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- This note describes the format of a CaseLinr 4.8 liner file. For versions
- prior to 4.8, Open and Save the file and it will be converted to this format.
- All uppercase types are defined below. All lowercase types are "standard C"
- types as they exist within the 16-bit DOS world.
-
- Type Description
- -------- -----------
- int Major version number - this release would have a value of 4
- int Minor version number - this release would have a value of 8
-
- short Number of title lines - if 0 then the next two fields do NOT exist
- UINT Total byte length of title lines including null
- char[] Title lines - null terminated fonted text string, intermediate
- lines are separated by CR LF (x'0D' x'0A')
-
- short Number of side A song lines - if 0 then the next two fields do
- NOT exist
- UINT Total byte length of side A song lines including null
- char[] Side A song lines - null terminated fonted text string,
- intermediate lines are separated by CR LF (x'0D' x'0A')
-
- short Number of side B song lines - if 0 then the next two fields do
- NOT exist
- UINT Total byte length of side B song lines including null
- char[] Side B song lines - null terminated fonted text string,
- intermediate lines are separated by CR LF (x'0D' x'0A')
-
- SONG_FMT Format of title
-
- BYTE Split title indicator:
- 0 - don't split
- 1 - split
-
- BYTE Center title vertically within title area indicator:
- 0 - don't center
- 1 - center
-
- SONG_FMT Format of songs in Side A primary area
-
- SONG_FMT Format of songs in Side B primary area
-
- SONG_FMT Format of songs in Side A overflow area
-
- SONG_FMT Format of songs in Side B overflow area
-
- int Pen style used for border (cut) lines:
- 0 - solid
- 1 - dash
- 2 - dot
- 3 - dash-dot
- 4 - dash-dot-dot
- 5 - (none)
- 6 - (endpoints)
-
- int Pen style used for interior (fold) lines, same values as border
- lines
-
- BYTE Invert liner indicator:
- 0 - don't invert
- 1 - invert
-
- BYTE 1-up sides indicator:
- 0 - not 1-up (i.e. "normal" 2-up side-by-side)
- 1 - 1-up
-
- BYTE Bisect sides indicator:
- 0 - don't bisect
- 1 - bisect
-
- MEASURE Liner width
-
- MEASURE Feature flap height
-
- MEASURE Title area height
-
- MEASURE Main song area height
-
- MEASURE Overflow song area height
-
- SIDE_FMT Format of side letter for Side A Flap
- UINT Total byte length of side letter text for Side A Flap including
- null - if 0 then the next field does NOT exist
- char[] Text of side letter for Side A Flap - null terminated fonted text
- string
-
- SIDE_FMT Format of side letter for Side A Primary
- UINT Total byte length of side letter text for Side A Primary including
- null - if 0 then the next field does NOT exist
- char[] Text of side letter for Side A Primary - null terminated fonted
- text string
-
- SIDE_FMT Format of side letter for Side B Flap
- UINT Total byte length of side letter text for Side B Flap including
- null - if 0 then the next field does NOT exist
- char[] Text of side letter for Side B Flap - null terminated fonted text
- string
-
- SIDE_FMT Format of side letter for Side B Primary
- UINT Total byte length of side letter text for Side B Primary including
- null - if 0 then the next field does NOT exist
- char[] Text of side letter for Side B Primary - null terminated fonted
- text string
-
- int Number of fonts used - count of LOGFONT, DWORD pairs. There are
- always at least 5 fonts, and these are reserved as follows:
- 0 - default side letter
- 1 - default feature name
- 2 - default feature
- 3 - default title
- 4 - default song
- LOGFONT Windows Logical font definition
- DWORD Color of font
-
- int Total number of features - count of FEATUREs that follow the
- "next" field
- int Total number of sided features
- FEATURE Feature definition(s)
-
- int Default measurement type
- 1 - centimeter
- 2 - inch
- 4 - line
- 5 - pica
- 6 - point
-
- UINT Total byte length of tab stops including null - if 0 then the
- next field does NOT exist
- char[] Text of tab stops - null terminated char string
-
- int Total number of pictures - count of PICTUREs that follow
- PICTURE Picture definition(s)
-
- int Total number of song overflow areas
-
-
-
- The type SONG_FMT is composed of the following fields:
-
- int Song alignment
- 0 - left
- 1 - centered
- 2 - right
- MEASURE Song left margin
- MEASURE Song right margin
- MEASURE Song top margin
- MEASURE Song bottom margin
- MEASURE Song wrap margin
- MEASURE Song between spacing
- MEASURE Song within spacing
-
-
- The type SIDE_FMT is composed of the following fields:
-
- int Letter style
- 0 - normal
- 1 - reverse video
- 2 - none
- MEASURE Letter top margin
- MEASURE Letter side margin
- UINT Unused
-
-
- The type FEATURE is composed of the following fields:
-
- UINT Total byte size of FEATURE structure
- UINT Unused
- int Feature style
- 0 - centered with sides
- 1 - left justified
- 2 - right justified
- 3 - centered
- 4 - adjacent with sides
- 5 - blank with sides
- MEASURE Top margin
- MEASURE Side margin
- char[] Variable number of characters as follows:
- feature text - null terminated fonted text string
- count of side 1 texts - 1 char
- index of selected side 1 text - 1 char
- side 1 text #1 - null terminated fonted text string
- ...
- side 1 text #k - null terminated fonted text string
- ...
- count of side n texts - 1 char
- index of selected side n text - 1 char
- side n text #1 - null terminated fonted text string
- ...
- side n text #m - null terminated fonted text string
- 0 - 1 char
-
-
- The type PICTURE is composed of the following fields:
-
- UINT Total byte size of PICTURE structure
- UINT Unused
- MEASURE X coordinate
- MEASURE Y coordinate
- MEASURE Width
- MEASURE Height
- BYTE Picture type
- 0 - bitmap
- char[] Pathname of picture file - null terminated char string
-
-
- The type MEASURE is composed of the following fields:
-
- int Integral portion
- int Decimal portion as an integer
- int Number of decimal places
- int Measurement type
- 1 - centimeter
- 2 - inch
- 4 - line
- 5 - pica
- 6 - point
- int Numerical value in twips
-
-
- The type LOGFONT is a WINDOWS structure composed of the following fields:
-
- int Height
- int Width
- int Escapement
- int Orientation
- int Weight
- BYTE Italic
- BYTE Underline
- BYTE StrikeOut
- BYTE CharSet
- BYTE OutPrecision
- BYTE ClipPrecision
- BYTE Quality
- BYTE PitchAndFamily
- char[32] Face name
-
-
- Some basic types:
-
- UINT "unsigned int" and is 2 bytes long
- BYTE "unsigned char" and is 1 byte long
- DWORD "unsigned long" and is 4 bytes long
- int integer and is 2 bytes long
- short short integer and is 2 bytes long
- char 1 byte long
- char[] variable length array of bytes
- char[x] a fixed length array of x bytes
-
- A null terminated fonted text string is a null terminated char string with
- embedded font indicators. A font indicator is 2 consecutive bytes, the first
- has the binary value 1 and the second is the 1-relative font number.