














                                  P A L E R T

                                      by

                                  Patri-Soft



                                  Version 2.1
                                 January  1990




                       Support BBS --  Patriquin's BBS
                                       714-369-9766 (DATA)




                          Copyright 1991 by Patri-Soft



                        Table of Contents


      What is PALERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
      Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
      Command Mode Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
      Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
      Registering PALERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
      Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
      Problems and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
      Other Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9




      What is PALERT
      --------------

      PALERT is a utility program to help you avoid unexpectedly
      running out of disk space and/or memory.  Many times application
      programs terminate abnormally or disallow you from completing a
      function because of insufficient disk space or memory.
      Sometimes, this may cause you to lose valuable work time and
      sometimes causes data to be lost. PALERT watches your disk space
      and warns you when space is getting low.

      PALERT lets you specify your disk space needs and then watches
      the disk until that limit is reached.  It then warns you of
      the situation and lets you take appropriate action.  PALERT
      is implemented as a standard DOS command that may be used
      by itself or from a DOS batch command file.

      Implement PALERT before starting any application or program
      where sufficient disk space is critical.  PALERT will save
      you time and money.

      Features:
      ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

        **  Checks disk space whenever you want to.

        **  Checks available memory

        **  Can trigger other commands based on insufficient
            disk space and/or memory

        **  Many features to customize messages and actions

        **  Easy to install and use

                                                                Page  2

      Command Mode Parameters
      -----------------------

      PALERT allows several command parameter switches to be specified
      to customize the process.  All these parameters are optional.
      The command format and switch parameters are described below.  A
      quick review of command parameters is always available by
      entering the PALERT command with the /H parameter.

      COMMAND FORMAT:

      PALERT [drive:]    [ (/ switches) ]


      [drive:]  If desired you may specify the drive where space
                is to be checked.  If the drive letter is not
                specified, the current defualt drive is checked.
                PALERT will also check multiple drives.  For example:
                PALERT CDE will check drives C, D, and E and give
                you a cumulative display.  (This alos works with all
                parameters)


      /Wppp     Warn the user and set DOS ERRORLEVEL flag if the
                percentage of free disk space is less than the
                ppp value specified.

                /W5 indicates to warn user if less than 5 percent
                of disk space is free.


      /Bbbbb    Warn the user and set DOS ERRORLEVEL flag if the
                number of kilobytes of free disk space is less than
                the bbbb value specified.  The maximum value of
                bbbb is 32767.

                /B3000 indicates to warn the user if less than
                3,000,000 characters of disk free space exist.

      /Lxxx     Warn when available memory is less than xxx.
                Sets the DOS ERRORLEVEL flag to 2.

                PALERT /L400 will warn you if memory is below
                400,000 bytes.

      /E        SupprEss the disk check and check only memory

      /N        A scale that shows used disk space is normally
                shown to the user each time PALERT is run.  To
                prevent the scale from being displayed, enter the
                /N parameter.


      /M        Messages are normally shown to indicate the Total,
                Used, and Free disk space.  If these messages are
                not normally wanted, enter the /M parameter.  Then
                they will only be issued when the user is warned.
                                                                Page  3


      /P        After the user is warned of insufficient disk/memory
                space, PALERT will pause to make sure the user is aware
                of the situation.  To avoid this pause enter /P.


      /S        When PALERT detects insufficient disk/memory space it
                sounds an alert to the user.  To avoid this noise
                specify the /S parameter.


      /C        Each time PALERT is run it reminds the user that
                HELP is available by entering the /H parameter.  To
                avoid this message enter /C.


      /H        PALERT contains internal help that is available at
                any time by using the /H parameter.

                                                                Page  4


      Examples:

      1.  Warn user when less than 1,000,000 characters of disk
          space is available.

              ===> PALERT C: /B1000 /C


      2.  Warn user when less than 5 percent of disk space is
          available.

              ===> PALERT C: /W5 /C


      3.  Warn user when less than 300K of memory is available:

              ===> PALERT /L300


      4.  DOS batch file that will check disk space each time
          the LOTUS command is entered.  If the desired disk
          space is not available stop the command.

