-------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: MARCH 19, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.03B -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for taking the time to examine the Waiter! At this time, all of the documentation is up to date with the executable version of the Waiter. As new versions are released, this is where the updated information will be located until it is merged with the main documentation. Dennis Raney ------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE: APRIL 8, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.05 CHANGES: NETWORK SUPPORT ADDED (INSTRUCTION IN WAITER.DOC) MONTH BUG FIXED ------------------------------------------------------------------ NETWORK SUPPORT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WAITER. USING A DOS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE, YOU CAN SET UP UNIQUE DATA AND BATCH FILE NAMES FOR EACH USER ON THE SYSTEM. THIS CIRCUMVENTS ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS THAT MAY OCCUR IN A MULTIUSER SYSTEM. CURRENT REGISTERED USERS OF THE SINGLE USER VERSION MAY PLACE THE WAITER ON A NETWORK SINCE ALL VERSION OF WAITER OFFER THIS SUPPORT. I DO REQUEST THAT A $5.00 PER WORKSTATION FEE BE SENT IN TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL USERS OF THE SOFTWARE. SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON INSTALLATION ON NETWORKS. ------- A MINOR BUG WAS FIXED IN THE DATE DISPLAY. THIS CAUSED THE MONTH DISPLAYED TO BE ONE MONTH OFF. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: APRIL 23, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.06 CHANGES: FIXED A MINOR BUG IN THE LOGGING FEATURE OF WAITER. -------------------------------------------------------------------- A MINOR BUG IN WAITER PREVENTED IT FROM ADDING TO THE WAITER.LOG FILE. THIS PROBLEM WAS CREATED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NETWORKING FEATURES. ONLY VERSION 3.05 HAS THIS PROBLEM. A WORK AROUND FOR VERSION 3.05 IS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT SET WMSBAT = _WMS;WAITER OR RUN VERSION 3.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: MAY 14, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.07 CHANGES: ADDED ANNOTATED MENU SELECTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ADDITION ------ PREVIOUS VERSION OF WAITER ALWAYS USED THE CURSOR KEYS OR THE MOUSE TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR TO A SELECTION. YOU COULD ALSO PRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE MENU SELECTION AS A SHORT CUT. THIS SHORT CUT METHOD WORKED FINE AS LONG AS NO TWO SELECTIONS ON A MENU STARTED WITH THE SAME LETTER. WAITER NOW CHECKS EACH MENU DESCRIPTION FOR THE FIRST DIGIT OR CAPITAL LETTER AS THE SHORT CUT KEY STROKE. THE FOLLOWING RULES NOW APPLY TO SHORT CUT SELECTIONS. 1. THE FIRST CHARACTER THAT MATCHES THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION BECOMES THE SHORT CUT KEY. A. CAPITALIZED LETTER (A-Z) B. DIGIT (0-9) C. PLUS OR MINUS (-+) 2. IF NO LETTERS ARE CAPITALIZED, DIGITS, PLUS, OR MINUS, THE FIRST LETTER OF THE SELECTION DISCRIPTION BECOMES THE SHORT CUT KEY. 3. SHORT CUT KEYS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE CURRENT TEXT COLOR WITH THE INTENSITY TURNED ON. BECAUSE OF RULE NUMBER 3, YOU MUST USE THE LOWER INTENSITY COLORS FOR THE TEXT COLOR OF MENUS AND HIGHLITE BARS. