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- TdrawAid (TD), Version 1.32
- Copyright 1990-92 by Ray Carson
- All Rights Reserved
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- Developed
- by
- RC Software
- 1113 Hillcrest
- Conroe, Texas 77301
- (409)756-6860, (409)756-5096
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- D I S C L A I M E R - A G R E E M E N T
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- If you use TdrawAid (TD), you must accept this
- disclaimer of warranty: TdrawAid is supplied as is.
- The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
- including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
- assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
- which may result from the use of TdrawAid.
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- A Hard disk is recommended but is not required. ANSI.SYS should be
- loaded to correctly view color .ANS files but is not require d for
- program operation. The line DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file
- loads the ANSI.SYS driver.
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- The program will look for the datafile, $SETDATA, in the following
- order:
- 1. In the current directory.
- 2. In a directory named TDRAWAID.
- 3. In a path set with an environment variable, TDRAWAID.
- Example for the environment variable where UTILITY is the name
- of the directory and the drive is C:
- set TDRAWAID=c:\utility (Right)
- set TDRAWAID=\utility (Wrong)
- set TDRAWAID=utility (Wrong)
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- This program will create ASCII or ANSI files with text from a list of
- of large fonts. The text can be saved to be used in batch files, text
- files, or THEDRAW. Text to be used in THEDRAW can be saved using
- color. At the Main menu, choose "Select Chacter Set" and then use the
- Up and Down arrows, Home, End, PgUp, or PgDn to highlight the desired
- character set. Press <Return> to select or <Esc> to abort amd return
- to the menu. Next select "Enter/Edit Text". The screen will show the
- maximum number of characters per line, maximum number of lines per
- screen, editing keys and other data. Enter any text using letters and
- spaces (uppercase is forced on). Press <F5> to view the output
- screen as it will be written to the file, <F10> when the data is
- compete as you want it, or <Esc> to abort. From the Main menu
- You can optionally select "Center/Tab Text" or write the data to a
- file as is. If you are going to use the text in THEDRAW then you will
- not need to center or tab it as THEDRAW has its own block move. For
- a batch file or text file you may want to choose this option. The text
- you entered will be retained in memory so you can select another
- character set to see what it will look like. Some characters will be
- lost if you go from a set with a larger number of chatacters per line
- to one that is smaller. You can freely choose between the items on
- the Main menu. When centering or tabbing text you can press <F5> to
- view the output screen. If you have any lines centered or tabbed any
- you go back and edit them or change to another character set then the
- tab values will be returned to zero. The program will only allow one
- size character per line. If you want several different sizes then
- write them to the same file using the <A>ppend option at the prompt
- to save the file. If no working file has been set then you will be
- prompted for a filename. At the next save you will be given the
- options <A>ppend, <O>verwrite or <N>ew. When appending text to an .ANS
- file for use in THEDRAW, view the working file to determine if it is
- going to be too long as THEDRAW will only edit/display the first 25
- lines of a file. The program does not limit you to any set length of
- working file, .ANS or.ASC. If you want to make several screens to
- load in THEDRAW then save them as different filenames. You can
- view the working file from the main Menu at any time. When you choose
- to save the text as format for THEDRAW, you will be presented with
- an option box to choose the color. The default is white on black and
- you can press <F10> or <Return> to accept the default if you do not
- want color. If you set the color then all subsequent saves to a .ANS
- file will use that color until you change it.
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- The "hot keys" for the main menu are highlighted in red for color
- monitors and all hot keys can be viewed by pressing <F1>.
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- This program is not crippled in any way but the registered version
- has more functions and fonts.
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- THEDRAW is a registered trademark (tm) of TheSoft Programming Services.
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- Revision v1.31
- Added code to properly display .ASC files using the DOS TYPE
- or MORE commands and the ability to load .ASC files in THEDRAW
- without breaking up the lines on the display.
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- Revision v1.32
- Removed the function to check the data file for integrity and
- removed the function to force color off. Added internal code to
- force uppercase on user input at the "<O>verwrite" prompt. Changed
- the main menu colors.
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- Ray Carson
- 1113 Hillcrest
- Conroe, Texas 77301
- (409)756-5096
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