This was meant as a running form of document, as opposed to viewing form. Sfree disk space C pull-down The above demonstrate the ability of this text to run other softwares, batch files, DOS commands and the ability to call other pages on top of the present page as subroutine pages. Note that when you move the cursor keys, the high-lighted text is accompanied by a message on the box itself. Try turning SCROLL LOCK ON and press down on the up/down/left/right cursor keys. This menu moves around, along with the message on the box, since it's set for relative location. Turn it OFF again for now. Type left/right cursor or PgUp/PgDn to see other pages. Note that the box surrounding this main menu is the double line box. There are nine types, including the single, mixture of single/double, mesh, block and blank. (or something else you made with the BOX option) This was run as "TXTRUN N32 ETXTRUNRN.TXT". _00rType here to run CHKDSK.COM. Type here to see another page This is the page to the left Press down on the right cursor to go back to the main menu. There is no other page in other directions. TXTRUNRN.TXT is meant to be a RuNning example of what TXTRUN.EXE can do: - fancy up a text file into multiple pages. - to make pull-down menu softwares. - a DOS shell to run other softwares, batch files or DOS command chores. - a dungeons and dragon game. - etc All this without knowing how to use a computer programming language: Even if you know computer languages, this simplifies many things while making .COM softwares which are very small, compared to what something like this would become if you used Basic, C, Cobol, Fortran, Modula-2, Pascal etc to write a comparable .COM software. Actually, can you use Basic, C etc make softwares like this? and if the answer is Yes, how many months will it take? With TXTRUN.EXE, the answer is "Yes, in a few hours.". (Making this .COM software only took minutes, but it may take a few hours reading the documents on how to make it yourself, and a few hours typing your text.) This is the page to the right Press down on the left cursor to go back to the main menu. There is no other page in other directions. TXTRUN.EXE contains extensive error messages which act as context sensitive help: Simply type the name of TXTRUN.EXE at DOS to see the main help page, so that it tells you what the options are, type the options without the values required, and it tells you about that option in detail. (a few options not used often is not on this menu) TXTRUN will make a .COM type software which operates on CGA, monochrome, EGA or VGA. A few non-standard type video-card/monitor combinations are also supported. TXTRUN must operate in text mode, not graphic mode. This is the page below. Press down on the PgUp key to go back to the main menu. There is no other page in other directions. TXTRUNDC.TXT contains more DoCument type detail which is meant to be read, rather than run as in this text file. TXTRUN will make a .COM type software which supports color monitors and 43/50 rows EGA/VGA monitors. If your editor lets you insert control codes in your text, TXTRUNDC.TXT tells you how to make different parts of the text appear in different colors (if the .COM software made by TXTRUN runs on a computer with color monitor). All text files here assumes that you don't have a color monitor, but it does assume that your screen can display at least 80 columns. (no one asked for a program which works on 40 columns wide palmtop computers, which is the only reason why this doesn't support it) This is the page above. Press down on the PgDn key to go back to the main menu. There is no other page in other directions. If you use a compiler which needs many megabytes, chances are that the compiler was written in another computer language which in turn was written in another, which was written in another etc. But don't complain or offer to make it efficient, since such compiler makers ignore you. Many people like big compilers because they feel that anything bigger is better than anything smaller. The proof? You're probably the only one using this and will be for years. The amount of system memory (640 KB size) required by the .COM software made by TXTRUN when it runs other softwares varies with the DOS version used and the size of the .COM software itself. This is the pull down page The above text is in the box as a title. Did you notice how this page opened vertically, as if you were opening a paper page vertically? TXTRUNDC.TXT text file documents this. The vertically opening page is more obvious on a slower PC than on a faster PC since a slower PC takes a few seconds to open a page. There is a page to the right of this, accessed with the right cursor. Type to go back to the main menu again. This is the pull down page Did you see how this page opened horizontally? It's more obvious on a slow PC, but not so obvious on fast PC. TXTRUNDC.TXT documents this. This page also moved to this position from the top left corner. There is a page to the left of this, accessed with the left cursor. Type to go back to the main menu again.