From: mnott@gwdg.de (Matthias Nott) To: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET (Keith Petersen) Subject: PowerBatch V 1.2 Batch enhancer Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.announce Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d I have uploaded: SimTel/msdos/batutil/ pbatch12.zip Batch Enhancer: Menus, Mouse, Hotkeys, Colors. Wait! Just one question. Did you ever want really nice batch-files without having to dive into programming? Did you ever want colored menus with mouse and hotkey control, pop up windows and text boxes with various types of shadows, borders and even screensavers using a single command line in your batch files? Giving to your batch files a really professional appearance? PowerBatch V1.2 is the right choice for you then. PowerBatch V1.1 provides easy-to-use menus with mouse control, hotkeys, borders, shadows for 3D-effects, colors, screen savers, and more. More than 30 command line options can be used, affecting the program's behavior. But you don't need to worry about all the options at a time - just do what you want, the program will take useful default values and give you assistance whenever an error occurs. PowerBatch V1.1 comes along with a detailed tutorial in both English and German. The tutorial batch file itself is written making _heavy_ use of the possibilities as provided by PowerBatch. The tutorial batch file is extensively commented and can be used as a sample application. The tutorial gives you step-by-step help, samples, color tables and tables explaining all parameters. If you intend to distribute PowerBatch V1.1 (you are en- couraged to do!), please always include the executable together with the tutorial. Other questions can be answered via email. Suggestions are great- ly welcome. PowerBatch V 1.1 can be run stand-alone. You need only the executable PB.EXE (less than 30 KB) in order to get all functions. Imagine using it together with your own programs on floppy disk distributions and the like! But perhaps try to keep it together with the tutorial, thus permitting other people to use it as well. PowerBatch V 1.1 is CARD-WARE or ShareWare. If you intend to use it regular- ly, you are encouraged to pay a small registration fee. If you like the program, I may ask you in any case to send me a nice post card, regardless of whether you want to register or not. PowerBatch V 1.1 is fully functional! _No_ ShareWare nag-screens or the like are included! It is up to you to register or not. In any case send nice post cards :) Users unpack the pbatch11.zip file into a separate directory and run the pbhelp.bat tutorial batch file. Thats all. You will get it working for your own purposes within 30 minutes typically. The *.GER, *.ENG, *.MEN files are source files for the tutorial. The executable is PB.EXE. Special requirements: None. It will run as long as DOS runs. Changes: PBATCH12.ZIP replaces PBATCH11.ZIP. Some minor changes in the pro- gram's internal functions have been applied. The tutorial has been updated. Other suggestions "to do in the near future" are mentioned in the tutorial file PBHELP.BAT. To cut short download time, there is only one file PBHELP. BAT now, the PBHILFE.BAT - formerly included for german users - has been left out. English and German tutorial is provided by PBHELP.BAT. Shareware or Cardware. Uploaded by the author. Matthias Nott mnott@gwdg.de