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Choice

Version 1 · Ed Keefe

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Description

This archive contains a complete version of the CHOICE.LXB file described in The HP Palmtop Paper Programmers' Corner article. CHOICE.LXB is a LXBatch program that will allow your FILER to act more like Stereo Shell giving you a choice of what to do with files you select. There are also several files included so that you won't have to look all over your Palmtop for sample files to use when testing the CHOICE.LXB program.

Technical details

File
choice.zip
Size
49.8 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-29
Files inside
33
Author
Ed Keefe
Path
anonftp/pub/choice.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 41.0 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • CHKLOG.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B
  • BUFFMOVE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 572 B
  • CHOICE.INI → A:\_DAT configuración 153 B
  • FILER.INI → A:\_DAT configuración 1.7 KB
  • LOOP.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 132 B
  • CLR.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 76 B
  • FV.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 8.4 KB
  • LXPIC.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B
  • CHOICE.WK1 → A:\HOJAS hoja de Lotus 1-2-3 17.1 KB
  • SCR.EQN → A:\DATOS fichero de datos 2.8 KB
  • SHOWKEY.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 357 B
  • STATUS.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 933 B
  • TEST.EQN → A:\DATOS fichero de datos 3.4 KB
  • VU.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 960 B
  • WINTIPS.NDB → A:\DATOS fichero de datos 16.7 KB
  • ZIP.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B

No need to put ALARM.SND, BULLDOG.GIF, CFLOW.CFL, CHOICE.LXB, CLEMENT.SND, COMPWIZ.GIF, EDCARD.PCX, LOOP.LXB and 9 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 41.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy BUFFMOVE.EXE, LOOP.BAT, CLR.COM, FV.COM to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
  2. Copy CHOICE.INI, FILER.INI to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  3. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.
  4. The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.
  5. The .WK1 worksheets are not installed: open them from Lotus 1-2-3 with Menu → File → Retrieve.
  6. Data files are opened from their own application, not installed separately.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

It also needs 4

The manual mentions these files, which are in the archive:

The author's instructions
setup.lxb
sysmgr.lxb
wintips.ndb   :an NoteTaker file for testing purposes
edcard.pcx    :a PCX file for testing purposes
alarm.snd     :several SND files for testing purposes
clement.snd
week.snd
yumeji.snd
stat.sta      :HP Calc List initialization files for testing
stat2.sta
CHOICE.WK1    :The source code for CHOICE.LXB in colum A
               and comments in column B. (I tried using Word
               for Windows and Excel as a documentation program.
               Good old 123 rel 2.4 is faster and more reliable!)

Requirements for CHOICE.LXB

Literal excerpt from CHOICE.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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