About FREE Runit
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The Runit utility is a small program launcher that can be configured by 
a message originator to run a designated program on a network.  With this 
utility you can "send" a program to network users via a Windows mail system
(e.g. MS MAIL) without actually sending copies of the program to each one.  
The designated program will run when the user double clicks on the Runit 
icon embedded in their message.

You can use Runit with any Windows mail system that allows embeded programs.

Runit will save you a lot of disk space if the program you wish to distribute
is large.  This utility is also useful when you want users to run a program
without wrapping them up in the technical details of how to get to it.

This version of Runit is fully functional and FREE!  An newer commercial 
version is available for the registration fee of $9.  The commercial version
is smaller and contains more features.  To register, please send $9, your 
name and address to

	Frank Font Software
	P.O. Box 1232
	Germantown, MD 20875-1232

The registration fee includes normal shipping and handling.

Please send any enhancement suggestions or comments to the above address 
or to my ID of 72440,2354 on CompuServe.

How To Use
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The Runit utility is configured via command line arguments.  It is a Windows 
program, so to do this you need to configure it through the RUN option of
your Windows' FILE menu.  The switches used and their effects are 
as follows:

/?              ...     A simple help screen will appear.
/SETTING?       ...     Shows current setting.
/SET:<filespec> ...     Will set the Runit utility to run <filespec>.

Example:        MYPROG.EXE is on the network at F:\STUFF\PROGS 
		and RUNIT.EXE is at C:\

1.      From the RUN option of the FILE menu, type 
	
		C:\RUNIT /SET:F:\STUFF\PROGS\MYPROG.EXE
	
	A window will appear showing the new setting.

2.      Attach C:\RUNIT.EXE to a mail message and send it.
3.      When the recipient of the message double clicks on the RUNIT icon, 
	MYPROG will execute.

Note:   Always be sure to send the RUNIT.EXE that you set.  If you're not 
	sure what a RUNIT.EXE has been set to, just do a RUNIT /SETTING? in 
	the RUN option of the Windows' FILE menu.


Limitations
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1.      An error will result if the program to which Runit is set is not 
	available.  (Runit may not be a good choice if users do not share 
	similar drive mappings on the target server.)
2.      Runit does no syntax checking of its setting.
3.      This free version does not set a starting directory.
4.      Pipe and redirection symbols are not processed by Runit.