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Mah Jongg Tile Manager
Mah Jongg Tile Manager is a program that manages your Mah Jongg
Tile Library for Nels Anderson's MAHJONG.EXE Version 3.3. In
addition, it also lets you establish a setup for the various
Mah Jongg parameters that you usually include in your command
line when MAHJONGG.EXE is run. These include the following:
-n Bypass the Title Page
-m Use a MOUSE
-tn Play a timed game
-cn Set Background color
-dn Set MOUSE Cursor color
-y Y/N prompt after selecting tiles
MAHSHELL.EXE runs on EGA and VGA systems. Because I do not have
any computers with Hercules, EGA Monochrome or Laptop displays, I
have not implemented the -h, -l or -li options. If there is someone
willing to test such versions, I would be happy to add the code.
The program can also utilize a Microsoft-compatible Mouse if available.
The program will recognize the presence of the mouse driver. The
program recognizes any press of the mouse buttons to select Tile Sets.
To start the program enter MAHSHELL at the MS-DOS prompt (usually C:>).
MAHSHELL can display up to 50 .TIL files on the screen for selection
for play. If you have more than 50, MAHSHELL ignores the additional
Tile Sets. To exit the program enter an 'E' or point the mouse cursor
to the 'E'on the prompt line and press any of the mouse buttons.
Upon initial use, the program will prompt for the setup options you
wish to make standard. These are saved in a file called MAHSHELL.DAT,
and are used until you select the Setup Option (by pressing the 'S' key
or pointing to the 'S' in the prompt line and pressing any mouse button
at the prompt). Thus, you will only see this screen once unless you
change your standard setup or delete the MAHSHELL.DAT file.
The program will also interface with one of our other products, the
VGA Fun Pak. Select the insert option in the menuing program, and
enter 'MAHSHELL' at the program name prompt. At the Program description
prompt, enter something like 'Nels Anderson's Mah Jongg'. Enter 'EXE'
at the program type prompt. When you select that option, the menuing
program will call MAHSHELL.EXE, and you can select the Tile Set you wish
to play with. Upon exiting MAHJONGG.EXE, you will be returned to the
MAHSHELL program to play another game or exit.
The program reads all files in the current directory with an extension
or '.TIL'. It then creates a temporary file called TILES.TMP and ex-
tracts the names of the Tile Sets from the file name. The temporary file
is deleted immediately. Remember the 50 file limit!
Note that MAHSHELL.EXE, MAHSHELL.DAT, ?.TIL and MAHJONGG.EXE must be in
the same directory, and that directory must be the current directory.
SHAREWARE
The Mah Jongg Tile Manager (MAHSHELL.EXE) program is distributed as
Shareware, with a free 30-day trial period. If the program is
useful and you continue to use the program after an initial trial,
you are requested to send $8 to:
Steve Shattuck
5289 N. Lake Drive
Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
When you register Mah Jong Tile Manager, you will receive the
instructions on how to remove the shareware message. After 25 days
you will begin to get warnings that your 30-day free trial is
almost up. After 30 days, Mah Jongg Tile Manager will delete
itself from your disk.
It is also expected that you will separately register Nels Anderson's
MAHJONGG.EXE program. In any case, please register Nels' program even
if you don't register mine. I would certainly be upset to find that
someone had registered MAHSHELL and not registered MAHJONGG!
Feel free to comment on the Mah Jongg Tile Manager and make
suggestion for it's improvements. I would also be interested in
your favorite Tile Sets. I can be reached on Exec-PC in Milwaukee,
WI (414) 789-4210, the best BBS in the World!