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  1. 07201030305801
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  5. Ç+---------------------------------------------------------------+
  6. |Copyright|
  7. ||
  8. |STICKERIIIandallotherdatawithSTICKERIII|
  9. ||
  10. |by|
  11. ||
  12. |ShapoorE.Engineer|
  13. |-------------------------------------------------------------|
  14. |Pictograms|
  15. ||
  16. |by|
  17. ||
  18. |PeterC.Behrens|
  19. |-------------------------------------------------------------|
  20. |PrinterDriverfor24-PinPrinters|
  21. ||
  22. |by|
  23. ||
  24. |Agoodfriendwhowantstoremainanonymous|
  25. |-------------------------------------------------------------|
  26. |ManualforSTICKERIII|
  27. ||
  28. |by|
  29. ||
  30. |FrankSteinmetz|
  31. +---------------------------------------------------------------+
  32.  
  33. ThisprogramisShareware.Inspiteofthat,orexactlybecause
  34. ofthat,youshould,ifyougiveittofriendsandacquaintances,
  35. providethemwithALLofthedataintheoriginal.Changesin
  36. theprogramormanualandcommercialdistributionwillbelegally
  37. pursued.
  38.  
  39. Notice:WhoeverfalsifiesSTICKERIIIorimitatesitor
  40. distributesimitatedorfalsifiedversionsofSTICKER
  41. IIIwillbepunishedtowritingandusingnotlessthan
  42. 3ST-Basicprograms(version1.01985).
  43.  
  44. WhoeverenjoysSTICKERIIIandwhousesitfrequentlyshouldsend
  45. the$10totheaddressbelow.
  46. WhoeverisinterestedintheGFAsourcecodeshouldsend$15.In
  47. returnyouwillreceiveadiskwiththelatestversionofSTICKER
  48. andtheGFAsourcecode.
  49. Youneednotsendadiskoraselfaddresedevelope,thesecosts
  50. arecoverdbytheextra$5DM.
  51. Pleasesendto:
  52. 
  53. ShapoorE.Engineer
  54. Hudeland5
  55. D5760Arnsberg-1
  56. WestGermany
  57.  
  58. Manythanksforyourunderstanding.
  59.  
  60.  
  61.  
  62.  
  63.  
  64. MANUALFORSTICKERIII-Label-printingprogramV3.2
  65.  
  66. Thefollowingfilesshouldbesetupinfoldersasbelow:
  67.  
  68. -folderSTICKERIII
  69.  
  70. -STICK_3E.PRG
  71. -STICK_3E.DAT
  72. -DEFAULT
  73.  
  74. -folderMANUAL
  75.  
  76. -folderASCII.TXT
  77.  
  78. -SHORTCUT.TXT
  79. -STICK_3E.TXT
  80.  
  81. -folderWORDPLUS.DOC
  82.  
  83. -STICK_3E.DOC
  84. -FSB.IMG
  85. -LABEL.IMG
  86. -EDITOR.IMG
  87. -FUNKTION.IMG
  88.  
  89. -folderPICTOS
  90.  
  91. -PICTO_1.ADD
  92. -PICTO_2.ADD
  93. -NO_NAME.ADD
  94.  
  95. ToenableyoutouseofallofthefunctionsofSTICKERIII
  96. (Editor,loadinginofpictograms),aminimumof1megabyteis
  97. necessary,withno.ACCs.Youcan'tuse.ACCsfromwithinSTICKER
  98. III,anyway.Intheeventthatyouonlyhave512kilobytes
  99. available,youmayrunintoproblemsusingtheEditor(overloading
  100. thecomputerwithtoomanypictogramsresultinginacrash),but
  101. practicewillhelpavoidsuchproblems.
  102.  
  103. AfterloadingSTICKERIIIwithadoubleclickonSTICK_3E.PRG,a
  104. picturemenuwillappearthroughwhichyoucanperformall
  105. functions.Youwillsurelywonderwherethepull-downmenusare.
  106. Notthatthedevelopercouldn'thaveprovidedthem,butuseis
  107. simplifiedwithoutthem.Inthispicturemenuyouwillfinda
  108. blanklabelthatwillbefilledinbyyouractions.
  109. 
  110. Afterstarting,STICKERIIIasksyouwhichprinteryouareusing.
  111. ThereafterSTICKERIIIwillautomaticallyprovidethedatafora
  112. 9-or24-pinprinter.Itisnotnecessarytosaveyourselection.
  113. IfSTICKERIIIdoesn'taskyouthisquestion,thenthereis
  114. alreadyafilebythenameofPRINTERonyourdisk,whichisthe
  115. printerdriver.Youshouldtrashitifyoudon'tknowwhetherit
  116. isforyourprinterornot.Forthetestingofthisprogram,a
  117. STARNL10,RITEMANF+,NECP6/P7,NECP2200,andEPSONLQ850were
  118. used,andnoneofthemhadproblemswithperformance.
