Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : AM108.ZIP
Filename : PROGMENU.DOC

 
Output of file : PROGMENU.DOC contained in archive : AM108.ZIP

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THE NEW EXECUTABLE PROGRAM MENU VIA CTRL-X

Use any text editor (QEDIT is recommended) to create PROGMENU.AM.
This file must be formatted as described below. Note that in the
examples provided, that upper and lower case are used for clarity
and the actual file line data may be in either case.

Comments are denoted by the semicolin (";"). AM will ignore the
semicolon and all following text in any line in which it appears.

Place each program name on the a separate line. The name may be as
short as the program file name without an extension if the file exists
on the DOS path, or may be the full DOS path specification for the file.
Whatever is on that line is what AM will turn into a menu item that will
be passed to DOS to execute. This means that you can place an internal
or external DOS command is acceptable.

When Ctrl-X is pressed, AM will first look in the current directory
(left window) for PROGMENU.AM and load it if found. If not found there,
AM will search the DOS path and load it if found. If not found, nothing
happens. This strategy permits maintaining numerous variants of
PROGMENU.AM in different directories as well as maintaining one master
copy in one directory in the DOS path.

Note that AM automatically uses its swap to EMS/Disk capability when
executing programs in order to maximize the amount of RAM available to
the target program.



  3 Responses to “Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : AM108.ZIP
Filename : PROGMENU.DOC

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