AskIt and AskIt/2 v1.00
Copyright 1993, Ian William Robertson
All Rights Reserved


Description

   AskIt is a utility that will allow you to enter one of the user-defined
selections, and exit at a unique errorlevel.  AskIt includes the ability to
timeout after a user-defined length.
   For example, let's say that you want to create a batch file that will ask
 you which program you want to use.  You could do the following:

ECHO A) Spreadsheet
ECHO B) Word Processor
ECHO C) Data Base
ECHO.
ECHO Enter Selection:
ASKIT ABC 10

   This example would wait until the user entered A, B or C, or timeout after
10 seconds (assuming option A).

Warranty

    This software is provided free of charge to all users.  No warranty is
provided, whether expressed or implied.
    I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me a postcard or letter
with the following information to the address listed at the right.  This is
just for my own information.  I'd like to see who is using the program and
how far it has spread.

 Name                                                     Ian Robertson
 Address                                                  1606 Peachwood Drive
 Telephone Number                                         San Jose, CA  95132
 Business (if applicable)
 Business Description (if applicable)
 Number of Systems
 Version Number
 How You Are Using The Software
 Suggestions/Comments

Requirements

DOS Version:                           OS/2 Version:

 DOS v3.31 or higher                   OS/2 v2.0 or higher

Instructions

    AskIt requires the following command line syntax:

DOS : AskIt <choices> <timeout_in_seconds>
OS/2: AskIt2 <choices> <timeout_in_seconds>

      <choices>            : This can be a list of up to 254 characters.  You
                             can choose from A-Z and 0-9, case insensitive.
                             Put all characters side by side with no spaces,
                             commas, etc.
      <timeout_in_seconds> : After this number of seconds, AskIt will exit as
                             if choice number one had been selected.  You can 
                             disable the timeout by using 0.  The maximum
                             number of seconds allowed is 10000.

Bug Reports

    If you encounter any bugs while using the software, please fill out the
following information and send it to one of the addresses listed in the Contact
section.

 Name
 Address
 Telephone Number
 Business (if applicable)
 Version Number
 System Description (operating system, FAT/HPFS, etc.)
 Bug Description
 Steps to Reproduce Bug

Comments, Questions and Suggestions

    If you have any comments, questions or suggestions regarding this software, 
please send them to one of the following addresses in the Contact section.

Obtaining the Latest Version

    The latest version of AskIt can be obtained from Data Port BBS in File Area
1 as AskIt<version>.ZIP.  For example, version 1.23 would be stored as
"AskIt123.ZIP".  You may also FREQ the magic filename "AskIt" if you are in
FidoNet, RBBSnet or OS2net.

Contact

    The author, Ian Robertson, may be reached at the following addresses:

 Data Port BBS: 408-259-3019 @ 14.4kbps
 InterNet     : ian.robertson@f106.n143.z1.fidonet.org
 FidoNet      : 1:143/106
 RBBSnet      : 8:915/14
 OS2net       : 81:302/106
 USPS         : Ian Robertson
               : 1606 Peachwood Drive
               : San Jose, CA  95132
