Parse a File
Create TIFF Files

The text must be pre-formatted   The Tiff program will NOT wrap the text.

The TIFFmaker program has two modules:

A. Create individual TIFF files 'online'

TIFFmaker supports both TIFF and DCX files.  For simplicity,  this help text refers to

to all graphics files as TIFF files.  To change the graphics format click on the TIFF or

DCX checkbox.

1.	Click on the Browse button and specify the source file that contains the text file.

2.	In the Destination File, type the full path name of the new TIFF file.  To give the TIFF file the same directory and base name as the text file, simply press on the Dub button.

3.	Select the Font Type (system default, proportional font or fixed pitch font).

4.	Press on Create TIFF button.

The default settings are held in the SETUP.INI file in the applications directory.  The settings are:

Number of lines per page (default = 45)

Line spacing (default  = 18)

Font Type:	0 = System default

1 = Proportional (default)

2 = Fixed pitch

Graphics format (tif or dcx) (default = tif)

For more information, please read the readme.txt file

B. 'Driver' Mode, driven by external computer program

The external program must include the code to execute the TIFmaker program (AUTOTIFF.EXE) for each file and must send it the necessary parameters. The parameters are:

Executable program name, e.g C:\TIFMAKER\AUTOTIFF.EXE

Number of lines per page (default = 45)

Line spacing (default = 18)

Font Type:	0 = System default

1 = Proportional (default)

2 = Fixed pitch

Source File (full path, with extension name)

Destination File (full path, with tif or dcx extension name)

For more information, please read the readme.txt file.

For example, a Visual Basic code would be: Dummy=Shell("C:\TIFMAKER\AUTOTIFF.EXE 50,20,0, C:\SOURCEDIR\DOC1.TXT, C:\DESTDIR\IMG1.TIF,1",1)

The '1' parameter at the end of the code opens the application in a normal window; '2' would open it as a minimized window.  Notice the commas between some (but not other) parameters.

The error conditions are appended to the ERRORS.TXT file in the applications directory.