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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