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San Diego OS/2 User Group
December 1993 INF Newsletter
Instructions for viewing in OS/2:
Quick & easy way:
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First, copy the *.inf file to an appropriate space on your hard drive.
Then, open an OS/2 Window by clicking on the "OS/2 System" folder
icon, then clicking on "Command Prompts", then an OS/2 Window.
At the OS/2 prompt, type "view c:\subdir\sdin9401" without the
quotation marks and where "subdir" is the subdirectory you may have
made to store the file. IF you just copied it to your root directory,
then omit the subdirectory.
More or less permanent / desktop icon way:
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To set up as an icon in the OS/2 "Information" folder:
Open up the "Information" folder. Then do the following steps:
Use your right mouse button and click on the REXX Information folder
(or any of the other "book" like icons you see. Then click on "create
another" then select "program".
A screen comes up where you can designate where it will be placed.
For now, use the default into the information folder and press enter.
A settings folder comes up. In the first field, type "view.exe" - I
didn't need the path when I tested it. In the parameters field, type
"c:\subdir\sdin9401.inf" -- the path where you have stored the INF
file.
You may notice that the little icon up in the left hand corner has
changed to a "book".
Select the "general" tab. Type in the name you want the "program" to
be called. Try SDOS2UG January. Then close the settings
folder by clicking on the upper left hand little icon twice.
You now have an icon to view the newsletter. Just double-click on it
and view it. There's two ways to do it. I spent most of my time the
first time setting it up so that it would work better if you double
clicked on "January Topics". It should look "cleaner" this way.
You could also click on the little "+" sign, too, but I learned the
hard way how different that is when you're doing the code. I hope to
have dinner someday with the person who wrote the IPFC compiler stuff,
but of course that person will just watch me eat.... :).
Have fun with it and hope it helps you out or provides interesting
reading. And if you have any ideas or spot anything unusual, pass a
note along to us.
Thanks for your time.
Other information:
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The archived file should include the following:
SDIN9401.INF --- The December INF file.
README.JAN --- This file for those wondering how to read an INF file.
I've gotten numerous requests or inquiries as to how I do the INF
newsletter. Flattery will get you everywhere. In the July
newsletter, I started to walk you through the various aspects I go
through to create what you see. It's not all techy code talk either
-- you might find it useful to learn to not only newsletters, but
office manuals, presentations or even that annaul holiday newsletter.
The biggest change in this edition of the INF is the expanded, and I
do mean EXPANDED OS/2 User Group / SIG directory. I'll let you check
it out yourself and see if you don't agree. And if you don't see your
favorite OS/2 group listed, well, time to fire up the modem or even
write us and let us know about you. We added a half-dozen more this
month (January 1994) alone.
Enjoy!!!!
Some Thoughts While You're Reading Anyhow
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I've been playing with HyperWrite for the last two or three weeks.
Let me tell, you, when they get this little gem done, everyone will
become a creator of INF files or newsletters or presentations.
However, it's not a finished product yet - I had to spend some time
re-doing some of the work it exports to an IPF format. There are
some things they need to work out before it'll do what I want it to
do. Like the animation feature. But like I said, it's the best tool I've
seen to date.
Now excuse me while I lay back and pretend I'm on the beach at Puerta
Galera in the Philippines as it nears an anniversary of sorts of someone
I met there. You know, the kind that leaves your heart in the pit of your
stomach, and surely brings a smile when a passing remembrance comes
to mind. Here's to her vacation in a few weeks... Or else.... :)
Mabuhay & cheers,
=8:|)ave Sichak
Editor
San Diego OS/2 User Group Newsletter