Release notes for MOTDW

Version 1.0 released 8/20/96.

MOTDW is a simple Win16 utility which displays a text file for viewing
and/or printing.  It was written for use by LAN network administrators
where it can be run from a network users' login script under Windows 95
or Windows NT.  (Windows 3.x can not run Windows programs from the command
line, which prevents calling MOTDW from login scripts).

MOTDW takes 1 optional command line argument, the name of the message file 
to display.  This overrides an optional entry in the INI file MOTDW.INI
which contains 1 section [config] and recognizes 3 entries as indicated.

Sample MOTDW.INI file:

  [config]
  color=dgreen
  msgfile=ohmygod.txt
  title=Welcome to my network

Valid colors are: red, blue, lgreen, dgreen, yellow, and magenta.
RGB values may also be used, for example: color=1,2,3

Network administrators who support a mixture of Win32 and Win16 PCs can
use the following batch file technique to display the same message file
on both platforms:

  if %osver%==Win3x call L:\COMMON\motd.bat
  if not %osver%==Win3x L:\COMMON\motdw L:\DATA\DOCS\motd.txt

The above assumes an environment variable OSVER has been set prior to
the PC running the network login script.  One way this may be done is
by running Bamboo Software's PCINFO utility as the first step in the 
login script, and then calling SETNAMES.BAT (a batch file which is created 
by PCINFO) from the login script prior to invoking motd via the batch 
commands above.

Version and copyright information is available by holding down the Shift
key while pressing the Exit button.

MOTDW is copyright 1996 by Bamboo Software.

Frank Brown
browf@well.com
http://www.halcyon.com/frog/fhb.htm
CIS: 74766,3671