  119.  
  120.  
  121.  
  122.  
  123.  
  124. üëMAKINGLABELS
  125. Ç
  126. THEFILE-SELECTOR-BOX
  127.  
  128. AbovetheFSByou'llseetheactual
  129. paththecomputerisfollowing(for
  130. exampleA:\*.*).Intheboxbelow
  131. arethefilenamesfromthediskin
  132. DriveA.Youcanscrollthrough
  133. thislistbyclickingonthearrows
  134. ordoublearrowsontherightside
  135. ofthebox.Thediamond-shaped
  136. symbolinthemiddleofthese
  137. arrowsservestocloseopened
  138. folders.Belowthelistof
  139. filenamesaretwoDriveiconsfor
  140. selectionofthedrive(AorB)
  141. fromwhichthefilenamesaretobe
  142. read.
  143.  
  144. IntherowbelowtheDriveicons
  145. youwillfindboxeswithadiamond-
  146. shapedfoldersymbol(whichcanbe
  147. usedasasymbolofafolderonthe
  148. labelyoucreateifitisclicked
  149. on)andaboxcalledEXT(which,
  150. whenclickedon,willcausethe
  151. extension(forexample.PRG)ofa
  152. filenametoappearonthelabelyou
  153. create).Inaddition,youcanchoosewhetherornottoinclude
  154. informationregardingthesizeordateonthelabelyoucreate.
  155. OnthebottomrowoftheFSByoucandecidewhetheryouwantto
  156. listfoldercontentsortotakeoverthefoldernameintothe
  157. label.
  158.  
  159.  
  160. THELABEL
  161.  
  162. Ontheleftinthepicturemenuscreenyou'llseetheactual
  163. labelwhichshouldlaterbeexpelledbyyourprinterexactlyas
  164. youhaveassembleditonthescreen.Youcangetblanklabelsto
  165. fitthisprogram'sproductsfromDisks-To-Go(Phone609-456-7172)
  166. andsimilarsources;you'llneedthelargersizethatwraparound
  167. thetopofthe31/2"disk(23/4"X23/4").Youcanfillthe
  168. labelintwoways:Youcanusethemousetoclickonthe
  169. appropriatefilenameintheFSBandthenclickoneachlinearea
  170. ofthelabel(i.e.,betweenanytwolines)sothatthefilename
  171. willthenappearinthespecifiedlineareaofthelabelORyou
  172. canclickonanylineareaonthelabelandtypeinwhatyouwant
  173. printedonthatline.Thelabelareasareasfollows:
  174.  
  175.  
  176.  
  177.  
  178.  
  179.  
  180.  
  181.  
  182.  
  183.  
  184. -REARTEXT--rearsideofthelabelwhichwrapsaround
  185. thebackofthedisk)--upto15letters/spaces.
  186.  
  187. -MONITOR--clickonittospecifyCOLOR(C)orMONO(M)
  188.  
  189.  
  190. -EDGETEXT--theedgeofthelabelwhereitwrapsaround)--
  191. upto20characters.
  192.  
  193. -FRONTTEXT--7linesonthefrontofthelabel,ofwhich
  194.    thefirstwillbeprintedinboldface(youcan'tdo
  195.    anythingaboutthatexceptwriteforthesourcecodeand
  196.    changeit).
  197.  
  198. -GRAPHICAREAS--thetwonearsquaresattheleftandright
  199.    nearthebottomofthelabelforgraphics.
  200.  
  201. -GRAPHICTITLEareas--lineareasundereachgraphicforthe
  202.    titleofthegraphic.
  203.  
  204. -DISKNUMBERAREA--thefirstoffivelinesbetweenthetwo
  205. graphicsforthedisknumber.
  206.  
  207. -SMALLTEXT--4lineareasforlittlenotesbetweenthe
  208. graphicsatthebottomofthelabel.
  209.  
  210.  
  211. REARTEXT-------------------MONITOR
  212. EDGETEXT------------
  213.  
  214.  
  215.  
  216.  
  217.  
  218.  
  219.  
  220.  
  221. DISKN0.------------------------------RIGHTGRAPHIC
  222. AREA
  223. LEFTGRAPHIC-------------------------SMALLTEXTAREA
  224. AREA-------UNDERTITLE
  225.                        
  226.  
