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KEYCHECK DOCUMENTATION
CHARLES BRANNON
C/O CCS INC.
7-C TERRACE WAY
GREENSBORO, NC 27403-3659
KEYCHECK IS DISTRIBUTED AS SHAREWARE. AFTER A TRIAL PERIOD OF 30 DAYS,
YOU MUST SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR $5.00 TO ME AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE
IF YOU FIND IT USEFUL AND WISH TO CONTINUE USING IT.
KEYCHECK IS COPYRIGHTED (C) 1992 AND ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY CHARLES BRANNON
NO FEE OTHER THAN A SMALL COPYING FEE MAY BE CHARGED FOR ITS DISTRIBUTION.
KEYCHECK MUST BE DISTRIBUTED WITH THIS DOCUMENTATION AND MAY NOT BE MODIFIED
WITHOUT MY EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION.
KEYCHECK IS COMPILED WITH THE MICROSOFT QUICK BASIC COMPILER V 4.0 WHOSE
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS ARE PROPERTY OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION.
KEYCHECK 1.2 (C) 1992 Charles Brannon
Format:
KEYCHECK seconds
where seconds = #seconds to wait for a key before running default batch file
KEYCHECK lets you choose an alternate AUTOEXEC.BAT file on powerup.
If you do nothing, your computer boots up as normal after a short delay.
If you press a key before the delay expires, you can abort the normal
batch process and execute an alternate batch process.
You will usually have some lines that are common to both situations.
Put these lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Now create a separate batch file called
AUTOEXEC.DEF that will continue where AUTOEXEC.BAT left off.
The alternate batch file, AUTOEXEC.ALT, should also continue, but can contain
different lines to suit your purposes. I use this program to automatically
load my remote access software by default, but if I press any key during
bootup, the remote software is not loaded, saving me time and memory.
Put KEYCHECK as the second-to-last line of AUTOEXEC.BAT
If it times out before a key is pressed, the default continuation
batch file AUTOEXEC.DEF is copied to AUTOX2.BAT. Otherwise, the
alternate continuation batch file AUTOEXEC.ALT is copied to AUTOX2.BAT.
The last line of AUTOEXEC.BAT should be AUTOX2 to continue to this file.
Note: AUTOEXEC.DEF and AUTOEXEC.ALT should be in root directory.
If you find KEYCHECK to be useful, please send $5.00 to
Charles Brannon c/o CCS, 7C Terrace Way, Greensboro NC 27403
EXAMPLE BATCH FILES:
Contents of AUTOEXEC.BAT:
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ECHO OFF
CLS
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS
ECHO BY DEFAULT, WINDOWS WILL RUN
KEYCHECK 10
AUTOX2
Contents of AUTOEXEC.DEF:
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WIN
MENU MENU.TXT
Contents of AUTOEXEC.ALT:
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ECHO WINDOWS DID NOT RUN
MENU MENU.TXT
Revision History
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Rev 1.1 Released to Compuserve Jan. 3, 1992
Rev 1.2 Released Jan. 12, 1992
Fixed beep that caused "files copied" to be displayed too long.
Removed copy command's feedback
Put in a "window," centered output, added a sound effect