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MacToPic +ｪ By Rich Love Copyright 1989 - 1997 All rights reserved Carnation Software PO Box 608 Carnation, Wa 98014 (425) 333-4288 Internet Email: richlove@carnation-software.com http://www.carnation-software.com/carn NOTE: If you are using System 7.5 or later you can use the MacToPic +ｪ guide help which has an Index and Topics to help you find the information you are looking for more quickly. The MacToPic +ｪ Help file must be inside of the MacToPic Plus Folder. To use MacToPic +ｪ guide help, close this window and select MacToPic Plus Guide from the ? Menu at the top right of your screen. ____________________________________________________________________ Emulations for Adds Viewpoint, Wyse 50/60, Wyse 370, VT101, TV925 and Prism terminals. The Viewpoint emulator supports Enhanced Viewpoint mode. You can transfer data from the host to your Macintosh disk and load the data into a Mac Spreadsheet, Data base, or Word Processor. You can transfer a text file from your Macintosh to the host and insert it into a host word processor or editor. You can combine text and pictures on the screen by using simple statements from Pick basic. AppleScript is supported for automating tasks. The following is a brief explanation of features. Please read the MacToPic user's Manual for detailed information. (All functions are available from the Menu bar) FILE MENU: Use CommToolBox When enabled, this option uses the CommToolBox tools in the System Extensions folder for Connections and file transfers. Please see the manual addendum, "MacToPic +ｪ with CommToolBox" for instructions on the use of MacToPic +ｪ with the CommToolBox. The CommToolBox allows connections to networks such as Ethernet and Appletalk and recognizes extra ports on serial cards. Host-to-Mac Transfer Under the FILE menu you will find 'Host-to-Mac Transfer'. This allows you to transfer data from the Pick host directly to your Macintosh disk. Just enter the Pick command to transfer data, then enter the name you want the data saved to on disk. An example of a command would be LIST MD to list the contents of the master dictionary to your Mac disk. Or you could LIST EMPLOYEES BY HIRE-DATE. Any legal Pick command that normally transfers info to the screen can be used while downloading in the standard format (Spreadsheet/Database conversion Off). Data downloaded in the standard format can be used in a Mac word processor. You can select 'Automatic NOPAGE (on/off)'. With NOPAGE on, data transmissions longer than one page will transfer without stopping. With NOPAGE off, data transmission will terminate after one page unless you are using a Proc that does a nopage. You can download data in a standard format or choose Spreadsheet/ Database format. The Spreadsheet/Database format arranges data in columns for Mac spreadsheets or word processors and it groups records together for input into Mac Databases. Consult the MacToPic manual for further instructions on writing Procs on your host computer to transfer data in the Spreadsheet/Database format. You have the option of setting the timer for 5 seconds or 10 seconds. This is the timer used during downloading. (If no data is received for 5 seconds, MacToPic assumes that the download is done.) You can also set the timer for any period you wish and it will override the 5 and 10 second timer. A Microsoft Word Style sheet has been included on this disk for use with data that was transferred with Spreadsheet/Database conversion to be used in a word processor document. If you want to abort a long data transmission, use COMMAND Period. Mac-To-Host Transfer You can send a text file from your Macintosh disk to your host computer. Just select a file to transfer and the data will be sent. NOTE: Your Pick host must be in a mode ready to receive the data (in a word processor or Editor in the insert mode). You can also use the Mac-To-Host Program supplied on the MacToPicｪ disk. This is a PICK BASIC program that receives the data from the Mac and stores it in a temporary file. (See the addendum sheet titled, "Mac-To-Host Program" Break Sends a 200ms Break signal to the Host computer. Open ... Opens a text file to be read. Use this option to read a text file that you have downloaded or a file you have recorded in the Capture mode. If you are reading a file that has been downloaded with Spreadsheet/Database conversion ON, the data will look compressed. When these files are loaded into a spreadsheet or data base they will look normal. Also note that there is no Horizontal scrolling capability in the text reader. Any data wider than 80 columns will not be shown but can be read by a word processor, data base or spreadsheet program. Open a MacPaint picture and display it on the screen. This is a good way to verify that your picture will be displayed properly under Pick Basic control. Make sure the picture is in the upper left corner of the screen. If not, use a paint program to position the picture correctly. MacToPic + will only display MacPaint pictures. (PNTG format). From Pick Basic: PRINT CHAR(27):"5":"PictureName" to send a picture to the screen. You can also open PICT Pictures, MacPaint Pictures and QuickTime movies for viewing. Print ... Prints a text file. Use this option to print a text file that you have downloaded or a file you have recorded in the Capture mode. Print Screen Prints the contents of the screen. Select Best or Faster print modes. (Draft will not work for a screen dump.) Print Screen Cannot be used from the Text Reader screen. Printer On Turns the printer on. All data that