Automenu
(ver 4.7)
Abandoned Shareware


This shareware software is free of ads, and 
is not crippled in any fashion; so the current 
inability to register does not pose an issue.  

Automenu is an expandable Textual Menu, from 
which you can launch programs or run commands.  
Individual menu entries can even be password 
protected to prevent unauthorized selection.  

Automenu dynamically creates a Batch File 
called "AUTOTEMP.BAT" in the directory from 
which AUTOMENU.COM was launched.  The changing 
contents of this Batch File are specified by  
instructions inside the *.MDF file.  Programs 
you launch are actually launched by this Batch 
File (Automenu exits memory), so that upon the 
program's termination, you will be returned to 
the Automenu shell, rather than the DOS prompt.

CAUTION: To prevent instability (e.g., crashing 
out to the DOS prompt), *ALWAYS* initialize 
AUTOMENU.COM from within a Batch File.

NOTE1: The top level Menu Definition File 
"AUTOMENU.MDF" that ships with Automenu is only 
an example file, which you are expected to 
rewrite!  This example menu calls other example 
menus, which I have moved (along with the 
un-needed installer) to the deletable EXAMPLES 
directory.  For this reason, if you try running 
the menu file as-is, you could get errors. 

NOTE2: AUTOCUST.COM is a utility that 
customizes some of the features in the 
Automenu program code.  This file is not 
a required part of the Automenu program.  

NOTE3: AUTOMAKE.EXE (and the associated  
context sensitive help file AUTOMAKE.CSH) is 
a utility intended to simplify the process of 
creating/editing menus.  It is not a required 
part of the Automenu program, as *.MDF files 
are just normal editable Text files.  If
nonexistant, Automake creates a configuration 
file called "AUTOMAKE.CFG" in the directory 
from which Automake was launched. Inside the 
utility, you can change the ease of menu 
creation to Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced 
mode (settings are stored in AUTOMAKE.CFG).