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RiscUtils/!RuInstall/Install/!Help/Help/Text/Help/Sel-Comm
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| Filename: | RiscUtils/!RuInstall/Install/!Help/Help/Text/Help/Sel-Comm |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 1149 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Select_Command_Random and Select_Command_Cycle - These are 2 seperate commands, that when issued select a command Randomly / Cycled (1 after the other) from the same user-defined file of commands. Useful for giving different boot sequences every time computer is started-up. E.g. Cycled - 1 time play sound Sample 1, next time play sample 2, next time sample 3, -etc. or Random - 1 time play sound Sample 3, next time play sample 8, next time sample 2 etc. Using Select_Command : Both commands will select and execute a line from the user-defined file RISCutils.User_Area.Files.Commands. This file can be altered at any time, increased or decreased in size. � Very important note: If the 'Commands' file is not present in the directory !RISCutils.User_Area.Files, then RISCutils's Select_Command component will not work. If for some reason it is not present (E.g. you have mistakenly deleted it), a text editor such as !Edit or !Zap can be used to create an 'Obey' file, and this can be saved as a new 'Commands' file, to contain the list of Commands you wish to use. N.B. the file-name spelling 'Commands' must be exact! E.g. 'Command' is not allowed. So if the user issued the command: Select_Command_Random The component / program will randomly pick a line from the 'Commands' file (note some random command selection programs use BASIC's 'random number' feature, and can only select commands randomly when in the Desktop, and not from the Boot sequence. RISCutil's Select_Command component can do both). So one time if the command 'Select_Command_Random' is issued, line 3 of the 'Commands 'file may be executed. Another time when the command 'Select_Command_Random' is issued, line 8 of the 'Commands 'file will be executed. Another time when the command 'Select_Command_Random' is issued, line 5 of the 'Commands 'file will be executed. And so on...every time the 'Select_Command_Random' command is issued. - If the command : Select_Command_Cycle Is issued, then the component will 'Cycle' through the lines of the 'Commands' file, executing them one after the other each time the 'Select_Command_Cycle' command is issued, starting again at the begining when the last line of the file is reached. So one time if the command 'Select_Command_'Cycle is issued, line 1 of the 'Commands 'file may be executed. Another time when the command 'Select_Command_Cycle' is issued, line 2 of the 'Commands 'file will be executed. Another time when the command 'Select_Command_Cycle' is issued, line 3 of the 'Commands 'file will be executed. And so on...every time the 'Select_Command_Cycle' command is issued. Note : If for instance the 'Commands' file is 5 lines long, once 'Select_Command_Cycle' has executed line 5, the next time 'Select_Command_Cycle' is issued, line 1 will be executed. Any command can be executed from the 'Commands' file, and if the user wants a number of different commands to be carried out each time the 'Select_Command_' command is issued, all he/she has to do is make the lines in the 'Commands' file run other files with the extra commands in. These commands are very useful for giving alternate Boot sequences, that do something different each time the computer is started up. E.g. if a user has 5 sound samples, and he likes to play one every time the computer is booted up, playing the same one all the time is boring, but manually changing the boot sequence to play a different one each time is a hassle. What the user could do is arrange his boot sequence, so that RISCutils is run, then his sample playing module is loaded, and then either the 'Select_Command_Cycle' or 'Select_Command_Random' command could be issued, with the 'Commands' file containing 5 lines, each of which instructs the Module to play a different sound sample. The result being, that each time the computer is booted up, a different sample is played. Which is better than the boredom of always playing the same one, but does't have the hassle of manually changing the boot sequence to play a different one each time it is booted up. To activate the 'Select_Command_Random' and 'Select_Command_Cycle' commands simply run 'RISCutils', with the 'Select_Command_Random' and 'Select_Command_Cycle' options in RISCutil's !Run file set to 'Y'. To de-activate them run the file RISCutils.User_Area.Files.Remove, and run 'RISCutils', with the 'Select_Command_Random' and 'Select_Command_Cycle' options set to 'N.'
