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Dating 3: Automatic dating of Documents in Wordstar
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By Charles Sandercock,
7 Illawarra Rd.,
Hawthorn,
Victoria,3122,
Australia
Froφ previou≤ yo⌡ wil∞ kno≈ tha⌠ ╔ a⌠ las⌠ achieveΣ automatiπ datinτ oε thσ ì
righ⌠ sidσ oµ ß lette≥ bu⌠ los⌠ Mailmerge≤ abilit∙ t∩ prin⌠ ß selecteΣ pagσ ì
oµá ß multipagσ lette≥ becausσ M═ sa≈ onσ linσ iε ß ".DFó filσ anΣ saiΣá "╔ ì
interpre⌠á "pagσá 2ó t∩ bσ 2nΣ lo⌠ oµ datß anΣ therσ ain'⌠ n∩ 2nΣ lo⌠ s∩á ╔ ì
can'⌠ print".
Well¼á apar⌠á froφá tha⌠ onσ probleφ al∞ wa≤ wel∞ anΣ ╔á considereΣá myselµ ì
somewha⌠ oµ ß Wordsta≥ exper⌠ bu⌠ ╔ bough⌠ ß ne≈ booδ oε Wordsta≥ (╔ haΣá ╕ ì
alread∙á anΣá haΣá reaΣá everythinτ iε Portablσ Copanioεá anΣá FOGHOR╬á oε ì
Wordstar)« Thσ booδ cos⌠ abou⌠ $2╧ anΣ ╔ expecteΣ t∩ ge⌠ n∩ morσ thaε ß fe≈ ì
gooΣ idea≤ ou⌠ oµ it.
Thσ book¼á "Gettinτ thσ Mos⌠ Froφ Wordsta≥ anΣ Mailmerge¼á Thing≤á Micropr∩ ì
Neve≥ TolΣ You"¼á b∙ M«á DaviΣ Stone¼á publisheΣ 198┤ b∙ Spectruφ Books¼á ß ì
divisioεá oµ Prenticσ - Hal∞ Inc.¼á Genera∞ Publishinτ Division¼á EnglewooΣ ì
Cliffs¼á N.J« O7632¼ U.S.A« i≤ BRILLIANT¼ WONDERFUL¼ GLORIOU╙ anΣ ver∙ mucΦ ì
bette≥ thaε I.
Iεá thσá firs⌠ 6╡ page≤ ╔ go⌠ 2╧ gooΣ idea≤ oε ho≈ t∩ improvσá m∙á Wordsta≥ ì
usage«á M∙á minΣ wa≤ reelinτ witΦ ne≈ information«á Unablσ t∩ reaΣá iεá an∙ ì
detai∞ ╔ wa≤ flickinτ page≤ anΣ go⌠ tw∩ morσ gem≤ - ho≈ t∩ tricδ ".FIó int∩ ì
thinkinτá i⌠á i≤ oε thσ beginninτ oµ ß linσ wheε i⌠ i≤ iε fac⌠ spaceΣá froφ ì
thσá beginninτ anΣ usinτ ".FIó t∩ cal∞ ß filσ whicΦ haΣá nesteΣá ".SV"«á 2▓ ì
idea≤ iε 8╡ page≤ anΣ therσ arσ 16╧ page≤ stil∞ unreaΣ anΣ ╔ als∩ kno≈ tha⌠ ì
book≤ likσ tha⌠ ge⌠ bette≥ eacΦ timσ yo⌡ reaΣ them.
Mr« M« DaviΣ Stone¼ ╔ thanδ yo⌡ froφ thσ bottoφ oµ m∙ heart.
Sure¼ ╔ haΣ alread∙ useΣ ".SVó t∩ cal∞ filename≤ int∩ footing≤ (╔ wil∞ tel∞ ì
yo⌡á abou⌠ tha⌠ soon⌐ bu⌠ neve≥ haΣ ╔ nesteΣ theφ iε ß filσ t∩ bσ calleΣ b∙ ì
".FI".
Well¼ iε ß merσ tricσ ╔ haΣ thσ answe≥ t∩ automaticall∙ insertinτ ß datσ oε ì
thσá righ⌠ iε letter≤ whilσ returninτ MM'≤ abilit∙ t∩ prin⌠á onl∙á selecteΣ ì
pages.
Herσ i⌠ is.
ThirΣ Method:
Filσ a:datσ no≈ ha≤ conten⌠ :-
"..
"..filenamσ a:datσ [notσ thσ ne≈ fanτ identificaton]<CR╛
".S╓ date¼ 22nd« Augus⌠ 1984<CR╛
".S╓ yymmdd,84O822<CR>èFilσ a:datσ end≤ witΦ <CR>¼á mus⌠ havσ n∩ trailinτ space≤ anΣ n∩ additiona∞ ì
carriagσá returns«á (gues≤á ho≈ ╔ founΣ ou⌠ abou⌠ thσ trailinτá space≤á anΣ ì
additiona∞ carriagσ returns).
Thσá filσ a:/LETT▒ forma⌠ no≈ ha≤ conten⌠ a≤ follow≤ (prin⌠ b∙ (P⌐ no⌠ (MM⌐ ì
anΣ suppres≤ pagσ formatting«á Thσ forma⌠ filσ i≤ calleΣ int∩ thσ beginninτ ì
oµ ever∙ lette≥ b∙ usσ oµ ß programmeΣ SFK.
"..
".I╟ forφ /LETT▒ t∩ holΣ forma⌠ fo≥ LETTER1
".L╚ 8
".C╫ 10
".OP
".P╞ O╬
".O╩ ON
"..
".F╔ a:date
"..
".I╟ ╢ Rea∞ <CR╛ follow
".H┼ - ú - &date&
&date&
".I╟ LETTE╥ ▒ FORMAT:- Star⌠ ADDRESS¼ withou⌠ tab,
".« oε NEX╘ LIN┼ Linσ ╕ a⌠ Curso≥ position
DiΣ i⌠ work« I'l∞ sa∙ i⌠ did« Likσ ß bewd∙ mate!
Datσ oε thσ right¼ morσ o≥ les≤ righ⌠ justifieΣ (I'l∞ ge⌠ thσ las⌠ yet).
DiΣ pagσ ▓ prin⌠ alonσ usinτ MM«á I⌠ did«á Therσ werσ shout≤ oµ jo∙ anΣá m∙ ì
Secretar∙á saiΣá shσá n∩á longe≥ haΣ an∙ reservation≤á abou⌠á thσá compute≥ ì
(excep⌠á shσá want≤á mσ t∩ readjus⌠ thσ delays¼á shσ doesn'⌠á likσá t∩á usσ ì
hexadecima∞á iε recoverinτ froφ BDO╙ error≤ anΣ shσ loathe≤ thσá computer'≤ ì
matσ thσ printer).
However¼ shσ diΣ sa∙ i⌠ wasn'⌠ pagσ ▓ shσ actuall∙ wanted« I⌠ wa≤ thσ thirΣ ì
page« Wel∞ prin⌠ i⌠ ╔ cried.
╔ cried¼ thσ thirΣ pagσ didn'⌠ print«
Herσ i≤ ß hint« therσ i≤ ß differencσ iε concep⌠ betweeε thσ word≤ "pagσ 2ó ì
anΣá "seconΣá pageó anΣ yo⌡ wil∞ notσ tha⌠ ╔ saiΣ pagσ ▓á printeΣá bu⌠á thσ ì
thirΣ pagσ diΣ no⌠ print.
CHARLE╙ SANDERCOCK