Windows Expert/Windows Expert.iso/communic/twntlkdm.zip/TWINTALK.HLP

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%twk00.hlp
    TERMINAL EMULATION :

    Several  terminal  emulations  are   available   through
    'TERMINAL' menu.

    You simply click on the desired item to, after  a  quick
    initialization, select the desired emulation  mode.  All
    I/O will  then  be  processed  through  the  appropriate
    emulator.
*END*

%twk01.hlp
    CONNECTING TO A SITE :

    In the 'COMMANDS' menu, click on PHONEBOOK. A dialog box
    then appears. In the edit field NUMBER, enter the  phone
    number of the site you want to call. Do  not  forget  to
    validate the hook switch control and ringtype  (TONE  if
    you are connected through an electronic central or PULSE
    if you are on a rotary dial line).

    If you  now  click  on  the  CONFIRM  button,  all  your
    parameters will be saved to a  file  ready  to  be  used
    whenever desired. To  immediately  start  a  connection,
    click on DIAL.
*END*

%twk02.hlp
    CREATE A SITE :

    In the PHONEBOOK, if you want to save the configuration,
    after entering a filename in the FILE  field,  click  on
    SAVE.

    TWinTalk will the show the line settings window to allow
    you to change the modem type, speed, etc...  before  you
    click on the CONFIRM box. TWinTalk will  then  save  the
    global settings in the (.CFG) filename you supplied. You
    can create as many dialing sites as you wish.

    -To start a connection, you just have to double click on
    a site name in the SITES list box.

    -When you have clicked on DIAL, or double clicked  on  a
    site name, TWinTalk initialize  the  modem,  closes  the
    PHONEBOOK  window,  and  presents  you  with  connection
    control window.
*END*

%twk03.hlp
    COMMUNICATION SETTINGS :

    In the OPTIONS menu, click on the COMMUNICATIONS item. A
    dialog box appears. You can now choose the physical  and
    logical line settings. If you do not know what  kind  of
    modem you have, you should select one of the HAYES MODEM
    files as a starting point.

    Note: 'OFFHOOK' controls whether TwinTalk connects  with
            a remote site (ON) or is used just as  a  dialer
            (OFF). If you cannot connect to a  remote  site,
            try clicking this on. Also,  AUTOMATIC  must  be
            selected on the COMMANDS menu to allow dialing.

    Note: you  can  use  COM3  &  COM4  ports  only  if  the
            addresses of these ports are stored in your BIOS
            table. WARNING : When using COM3 or COM4  ports,
            it is not possible to use COM2 port for hardware
            reasons.
*END*

%twk04.hlp
    CONNECTION CONTROL :

    The connection control windows appears when the modem is
    in a dialing and a carrier detect state.

    When carrier is  detected,  the  sinusoidal  icon  stops
    moving, and the window closes, leaving you connected  to
    the remote site. If the thumb box should count  down  to
    zero, the window disappears, you are off-line, but still
    connected to the modem.

    If you hear through the modem speaker the line is  BUSY,
    you can  click  on  CANCEL,  but  you  are  again  still
    connected to the modem to dial again if you wish.
*END*

%twk05.hlp
    CAPTURE :

    This function of the 'FILE' menu, allows you to store in
    a file all the incoming data. You will then be  able  to
    examine this file locally (ie READ) at the completion of
    your session. TWinTalk asks for the file name  to  which
    the capture will be done.

    Two types of capture are available:

      1) SCREEN CAPTURE - This  functions  logs  the  entire
          session to a file.

      2) SCREEN->FILE - This function opens a  capture  file
          in which the 'TEXT' content of the current  screen
          will be stored each time the command  SCREEN->FILE
          is selected.
*END*

%twk06.hlp
    READ :

    Lets you read in  local  mode  (i.e.  off-line)  a  file
    CAPTURED or a text file.

    TWinTalk asks for the filename  of  the  file  to  read.
    Twintalk then sends the file to the appropriate emulator
    to interpret it (ANSI, VTxx, etc.).

    In the Videotex case, TWinTalk stops the  interpretation
    at each end of page, and you have to click on the  right
    scroll arrow to continue the reading.

    For the other  emulators,  you  may  stop  the  TWinTalk
    playback when needed by clicking on the PAUSE  checkbox.
    You may also change the speed using the  variable  speed
    feature.
*END*

%twk07.hlp
    SAVE AS :

    Saves the current TWinTalk settings in  a  dialing  site
    file.

    This command allows you to save under a specified name a
    special setting (i.e. change of  speed,  emulator  etc.)
    without accessing the PHONEBOOK.
*END*

%twk08.hlp
    PRINT :

    Prints  the  screen  content  on  the  current  selected
    printer. Note that only VIDEOTEX and PRESTEL  emulations
    allow graphic printing in eight gray levels.

    In text mode, the printing is done in black on white. In
    graphic  mode,  you  can  choose  between  POSITIVE   or
    NEGATIVE to lengthen  the  life  of  the  printer's  ink
    cartridge.

    SEE Printer setup on the FILES menu  to  configure  your
    printer!
*END*

%twk09.hlp
    COPY :

    Copy in the scrapbook the screen zone (text or  graphic)
    selected  by  the  mouse  or  the  whole  screen  if  no
    selection has been made. To select a screen zone,  bring
    the mouse arrow on the top left corner  of  the  virtual
    rectangle representing the selected zone.

    Then while depressing the mouse left button,  bring  the
    mouse arrow to the bottom right corner  of  the  virtual
    rectangle. Release the mouse button, the screen zone  is
    selected.

    PASTE :

    Allows you to send (on-line), the TEXT  content  of  the
    scrapbook.

    It is necessary to be connected, and to have  some  data
    available in TEXT format in the scrapbook  before  PASTE
    is  allowed.  TWinTalk  replaces  the   CR   LF   ending
    characters of each line  of  text  with  the  programmed
    strings (see the Options item in  the  'EDIT'  menu  for
    specialized requirements).
*END*

%twk10.hlp
    AUTOMATIC :

    When checked, this signals that TWinTalk is  running  in
    automatic mode for dialing and carrier  detecting.  When
    not checked, (manual mode) you  can  CONNECT  and  enter
    your own HAYES modem commands as desired. (Look at  your
    modem technical references manual for more details.)

    Example :

    You call someone you want to send a file to. You  decide
    the file transfer protocol and the line settings, one of
    you must now enter the ATD <CR> command to take  control
    of the line as the "SENDER", while the other enters  ATA
    <CR> to put his modem in answer state (e.g. "RECEIVER").
    The two modems will connect  to  each  other,  and  file
    transfers can now be done...
*END*

%twk11.hlp
    KEYBOARD :

    Draws a keyboard window (if it exists).

    A double click on a  screen  string  is  interpreted  by
    TWinTalk as a  command  to  send  (on-line)  the  string
    situated at the click position.
    The mouse left button appends a carriage return  to  the
    string. The mouse right button does the  same  but  does
    not generate the c/r. The string is parsed to  look  for
    specific keywords, but also will isolate out  contol  or
    special characters (like (){}[] etc.). Remember  though,
    at least one space must precede the selected string.

    In the  Videotex  emulations,  the  string  representing
    keywords (ie SUITE, ENVOI,  SOMMAIRE  etc...)  generates
    the corresponding function as in VTxx  F1  through  f16,
    return, etc...(Also note that ENVOI is sent at  the  end
    of a string instead of c/r).

  Videotex keyboard mapping :

      TAB..........Repetition      Lower Arrow..Suite
      Upper Arrow..Retour       Left Arrow...Correction
      Right Arrow..Annulation   Home.........Sommaire
      End..........Guide        F10..........Connexion/Fin
*END*

%twk12.hlp
    COLOR :

    If you have a color monitor and a  graphic  card  (EGA),
    COLOR will change the 8 possible colors to 8 gray  scale
    levels. If you have a monochrome graphic  configuration,
    you will be by default in gray mode, and COLOR will  put
    TWinTalk in a maximum contrast mode which will highlight
    the text not easily readable in gray scale mode.

