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▌ D I S K S P O O L II ▐
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▌ (c) Copyright ▐
▌ Budget Software Company ▐
▌ P. O. Box 12282 ▐
▌ 12162 E. Mississippi Ave. ▐
▌ Aurora, CO 80012-3499 ▐
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▌ (303) 695-9095 ▐
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W E L C O M E T O D I S K S P O O L II
Use the PageUp, PageDown, and the keys to move about this display.
When you're ready to exit, press the ESC key.
Welcome to DISK SPOOL II. There are several ways to get to know
DISK SPOOL II better. First, every menu tier has a HELP selection.
By pressing the letter 'H', help text pertaining to this tier
will be displayed. Second, you can view the User's Guide by taking
the 'L' (Learning) menu selection from the primary tier, and then
the 'U' (User's Guide) menu selection. Lastly, a very good way to
get to know DISK SPOOL II is to go into the configuration program
(SP2CFG). As you move the cursor over the various options, a
complete description of the option is shown at the bottom of the
display.
Please note that you may tailor the Help Text file (SP2.HLP) if
you want to include your own helpful hints and information. To do
so, simply go into your text editor, locate the menu tier, and add
or change the text to suit your needs. DISK SPOOL II uses the
first letter(s) of the menu keying sequence followed by a special
control character in order to find the appropriate help text.
Therefore, the only thing you need to worry about is not destroying
these control lines.
Here is a description of the menu options for this tier:
'S' (Spooling)
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Allows you to control the Spooler; namely, to enable it or to
disable it. When Spooling is enabled, then data sent to LPT1,
or to whichever port you designate (menu selections Values
Spoolport) will be intercepted and re-routed to the "current"
Spool File. Note that the top part of the pop-up menu tells you
which file is the "current" Spool File.
When Spooling is disabled, then all data goes directly to the
output port, thus bypassing DISK SPOOL II altogether.
Regarding the Spooler, there is another feature of DISK SPOOL II
called Auto Spool File. With this feature enabled, DISK SPOOL II
will automatically create a new spool file for each document.
It senses the end-of-document by means of a time delay, the length
of which you may designate using the configuration program SP2CFG.
The (F)iles (L)ist menu option will show you all of the files that
have been thus created. From this display, you can view the
contents of a spooled file (or any other file, for that matter),
delete a file, or designate a file to be printed. Auto Spool File
places the spool files in the same directory that you have
designated in configuration to be the default spool directory.
So, if you utilize this feature, it is wise to configure a
directory other than the root directory, since DOS places a
restriction on the number of files that the root directory
may contain.
Important Note: Due to limitations in DOS, using a DOS command
to effect printing does not work along with DISK SPOOL II. Do not,
for example, use the PRINT command. Or, do not key in the command
TYPE filespec > LPT1 to print text files. Use, rather, the command
supplied on your diskette called SP2PRT. This will perform the
same functions as using a DOS command ... namely, it will effect
the printing of a text file. In fact, you can use this command
whether or not spooling is enabled. Here are some examples:
SP2PRT filespec LPT1 -- prints a file to LPT1 (and if DISK
SPOOL II is spooling LPT1, it will
re-direct the output to disk.
SP2PRT filespec COM2 -- prints a file to COM2.
SP2PRT filespec -- prints a file to LPT1.
'D' (Despooling)
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Allows you to control the Despooler. When the Despooler is enabled,
it works in the background printing data contained in the "current"
Despool File. The data is sent to the port that you have designated
in the menu selection Values Despoolport. When the Despooler is
disabled, then this does not take place.
'F' (Files)
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Allows you to perform functions pertaining to the spooled files;
namely, to designate a different Spool File or Despool File; to
display the contents of the "current" Spool or Despool Files; and
to clear the data contained in either of these files. Additionaly,
there is an option to List files. This option displays a list of
files whose names meet a user definable selection criteria. And
from this display, you can do things like selecting one or more of
the files for viewing; deleting one or more files; and attaching
the Spooler and/or the Despooler to one of the files.
'V' (Values)
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From this menu selection you are able to set various DISK SPOOL II
configurations. These include, the ports that are to be spooled,
the port to send despooled data to, and the "fine tune" values
used to fine tune your printing speed.
'L' (Learning)
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Takes you to the menu tier from where you can display the User's
Guide. Another selection from that tier, called TimingTests,
lets you perform informative timing tests that enable you to clearly
visualize the kind of time savings you receive by having a spooling
environment.
∙S
┌────────────┐
│ (S)pooling │
└────────────┘
Here is a description of the menu options for this tier:
'E' (Enable)
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Allows you to enable to spooling process. Once spooling is enabled,
data sent to any of the ports that you have designated from the
Values Spoolport menu will be re-routed to the "current" Spool
File. Note that the name of the "current" Spool File is displayed
at the top part of the pop-up menu.
If the Auto Spool File feature is enabled, then DISK SPOOL II will
create a new file for each document printed.
'D' (Disable)
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Allows you to disable the spooling process. Any data sent to an
LPT or a COM port will go directly to that port, thus bypassing
DISK SPOOL II altogether. Note that the status of the spooling
function does not affect what is happening with the despooling
process. In other words, even though spooling may be disabled,
you can still be despooling. In fact, if you have two printing
devices, you could be despooling to one of them, while in the
foreground -- with spooling disabled -- be printing to the other.
In this manner, both printers will be active at the same time.
'A' (Autospool)
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With Auto Spool enabled, the Spooler will create a different spool
file for every document that is printed. Go into the (F)iles (L)ist
menu option to view a list of the files created. Then you can
selectively take option 3 to attach the Despooler to any file
that you wish printed.
∙SA
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ (S)pooling (A)utospool │
└─────────────────────────┘
Here is a description of the menu options for this tier:
'E' (Enable)
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With Auto Spool enabled, the Spooler will create a different file
for each document printed. DISK SPOOL II determines when a document
is done by means of a time delay whose value you can configure
using SP2CFG. To view a list of the files thus created, take the
(F)iles (L)ist menu selection. From that display, you can select
files for viewing, for deleting, and for printing.
Note that DISK SPOOL II places the spool files into the "default
spool file directory" as designated in SP2CFG. If you choose to
utilize the Auto Spool File feature, then it is wise to design