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 Monitor your remote PC in 5 easy steps:


         1. G35RWS.COM loaded on a PC.  It can be loaded at any point 
            after IPXODI.COM.  G35RWS.COM is a 2K TSR.  It can be loaded high.
            G35RWS.COM loads on the PCs that you want to be able to monitor
            remotely.

         2. The network number and node address of the PC that has loaded
            and is running G35RWS.COM.  If you use Novell, USERLIST /A
            will tell you this.

         3. The network number and node address as displayed in USERLIST /A
            must be put between curly braces in an ASCII menu file.  Use 
            the built-in "Edit/Add PC NIC Addresses" option on the main
            menu of GOLD35.  Select "LAN 001" from the LAN LIST menu then
            replace the example network address and node address with the
            network and node address of the PC you loaded G35RWS.COM on in
            step 1.  Spacing of the square brackets must be EXACTLY the same 
            as the spacing displayed in USERLIST /A.

         4. Of course, the PC that you use to run GOLD35.EXE must also have
            the IPXODI.COM program loaded.  GOLD35 is the program that lets
            you view remote PCs that are running the G35RWS.COM TSR.

         5. Run GOLD35 to view the remote PC that is running G35RWS.COM.


  


  You should read the following section before trying to use GOLD35. 


  It is important to realize:

        * Using this program in any manner that would be considered
          unethical or unlawful is strictly prohibited. 

        * You must have some kind of ASCII text editor available that
          is located somewhere in your DOS PATH environment variable.
          It must be called "EDIT".  You must know how to use it.

        * You do not view a particular user, you view a particular PC.

        * GOLD35 was not intended to be used by the "general PC population".
          GOLD35 is a tool for LAN administrators and Help Desk personnel.

        * Some DOS programs redefine screen characters in order to display
          characters on the screen that cannot normally be displayed in 
          text mode.  This will result in strange patterns and blinking
          characters when remotely viewing PCs with those programs running.

        * This program was designed to be used in conjunction with telephone
          conversation between you and the remote user.  Always notify the
          remote user that you are going to pull his/her video.  They may
          have confidential information they will want to put away.

        * This program was designed to allow monitoring of DOS workstations.
          It will work in Windows if the remote station is using the standard
          VGA driver (640x480x16).  Even then, some display corruption can
          occur on the remote video.  If this happens, the remote user need
          only repaint their screen by minimizing then maximizing their 
          desktop.  You may need to create PIF files for DOS applications
          running on remote PCs to make the DOS application run in EXCLUSIVE
          mode.

        * This evaluation version of my program will only let you view the 
          top one-half of the remote video.  To see the complete screen, you 
          have to buy a licensed copy.  Press [Alt]+[O] at any screen menu
          for ordering information.  You CAN see full screen remote video if
          the remote video mode is 40 column.

        * Not all graphics modes are supported.  Remember, this application 
          is meant for DOS applications and user help at the DOS prompt.  
          Graphics modes that are supported are displayed in B&W.

        * This program will work across a WAN as well as your LAN.  However,
          licenses must be purchased for each LAN that will have monitored
          PCs.


                          FILE DESCRIPTIONS


                       GO.BAT - Batch file that executes GOLD35.EXE
                   GOLD35.EXE - This is the executable file for the program.
                   README.EXE - ASCII text file browser.  This program is 
                                called from within GOLD35 to browse ASCII text
                                files.
                   G35RWS.COM - TSR program that must run on the remote work-
                                station to allow GOLD35 to "see" it. 
                  EYESOFF.COM - Program for remote workstation that keeps
                                the GOLD35 program from "seeing" the work-
                                station's video.  This program turns off
                                the G35RWS TSR.
                   EYESON.COM - Program for the remote workstation that allows
                                GOLD35 to "see" the workstation's video. This
                                program turns on the G35RWS TSR.
                 G35MENU1.MEN - ASCII text file defining the selection items
                                in the main menu.
                 G35MENU1.DEF - ASCII text file defining the properties of the
                                main menu selection box.
                 SKELETON.DEF - An ASCII basic menu definition file to follow
                                when creating menues.
                   GOLD35.TXT - ASCII text file that is browsed when [F1] is
                                pressed from GOLD35.
                 GETSTART.TXT - This ASCII text file.  Browsed when "READ THIS
                                FIRST" is selected from the main menu.
                      Q&A.TXT - ASCII text file that is browsed when 
                                "QUESTIONS & ANSWERS" is selected fromthe main 
                                menu.
                  LANLIST.MEN - ASCII text menu file showing list of LANs.
                                This menu file calls a corresponding menu
                                selection file of the PCs defined for each LAN.
                  LANLIST.MEE - ASCII text menu file for editing the list of
                                PCs for the corresponding LAN.
                  LANLIST.DEF - ASCII text file defining the properties of
                                LANLIST.MEE and LANLIST.MEN selection menues.
                   PCLIST.001 - Menu selection file for LAN 001 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.002 - Menu selection file for LAN 002 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.003 - Menu selection file for LAN 003 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.004 - Menu selection file for LAN 004 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.005 - Menu selection file for LAN 005 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.006 - Menu selection file for LAN 006 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.007 - Menu selection file for LAN 007 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.008 - Menu selection file for LAN 008 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.009 - Menu selection file for LAN 009 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.010 - Menu selection file for LAN 010 PC addresses.
                   PCLIST.DEF - ASCII text file defining the properties of
                                the PCLIST selection menues.