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BOTHER WITH THIS FEATURE, SIMPLY CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER OR ALL LETTERS IN THE DISCRIPTION, OR USE NUMBERS. ------ FIX ------ WHEN USING WAITER WITH VERSION 4.xx OF MS-DOS, WAITER WOULD NOT USE THE "CALL" FUNCTION, BUT WOULD USE THE "COMMAND /C" INSTEAD. WAITER NOW PROPERLY DETECTS VERSION 4.xx. ------ ADDITION ------ WHEN IN A SUB-MENU, YOU MAY NOW PRESS THE CONTROL KEY AND THE HOME KEY TO RETURN TO THE TOP MENU. PRESS AND HOLD DOWN THE "CTRL" KEY AND PRESS THE "HOME" KEY ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD. THIS WILL PROVIDE A QUICK WAY TO RETURN TO THE TOP MENU WHEN YOU ARE BURIED DEEP IN THE MENU STRUCTURE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: JUNE 12, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.07a CHANGES: FIXED RANDOM PAUSE BETWEEN SUB-MENU BUG -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- FIX ------- WAITER WOULD PROMPT TO "PRESS ANY KEY TO RETURN" TO MENU WHEN A SUB-MENU WAS SELECTED. THIS PROBLEM WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON CERTAIN SUB-MENU SELECTIONS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED WITH THIS RELEASE. ONLY THE "WAITER.OVL" FILE NEED BE INSTALLED TO CORRECT THIS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: JULY 2, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.08 CHANGES: 1. SYSTEM INFORMATION NOW DISPLAYS THE PROCESSOR TYPE. 2. AUTOMATIC PATH SEARCHING FOR PROGRAM FILES. 3. BACKGROUND FILLER STRINGS, INSTEAD OF SINGLE CHARS. 4. SYSTEM INFORMATION SELECTION, DELETION AND ADDITION. 5. COMMAND LINE PROMPT STRINGS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- ADDED -------- COMPUTER PROCESSOR TYPE SYSTEM INFORMATION NO DISPLAYS THE COMPUTERS PROCESSOR TYPE, IE. 8086, 80186, 80286, OR 80386. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW THE 486 PROCESSOR WILL BE DETECTED AT THIS TIME, SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ONE OF THOSE CRITTERS YET. -------- ADDED -------- AUTOMATIC PATH/WORK DIRECTORY FILL-IN WHEN ADDING MENU SELECTIONS, WAITER WILL NOW SEARCH YOUR ENVIRONMENT "PATH" VARIABLE FOR THE NAMED FILE. IF FOUND IT WILL FILL IN THE "PROGRAM PATH" AND "WORKING DIRECTORY" FIELDS. FOR THIS OPTION TO WORK THE PROGRAM MUST EXIST SOMEWHERE IN THE PATH, AND YOU MUST USE THE COMPLETE FILENAME AND EXTENSION. OTHERWISE THE WORKING DIRECTORY WILL BE SET TO WHAT EVER THE PROGRAM PATH IS SET TO, OF COURSE YOU MAY EDIT THESE FIELDS TO THE DESIRED PATH. -------- ADDED -------- BACKGROUND STRINGS BACKGROUND STRINGS IN PLACE OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERS! THIS ONE CAN BE VERY DRAMATIC LOOKING, AS WELL AS VERY FUNCTIONAL. THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF WAITER LET YOU CHOOSE A CHARACTER TO BE DISPLAYED ON AS THE BACKGROUND. WAITER NOW GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF DISPLAYING A STRING OF CHARACTERS (UP TO NINETEEN) ON THE BACK- GROUND INSTEAD. THIS STRING CAN BE DEFINED DIFFERENT FOR EACH SUB-MENU IF YOU WISH. YOU CAN ENTER YOU NAME, YOUR COMPANY NAME, ETC. TO ADD THE STRING PRESS THE INSERT KEY TO GET TO THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU. A NEW OPTION "FILL