home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- 07201030305801
- 1
- 2#
- 6L....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....R
- Ç+---------------------------------------------------------------+
- |Copyright|
- ||
- |STICKERIIIandallotherdatawithSTICKERIII|
- ||
- |by|
- ||
- |ShapoorE.Engineer|
- |-------------------------------------------------------------|
- |Pictograms|
- ||
- |by|
- ||
- |PeterC.Behrens|
- |-------------------------------------------------------------|
- |PrinterDriverfor24-PinPrinters|
- ||
- |by|
- ||
- |Agoodfriendwhowantstoremainanonymous|
- |-------------------------------------------------------------|
- |ManualforSTICKERIII|
- ||
- |by|
- ||
- |FrankSteinmetz|
- +---------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- ThisprogramisShareware.Inspiteofthat,orexactlybecause
- ofthat,youshould,ifyougiveittofriendsandacquaintances,
- providethemwithALLofthedataintheoriginal.Changesin
- theprogramormanualandcommercialdistributionwillbelegally
- pursued.
-
- Notice:WhoeverfalsifiesSTICKERIIIorimitatesitor
- distributesimitatedorfalsifiedversionsofSTICKER
- IIIwillbepunishedtowritingandusingnotlessthan
- 3ST-Basicprograms(version1.01985).
-
- WhoeverenjoysSTICKERIIIandwhousesitfrequentlyshouldsend
- the$10totheaddressbelow.
- WhoeverisinterestedintheGFAsourcecodeshouldsend$15.In
- returnyouwillreceiveadiskwiththelatestversionofSTICKER
- andtheGFAsourcecode.
- Youneednotsendadiskoraselfaddresedevelope,thesecosts
- arecoverdbytheextra$5DM.
-
- Pleasesendto:
-
- ShapoorE.Engineer
- Hudeland5
- D5760Arnsberg-1
- WestGermany
-
- Manythanksforyourunderstanding.
-
-
-
-
-
- MANUALFORSTICKERIII-Label-printingprogramV3.2
-
- Thefollowingfilesshouldbesetupinfoldersasbelow:
-
- -folderSTICKERIII
-
- -STICK_3E.PRG
- -STICK_3E.DAT
- -DEFAULT
-
- -folderMANUAL
-
- -folderASCII.TXT
-
- -SHORTCUT.TXT
- -STICK_3E.TXT
-
- -folderWORDPLUS.DOC
-
- -STICK_3E.DOC
- -FSB.IMG
- -LABEL.IMG
- -EDITOR.IMG
- -FUNKTION.IMG
-
- -folderPICTOS
-
- -PICTO_1.ADD
- -PICTO_2.ADD
- -NO_NAME.ADD
-
- ToenableyoutouseofallofthefunctionsofSTICKERIII
- (Editor,loadinginofpictograms),aminimumof1megabyteis
- necessary,withno.ACCs.Youcan'tuse.ACCsfromwithinSTICKER
- III,anyway.Intheeventthatyouonlyhave512kilobytes
- available,youmayrunintoproblemsusingtheEditor(overloading
- thecomputerwithtoomanypictogramsresultinginacrash),but
- practicewillhelpavoidsuchproblems.
-
- AfterloadingSTICKERIIIwithadoubleclickonSTICK_3E.PRG,a
- picturemenuwillappearthroughwhichyoucanperformall
- functions.Youwillsurelywonderwherethepull-downmenusare.
- Notthatthedevelopercouldn'thaveprovidedthem,butuseis
- simplifiedwithoutthem.Inthispicturemenuyouwillfinda
- blanklabelthatwillbefilledinbyyouractions.
-
- Afterstarting,STICKERIIIasksyouwhichprinteryouareusing.
- ThereafterSTICKERIIIwillautomaticallyprovidethedatafora
- 9-or24-pinprinter.Itisnotnecessarytosaveyourselection.