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Useful for| 000000d0 20 67 69 76 69 6e 67 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e | giving differen| 000000e0 74 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 73 |t boot sequences| 000000f0 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 6d 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 | every time comp| 00000100 75 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 2d |uter is started-| 00000110 75 70 2e 20 45 2e 67 2e 20 43 79 63 6c 65 64 20 |up. E.g. Cycled | 00000120 2d 20 31 20 74 69 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 79 20 73 6f |- 1 time play so| 00000130 75 6e 64 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 31 2c 20 6e 65 |und Sample 1, ne| 00000140 78 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 79 20 73 61 6d |xt time play sam| 00000150 70 6c 65 20 32 2c 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 69 6d 65 |ple 2, next time| 00000160 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 33 2c 20 2d 65 74 63 2e | sample 3, -etc.| 00000170 20 6f 72 20 52 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 2d 20 31 20 74 | or Random - 1 t| 00000180 69 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 79 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 53 |ime play sound S| 00000190 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 33 2c 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 69 |ample 3, next ti| 000001a0 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 79 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 38 |me play sample 8| 000001b0 2c 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 73 61 6d 70 |, next time samp| 000001c0 6c 65 20 32 20 65 74 63 2e 0a 0a 55 73 69 6e 67 |le 2 etc...Using| 000001d0 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 | Select_Command | 000001e0 3a 0a 0a 42 6f 74 68 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 |:..Both commands| 000001f0 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 61 6e 64 | will select and| 00000200 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 | execute a line | 00000210 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 2d 64 65 |from the user-de| 00000220 66 69 6e 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 20 0a 52 49 53 43 |fined file .RISC| 00000230 75 74 69 6c 73 2e 55 73 65 72 5f 41 72 65 61 2e |utils.User_Area.| 00000240 46 69 6c 65 73 2e 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 2e 20 |Files.Commands. | 00000250 54 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |This file can be| 00000260 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 | altered at any | 00000270 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 20 |time, increased | 00000280 6f 72 20 64 65 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 20 69 6e 20 |or decreased in | 00000290 73 69 7a 65 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 56 65 72 79 20 69 6d |size.... Very im| 000002a0 70 6f 72 74 61 6e 74 20 6e 6f 74 65 3a 20 49 66 |portant note: If| 000002b0 20 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 20 | the 'Commands' | 000002c0 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 73 |file is not pres| 000002d0 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 |ent in the direc| 000002e0 74 6f 72 79 20 21 52 49 53 43 75 74 69 6c 73 2e |tory !RISCutils.| 000002f0 55 73 65 72 5f 41 72 65 61 2e 46 69 6c 65 73 2c |User_Area.Files,| 00000300 20 74 68 65 6e 20 52 49 53 43 75 74 69 6c 73 27 | then RISCutils'| 00000310 73 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |s Select_Command| 00000320 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 | component will | 00000330 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 2e 0a 49 66 20 66 6f 72 |not work..If for| 00000340 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 69 74 20 | some reason it | 00000350 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 28 |is not present (| 00000360 45 2e 67 2e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d 69 |E.g. you have mi| 00000370 73 74 61 6b 65 6e 6c 79 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 64 |stakenly deleted| 00000380 20 69 74 29 2c 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 20 65 64 69 | it), a text edi| 00000390 74 6f 72 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 21 45 64 69 |tor such as !Edi| 000003a0 74 20 6f 72 20 21 5a 61 70 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |t or !Zap can be| 000003b0 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 | used to create | 000003c0 61 6e 20 27 4f 62 65 79 27 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 |an 'Obey' file, | 000003d0 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 |and this can be | 000003e0 73 61 76 65 64 20 61 73 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 27 |saved as a new '| 000003f0 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 |Commands' file, | 00000400 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c |to contain the l| 00000410 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 |ist of Commands | 00000420 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 2e |you wish to use.| 00000430 20 4e 2e 42 2e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2d 6e | N.B. the file-n| 00000440 61 6d 65 20 73 70 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 27 43 6f |ame spelling 'Co| 00000450 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 |mmands' must be | 00000460 65 78 61 63 74 21 20 45 2e 67 2e 20 27 43 6f 6d |exact! E.g. 'Com| 00000470 6d 61 6e 64 27 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 6c |mand' is not all| 00000480 6f 77 65 64 2e 0a 0a 53 6f 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 |owed...So if the| 00000490 20 75 73 65 72 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 20 74 68 65 | user issued the| 000004a0 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 3a 0a 0a 53 65 6c 65 63 | command:..Selec| 000004b0 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 52 61 6e 64 6f 6d |t_Command_Random| 000004c0 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 |..The component | 000004d0 2f 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 |/ program will r| 000004e0 61 6e 64 6f 6d 6c 79 20 70 69 63 6b 20 61 20 6c |andomly pick a l| 000004f0 69 6e 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f |ine from the 'Co| 00000500 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 20 66 69 6c 65 20 28 6e 6f |mmands' file (no| 00000510 74 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 63 |te some random c| 00000520 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e |ommand selection| 00000530 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 75 73 65 20 42 41 | programs use BA| 00000540 53 49 43 27 73 20 27 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 6e 75 |SIC's 'random nu| 00000550 6d 62 65 72 27 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 2c 20 61 |mber' feature, a| 00000560 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 73 65 6c 65 |nd can only sele| 00000570 63 74 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 72 61 6e 64 |ct commands rand| 00000580 6f 6d 6c 79 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |omly when in the| 00000590 20 44 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f | Desktop, and no| 000005a0 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 42 6f 6f 74 20 |t from the Boot | 000005b0 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 2e 20 52 49 53 43 75 74 |sequence. RISCut| 000005c0 69 6c 27 73 