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- IMPORTING DEFAULTS
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐ You might visualize defaults as
- │ PC-TYPE+ │ a chunk of data that is placed
- │ _______________________ inside PC-TYPE+ comprised of
- │ |\ \ two parts: All defaults, and a
- │ | \ \ small sub-piece containing just
- │ | ┌──────────────────────┐ the printer unique defaults.
- │ | │ ALL DEFAULTS │
- │ | │ │ When you import defaults into
- └───── │ ___________ PC-TYPE+, you may import the
- \ │ |\ \ big chunk containing all
- \│ | \ \ defaults, or the small chunk
- └─────────── ┌──────────┐ containing just the printer
- \ │ PRNT-DEF │ unique defaults.
- \│ │
- └──────────┘
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
-
- FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
-
- Defaults are saved onto disk under the filename in the subdirectory
- you supply. If you saved all of the defaults they would have a file
- extension of .PCT -or- if you saved only the printer defaults the file
- would have the extension .PRN .
-
- You never have to worry about the file extension - PC-TYPE+ will take
- care of that for you.
-
- It is usually reasonable to keep all of these default files in one
- location so that they will be readily available when needed.
-
-
-
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- READING IN DEFAULTS
-
- At any point when reading in defaults, the process may be stopped by
- pressing Esc. (In this file, press Esc to see the next instruction.)
-
- The most common way to read in defaults is from inside PC-TYPE+ by
- pressing F8 and then F4. Try it - you should get the message:
-
- Read Printer defaults or All defaults? (press P or A)
-
- At this point press P or A depending upon your needs and then:
-
- Enter Read-Defaults Path - then press F10 (Null field = Current Dir)
-
- Here you enter the path specification where the A type (or P type)
- default files are located. If you leave the field blank, the current
- directory will be assumed.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- After selecting the path and pressing enter or F10, you may get the
- message:
- No .PCT files found. Press a letter key to continue..
- or: No .PRN files found. Press a letter key to continue..
-
- meaning that no default files for All defaults (.PCT) or no default
- files for Print defaults (.PRN) had previously been saved at the named
- path.
-
- For our example, if you are using a copy of the distribution disk sent
- to you, enter the path: A:\PCT_HELP
- after pressing A for ALL.
-
- You should get the line Files:
- followed by the name DEFAULTS
-
- Press Esc to return to here.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
-
- If you had saved a number of different Default files at this path you
- would have been presented with their names and the message:
-
- Select by tabbing to desired file - then press F10 (or press Esc to Exit)
-
- would prompt you to select the desired one. In our example, there is
- probably only one. Repeat the previous steps, and this time press
- F10. You will then see the message:
-
- Defaults read in - Make them permanent? (Y/N)
-
- If you answer "N", you will be returned to your text. If you answer
- "Y", you will be asked for the path to the PCTYPE.EXE file. You will
- then be presented with all the .EXE files at that path location from
- which you can select the appropriate one for loading the defaults.
- (See DFLTS_SV).
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- LOADING DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+
-
- If you have saved default files to disk, you may load them into
- PC-TYPE+ when starting the program. There are two parameters to do
- this, one for a file containing ALL defaults, one one for a file
- containing only Printer unique defaults. The format for doing this
- is:
- D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname
- D>pctype filename /PDEFAULT-path\pname
- D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname /PDEFAULT-path\pname
- where:
- D> is your DOS prompt
- filename is the file to edit
- /ADEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing ALL defaults
- /PDEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing Printer defaults
- path is the path to the default file
- aname is the name you gave to the ALL defaults file
- pname is the name you gave to the Printer defaults file
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- In the example above, the ALL defaults file DEFAULTS on the
- subdirectory \PCT_HELP on drive A could have been loaded before
- entering PC-TYPE+ with the command:
-
- PCTYPE filename /ADEFAULT-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS
-
- NOTE: Only the first two letters AND THE - CHARACTER are needed, so
- the command can be abbreviated as:
-
- PCTYPE filename /AD-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS
-
- Notice also that the file extension, (.PCT in this case) SHOULD NOT
- be placed at the end of the defaults filename.
-
- If you load both an ALL defaults file and a Printer defaults file,
- the ALL defaults file will be loaded first - then the Printer defaults
- file. The position of the parameters on the line is not important.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- WHY LOAD DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+
-
- You could make a .BAT file, e.g., LETTER.BAT, which might look like:
-
- PCTYPE %1 /AD-C:\UTIL\LETTER/AP-C:\UTIL\DAISY
-
- Then, by typing:
- LETTER filename
-
- you would enter PC-TYPE+ with the setup you would normally want for
- typing a letter, i.e., margins, printer options, etc., from the file
- LETTER.PCT on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive and with the
- printer characteristics for your daisy-wheel printer from the file
- DAISY.PRN on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive. A few .BAT files
- like this could be very handy.
-
- Of course you do not have to have a .BAT file to use these parameters.
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-