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Creating Microbooks
@Read Me Now!
~Read Me Now!
Gorin's Microbook is Shareware. Please refer to the
Shareware and Registration topics in this file for more
information.
Included with this file is a sample Microbook for a company
called "Anderson Automobiles". This is a purely fictitious
work and bears no connection to any company of a similar
name.
For free technical support, contact:
~Post: NGS, 4 Rookwood Drive, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 8PJ.
~Phone: (01438) 362671
~Email: neil.gorin@nildram.com
Modem users call the Shareware Support BBS for the
latest version of this product, and for technical support.
Shareware support BBS (01442) 891109 or 891209 (VFC).
~This program is produced by a member of the Association of
~Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that
~the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to
~resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
~contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.
~The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem
~with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support
~for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
~545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI USA 49442-9427, Fax
~616-788-2765, or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe
~Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
Registration costs £24.95. Please see REGISTER.DOC.
@Introduction
~Introduction
Gorin's Microbook provides a convenient way to provide user
documentation, or indeed any other form of textual
information, using an easy to use point and click interface.
The Microbook control system supports up to 50 separate
books in any one directory. With each set of books you
distribute, you must include a copy of the MICROBK.EXE file.
When run, the Microbook will display a list of the books in
the current directory, from which the user can select. To
bypass this dialogue and load a particular book from the
command line, specify the extension of the book to view on
the command line, for example MICROBK MBK will view this
file. Alternatively, where only one book is present in a
directory, Microbook will automatically bypass the
dialogue box and load it in.
~NOTE: You must be a registered user of Microbook to
~distribute files you create with Microbook - registered
~copies display YOUR name on the screen when you start
~the program, Shareware ones say that the program may
~only be used to view books created by Neil Gorin.
If you did not purchase this program from NGS, it is a
Shareware copy, and as such you should not distribute your
Microbooks with it.
@
@Creating a book
~Creating a book
In order to create books for use with Microbook, you will
require a text editor or word processor capable of producing
plain ASCII files. If you use a word processor, ensure that
you either press ENTER at the end of each line, or the ASCII
file is saved with line breaks.
Microbook requires that all books are stored within the same
directory as the MICROBK.EXE file, and that all books have
the name BOOK.
The extension of the file is totally up to you, valid
examples being BOOK.1 BOOK.2 BOOK.MAN BOOK.XY. Do not use
the extension BAK as Microbook automatically excludes books
with this extension.
@The Book format
~The Microbook "book" format
For a simple example book, refer to BOOK.SPL, supplied.
The format of the book file is as follows:
Title - The first line of the file contains the title of the
book, and will be seen in the book list. 20 chars max.
"@chapter name" - the name of a chapter, to be displayed in
the chapter index to the right of the display. If you wish
to provide a chapter break, signified by a row of boxes,
simply place no text after the @ symbol. Exclude the quotes
shown in this example - they are there to prevent a new
chapter "chapter name" being created.
Body of chapter - up to 40 lines of up to 60 characters
each. If the first character of a line is the ~ (tilde)
character, the entire line will be highlighted.
Up to 100 chapters may be included, using the same format as
above. Ensure that the last line of your file contains the
phrase $$END$$ starting at the first character position.
@Notes
~Notes on book format and interpretation
All text in file will be trimmed to the following lengths:
~Title: 20 characters
~Individual lines: 60 characters (including tilde character)
Due to the use of a proportional font, the Microbook may
sometimes display text which exceeds the space provided on
screen. If this occurs, simply edit the offending line.
This occasionally happens if a number of "wide" characters
such as capital M, N, W and O are used on a line.
~Chapter headings (@): 20 characters
If any of your chapters exceed 40 lines, a dialogue box will
inform you. Similarly, if you supply more than 100 chapters,
you will again be warned.
~The Microbook index
The index, displayed on starting Microbook, interrogates all
files beginning BOOK in the current directory, and displays
the title of those books in the index list. These books are
displayed in alphabetical order. To load a book, simply
click on the book name.
@
@What is Shareware?
~THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
Shareware is THE best way to try new software, but only if
you're honest and register if you like the results.
Think of it like this: If you buy a commercial package, you
have relatively little idea of how the software will
perform, until you get it home to your PC. If you then
decide you don't like the software or that it doesn't do
what you want, tough - there's nothing you can do. With
Shareware distribution, you get to try a complete, fully
working, version of the program for a couple of weeks. If
you then find the program to be of no use to you, simply
scrub the disk and forget about it - you've only lost the
cost of the disk - in most cases about £3.
If, however, you find that you like the software and that it
works for you, you should register. Registration provides
you with a diskette containing the latest version of the
software, and often some other perks. If you don't register
your shareware, it's not only equivalent to using a pirated
copy of a commercial application but may discourage the
author from developing the software further.
Compare your use of this Shareware version with a Test Drive
in a new car. If you decided that you liked the car, you
would have to pay the price on the wind screen, for which you
would get your very own with the latest specification and a
few extras, such as servicing and anti rust thrown in.
Shareware is the same, you test drive the software, then if
you like it you MUST pay, for which you receive the items
detailed above. You would never dream of keeping a car that
you hadn't paid for, would you?
@Registration
~REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For multiple user discounts or a site licensing price
list, please call NGS on the usual number or view
DISCOUNT.DOC, supplied with this package.
For your registration fee of £24.95 sterling, you will
receive the following:
1: The latest copy of Gorin's Microbook
branded with your name, company name or
chosen identity.
2: The right to distribute that copy of
the Microbook program file for free,
provided you include at least one of your
own Microbooks with the program.
3: The latest issue of the NGS Newsletter.
You will also be placed on the mailing list to receive
information of major upgrades and new releases. New releases
and upgrades are always available to existing registered
users at a significant discount.
If you need any technical support with the product, you can
write, telephone or email as much as you need.
You have a 14 day period to evaluate Microbook, to
see if it suits your needs. After this time, you are no
longer licensed to use the software unless you pay the
registration fee and receive a registered copy.
Please use the order form contained within the file
REGISTER.DOC, if at all possible. Use REGISTER.TXT if your
printer cannot print line drawing characters.
@User License
~USER LICENSE
If you use this program you must agree to the following:
1: Gorin's Microbook is licensed AS-IS. No warranties or
guarantees of any kind are given with this program.
2: This software is not guaranteed to prevent or detect
damage to any hardware devices or software installed upon
your machine.
3: Under NO circumstances will Neil Gorin be liable for ANY
claims for Lost Profits or for any form of damages resulting
from the direct or indirect use of this product.
4: In NO circumstances shall Neil Gorin's Liability exceed
the license fee paid for the software.
5: This software is marketed as Shareware. Anybody
continuing to use this software after the initial 14 day
evaluation period must pay the registration fee of £24.95 to
the author.
6: The user may only distribute copies of the MICROBK.EXE
program file which have been branded by NGS with the users
identity - i.e. only distribute a registered version.
$$END$$