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- ARTCON Version 1.4 - 6/3/88
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- Clip-Art converter for:
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- Print Shop
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- PrintMaster
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- NewsMaster (*)
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- PFS: First Publisher
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- by Robert Onda
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- Copyright (C) 1988
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- Portions Copyright (C) 1982-1987 by Microsoft Corporation
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- Portions Copyright (C) 1985-1987 by Thomas Hanlin III
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- This first version of ARTCON does FAST, EASY clip-art
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- conversions between Print Shop and PrintMaster Libraries, and
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- converts either Print Shop or Printmaster Libraries to the
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- PFS: First Publisher format. This first version is released
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- for the immediate need of converting graphics to the First
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- Publisher format. Future versions will add greater support
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- for different drives/paths if this type of feature is needed.
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- ARTCON requires DOS 3 or later.
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- Preparation to use ARTCON
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- To convert Print Shop Libraries
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- Print Shop Libraries contain two files, one ending in .NAM
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- (the graphic names file) and .DAT (the actual graphics).
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- Either copy each pair of files to convert to a floppy along
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- with ARTCON, or copy ARTCON into the directory containing the
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- two files. ARTCON expects both files to start with "GR", so
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- rename the files if necessary. When converting to
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- PrintMaster/NewsMaster, two new files will be created in the
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- same directory, one ending in .SDR (the names) and one ending
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- in .SHP (the graphics). When converting to First Publisher,
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- a series of .ART files will be created in the same directory.
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- To convert PrintMaster/NewsMaster Libraries
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- PrintMaster Libraries contain two files, .SDR (names) and
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- .SHP (graphics data). NewsMaster Libraries contain three,
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- .SDR, .SHP, and .SDX (.SDX is a pointers file which, among
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- other things, compensates for poor construction of the .SHP
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- file). Copy these files to a floppy along with ARTCON, or
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- copy ARTCON into the directory containing these files.
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- Conversions to Print Shop will leave two new files in the
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- same directory, one ending in .NAM and one ending in .DAT.
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- Conversions to First Publisher will leave a series of .ART
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- files in the same directory or floppy. See NewsMaster notes
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- ARTCON Version 1.4 has just five menu choices:
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- 1. Print Shop Library to PrintMaster/NewsMaster Library
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- ARTCON shows the Print Shop Libraries on the current
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- directory and asks for the name of the library to convert.
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- It will show the names of all the graphics in the selected
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- library and create a PrintMaster/NewsMaster format file.
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- ARTCON will name the new files into the default
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- Print/NewsMaster format; however if the default filename
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- exists ARTCON will ask for a new name. You may press <ENTER>
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- alone at any prompt to abort and return to the opening
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- screen.
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- 2. Print Shop Library to PFS: First Publisher .ART files
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- ARTCON shows the Print Shop Libraries on the current
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- directory and asks for the name of the library to convert.
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- It then shows the names of all graphics in the selected
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- library and creates separate .ART files for use with PFS:
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- First Publisher. Because Print Shop graphic names may be up
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- to sixteen characters, while PFS: First Publisher (and DOS)
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- can use only eight, the first eight characters of the graphic
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- name are used. If that eight-character filename would
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- duplicate an existing filename, ARTCON will beep and ask for
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- a new filename. You may abort by pressing <ENTER> alone.
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- 3. PrintMaster/NewsMaster Library to Print Shop Library
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- The reverse of #1 above. (See NewsMaster notes below.)
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- ARTCON will create two new files ending in .SDR and .SHP.
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- Note: A NewsMaster library may include graphics of different
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- sizes; any graphics which are not the same size as a Print
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- Shop graphic will be skipped (in this version 1.0).
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- 4. PrintMaster/NewsMaster to PFS: First Publisher .ART Files
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- Similar to #2 above. All NewsMaster graphics, of any
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- size, will be converted to First Publisher. (See NewsMaster
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- notes below.)
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- 6. END and Shareware notice
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- This exits the program, showing the Shareware screen.
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- GRACDEMO files
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- GRACDEMO.NAM and GRACDEMO.DAT is a Print Shop Library
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- containing 15 graphics. You can immediately try ARTCON,
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- converting the GRACDEMO file to PrintMaster or PFS: First
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- Publisher formats.
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- NewsMaster notes:
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- With the release of NewsMaster (and PrintMaster Plus?),
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- variable-sized graphic capabilities are used in (more or
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- less) the standard PrintMaster format. I have added a minimal
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- adaptation for the NewsMaster files; unfortunately, ARTCON
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- might be fooled somewhere within a NewsMaster library while
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- converting to Print Shop or PFS: First Publisher, and some
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- graphics may look skewered or unrecognizable. This condition
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- will be solved soon.
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- PFS: First Publisher notes:
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- Print Shop graphics and PrintMaster graphics are converted
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- in approximately the proper aspect ratio for direct use in
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- PFS: First Publisher. However, since First Publisher .ART
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- has twice the (apparent) vertical resolution, you are able to
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- "Magnify" each graphic and do manual touch-ups or smoothing.
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- The variable-size NewsMaster graphics also are converted to
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- First Publisher .ART files in near-correct aspect ratio. The
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- new Super-Size NewsMaster graphics may not convert correctly
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- at this time (then again, they may).
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- Notes on using with floppy disks:
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- You should first copy the original files to a floppy disk
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- containing no other files. Start ARTCON from your A> drive,
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- and swap into the A> drive the disk containing the original
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- library files. If the disk becomes full while converting and
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- saving the new graphics, ARTCON will stop cleanly and exit
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- to DOS.
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- ARTCON is Shareware
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- If you use and are satisfied with ARTCON and wish to
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- support my effort to add more clip-art format conversions,
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- please register your use of ARTCON by sending $15.00 to:
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- Robert Onda
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- Box 611
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- Lanham, Maryland 20706
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- I will send back a disk containing the latest update of
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- ARTCON along with at least 100 graphics in Print Shop format
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- (new to the PC-compatible universe) ready for conversion to
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- PrintMaster or PFS: First Publisher formats.
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- In the near future, ARTCON will include complete support
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- for NewsMaster files; conversions to/from Newsroom (in proper
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- aspect ratio); and support for more desktop publishing or
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- other programs using clip-art. Suggestions for enhancements
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- are welcome.
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- For you bean counters:
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- V1.0
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- This first released version of ARTCON was written using the
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- Microsoft QuickBasic compiler, and was made much more
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- user-friendly with the Advanced Function Library (ADVBAS)
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- routines written by Thomas Hanlin III.
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- V1.1
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- Corrected a flaw which prevented ARTCON from working on some
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- original commercial Print Shop Graphics Library disks and
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- PrintMaster Art Gallery disks.
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- V1.2
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- Fixed conversion of some Print Shop graphic names.
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- V1.4
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- Subtle speedups.
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