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From: whitcomb@aurs01.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Floppy Menu Program WANTED
Keywords: menu auto boot wanted
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Date: 29 Apr 91 21:16:59 GMT
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In article <6304@feldspar23.UUCP> dalessio@motcid.UUCP (Mario D'Alessio) writes:
-Does a menu program exist that can be put in the AUTO
-folder on a floppy and show a list of all programs on
-the floppy? I want to be able to boot from a floppy,
-be shown a menu of all programs on the floppy (and
-preferably not list all the data files) and be able
-to select and run the program. It should also be
-able to handle GEM and non-GEM applications.

-Does such a program exist, and where can I get it?

Codehead's HotWire will do most of what you ask.  The program
displays a menu of programs that may be executed with a mouse
click or keyboard equivalent.  You have to install each
program in the menu individually.  The program can be loaded
into the AUTO folder and execute itself (or any other program)
upon bootup.

You can do lots more too.  You can call the same program from 
several different menu entries and have each entry send a
different command line.  You can use the "install application"
option and call any program by clicking on it's associated
document.  For instance, you can automatically load a document
into your word processor by clicking on the .TXT file, or
call a picture viewer by clicking on a .NEO file (or whatever)...
and it doesn't have to be in the same folder as the application
(as it does in the TOS install application).

I won't go on to list all the features, but I suggest you check
into it.  You should have no trouble finding the program.

-Thanks in advance!

I hope this was helpful.

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-* *  Mario D'Alessio            Motorola, Inc.                 * *
-* *  motcid!marble!dalessio     Cellular Infrastructure Group  * *
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Jonathan Whitcomb                    UUCP: <whitcomb%aurgate@mcnc.org>
Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC                    Delphi: JBWHIT