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IMPORTING DEFAULTS
┌────────────────────────────┐ You might visualize defaults as
│ PC-TYPE+ │ a chunk of data that is placed
│ _______________________ inside PC-TYPE+ comprised of
│ |\ \ two parts: All defaults, and a
│ | \ \ small sub-piece containing just
│ | ┌──────────────────────┐ the printer unique defaults.
│ | │ ALL DEFAULTS │
│ | │ │ When you import defaults into
└───── │ ___________ PC-TYPE+, you may import the
\ │ |\ \ big chunk containing all
\│ | \ \ defaults, or the small chunk
└─────────── ┌──────────┐ containing just the printer
\ │ PRNT-DEF │ unique defaults.
\│ │
└──────────┘
Press the PgDn Key
FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
Defaults are saved onto disk under the filename in the subdirectory
you supply. If you saved all of the defaults they would have a file
extension of .PCT -or- if you saved only the printer defaults the file
would have the extension .PRN .
You never have to worry about the file extension - PC-TYPE+ will take
care of that for you.
It is usually reasonable to keep all of these default files in one
location so that they will be readily available when needed.
Press the PgDn Key
READING IN DEFAULTS
At any point when reading in defaults, the process may be stopped by
pressing Esc. (In this file, press Esc to see the next instruction.)
The most common way to read in defaults is from inside PC-TYPE+ by
pressing F8 and then F4. Try it - you should get the message:
Read Printer defaults or All defaults? (press P or A)
At this point press P or A depending upon your needs and then:
Enter Read-Defaults Path - then press F10 (Null field = Current Dir)
Here you enter the path specification where the A type (or P type)
default files are located. If you leave the field blank, the current
directory will be assumed.
Press the PgDn Key
After selecting the path and pressing enter or F10, you may get the
message:
No .PCT files found. Press a letter key to continue..
or: No .PRN files found. Press a letter key to continue..
meaning that no default files for All defaults (.PCT) or no default
files for Print defaults (.PRN) had previously been saved at the named
path.
For our example, if you are using a copy of the distribution disk sent
to you, enter the path: A:\PCT_HELP
after pressing A for ALL.
You should get the line Files:
followed by the name DEFAULTS
Press Esc to return to here.
Press the PgDn Key
If you had saved a number of different Default files at this path you
would have been presented with their names and the message:
Select by tabbing to desired file - then press F10 (or press Esc to Exit)
would prompt you to select the desired one. In our example, there is
probably only one. Repeat the previous steps, and this time press
F10. You will then see the message:
Defaults read in - Make them permanent? (Y/N)
If you answer "N", you will be returned to your text. If you answer
"Y", you will be asked for the path to the PCTYPE.EXE file. You will
then be presented with all the .EXE files at that path location from
which you can select the appropriate one for loading the defaults.
(See DFLTS_SV).
Press the PgDn Key
LOADING DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+
If you have saved default files to disk, you may load them into
PC-TYPE+ when starting the program. There are two parameters to do
this, one for a file containing ALL defaults, one one for a file
containing only Printer unique defaults. The format for doing this
is:
D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname
D>pctype filename /PDEFAULT-path\pname
D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname /PDEFAULT-path\pname
where:
D> is your DOS prompt
filename is the file to edit
/ADEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing ALL defaults
/PDEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing Printer defaults
path is the path to the default file
aname is the name you gave to the ALL defaults file
pname is the name you gave to the Printer defaults file
Press the PgDn Key
In the example above, the ALL defaults file DEFAULTS on the
subdirectory \PCT_HELP on drive A could have been loaded before
entering PC-TYPE+ with the command:
PCTYPE filename /ADEFAULT-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS
NOTE: Only the first two letters AND THE - CHARACTER are needed, so
the command can be abbreviated as:
PCTYPE filename /AD-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS
Notice also that the file extension, (.PCT in this case) SHOULD NOT
be placed at the end of the defaults filename.
If you load both an ALL defaults file and a Printer defaults file,
the ALL defaults file will be loaded first - then the Printer defaults
file. The position of the parameters on the line is not important.
Press the PgDn Key
WHY LOAD DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+
You could make a .BAT file, e.g., LETTER.BAT, which might look like:
PCTYPE %1 /AD-C:\UTIL\LETTER/AP-C:\UTIL\DAISY
Then, by typing:
LETTER filename
you would enter PC-TYPE+ with the setup you would normally want for
typing a letter, i.e., margins, printer options, etc., from the file
LETTER.PCT on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive and with the
printer characteristics for your daisy-wheel printer from the file
DAISY.PRN on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive. A few .BAT files
like this could be very handy.
Of course you do not have to have a .BAT file to use these parameters.
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