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MAKE-IO2
(c)1990 by Richard N. Alger
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Requirements:
In order to use MAKE-IO2 you MUST have the TechnoJocks
Turbo Toolkit V-5 which is available on many BBS Systems
and Borland Turbo Pascal V-4, 5, or 5.5 and MS or PC DOS
version 2.1 or higher.
Purpose:
MAKE-IO2 was written to automate the process of writing
Turbo Pascal source code for the great I-O screens
generated by the Turbo Toolkit. With MAKE-IO2, you won't
need the TTT Manual in your hand when writing a program
using the IOTTT5 unit. Simply use your favorite ASCII text
editor or the editor built in to MAKE-IO2 to design your
input screen, then use MAKE-IO2 to write the Turbo Pascal
source code to your disk. You can then add your own
programming lines to create the finished product. MAKE-IO2
makes use of all data type fields supported by the
TechnoJock's Toolkit, String, Integer, Real, LongInt, Byte
and Word. You can customize the text colors and add
flashing to any text on your input screen.
Using MAKE-IO2:
MAKE-IO2 has a built-in editor with which to create your
input screen. The editor has the ability to draw lines and
add text (Sorry only Double lines at this time).
Copy MAKE-IO2 to the directory with your other .PAS files
and type MAKE-IO2. You will be presented a menu.
Choose "Edit a Screen" to take you to the editor. You will
then be asked for a FILENAME; Enter the name of the file
you wish to edit WITHOUT an extension. If the file exists,
it will be retrieved and presented on the screen. If it is
a new file you will be presented a blank screen and
MAKE-IO2 will create a new file (NAME.TXT).
Once in the editor, use F1 to Draw lines or F2 to add
text. Use the arrow keys to draw or to move the cursor to
a position for entering text.
There are six special characters that denote the start of
an input field. The end of an input field is always an
empty space. The six special characters are as follows:
[ = String Field
| = Real Field
\ = Integer Field
~ = Byte Field
] = Word Field
{ = LongInt Field
Examples:
Name [***********************
Where Name is text and
[ denotes the start of a 23 character String input field.
Amount $|##,###.##
Where Amount $ is text and
| denotes the start of 7 character Real input field.
The other types of input fields are used in a similar
manner.
When you have completed your input screen, F10 will exit
and save your input screen to (NAME.TXT) and take you into
the color editor where you can edit the colors of the
screen and individual text colors.
First you will be presented a menu with which to choose
your screen background color. A second menu will the
appear where you choose the main foreground color.
You will now be asked if you wish to edit individual text
colors. If you choose "Y", use the arrow keys to move to
the start of a text string. Press enter at the start of
the text string then use the arrow keys to move to the
last character of the text string and press enter again.
You will now be presented a menu with which to choose the
color for the text you just marked. After the color is
chosen you will be asked if you want it to blink; Enter "Y
or N". At this time you may either use F10 to exit or use
the arrow keys to move to another text string to mark and
color. When you press an arrow key, the string you have
previously colored will disappear so that it can't be
marked for another color.
When you have finished and use F10 to exit the coloring
function, your Turbo Pascal source code will be written to
the disk under the filename NAME.PAS.
Other Text Editors:
As mentioned eariler, any text editor that will write an
ASCII file may be used to create your input screen. You
may choose to even use your Turbo Pascal editor. An
excellent editor is FORMTOOL, as it will draw all types of
lines (single and double).
If you use another editor to build your input screen, you
still use MAKE-IO2 to edit colors and build your .PAS
file. You should use the second choice on the MAKE-IO2
initial menu. When asked for the filename, enter the full
filename plus extension as "NAME.TXT, FILE.FRM" etc.
Once you have entered the filename you may edit the screen
and text colors as in the previous section. A .PAS file
will be generated as previously described.
The TechnoJock Turbo Toolkit is available from:
TechnoJock Software
P.O. Box 820927
Houston, TX 77282
(713) 493-6354
The author of MAKE-IO2 is not affiliated with TechnoJock
Software.
Registration:
The author of MAKE-IO2 has worked many hours on its
development and expects that if you use MAKE-IO2 and like
it, to be compensated for his effort. As with all
ShareWare, Try-it, if you like and use it then register.
Registeration is $25 and when you register you will
recieve the latest version along with two other utilities
for writing source code for Menu's and Windows for the
Turbo Toolkit.
Please Register with your check for $25 to:
Richard N. Alger
5845 Layhigh Rd.
Okeana, OH 45053
Now sit back and enjoy effortless production of source
code for the great I-O that the Turbo Toolkit provides.