Battime V1.0 enables you to launch series 
of Win95/NT programs with only one icon.
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* WHAT DOES IT DO

Battime V1.0 will enable you to launch series of Win95/NT 
programs with only one icon.  It actually is a Windows95/NT
batch processor that takes plain BAT files (like in the bad 
old dos-times).  These BAT files can already be run in 
Windows95/NT without need for Battime, but they'll always 
open a slow dosbox: When running only windows programs, 
opening the dosbox and passing back control to it after each 
ran task, takes lots of amounts of time (and the dosbox is 
ugly).  Hence Battime -> fast, smooth and beautifull.

You wonder why you ever could need Battime?  Imagine, every 
time you go on the net, you start your browser, usenetreader, 
emailprogram, timer, ftp-program and IRC...  Make a simple 
BAT file that calls these programs.  Doubleclick it and watch 
how long it takes for the dosbox to run each program.  Now use 
the same batchfile with Battime and enjoy.

Other example: terminal program & timer & explorer.

* WARNING

Battime was solely made because I needed such a program.  I 
released it as freeware to help brothers & sisters in the same 
need.  I did not include fancy bells & whistles or extensive 
error-checking (now I think about it, I didn't include any 
error checking except for the commandline ;-)  It will not 
harm your computer, but when it encounters an error, it will 
quit with a probably cryptic error message.  Not all common 
batch commands are understood by the program.  See the demo.bat 
included to see a working example.  Apart from a simple 
commandline with parameters, it can understand @ECHO OFF, 
CD, REM, ECHO and a driveletter.

* INSTALLATION NOTES

Common system file you need to run Battime:
VB40032.DLL  Probably you already have it in your system directory,
if not, search it on the net or on a good BBS (like S9 BBS;)

Copy contents of the archive into a directory on your harddisk and
make a shortcut to battime.exe.  Click that shortcut, the program will
display further notes on how to make a script run.  You can make as
much shortcuts to battime as you need scripts to run.

* REVISION HISTORY

V0.1  09-06-1997 (that's the 9th of July! European Date format)
        Needed a program that could run scriptfiles without opening
        an ugly dos box.  Whipped it up in a few minutes.  Worked well
        for my purposes.  Is a lot faster than plain dosbox too.
V1.0  09-12-1997
        First release.  Cleaned it up a little bit and wrote
        a readme.txt file.  Made an Icon, changed some properties.

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* COPYRIGHT

This program is copyrighted Freeware and freely distributable.
Comments, questions and bug reports to jhj@earthling.net

If you like this program, write us a mail telling so, or sign
our guestbook on our website.  Don't forget to mention which
program you liked that much ;-)

People wanting to include this program on a CD-Rom may do so.
Although I don't require it, I would appreciate 
if they send us 1 copy of the CD-Rom and 1 copy of the 
(eventually) matching magazine.  Write to jhj@earthling.net
for the postal address.

Copyright 1997  Studio 9 & Jan Jacob

* LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO (yawn yawn)

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