To run Scripta from DOS, simply enter a command in the following
format:

              SCRIPTA <script_file_name>

where <script_file_name> is the path name of a DOS file which
contains a Scripta script.

If you omit the script file name, i.e., just type 'SCRIPTA', then
Scripta will initialise your modem and then enter Modem Command Mode.
In this mode, all that you type is sent to the modem and everything
received from the modem is displayed on your monitor screen. In Modem
Command Mode, you also have the option of entering Configuration,
running a script, or calling up the Scripta Dialling Directory. The
Directory supplied with SCRIPTA contains the entries necessary to run
the supplied scripts.

The special command line

                SCRIPTA //<script_file_name>

is a form used when Scripta is called from within Power-QWK but which
may be employed to create a minimal script whilst you are still
unused to the Scripta language. Scripta asks you to enter the
telephone number of the BBS you wish to call and then creates a
script in the following form which is enough to dial up and hold a
manual session online:

                While not connected
                   Dial "telephone number"
                EndWhile
                Wait "NO CARRIER"

For example, the command

                SCRIPTA //PORTER.CMD

will cause Scripta to ask you for the telephone number and then
create a minimal script in file PORTER.CMD. If you are a Power-QWK
user then you may accomplish this automatically from the BBS
Selection screen, for any already-existent message base.

                SCRIPTA /s

causes Scripta to display a menu showing all .CMD files in the
current directory (just like pressing Alt/s in Modem Command Mode).
If you then select one, it is executed.


                SCRIPTA /c

causes Scripta to enter a Configuration session within which you may
set a variety of parameters which tell Scripta how to access your
modem and where to put or find various things whilst it is running.

When the Configuration session is finished, you return to the DOS
command line.

You should always run a configuration session when you first install 
Scripta,  to  set such things as your default  upload  and  download 
directories and default Port and baud rate.


                SCRIPTA /o

This runs Scripta in 'Override' mode, causing the Configuration
option 'Initialise when DCD set' to be ignored.

If you have the option 'Initialise when DCD set' switched on in
Scripta Configuration, then Scripta will always initialise the
Comms port when first started up, even if your modem is already
online.

This caters to certain modems which have DCD (Data Carrier Detect)
set high when they are first switched on.

In the event that an online session is interrupted by power failure
or system crash AT YOUR END, then re-running Scripta will normally
re-attach to the broken session, allowing you to continue from where
you left off. This cannot happen automatically when the 'Initialise
when DCD set' option is in force so SCRIPTA /O allows you to run a
special session in which the option is temporarily ignored.

                SCRIPTA /u<script_file_name>

This is just like the command 'SCRIPTA <script_file_name>' except
that Scripta leaves the default port uninitialised. This enables you
to run a script without accessing the modem. The modem may even be
switched off or not currently attached to the computer.

Note that if the script contains commands which access the modem then
the /u option may only be used if those commands are preceded by a
SET PORT=n command to force the port to be initialised. Otherwise,
the script will not run. Commands which access the modem include all
those which contain a SEND or DIAL element.