  227. Tofillthe7linesyouhaveonlytoclicktheappropriate
  228. filenameintheFSBandthenclickthelineareaonthelabel
  229. whereyouwantittoappear(leftbuttonbothtimes).Tofill
  230. theleftgraphicsquare,clickwiththeleftmousebuttonona
  231. pictogram.Tofilltherightgraphicsquare,clickwiththe
  232. rightmousebuttononapictogram.Whenyouusetherightmouse
  233. button,thegraphictitle(ifany)willautomaticallyappearin
  234. thetitleareabelowit.Withtherightmousebutton,youcan
  235. putcertainpreviously-determinedtextundertheLEFTgraphic
  236. (Date,Original,Backup,Workdisk).Withtheleftbuttonyoucan
  237. puttextofyourownchoosinginanyofthelineareas(orremove
  238. whatisthere):clicktheleftmousebuttononthelineareain
  239. question;aboxwillappeartoreceiveyourtyping.Ifyouclick
  240. therightmousebuttoninthefourlineareasbetweenthe
  241. graphics,youcanputpreviously-determinedtextonthoselines
  242. (Protect,Unprotect,Format,...)
  243.  
  244. Text input:
  245.  
  246. By all text inputs, the present text is displayed and is editable.
  247.  
  248. The following comands enable you to manipulate the text:
  249.  
  250.      - ESC          --> Deletes the line
  251.      - BACKSPACE    --> Deletes the the letter behind the cursor
  252.      - DELETE       --> Deletes the letter under the cursor
  253.      - INSERT       --> Flips between insert and overwrite mode                        Überschreibmodus
  254.      - RETURN & ENTER --> Take over text
  255.  
  256. PICTOGRAMS
  257. Asdescribedbriefly
  258. above,atthebottom
  259. ofthescreenyou'll
  260. findarowofpicto-
  261. grams,thegraphics
  262. tobeincludedon
  263. yourlabel.There
  264. aresixofthese
  265. iconsnexttoeach
  266. otherinarow.At
  267. therightandleft
  268. ofthisroware
  269. arrowswhichpermit
  270. scrollingthrough
  271. variousrowsof
  272. graphics,sothatmanyofthesepictogramsareavailabletoyou.
  273. BetweentherightscrollingarrowandtheFSBthereisaninfo
  274. linewhichshowsyouhowmanyrowsareinmemoryandwhichof
  275. theserowsiscurentlyinuse.
  276. WhenSTICKERIIIstartsup,itautomaticlyloadsthepictogram
  277. fileslistedinthefileDEFAULT.With STICKER III it is possible
  278. to put together a default set of pictograms which are loaded at
  279. program start.
  280.  
  281. To do this you have to make a DEFAULT file in which the names of 
  282. the files to be loaded are written under one another. You can use 
  283. any text editor to do this,theonlythingyouhavetotakecare
  284. of isthattheDEFAULTfileissavedaspure ASCII-Code.The
  285. files to be loaded have to be in the folder PICTOS and the folder
  286. PICTOS must be on the same dirctory level as STICK_3E.PRG and
  287. STICK_3E.DAT.Youcanloadupto150pictograms(25rows),trying
  288. toloadmorewon'twork.STICKERIIIwillautomaticlystop
  289. loadingwhenit'sbellyisfull.
  290.  
  291.  
  292.  
  293.  
  294.  
  295.  
  296.  
  297.  
  298.  
  299.  
  300.  
  301.  
  302.  
  303. THEBUTTONS
  304. Theuppertwobuttonsarefor
  305. loadingandsavingyourlabelsfor
  306. furtheruse,soyoudon'thaveto
  307. makenewonesallthetime.
  308.  
  309. Inthesecondrowyouwillfinda
  310. buttonbythenameofADD-A-ROW.
  311. Afterclickingthisbuttonyouwill
  312. beaskedifyouwanttoLOADmore
  313. pictogramsorCREATEnewones.
  314. IfyouchoosetoLOADmore,you
  315. willbeaskedifyouwanttoadd
  316. newpictogramstothosealready
  317. loadedin,thuskeepingtheones
  318. thatarenowloaded,ortoreplace
  319. thosenowloadedwiththepicto-
  320. gramsyouplantoload.
  321. Icondataisindicatedwiththeextension".ADD".Whateveryou
  322. chose,amaximumof150pictogramscanbeloaded.Afteryou
  323. reachthemagicnumberof150loadingwillautomaticlyterminate.
  324. 
  325. IfyouchosetoCREATEpictogramsyouwillfindyouselfinthe
  326. pictogrameditor,butmoreaboutthatlater.
  327.  
  328. ThebuttonwiththenameofPRINTITdoesexactlythat,itprints
  329. yourlabel.
  330.  
  331. Inthebottomrowyouwillfindtwobuttons,theoneontheleft
  332. clearsthelabelandgivesyouanewonetoworkon.Theright
  333. buttonbeamsyoubacktotheDesktop.
