Automenu

5.0 versus 4.7

Automenu 5.0 offers several significant enhancements over Automenu 4.7, while still maintaining upward compatibility with existing Automenu 4.7 MDF’s.

Some of the new features include:

• A new modern "look and feel", allowing up to 62 items per menu page, with an unlimited number of menu pages per MDF.
• Multiple MDF’s may be displayed simultaneously.
• Automatically scans your system and creates menu items for existing software.
• User definable "hot key" access to any item on any displayed menu page.
• A global, hidden MDF that makes user definable hot keys and events available at all times.
• Timed events may be tied to keyboard inactivity as well as clock time.
• The ability to swap out to XMS/EMS/disk when running in resident mode. (Typical conventional memory usage is less than 8KB and can go as low as less than 300 bytes.)
• A new execution monitor TSR that can automatically return you to Automenu if you forgot to add the AUTO command to the end of your non-resident items. It can also prevent access to secondary DOS shells from within an application as an enhanced security measure.
• User definable extended help for each menu item that can be many pages in length.
• The screen blanker may be passworded, protecting your system from unauthorized access when you’re away from your desk.
• Non-standard screen widths and heights are supported.
• User definable backgrounds.
• A log file can record when items are run and exited.
• "Custom" variables allow you to reference many internal values in your items (e.g. the Automenu directory, the currently active MDF, the currently active menu page, the time for the next scheduled event, etc.)
• Releases time-slices when idle in multitasking environments such as Windows and Desqview, giving more time to those tasks that need it.
• The ability to emulate the Automenu 4.7 "look and feel" for those folks who prefer the old way of doing things.

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