MAKE YOUR OWN LOADER

A "loader" is a program that lets you run an EXE, COM, or BAT file while the 95LX's built-in applications are open. You cannot use a loader to run a program on top of Lotus, and you may not start one of the built-in applications on top of a loader-run program.

You can make your own loader by using LoadMaker by David Goodman. Download LDRMKR.ZIP <DISK ICON> from Lib 7 of CompuServe's HP Handheld forum. I used Dave's program to make a loader to run InfoSelect from MicroLogic. My loader calls IS.BAT, instead of IS.EXE directly. This batch file then calls InfoSelect. The contents of my IS.BAT are as follows:

dispctl -c

a:

cd \is

is n

cd \

dispcl +c

The loader is created as an EXM file. I named the loader IS.EXM and put it in the C:\DEV subdirectory.

The line in my APNAME.LST file reads:

c:\dev\is.exm,2400,infoselect

2400 is the scan code for (ALT)-J, so starting InfoSelect is as simple as pressing the (ALT)-J hotkey.

Victor D. Roberts

CompuServe ID: [70413,1423]

* On The HP Palmtop Paper on Disk, Jul/Aug, 92.