comes to the screen will be printed. Printing does not start until the Printer is turned off. If "Use Clipboard for Print Buffer is selected as a preference, then data is held in the Clipboard until printing begins. You can toggle Printer ON and Off with COMMAND =. The host computer can also send a command to your Mac to toggle the printer on and off. Printer Setup If you select Printer Setup from the File Menu and enable "Form Feed from Host = New Page", page breaks will occur each time MacToPicｪ gets a form feed (Char 12) from the host. You can also specify a word that will cause a page break when ever it appears at the beginning of a line. Quit Exits MacToPic EDIT MENU Paste You can paste clipboard data from your Mac to the Host computer. Data gets into the clipboard by using the Record to Clipboard feature under the Capture Menu. You can also use other Mac programs and Cut data, then Paste the data to the Host using MacToPic. Paste Delay If you don't have type-ahead on your host, enter a delay time between lines and characters. This will give the host enough time to accept each line and character of data before the next one is sent during the paste operation. The default is 4/60th of a second between lines and 1 microsecond between characters. (You can try setting both of these to zero for a faster paste operation. If some characters are missing then set the delays higher). Clear Application Screen You can clear the screen at any time by pressing Command K. Or select Clear Application Screen from the File menu. The screen will be cleared and the cursor will move to home position. Clearing the screen also clears the Macintosh input buffer of any data coming from the Host computer. Only rows 1 through 24 are cleared. Clear Message This clears any messages which may have been sent from the host. Reset Fkey Display Re-draws the function keys at the bottom of the screen. Clear Entire Screen Clears all rows Paste Delay Enter the delay between characters and lines sent to the host during a Paste transmission to the host. This is necessary if your host cannot accept the data as fast as MacToPic sends it. Mac-To-Host Transfer Options If you don't have type-ahead on your host, enter a delay time for Host-To-Mac data transfers. This will give the host enough time to accept each line of data before the next one is sent. 'Convert tabs to Attribute marks' causes Attribute marks (^) to be transmitted to the host instead of tabs. This is useful when you are using the 'Mac-To-Host Program' to receive the data on the host. It will cause each field name transmitted from the Mac to become a new attribute item in the PICK hold file. Preferences Remember Window Positions - MacToPic will remember the size and position of your MacToPic window when you close the window or quit and restart MacToPic. Use Clipboard for Print Buffer - If "Use Clipboard for Print Buffer" is not selected then the disk will be used to temporarily store data as it is being printed and the temporary file will be deleted as soon as printing is completed. If this option is selected then the clipboard will hold data waiting to print. Click on System Builder Menus - Select this option if you use a program on your host computer called, System Builder. You will then be able to use the mouse to click on menu items. If this option is not selected then you will be able to click on non-System Builder menu items on your screen. DIALER MENU: Quickdial lets you store your most frequently dialed number and dial it quickly with Quickdial. You can also maintain a separate phone list and dial from the list. Use Command L to see the list. Hang-Up If you are using a Hayes compatible modem you can hang-up by selecting Hang-Up from the Dialer menu. Tone Dialing Most phone companies provide tone dialing capability. Use this if possible because it is faster than pulse dialing. Pulse Dialing Simulates dialing a rotary phone instead of a push button phone. Use this if your phone company does not support tone dialing. Disconnect Modem Upon Quit Causes the modem to hang up when you quit from MacToPicｪ. In more technical terms, DTR and DSR are dropped. It is a good idea to keep this enabled. Some programs such as Applelink and Dove Fax get upset if DTR/DSR are left on and think that the modem port is still in use. This option is useful for non-multifinder users who want to quit and re-enter MacToPicｪ without hanging up the modem. Changes take effect when you dial out through the modem. Modem Initialization String You can enter a character string that MacToPicｪ will send to the modem before dialing. There are four pre-defined strings included for the PowerBook computers. Just click on a button to activate them. Normally a Modem string is not needed, so the default is no string. The PowerBook may intermittently not dial the phone unless you use the modem string provided. A Custom button is provided for you to enter a custom string for non-apple modems. Settings MENU: Select baud rates from 300 to 57600. Select the word length and parity. Select standard or ASCII display. The default is standard. Ascii display shows you the Ascii codes for each character displayed. Enable Xon/Xoff. Make sure the Host is also enabled. Serial Port Activation MacToPic is capable of releasing the serial port when it is not active. (not active means that you clicked on another application window or you selected ﾒHide MacToPicﾓ from the System 7 menu.) When you select ﾒSerial Port Activationﾓ from the Settings menu, you will have three options to choose from: 1. ﾒAlways keep serial port active (open) when MacToPic is runningﾓ. This is the normal default setting. Clicking on other windows or hiding MacToPic will have no effect and the serial port will remain open. 2. ﾒRelease Serial Port when MacToPic window is not activeﾓ. Closes the serial port whenever the user clicks on another window or hides MacToPic. This option does not drop DSR/DTR which is important if you are using a modem and donﾕt want to hang up (Disconnect) the phone connection. 