Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 02:06:42PM -0400, John Covici wrote: > How about -h or --help, do either of those give you anything? What is > the name of the utility, maybe its webpage is in archive.org > somewhere. If it is an old DOS programm, it'll most probably be /h (as old folks among us will

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
I respect that stance, Am using my edge to write this email. My goal was speed, thinking that because the program was so small, about 5k, that might be faster, but who knows. Karen On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 04:07:43PM -0400, Jude DaShiell

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 04:07:43PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > that or maybe the waybackmachine. > > > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > . > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2022,

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
that or maybe the waybackmachine. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, John Covici wrote: > How about -h or --help, do either of those give you anything?

Re: OT: Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
will need a mod's permission I believe before sending a program to the list? Karen On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, john doe wrote: On 8/21/2022 8:46 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: program is small enough to be sent as an attachment. and will do this, if given permission. You can do it through the

Re: OT: Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2022 8:46 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: program is small enough to be sent as an attachment. and will do this, if given permission. You can do it through the list if it works. I have no idea how to use a DOS PRG, so that is all I can help you with. my needs are two. The hotkey to launch

Re: OT: Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
program is small enough to be sent as an attachment. and will do this, if given permission. my needs are two. The hotkey to launch the program itself, and the hotkey for changing the port number. I suspect I have the correct first hotkey but that the default port is the problem. Karen On

OT: Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2022 8:32 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: That is correct. when I type openport /?  it simply presents the openport already installed message. Can you put this PRG somewhere so it can be downloaded? I guess, your best bet would be to tell us what feature do you need! :) -- John Doe

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
That is correct. when I type openport /? it simply presents the openport already installed message. On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, john doe wrote: On 8/21/2022 8:06 PM, John Covici wrote: How about -h or --help, do either of those give you anything? This is for a DOS utility if I'm correct, so

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2022 8:06 PM, John Covici wrote: How about -h or --help, do either of those give you anything? This is for a DOS utility if I'm correct, so would try '/?' instead of the help opts. -- John Doe

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
great questions. by the way, the strings command, which I could run here at shellworld did not provide more information, aside from showing some of the text messages printed to the screen. the company, cellex trading company was founded in Detroit in 1994, and according to ta Michigan

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread John Covici
How about -h or --help, do either of those give you anything? What is the name of the utility, maybe its webpage is in archive.org somewhere. On Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:30:50 -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi everyone, > A creative question to be sure, but I am running out of ideas. > I have a

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
I type corrected. indeed I have a .com of the program, but as expressed it is very small. problem with the press every key method, is that I have no solid means of learning the results. Karen On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 01:30:50PM -0400, Karen

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Will Mengarini
* Karen Lewellen [22-08/21=Sun 13:30 -0400]: > I have a DOS utility [...]. Is there any simple way > to review the program code and discover 2 hot keys? Try running the binary through the 'strings' command to see whether there's any in-program documentation that helps: strings

Re: determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 01:30:50PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I have a DOS utility [...] > Might add, that it may have been written in-house, the trading company in > Detroit listed as the Creator seems to be gone. > Question is this. > Is there any simple way to review the program code and

determining hotkeys for a program, without a manual?

2022-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi everyone, A creative question to be sure, but I am running out of ideas. I have a DOS utility that is quite small. its purpose is to interface with a stand alone scanner I own, xerox Reading Edge, and via connector to my computer's serial port transfer scanned content directly into my