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Page 18 MDE-4315 CFN Series CFN III Manager’s Manual for Windows NT · August 2004
A Shortcut for Entering Data
Once you have become familiar with some of the commands, you may no
longer need the prompts to remind you how to enter data. You can type the
command and all the data you want to enter on one line before you press
ENTER.
Separate items with a comma. To enter a comma as part of the text, type two
commas. Remember that if you use the C option, you must press ENTER twice
to enter and terminate the command.
The command and the data required for the command, with commas between
items are typed, then ENTER is pressed twice.
How to Use Disk-based Commands
Disk-based commands are programs that are stored on a disk. These commands
are actually names of executable disk files. Therefore, if the file is stored on a
removable (or floppy) disk, the disk must be present in the drive for the
command to be run.
There are two types of disk-based commands: command files that contain a list
of CFN3 commands and have the extension .CMD, and executables that have
the extension .BIN. To execute either of these, a disk containing the
corresponding CMD or BIN file must be in the SC III disk drive, or the file must
be present on the hard disk drive.
The SC III will first look for the command in different places in the following
order (known as the search path):
You must type the entire command name, including the path, if the command is
not in the RAM drive, the current directory, or P:BIN. Do not type the extension
.BIN or .CMD. If the SC III cannot find a .BIN or .CMD file corresponding to
what you typed, it will reply with the message unknown command. The site
looks for .BIN first, then .CMD.
R: RAM drive
. current directory
P:BIN the .BIN directory on the hard disk
P* LOAD HEADING;C 1,SMITTY’S STATION,10 MAIN STREET
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Line number?
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P*