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ENTERING PC-TYPE+ WITH PARAMETERS
You may issue any of twelve parameters when first entering PC-TYPE+,
although most of the time you will not use them. Occasionally they
are helpful. Each parameter must be preceded by the "/" character.
Only the first two characters of each parameter are required, although
you may enter the full name if you wish for clarity.
The first six parameters require no additional information other than
the parameter name itself. The last six parameters require additional
information to be recognized. If you enter a parameter incorrectly,
PC-TYPE+ will give you the message:
Input parameter error...
and will stop.
NOTE: the ordering of parameters and the filespec is unimportant.
Press the PgDn Key
THE 12 PARAMETERS
(1) ANSI - route screen data through ANSI-SYS
(2) DIRECT - write screen data directly to screen memory
(3) BIOS - route screen data through the ROM BIOS
(4) GREEN - set color to black and white for non-color graphics
screens
(5) PRINT - use default print setup to print designated file
without actually editing within PC-TYPE+
(6) HELP - start PC-TYPE+ with the detailed HELP menu
(7) WIDTH-n - specify the desired Line Width to be used
(8) MARKS-n - specify the number of Print Markers per Line
(9) PDEFAULT-f - specify the Printer Unique Defaults file
(10) ADEFAULT-f - specify an ALL Defaults file
(11) FROM-n - specify the beginning line number to load
(12) FOR-n - specify the number of line numbers to load
(if no FROM- assumes FROM-0)
Press the PgDn Key
SCREEN MODE parameters /ANSI /DIRECT /BIOS -or- /AN /DI /BI
PC-TYPE+ may be run in any of three modes -
Direct to Screen - (for truly compatible PC's)
information to be placed on the screen will be
written directly to screen memory. This is the
mode in which PC-TYPE+ was sent to you as a
default.
Bios - (for less compatible PC's)
information to be placed on the screen will be
sent through the ROM BIOS for placement.
ANSI - (for not very compatible PC's)
information to be placed on the screen will be
sent via the ANSI.SYS device driver.
Press the PgDn Key
SCREEN MODE (Continued)
The only time you would want to use these parameters would be if you
were going to use PC-TYPE+ on a different machine which did not
support the way PC-TYPE+ was currently configured.
Note: ANSI.SYS MUST be included in your CONFIG.SYS file when booting
your system, or this mode will not be supported.
Direct to Screen is by far the fastest of the three modes and it is
HIGHLY recommended that you use this mode if you can. ANSI mode is by
far the slowest and is not recommended for performance reasons if you
can avoid it. However, if you need to use it, at least you can still
use PC-TYPE+.
Press the PgDn Key
GREEN
Some monitors are driven from GRAPHICS cards but do not support color.
If you move to one of these screens, then the parameter /GREEN or /GR
should be used so that the screen attributes within PC-TYPE+ will be
changed from color to black and white.
Monochrome screens are handled automatically and do not require this
parameter.
PRINT
/PRINT or /PR will cause the specified file to be printed by PC-TYPE+
without actually having to go into PC-TYPE+ and edit the file first.
This is handy if you want to print your PC-TYPE+ files from within
BATCH files.
Press the PgDn Key
HELP
/HELP or /HE will cause the detailed level of HELP to be activated
upon entry into PC-TYPE+. This requires that the HELP files be
available. If they are not, you will be asked for the path to them.
WIDTH-
/WIDTH-n or /WI-n allows you to modify the maximum number of
characters per line when entering PC-TYPE+. Since they cannot be
modified within PC-TYPE+ without first changing the defaults, making
them permanent, exiting PC-TYPE+, and then reentering. This parameter
is particularly useful when starting PC-TYPE+ with a BATCH file.
NOTE: the "-" must be present (with no spaces) and the numeric value
specified must be greater than or equal to 78 and less than or equal
to 240. You MAY get up to 15 additional characters per line. Your
margins are not affected.
Press the PgDn Key
MARKS-
/MARKS-n or /MA-n permits you to modify the number of PRINT MARKERS
allowed per line without actually having to go into PC-TYPE+ and make
this definition permanent. Again, this command is particularly useful
when starting PC-TYPE+ from a BATCH file.
NOTE: the "-" must be present (with no spaces) and the numeric value
specified must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal
to 20.
PDEFAULT-
/PDEFAULT-filespec or /PD-filespec allows you to enter PC-TYPE+ with
the printer defaults you need if you have a file in which they were
previously defined to PC-TYPE+. "filespec" contains the PATH to the
file and the file's name, but NOT the file's extension.
Press the PgDn Key
ADEFAULT-
/ADEFAULT-filespec or /AD-filespec allows you to enter PC-TYPE+ with
an entire new set of defaults if you have a file in which they were
previously defined to PC-TYPE+. "filespec" contains the PATH to the
file and the file's name, but NOT the file's extension.
It is important to note that all the preceding parameters are defaults
which are saved in the ALL defaults PC-TYPE+ files. If more than one
parameter is specified when starting PC-TYPE+, AND the /ADEFAULT-
parameter is specified, PC-TYPE+ will load the /ADEFAULT defaults file
first, then the /PDEFAULT printer file, and finally the individual
parameters.
Again, the /ADEFAULT parameter is particularly useful if you run
PC-TYPE+ from .BAT files. (See the HELP file DFLTS_RD.)
Press the PgDn Key
FROM-
/FROM-n or /FR-n informs PC-TYPE+ that you do not want to edit the
entire file, but only that part of the file beginning at line number
n. If no /FOR-m option follows, PC-TYPE+ assumes you want to load the
rest of the file.
FOR-
/FOR-m or /FO-m informs PC-TYPE+ that you do not want to edit the
entire file but only "m" lines. If a /FROM-n parameter was specified,
/FOR- will begin its count at "n". If no /FROM-n was specified,
PC-TYPE+ assumes /FROM-0.
Press the PgDn Key
PARAMETER EXAMPLES
A>PCTYPE /GREEN /WIDTH-85 C:\LETTERS\BOB.WRK /ADEFAULT-C:\UTIL\LETTER
Here, PC-TYPE+ will be invoked in Black and White with at least 85
characters per line and will pull in the ALL defaults file LETTER
located on drive C in the subdirectory UTIL. The file being edited is
BOB.WRK and is located on drive C in the subdirectory LETTERS.
A>PCTYPE /PRINT C:\LETTERS\BOB.WRK /PDEFAULT-C:\UTIL\PROPRNT
The file BOB.WRK in subdirectory LETTERS on drive C will be printed
using the printer defaults file PROPRNT located in subdirectory UTIL
on drive C.
Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu