SHELL-5 Hard Disk Menu Sys.

SHELL-5 Hard Disk Menu Sys. © 1988 MicroCom Systems

This program is a DOS shell that hides the underlying operating system from the uninitiated user, yet does not get in the way of the expert user. The basic system consist of up to one hundred Menu Files with ten menu pages each, and each page having ten selections to choose from. You start a selection by pointing to it with the cursor and pressing the ENTER key or by pressing the number key associated with that selection. Each selection can start a program, run a batch file, or execute any DOS command. A selection can also have multiple steps which can include any or all of the possibilities above. You can change menu pages by pressing the F1 thru F10 keys to go directly to page 1 thru 10 or use the PgUp and PgDn keys. Each page and each selection on each page has a user definable description.

The slash key displays a 1-2-3 type menu at the top of the screen. The choices from the menu include: Help, Add, Change, Delete, Move, Page, Run, Exit, and Quit. If you select HELP you are presented with another menu and screens that explain how to use the Menu System. ADD, CHANGE, DELETE, and MOVE allow you to alter the description and action taken by a Main Menu selection. PAGE lets you change the description of a Page Index entry, import pages, and delete pages. RUN allows you to execute any program, DOS command, or
batch file from within the Menu System. EXIT returns you to the DOS prompt and QUIT erases the Top Menu and puts you back in the Main Menu. Other commands in the Top Menu allow you to set up macros, passwords, menu titles, change colors and window borders, set communications parameters, and blank the menu screen after a set amount of time.