sufficient
for many people, the real power of Command Post comes into play when you
add your own menu items to it. To do this, you *got* to print out all
the documentation, curl up in an easy chair, and spend some time reading
it.
For those who prefer a more GUI oriented shell, more like File Manager,
we offer our new File Commander. With File Commander you can have most
of the power of Command Post and your own menu items attached to the
Windows File Manager menu.
The big news for the 7.2 series of Command post is summarized simply as
follows:
Network Support
Multimedia support
DDE Support
SendKey capability
Dialog Boxes
Many more new functions
All the new stuff is documented in the, appropriately, NEWSTUFF.TXT file.
PACKING LIST:
Most of the files will end in a $ until properly installed. Some
files have been compressed and will be decompressed by the setup
program.
README TXT This File
README2 TXT ...continued...
NEWSTUFF MAN Blow by blow differences in recent versions.
CMDPOST MAN The disk-based manual. Registered users get a
typeset, illustrated one.
TASKMANR TXT Instructions for installing TASKMANR.EXE
CP__VER ??? A dummy file. ??? is the current version number.
CMDPOST CPM MAIN menu file. Normally you will not have
edit this file.
CMDUSER CPM Sample USER menu file. Once installed you
WILL have to edit thisfile to configure it for
your system!
CMDPOST EXE The main Command Post executable file.
CP_DLLA DLL Required dynamic-link-library file.
WWWDEALR DLL Another dynamic-link-library file.
CP_TREE EXE The Command Post tree.
TASKMANR EXE Optional replacement for the Windows 3.0 Task
Manager. Brings up Command Post when you
doubleclick on the screen background.
CP_BLNK EXE Our Clock/Blanker for Windows 3.0
WININFO EXE A utility to help determine window size and
position.
CP_VIRT BAT A BAT file for running DOS apps. Can change the PATH.
CP_PAUSE BAT A BAT file that runs a DOS app and then pauses.
CP_ATTR1 DLG A Dialog box used by the default menus.
CP_ATTR2 DLG A Dialog box used by the default menus.
BROWSER EXE File Browser Utility.
WSETUP EXE The Windows-based setup program.
WSETUP INF Information file for the setup program.
WBINXZ EXE More of the Windows setup program.
HOW TO INSTALL COMMAND POST 7.2
Command Post is installed automatically, via our WSETUP.EXE
program, as detailed below:
1) Close down >>>ALL<<< extraneous Windows applications.
2) Make sure you closed down >>>ALL<<< of OUR other Windows apps.
3) Double-Click on the WSETUP.EXE program
4) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial directory,
or accept the given default (C:\WINDOWS).
NOTE: If you are updating from a previous version, and made any of the
Command Post files READ-ONLY, remove the read-only attribute from
the files before running setup.
(Or else the setup process will hang)
UN-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
If, for some reason you wish to un-install Command Post from your
system, here is a checklist for doing so.
1) Examine the SYSTEM.INI file. If you manually installed Command Post
as your primary shell (See Docs), you must edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
Change
shell=cmdpost.exe
to
shell=progman.exe
2) Examine the WIN.INI file. If Command Post starts automatically...
Change
run=cmdpost.exe
to
run=
If there is other stuff on the run= line, you probably want to
leave it there. Just delete the cmdpost.exe from the run= line.
3) Delete the following files from the directory that Command Post was
installed into.
cmdpost.exe
cp_dlla.dll (From the Windows Directory)
cp_tree.exe
browser.exe
wininfo.exe
cp_blnk.exe
cp_info.exe
cp_virt.bat
cmdpost.cpm
taskmanr.exe NOT TASKMANG.EXE OR TASKMAN.EXE !!!
cmduser.cpm (you may want to keep a copy around, esp. if you
have put some work into this file.)
4) That should do it.