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- DLABEL May 1992 William Barden, Jr.
- Page 328
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- Purpose: DLABEL is a BASIC program and batch file to
- print a floppy disk's contents on a label.
-
- Remarks: From the DOS prompt, enter a command with five
- parameters, and DLABEL generates a label that
- lists every file on the disk alphabetically. It
- helps you specify which label on the sheet is to
- be printed, allowing you to move around on a
- sheet of labels until the last one has been
- printed. You can also enter a title line on the
- label, which is centered automatically on the
- label. DLABEL prints in condensed 7.5-point
- type with minimal line spacing to fit as many
- filenames on a label as possible.
-
- There are two variations of DLABEL in DLABEL.BAS.
- One is for LaserJet-compatible printers and one
- is for IBM-compatible dot matrix printers.
-
- The trickiest part of using DLABEL is aligning
- the labels and measurement parameters, so you
- might want to start with regular paper stock
- until you've worked out the fine points.
-
- Format: Assuming that DLABEL.BAS, DLABEL.BAT, and
- GW-BASIC or QBASIC are in your path, enter
- DLABEL at the DOS prompt, followed by four
- parameters, separated by one or more blanks.
- Here's an example:
-
- DLABEL This.is.a.Title a: 1 2 3
-
- The first parameter after DLABEL is a title for
- the label. Use any short text string with any
- printable characters for a title, but don't use
- spaces. Instead, separate words with periods.
-
- The second parameter is the letter of the drive
- whose contents you want to list. In this example,
- the drive is A:, but you can have it be any
- drive, including hard drives. You can also use the
- path to a subdirectory.
-
- The third, fourth, and fifth parameters allow you
- to fine-tune your labels. They are measurements
- in inches for, respectively, the left margin, the
- top margin, and the width of the label. In the
- example above, the printing occurs in a box one
- inch from the left edge of the paper and two
- inches from the top, and on a label three inches
- wide.
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