*I  Help Index o  Instructions for RMENU ¾  Add menu items ­  Examples of Menu Commands Y  Delete menu items Š  menu Title =  company Name +  Using the Menus 9" Copyright Information ' Blank screen ø* Colors Ż2 Passwords ¦8 What if I forget my password? 'G  Using Interactive Commands zJ  Examples of DOS Commands ŃP  Replaceable Parameters ±V  Edit menu items ]Y  Sound š]  Mouse 7`  Quick Select ¹b  Caps Lock Ef  Num Lock ’h  Fill character k  Building Menus ’m  Using a Mouse @v  [F3] Shell –x  [F5] Log Off ģz  [F1] Help č| & [F10] Set Up Ӂ  Defaults “ƒ  Things that can go wrong Ƈ  Disabling Passwords Œ ! Set configuration  " Set Configuration Options m“ # Date Format Y– $ Time Format ˜ % Monitor mail box ”š % Monitor mail box ’’’’ *B 1,Help Index RMENU Help Index ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ^Instructions for RMENU^ ^[F1] Help^ ^Using the Menus^ ^[F3] Shell^ ^Building Menus^ ^[F5] Log Off^ ^Examples of Menu Commands^ ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Examples of DOS Commands^ ^Using Interactive Commands^ ^Replaceable Parameters^ ^Using a Mouse^ ^Defaults^ ^Things that can go wrong^ ^What if I forget my password?^ ^Copyright Information^ *E *B 2,Instructions for RMENU Instructions for RMENU RMENU is a non-resident menu system. Non-resident means that other programs may be invoked from RMENU and all of your PC's memory will be available to those programs. The first time you run RMENU, you will receive a message that NO MENU EXISTS and you will be asked to create one. This menu will be the opening menu that is presented when you start the program. RMENU allows you to create as many menus as you want, and it will remember the last menu and its choice up to fifty levels. To install RMENU, simply copy the two files, RMENU.EXE and RMENU.HLP to whatever directory you wish to use as your menu directory. To start the menu, type RMENU when at the DOS prompt. *P You may install RMENU in any directory; however, RMENU searches for its menu information in the current directory; therefore you should make sure that you are in the proper directory before invoking RMENU. This feature allows you, if you want, to have different opening and sub menus depending upon which directory you were in when RMENU was initiated. To run any programs on the menu, select the item by its number, or use the arrow keys and then press [Enter]. Note - You can configure your menu system to either "Point and Shoot" or "Point Only". *P Some users like to have the menu execute their command immediately after they type the selection number. This is sometimes referred to as "Point and Shoot". Others like to confirm their selection by pressing the enter key. You may choose either method by first pressing [F10] to invoke the Set Up menu; then select [Q]uick select. To learn more about RMENU, see: ^Help Index^ *E *B 3,Add menu items Adding Menu Items To add items to a menu, press [F10] at the menu screen to display the Set Up menu. You will now see the choices [A]dd items, [E]dit items, [D]elete items, and so on. Select [A]dd items. RMENU then asks if you want to place the item at the end of the list of choices. If you respond with a [Y] the menu item will be added at the end of the current menu. If you respond [N] then the computer will prompt for the number where you want this new menu item inserted. RMENU will automatically make room and insert the item into the list of menu choices. RMENU will first ask you for the name or title of the choice you wish to add to your menu. You will then be prompted to *P enter a password. This password will be required to invoke this menu selection. Press [Enter] for none or enter a password (up to 8 characters) and then press enter. Note - if you enter an 8 character password, you DO NOT have to press the [Enter] key. After selecting a password, you will then be asked if the item is to be a new [M]enu or a series of [D]OS commands. Press [M] if it is a menu, the computer will then ask you for a menu name. The menu name may be up to 8 characters in length and should conform to standard DOS naming conventions. DO NOT use special characters. Imbedded blanks will be converted to the Underscore "_" character. If you choose DOS commands, a new window will open up to allow you to enter up to 20 lines of DOS commands, each may *P be up to 60 characters long. After you have entered your last DOS command, press [Enter] on the next blank line. You will then be asked if you want to save your changes. Respond with a [Y] or [N]. Note - if you press ESC any time before the menu name is accepted (if adding a menu selection) or the last DOS command is accepted, the system will ignore that item and return to the menu screen. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ Also see: ^Examples of DOS Commands^ ^Using Interactive Commands^ ^Replaceable Parameters^ ^Examples of MENU Commands^ *E *B 4,Examples of Menu Commands Examples of MENU Commands When you select [M] for menu, RMENU will prompt you for the name of the menu to display when that choice is selected. If that menu does not exist at the time it is selected, the computer will sound an alert (if sound is turned on) and you will be asked to build the menu at that time. For information on building menus, see: ^Building Menus^ You may add up to nine selections per menu. You may also branch from one menu to another. Multiple menus can be useful for grouping programs of the same type, or that are used by for a certain function, and so forth. *P The name you pick for a menu must be a legal DOS file name. If you use punctuation, RMENU will not be able to create or retrieve it later on. You can, however, leave spaces between characters, which RMENU will replace with an underscore. If you pick the name MAINMENU, you will be warned that MAINMENU is a reserved name. The opening menu is saved with the name MAINMENU. ^Help Index^ *E *B 5,Delete menu items Deleting an Item To delete an item from a menu, press [F10] and then select [D]elete Items. RMENU will ask you which item is to be deleted. You may use either the number or arrow keys to select the choice. You also have a chance to change your mind at this point by either confirming the deletion with a [Y] or pressing [N] or [Esc]ape to cancel. If the item that was deleted was a menu selection, that menu may still be access from other menu choices even though the current choice was deleted. To remove the menu completely, it must be erased. RMENU menus use a .RMU extension. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 6,menu Title Modifying the Menu Title The title of the active menu may be edited by first pressing [F10] key and the selecting [M]enu title. When this option is selected, a window will open up which will allow you to edit the current menu title. As soon as you press [Enter], the new menu title will be saved and redisplayed. As with any editing operation, pressing the [Esc]ape key will cancel the changes. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 7,company Name Changing the Company Name To personalize RMENU, you may change the name that appears at the top of the screen to your company name or your user name as you desire. To change the Name, first press [F10] then select [N]ame. A window containing the current company name will appear and you can edit that name as you wish. As soon as you press [Enter], the new name will be displayed at the top of your screen and save to disk. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 8,Using the Menus Using the Menus To use the menus developed by RMENU choose your selections by either pressing the number (1-9) that corresponds to your choice or by highlighting the choice using the arrow keys. If you have set up your system to "Point and Shoot" and you use the number keys, the choice corresponding to the number pressed will be executed immediately, you do not have to press [ENTER]. If you have selected the "Point Only" option, then you must confirm your selection with the [Enter] key. Note - RMENU is mouse sensitive. If mouse support is turned on then a large rectangular mouse cursor will appear on the screen. Place the cursor on the selection desired and click the left mouse button for [Enter], right button to [Esc]ape. *P To use the Edit, Color, and Blank Screen menus in RMENU, you may either highlight you choice using the arrow keys or press the first letter of the choice desired. Note - these menus will react in the manner that you have configured your system. That is, if you selected "Point and Shoot", pressing the first letter of the desired choice will cause that choice to be executed immediately. The mouse operates in "Point and Shoot" mode for all menus except when choosing colors or a fill character. ^Help Index^ *E *B 9,Copyright Information Copyright Information ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ RMENU by Joseph H. Mohr Copyright (c) 1990 - All Rights Reserved RMENU is a shareware product of ROARING FORK SOFTWARE. Reproduction of the program, help materials, or manuals without the express written permission of Roaring Fork Software is prohibited. *P Single copies may be registered for $30 per copy. Site Licenses Available. To register your copy or for further information, contact: Joseph H. Mohr Roaring Fork Software 8415 Garland Court Arvada, Colorado 80005 ^Help Index^ *E *B 10,Blank screen Screen Blanking Since RMENU was designed to be your primary interface to your personal computer, it is likely that the menu screen will be displayed on your computer whenever you are not running a particular application. It is possible that if you were to leave the menu screen displayed on your computer for an extended period of time, the screen phosphor would be weakened to the point that even when the menu was not displayed, you would get a "ghost" image of the menu. This applies to any program such as Lotus 123, etc. not just RMENU. Because of this, we have included a screen blanking function within RMENU. That is, if RMENU is active and there have not been any keypresses for a specified period, RMENU will save the current screen, clear the screen to blank and display the word "RMENU" randomly around your screen. *P Simply press any key (other than A [Shift] key) and you will be returned to RMENU in the exact place you were when the screen saver logic took over. To activate or change the screen saver, press [F10] and then select [B]lank Screen and the following menu will appear. ŚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄæ ³ None ³ ³ 1 Minute ³ ³ 2 Minutes ³ ³ 3 Minutes ³ ³ 4 Minutes ³ ³ 5 Minutes ³ ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ *P Choose the delay desired by using the arrow keys and pressing [Enter], (click the left button if using a mouse). As with any edit function, you can cancel your request by pressing the [Esc]ape key. If you enable screen blanking, RMENU will then prompt for the filename (full DOS path) for your favorite screen save program such as one of the fireworks programs, Cheryl Tigg or Mickey Mouse watch, etc. If no program is specified, RMENU will default to display "RMENU" randomly on your screen. RMENU defaults to "None" when first installed. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 11,Colors Setting Colors When you choose [C]olors from the Set Up menu, a new menu showing the area colors you can modify is shown. These include: ŚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄæ ³ company Name ³ ³ Background ³ ³ Menu ³ ³ Options ³ ³ Date/time ³ ³ Warnings ³ ³ Highlight ³ ³ Editor ³ ³ Quick select ³ ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ *P When you select an area to modify, a window will open displaying all color choices available. The current color choice will be surrounded by a small box. Use the arrow keys to move the box to the color combination desired, or, if you are using a mouse, move the mouse to the desired color and click the left button. As you move the box around in the window, the color of the area selected will change on the screen. Press enter to confirm your selection. If you are using a mouse, you must click on the desired color a second time. Press [Esc]ape or the right mouse button to cancel your changes. *P Note - RMENU detects the type of display adapter used and adjusts its color settings accordingly if you run it on a monochrome system. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 12,Passwords Using Passwords with RMENU RMENU provides three different levels of passwords. The highest password level is the ADMINISTRATOR'S PASSWORD. The second level is the USER'S PASSWORD, and the third level is MENU ITEM PASSWORD. When you select the [P]assword function from the Set Up menu, the computer will first prompt you for the ADMINSTRATOR'S PASSWORD. (Note - If Password protection was already enabled, you would have had to enter the current ADMINSTRATOR'S PASSWORD in order to get to the Set Up menu.) The ADMINISTRATORS PASSWORD, if present, is required to Exit to DOS, Shell to DOS, or reach the Set Up menu. Press Enter for none or enter up to 8 characters for your ADMINISTRATOR'S PASSWORD. *P After selecting an ADMINSTRATOR'S PASSWORD, you will be prompted for a USER PASSWORD if there is not already a USER PASSWORD. If a USER PASSWORD exists, the computer will display the current USER PASSWORD. The USER PASSWORD is used to control entry to the RMENU system. Once a USER PASSWORD is established, you will be asked to enter a password each time you start RMENU. Because the ADMINISTRATOR'S PASSWORD has a higher authority, you may enter either the USER PASSWORD or the ADMINISTRATOR'S PASSWORD at the opening password prompt. The user may change his/her password without the Administrator by pressing [F2] at the opening password prompt. The Adminstrator can change his/her password by selecting the [P]assword function from the Set Up menu. *P Menu Item Passwords can be established at the time the item is added to the menu or by selecting [E]dit items from the Set Up menu. Once a password has been established, it can be changed using the [F2] function when prompted for the password after selecting a specific menu item. The Administrator can see the password through the [E]dit items function, but can not change it. In a typical corporate environment, the menu might be set up and maintained by personnel from the Information Center or MIS department. The user's password (if desired) would be set up at that time. The user, however, can change their password any time they desire. If multiple users were to share the computer, they would use a common user password to gain entry, but might have different passwords known only to them for specific menu selections. *P Since passwords can be assigned to specific menu selections, and menu selections can invoke other menus, you can set up uniquely password protected menus for each user if you wish. The password feature is case sensitive. That is, if you enter your password in capital letters, the password MUST be entered as capital letters. In other words, a password must always be entered EXACTLY as it was originally entered for the program to accept it. Note - "HELP" is a RESERVED password. If you attempt to assign the word "HELP" in either upper or lower case or any combination thereof as a password, RMENU will sound an alert and inform you that "HELP" is a reserved password. *P "HELP" has been reserved to allow users who may not have password access to the computer to access a user defined "HELP" menu and its submenus. To implement this feature, build a menu named "HELP". On that menu, you might have several on-line help systems or perhaps tutorials that would be of benefit to users who may not have password access to the primary applications on the system. Also see: ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Disabling Passwords^ ^What if I forget my password?