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E N V E L O P E M A K E R Version 3.3
Copyright (c) 89, 90, 91 William R. Bauder
5 June 1991
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Envelope Maker is an easy to use, full feature envelope printing
application that makes the job of printing envelopes a breeze.
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Features of Envelope Maker are:
- All pull-down menu driven functions.
- Automatic detection of adapter type (color or monochrome).
- Sixteen foreground and background screen colors.
- Print up to four print attributes on address title lines.
- Mix print attributes in any combination.
- Ability to print an offset attention name line.
- Built in full function editor.
- Automatic Title Line record management. (Added Rel 2.1)
- All LQ mode printing with most printers.
- Label maker with printer attributes. (Added Rel 2.2)
- Font selection (Added Rel 2.4)
- Print envelops of any size and shape. (Added Rel 2.4)
- Grab address data from any text file. (Added Rel 2.6)
- 4 or 6 LPI Delivery Address line spacing. (Added Rel 2.61)
- Print single or continuous feed envelopes. (Added Rel 2.62)
- Automatic "smart" positioning of delivery address and
attention name lines on any envelope size. (Added Rel 2.63)
- Dump address records to printer or file. (Added Rel 2.64)
- Bulk envelope or label printing. (Added Rel 3.0)
- Bulk print any one of four tag lists. (Added Rel 3.0)
- Automatic address record sorting. (Added Rel 3.0)
- Address record search argument. (Added Rel 3.1)
- Attention line flip when label printing. (Added Rel 3.1)
- Automatic selected record adjustment after Add or Edit.
- Print Title-lines in color with a color printer.
Files on the disk are:
ENV.DAT - This file stores the address data
ENV.DOC - This document
ENV.EXE - The main Envelope Maker program
ENV.IDX - Index file - keeps the order of records
ENV.PRO - Profile file - Stores program defaults
GRAB.COM - The grab utility TSR program
GRAB.DAT - Temporary grab data file made by GRAB.COM
TITLE.DAT - Title line data file
README.1ST - Shareware notice, order form, ETC.
Note: All the above files except GRAB.COM, ENV.DOC & README.1ST
must be installed on the same drive and directory.
Installing Envelope Maker ---------------------------------------------
You may install Envelope Maker in any directory on your hard disk or on
a floppy disk drive. Envelope Maker makes a lot of disk reads in it's
operation. So, faster performance will be obtained when installed on a
hard disk. The only requirements are that the files ENV.EXE, ENV.DAT,
ENV.IDX, ENV.PRO and TITLE.DAT be on the same drive and directory.
Page 1
Installing on a floppy only system:
With your DOS system disk in drive A and a blank diskette in
drive B, type: Format B: <Enter>
After formatting put this disk in drive A. Put the Envelope
Maker distribution disk in drive B, and type: Copy B:*.* A:
<Enter>
You're now ready to run Envelope Maker.
Installing on a hard disk system:
At the C> prompt and with Envelope Maker distribution disk in
drive A, type: Copy A:*.* C:\<directory of your choice>
<Enter>, CD \<same directory as above> <Enter>
You're now ready to run Envelope Maker.
Proceed to the "Installing Grab" section...
Registered users receive one of two versions of the program file
(ENV.EXE). The first, optimized for CPUs 8088 thru 80186. This version
will have a /U suffix, marked after the version designation on the disk.
The second version is for 80286 thru 80486 CPUs. This version will have
a /F suffix, marked after the version designation on the disk. If you
didn't designate your CPU type when you registered, or you're not sure
of the type, you'll receive /U type. This is the universal version that
will run on all IBM and compatible computers. NEVER attempt to run the
/F type on a computer that has an 8088 through 80186 CPU! It will only
run correctly if your computer has an 80286 or higher CPU.
Installing/Running GRAB.COM -------------------------------------------
--------------------------- Installing Grab --------------------------
Hard drive users: GRAB.COM MUST be on the SAME DRIVE (C:, D:, etc.) as
ENV.EXE. It doesn't have to be in the same DIRECTORY as ENV.EXE though.
It must be in a directory accessible via PATH or else it will not load.
Floppy drive users: GRAB.COM MUST be on the same drive or can access
the drive where ENV.EXE is (A: or B:).
To install Grab type: GRAB <Enter>
To uninstall Grab type: GRAB U <Enter>
GRAB.COM is a memory-resident (TSR) program that may be loaded from your
AUTOEXEC.BAT, or other BAT file before running the application in which
it will be used. Since GRAB can be easily uninstalled, a good strategy
would be to install GRAB before your application, then uninstall GRAB
when you exit your application. This way, it only uses RAM when needed.
Grab will only use 1536 bytes of RAM while resident. If you load another
TSR program after GRAB, it will NOT uninstall.
Page 2
Before GRAB installs itself, it first does a disk-wide search for the
file ENV.EXE. After finding ENV.EXE, GRAB remembers the path to the
file. This path will be where GRAB writes the saved data to the GRAB.DAT
file. GRAB will only install when finding ENV.EXE. So, it is imperative
that GRAB.COM is on to the same drive as the Envelope Maker program. It
doesn't matter what drive/directory the ENV.EXE, GRAB.COM, or your
application is. It always writes the GRAB.DAT file to the directory
where ENV.EXE is.
---------------------------- Running Grab ----------------------------
The Default "Hot Key" is Alt-G.
Grab will copy up to a 32 column, 5 row portion of a text screen to the
file, GRAB.DAT. These dimensions are the same as address data fields.
When GRAB pops up (by pressing ALT-G), it creates its own cursor, moved
around by the four cursor keys. To mark an address, first move the GRAB
cursor to the upper-left hand corner of the address, then press the
ENTER key to anchor the corner. The cursor keys now open the reverse
videoed window. Pressing the ENTER key again will pop up a mini help
menu showing the two command options. After marking the desired block of
text, pressing the "S" key saves the address to the GRAB.DAT file. GRAB
then automatically terminates, putting you back into your application.
The "ESC" key will abort GRAB, returning you to your application.
When address data writes to the GRAB.DAT file, it appends the data to
the end of file. You may mark and save any number of addresses you wish.
The only limit is available disk space.
Running Envelope Maker ------------------------------------------------
Floppy disk system:
With your working diskette in drive A: and at the A> prompt,
type: ENV <ENTER>
Hard Disk system:
Change to the directory you copied the Envelope Maker files to
and type: ENV <ENTER>
Floppy and hard disk systems:
The program will automatically detect whether you have a Monochrome or
Color display adapter and act accordingly. If you have a Monochrome
adapter, or an EGA/VGA adapter in monochrome mode then normal and high
intensity video are the defaults. If you have a Color adapter in color
mode, then the screen may be adjusted for three colors. Proceed with the
Color Adjust option under the Setup menu to adjust the display colors to
your choice.
Continue with Setup s