SHORTIES\MENULINE.DOC ·
DOC ·
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1988-09-19 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-37_Oct-1989
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║ The program MENULINE.COM is released into the Public Domain as of ║
║ version 3.02. ║
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║ The program is designed to provide a line of useful information ║
║ for menus generated by batch files. ║
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║ The line contains the version of DOS, the total memory reported by ║
║ DOS, the free memory, the day of the week and date. Optionally if ║
║ a C: and/or D: drive are/is present their/its percentage full ║
║ figure(s) are displayed. ║
║ ║
║ Usage:- MENULINE [aa] [ll] ║
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║ [aa] - Hex no. setting the video attributes for the line. ║
║ [ll] - Hex no. of the screen line to use for display (1 - 19). ║
║ Bit 7 set switches off disk information. ║
║ ║
║ The defaults are yellow on blue (1E) and line 25 (19). ║
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║ The attribute bits are arranged as follows:- ║
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║ Bit 7 Blink ) ║
║ 6 Red } ║
║ 5 Green } Background ║
║ 4 Blue } ║
║ 3 Intensity ) ║
║ 2 Red ) Foreground ║
║ 1 Green ) ║
║ 0 Blue ) ║
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