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- EXPORTING 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 export defaults from
- └───── │ ___________ PC-TYPE+, you may save the big
- \ │ |\ \ chunk containing all defaults,
- \│ | \ \ or the small chunk containing
- └─────────── ┌──────────┐ just the printer unique
- \ │ PRNT-DEF │ defaults.
- \│ │
- └──────────┘
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
-
- FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
-
- Defaults are saved to disk at the path specification you supply with
- the filename you supply. If you save all of the defaults they will
- have a file extension of .PCT -or- if you save only the printer
- defaults the file will 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
-
- SAVING DEFAULTS
-
- At any point when saving defaults, the process may be stopped by
- pressing Esc. (In this file, press Esc to see the next instruction.)
-
- The most common way to save defaults is to press F8 and then F3.
- Try it - you should get the message:
-
- Save Printer defaults or All defaults? (press P or A)
-
- At this point press P or A as desired. You will then get the message:
-
- Save to File or to PC-TYPE? (press F or P)
-
- If you press F you will begin the process of saving the defaults to a
- disk file. If you press P you will begin the process of making the
- defaults permanent within PC-TYPE+ itself.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- MAKING DEFAULTS PERMANENT (P Option)
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ MEMORY │ │ DISK │
- │ ┌────────────────────────┤ │ ┌────────────────────────┤
- │ │ PC-TYPE+ in MEMORY │ │ │ PC-TYPE+ on DISK │
- │ │ ┌────────────────┤ │ │ ┌────────────────┤
- │ │ │ DEFAULTS in │ │ │ │ DEFAULTS in │
- │ │ │ PC-TYPE+ in │ │ │ │ PC-TYPE+ on │
- │ │ │ MEMORY │ │ │ │ DISK │
- └───┴───────┴───────│────────┘ └───┴───────┴───────────────┘
- │ │
- │ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- When you select the P option, the defaults currently in PC-TYPE+ in
- memory on your PC will be written to the PCTYPE.EXE file on disk.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- DEFINING WHERE PC-TYPE+ IS LOCATED
-
- At this point it is assumed you pressed A or P to save ALL defaults or
- Printer unique defaults, and then pressed P to save the defaults to
- PC-TYPE+ permanently. It is now necessary to locate PC-TYPE+ on disk
- so the defaults from PC-TYPE+ in memory can be placed into PC-TYPE+ on
- the disk. You will now be asked the question:
-
- Enter Save-Defaults Path - then press F10 (Null field = Current Dir)
-
- and you should enter the path to PC-TYPE+. (If you leave the field
- blank, your default directory will be assumed.)
-
- PC-TYPE+ will then present you with a list of all the .EXE files in
- the path you entered. By using the TAB (or Shift TAB keys), move the
- selection bar to the name of the PC-TYPE+ file and press F10. You
- can change the name PC-TYPE+ - or have more than one version - hence
- the selection. Your defaults will then be permanently installed.
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SAVING DEFAULTS to a FILE on DISK (F Option)
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ MEMORY │ │ DISK │
- │ ┌────────────────────────┤ │ │
- │ │ PC-TYPE+ in MEMORY │ │ │
- │ │ ┌────────────────┤ │ ┌────────────────┤
- │ │ │ DEFAULTS in │ │ │ DEFAULTS from │
- │ │ │ PC-TYPE+ in │ │ │ PC-TYPE+ to │
- │ │ │ MEMORY │ │ │ DISK │
- └───┴───────┴───────│────────┘ └───────────┴───────────────┘
- │ │
- │ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- When you select the F option, the defaults currently in PC-TYPE+ in
- memory on your PC will be written to a file you define on disk.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- DEFINING where to SAVE the DEFAULTS FILE
-
- At this point it is assumed you pressed A or P to save ALL defaults or
- Printer unique defaults, and then pressed F to save the defaults to
- disk. It is now necessary to define where to save the defaults.
- You will now be asked the question:
-
- Enter Save-Defaults Path - then press F10 (Null field = Current Dir)
-
- and you should enter the path to where you want to save them. (If you
- leave the field blank, your default directory will be assumed.) You
- will then be presented with a field marked "New File" and other fields
- corresponding to the names of previously saved defaults on this path
- of the same type (i.e., Printer Unique or ALL defaults), along with
- the message:
-
- Select by tabbing to desired file - then press F10 (or press Esc to Exit)
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- With the TAB key (or the ShiftTAB key combination to move in the
- opposite direction), move the selection bar over the appropriate field
- and press F10.
-
- If you select a previously defined name, then your current defaults
- will replace the defaults in the selected file.
-
- If you select "New File" and press F10, the "New File" name will be
- cleared from the field and you will be issued the message:
-
- Enter new File Name
-
- at which point you may type in the name you desire and press F10 (or
- Enter).
-
- In either case, your defaults will be saved to disk and by pressing a
- key you will be returned to your editing session.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SAVING DEFAULTS from the MODIFY DEFAULTS PANEL
-
- Assume you modified some defaults by going to the MODIFY DEFAULTS
- panel. You will be asked before you are returned to your editing
- session if you wish to save the modifications you made with the
- question:
-
- Save Modifications? (Press Y or N)
-
- If you press the 'Y' key in response to this question, the same series
- of questions described above will be issued.
-
- If you press the 'N' key in response, you will be returned to your
- editing session. THE CHANGES YOU MADE WILL NOT BE LOST. You do not
- have to save the defaults if you don't want to. They will still be in
- effect when you return to editing but will be lost when you leave the
- current editing session.
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-