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THE EXTERNAL PROGRAMS SUPPLIED WITH TMW
ENCRYPT.EXE
There's a file on the disk called ENCRYPT.EXE. Several
registered users have been asking me for a way to keep prying
fingers off the ASCII text in their shareware products, and
this is the answer. Encrypt simultaneously uses 2 techniques
of encryption, so it is unlikely anyone will be able to break
the code.
To use ENCRYPT.EXE, type ENCRYPT at the DOS prompt, then
the name of the file you want to encrypt. Make sure you have
a backup copy of the file first, because encryption is
permanent. I cannot provide an unencryption program, because
it would compromise your security if it should fall into the
wrong hands.
When MSHOW sees an encrypted file, it automatically
translates it. You make no changes in the way MSHOW works.
TMW can read an encrypted file also, but if you attempt to
add to the file, well...you can't.
PCXRPT.EXE
Another new external program on your disks is PCXRPT.EXE.
This delivers technical information from within .PCX files.
Mostly, you won't need this, but for those of you who are
trying weird things, or if you you have an unusual .PCX file,
this program may be helpful.
You see, not all .PCX files are created alike. Various
paint, scan and conversion programs make their own versions
of .PCX files. There are some conventions however, and
PCXRPT will tell you how well those conventions have been
followed. .PCX files always reserve the first 128 bytes for
"header" information. PCXRPT reads the header, translates
it, and puts on screen and in a disk file for you. Anytime
PCXRPT has been run, it will make a file on disk with the
same name as the .PCX file you have examined, but with the
extension .RPT.
CHANGE.EXE
This is of interest to Turbo Pascal and Turbo/Borland C
programmers. You can now convert script files into source
code for use directly within your own programs! So far,
Pascal is fully supported (with CHANGEX.TPU supplied) and C
is partially supported, but without .PCX, ZOOM and support of
several other services. Development continues. To use
CHANGE, simply follow the directions as they appear on the
screen. .PAS or .C files will be created. Then, with little
modification, you can use these in your programs.
ORDER.EXE
You can make a special file called ORDER.FRM for use with
ORDER.EXE which will allow your readers to print out your own
custom order form. Registered users of Writer's Dream or The
Multimedia Workshop may distribute ORDER.EXE with their
electronic books.
To use it, make an ordinary ASCII file called ORDER.FRM.
The first five lines in the file will be printed whenever a
reader types ORDER at the DOS prompt. Then the reader's name,
address, phone number and required disk size will be printed.
Then the remaining lines of text within ORDER.FRM will be
printed. You should be careful to include no more lines than
will fit on a single sheet of 8.5" by 11" paper.
For best results with the widest variety of printers, use
a 10 character left margin and 10 character right margin (60
characters per line).
To understand this program better, try the example which
is Another Company's ORDER.FRM. Type ORDER at your DOS
prompt to see it work. Then examine our ORDER.FRM with your
word processor. Copy it and change it to suit your tastes.
You can now list ORDER.EXE in the WRITER'S DREAM menu
with the BUILD program and your users can print an order form
with the greatest of ease.
You can also list ORDER.EXE in your MSHOW presentation.
Two enhancement programs to Writer's Dream are included,
which registered DREAM users may use with their text
presentations:
SPACE.EXE
Many people like the appearance of a text file in which
the lines of text are about 60 characters wide and centered
on the screen, such as this file you are now reading. Lines
of 60 characters width or less cause less eyestrain, too.
SPACE.EXE helps you add that look to your own documents.
Start by creating a file in which your left margin is set to
1 and the right margin is 60 columns. When the file is done,
run SPACE.EXE. It will ask you to type the name of your
file. It will create a duplicate of that file, but with a
left margin. You will have to type a name for the duplicate
file. For instance, if your original file is called
CHAPTER.1, you can call the new one CH.1. Then you will be
asked to type a number of spaces to add to the left edge of
the lines of text. Type 10. And, voila, CH.1 becomes a
professional looking file!
If you use Word Perfect or Microsoft Word, when your
files are converted to ASCII, left justification (margin) is
stripped off. SPACE.EXE will restore your left margin.
REPAIR.EXE
REPAIR.EXE makes copies of your text files, but in the
process attempts to repair non-ASCII text. It does not work
with the default mode files created by all word processing
programs, but works with many. Fortunately, almost all word
processing programs have their own way to create ordinary
ASCII text. If your word processor does not do a good job of
it, try using REPAIR.EXE. Type REPAIR at your DOS prompt.
The program is super-easy-to-use.
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