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- THE EXTERNAL PROGRAMS SUPPLIED WITH TMW
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- ENCRYPT.EXE
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PCXRPT.EXE
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- Another new external program on your disks is PCXRPT.EXE.
- This delivers technical information from within .PCX files.
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- 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.
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- CHANGE.EXE
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- 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.
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- ORDER.EXE
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- 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.
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- For best results with the widest variety of printers, use
- a 10 character left margin and 10 character right margin (60
- characters per line).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- You can also list ORDER.EXE in your MSHOW presentation.
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- Two enhancement programs to Writer's Dream are included,
- which registered DREAM users may use with their text
- presentations:
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- 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!
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- 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.
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- REPAIR.EXE
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- 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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- end of chapter.
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