- IfSTICKERIIIdoesn'taskyouthisquestion,thenthereis
- alreadyafilebythenameofPRINTERonyourdisk,whichisthe
- printerdriver.Youshouldtrashitifyoudon'tknowwhetherit
- isforyourprinterornot.Forthetestingofthisprogram,a
- STARNL10,RITEMANF+,NECP6/P7,NECP2200,andEPSONLQ850were
- used,andnoneofthemhadproblemswithperformance.
-
-
-
-
-
- üëMAKINGLABELS
- Ç
- THEFILE-SELECTOR-BOX
-
- AbovetheFSByou'llseetheactual
- paththecomputerisfollowing(for
- exampleA:\*.*).Intheboxbelow
- arethefilenamesfromthediskin
- DriveA.Youcanscrollthrough
- thislistbyclickingonthearrows
- ordoublearrowsontherightside
- ofthebox.Thediamond-shaped
- symbolinthemiddleofthese
- arrowsservestocloseopened
- folders.Belowthelistof
- filenamesaretwoDriveiconsfor
- selectionofthedrive(AorB)
- fromwhichthefilenamesaretobe
- read.
-
- IntherowbelowtheDriveicons
- youwillfindboxeswithadiamond-
- shapedfoldersymbol(whichcanbe
- usedasasymbolofafolderonthe
- labelyoucreateifitisclicked
- on)andaboxcalledEXT(which,
- whenclickedon,willcausethe
- extension(forexample.PRG)ofa
- filenametoappearonthelabelyou
- create).Inaddition,youcanchoosewhetherornottoinclude
- informationregardingthesizeordateonthelabelyoucreate.
- OnthebottomrowoftheFSByoucandecidewhetheryouwantto
- listfoldercontentsortotakeoverthefoldernameintothe
- label.
-
-
- THELABEL
-
- Ontheleftinthepicturemenuscreenyou'llseetheactual
- labelwhichshouldlaterbeexpelledbyyourprinterexactlyas
- youhaveassembleditonthescreen.Youcangetblanklabelsto
- fitthisprogram'sproductsfromDisks-To-Go(Phone609-456-7172)
- andsimilarsources;you'llneedthelargersizethatwraparound
- thetopofthe31/2"disk(23/4"X23/4").Youcanfillthe
- labelintwoways:Youcanusethemousetoclickonthe
- appropriatefilenameintheFSBandthenclickoneachlinearea
- ofthelabel(i.e.,betweenanytwolines)sothatthefilename
- willthenappearinthespecifiedlineareaofthelabelORyou
- canclickonanylineareaonthelabelandtypeinwhatyouwant
- printedonthatline.Thelabelareasareasfollows:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -REARTEXT--rearsideofthelabelwhichwrapsaround
- thebackofthedisk)--upto15letters/spaces.
-
- -MONITOR--clickonittospecifyCOLOR(C)orMONO(M)
-
-
- -EDGETEXT--theedgeofthelabelwhereitwrapsaround)--
- upto20characters.
-
- -FRONTTEXT--7linesonthefrontofthelabel,ofwhich
- thefirstwillbeprintedinboldface(youcan'tdo
- anythingaboutthatexceptwriteforthesourcecodeand
- changeit).
-
- -GRAPHICAREAS--thetwonearsquaresattheleftandright
- nearthebottomofthelabelforgraphics.
-
- -GRAPHICTITLEareas--lineareasundereachgraphicforthe
- titleofthegraphic.
-
- -DISKNUMBERAREA--thefirstoffivelinesbetweenthetwo
- graphicsforthedisknumber.
-
- -SMALLTEXT--4lineareasforlittlenotesbetweenthe
- graphicsatthebottomofthelabel.
