Copyright: ® 1994 LAMBDA Associates


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Toolbar Options

Keyboard

Mouse

Menu

LAMBDA Associates


Toolbar Options

Open a Print Project or program file.

Save a Print Project.

Print all of the program files currently open.

Search for a given string within the currently active program file.

Search for the next occurrence of the string.

Go to a specific line within the currently active program file.

Set the layout options for the printout.  These options include the margins, tab size, heading, footing, line and level numbers, etc.

Specify the primary font for the Print Project and all currently active program files.

Exit from the Windows Program Printer.

Display this help file.


Keyboard

Ctrl-O	Open a Print Project or program file.

Ctrl-S	Save a Print Project.

Ctrl-P	Print all of the program files currently open.

Alt-X	Exit from the Windows Program Printer.

Ctrl-F	Search for a given string within the currently active program file.

Ctrl-L	Search for the next occurrence of the string.

Ctrl-J	Go to a specific line within the currently active program file.

F3	Open a Print Project or program file.

F5	Toggles between maximizing and restoring the currently active program file.


Mouse

Right-Mouse Button

Clicking the right mouse button on a program file window displays the above popup menu.  These functions are the same as those on the toolbar and standard menu.  The only difference is the Print option is only for the current program file window, rather than all currently active program files.


Menu

File

Search

Options


File

New

Create a new Print Project.

Open

Open a Print Project or program file.

Save Project

Save a Print Project.

Save Project As

Save a Print Project under a new file name.

Print

Print all of the program files currently open.

Printer Setup

Exit

Exit from the Windows Program Printer.


Search

Find

Search Again

Repeats the last search from the current line, either backward or forward through the currently active program file.

Go To Line Number

Enter the line number to advance to for faster scrolling.


Options

Page Layout

Reserved Words

Language Management

Extensions

Comments

Level Management

Comment's Background Color

Font

Horizontal Toolbar

Top/Left Toolbar


Page Layout

Margins are specified in inches.

Format Options

Line Numbers selectively displays and prints line numbers for the program files.

Level Numbers provided a nested level indication for those dialects that readily support this.  The current version of the Windows Program Printer does not support compound words such as Visual Basic's "END IF".

Intelli Print™ selectively prints those program files which have been modified since the last printing of the print project.


Reserved Words

Languages

To add a new language select any of the languages and press the insert key.

To modify a language select the language and press the spacebar, or double-click on the language.

Extensions

To add a new extension select any of the extensions and press the insert key.

To modify a extension select the extension and press the spacebar, or double-click on the extension.

Comments

To add a new comment specifier select any of the comment specifiers and press the insert key.

To modify a comment specifier select the comment specifier and press the spacebar, or double-click on the comment specifier.

Reserved Words

To add a new reserved word select any of the reserved words and press the insert key.

To modify a reserved word select the reserved word and press the spacebar, or double-click on the reserved word.


Language Management

This dialog allows you to specify the characteristics of a given language.  The characteristics are:

Language

This is the description that appears in the Reserved Words Languages listbox.

Quotes

This is the specific character that this language group uses to denote character strings.

Prekey Characters

This is the set of characters that contains the first character in any of the reserved words.  It is also important to understand that this pertains to identifiers as well.

Key Characters

This is the set of characters that is used in making reserved words.


Extensions

This is a simple dialog box used to specify program file extensions.  Note: this does require the entering of a leading period.


Comments

Begin identifies the character string that represents the start of a comment.

Column is used for those languages such as COBOL which require the Begin character string to occur in a specific column.  This should be left blank if comments can occur anywhere in a line.

End identifies the character string that represents the closing of a comment.  This should be left blank if the comment ends with the end of the current line.

EOL specifies that the comment specifier uses the End-Of-Line as the termination of the comment.


Level Management

Reserved Word

Current Level

Hold Level

In Record or Structure

If In Record or Struct


Comment's Background Color

You can specify any of the sixteen primary colors as the background for comments.


Font

Courier New is the recommended font.  Courier New provides a fixed spacing, rather than a proportional spacing, in addition to being a True Type font.  The color is only used in displaying the reserved words.  Bold is toggled on/off during printing to indicate reserved words.


Horizontal Toolbar

This options allows the Toolbar to be toggled either horizontally or vertically.


Top/Left Toolbar

This options allows the Toolbar to be placed on the top or bottom if it is horizontal, or on the left or right if it is vertical.


LAMBDA Associates

Windows Program Printer©

© 1994 Lambda Associates

Address

4308 Fox Creek Dr.

Crystal Lake,  IL  60012

Phone

(815)459-8684

Compuserve

70711,3455


Glossary of Terms

Intelli Print™

Print Project


Intelli Print™

Selectively print those program files that have been modified since the last printing of the current Print Project.


Print Project

A collection of related program files.