BATSH220.ZIP is a replacement for previous BATSHxxx.ZIP It includes program and sample-files. BATSH.EXE (v2.20) ----------------- To run Windows commands from a file. Line by Line. Like BATCH (.BAT) files in DOS, but with some windows specific commands, and not all the DOS features. For WINDOWS 3.1 & WINDOWS 95 (FreeWare) Installation ------------ Place the files BATSH.EXE and BATSH.HLP together anywhere on the disk. Write with NOTEPAD a text file with one command per line. Save the text file with the extension .BSH Windows 3.1: Associate with File-Manager the program BATSH.EXE. [File - Associate...]. Include the program path in the association. To install your command-file in Program-Manager, you can drag the file with the mouse from File-Manager to a Program-Manager group.For this procedure, both File- and Program-Manager must be visible on the screen. You can change the icon shown in Program-Manager with the menu [File - Properties...] Windows95: Click with the right mouse button on the new file and choose [Open With] from the menu. Select BATSH as program to use. If the BATSH program is not shown in the selection, you must search it with the [Other..] option. Activate the box [Always use this program...] Run your new command-file with a double click on the file-name. Release Notes ------------- Version 2.20: The ICON command can change WINDOWS95 taskbar icons. A network connection-name (NETADD command) may contain spaces. The hidden icon label in command-mode (/C) is uppercase. Support for Windows95 is added in the help-file. Version 2.14: Bug-fix: The program is now running stable under WINDOWS95. This is not a 95 update, since some commands (ICON,WAITDROP,PRINTER...) can not be used yet. New: INI Variables The filename-part can be written with an extension, so any text file with the structure of a windows initialisation file can now be used. Version 2.12: Bug-fix: Under some conditions, the PRINT command kept waiting much longer than it took to print the file. Version 2.11: Bug-fix: A disabled Help option ($HELP) got active after using the MENU command. The error-message for an invalid $HELP variable definition was incorrect. CLOSE (not QUIT) a BATSH instance with an open message-box, did produce a system error. Each SHOW command did rearrange the desktop icons. The $NET variable was not reset for all NETADD and NETPORT/REMOTE conditions. In some networks, the IF REMOTE command did not search all drives and ports, due to non standard return codes. New: $TIME/$DATE The system TIME & DATE is read or set using these variables. SHOW New parameters allow to move and size a window, or define the location of a BATSH message-box. Since BATSH 2.0, the ASK and CHOICE command are integrated into the MESSAGE command. BATSH files from previous versions are not compatible with version 2 files, when using one of the two commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Nyffenegger, FMI, PBX 2543, 4002 Basel, CH Email: nyffenegger@fmi.ch Web: http://www.fmi.ch/groups/ThomasNyffenegger/Group.html ----------------------------------------------------------------