STRING, SET" HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS MENU. SELECT THIS OPTION AND YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER YOUR CHOICE OF A STRING. PRESS TO SAVE YOUR SETTINGS WHEN FINISHED, OR TO ABORT. SPACES ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND ARE NOT STRIPED FROM THE STRING YOU DEFINE. HOW DOES WAITER HANDLE IT? WAITER FIRST CHECKS TO SEE IF A STRING HAS BEEN SET (GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ONE CHARACTER). IF SO THE STRING IS DISPLAY, OTHERWISE THE SETTING FOR THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER IS DISPLAYED AS USUAL. THIS NEW OPTION REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THE MENU EVEN MORE PERSONAL. TRY ADDING THE STRING "*** WARNING ***" TO MENUS THAT CONTAIN DESTRUCTIVE DOS COMMANDS, ETC... -------- ADDED ---------- SYSTEM INFORMATION REMOVAL "* SYSTEM INFORMATION *" HAS BEEN A POINT OF INTEREST SINCE THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF WAITER TWO YEARS AGO. SOME PEOPLE LIKE OR LOVE IT, WHILE OTHERS SEE IT AS A WASTED MENU SELECTION. WELL IF YOU ARE THE LATTER GROUP, YOUR TIME HAS ARRIVED. WAITER WILL NOW ALLOW YOU TO DELETE THIS "SYSTEM INFORMATION" MENU SELECTION! DELETE THE SELECTION AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER MENU ITEM USING THE SETUP MENU'S "DELETE" FUNCTION, AND SELECT THE "SYS INFO" LINE, AND DELETE AWAY. IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO RESTORE THE INFORMATION SCREEN YOU CAN ENTER A SINGLE "*" (ASTERISK) IN THE "FILENAME" FIELD OF A MENU SELECTION. THIS WILL CAUSE WAITER TO MAKE IT AN INFORMATION SELECTION. YOU CAN ADD THIS TO ANY SUB-MENU, THE ONLY THING REQUIRED IS THE MENU DESCRIPTION AND THE ASTERISK IN THE FILENAME FIELD. THE OTHER FIELDS IN THE ADD/EDIT SCREEN ARE DISCARDED. ONCE SETUP THIS WAY THE ONLY THING YOU CAN EDIT ARE THE MENU DESCRIPTION AND PASSWORD FIELDS. -------- ADDED ---------- PROMPT DESCRIPTIONS WHEN ADDING MENU SELECTIONS THAT PROMPT THE END USER FOR A COMMAND LINE, THE COMMAND LINE YOU ENTERED WHEN ADDING THE SELECTION WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR INFORMATION TO THE USER. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED A SELECTION TO PARK THE HEADS ON YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, YOU COULD SET THE "PROMPT FOR COMMAND LINE" TO "Y" FOR YES. THEN IN THE "COMMAND LINE" COULD ENTERED AS "PRESS RETURN TO PARK HEADS, ESCAPE TO ABORT". THIS WOULD THEN BE DISPLAYED TO THE USER ON THE TITLE AREA OF THE WINDOW. THE USER CAN STILL ENTER A COMMAND LINE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: JULY 2, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.08a CHANGES: 1. SYSTEM INFORMATION NO DISPLAYS THE PROCESSOR TYPE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- FIX ------- PATH SEARCHING WAITER WAS INCORRECTLY OVERWRITING PREVIOUS PATHS AND WORKING DIRECTORIES WHEN EDITING A MENU SELECTION. WAITER WILL NOW ONLY SEARCH THE PATH ONLY WHEN ADDING A MENU SELECTION. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: JULY 24, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09a CHANGES: 1. REMOVED THE "HOW MANY MENUS QUESTION". 2. REDESIGNED COLOR MENU SETUP. 3. CHANGED "CREATE A SUB-MENU" TO "NEW SUB-MENU, CREATE". 4. WINDOW COLOR CHANGED. 5. EXPANDED AND EXTENDED MEMORY STATUS ADDED. 