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; Helpfile for Portal of Power                  Last changed: 25.05.94  SA 
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;                         (C) Copyright 1989-93 by                         
;       Dan Wulff, Jens Sandalgaard, Steen Christensen & Sren Ager        
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;                        (C) Copyright 1998-2000 by                        
;                          The German Portal Team                          
;          Carsten Brandt, Michael Kleefeld and Marcus Roeckrath           
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; Changes made                                                             
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; By                : Marcus Roeckrath                                     
; First Modification: 11. March 1999                                       
; Last Modification : 11. March 1999                                       
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; Look at HISTHELP.TXT for exact information about all changes made to     
; the original P063B9 help files!                                          
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; SCREEN & COLOR: COLORS
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!TOPIC 700 Color: Text
!NOINDEX

The text attribute is the color of any fixed text in the windows displayed.
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!TOPIC 701 Color: Ctrl char
!NOINDEX

This attribute is used for ANY control-characters in any input field. Control
characters are ASCII 0-31.
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!TOPIC 702 Color: Frame
!NOINDEX

Is the attribute used for any window used in the system.
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!TOPIC 703 Color: Header
!NOINDEX

This attributes selects the color of the header of any window. The header is
the text displayed in the center of the top, of a window's frame.
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!TOPIC 704 Color: Shadow
!NOINDEX

If a window has a shadow, it will be shown in the color of this entry.
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!TOPIC 705 Color: HighLight
!NOINDEX

This attribute has multiple purposes:

 1) It is used for the unselected lines, in the outbound
    window. (level 1)
 2) It is used for the currently selected line, in Outbound
    manager, Are manager, aso. (levels 2 & 3)
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!TOPIC 706 Color: Prompt
!NOINDEX

This attribute controls the color of all entry field prompts, on all levels,
except for the currently 607Selected prompt.
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!TOPIC 707 Color: Selected prompt
!NOINDEX

This attribute controls the color of the entry field prompt currently
selected. All other prompts will have the 606Prompt color.
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!TOPIC 708 Color: Protected prompt
!NOINDEX

If an entry field is protected, its prompt will be displayed, using the color
selected here.
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!TOPIC 709 Color: Field
!NOINDEX

This attribute specifies the color of all input fields in the system, except
the 710Selected field.
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!TOPIC 710 Color: Selected field
!NOINDEX

This attribute specifies the color of the currently selected input field. All
other fields will be displayed using the 609Field color.
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!TOPIC 711 Color: Protected field
!NOINDEX

If an entry field is protected, its prompt will be displayed, using the color
selected here.
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!TOPIC 712 Color: Scroll bar
!NOINDEX

Scroll bars are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 713 Color: Slider
!NOINDEX

Sliders are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 714 Color: Hot spot
!NOINDEX

Hot spots are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 715 Color: Block
!NOINDEX

This attribute has multiple purposes:

 1) The scroll bar in the outbound-window (level 1)
 2) It is the one used in the text-editor, for displaying
    marked blocks. (Level 2 only)
 3) It is used for selection bars in the outbound manager,
    area manager, as well as Nodes setup, OK-file,
    Echo mail areas, file forward, and tick setup.
    (levels 2 & 3)
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!TOPIC 716 Color: Marker
!NOINDEX

Markers are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 717 Color: Delimiter
!NOINDEX

Delimiters are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 718 Color: Selected delimiter
!NOINDEX

Delimiters are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 719 Color: Protected delimiter
!NOINDEX

Delimiters are NOT currently used in Portal.
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!TOPIC 720 Color: Selected item
!NOINDEX

This option defines the color of the currently selected item on any menu in
the system.
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!TOPIC 721 Color: Protected item
!NOINDEX

If a menu choice is not currently valid, it will be displayed using the color
defined here.
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!TOPIC 722 Color: Highlight item
!NOINDEX

All menu selections may be accessed, with a single key-stroke, once the menu
has been displayed. The Highlight item shows which key may be used for any
item.
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!TOPIC 723 Color: Alternate select item
!NOINDEX

This option is used to specify the color of the directories in the
file-selection window. (level 2)
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!TOPIC 724 Color: Alt. selected item
!NOINDEX

The color selected for this entry, will be used to display the currently
selected file/directory, in the file-selection window. (level 2)
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!TOPIC 725 Color: Flex A item
!NOINDEX

Controls the first of the three highlight colors in the on-line help.

NOTE: This option is ONLY valid on level 4, which is always the level for
the help-system.
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!TOPIC 726 Color: Flex B item
!NOINDEX

Controls the second of the three highlight colors in the on-line help.

NOTE: This option is ONLY valid on level 4, which is always the level for
the help-system.
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!TOPIC 727 Color: Flex C item
!NOINDEX

Controls the third of the three highlight colors in the on-line help.

NOTE: This option is ONLY valid on level 4, which is always the level for
the help-system.
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!TOPIC 728 Color: Unselected XRef item
!NOINDEX

The on-line help is cross-referenced, relating topics to each other. This
attribute is the one used for all possible cross-reference topics, except for
the 729Selected XRef item.

NOTE: This option is ONLY valid on level 4, which is always the level for
the help-system.
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!TOPIC 729 Color: Selected XRef item
!NOINDEX

The on-line help is cross-referenced, relating topics to each other. This
attribute is the one used for the currently selected cross-reference topic.
All other XRef-topics wil have the color specified in the
728Unselected XRef item.

NOTE: This option is ONLY valid on level 4, which is always the level for
the help-system.
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; SCREEN & COLOR: MISC OPTIONS
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!TOPIC 740 Screen misc: Screenblank timeout
!NOINDEX

Here you must specify the amount of time, you want Portal to wait idle on the
main screen, before blanking the screen.

Blanking the screen is important, to minimize strain on your monitor.

NOTE: If you call Portal with parameter -S, this is the time Portal exits
with errorlevel 0.
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!TOPIC 741 Screen misc: 43/50 lines
!NOINDEX

This option tells Portal, if you want to use 43 lines mode (EGA-cards), or
50 lines mode (VGA-cards) on the screen.

If you are using an EGA-card with a CGA-monitor, you will also need to set
this option to 'Y', to force it to use 25 lines.
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!TOPIC 742 Screen misc: Check for snow
!NOINDEX

This option tells Portal, if you want it to check for snow on screen writes.
If your screen flickers (small spots on the screen) while writing, you should
set this option to 'Y'. This should ONLY apply to CGA-cards, but one never
knows........
Setting this option to 'N' will speed up all screen output.
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!TOPIC 743 Screen misc: Keep off screen mode
!NOINDEX

This option tells Portal that it should not change screen mode (to 25 or
43/50 lines controlled by 74143/50 lines) on startup.
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!TOPIC 744 Screen misc: Exploding windows
!NOINDEX

This option has no purpose, other than making the screen look fancy.

When set to 'Y', all windows, and menus created by Portal will 'Explode' up on
the screen. It will be a little slower than just having the windows drawn in
the normal way.
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!TOPIC 745 Screen misc: Hardware screenblank
!NOINDEX

If your graphics card is fairly standard, you may use this option, to turn
screen output off completely, during the idle periods of operation.
If you set it to 'Y' Portal will use the standard built-in methods for
blanking the screen. If it is set to 'N', Portal will simply display a black
window on the entire screen, and then display a clock on top of this. This
clock will be moved around on the screen, to prevent burn-in of the clocks
image, on the screen.
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!TOPIC 746 Screen misc: Four digits year
!NOINDEX

This options controls wether the year in status window is displayed with
two or four digits. If you set it to 'Y' four digits are used to display
the year. If set to 'N' you will see two digits only.
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