    INK AND PAPER COLOR CHOICE :

    This option  is  very  useful  for  VTxxx  and  Teletype
    because  these  emulations  manage  color  escape  codes
    themselves and set initialization colors  that  you  may
    wish to modify.
*END*

%twk13.hlp
    ARRANGE :

    Restores (when  possible  and  necessary)  the  emulator
    window to its initial  place  and  original  size.  This
    command is only useful in Videotex and Prestel,  because
    these are the only emulations in which you  are  allowed
    to move the window.
*END*

%twk14.hlp
    CLOCK :

    By checking this option, you tell to TWinTalk  that  you
    want to calculate your connection costs.  TWinTalk  will
    ask the price of one minute of connect time and, as soon
    as the connection is established, will display a  window
    that will show the  time  elapsed  and  the  approximate
    cost.
*END*

%twk15.hlp
    FONTS :

    By checking this option, you tell to TWinTalk  that  you
    want to use, in ANSI emulation, the IBM  (tm)  character
    set rather than the ANSI character set. This  is  needed
    on  many  hosts  (servers)  and  BBS's  (Bulletin  Board
    Services).

    In VTxxx, you  can  choose  between  national  character
    sets.
*END*

%twk16.hlp
    PROGRAM :

    This menu gives access to TWinTalk's LEARN mode.

    You just have to click on LEARN, give a file  name,  and
    most of your TWinTalk commands will be saved in a script
    file (.TWK) as a source text file very close  in  syntax
    to that of PASCAL.

    When you need to end LEARN mode, click again on LEARN to
    close the file. Then, you can replay the 'scenario' with
    the EXECUTE command, telling  it  the  filename  of  any
    script you want to run.

    EDIT calls the MS-Windows (tm) text  editor  Notepad.exe
    and allows you to modify the script files.

    You can specify the text editor at your  convenience  in
    the Win.ini file in the  [TWinTalk]  chapter  under  the
    form:

    [TWinTalk]
    Edit=Notepad.exe
*END*

%twk17.hlp
    FILE TRANSFERS :

    TWinTalk can transmit files with  several  of  the  most
    common file transfer protocols. ASCII,  all  the  8  bit
    Christiansen ?MODEM protocols,  YMODEM,  PDIP  (used  in
    SmarTerm tm) and Kermit (v2.29). (The two last  can  run
    on 7 as well as 8 bits  width  communication  channels).
    ZMODEM may be added as an external  protocol  by  adding
    the following to WIN.INI: PROT1=name-of-dsz.PIF  (giving
    it the name of your PIF file for DSZ).

    To start a file transfer, SENDING or RECEIVING, you must
    be connected  to  another  computer  and  it  must  have
    already been instructed  that  a  transfer  is  to  take
    place.
*END*

%twk18.hlp
    USING TWINTALK WITHOUT MOUSE :

    You can use TWinTalk  without  a  mouse.  When  TWinTalk
    detects there is no mouse connected to the computer,  it
    allows you to COPY/PASTE with the keyboard  as  well  as
    the mouse.

        CTRL+ARROWS : move the mouse cursor  from  character
            to character in  the  direction  showed  by  the
            arrow.

        CTRL+SPACE+ARROWS : do  the  same  displacements  as
            before, but as if the mouse left button was down
            and do draws a selection rectangle for the  COPY
            command.

        CTRL+HOME : moves the mouse cursor to the  top  left
            corner of the display window.

        CTRL+END : moves the  mouse  cursor  to  the  bottom
            right corner of the display window.
*END*

%twk19.hlp
Vtxxx SETUP :

    Some parameters of  the  VT52,  VT10x,  D2000  and  ANSI
    emulations can be modified :

   - 132 Columns          Set 132 columns width
   - Invert screen        Inverts screen
   - Auto linefeed        Wrap with linefeed
   - Configurated keybd   User keyboard configuration
   - CR -> CR LF          Adds a linefeed to CR
   - Application arrows   Numeric or Application mode
   - Top margin           Sets VT1xx top margin
   - Bottom margin        Sets VT1xx bottom margin
   - BS sends DEL         Sends 7fh in place of 08h
*END*

%twk20.hlp
    KEYBOARD SETUP :

    This option allows you to define the sequences generated
    by the Function Keys on your keyboard.

      - To  move  from  panel  to  panel,  use  the  buttons
        <PREVIOUS> and <NEXT>.

      - If a syntax error is detected, the bad strings  will
        be highlighted.

      -  The  modifications  will  only   be   saved   after
        validation.

      - To use the configurated  keyboard  rather  than  the
        default keyboard look at VTxxx SETTINGS.
*END*

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