  334.  
  335.  
  336. üëTHEEDITOR
  337. Ç
  338. Ifyouchoosetocreatenewpictograms,anewEDITORscreenwill
  339. appearwith24emptyiconsandamenulist.UndertheMenu
  340. OptionLOAD,finishediconscanbeloadedintotheeditor.(Note
  341. thatthisdoesnotmakethemautomaticallyavailablefromthe
  342. mainlabel-makingscreen).WithSAVE,youcansaveoneormore
  343. rowsfromtheicongroupingabovethemenuasan.ADDfile.Todo
  344. thischoosetheroworrowsyouwanttosave(byclickingon
  345. them),andthenclick"OK"beforeyouarepresentedwithafile-
  346. selector-box.Ifyouwanttotitleaniconyouhavedesigned,
  347. choosetheMenuOptionNAME.Yourgraphicwillappearandyoucan
  348. provideeachpicturewithanameandaindex,aletterwhichwill
  349. automaticallyappearlastinthedisknumberfieldofanylabel
  350. usingthatgraphic(forexample,youmightwanttochooseTfor
  351. Toolsifyourdisk-numberingsystemdistinguishesthesetypesof
  352. programs).
  353.  
  354. WithCOPYandSWAPyoucanduplicateandmovethepictograms
  355. around.
  356.  
  357. Youcanquittheeditorintwoways.WithENDyouleavethe
  358. editorandreturntothelabelmakingpartofstickerwithoutany
  359. fuss.IfyouchoseTAKEyouhavetheposibilitytotakethe
  360. pictogramswithyou.Todothisyousimplyclicktherowsyou
  361. wanttotakewithyouandthenclickonOK.
  362.  
  363. Throughthechoiceof"EDITOR",youcanchangeiconsordesignnew
  364. oneswithalimiteddrawingprogram.Actuallytheeditoris
  365. self-explanatory,butthereareafewthingsworthmentioning:
  366.  
  367. Allthedrawingfunctionsarebegunbyholdingdowntheleft
  368. mousebuttonandendedbylettinggo.
  369.  
  370. Therightmousebuttonprovidesforan"undo"--clickitto
  371. undothelastthingyoudrew.
  372.  
  373. Settingpointsanddeletingthem:
  374. Whereveryouclicktheleftmousebuttoninthedrawing
  375. window,apointwilleitherbeplacedorremoved.Ifyou
  376. startbyclickingonablackpoint,you'llbe"drawing"in
  377. white(removingeverythingyoupassover);ifyoustartby
  378. clickingonawhitepoint,you'llbedrawinginblack.
  379.  
  380. Scissors:
  381. Thisfunctionallowsyoutocutarectangularpiecefroma
  382. full-screenpicture.However,thepicturemustfirstbe
  383. loadedinbyclicking"BILDLADEN".OnlyDoodleandDegas
  384. (.PI3)picturescanbeloadedandcut.
  385. Youhavetwooptions:
  386.  
  387.      - 1-1    --> Cuts a pictogramm sized piece out of a picture.
  388.  
  389.      - AUTO   -->Automaticly  scales the cut out piecetopicto-
  390. gram size.
  391.  
  392. Youcancreateeraseareasofthepicturewithalittle
  393. trick:
  394. 1.Choosethesolidblackpattern(MUSTER).
  395. 2.Choosethefilledrectangledrawingshape.
  396. 3.Invertthepicture.
  397. 4.Covertheareatobedeletedwiththefilled
  398. rectangle.
  399. 5.Reinvertthepicture.
  400.  
  401.  
  402. AdditionalNotes
  403.  
  404. IhaveconvertedthisdocumentationfiletoWordWriterStformat
  405. forinclusionintoDesktopPublisher,bothexcellentproductsof
  406. Timeworks,Inc.Alsoincludedinthisprogramareadditional
  407. pictogramfilescreatedbymyselfandotherswhoremainunknown.
  408. AgratefulthankyougoestoShapoorE.Engineer,PeterC.
  409. Behrens,FrankSteinmetz,andtheanonymousfriendwhomadethis
  410. superbprogramactuallyprintonmy24pinNECP2200.Iwould
  411. liketoespeciallyliketothankShapoorforprovidingmewiththe
  412. sourcecodeandEnglishtranslationofboththeprogramandthe
  413. documentation.IfyouuseSTICKERIII,pleasesendtherequested
  414. feetoMr.Engineersothathemaycontinuetoprovideuswithhis
  415. excellentprograms.
  416.  
  417.      PeterSchefsky,President
  418.  PackerlandAtariComputerUsersSociety
  419.  2714South11thPlace
  420. Sheboygan,WI53081
  421. Phone414-457-4519
  422.  
  423.