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- <Chapter 5: Chart File Operations>
-
- <Section 5.1: Load Chart>
- If you want to load an org chart file from your disk into your
- computer's memory for the purpose of viewing the chart, changing it,
- printing it, or exporting it in a graphic format, then you will want to
- use the LOAD-CHART command in the top menu.
-
- When you invoke this command, you are presented with a menu of all
- files in the current directory with the extension "ORG". The current
- directory is the directory that was active in DOS when ORCHIS was loaded.
- The following method is used when choosing an item from this menu. The
- items listed are displayed alphabetically. The menu appears with an
- initial item highlighted. As you begin to type a name, at each keystroke
- the highlight moves to the first entry compatible with the keys typed so
- far. At any point, you can select the highlighted entry by pressing ENTER.
- The highlight can also be moved with the Up-Arrow, Down-Arrow, Home, and
- End keys. If the list of names is too large to fit in the menu window at
- one time, you can use Left-Arrow and Right-Arrow to move the highlight
- into successive menu pages. Also, you can highlight an item by simply
- pointing to it with the cursor.
-
- The LOAD-CHART command also displays a file name input form in the
- chart window. This is an entry form with a single field used for entering
- a file specification. If you want to load an org chart file from a device
- or directory other than the current directory, activate the entry field in
- the file name form by pressing the TAB key or clicking on the field with
- the cursor. Then identify the file you want to load by entering the target
- file name, optionally adding device, path, and file extension information
- as required.
-
- Note that the current org chart is not automatically saved to disk
- when another is loaded. If unsaved work would be lost by a LOAD-CHART
- operation, you will be prompted for verification first.
-
- <Section 5.2: Save Chart>
- After creating or modifying a chart, if you want to save the results
- from your computer's memory to a file on disk, you will need to use the
- SAVE-CHART command in the top menu. When you invoke this command, a file
- name input form is displayed in the chart window and its entry field is
- activated for text input. Initially, this field contains the file
- specification of the last performed LOAD-CHART or SAVE-CHART operation. To
- save to this file, simply press the ENTER key. To save to another file,
- enter the file name only (if your are saving to the current directory) or
- optionally add device, path, and file extension information as required.
-
- <Section 5.3: New Chart>
- The NEW-CHART command erases all chart data in your computer's
- memory, and constructs a default chart as though ORCHIS had just been
- loaded. If unsaved work would be lost, you are asked to verify before the
- deletion takes place. Only the chart data loaded into ORCHIS are erased;
- chart files on disk are not affected by this command.
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