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- A2R.EXE Documentation File.
-
- DESCRIPTION:
-
- A2R is a conversion utility that converts ANSI screens to
- RIP format. To use it is very simple. On the DOS command line,
- enter A2R followed by the path to and the filename of the ANSI screen
- to be converted. Press ENTER. In a few seconds, your ANSI screen
- will have been converted into a RIP screen.
-
- USAGE:
-
- A2R [d:[\path\]]filename.ANS
-
- Where: d: is the drive letter of the drive containing
- the ANSI file.
-
- \path\ is the path or directory containing the ANSI
- file.
-
- filename.ANS is the name of the ANSI file to be converted.
- The actual extension may be any valid DOS
- name.
-
- A2R will use the same filename, but will change the extention
- from ANS to RIP. If the filename has no extention, A2R will simply
- append the extention RIP to the filename. The output file (filename.RIP)
- will be located in the same directory as the original file.
-
- (NOTE: A2R makes no changes to the original file so you will
- still have your original after running A2R.)
-
- One note about aspect ratios. The fonts that most closely
- emulate the same aspect ration of a text screen (small font, size 5)
- are broken. That is, the extended ASCII characters used for drawing
- boxes and many ANSI screens do not properly align. There was nothing
- I could do about that so I opted to use the one font and size that
- wasn't broken. The default font of the RIP format. The net result
- is that A2R "squishes" the original ANSI picture from top to bottom.
-
- Some ansi pictures simply will not look correct with the
- changed aspect ratio. The difference is that, while there are still
- 80 characters horizontally, there are 52 characters vertically so
- a full screen ANSI picture will only fill half the screen.
-
- When the larger fonts are fixed, I'll fix A2R.
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS:
-
- Displaying the converted files with RIPAINT under OS/2 2.0
- will cause any line characters to be shown garbled. This does not
- affect the actual display of the file. The file, when viewed under
- DOS, does not have this effect.
-
- AR2, at this time, does not support any particular BBS
- specific commands. You will need to edit the converted file to add
- mouse areas or any other software specific command needed to properly
- display the file under your particular software package. Refer to your
- BBS documentation on this for specifics.
-
- SUPPORT:
- I can be reached on any of the RIPNet conferences carried by
- most WILDNet (tm) boards or directly at the Hydras Lair: 704-873-4317
-
- WARRENTY:
- No warrenty of any kind, writen or implied, is offered with this
- product.
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS GUARANTEED TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING EXCEPT
- TAKE UP DISK SPACE. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER DAVID KEITH
- PRATT NOR ANY OTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN ITS DISTRIBUTION IS RESPONSIBLE
- IN ANY WAY, FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ITS USE OR MISUSE, DIRECTLY
- OR INDIRECTLY.
-
- DAVID KEITH PRATT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
- INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER
- SPECIAL, GENERAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
- THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
- OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES
- OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS) OR ANY
- OTHER LOSS EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
- DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
-
- David Keith Pratt 5/28/93
-