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- ======================= FORMGEN.EXE - Version 1.2 =======================
-
-
- 1. This version will determine if a database was created by PC-FILE III -
- version 3.0 or by an earlier version of PC-FILE. It will process the
- data accordingly.
-
- 2. You can specify screen colors and printer setup strings. These parameters
- are specified in the file FORMGSET.FRM. A sample FORMGSET.FRM file
- follows:
- 7,0
- 27,69
- 27,70
- If the program finds FORMGSET.FRM on the default drive upon startup, then
- it will read the screen's foreground and background colors from line 1. In
- the sample, the 7 specifies a foreground color of white and the 0 specifies
- a background color of black. Lines 2 and 3 are optional. Line 2 contains
- the ASCII codes of the string the program will send to the printer before
- printing. Line 3 contains the ASCII codes of the string the program will
- send to the printer after printing. In the sample, the 27 and 69 represents
- the characters ESC and "E". This string sets the emphasized mode on
- EPSON printers. The 27 and 70 on line 3 represents the characters ESC and
- "F". This string turns off the emphasized mode on EPSON printers. The
- entries on each line must be separated by commas.
-
- The following sample FORMGSET.FRM file will set the screen colors to yellow
- foreground and black background. It will send the EPSON printer code for
- condensed print before printing, and it will send the code to return to
- normal print after printing:
- 14,0
- 15
- 18
-
- The following FORMGSET.FRM file will set the screen colors to white
- foreground and blue background. No printer setup codes will be sent:
- 7,1
-
- 3. The HOME key is now active, when you are inserting or modifying lines. It
- will position the cursor at the beginning of a line.
-
- 4. The INSERT and MODIFY options no longer request the number of lines to
- insert or modify. When in the INSERT or MODIFY mode, you now press ESC
- on the last line you wish to insert or modify. In other words, pressing
- ENTER when you are finished with a line will move you to the next line,
- whereas pressing ESC will return you to the option menu.
-
- 5. This version will accept a file created externally, as long as each line
- is terminated with a carriage return-line feed or a carriage return.
- However the CREATE portion of the program will chop each line longer than
- 76 characters. This 76 character limitation does not apply to the OUTPUT
- portion of the program.