-
-
- REARTEXT-------------------MONITOR
- EDGETEXT------------
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- DISKN0.------------------------------RIGHTGRAPHIC
- AREA
- LEFTGRAPHIC-------------------------SMALLTEXTAREA
- AREA-------UNDERTITLE
-
-
- Tofillthe7linesyouhaveonlytoclicktheappropriate
- filenameintheFSBandthenclickthelineareaonthelabel
- whereyouwantittoappear(leftbuttonbothtimes).Tofill
- theleftgraphicsquare,clickwiththeleftmousebuttonona
- pictogram.Tofilltherightgraphicsquare,clickwiththe
- rightmousebuttononapictogram.Whenyouusetherightmouse
- button,thegraphictitle(ifany)willautomaticallyappearin
- thetitleareabelowit.Withtherightmousebutton,youcan
- putcertainpreviously-determinedtextundertheLEFTgraphic
- (Date,Original,Backup,Workdisk).Withtheleftbuttonyoucan
- puttextofyourownchoosinginanyofthelineareas(orremove
- whatisthere):clicktheleftmousebuttononthelineareain
- question;aboxwillappeartoreceiveyourtyping.Ifyouclick
- therightmousebuttoninthefourlineareasbetweenthe
- graphics,youcanputpreviously-determinedtextonthoselines
- (Protect,Unprotect,Format,...)
-
- Text input:
-
- By all text inputs, the present text is displayed and is editable.
-
- The following comands enable you to manipulate the text:
-
- - ESC --> Deletes the line
- - BACKSPACE --> Deletes the the letter behind the cursor
- - DELETE --> Deletes the letter under the cursor
- - INSERT --> Flips between insert and overwrite mode Überschreibmodus
- - RETURN & ENTER --> Take over text
-
- PICTOGRAMS
- Asdescribedbriefly
- above,atthebottom
- ofthescreenyou'll
- findarowofpicto-
- grams,thegraphics
- tobeincludedon
- yourlabel.There
- aresixofthese
- iconsnexttoeach
- otherinarow.At
- therightandleft
- ofthisroware
- arrowswhichpermit
- scrollingthrough
- variousrowsof
- graphics,sothatmanyofthesepictogramsareavailabletoyou.
- BetweentherightscrollingarrowandtheFSBthereisaninfo
- linewhichshowsyouhowmanyrowsareinmemoryandwhichof
- theserowsiscurentlyinuse.
-
- WhenSTICKERIIIstartsup,itautomaticlyloadsthepictogram
- fileslistedinthefileDEFAULT.With STICKER III it is possible
- to put together a default set of pictograms which are loaded at
- program start.
-
- To do this you have to make a DEFAULT file in which the names of
- the files to be loaded are written under one another. You can use
- any text editor to do this,theonlythingyouhavetotakecare
- of isthattheDEFAULTfileissavedaspure ASCII-Code.The
- files to be loaded have to be in the folder PICTOS and the folder
- PICTOS must be on the same dirctory level as STICK_3E.PRG and
- STICK_3E.DAT.Youcanloadupto150pictograms(25rows),trying
- toloadmorewon'twork.STICKERIIIwillautomaticlystop
- loadingwhenit'sbellyisfull.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- THEBUTTONS
- Theuppertwobuttonsarefor
- loadingandsavingyourlabelsfor
- furtheruse,soyoudon'thaveto
- makenewonesallthetime.
-
- Inthesecondrowyouwillfinda
- buttonbythenameofADD-A-ROW.
- Afterclickingthisbuttonyouwill
- beaskedifyouwanttoLOADmore
- pictogramsorCREATEnewones.
- IfyouchoosetoLOADmore,you
- willbeaskedifyouwanttoadd
- newpictogramstothosealready
- loadedin,thuskeepingtheones
- thatarenowloaded,ortoreplace
- thosenowloadedwiththepicto-
- gramsyouplantoload.
- Icondataisindicatedwiththeextension".ADD".Whateveryou
- chose,amaximumof150pictogramscanbeloaded.Afteryou
- reachthemagicnumberof150loadingwillautomaticlyterminate.
-
- IfyouchosetoCREATEpictogramsyouwillfindyouselfinthe
- pictogrameditor,butmoreaboutthatlater.
-
- ThebuttonwiththenameofPRINTITdoesexactlythat,itprints
- yourlabel.
-
- Inthebottomrowyouwillfindtwobuttons,theoneontheleft
- clearsthelabelandgivesyouanewonetoworkon.Theright
- buttonbeamsyoubacktotheDesktop.