            PALERT /b2000/m
            if errorlevel 1 goto error
            LOTUS
            goto end
            :error
            ECHO command terminated due to insufficient disk space
            :end

          This sample DOS batch file may be found in the .ARC file
          that contains this program.  Name=PA123.BAT.

                                                                Page  5


      Registering PALERT
      ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

      PALERT is distributed under the Shareware concept.  This makes it
      available for anyone to try without obligation.  If you decide it
      is useful and want to keep it, I ask that you register your use
      of it.  This will allow for continued support and maintenance of
      the program and will help to encourage that more quality software
      be made available through this channel.   We require all
      corporate and government users of this utility register their
      copies.

      To simply register the program, $10 is requested.  If you would
      like the newest program disk and a copy of the manual send
      $20.  If you would like to register all the Patriquin utilities,
      and receive programs on disk and manuals, send $45.


      Send registration requests to:

                      Patri-Soft
                      P.O. Box 8263
                      San Bernardino, CA   92412


      The registration charge is a one time fee that entitles you to
      all future versions of the product.  These may either be obtained
      from normal Shareware sources or directly from me.  Any
      organization ordering more than 100 copies is also entitled to
      telephone support and will be given the technical support number.

      Following is a form that may be used to register PALERT.

                                                                Page  6

                              PALERT Registration
                                 Version 2.1


      Please Register PALERT to the following person.  We will use ____
      copies  of  the program and have enclosed $____ for each copy to
      be used.

      ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

      _____ Registration only .............................   $10.00

      _____ Registration, program disk and manual..........   $20.00

      _____ Registration of all Patriquin Utilities with
               program disks and manuals...................   $45.00

      _____ Update of newest Patriquin Utility disk with
               manual.  ...................................   $15.00

      ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ


      Name: __________________________________________________

      Company: _______________________________________________

      Address: _______________________________________________

               _______________________________________________

      City: ______________________________  State: ___________

      Zip:  ______________________

      I obtained my copy of PALERT from: ____________________________

      If BBS indicate name and number please._________________________

      ________________________________________________________________

      Please register the software under the following name:

      ____________________________________________________

              Send to:
                      Patri-Soft
                      P.O. Box 8263
                      San Bernardino, CA  92412
                                                                Page  7
                          P A L E R T

      Problems and Maintenance
      ------------------------

      I welcome all comments or enhancement suggestions. Please
      document each item clearly and provide printed examples if
      possible.  Please be sure to include this form with all requests,
      it will help to make sure we can provide you with the best
      possible service.


      Name: __________________________________________________________

      Company: _______________________________________________________

      Address: _______________________________________________________

               _______________________________________________________

      City: __________________________________  State: _______________

      Zip: ______________________________

      Telephone: _______ / ________________________ (Home / Work)


      Date: _________________________

      Description of problem or enhancement:

      ________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________


      Suggested solution:

      ________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________
                                                                Page  8

      Program Maintenance:
      --------------------

      Version 1.0     August 22, 1986

      Version 1.6     January 17, 1987
                        --  Problem with large capacity disks printing
                            incorrect space used percent.

      Version 2.0     August 8, 1990
                        --  Added memory check
                        --  Support for cumulative report of mulitple
                            drives
      Version 2.1     January 26, 1991
                        --  Fixed minor bugs experienced by 2 users



      -----------------------------------------------------------------



      Other Patriquin Utilities:
      --------------------------

      PSEARCH  --  Extensive file find and Text search capabilities in
                a menu driven environment.

      PCOPY/PMOVE  --  Complete file copy.move utility that prevents
                users from accidently losing files by using DOS COPY.
                Fast file movers are intelligent and move files to
                different hard disk directories without moving data.

      PTOUCH  --  Set date and time values on files specified
                through command parameters.

      PALERT  --  Warn users of insufficient disk space before it
                causes them problems.

      PDAILY  --  Perform any command or batch function only once
                  per day.  Use in AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

