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Installing rpal, Rpal switches, Pal utility – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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Installing RPAL

To see the switches for the

RPAL

utility, at the

MS-DOS C

:\>

prompt type

RPAL /?

and press ENTER.

RPAL displays the following menu and then returns to the

MS-DOS

prompt:

Resident Palette VN.NN
(c) 1990-92 Texas Instruments Incorporated
Usage: RPAL [ /U /I /Ddatafile /Kc /1user1file /2user2file]
[ ] - denotes optional parameters
Parameters:
/U attempt to uninstall RPAL
/I install RPAL as a TSR
/Ddatafile

use palette setting in datafile

/Kchar use char key with the ALT key as hot key,

where char is a letter between A and Z

/1user1file

set user palette 1 to setting in user1file

/2user2file

set user palette 2 to setting in user2file

RPAL Switches

/I switch — Installing

RPAL

as

TSR

Program — You can

install

RPAL

as a terminate-and-stay-resident (

TSR

)

program. As a

TSR

program,

RPAL

is accessible from

MS-DOS

and most applications by pressing a hot key (defined by the
/Kc switch described on the next page). To install

RPAL

as a

TSR

program, at the

C:\>

prompt type

RPAL /I

and press

ENTER.

If you do not include the /Kc switch, the computer uses
ALT-P as the default hot key.

/U Switch — Removing

RPAL

From

RAM

If

RPAL

is

installed as a

TSR

program and you want to remove

RPAL

from

RAM

, at the C:\> prompt type

RPAL /U

and press

ENTER.

RPAL is deleted from

RAM

but not from the hard disk; you

can reinstall

RPAL

at any time at the

MS-DOS

prompt.

PAL Utility

6-6 Palette Utilities