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BANNER MAKER Documentation (Initial Draft 05/04/86)
Copyright (c) 1986
by F.P. Nagle
Introduction
The BANNER MAKER program from RUBICON SOFTWARE will allow you to
generate banners on ANY printer. The options allow for multiple
font styles, and banners of 1, 2 or 4 lines of text. The program
takes complete advantage of GEM (tm of DRI) and The Operating
System (TOS). It will function with either a Color or Monochrome
monitor in Medium or High Resolution. (It will work in Low
Resolution on the Color monitor, but the screen will not look
correct.) Along with the fonts supplied, most of the fonts created
for D.E.G.A.S. (tm of Batteries Included and Tom Hudson) will also
work with this package. The single height fonts will work, while
double height fonts will not. I have found 60% of the fonts do
work.
MENU Items
When you first start the BANNER MAKER, it creates a new set of
menu items for the program to use. Along with the ever present
Desk you will see five additional items (Size/Fonts/Printer/Banner
Position/Line Selection). We will now go through the items one at
a time.
DESK
If you select this, along with the normal accessories you may have
loaded, you will see an additional item called About Banner Maker.
Selecting this item by double clicking (TWO QUICK clicks of the
left mouse button) will produce the following screen. To exit this
just point at the 'OK' button at the bottom and click once.
SIZE
Selecting this will give you three options, (One/Two or Four
Lines), for your banner size. The characters generated on the
banner are automatically sized for you based on the number of
lines selected. A four line banner can show more text than a
single line banner. Each line can hold up to 72 characters.
FONTS
This menu selection allows you to select the character font you
want to use on your banner. When the program first starts it LOADS
the font called SYSTEM.FNT from drive A:.
Normal
When you select this, the system goes out to drive A: and
reloads the font called SYSTEM.FNT. This is the font that is
loaded at the start-up of this program.
Load New Font
Upon selecting this, a disk directory is presented to you on
the screen of those files ending in .FNT. These are the
supplied font styles for use in generating your banners.
Selecting one of the fonts will cause it to be loaded into
the program, and any banner created with the font will be
printed using the new font style. The new style will not be
shown on the screen, but it will be produced on the printer.
PRINTER
This selection allows you to tell the BANNER MAKER where you want
your banner to be sent, Printer or Disk.
To Disk
If you select this option, the BANNER MAKER will prompt you
for a disk file name to send the banner to. It will default
to A:\BANNER.BNR but you can change the drive and file name
to anything you wish. (As long as it is a valid drive, and
follows the normal file naming conventions.) By sending your
banner to disk, you can create the same banner over and over
without having to re-run the BANNER MAKER. You can also send
a file created like this to your friends so they can print
the banner without having the BANNER MAKER program. Send
birthday greetings, upload banners to BBS's, save your
masterpieces to disk.
To Printer
As soon as you click on this item, the banner you have
created on the the screen will be sent directly to the
printer. Be sure your printer is ready, and that your banner
is as you want it.
BANNER POSITION
This menu item gives you up to three selections. (Left Justify/
Center Text/ Right Justify). If you select a One Line banner, then
Center Text and Right Justify are disabled. With a banner of more
than one line, then BOTH these options are enabled.
Left Justify
This will align all text on the left margin. It is the
default upon starting the program, and the only option for a
banner of One Line.
Center Text
This will center the text in any banner of more than One
Line. Just as with a word processor, you will see the
centering take place on the screen so that you can verify the
text looks correct.
Right Justify
With any banner of more than one line, this option will align
all the text along a right margin. The right margin will be
formed at the text line that is longest.
NOTE: Any of these options may be selected or re-selected without
having to re-enter the text of the banner.
LINE SELECTION
This menu item informs the BANNER MAKER of which line of text you
wish to enter. It defaults to Line 1, and Lines 2 through 4 are
disabled if the Size option has been set to One Line.
Line 1 through Line 4
Selecting each line, you are then free to enter up to 72
characters of text for that line. After pressing the Return
key, or exceeding 72 characters, the line of text is
transferred to the appropriate line at the top of the screen.
To change a line already in the banner, just select the line
again, and type the new text. Upon completion, the existing
line of the banner will be replaced.
COMPLETE SOURCE:
For complete source to this program, send $15.00 to:
Frank P. Nagle
559 Bobolink Circle
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3309
I hope you find this program useful and interesting.