Magnum One/Magnum One (Mid-American Digital) (Disc Manufacturing).iso/d10/caselinr.arc/CASELINR.TXT

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  Caselinr is  a Windows  2.0 program  which prints  case  liners  (a.k.a.
  J-Cards) for  audio cassettes.   The  image displayed  on the CRT screen
  approximates what  will actually  be printed.   The  printed  result  is
  extremely accurate  and can  be cut,  folded, and  then inserted into an
  empty (preferably clear plastic) audio cassette box.

  Operation of  the program follows the Windows style guide and all of the
  terminology should (hopefully) be apparent except, perhaps, for the term
  "feature".    I  use  feature  to  refer  to  Source,  Date/Time,  Noise
  Reduction, and  Mode.   A "Feature  Name" is  the constant  literal text
  (e.g. Source),  whereas "Feature"  is the  variable text  entered by the
  user (e.g.  Disc, FM  97.9 WLUP,  etc.).  The actual feature text can be
  entered through  predefined buttons,  editbox text,  or a combination of
  both.   A value of either 0 or blank for a feature order will cause that
  feature to  be omitted.   Feature  orders  are  relative,  in  that  the
  sequence "1 3 4" is treated identical to the (more normal) sequence "1 2
  3".

  The New,  Open..., Save, and Save As... menu options follow the "normal"
  windows file  handling protocol  (the default file extension is ".CAS").
  The Title  area in  the Open...  dialog box is a multi-line editbox with
  scroll bars.   You  cannot modify the titles from this box.  Rather, its
  purpose is to allow you to determine the contents of a case liner.  When
  you "click"  on a  valid caselinr  file, the titles contained within the
  file will be displayed.  Needless to say, if you click/open a file which
  was not  created by caselinr (e.g. an EXE file) you will probably notice
  some pretty erratic behavior on your machine!

  The Save  button in  the Global  Layout and  Font dialog boxes saves the
  data entered,  in the  corresponding dialog  box, to  the file  WIN.INI.
  These saved  values are then used when caselinr is first initiated, when
  New is  requested from the File menu, and when Reset is requested from a
  dialog box.   Reset  will only use the values associated with the dialog
  box in  which it  is contained, whereas the other two will use all saved
  values.   The saved  values can be removed, thus returning to the "stock
  values", by  deleting the  appropriate lines  from WIN.INI with any text
  editor -- the section will begin with [CaseLinr].

  As you  can tell  from perusing  the menus  and dialog  boxes, you  have
  control over  many variables  determining the  final result.  The "stock
  fonts" look  fairly nice  on my  Epson LQ850, but you can change them to
  fit your  own printer.   The  font dialog  boxes  allow  access  to  all
  variables which  are part of a Windows font definition (TWIPS stands for
  20th of  a point or about 1/1440 of an inch).  The Title and Song dialog
  boxes are  multi-line editboxes with  horizontal and vertical scrolling,
  and as  such you  use the  Enter key  to actually  enter multiple lines.
  When entering songs, just enter each song on a separate line and let the
  program perform word-breaks and spacing, it's by no means perfect but it
  tries.

  The Invert menu item, within the Layout menu, flips the entire liner.  A
  flipped liner  is oriented  like a liner that accompanies a pre-recorded
  cassette, whereas  an un-flipped liner looks like one that accompanies a
  blank cassette.  If you can, compare the two, I didn't realize there was
  a difference until this feature was requested.

  All  suggestions,   comments,  criticisms,  modification  requests,  and
  donations are  welcome and  will be appreciated (especially the latter).
  Enjoy!?

                 Ed Adasiewicz
                 45 Parkview Ct.
                 Crystal Lake, IL  60012