^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 13,What if I forget my password? What if I forget my password? If you forget the MENU ITEM PASSWORD, the Administrator can "see" that password by selecting the [E]dit Items function from the Set Up menu. If you forget your USER PASSWORD, the Administrator can "see" your password for you by selecting the [P]assword function from the Set Up menu. If you forget the ADMINSTRATOR's PASSWORD, you can use the WHISPER.EXE program you received when you REGISTERED your copy(ies) of RMENU to get to the Set Up menu and the [P]assword function. *P Oops!, you haven't registered yet! Well other than contacting us, your only option is to blow away the RMENU.CFG file and reconfigure your system. Note - your menus will still be intact! Also see: ^Disabling Passwords^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 14,Using Interactive Commands Using Interactive Commands If a program needs additional command line information at run time, RMENU's interactive command feature may be used to prompt for the parameters when that menu item is selected. RMENU may be instructed to prompt for and accept user input after the menu option is executed. To create a prompt message, press [Alt][P] while entering the DOS commands. This will put a "" character on the line. Then type the prompt message (up to 30 characters). When you are finished, press [Alt][P] again to close the message with a "" symbol. You may also add a sound to get the users attention by pressing [Alt][A]. This will display the symbol "" on the text line. *P Examples of Interactive Commands To Print a file on your printer: 1: COPY ; < Semi-colon to continue line 2:  Enter File Name  ; < Prompt for input 3: PRN > NUL < NUL to suppress DOS messages *P To display a sorted directory list: 1: DIR ; < Semi-colon to continue line 2:  Directory to List?  ; < Prompt for directory 3: | SORT | more < Sort Directory and display in pages 4: PAUSE < Pause at end and wait for key press. ^Add menu items^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 15,Examples of DOS Commands Examples of DOS Commands RMENU allows nine selections on a menu and up to twenty lines of sixty characters per menu item. If you need to make a single command longer than sixty characters, enter a semicolon (;) and continue it on the next line. RMENU will append the lines internally, and treat them as one command. Sample commands: Item Name: Lotus 1-2-3 [M]enu or [D]os Command: D Command 1: cd\Lotus Command 2: Lotus Item Name: Directory of Drive A [M]enu or [D]os Command: D Command 1: Dir A: /P Command 2: Pause *P The letter [D] for DOS commands refers to the commands used to run a program from the DOS prompt (C:\>). RMENU can run almost any program including those which terminate and stay resident (TSRs); however you should use caution when you run TSRs because they allocate their own memory that is NOT released when you quit RMENU. RMENU can run batch files. If you are using DOS 3.3 or higher, you can simply call your batch file from the command line. For example: Item Name: Prodigy [M]enu or [D]os Command: D Command 1: CALL PRODIGY *P If you are running a DOS version lower than 3.3, you must either enter your batch file into RMENU command lines or add the command "RMENU C" as the last item of your batch file. ^Add menu items^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 16,Replaceable Parameters Replaceable Parameters RMENU supports DOS style replaceable parameters %1 thru %9. By using replaceable parameters, you can prompt the user for specific input to control the execution of your batch files. Command 1:  Enter File to Copy  %1 Command 2:  Enter Destination  %2 Command 3: IF EXIST %1 GOTO NOTFOUND Command 4: COPY %1 %2 Command 5: GOTO DONE Command 6: :NOTFOUND Command 7: ECHO File %1 not found! Command 8: PAUSE Command 9: :DONE *P Note - You must prompt for ONLY ONE parameter on a line. ^Help Index^ *E *B 17,Edit menu items Edit Menu Items Once an item has been added to the menu, you may change it by selecting [E]dit menu items from the Set Up menu. You will be prompted to select the item and may either enter its number, use the arrow keys, or the mouse. Remember, the mouse will operate in point and shoot mode. When the item has been selected, the menu item name will be displayed for editing, press [Enter] to accept it. If no MENU ITEM PASSWORD exists, you will then be prompted for a menu item password. If a password exists, it will be displayed, but may not be changed, use [F2] to change the password when the menu item is selected from the menu. The computer will then ask if this is to be a [M]enu or [D]os command. Enter the appropriate letter. The full-screen editor will then become available for you to make any necessary changes. *P When DOS commands are being edited, the up and down arrow keys may be used to scroll backward and forward through the command list. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 18,Sound Sound RMENU sounds an alert when you Exit to DOS, enter an invalid password or when the sound symbol "" is encountered in a menu command file. Some users find this sound annoying; therefore, RMENU provides the ability to toggle sound off and on as may be desired. Simply select [S]ound from the Set configuration screen and use the mouse or [] or [] arrow keys to highlight your choice. As always, you may press [Esc]ape to exit without making any changes. Your options are: ( ) Off - Turn Sound off (ū) On - Turn Sound on ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 19,Mouse Mouse RMENU is mouse sensitive. At the time, RMENU is started, it will automatically determine if you have a mouse and the appropriate mouse software loaded. If so, a large rectangular mouse cursor will be displayed. You may toggle the mouse feature off and on by selecting [M]ouse from the Set configuration screen, then, using the [] or [] arrow keys or your mouse to select the mode desired. Your choices are: ( ) Off - Mouse support disabled (ū) On - Mouse support enabled ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Using a Mouse^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 20,Quick Select Quick Select Many users want their menu selection to be activated immediately when they select an item by its number or letter (sometimes referred to POINT & SHOOT); however, some users want to confirm their selection (POINT ONLY). RMENU supports both modes of operation. When you first install RMENU, the default mode is to execute immediately (ie,Point & Shoot). You may change feature by selecting [Q]uick select from the Set configuration screen and then selecting the appropriate mode using the [] or [] arrow keys or your mouse. Your Options are: ( ) Point Only - Wait for [Enter] key (ū) Point & Shoot - Execute immediately *P NOTE - Mouse functions operate in POINT & SHOOT mode except when selecting colors or the fill character for your menu. ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 21,Caps Lock Caps Lock The Caps Lock lock feature allows you to set the status of the Caps Lock key when RMENU is invoked. Select [C]aps lock from the Set configurations screen. You will then be presented with the following options. ( ) Off - Turn Caps Off (ū) On - Turn Caps On ( ) Unchanged - Leave the Caps Lock key unchanged Use the [] or [] arrow keys or the mouse to make your selection. Press [Esc]ape to exit without making changes. ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 22,Num Lock Num Lock Most computers are equipped with a numeric lock key, [Num Lock]. RMENU allows you to set the status of the Num Lock key at the time RMENU is loaded. To choose this function, select num [L]ock from the Set configuration screen. Your options are: (ū) Off - Turn Num Lock Off ( ) On - Turn Num Lock On ( )Unchanged - Leave the Num Lock key unchanged Use your [], [] arrow keys or mouse to make your selection. Press [Esc]ape to exit without making any changes. ^Set configuration options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 23,Fill character Fill Character The main RMENU display behind the menu itself may be filled any valid ascii character except nulls. When you select [F]ill character from the Set Up menu, you are presented with a menu of the available characters. Use the arrow keys or your mouse to select the character desired. As you move through the characters with the arrow keys or if you click the mouse on a character, the backgound is changed immediately so that you may see the effect of your selection. Press [Enter] or click the mouse a second time to confirm your selection. You may press [Esc]ape or the right mouse button to exit without making any changes. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 24,Building Menus Building Menus Each RMENU menu screen offers up to 9 choices. To run more than 9 programs and/or DOS commands, additional menus can be created. Each menu choice may either execute a series of DOS commands or programs, or may invoke another menu. The number of menus is unlimited. It is a good idea to organize your programs to make menu selection easier. For example, there could be a program for DOS utilities such as the Norton Utilities, PC Tools, etc.; another menu for financial software such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivable; one for communications software, and one for applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, and so forth. There might even be one for games. *P Programs or Menus that are used frequently should appear on the main menu. To set up an item, first type the title as you want it to appear on the menu. For example you might enter: System Utilities Next you must tell RMENU if this choice is to be another [M]enu or a series of [D]os commands. Since we are building a menu, enter the letter [M]. RMENU will then ask you the name of the menu to display. The name must be a valid DOS file name (no extensions) so you must limit it to eight characters. You may leave blanks in the name. RMENU will replace them with the underscore character, "_". *P If the menu does not exist when you select it, RMENU will sound an alert (if sound is turned on), and ask if you want to build the menu. The new menu will be set up using the same procedure as entries for the main menu, and you may add up to nine selections. This menu may also contain one or more other menus as choices. There is no limit on how complex you can make your menu structure except that: * No menu can have more than nine choices; * Menu names must be unique and less than eight characters; * Menus that are nested more than fifty levels deep will not be able to return to the previous menu when the [Esc]ape key is pressed. ^Help Index^ *E *B 25,Using a Mouse Using a Mouse RMENU is mouse sensitive and, when first installed, will default to Mouse ON if your mouse driver is loaded and your mouse is connected. Mouse support may be turned ON or OFF, (see ^Mouse^). The mouse operates in "Point and Shoot" mode on all menus except when selecting Colors or Fill character. In these menus, you must click your selection a second time to confirm your request. The left mouse button operates as the [Enter] key. The right mouse button operates as the [Esc]ape key. ^Help Index^ *E *B 26,[F3] Shell [F3] Shell to DOS You can temporarily exit RMENU and run DOS commands from the command line by either pressing the [F3] key or clicking the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is on the [F3] Shell wording on the menu. When you Shell to DOS, RMENU loads a second copy of COMMAND.COM to execute your DOS commands. DO NOT load any programs which terminate and stay resident (TSR)s! Two DOS commands that do this are PRINT and MODE. When you have finished, type EXIT at the DOS prompt to return to RMENU. ^Help Index^ *E *B 27,[F5] Log Off [F5] Log Off If USER PASSWORD protection is enabled, "[F5] Log Off" will be displayed near the bottom left of the menu display. By pressing [F5] or clicking the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is on the "[F5] Log Off" message, you will be returned to the opening display which requests the USER PASSWORD. If password protection is enabled, you should do this any time that your computer will be left unattended. ^Help Index^ *E *B 28,[F1] Help [F1] Help This help system is invoked when the menu is displayed by pressing the [F1] key or clicking the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is on the [F1] Help line. When selected, RMENU disables the screen blanking feature and displays the Help Index. A highlighted bar appears on the first help choice. You may move the bar with the arrow keys or by pressing the first letter of the desired choice. If there is more than one selection with the same first letter, the first selection with that letter will be highlighted, press the letter again to move to the next selection with the same first letter. Press [Enter] to make your selection. *P If the help text for your selection fills more than one screen, "PgDn" will appear at the bottom of the help window. Once you are on the second page, "PgUp/PgDn" will appear until you are on the last page; then "PgUp" will be displayed. Use the [PgUp] and [PgDn] keys to move through the help pages. If a highlighted selection appears on a help page, press enter to select it or press the [] and [] arrow keys to move the highlight. Press [Esc]ape to exit the help system. ^Help Index^ *E *B 38,[F10] Set Up [F10] Set Up Menu When you press [F10] or click it with the mouse, a menu with the following menu is displayed. ^Add menu items^ ^Fill character^ ^Delete menu items^ ^Blank screen^ ^Edit menu items^ ^Set configuration^ ^menu Title^ ^Monitor mail box^ ^company Name^ ^Passwords^ ^Colors^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 29,Defaults Defaults When RMENU is first installed, the following defaults are in effect. Colors - company Name - Bright White on Black Background - Cyan on Blue Menu - Bright White on Black Options - Black on White Date/Time - White on Black Warnings - Bright Yellow on Red Highlight - Bright Yellow on Magenta Editor - Bright Yellow on Black Quick select - Bright Yellow on Black *P Defaults (continued) Passwords - None Fill character - "°" Blank screen - Disabled Date Format - September 17, 1990 Time Format - 10:51:45 Caps Lock - On Num Lock - On Sound - On Quick Select - Point & Shoot Mouse - On (If your mouse driver is loaded) ^Help Index^ *E *B 30,Things that can go wrong Things that can go wrong Some of the common problems encountered using RMENU are: * Bad Command or File Name: The selection you requested is either misspelled or does not exist in the directory requested or in your PATH. * Insert Disk with COMMAND.COM: When using the [F3] Shell, RMENU runs a second copy of COMMAND.COM. This message should occur only if the PC was first started from a floppy disk. * Replaceable parameters or interactive commands don't seem to work properly. The prompt for user input either did not start with a "" character, did not end with a "" character or did not (for replaceable parameters) include a "%n" on the line. *P * System does not return to RMENU after exiting the program selected: The menu selection invoked a batch file. RMENU normally executes .COM, .EXE or DOS commands that have been typed into