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TdrawAid (TD), Version 1.32
Copyright 1990-92 by Ray Carson
All Rights Reserved
Developed
by
RC Software
1113 Hillcrest
Conroe, Texas 77301
(409)756-6860, (409)756-5096
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D I S C L A I M E R - A G R E E M E N T
If you use TdrawAid (TD), you must accept this
disclaimer of warranty: TdrawAid is supplied as is.
The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of TdrawAid.
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A Hard disk is recommended but is not required. ANSI.SYS should be
loaded to correctly view color .ANS files but is not require d for
program operation. The line DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file
loads the ANSI.SYS driver.
The program will look for the datafile, $SETDATA, in the following
order:
1. In the current directory.
2. In a directory named TDRAWAID.
3. In a path set with an environment variable, TDRAWAID.
Example for the environment variable where UTILITY is the name
of the directory and the drive is C:
set TDRAWAID=c:\utility (Right)
set TDRAWAID=\utility (Wrong)
set TDRAWAID=utility (Wrong)
This program will create ASCII or ANSI files with text from a list of
of large fonts. The text can be saved to be used in batch files, text
files, or THEDRAW. Text to be used in THEDRAW can be saved using
color. At the Main menu, choose "Select Chacter Set" and then use the
Up and Down arrows, Home, End, PgUp, or PgDn to highlight the desired
character set. Press <Return> to select or <Esc> to abort amd return
to the menu. Next select "Enter/Edit Text". The screen will show the
maximum number of characters per line, maximum number of lines per
screen, editing keys and other data. Enter any text using letters and
spaces (uppercase is forced on). Press <F5> to view the output
screen as it will be written to the file, <F10> when the data is
compete as you want it, or <Esc> to abort. From the Main menu
You can optionally select "Center/Tab Text" or write the data to a
file as is. If you are going to use the text in THEDRAW then you will
not need to center or tab it as THEDRAW has its own block move. For
a batch file or text file you may want to choose this option. The text
you entered will be retained in memory so you can select another
character set to see what it will look like. Some characters will be
lost if you go from a set with a larger number of chatacters per line
to one that is smaller. You can freely choose between the items on
the Main menu. When centering or tabbing text you can press <F5> to
view the output screen. If you have any lines centered or tabbed any
you go back and edit them or change to another character set then the
tab values will be returned to zero. The program will only allow one
size character per line. If you want several different sizes then
write them to the same file using the <A>ppend option at the prompt
to save the file. If no working file has been set then you will be
prompted for a filename. At the next save you will be given the
options <A>ppend, <O>verwrite or <N>ew. When appending text to an .ANS
file for use in THEDRAW, view the working file to determine if it is
going to be too long as THEDRAW will only edit/display the first 25
lines of a file. The program does not limit you to any set length of
working file, .ANS or.ASC. If you want to make several screens to
load in THEDRAW then save them as different filenames. You can
view the working file from the main Menu at any time. When you choose
to save the text as format for THEDRAW, you will be presented with
an option box to choose the color. The default is white on black and
you can press <F10> or <Return> to accept the default if you do not
want color. If you set the color then all subsequent saves to a .ANS
file will use that color until you change it.
The "hot keys" for the main menu are highlighted in red for color
monitors and all hot keys can be viewed by pressing <F1>.
This program is not crippled in any way but the registered version
has more functions and fonts.
THEDRAW is a registered trademark (tm) of TheSoft Programming Services.
Revision v1.31
Added code to properly display .ASC files using the DOS TYPE
or MORE commands and the ability to load .ASC files in THEDRAW
without breaking up the lines on the display.
Revision v1.32
Removed the function to check the data file for integrity and
removed the function to force color off. Added internal code to
force uppercase on user input at the "<O>verwrite" prompt. Changed
the main menu colors.
Ray Carson
1113 Hillcrest
Conroe, Texas 77301
(409)756-5096