PMInfo - Print information about Page Setup and Styles in a PM 5.0 Document

Copyright (c) 1993 Network Engineering Team, Industrial Research Ltd,
Lower Hutt, New Zealand.


INTRODUCTION

PMInfo uses the PageMaker 5.0 script language and Windows DDE to extract and
print page setup information and a complete description of all styles defined
in a PageMaker 5.0 document.

PMInfo was writtem using Asymmterix Toolbook, and is distributed with the
Asymmetrix Toolbook runtime modules.

To run PMInfo you need Windows 3.1 and Aldus PageMaker 5.0.


INSTALLATION

1. Unzip PMINFO.ZIP (zipped with PKZIP 2.04) into a directory on your hard
   disk. The archive should contain the following files:

   PMINFO.ICO     PMInfo icon
   PMINFO.TBK     PMInfo application
   PMINFO.TXT     This file

   TBKBASE.DLL    )
   TBKCOMP.DLL    )
   TBKDB3.DLL     )
   TBKDLG.DLL     )
   TBKFILE.DLL    ) Toolbook runtime modules
   TBKNET.EXE     )
   TBKUTIL.DLL    )
   TBKWIN.DLL     )
   TBOOK.EXE      )

2. From the Windows Program Manager, create a program item:

   - Select "File|New", choose "Program Item" and click "OK"

   - In the "Description" field enter "PMInfo"

   - In the "Command Line" field enter "<path>\TBOOK.EXE <path>\PMINFO.TBK"
     where path is the drive and directory where you unzipped PMINFO.ZIP.

   - In the "Wroking Directory" field enter "<path>"

   - Click on the "Change Icon" button, and select the icon from your
     PageMaker 5.0 application.

   Now you are ready to run PMInfo.


RUNNING PMINFO

1. Double-click on the PMInfo icon.

2. By default, PMInfo uses the command line "C:\PM5\PM5.EXE" to run your
   copy of PageMaker, and uses "C:\PM5" as the default initial PageMaker
   document directory.

   To change these values:

   - Select "Configure" from the "PageMaker" menu. You will be prompted for
     new values which PMInfo will remember the next time you run it.

   - Exit from PMInfo. When prompted to "Save current changes to: PMINFO.TBK?
     click on "Yes".

3. To get the page setup and style information from a PageMaker 5.0 document:

   - Select "Retrieve Stye Info" from the "PageMaker" menu.

   - A File Open dialog box is displayed, listing the *.PM5 documents in the
     default PageMaker document directory. Select a file.

   - PMInfo runs PageMaker 5.0 with the document, and extracts the
     information. Progress messages appear at the bottom of the screen.
     Page setup information appears on the first page, followed by a separate
     page for each style definition.

   - When all the information is extracted, you can use the "Page" menu to
     naviagate through the pages. Each page has one large scrolling text
     field. Use the scroll bar on the right to see more of the text.

   - To print the style information, select "Print Style Info" from the
     "PageMaker" menu. You are prompted to print the current style or all
     styles. Choosing "current" prints the style you are looking at; printing
     all styles prints all styles and the page setup information. A report
     will be sent to your default Windows printer.

   - Select "File|Exit" to exit PMInfo.


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 Dr Chris Dorsey                    Documentation Editor
 Network Engineering Team                                              
 Industrial Research Limited        Telephone: +64 (04) 569-0000 xt4675    
 Box 31-310, Lower Hutt,            Facsimile: +64 (04) 569-0067           
 NEW ZEALAND.                       E-mail: c.dorsey@irl.cri.nz      
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