3. ﾒRelease Serial Port and Drop DTR & DSR when MacToPic window is not activeﾓ This option does the same thing as option 2 except that DSR/DTR are dropped causing a modem phone connection to hang up. This option is necessary to be compatible with some other communications programs such as Applelink and America Online. These programs wonﾕt work if DSR and DTR have not been dropped. Emulate MENU: You can choose from five terminal emulators; Prism, Viewpoint, Wyse, Televideo 925 or VT101. The Viewpoint emulator also supports Enhanced mode. Your choice of emulation depends on which terminals your host supports. If you select the incorrect emulator, all kinds of strange characters will be scattered on the screen . All five emulators support cursor positioning, erase commands, inverse video and Underlining. The Viewpoint, Wyse, TV925 and VT101 emulators support graphic drawing characters and 80/132 column codes from the host. You can select Viewpoint or Wyse function keys. Other fkeys can be loaded from disk. (Read the file on disk "Function keys" for a chart showing Mac keys to use for Fkeys) International Characters Allows you to select special character sets from many countries. These sets work in 7-bit and 8-bit mode. NOTE: IBM Set2 is an 8-bit-only character set used in European countries. Make sure that ﾔStrip 8th bitﾕ is not checked under the Emulate Menu when using this set. Video attributes are displayed in color on Macintosh II models as follows: Attribute Color Effect _______________________________________ Inverse video Blue Inverse Underlined Blue Underlined Blinking Red Bold Dim Green Normal or dim Message Red Normal NOTE: Small Macs without a color screen will display Blinking in in a bold font. Dim characters will show up as dim if "Enable Dim Characters" is checked under the Emulate menu in the Video Attributes dialog box. Generic mode is just a TTY emulator and does not support any special functions. Tymnet Mode for Prism This needs to be enabled to see the logon message when logging into Tymnet in the Prism emulation mode. This needs to be disabled when running some Pick programs that use the upper 128 characters for video attributes. Note: This mode will always be enabled when using any international character set other than US ASCII when you are using Prism emulation. Backspace = Delete Causes the Mac backspace key to send Delete (127) instead of Backspace (08) to the host. This is needed for VT101 mode when communicating with a Vax Host. It may be used with any of the emulation modes. Enable Dim Characters Video Attributes When this is enabled, dim characters sent from the host will appear dim on the Mac screen. This should be enabled for Macs with black & white screens. Macs with color screens will display dim characters in a green color whether this is enabled or not. Caps lock ON Causes all characters typed on the Mac keyboard to be in upper case. (Overrides the Caps Lock key on the keyboard.) Strip 8th bit Strips the 8th bit from characters sent to the Mac from a host computer. This is required for many bulletin board systems. It allows you to use 8 bits no parity but not use the 8th bit (characters above 127). In general: In the USA, Strip 8th bit (is checked) In Europe, do not strip 8th bit (not checked) Use large font for 132 col mode Uses a size 9 font when in the 132 column mode instead of size 6. This is useful for large two-page monitors that are capable of displaying 132 columns with a larger font. Function Key Options Has user selectable options for programmable function keys. If you put a check mark in the box labeled "Double-clicking on a Function Key changes its function or title", you will be able to double click on the function keys at the bottom of the screen to edit them. You can create custom function key sets and save them. This allows you to keep separate key sets for each application you run on your Pick machine. Edit Function Keys Allows you to edit all 32 function keys (16 shifted and 16 non-shifted) whether they are visible at the bottom of the screen or not. Capture MENU: The capture buffer can be turned on or off by holding down the Command key and pressing the space bar. When the capture buffer is on, all data is recorded and held in a buffer and saved to disk in a file named Recorder. You can Make a new capture file on disk, Select an existing capture file on disk, or Delete a capture file from disk. Data is always appended to the existing file. When you Make or Select a capture buffer it becomes the current buffer. If you delete the Recorder file, it will remain on disk but it's contents will be erased. RECORD TO CLIPBOARD When you turn this option on, all data that comes to the screen will be recorded to the Clipboard for use in other programs. If you are using Multifinder or Quick keys to go to the other program, make sure that you turn this option off to properly close the clipboard first. Convert Tabs to Carriage Returns When this is enabled, all tabs from the host are converted to carriage returns before the capture file is saved to disk. SCREEN CAPTURE SOUND Turns on the Camera shutter sound for screen captures. Any time