  GOLD35 is "built" around a menu structure.  These menues are
defined as ASCII text files and are not hard-coded into the executable
code.  This allows you to have complete control over what is available
in any menu and to control the menu structure to make it unique to your
facility.  You control where menues appear on the screen.  You contol what
is available for selection in the menues.

  Menues should be structured in a logical manner, similar to the structure
of a hard disk with subdirectories holding related files (information).

  The menu ASCII text files can be named whatever you wish as long as it
is a valid DOS file name.  The ONLY restriction is that the main menu
MUST be named G35MENU1.MEN.  When (If) creating menues, I recommend using
an extension of .MEN and making the eight character file name unique.  The
reason for this is that each menu file must have an associated .DEF file
which defines its position and size on the screen.  This .DEF file is also
an ASCII text file and MUST have the same eight character file name as its
associated .MEN file.


  The menu file "filename.MEN" has the following properties:

     * A forward slash "/" in the first column denotes that line as a
       comment.  The line is ignored by the program when displaying the
       menu.

     * Blank lines are ignored and are not displayed in the menu. 
       IMPORTANT - blank lines consist only of a carriage return and line 
       feed.  A line of spaces " " is not a blank line.

     * Each non-blank line will be one selectable item in the displayed 
       menu.  The displayed text is the text from column position 1 up to
       the first left curley brace "{".  The text between "{" and "}" is
       not displayed in the menu, but is transferred to the program for 
       action.  This action can be to EXECUTE a DOS filename, OPEN another
       menu, or CONNECT to another PC across your LAN or WAN.

     Here is a sample of text that might appear in a .MEN file:
       
     /this is a comment line because a "/" is in column one.     
     Browse AUTOEXEC.BAT  {x readme c:\autoexec.bat}
     Utility Menu {m myutmenu.men}
     View printserver on my network {[347c53d8] [  3d7f86ac53]}
     View printserver across country{[764b6a79] [ 89d032ae3bd]}
     

     If this menu file were named SIMPLE.MEN, then a definition file by the
     name of SIMPLE.DEF must also exist in the same subdirectory as
     SIMPLE.MEN.

     As you can see, there are three types of data that can be between the
     curly braces "{}".

         * An "x" immediately after "{" will cause the program to shell-out
           to DOS and execute whatever is specified after the "x".

         * An "m" immediately after "{" will cause the program to read and
           display the menu file specified after the "m".  Also, a .DEF file
           must exist with the same path as specified for the menu file.

         * A left square bracket "[" immediately after the "{" will cause
           the program to interpret the following data as a network and
           node address of a PC.  The PC will be pinged and if it is found
           to be active, pressing [Enter] will display the video of the 
           specified PC on your display.  The spacing of the network and
           node address and the square brackets that surround them are
           critical.  The spacing is identical to the output of the Novell
           USERLIST command with a /A switch.



  The menu definition file "filename.DEF" is similar to a Windows .INI file
  and has the following properties:

     * All menu position and size information is read by the program after
       the equal sign "=".  These values must be numeric and integral.

     * The ORDER value indicates to the program the sort order of the 
       selectable items displayed in the menu box.  Valid order values are:
              order=0      ; Data is displayed in the order entered.
                           ; In other words, no sorting is done.

              order=1      ; Data is sorted and displayed in ascending order.
                           ; A-Z.

              order=2      ; Data is sorted and displayed in descending 
                           ; order.  Z-A.

     * The X value indicates the screen column position (1-80) of the upper
       left corner of the menu box.

     * The Y value indicates the screen row position (1-25) of the upper
       left corner of the menu box.

     * The TEXTWIDTH value indicates the width of the menu box for displayed
       selectable items.  This width is in number of characters.

     * The ITEMS value indicates the number of selectable items that can be
       displayed in a menu box before scrolling takes place.  In other words,
       it is the height of the menu box selection area in number of text rows.

     * The TITLE value is the text that will be displayed as the menu title.
       This is the only value that will not be numeric.

  A "SKELETON.DEF" file is provided to use as a template in defining your own
menues.  Just edit and copy this file to another file name as needed.

  Care must be taken when defining values in the .DEF files.  Values that
cause the menu to "wrap" will corrupt your display.  Some experimentation may
be neccessary.

  Menu filenames can be qualified with a drive and path.  This will allow you
to configure menues that are available to specific users by placing menues
into subdirectories where access is restricted by the network filing system.