6. DATA FILE COMPRESSOR UTILITY ADDED. -------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) ------- CHANGED ------- WHEN INSTALLING WAITER ON A NEW COMPUTER, IT WILL NO LONGER ASK FOR AN INITIAL NUMBER OF MENUS TO CREATE. IT WILL CREATE ONE MENU ONLY. AS NEW SUB-MENUS ARE CREATED, WAITER WILL ADD THEM AS NEEDED. (2) ------ CHANGED ------- COLOR CONFIGURATION IS TOTALLY RE-WRITTEN! COLOR SETUP IS NOW COMPLETELY INTERACTIVE (WYSWG). PRESS THE INSERT KEY TO ENTER THE CONFIGURATION MENU, AND THEN PRESS THE "C" KEY TO ENTER THE COLOR SETUP SCREEN. A MENU IS DISPLAYED, ALA LOTUS, AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. THE FAMILIAR COLOR MENU IS DISPLAYED ALSO, AND THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN MIMICS A WAITER MENU. SELECT THE PORTION OF THE MENU YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF, SAY THE TITLE COLOR, AND PRESS THE ENTER KEY. THE PROGRAM THEN DISPLAYS A BOX CURSOR ON THE COLOR MENU AT THE CURRENT COLOR SETTING. USE THE ARROW KEYS, SPACE BAR, OR MOUSE TO MOVE THE CURSOR. AS YOU MOVE THE CURSOR, THE COLORS WILL CHANGE IN THE EXAMPLE SCREEN. TO SELECT THE COLOR PRESS THE RETURN KEY, TO ABORT AND RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS SETTING, PRESS THE ESCAPE KEY. ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COLORS, PRESS THE ESCAPE KEY. IF YOU HAVE MADE CHANGES, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK IF YOU WISH TO SAVE THEM, ANSWER YES OR NO. YOU MAY ALSO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER AND FILLER STRINGS FROM THIS MENU. UNTIL COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION IS UPDATED IN THE MASTER DOC FILE, THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO EXPERIMENT. ITS QUITE FUN TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT SETTINGS. (3) ------ CHANGED ------ THE MENU SELECTION "CREATE SUB-MENU" HAS BEEN CHANGED TO "NEW SUB-MENU, CREATE" AND "COLOR CONFIGURATION" HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SETUP MENU. (4) ------ CHANGED ------ IN THE PAST, WHEN A WINDOW WAS DISPLAYED, FOR EXAMPLE THE THE BANNER, WAS FILLED WITH THE SAME COLOR AS THE BORDER. THIS WAS WRONG, AND HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE WINDOWS ARE NOW CLEARED THE THE "MENU" ATTRIBUTE. THIS CHANGE WILL EFFECT MANY OF YOUR CURRENT SCREENS, HOWEVER, THE NEW COLOR CONFIGURATION SHOULD MAKE ANY REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR SCREENS A SNAP. (5) ------ ADDED ------ THE SYSTEM STATUS SCREEN WILL NOW DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF EXTENDED MEMORY IF ANY, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPANDED MEMORY, TOTAL FREE EXPANDED MEMORY, AND THE EXPANED PAGE FRAME ADDRESS. ALSO THE TYPE OF VIDEO ADAPTOR IS DISPLAYED. IE. VGA, EGA, CGA, HERCULES, ETC. IF YOUR MONITOR IS NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED, PLEASE NOTIFY ME THROUGH THE BBS. (6) ------ ADDED ------ WAITER.DAT FILE SHRINKER HAS BEEN ADDED. WMSHRINK.EXE WILL REMOVE EXCESS (UNUSED) MENUS FROM YOUR .DAT FILE. TO USE THE PROGRAM USE THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX: WMSHRINK EXAMPLE: WMSHRINK WAITER.DAT WMSMALL.DAT THE EXAMPLE ABOVE WILL TAKE THE "WAITER.DAT" FILE AND CREATE A NEW FILE "WMSMALL.DAT" BY COPYING ONLY THE DEFINED MENUS, THUS REMOVING THE EXCESS AND SAVING DISK SPACE. THIS UTILITY IS PROVIDED TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY! IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UN-REGISTERED USERS. ITS A SMALL PERK FOR REGISTERING WAITER, BUT ONLY ONE OF MANY MORE TO COME. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: AUGUST 16, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09B (BETA RELEASE) CHANGES: 1. FIXED SCREEN UPDATE BUG IN MENU ZAP. 2. CLOCK UPDATE SPEEDED UP. 3. INTERRUPT PROBLEM. -------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) ------ FIXED ------ WHEN A MENU IS ZAPPED (DELETED) FROM THE PROGRAM, WAITER ALWAYS RETURNS YOU TO THE TOP MENU (MAIN). WHEN THIS OCCURED, THE COLORS AND BACKGROUND WAS NOT RESTORED TO THE TOP MENU COLOR SCHEME. WAITER NOW RESETS ALL COLOR SCHEMES AFTER A MENU IS ZAPPED. (2) ------ FIXED ------ WHEN A NEW SCREEN DISPLAYED, OR THE "SCREEN BLANKED" WINDOW WAS DISPLAYED, THE CLOCK WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE A SECOND TO BE DISPLAYED. THIS WAS A MINOR LOGIC FLAW IN THE CLOCK DISPLAY ROUTINE. THIS HAS NOW BEEN FIXED, SO THE CLOCK IS DISPLAYED INSTANTLY ON THE FIRST CALL TO THE ROUTINE. THANKS TO THE MANY USERS WHO WERE IRRATATED BY THIS, SO I WOULD FIX IT.... AL, RICK, :-) (3) ------ FIXED ------ THIS PROBLEM ONLY EFFECTS USERS WHO ARE RUNNING VERSION 3.09A OF WAITER. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A SWITCH IN COMPILERS. OTHER VERSIONS OF WAITER WORK CORRECTLY. WAITER WAS NOT HANDLING THE CONTROL-BREAK INTERRUPT CORRECTLY. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THIS COULD CAUSE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WHEN RUNNING OTHER PROGRAMS. MOST NOTABLE, WHEN PRESSING THE CONTROL-BREAK SEQUENCE FROM WITHIN ANOTHER PROGRAM. THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED, AND I RECOMMEND THAT ALL USERS CURRENTLY RUNNING UNDER VERSIONS OF 3.09A UPGRADE TO THIS VERSION. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: AUGUST 21, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09C (BETA RELEASE) CHANGES: 1. DATE AND TIME DISPLAYS CHANGED. (CHANGE) 2. WINDOW BORDERS (ADDED) 3. SCREEN BORDERS (ADDED) 4. ENVIRONMENT SEARCH (FIXED) -------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) ------ CHANGE ------ THE "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION" MENU NOW ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE TYPE OF CLOCK AND TIME DISPLAY. YOU MAY NOT ELECT TO DISPLAY THE DATE AND TIME ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BANNER. THIS REMOVES THE TWO WINDOWS THAT ARE NORMALLY DISPLAYED IN THE BOTTOM CORNERS OF THE SCREEN. THIS WAS CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTENDED MENU SELECTIONS, AND WIDE MENU DISPLAYS. TRY IT, YOU MAY LIKE IT! (2) ------ ADDED ------ NINE DIFFERENT WINDOW BORDERS ARE NOW DEFINED IN WAITER. YOU MAY SELECT THEM THROUGH THE "COLOR CONFIGURATION MENU". PRESSING THE F7 AND F8 KEYS FROM THE COLOR CONFIG MENU, WAITER WILL SEQUENCE THROUGH THE SET OF NINE TYPES. (3) ------ CHANGED ------ SCREEN BORDER COLORS, WHICH WERE CHANGABLE FROM THE "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION" SCREEN, ARE NOW SELECTABLE FROM THE THE NEW "COLOR CONFIGURATION" MENU. (4) ------ FIXED ------ WAITER WAS SEARCHING FOR A LOG FILE, EVEN IF LOGGING WAS NOT ENABLED. THIS CAUSED WAITER TO SEARCH THE DOS PATH LOOKING FOR THE FILE "WAITER.LOG". THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED. WAITER NOW ONLY LOOKS FOR A LOG FILE IF THE LOGGING FEATURE IS ENABLED. THANKS TO MR. GENE LECLERC FOR BEING PERSISTANT IN HELPING ME FIND THIS PROBLEM. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09D (BETA RELEASE) CHANGES: 1. DIRECT MODE (TSR) DRIVE LOGGING ERROR (FIXED) 2. PROMPTING FOR COMMAND LINE (CHANGED) ____________________________________________________________________ (1) ------ FIXED ------ WHEN RUNNING A PROGRAM ON A SECOND DRIVE, WAITER WAS NOT LOGGING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DRIVE. THIS ONLY EFFECTED PROGRAMS RUNNING DIRECT (TSR) MODE. (2) ------ CHANGED ------ SELECTING THE PROMPT FOR COMMAND LINE, WILL NOW AUTOMATICALY PLACE THE STRING IN BOTH THE MENU TITLE AND THE COMMAND LINE, IF ONE EXISTS. TO PLACE A STRING IN THE COMMAND LINE WINDOW TITLE ONLY, INSERT A CARET CHARACTER "^" IN THE FIRST POSITION. THANKS TO MR. JIM ROSTENBURG FOR VOICING HIS OPINION ON THIS FEATURE OF WAITER! I THINK IT IS A SOLUTION THAT WILL MAKE WAITER MORE FLEXIBLE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: OCTOBER 26, 1990 VERSION: WAITER VERSION 3.09E CHANGES: 1. PROMPTING FOR COMMAND LINE (CHANGED, AGAIN!) 2. SCREEN BLANKING (NEW OPTION) ____________________________________________________________________ (1) ------ CHANGED ------ WHEN THE OPTION FOR COMMAND LINE PROMPTING IS NOW SET YOU MAY PLACE THE CARET ^ SYMBOL ANYWHERE ON THE LINE. WAITER WILL PARSE OUT THE CHARACTER AND SPLIT THE LINE BETWEEN THE TITLE AND FILL IN THE COMMAND LINE WITH THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COMMAND LINE. EXAMPLE: COMMAND LINE: A: /4 ^PLACE DSDD DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:! PRODUCES THE FOLLOWING: |---[PLACE DSDD DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:!]--------------------------| | COMMAND LINE: A: /4 | |---------------------------------------------------------------| NOTICE, PLACE THE ACTUAL COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE CARET AND YOUR OPTIONAL MENU TITLE. OF COURSE, YOU CAN PLACE THE CARET IN THE FIRST POSITION AND THE ENTIRE LINE WILL BE COPIED TO THE MENU TITLE. IF NO CARET IS ON THE LINE, THE MENU DESCRIPTION IS COPIED TO THE THE MENU TITLE. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO MR. ROSTENBERG FOR THE FINE SUGGESTION, I LIKED IT! (2) ------ CHANGED ------ WAITER USERS NOW HAVE THE OPTION OF USING ALTERNATE PROGRAMS FOR THE SCREEN BLANKER. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FEATURE YOU NEED TO CREATE A BATCH FILE CALLED "WMSBLANK.BAT" WITH THE THE PROGRAM NAME YOU WANT TO RUN IN PLACE OF THE NORMAL MOVING TIME DISPLAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT RUN ANY TSR'S FROM THIS BATCH FILE. WAITER WILL REMAIN RESIDENT WHILE YOUR ALTERNATE PROGRAM RUNS. ANY TSR WOULD LOAD ON TOP OF WAITER, WASTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MEMORY. A SAMPLE WMSBLANK.BAT FILE: echo off cd c:\graphics\fractal call fractal.bat cd c:\ OR: echo off cd c:\graphics explosiv cd c:\ THANKS TO BRENT HARMON FOR THIS SUGGESTION, IT WAS A NICE IDEA. ---------------------------( END )------------------------------------