Easy Access Menu System 5.3 Tengware Enterprises 28162 Amable Mission Viejo, CA 92692 (714) 587-1025 ComuServe ID: 71541,1317 GEnie ID: J.Tengwall1 Delphi ID: TENGWARE Thank you for acquiring a copy of Easy Access. To get a copy of the users manual type 'PRINT EASY.MAN'. This will print the users manual on your printer. What follows is simple installation instructions. More detailed instructions can be found in the users manual. Installation Instructions Note : If you are upgrading from a previous version of the menu system please read the notes regarding changes effective with this release BEFORE continuing with installation. If your previous version number is not the same as the one you are installing, some or all of the files will not be compatible, ex: 5.0a to 5.0f is ok but 5.0a to 5.1a will not work with the same files. Step 1: Create a sub-directory for the menu programs & files Ex: MD C:\MENUS Step 2: Copy the menu programs into the directory Ex: COPY A:*.* C:\MENUS Step 3: Change your working directory to the directory you copied the menu programs too Ex: CD \MENUS Step 4: Run MS.EXE Ex: MS Step 5: The program will display the TengWare logo & ask you to hit the Enter key or F10 key, take your pick. The program now will tell you the cofiguration file was not found, do you wish to define it, answer 'Y'. The computer will now ask for several things regarding how you want it to work. Remember F1 = HELP at all inputs. The configuration can be changed at any time so you are not stuck with the set- up you are creating now. Step 6: If you answered 'Y' to User Log On the computer will now ask for your sign on, otherwise proceed to step 7. The first time you sign on the Sign On is '*' and the Password is 'tengware'. I suggest you add yourself into the user file as soon as possible, F8 from the menu, because the '*' sign on does not behave the same as other sign on's. Step 7: The computer will now ask you to set up the main menu, even if you are not yet ready to set it up answer 'Y'. Enter the appropriate data for the main menu, then hit the F10 key. The main menu is now displayed on your screen. Now hit the F10 key again. You are now back to DOS. From now on to access the menu system DO NOT enter MS, instead enter MENU. ****************** From This Point On Run MENU not MS ********************** The menu system is now functional To set up Sub-Menus: Sub-Menus are defined by entering 'M' for Disk in menu maintenance. The path input will be skipped & the computer will ask for program name. This is not actualy a program name but the file name of the menu you will be runing. If the menu file was not previously set up the first time you try to run it it will ask you to set it up. If you set up you autoexec.bat file with PATH C:\MENUS you will be able to access the menu system at any time regardless of what directory you are in by typing 'MENU'. An example autoexec.bat file: echo off path c:\DOS; C:\MENU cd \MENU MSRESET MENU or if you do not wish to include the MENU directory in your path command, copying MENU.BAT into your DOS directory will provide the same results. If you have User Log On enabled: MSRESET.EXE will force the menu system to require a log on before allowing the user access to any programs. This is helpful for those users that just shut off the computer without logging off. The menu system will allways require a log on if the system date changes or the previous user logged off. If occasionally the computer says it can't find a file or you are getting IO errors for no apparent reason you probably need to increase the number of files / buffers in CONFIG.SYS Example CONFIG.SYS file: files = 32 buffers= 32 The CONFIG.SYS file MUST be in the root directory of the drive you boot from. A registration form is included, just print the file INVOICE.DOC Type: PRINT INVOICE.DOC REMEMBER F1 = Help at all user inputs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!