Description: Using DOS 3.3 with Catalyst 2.1 (5 of 5)
Header: Using DOS 3.3 with Catalyst 2.1 (5 of 5)

 CHAPTER 4
 MAKING CATALYST ENTRIES FOR DOS APPLICATIONS
 You may now wish to make Catalyst menu entries for your individual DOS BASIC
 applications.

 Each application which appears in your Catalyst menu must have an associated
 MOUNTS3.3 file describing the volumes to be mounted for that application
 (including the volume on which the application resides).

 To make the Catalyst menu entry for your DOS BASIC application, perform the
 following procedure:

  1. Select the Catalyst Editor from the Catalyst menu.
  2. When the Catalyst Editor main menu comes up, select the "Edit Catalyst
 menu" option.
  3. Using the up and down arrow keys, position the inverse bar over the menu
 entry you wish your program entry to precede.  Type "A" to Add a program
 entry.
  4. Enter the menu Display name for your application.
  5. Enter "CATALYST2E/DOS3.3" for the Interpreter path.
  6. Enter the prefix where the MOUNTS3.3 file for your application resides.
  7. Press RETURN for P rogram path.
  8. If all the above has bee n entered correctly, press RETURN when asked "Is
 all this correct?".  Otherwise, enter "NO" and fix the incorrect entry.
  9. Press ESCAPE to return to the Catalyst Editor main menu.  Enter "U" to
 Update the INTERPS2E file.
 10. Enter "Q" to Quit from the Catalyst Editor.

 Note that the above Catalyst menu entry will simply execute the DOS 3.3 BASIC
 interpreter, passing it a specific prefix for a MOUNTS3.3 file.

 The MOUNTS3.3 file referenced should be set up to mount the DOS 3.3 volume on
 which your application resides, and reference it as the startup volume.  Since
 DOS always expects its startup program to be named HELLO, your application
 should have this name as well.

 For example, if you wish to run the application CHECKBOOK from Catalyst, first
 copy the file to the DOS 3.3 volume you created using FID. From the BASIC
 prompt "]" type "RENAME CHECKBOOK,HELLO".

 NOTE: Binary files are excluded from the above discussion. In order to run a
 binary application, boot DOS 3.3 from the Catalyst menu and at the BASIC
 prompt
 "]" type BRUN filename.

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      article.
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