Documentation Printer¢ by Ron Fetzer¢¢ Have you ever tried to print¢ documentation that looks good on the¢ screen in 40 column format but is a¢ mess when you print it out. The text¢ is all on the left side of the paper¢ and it is printed as one continous¢ section. When you separate the¢ sheets, sometimes half a line is on¢ each sheet. Even worse at times there¢ are no provisions made for printing¢ the documentation at all.¢¢ This short program will print¢ any documentation file that is¢ printed to a disk with a¢ wordprocessor. It will put in top and¢ bottom margins and page numbers. It¢ will center the 40 column text so it¢ is in the middle of the page. It will¢ work on any printer.¢¢ You can also read any¢ documentation on the screen. When¢ viewing a documentation the screen¢ shows you about 18 lines of text at¢ one time. To scroll to the next¢ screen you press any key. In the¢ screen mode the program opens the¢ file in line 240. In line 250 it¢ counts how many times the buffer is¢ accessed. If is is 18 times then it¢ goes to the scroll routine in line¢ 470.¢¢ The print section starts on line¢ 350. It counts how many times the¢ print buffer is accessed. If it is 57¢ then it goes to the page printing¢ routine in line 490 and prints a page¢ number. The program has no printer¢ control codes so it will work with¢ any printer.¢¢ Most documentation files have an¢ extender of 'DOC' or 'TXT'. The¢ program cannot read a normal¢ wordprocessor file. If you want to¢ make this a selfbooting program then¢ save it with the filename 'MENU' and¢ copy the 'AUTORUN.SYS' file from any¢ Antic Monthly Disk.¢ Please hit the RESET key and¢ type in RUN "D:DOCPRINT.BAS"¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢¢
