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BORDER BUNDLE
ACCESSORY or STAND-ALONE PROGRAM
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SHAREWARE
Since its introduction in January '92 Border Bundles has received
many compliments and kudos for it's capability in filling the gap
between Calamus's meager offerings and creating a border from
scratch in a program like OutLine or Avant Vector. Not to mention
having to redo the creation for a different frame size.
This shareware program to date has been passed around all over the
world, with many happy DTP'ers merrily generating decorative
borders to any size in multiple styles up to 24"x24" on a whim.
Version 2 added the capability of producing easy crop/register
marks for printer ready professional results for any document.
This capability was received with great fanfare.
To continue the evolution, version 2.5 is now finished with some
improvements that have been suggested by users.
A library search (goto) has been added to help locate a particular
design. This is a great help with larger libraries. It will search
by name (or partial name) or by border number. If the name or number
exist in the library BB will display it.
The cropmarks always worked well with a small problem that was
detected only after extensive use of the feature. The line
thickness of the cropmarks did not remain consistant with different
frame sizes. Smaller cropmark frames would have thinner lines. Not
a problem with laser output, but go to lino output and they could
get so thin they could hardly be seen at frame sizes below 5". This
has been addressed in ver. 2.5 and BB will now adjust the actual line
thickness to suit the frame size thus ensuring a consistant
thickness in points no matter what frame size is defined. I also
added an editable field so you can define the actual line thickness
to suit your own needs. Default is 0.5pt and should be sufficient for
99% of all jobs.
In your LZH file you will find:
B_BUNDLE.TXT This document
BBUNDL25.ACC The working controller accessory/program for
defining and building your actual borders.
BBUNDL25.RSC The resource file.
* B_BUNDLE.LIB The 'library' data file that contains bit-image
data of each available border images and a
filename pointer to the actual 6 master art
files listed below.
* SQARDASH.BRD <
* THINDASH.BRD < The master art for 6 free borders
* MEDDASH.BRD <
* THCKDASH.BRD < Place the files marked with a "*" in a
* CORBOX.BRD < folder named B_BUNDLE.ART in the same
* WEAVE.BRD < directory as BBUNDL25.ACC/PRG
Once this is done you may launch Border Bundle as a program or as an
accessory. Border Bundles will then initilize itself with B_BUNDLE.LIB
data and allow you to scroll through the selections available.
Any of the selections may then be given a frame width, frame height
and a border width. You may also define the foreground and background
tint of the finished border, allowing you greater flexability when
defining your borders.
Clicking the 'Build Border' button will bring up a fileselector box
with the default BORDER.CVG name with the default path being into the
B_BUNDLE.ART folder.
You may change the path to where you want the finished border file to
be placed and change the name if you wish.
Clicking 'OK' will then cause Border Bundle to build the border to disk
using the name and path you choose (or go with the default).
The 'Build Border' button will change to 'Building...' during this
process. This will only take a few seconds.
If you're running from floppy disk, insure that you have sufficient
room on the disk to accomodate the new file. The file size will vary
depending on the complexity of the original border, but in most
cases 20k bytes should be sufficient.
When this is complete, you may exit Build Border and import the new
BORDER.CVG (or whatever name you chose) into Calamus by first opening
a Vector Graphic frame on your page and importing the file into it.
**NOTE: The border width is the controlling factor in the actual frame
width and height of the finished border. In other words: If you define
a border with a width of X:5.10", a height of Y:4.25" and a border
width of W: 0.25", the actual frame size will be set to an even
multiple of the border width i.e. 5.00" x 4.25" x 0.25".
If you actually need a width of 5.10" you may stretch it to that width
from within Calamus which will cause a slight distortion, but not
one that will be noticed by anyone without an accurate steel ruler.
** CREATING CROPMARKS **
Border Bundles will also do cropmarks in CVG format to any size up to
24"x24". Cropmarks can be made up of any combination of Bleed/Trim,
Trim or Register marks. You can choose which segments to include in a
Cropmark CVG by selecting them with the mouse pointer.
Enter the size of area you wish to crop (which is based on the Trim
area) in the X: and Y: fields. The W:(width) field is ignored as
Border Bundles will add a margin of 1/2" extra to the width and height
of the desired size and place the actual cropmarks in this area.
You may also change the line thickness of the finished cropmarks
to anything up to 9.99 points. What use this will be is anyone's
guess, but you have the technology. I suggest you stick with the
default .5pt default for most uses.
Clicking the 'BUILD CROPS' button will bring up a fileselector box
with the default CROPMRKS.CVG name with the default path being into the
B_BUNDLE.ART folder.
You may change the path to where you want the finished cropmark file
to be placed and change the name if you wish.
You may then import the cropmark file into Calamus, optimise its
size and place it where desired.
** THE OTHER BORDER DESIGNS **
Border Bundles is a shareware program, so this is where I ask for a
small donation of $20.00 for what you have now. The other designs are
available for $1.50 each with a minimum order of 10. You can get a
catalog printout of all designs to date (58 as of Aug 92) by
sending me a self addressed #10 (business) envelope and $3.00 for
postage. Do not place stamps on the envelope, instead of the $3.00
unless you live in Canada. Canada Post will not accept mail with
foreign stamps.
Send to: Gregg Rodgers
1324 Eastern Drive
Port Coquitlam
British Columbia, Canada
V3C 2R9
Please feel free to distribute the BBUNDL25.LZH file to friends or
local BBS's 'as is' with this text file included.