the system. If you run a batch file from RMENU you must add the statement "RMENU C" to the end of the file. ^Help Index^ *E *B 31,Disabling Passwords Disabling Passwords Passwords may be disabled at any time. To disable a MENU ITEM PASSWORD, select the desired menu item. When the computer prompts for the password, press [F2] to edit the password. Enter the password for that menu selection. The computer will then prompt for a "New Password". Press [Enter] for none. The password for that menu selection is now disabled. To Disable the USER PASSWORD, follow the procedure outlined above except edit the password at the opening password prompt. *P The administrator may disable his or her password in a similar fashion when prompted for the ADMINSTRATOR's PASSWORD when you choose "Exit to DOS", [F3] Shell, or [F10] Set Up. Additionally, the administrator can disable the ADMINSTRATOR's password by selecting [P]assword from the Set Up menu. The key here is that you MUST know a password to disable it! ^Help Index^ ^Passwords^ ^What if I forget my password?^ *E *B 33,Set configuration Set Configuration The "Set configuration" screen presents seven set up options for tailoring RMENU. These options allow you to specify the format to be used for displaying the date, the format for displaying the current time, set the status of the Caps and Num lock keys when RMENU is started, turn sound on or off, choose how items are selected, and enable or disable mouse support. Once these items have been specified, choose [U]pdate by pressing the letter [U] or by clicking the left button on the mouse when the mouse cursor is in the Update box. Choose [Exit] or press [Esc] to return to the Set Up menu without saving your changes. For more information see: ^Set Configuration Options^ ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 34,Set Configuration Options Set Configuration Options You may choose a specific option by using either [Tab] or [] keys to move to the right, [Shift] [Tab] or [] to move left, using the mouse and pressing the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is in the desired area, or by using the Quick Select key for each option [D]ate Format, [T]ime Format, [C]aps Lock, [N]um Lock, [S]ound, [Q]uick Select, [M]ouse, [U]pdate, and [E]xit. For more information on each of these options, see: ^Date Format^ ^Time Format^ ^Caps Lock^ ^Num Lock^ ^Sound^ ^Quick Select^ ^Mouse^ ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 35,Date Format Date Format RMENU displays the date from the computer's system clock in the upper left hand corner of the RMENU screen. You may select the format used by choosing the [D]ate Format function from the Set configuration screen. Use the [] or [] arrow keys or your mouse to highlight the format desired. Available formats are: (ū) September 17, 1990 ( ) 17 Sep 90 ( ) 9-17-90 ( ) 9/17/90 ( ) 17/9/90 ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 36,Time Format Time Format RMENU displays the time from the computer's system clock in the upper right hand corner of the RMENU screen. You may select the format used by choosing [T]ime format from the Set configuration screen. Use the [] or [] arrow keys or your mouse to highlight the format desired. Available formats are: ( ) 10:14:51:75 (ū) 10:14:51 ( ) 10:14 AM ( ) 10:14a ( ) 10:14 ^Set Configuration Options^ ^Help Index^ *E *B 37,Monitor mail box Monitor Mail Box RMENU provides the ability to monitor a specific directory and file specification incoming mail documents, a specific directory and file specification for outgoing mail, and a specific directory and file specification for data files that should be sent. If enabled, RMENU will display character based icons on the RMENU screen. These are: ³ ³ or ³šššššššš³ for incoming mail; ĄÄIn-BoxÄŁ ĄÄIn-BoxÄŁ ³ ³ or ³šššššššš³ for outgoing mail and/or ĄÄOutBoxÄŁ ĄÄOutBoxÄŁ files to be sent. *P RMENU was developed in an environment where an electronic mail system was available to many users. In order for a user to determine if there was mail to read or be sent, the user had to enter the electronic mail system. User could, in addition, have files to transfer to their corporate headquarters. The capability to monitor for these files is included in RMENU. To enable this capability, choose the [M]onitor mail box selection on the [F10] Set Up menu. The Monitor Mail screen will then appear. Choose the function to be monitored by using the Quick Select letters, [I]ncoming Mail, [O]utgoing Mail, [F]iles to be Sent, or press the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is in the area desired. You will then be able to enter a path and file specification of up to 60 characters. Standard DOS wild cards are acceptable in the file specification. *P Press [Enter] when you have completed the file specification. If you press [Esc]ape, the field will be reset to its original contents. Press [U]pdate to save your changes, [Esc]ape or [E]xit to cancel. Note - If the Incoming Mail file specification is omitted, the In-Box mail icon will not be displayed. If both the Outgoing Mail and Files to be Sent specifications are omitted, the OutBox icon will not be displayed. ^[F10] Set Up^ ^Help Index^ *E