                               JBStopGo
                             Version 1.3
                           (c)JBSoft 1992-5

                                 
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Overview
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JBStopGo is a program to automate the closing and reopening of your
applications when preparing to backup to the main computer. It will
close all running programs and start the Link or, if the Link is
already running, will close the Link and restart the programs closed
beforehand. If closing down the programs you will end up in Time as
this can speed up the file transfer process when using RCOM/RBACK
because the screen does not have to keep updating its file list (which
it does every time a file is copied).

The program creates a small data file in the root directory of the
Internal drive called AOPEN.DAT (just to explain why this file
suddenly appears).

N.B. It is important that the Link is started and stopped by my
program as it uses the Link status to decide what to do - if the Link
is running and you wish to backup then you must close the link before
running JBStopGo. If you run the program with the Link unplugged then
the programs will be closed down bu the Link not started. Under these
circumstances you can use JBGO.OPO (included in the ZIP) to restart
the closed applications. This small program does not switch off the
Link so it should not be used as a substitute for JBStopGo.

Release History
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1.0   First public release (previous versions were hard-coded for my
      system.
1.1   Fixed a problem with SYS$RPCS being opened up when in Start
      mode.
      Now ends up in Time after closing down the applications to speed
      up the file transfer.
1.2   Now altered so that applications can be left open (use JBSGGet
      to set this up).
1.3   If the 3-Link isn't plugged in then an error is shown but it
      isn't fatal anymore.

Contact
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John Boyce
CompuServe: 100014,1240
CIX/Internet: jboyce@cix.compulink.co.uk