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Short: TapeCover V2.13 - Cass.Cover Printer
Author: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich)
Uploader: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich)
Type: text/print
What is TapeCover
=================
TapeCover is a very simple to use and short program to print tape covers.
I have written it because I didn't know any program of this kind that satis-
fied me one hundret percent.
It should even run on a stock A500 with 512K and OS2.1 (although this has
not been tested, but anyway, is there anybody out there still using this
kind of environment ???).
As of now TapeCover only uses Text Printing for output but this may change
future releases.
Advantages
==========
- The program does not need any GUI enhancement tools like MUI or any other
libraries than the ones distributed with the official OS2.1 release
(actually you only need the V38 asl.library, all the other needed libraries
require a minimum version of 37 only).
- Requires only minimum system resources.
- Programmed according to the Commodore Guidelines (e.g. it runs fine on a
third party graphics board in high resolution)
- Uses the Preferences Printer Driver for output (output is currently only
possible in text mode, but maybe future versions will also support the
graphic mode printing using the density setting to scale the output).
- Own input routine that lets you jump between every text gadget by using the
cursor keys (Does anybody know how to realize this with Intuition
gadgets ?).
- Will be able to import data from future database applications that are under
developement (e.g. CD-Archive and LiveTape-Manager).
Disadvantages
=============
- Static data structure for the text input (but that is the reason why this
program is so short compared to the other contestants).
- Needs a printer which is capable of printing text in 15cpi mode (that
shouldn't be a problem these days, but who knows...).
- Needs at least a 640x400 screen when using topaz 8 fonts (Users without a
flickerfixer / AGA chipset / graphics board can run TapeCover on it's own
Hires NonInterlace Screen with the autoscroll option).
Systemrequirements
==================
The program only needs a minimal Amiga System :
- Any Amiga with at least 512 KB RAM
- min. OS 2.1 (2.04 ROM & WB 2.1)
- min. a NTSC Hires Interlace Screen
The minimal window height ist 387 pixels (when using topaz 8), which is
sadly not enough to fit on a non interlaced screen. This should be no
problem today to display a productivity or DblPAL / DblNTSC screen mode.
If there are many complaints about this I may make a preferences option
to reduce the window height (this would obviously look not so nice as it
is now).
- A printer that is supported by the standard Preferences and which can
print 15cpi !!!
TapeCover has been positivly tested on HP Deskjet, Panasonic KX-P1124
and the Epson Stylus Series.
What can YOU do ???
===================
If you find any bugs or if you have any proposals then let me know. Maybe
I include them in future versions.
I have included all source code including the locale files so you can easily
adapt the program to your own language. If you have translated the catalog
to a new language than please send a copy to me (preferable per E-Mail).
And please forgive me for any possible mistakes regarding the english
language, my native language is german.
Changes
=======
V2.13 - Release : 19.07.1995 (Third AmiNet Release !!!)
- Bugfix: Ugly bug in printing routine removed. Every label was printed
twice beneath each other. I accidently left the beta code for the
print_dat procedure in the release version. Big Sorry
- Removed the second E-Mail address because it exists no more
- Changed the pixels inbetween text lines in the info window from two to
four
V2.12 - Release : 20.06.1995 (Second AmiNet Release !!!)
- Changed the Prefs TapePath and ExpPath gadgets from TextEntry to Text-
Display type
- New E-Mail address. Now full internet account, so every sent mail should
arrive at my site. The previous one was just an german Z-Net account,
which was not capable of sending / receiving mails to other states than
germany
V2.11 - Internal : 24.02.1995
- Bugfix: When you choose Cancel in the preferences window the preferences
were not reset to the old ones
- Bugfix: When using another language than german the printer output was
wrong for the Side line
- The feature of clearing the filename after erasing the side fields only
is removed
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
1233 697 43.4% 17-Feb-95 13:00:14 TapeCover.info
2784 1292 53.5% 19-Jul-95 15:36:38 +tapecover.catalog
353 232 34.2% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-River.asc
3986 891 77.6% 30-Jan-95 20:55:34 +def_project.info
131 113 13.7% 17-Feb-95 12:30:00 +SCOPTIONS
118852 18533 84.4% 19-Jul-95 15:52:42 +tapecover.c
4120 1510 63.3% 19-Jul-95 15:32:10 +tapecover.cd
5436 2159 60.2% 19-Jul-95 15:32:56 +tapecover.ct
23476 3446 85.3% 10-Feb-95 17:04:42 +tapecover_io.c
19977 4177 79.0% 19-Jul-95 15:36:38 +tapecover_strings.h
55108 26691 51.5% 19-Jul-95 15:54:04 +TapeCover
26342 9190 65.1% 19-Jul-95 16:13:00 +TapeCover.doc
1432 541 62.2% 17-Feb-95 13:00:14 +TapeCover.doc.info
4084 898 78.0% 17-Feb-95 13:00:14 +TapeCover.info
1233 590 52.1% 17-Feb-95 13:00:14 +Tapes.info
1302 377 71.0% 15-Feb-95 10:51:12 +Adams-WakingUp.tpc
1302 326 74.9% 18-Jan-93 22:43:34 +Bap-BessDemnaexh.tpc
1302 351 73.0% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +BonJovi-KeepFaith.tpc
1302 307 76.4% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-92-06-25-I.tpc
1302 280 78.4% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-92-06-25-II.tpc
1302 374 71.2% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-93-06-26-I.tpc
1302 359 72.4% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-93-06-26-II.tpc
1302 318 75.5% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Bruce-River.tpc
1302 419 67.8% 18-Aug-94 15:31:22 +Cougar-Daddy-Whenever.tpc
1302 401 69.2% 24-Mar-93 13:35:18 +Etheridge.tpc
1302 251 80.7% 18-Jan-93 22:43:26 +Stones-SteelWheels.tpc
1302 489 62.4% 18-Jan-93 22:43:20 +U2-AchtungBaby.tpc
4754 2252 52.6% 19-Jul-95 16:11:56 tc_213.txt
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