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- FORM MASTER
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- Form Master is an easy to use tool for the creation and use of forms
- customized for the specialized needs of a business or home. Using a set of
- versatile form constructions tools, a user can quickly create or edit the
- structure of a form. Form Master includes capabilities for word wrap, field
- justify, look-up, and math operations. Printed forms can take advantage of
- printer features such as boldface, italic, subscript, superscript, under-
- lining, expanded text, compressed text, overstrike, etc. Other features
- include automatic date, time, and form sequence number insertion. Multipage
- forms are supported which can be a thousand pages long. Form Master is easy
- to learn with 4 interactive lessons and a tutorial. On-screen help is
- available by pressing F1.
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- The following files comprise the FORM MASTER software package:
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- FM.EXE Form Master program file, v4.0
- FM.DOC Form Master documentation
- FORM.BAT Runs Form Master form executor only
- FMMENU.HLP Main menu help file
- FMEDIT.HLP Form creation/maintenance help file
- FMEXEC.HLP Form execute help file
- FMKEY.FM Form supporting editing function key definitions
- FMKEY.HLP Help for function key definitions
- FMKEY.LU1 Look up file for FMKEY.FRM
- FMWRD.FM Form supporting editing word processing features
- FMWRD.HLP Help for word processing features
- FMMTH.FM Form supporting editing math operations
- FMMTH.HLP Help for math operations
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- CONFIG.BAT Printer configuration procedure
- PRINTER.COM Printer configuration program which builds FM.PRT
- PRINTER.FRM Form used for configuring your printer. The default
- Epson LX-800 inputs are included.
- PRINTER.HLP On-screen help for PRINTER.FRM
- EPSON2.CFG Alternate printer configuration if you have trouble
- printing lines and boxes
- HPLASER.CFG Printer configuration file for the HP LaserJet
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- LESSON1.FRM Lesson 1 - Basics
- LESSON2.FRM Lesson 2 - Using Attributes
- LESSON3.FRM Lesson 3 - Lines And Boxes
- LESSON4.FRM Lesson 4 - Special Functions
- TUTORIAL.DOC Step by step tutorial for building a form
- REG.FRM Registration form
- INVOICE.FRM Example invoice form
- COLOR.FRM Example form showing use of colors if you have a
- color monitor
- PTEST.FRM This form tests some of your printer capabilities.
- MESSAGE.FRM Example phone message form
- CALENDAR.BAT Build calendar form for given month
- Enter from DOS prompt: CALENDAR
- A calendar form help file is provided.
- MONTH.COM Builds the appropriate month for the Calendar form
- CALENDAR.FRM Calendar form
- CALENDAR.HLP On-screen help for CALENDAR.FRM
- SIGNIN.FRM Example child care sign-in form
- FEATURES.FRM Example form showing word wrap, math capabilities, etc.
- FEATURES.HLP On-screen help for FEATURES.FRM
- FEATURES.LU1 Look-up file for FEATURES.FRM
- MULTPAGE.CMP Multipage form example in compressed format
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- To allow Form Master to fit on a standard 5-1/4" diskette, the documentation
- file, FM.DOC, may be compressed into DOC.CMP. If this is the case you must
- run the extraction utility, EXT.COM. First determine where there is room to
- place FM.DOC since it takes about 110000 bytes. This can be your B: drive or
- a directory such as C:\FORM. Then enter the following:
- EXT DOC.CMP X:
- where "X:" is the desination disk or directory for FM.DOC. To place this
- file into C:\FORM, substitute C:\FORM for X: in the above command. If you
- have enough room in the current directory, just enter:
- EXT DOC.CMP
- and FM.DOC will be created there.
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- A multi-page form example has also been included. It consists of several
- files which have been compressed into MULTPAGE.CMP. To access these files,
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- EXT MULTPAGE.CMP X:
- and substitute the destination directory or diskette for "X:", or enter
- EXT MULTPAGE.CMP
- to extract into the current directory.
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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION if you have an older version
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- If you are upgrading from a previous version, Form Master will use all your
- current forms. No modifications are necessary. If you configured Form Master
- to your printer, it will also use your current FM.PRT file, if it exists.
- HOWEVER, any printer configuration save file (*.cfg) you created is not
- compatible with the new printer form since the number of fields has changed.
- Therefore, please make a printed record of your last printer configuration
- form before loading this version, then re-enter the information on the new
- printer form.
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- Press any key to start Form Master. An example form showing some of the
- features of Form Master will be displayed.
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- Terminate Form Master using the ESC key. When finished, you should make a
- copy of this diskette. Put your original diskette in a safe place and use
- the copy.
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