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d |il's Select_Comm| 000005d0 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 63 61 |and component ca| 000005e0 6e 20 64 6f 20 62 6f 74 68 29 2e 0a 0a 53 6f 20 |n do both)...So | 000005f0 6f 6e 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 |one time if the | 00000600 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f |command 'Select_| 00000610 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 52 61 6e 64 6f 6d 27 20 |Command_Random' | 00000620 69 73 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 2c 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 |is issued, line | 00000630 33 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |3 of the 'Comman| 00000640 64 73 20 27 66 69 6c 65 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 |ds 'file may be | 00000650 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 64 2e 0a 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 |executed..Anothe| 00000660 72 20 74 69 6d 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |r time when the | 00000670 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f |command 'Select_| 00000680 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 52 61 6e 64 6f 6d 27 20 |Command_Random' | 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65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 |he 'Select_Comma| 00000840 6e 64 5f 43 79 63 6c 65 27 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |nd_Cycle' comman| 00000850 64 20 69 73 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 2c 20 73 74 61 |d is issued, sta| 00000860 72 74 69 6e 67 20 61 67 61 69 6e 20 61 74 20 74 |rting again at t| 00000870 68 65 20 62 65 67 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 6e |he begining when| 00000880 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f | the last line o| 00000890 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 72 65 |f the file is re| 000008a0 61 63 68 65 64 2e 20 0a 0a 53 6f 20 6f 6e 65 20 |ached. ..So one | 000008b0 74 69 6d 65 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d |time if the comm| 000008c0 61 6e 64 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d |and 'Select_Comm| 000008d0 61 6e 64 5f 27 43 79 63 6c 65 20 69 73 20 69 73 |and_'Cycle is is| 000008e0 73 75 65 64 2c 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 31 20 6f 66 20 |sued, line 1 of | 000008f0 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 27 66 |the 'Commands 'f| 00000900 69 6c 65 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 |ile may be execu| 00000910 74 65 64 2e 0a 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 69 6d |ted..Another tim| 00000920 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 |e when the comma| 00000930 6e 64 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 |nd 'Select_Comma| 00000940 6e 64 5f 43 79 63 6c 65 27 20 69 73 20 69 73 73 |nd_Cycle' is iss| 00000950 75 65 64 2c 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 32 20 6f 66 20 74 |ued, line 2 of t| 00000960 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 27 66 69 |he 'Commands 'fi| 00000970 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 |le will be execu| 00000980 74 65 64 2e 0a 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 69 6d |ted..Another tim| 00000990 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 |e when the comma| 000009a0 6e 64 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 |nd 'Select_Comma| 000009b0 6e 64 5f 43 79 63 6c 65 27 20 69 73 20 69 73 73 |nd_Cycle' is iss| 000009c0 75 65 64 2c 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 33 20 6f 66 20 74 |ued, line 3 of t| 000009d0 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 27 66 69 |he 'Commands 'fi| 000009e0 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 |le will be execu| 000009f0 74 65 64 2e 0a 41 6e 64 20 73 6f 20 6f 6e 2e 2e |ted..And so on..| 00000a00 2e 65 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 |.every time the | 00000a10 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f |'Select_Command_| 00000a20 43 79 63 6c 65 27 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 69 |Cycle' command i| 00000a30 73 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 2e 0a 0a 4e 6f 74 65 20 |s issued...Note | 00000a40 3a 20 49 66 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 |: If for instanc| 00000a50 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 |e the 'Commands'| 00000a60 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 35 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 | file is 5 lines| 00000a70 20 6c 6f 6e 67 2c 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 27 53 65 6c | long, once 'Sel| 00000a80 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 43 79 63 6c |ect_Command_Cycl| 00000a90 65 27 20 68 61 73 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 64 20 |e' has executed | 00000aa0 6c 69 6e 65 20 35 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 |line 5, the next| 00000ab0 20 74 69 6d 65 20 27 53 65 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f | time 'Select_Co| 00000ac0 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 43 79 63 6c 65 27 20 69 73 20 |mmand_Cycle' is | 00000ad0 69 73 73 75 65 64 2c 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 31 20 77 |issued, line 1 w| 00000ae0 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 64 2e |ill be executed.| 00000af0 0a 0a 41 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 63 61 |..Any command ca| 00000b00 6e 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 64 20 66 72 |n be executed fr| 00000b10 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 |om the 'Commands| 00000b20 27 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 74 |' file, and if t| 00000b30 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 77 61 6e 74 73 20 61 20 |he user wants a | 00000b40 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 |number of differ| 00000b50 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 |ent commands to | 00000b60 62 65 20 63 61 72 72 69 65 64 20 6f 75 74 20 65 |be carried out e| 00000b70 61 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 53 65 |ach time the 'Se| 00000b80 6c 65 63 74 5f 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 5f 27 20 63 |lect_Command_' c| 00000b90 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 69 73 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 |ommand is issued| 00000ba0 2c 20 61 6c 6c 20 68 65 2f 73 68 65 20 68 61 73 |, all he/she has| 00000bb0 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 69 73 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 | to do is make t| 00000bc0 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |he lines in the | 00000bd0 27 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 27 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |'Commands' file | 00000be0 72 75 6e 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |run other files | 00000bf0 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 74 72 61 20 63 |with the extra c| 00000c00 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 69 6e 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 |ommands in...The| 00000c10 73 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 |se commands are | 00000c20 76 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 |very useful for | 00000c30 67 69 76 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 65 |giving alternate| 00000c40 20 42 6f 6f 74 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 73 2c | Boot sequences,| 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