you want to capture a section of the screen, just drag the mouse and lasso the part of the screen you want to copy to the clipboard. The captured screen becomes a picture that can be pasted into any other program. You can turn the mouse cursor into a crosshair cursor by holding down the Option key. NOTE: to Capture text into the clipboard as editable text you need to use the RECORD TO CLIPBOARD option. SAVE CAPTURED TEXT AS: Select the type of document you want captured files to become on disk. Then each time you capture data to disk, a special creator type will be assigned to the file. It will become a text file that can be double-clicked from the finder to launch the associated program and load automatically. If the document type is not available as a button to select from, you can enter any 4-digit creator type. (Youﾕll need to find out what the creator type is for other documents) NEW LINE ON RECEIPT OF CR Causes Carriage Return/Line Feed whenever a Carriage Return character (decimal 13) is detected from the Host. This only works when MacToPicｪ is in a recording mode capturing data to disk. This option is usually enabled when you are capturing coded files containing special characters (such as bold, underline etc) to be imported into word processors. NEW LINE ON RECEIPT OF LF Causes Carriage Return/Line Feed whenever a Line Feed character (decimal 10) is detected from the Host. This only works when MacToPicｪ is in a recording mode capturing data to disk. This is the normal default mode. Special MENU: Run AppleScript... lets you run compiled scripts that are in the AppleScripts folder. For more information, read the file called MacToPic +ｪ and AppleScript. You can send control characters to the host by holding down the Command key and any one of the control characters in the Special Menu. The control character is sent and the Macintosh input buffer is cleared. Command 1 (Xoff) stops a listing and waits for Command 2 (Xon) to resume. Command 3 (Control C) used on Dec and Unix computers Command 4 (Control U) used on Dec computers Command 5 (Control X) exits from Pick listings. Command 6 (Control Z) used by Dec and Unix computers. You can select Standard sized Window or Multifinder sized Window. The Multifinder window is a smaller window that allows you to view the disk icons in the finder. Note that you may also resize the window by dragging the lower right corner with your mouse. If you have a monitor larger than 13 inches, the MacToPicｪﾊwindow will automatically pop out from behind the menu bar an can be moved around on the screen. 16-POINT FONT AND LARGE WINDOW This is an option for large monitors only. If your monitor is not at least 823 pixels wide, this option will be dimmed and you won't be able to use it. It is especially useful for Radius monitors with 78 DPI which shrink the screen and make it hard to read the standard 12-Point font. Send Carriage Return Upon Startup This will send a carriage return to the host each time MacToPic is run. If you are connected directly to the host you will get a logon prompt. 80 Column screen - Selects 80 column screen and large font. 128 Column screen - Selects 128 column screen and small font. (Used on small Mac screens). Will accept 132 column codes from host but last four characters will be truncated. 156 Column screen - Selects 156 Column screen and small font. (Used on Mac II models or any mac with a larger screen) Screen Textwrap - Causes characters to wrap to the next line if no carriage return is seen from the host. Typing System Delimiter Marks System Delimiter characters are used by programmers or system managers using the Pickｨ editor. You can type System Delimiter characters on your Macintosh keyboard by holding down the Option key and one of the following letter keys. Option Key Delimiter B Start Buffer [ S Subvalue Mark ¥ V Value Mark ] A Attribute Mark ^ G Segment Mark _ < Backtab Option and Command Key T Sends control T Option and Shift Keys ~ Sends escape (for Mac keyboards with no escape key) i insert key (insert key for Viewpoint and Wyse) ================================================================== Copyright ｩ 1989 - 1996 Carnation Software ｨ PO Box 608 Carnation, Wa 98014 (425) 333-4288 NOTE: MacToPicｪ is a copyrighted program. It is illegal to copy and use MacToPicｪ on more than one Macintosh. You may install MacToPicｪ on the hard drive of one Macintosh only. Order one MacToPic program for each Macintosh you use it on or take advantage of our site license option. MacToPicｪ was written by Rich Love MacToPicFont was designed by Rich Love Apple, the Apple logo and the Macintosh logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ImageWriter and LaserWriter are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Prism, Reality, and Microdata are registered trademarks of McDonnell Douglas. Pick is a registered trademark of Pick Systems. Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. Hayes is a trademark of Hayes Microcomputer Inc. Viewpoint is a trademark of Applied Digital Data Systems Inc. VT101 is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. Wyse is a trademark of Wyse Technology Televideo is a trademark of Televideo Corporation. MacToPic is a trademark of Carnation Software. ======================================================= Thanks to Chris Stasny of Staz Software and Ross Lambert of Ariel Publications for providing "CDEF City" which makes pop-up menus and three-dimensional buttons possible in FutureBASIC. Also, thanks to Raoul Watson of Ariel Pubs for help with the screen capture routine and various other goodies.