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Grasprt Library Menu System
GLMENU
Ver. 1.1
(C) 1991
T.L. Motl
Pro Systems
P.O. Box 8293
Madison, WI 53708
I. PURPOSE
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GLMENU was written to help simplify the viewing of .GL files
created by GRASP (GRaphics Animation System for Professionals)
which is copyrighted and distributed by Paul Mace Software,
Incorporated of Ashland, Oregon. The run-time version of the
GRASP software (GRASPRT) must be loaded on your hard disk be-
fore GLMENU will operate.
GLMENU was designed to help manage large numbers of .GL files
residing on your hard disk, and can provide a point-and-shoot
menu of up to 512 .GL files at once. These .GL files can be
located on as many different drives and in as many different
directories & subdirectories as you want. GLMENU can locate
them all, and present them in one clean menu for easy selec-
tion and viewing, including "hidden" .GL files.
II. DISTRIBUTION
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GLMENU may be distributed freely. No charge may be made by
anyone for such distribution, and no contributions are ex-
pected from any source. GLMENU is not "shareware" ... it is
"freeware" in the truest sense. The only restriction on the
distribution of GLMENU is the strict requirement that no one
is allowed to modify the program in any way.
III. INSTALLATION
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GLMENU consists of two files ... this .DOC file and the pro-
gram file named GLMENU.EXE. It is recommended that you copy
these two files onto your hard disk in a drive and directory
that are included in your DOS Path. You will probably want
to put your copy of GRASPRT in that same drive / directory.
IV. RUNNING GLMENU
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You may be logged onto any hard drive when you execute GLMENU,
as long as the GLMENU.EXE file can be found in your DOS Path.
TO execute GLMENU, you must enter the program name followed by
a hard drive letter to tell GLMENU where to search for the .GL
files. The program name and the hard drive letter must be
seperated by at least one blank space.
Example: glmenu c <Enter>
If you want GLMENU to search all of your hard drives, simply
replace the drive letter with a question mark instead.
Example: glmenu ? <Enter>
Once started, GLMENU is quite simple to operate. A function
menu is displayed on the 25th line of the screen showing the
active keys and their functions. In addition to using the
arrow keys and PgUp/PgDn keys to position the highlight bar,
you may simply press the first letter (or character) of the
file you want to select.
After your selection is made, press the Enter key to run it.
It should be noted that GLMENU unloads itself in order to
run your .GL file selection, putting a copy of itself into
expanded memory until the .GL execution is terminated. If
you do not have sufficient expanded memory available (or if
you don't have ANY active expanded memory), GLMENU will make
a temporary copy of itself in a file on the current default
drive of your hard disk. That file will be named ...
GLhhmmss.$$$
... where the "hhmmss" is replaced by the current time in
hours, minutes and seconds. This file is obviously erased by
GLMENU upon return from the .GL execution.
While GLMENU is unloaded, approximately 9K of base RAM is used
as a place holder to facilitate GLMENU's reloading. This will
only present a problem if you are attempting to run a .GL that
is incredibly memory hungry, and will not run without the 9K
that is used by GLMENU.
V. COPYRIGHTS
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Even though GLMENU is distributed as "freeware", it is without
a doubt copyrighted software and should be treated as such.
Unauthorized modifications are NOT allowed, and profiting from
the distribution of GLMENU is expressly forbidden.
The copyrights on GRASP and GRASPRT are owned by Paul Mace
Software, Incorporated of Ashland, Oregon.
VI. DISCLAIMER
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Pro Systems makes no representations / warranties with respect
to the use of GLMENU, and specifically disclaims any express
or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. The GLMENU.EXE program file is provided
on an "as is" basis.
We hope you enjoy GLMENU.
Timm Motl
Pro Systems
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