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CODEPAD INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
To use CodePad you will need a 386 PC or higher and Microsoft
Windows 3.0 running in 386 Enhanced or Standard mode.
1) Copy the contents of this disk into a directory that is on your
search path such as the WINDOWS directory. The search path is
specified by the DOS environment variable PATH which is usually
set from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
2) Add CODEPAD.EXE to the Windows Program Manager.
3) Update the [Extensions] section of your WIN.INI file to run
CODEPAD.EXE for the file extensions that you wish to edit. More
information on setting up extensions is given below.
4) If you use the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK),
make sure that the SDKWIN.HLP file is reachable from your search
path. This will allow you to mark and look up SDK topics from
within CodePad itself, (Press F2).
5) CodePad can now be run by clicking on a filename in either the
Windows File Manager or the MS-DOS Executive, or by clicking on
the CodePad icon in the Program Manager. Detailed user
instructions are provided in CodePad's on-line Help, (Press F1).
ORDERING INFORMATION
Send an order requesting the CodePad Editor along with a check or
money order for $99 to:
Cognetic Systems, Inc.
12534 Pinecrest Rd.
Herndon, Virginia 22071
(703) 476-7154
*** Be sure to state whether you want a 5-1/4 or 3-1/2 disk.
CODEPAD LIMITS
CodePad can load large files up to 13,000 lines. A line must be shorter
than 32,000 characters.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SETTING UP A WINDOWS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
Although not required, you may want to set up a Windows Environment for
programming. You will need to use Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode and
you should have at least 4 Megabytes of memory.
The first step is to define as many extensions as you can think of in
your WIN.INI file. These should include extensions for the CodePad
Editor, extensions for Make files, the icon editor, SDK paint, etc.
A sample list of extensions is given at the bottom of this file. Once
this has been done you can point and click in either the File Manager
or the MSDOS Executive to run programs.
Set up a MAKE.PIF file to run your make program. Set the KB Required
field to as large a value as your system will allow. Set the
Display Usage box to Windowed and set the Execution Box to Background.
The Close on Exit box should not be checked so that you can read
any error messages from Make. In the Advanced features section set the
Background Priority field to 85% and Foreground Priority field to 100%.
If you get an error message during a Make that says "out of heap space"
this means that the task has run out of conventional DOS memory. There
are several things you can do to fix this problem:
1) Make sure to load only the TSR's that you really nead.
2) Set the buffers= value in CONFIG.SYS to a smaller value. If you
are using the Window's SMARTDRIVE, buffers can be set as low as
10 and still give good results.
3) Use NMK.COM instead of NMAKE.EXE for your make program. There is
a big difference in the size of these two programs.
IMPORTANT CODEPAD FEATURES
Some important CodePad Features that you will want to learn to use
right away are described below:
1) Perhaps the most useful capability that CodePad offers is that it
allows you to view and edit many files at once in a real GUI
windowing environment. You can now visually grasp more of your
work than ever before. With this in mind CodePad was developed
for and tested on the IBM 8514/A monitor as well as the standard
VGA monitor.
2) You can browse through source code by dragging the scroll tab with
the mouse. This causes the source to scroll dynamically as the
scroll tab is moved. This browsing capability has been optimized
for both VGA and IBM 8514/A monitors.
3) CodePad lets you go to a specific line number in your source code
so that you can locate compiler errors. Also the current line
number is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the window.
4) CodePad lets you choose the screen font that you like best. You
can select any of 5 different mono-spaced fonts.
5) If you have the Windows SDK Development Kit and have installed
the SDKWIN.HLP file you can use CodePad to look up help for Windows
API functions and macros. Simply select a term in your source code
and press F2.
6) Mark and Search capability: You can select a term with the mouse
and press F3 to find its next occurrence. This works for the current
window as well as across multiple CodePad Windows. For example, you
can select a Windows macro with your mouse in one window, and then
run a second instance of CodePad on the WINDOWS.H file. Pressing F3
will look up the text in the new file.
7) If you are a Windows user you already know how to use many of
CodePad's features. Even so, CodePad comes with extensive on-line
help where you can read about CodePad's advanced features and
learn to use various mouse editing short cuts.
SAMPLE EXTENSIONS FOR YOUR WIN.INI FILE
doc=winword.exe ^.doc
rtf=winword.exe ^.rtf
sty=winword.exe ^.sty
ico=sdkpaint.exe ^.ico
cur=sdkpaint.exe ^.cur
bmp=sdkpaint.exe ^.bmp
res=dialog.exe ^.res
mak=make.pif ^.mak
dlg=codepad.exe ^.dlg
.=codepad.exe ^.
c=codepad.exe ^.c
h=codepad.exe ^.h
x=codepad.exe ^.x
y=codepad.exe ^.y
z=codepad.exe ^.z
log=codepad.exe ^.log
txt=codepad.exe ^.txt
ini=codepad.exe ^.ini
bat=codepad.exe ^.bat
sys=codepad.exe ^.sys
map=codepad.exe ^.map
out=codepad.exe ^.out
old=codepad.exe ^.old
def=codepad.exe ^.def
rc=codepad.exe ^.rc
sav=codepad.exe ^.sav
new=codepad.exe ^.new
err=codepad.exe ^.err
dat=codepad.exe ^.dat
ans=codepad.exe ^.ans
sym=codepad.exe ^.sym
app=codepad.exe ^.app
dev=codepad.exe ^.dev
me=codepad.exe ^.me
asm=codepad.exe ^.asm
ref=codepad.exe ^.ref