*** Instructions *** Introduction: This menu programme is capable of handling up to 64 menu items. Each item contains 2 strings. The first tells the programme what should appear on the screen, and the second is the corresponding CLI command. This can be any valid CLI statement, such as... MYPROG RUN MYPROG EXECUTE MYBATCH TYPE MYFILE etc, etc... The first string can be a maximum of 44 characters long and the second a maximum of 39 characters. Editing the Menu: To Edit the menu, you will need a text editor & the programme MenuED. Firstly, enter the text editor and enter the menu items in the following way... 1st String to Display 1st CLI command 2nd String to Display 2nd CLI command etc, etc.. Without any leading or trailing blank lines or spaces - The programme will center the display strings for you. A finished textfile may look like this... Menu Editor MenuED Instructions TYPE ReadMe Assempro v1.2 RUN AssemPro Then, save the textfile on any disk, and enter the programme MenuED. When the programme has loaded, you will be prompted with a menu like this... [1] load menu file. [2] save menu file. [3] load text file. [4] view menu file. [5] edit menu file. [6] clear menu file. [7] Title: [8] Edit scrolltext. [Q] Quit program. Firstly, select the 3rd option by pressing "3". You will then be promted for a filename, enter the filename you gave the textfile and it will then load it. You can then view the menu items by selecting "4"(view), this will show you the string to be displayed on the left, with the CLI commands on the right. If you are not happy with the menu items, you may edit them by selecting "5"(edit), however you cannot edit a menu that does not contain any menu items. You may wish to give the menu a title (such as "Compilation Disk"). If so, select option "7"(title) and you will be prompted for a title. This can contain up to 44 characters. To add (or edit) a scrolltext, select "8". The screen will clear and you will see a black cursor near the top of the screen. You can then enter your message using the left/right cursor keys, DEL and BACKSPACE. When finished, press RETURN to return to the main menu. When you are satisfied with your menu, select option "2"(save) To write it to disk. MAKE SURE THERE IS AN "s:" DIRECTORY ON THE DISK. You can then delete the original textfile because if you come back later and want to edit the menu, you can select option "1" to load The whole menu in (including, title & scrolltext). Running the menu: To include the menu on a disk, you must have the file "MENUDATA" in the s: directory of the disk (this is done by MenuED) and you must have the file "MENU" also on the disk in the main directory or the c: directory. To execute the menu, simply enter "MENU" from CLI, or include it in your startup-sequence. That's all there is to know!!! ps Don't spread the menu editor!!! pps The file "MENUDATA" is encrypted, so people cannot change it Signed: THE ACE.