User manual

Tasks and Kits
3-38 ProMaster 2500 User Manual
The requirements for user-created messages are described below:
• Message file must be an ASCII text file. Save the file as an
unformatted text file.
• Message file must be called
tl.msg
. TaskLink looks for a file with this
name. The maximum line length in this file is 66 characters.
• Each message number must begin with a tilde (~), followed by four
digits as in the following example: ~0023. The tilde and four-digit
number must be on a line by themselves. The message that will be
displayed includes all the text after the tilde and message number,
and before the next tilde in the file.
• Spacing and formatting is maintained (WYSIWYG) unless you use \b
(for bold). The \b does not appear on the screen and all characters
move to the left two spaces for every \b in the line.
Creating Task/Kit
Batch Files
You can create an ASCII batch file that allows you to run any combination
of Tasks and Kits in the order defined in the file. TaskLink reads the batch
file, searches the current Task Database file (last file used) for the Task/
Kit, and runs it using the normal screens.
Each line in the batch file (unformatted ASCII text file) is only required to
have the name of an existing Task or Kit. A sample file would look like
this:
First_task_name
Second_task_name
First_kit_name
If an optional Task Database file name is entered before the Task/Kit
name and is terminated by a double colon (
::
), TaskLink looks for the Task
in the specified Database file. The fourth line in the same sample file
below directs TaskLink to look in a Database file called
Not_current_file
to find a Kit called
Second_kit_name
.
First_task_name
Second_task_name
First_kit_name
Not_current_file::Second_kit_name
Note: Do not use two consecutive colons in Task or Kit names if you plan to use
those Tasks/Kits in batch files.
To run a batch file in administrator mode, select
Tasks
from the Main
menu. Choose a batch file from the list displayed, and press
↵
.