~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ MENU Version 3.00 ~ ~ (C) Copyright A. & H. Spiegl Muenchen 1992-2000 ~ ~ All rights reserved ~ ~ ~ ~ 02-05-2000 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Revision History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additions with Version 3.00 * Easier configuration through INI-file now * Colors can be changed to personal taste now * Support for many more languages, including right-to-left like Hebrew! Also possible to easily support your own language Additions with Version 2.10 * Added a new command line switch: + /Pointer (An additional arrow marks the currently selected item.) Additions with Version 2.05 * Fixed some bugs in the install utility * A final Yes/No question is asked at the end of the install utility before files are actually created/copied. * Added a new command line switch: + /Cls: extends the option of clearing the screen before the popup window with the MENU choices is displayed, so that a color can be specified now. /Cls clears with the currently set color only. Additions with Version 2.01 * Name changes in the documentation files: we got married! :-) * Minor changes in the registration form Additions with Version 2.00 * Finally there is an install program that should make it really easy (and safe!) for anyone to install MENU. I don't know how much time I spent writing and testing it, but quite a few nights. So, if you happen to find an error in it or think that something is not explained right or too complicated, PLEASE PLEASE tell us asap! * Online Help (that one was overdue, too) * Pressing Ctrl-Break doesn't abort the program anymore (OOPS!) * More care is taken to detect whether a user called menu_.exe instead of menu.bat * It is possible to call MENU.BAT without changing to its directory first. Earlier MENU couldn't find its data file. So now, it is possible to just include the MENU directory in the search path and forget about a second batch file. * MENU will return to the directory where it was started from. * Put three REM lines in menu.bat that warn not to edit the file * Three new switches: + /NoEsc allows to turn off the ESC = Quit button. Menu can still be exited by pressing ESC, though. + /F1 + /Cls adds the option to clear the screen before the popup window with the MENU choices is displayed. This way remnents of the last program cannot be seen in the background. * several minor bugs fixed (the more I search the more I find!) * Output of (/h or /?) can be redirected now. Unfortunately this doesn't work when calling the batch file with /h. (DOS bug!) You have to call the exe-file in (just) this case. Additions with Version 1.65 * for a registered user in the Netherlands we implemented support for the Indonesian language. Useful for every user! :-) * another registered user from the Netherlands (Yeah, listen up: They seem to know what SHAREWARE means!) complained that pressing the ENTER key while the screen saver is on will start the current menu item. Now the keyboard buffer is emptied when the screen saver quits. If there is someone out there who really liked this (former) feature, please let us know, and we'll put it back in with an additional command line switch to turn it off. We just couldn't think of a good name for the switch... ;-) Additions with Version 1.6 * well - shame on us - there was a major bug in the mouse supporting routine and screen saver that made menu crash on some systems. After many hours of debugging and some useful hints by Mr.Roemer from Germany, we finally managed to track the it down. Now MENU should run on *any* system that runs at least DOS 3.x. Maybe even earlier versions. I did not have the chance to try it out. (but nobody complained) * just in case that there is another bug (I surely do hope not) we have implemented a switch to turn off mouse support. ('/NoMouse') * the colors of the buttons in monochrome mode were wrong. * English is now the default language. * some minor fixes for smoothing * And: I tried to improve the English in the documentation file. (What you are reading right now!) Any suggestions to further improve the language or my explanations will be warmly appreciated. Additions with Version 1.5 * double clicks on menu items are now supported !!! * Screen Saver * MouseButton handling improved * PageUp/Down handling fixed * added Mouse emulation of PageUp/Down-Keys (right button) * bugfixes Additions with Version 1.4 * support of different software-mouse cursors * grafik-mouse cursors added * works with black&white mode now * some minor bugs fixed Additions with Version 1.3 * PageUp/PageDown/Home/End keys work now * real shadows of window and buttons Additions with Version 1.2 * adjustable window size for different screen modes * mouse/cursor position is being saved Additions with Version 1.1 * mouse support * reorganisation of batchfile handling * bugfixes =============================================================================== For further information and documentation please read MENU.DOC. And don't forget: This is SHAREWARE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~