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GENERATING NYWORD PRT FILES FROM PC-WRITE PR.DEF FILES
The success of the New York Word word processor in the
"user-supported" software market has taken me quite by surprise. It
seems as if many people are switching from their old word processors
to NYWord. It seems that a large number of people were previously
using the PC-WRITE word processor, published by Quicksoft.
PC-WRITE comes with a utility called MENUPRT.EXE which generates a
file called PR.DEF. The PR.DEF file contains configuration information
for your particular printer. NYWord comes with several printer
configuration files, all ending in a .PRT extension. The PR.DEF and
the .PRT files have different formats, so the user who changes a
PR.DEF file to a .PRT file has a tedious job ahead.
The enclosed files help change a PC-WRITE PR.DEF file into a
NYWord .PRT file. There are three files included in this package. They
are :
1) PCWTONYW.EXE - the executable program which generates a PRT file
from a PR.DEF file.
2) X.BAT - a batch file to automate the process
3) PCWTONYW.C - the C source code for the utility
To generate a .PRT file, follow these steps :
A. Use PC-WRITE's MENUPRT.EXE program to choose the printer you
would like to configure. MENUPRT.EXE will generate a file called
PR.DEF in your current directory.
B. Invoke the X batch file with the name of the printer. For
instance, if the PR.DEF file contains information for a Brother H15
printer, give the command :
X broth15
C. A file called BROTH15.PRT will be generated. This is the printer
configuration file to be used by NYWord.
D. NYWord comes with a file called WPPRMENU. Change the first line
of this file to "broth15".
E. Move the BROTH15.PRT file to the same subdirectory as your other
NYWord configuration files.
Enjoy the utility.
Marc Adler
Magma Software Systems
138 - 23 Hoover Ave.
Jamaica, NY 11435