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- C/C++ Users Journal CD-ROM README File
-
- Notes for All Users
-
- The Help system on this disc has been enhanced with valuable information
- about searching and other functions. Please press the Help key (F1), select
- the More Information button and then select the Common Questions hypertext
- link and examine the information here. The exact steps are shown below.
-
- 1. Press the F1 key or select the ? icon for help.
- 2. Select the More Information button located at the bottom
- right hand corner of the screen.
- 3. Select the Common Questions hypertext link (hypertext links are
- shown in green text with an underline).
- 4. Select the desired section.
- 5. To return to the rest of the disc, select the Exit Help button
-
- In addition to being available directly from the application on this CD-ROM,
- the source code for all issues are also stored as *.zip files in the /bin
- directory at the CD-ROM's root directory. The files are stored in a
- hierarchical structure starting by year and then issue.
-
-
- Notes for Windows Users
-
- To export or print a marked block, you need to use the menu system instead of
- the icons. If you use the icons then the entire article will be exported or
- printed. This is done as follows.
-
- 1. Mark the block you want to print or export.
- 2. Select the File menu with the mouse or the ALT+F keystroke.
- 3. Select the Export or Print command from the File menu.
-
- Note -- When printing blocks of text, the entire paragraph (not just
- the marked text) will be printed.
-
- If you use this CD-ROM in 1024x768 video mode with only 16 colors, you may
- notice that button sizes do not change quite correctly. This appears to be
- an error found in certain video drivers. If this occurs, please shift to
- 1024x768x256 color mode and the problem should go away.
-
- If you have a small window or icon overlaying the C/C++ Users Journal CD-ROM
- window, such as a clock or resource monitor, this will cause a distorted
- display when you scroll the text of an article. The solution is to position
- the window or icon in the menu bar of the C/C++ Users Journal CD-ROM to
- prevent it from interfering with the scrolling process.
-
-
- Notes for DOS Users
-
- To export or print a marked block, you need to use the menu system instead of
- the icons. If you use the icons then the entire article will be exported or
- printed. This is done as follows.
-
- 1. Mark the block you want to print or export.
- 2. Press F10 or click the mouse on the top line of the screen.
- 3. Select the Export or Print command from the File menu.
-
- Note -- When printing blocks of text, the entire paragraph (not just
- the marked text) will be printed.
-
- Due to memory limitations on some DOS systems, the sample search "C*"
- (all words beginning with C) may fail on some systems. If this occurs, we
- recommend that you use the Windows version as the Windows version has
- additional memory available to it.
-
- If you find that printing under DOS does not have the correct page breaks,
- you should check the Total Lines/Page setting on the Page Setup dialog box.
- This should be set to the same lines per page as your printer.
-
- 1. Press F10 or click the mouse on the top line of the screen.
- 2. Select the File menu.
- 3. Select the Page Setup command.
- 4. Set the Total Lines/Page option to match your printer (ex. if your
- printer is set to 60 then set this to 60).
- 5. Select OK to close the dialog box.
-
- What does it mean if my system beeps or fonts disappear? When this CD-ROM
- runs low on memory, it will either beep (in which case you should exit and
- come back in) or switch the font display from bitmapped fonts to a courier
- font (which saves memory).
-
- Please note that due to memory limitations on DOS systems, the proximity
- and phrase search operators (the :# and the "" operators) are not available
- under DOS. Under Windows these search operators are fully available.
-
- Please note that due to memory limitations, the Narrow Search function
- mentioned in the documentation is not available under DOS. Instead, the
- Narrow Search buttons have been replaced with a New Search button.
- Similarly the Previous Search group is not available at all. If you want
- to narrow an existing search under DOS, then select the New Search button
- from the Hit List dialog box. From the list of saved searches, select
- your last search and then add additional terms and operators to narrow
- the search.
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