AUTOKEYS.WS


                  (c) 1985,86    Infinity Design Concepts
                                 1052 Parkway Drive
                                 Louisville, Kentucky   40217
                                 Gary Conway
                                 (502)634-0054


                              O V E R V I E W

     This  program will create a .COM file that will configure the keypad on 
any  Kaypro  computer  using CP/M  2.2F  2.2G  2.2H  or  2.2U.  The  program 
automatically checks to see which version is being used and creates the .COM 
file  accordingly.  The F,G and H versions will allow up to four keys to  be 
generated  by  each of the vector and numeric keypad keys.  CP/M  2.2U  will 
allow  only  one keystroke per vector key and up to 80 keys per numeric  key 
with a total limit of 240 keys. Autokeys will allow one keystroke per vector 
key as well, but only nine keystrokes per numeric keypad key for 2.2U.

	NOTE: A .COM file that is created under 2.2G MUST be run on a
	      machine using 2.2G. That is, the .COM files created with
	      each run of AUTOKEYS can only be run on the system that
	      they were created on. 


     The program will also allow setting the :LST device to either serial or 
parallel.  The  user also has the option of creating the new file on any  of 
the  drives  available.  Another option available is the option  of  booting 
another program. FOR EXAMPLE:
     Create the file WSKEYS.COM with AUTOKEYS.

     We tell AUTOKEYS that the file we are going to boot is WS.COM and  then 
configure the keypad to our own liking  (just as you would with CONFIG.COM). 
Then when we run WSKEYS.COM,  the keypad will be defined as we told AUTOKEYS 
to  do and WordStar will be loaded.  There is another option available  here 
also. If we type:

     A0>WSKEYS B:PRINT.TST

     The following will occur;
     WSKEYS will run, configuring the keypad for WordStar
     WordStar will then be loaded and executed
     WordStar will open the file B:PRINT.TST  




     The configuration routine is about the same as with CONFIG.COM. Use the 
LINEFEED key (CTRL-J) to move the cursor block around the keypad tables  and 
when the block is over the correct key to be configured, hit the ESCAPE key. 
You  will  then  be  asked  how many keys this  key  is  to  generate.  Upon 
answering,  you will be asked for the keys themselves. When finished, hit an 
upper  or  lower  case  "X" to move to the next  screen.  When  all  of  the 
configuring  is  complete,  the new file will be written.  If the  new  file 
already exists on the selected drive, you will be prompted whether or not to 
overwrite the old file.





     All  of  the  changes  that the new .COM file  makes  are  in  RAM.  If 
permanent changes are desired, use the CONFIG.COM program. Permanent changes 
are not the purpose for the AUTOKEYS program.  AUTOKEYS was designed so that 
a program that requires different vector or numeric keypad values can be run 
without coldbooting the machine.  If, for example, you are using WordStar in 
drive  A and a dBASE command file disk in B,  one may run WordStar with  the 
keypad configured for WordStar and then,  using the R option,  run a program 
that will set the keys for the dBASE program to use.  When you are ready  to 
go  back  to WordStar,  you may then run the program that  reconfigures  the 
keypad back to WordStar.

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