-
-
- üëTHEEDITOR
- Ç
- Ifyouchoosetocreatenewpictograms,anewEDITORscreenwill
- appearwith24emptyiconsandamenulist.UndertheMenu
- OptionLOAD,finishediconscanbeloadedintotheeditor.(Note
- thatthisdoesnotmakethemautomaticallyavailablefromthe
- mainlabel-makingscreen).WithSAVE,youcansaveoneormore
- rowsfromtheicongroupingabovethemenuasan.ADDfile.Todo
- thischoosetheroworrowsyouwanttosave(byclickingon
- them),andthenclick"OK"beforeyouarepresentedwithafile-
- selector-box.Ifyouwanttotitleaniconyouhavedesigned,
- choosetheMenuOptionNAME.Yourgraphicwillappearandyoucan
- provideeachpicturewithanameandaindex,aletterwhichwill
- automaticallyappearlastinthedisknumberfieldofanylabel
- usingthatgraphic(forexample,youmightwanttochooseTfor
- Toolsifyourdisk-numberingsystemdistinguishesthesetypesof
- programs).
-
- WithCOPYandSWAPyoucanduplicateandmovethepictograms
- around.
-
- Youcanquittheeditorintwoways.WithENDyouleavethe
- editorandreturntothelabelmakingpartofstickerwithoutany
- fuss.IfyouchoseTAKEyouhavetheposibilitytotakethe
- pictogramswithyou.Todothisyousimplyclicktherowsyou
- wanttotakewithyouandthenclickonOK.
-
- Throughthechoiceof"EDITOR",youcanchangeiconsordesignnew
- oneswithalimiteddrawingprogram.Actuallytheeditoris
- self-explanatory,butthereareafewthingsworthmentioning:
-
- Allthedrawingfunctionsarebegunbyholdingdowntheleft
- mousebuttonandendedbylettinggo.
-
- Therightmousebuttonprovidesforan"undo"--clickitto
- undothelastthingyoudrew.
-
- Settingpointsanddeletingthem:
- Whereveryouclicktheleftmousebuttoninthedrawing
- window,apointwilleitherbeplacedorremoved.Ifyou
- startbyclickingonablackpoint,you'llbe"drawing"in
- white(removingeverythingyoupassover);ifyoustartby
- clickingonawhitepoint,you'llbedrawinginblack.
-
- Scissors:
- Thisfunctionallowsyoutocutarectangularpiecefroma
- full-screenpicture.However,thepicturemustfirstbe
- loadedinbyclicking"BILDLADEN".OnlyDoodleandDegas
- (.PI3)picturescanbeloadedandcut.
- Youhavetwooptions:
-
- - 1-1 --> Cuts a pictogramm sized piece out of a picture.
-
- - AUTO -->Automaticly scales the cut out piecetopicto-
- gram size.
-
- Youcancreateeraseareasofthepicturewithalittle
- trick:
- 1.Choosethesolidblackpattern(MUSTER).
- 2.Choosethefilledrectangledrawingshape.
- 3.Invertthepicture.
- 4.Covertheareatobedeletedwiththefilled
- rectangle.
- 5.Reinvertthepicture.
-
-
- AdditionalNotes
-
- IhaveconvertedthisdocumentationfiletoWordWriterStformat
- forinclusionintoDesktopPublisher,bothexcellentproductsof
- Timeworks,Inc.Alsoincludedinthisprogramareadditional
- pictogramfilescreatedbymyselfandotherswhoremainunknown.
- AgratefulthankyougoestoShapoorE.Engineer,PeterC.
- Behrens,FrankSteinmetz,andtheanonymousfriendwhomadethis
- superbprogramactuallyprintonmy24pinNECP2200.Iwould
- liketoespeciallyliketothankShapoorforprovidingmewiththe
- sourcecodeandEnglishtranslationofboththeprogramandthe
- documentation.IfyouuseSTICKERIII,pleasesendtherequested
- feetoMr.Engineersothathemaycontinuetoprovideuswithhis
- excellentprograms.
-
- PeterSchefsky,President
- PackerlandAtariComputerUsersSociety
- 2714South11thPlace
- Sheboygan,WI53081
- Phone414-457-4519
-
-