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  Choice (Windows)

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Description of program

Configure program (Editor)

Operating of program

Settings in the ini-File

Register

Author:

Stefan Cordes

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Description of program
Description of program:

Choice is Shareware, so you have to register!

Choice command for Windows (known from DOS autoexec.bat).

When Windows starts you will be asked, which programs willbe started or not.

If you do not answer the questions, after adefinit time the default answer will be choosen.

Features of Choice (Windows):

- Runs with Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1x and Windows 95

- Setup program included (supporting complete uninstallation!)

- Setup will add choice to any national startup group

  (Germany = Autostart, USA = Startup, ...)

- Autodetects language (German and English supported)

- Shows countdown, when default answer will be chosen

- Show the icon of the program that will be executed

- Detects if the program is loaded already and wont ask for it again

- Sets start directory of the program (like progman)

- Virusprotection: checks if the exe file has been modified by virus

- Online Help

- Drag and drop

- Right mouse button

- *.lnk file support (Win95)

- Additional conditions (Time, file exists)

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Register
Registrierung

If you are registered you can use every update from choice in the next 2 years.

To register means to pay for the shareware you have tested.

After registring you can use the software as long as you want to.

The registration fee is a small amount of money to make me write new programs or make the old ones better.

Use the registrationform cho_eng.txt.

(Press "Register" on the to of the window).

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Configure program (Editor)

You get in the editor with "File Editor".

For every program you have to enter following settings:

Use:     	Check if entry should be asked, uncheck if ignore that.

Question 	which appears on the screen.

delay:   	time (in Seconds) until default is used

default: 	default answer, if nothing is pressed

Dir:     	Opens file dialog for exe name

File:    	Full orogram name Exe Name of file (exe or pif or...)

Del:     	Remove entry

Extended settings:

Startdir:	Directory program starts in (like entry in program manager)

Ask, even if running:

In most cases it isn't useful to run two instances of one program.

If you whish to ask choice anyway though it is running in memory

check that box.

Conditions

Normally if no input is done choice takes the default answer.You can set some conditions when the default answer ist switched.

File:	Switch default answer if file ... exist.

Time:	Switch default answer if timeslice is reached.

Day:	Switch default anwer if today is that day.

Quick entry:

A) Press on dir.. and configure the default answer. Finished!

or

B) Drag a program with "drag and drop" from the filemanager onto the Choice-Window. Finished!

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Operating
Operating of program:

You can wait until the countdown is finished (then all green marked programs will run)

or you change something with keyboard or your mouse.

Symbols:

 = Program will be executed without changes.

 = Programm not be executed without changes.

Mouse:

Click on the symbols you want to toggle until all programs you want to run are marked green.

Click on "Run all marked"

You can use the right mouse button

Keyboard

Answer from left to right the questions: (<Y>=yes and <N> = no).

Use Cursor left/right to change to previous/next question.

Return (Enter) Takes default answer for this question.

<R> Runs all green marked programs.

<ESC> exits choice and runs no program.

<->/<+> (beside num block) Un-/Mark all programs to be loaded.

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IniFile
Ini-File:

Following items can be changed in the ini-file "choice.ini"

(the file is located in the same directory as "choice.exe". Youcan edit the file with the Windows Notepad)

Section [Info]:

LastDelay=<Seconds> Default: 5

Set how long the program has to delay at "Run all marked"

SetOnTop=<0/1> Default: 1

If 1 choice positions the window always on top of all other.

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