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  1. .PO0
  2. .OP
  3.            Dating 3:  Automatic dating of Documents in Wordstar
  4.            ----------------------------------------------------
  5.  
  6. By Charles Sandercock,
  7. 7 Illawarra Rd.,
  8. Hawthorn,
  9. Victoria,3122,
  10. Australia
  11.  
  12.  
  13. Froφ previou≤ yo⌡ wil∞ kno≈ tha⌠ ╔ a⌠ las⌠ achieveΣ automatiπ datinτ oε thσ ì
  14. righ⌠ sidσ oµ ß lette≥ bu⌠ los⌠ Mailmerge≤ abilit∙ t∩ prin⌠ ß selecteΣ pagσ ì
  15. oµá ß multipagσ lette≥ becausσ M═ sa≈ onσ linσ iε ß ".DFó filσ anΣ saiΣá "╔ ì
  16. interpre⌠á "pagσá 2ó t∩ bσ 2nΣ lo⌠ oµ datß anΣ therσ ain'⌠ n∩ 2nΣ lo⌠ s∩á ╔ ì
  17. can'⌠ print".
  18.  
  19. Well¼á apar⌠á froφá tha⌠ onσ probleφ al∞ wa≤ wel∞ anΣ ╔á considereΣá myselµ ì
  20. somewha⌠ oµ ß Wordsta≥ exper⌠ bu⌠ ╔ bough⌠ ß ne≈ booδ oε Wordsta≥ (╔ haΣá ╕ ì
  21. alread∙á anΣá haΣá reaΣá everythinτ iε Portablσ Copanioεá anΣá FOGHOR╬á  oε ì
  22. Wordstar)« Thσ booδ cos⌠ abou⌠ $2╧ anΣ ╔ expecteΣ t∩ ge⌠ n∩ morσ thaε ß fe≈ ì
  23. gooΣ idea≤ ou⌠ oµ it.
  24.  
  25. Thσ book¼á "Gettinτ thσ Mos⌠ Froφ Wordsta≥ anΣ Mailmerge¼á Thing≤á Micropr∩ ì
  26. Neve≥ TolΣ You"¼á b∙ M«á DaviΣ Stone¼á publisheΣ 198┤ b∙ Spectruφ Books¼á ß ì
  27. divisioεá oµ Prenticσ - Hal∞ Inc.¼á Genera∞ Publishinτ Division¼á EnglewooΣ ì
  28. Cliffs¼á N.J« O7632¼ U.S.A« i≤ BRILLIANT¼ WONDERFUL¼ GLORIOU╙ anΣ ver∙ mucΦ ì
  29. bette≥ thaε I.
  30.  
  31. Iεá thσá firs⌠ 6╡ page≤ ╔ go⌠ 2╧ gooΣ idea≤ oε ho≈ t∩ improvσá m∙á Wordsta≥ ì
  32. usage«á M∙á minΣ wa≤ reelinτ witΦ ne≈ information«á Unablσ t∩ reaΣá iεá an∙ ì
  33. detai∞ ╔ wa≤ flickinτ page≤ anΣ go⌠ tw∩ morσ gem≤ - ho≈ t∩ tricδ ".FIó int∩ ì
  34. thinkinτá i⌠á i≤ oε thσ beginninτ oµ ß linσ wheε i⌠ i≤ iε fac⌠ spaceΣá froφ ì
  35. thσá beginninτ anΣ usinτ ".FIó t∩ cal∞ ß filσ whicΦ haΣá nesteΣá ".SV"«á 2▓ ì
  36. idea≤ iε 8╡ page≤ anΣ therσ arσ 16╧ page≤ stil∞ unreaΣ anΣ ╔ als∩ kno≈ tha⌠ ì
  37. book≤ likσ tha⌠ ge⌠ bette≥ eacΦ timσ yo⌡ reaΣ them.
  38.  
  39. Mr« M« DaviΣ Stone¼ ╔ thanδ yo⌡ froφ thσ bottoφ oµ m∙ heart.
  40.  
  41. Sure¼ ╔ haΣ alread∙ useΣ ".SVó t∩ cal∞ filename≤ int∩ footing≤ (╔ wil∞ tel∞ ì
  42. yo⌡á abou⌠ tha⌠ soon⌐ bu⌠ neve≥ haΣ ╔ nesteΣ theφ iε ß filσ t∩ bσ calleΣ b∙ ì
  43. ".FI".
  44.  
  45. Well¼ iε ß merσ tricσ ╔ haΣ thσ answe≥ t∩ automaticall∙ insertinτ ß datσ oε ì
  46. thσá righ⌠ iε letter≤ whilσ returninτ MM'≤ abilit∙ t∩ prin⌠á onl∙á selecteΣ ì
  47. pages.
  48.  
  49. Herσ i⌠ is.
  50.  
  51. ThirΣ Method:
  52.  
  53. Filσ a:datσ no≈ ha≤ conten⌠ :-
  54. "..
  55. "..filenamσ a:datσ [notσ thσ ne≈ fanτ identificaton]<CR╛ 
  56. ".S╓ date¼ 22nd« Augus⌠ 1984<CR╛ 
  57. ".S╓ yymmdd,84O822<CR>èFilσ a:datσ end≤ witΦ <CR>¼á mus⌠ havσ n∩ trailinτ space≤ anΣ n∩ additiona∞ ì
  58. carriagσá returns«á (gues≤á ho≈ ╔ founΣ ou⌠ abou⌠ thσ trailinτá space≤á anΣ ì
  59. additiona∞ carriagσ returns).
  60.  
  61. Thσá filσ a:/LETT▒ forma⌠ no≈ ha≤ conten⌠ a≤ follow≤ (prin⌠ b∙ (P⌐ no⌠ (MM⌐ ì
  62. anΣ suppres≤ pagσ formatting«á Thσ forma⌠ filσ i≤ calleΣ int∩ thσ beginninτ ì
  63. oµ ever∙ lette≥ b∙ usσ oµ ß programmeΣ SFK.
  64.  
  65. "..
  66. ".I╟ forφ /LETT▒ t∩ holΣ forma⌠ fo≥ LETTER1
  67. ".L╚ 8
  68. ".C╫ 10
  69. ".OP
  70. ".P╞ O╬ 
  71. ".O╩ ON
  72. "..
  73. ".F╔ a:date
  74. "..
  75. ".I╟ ╢ Rea∞ <CR╛ follow
  76.  
  77.  
  78.  
  79.  
  80.  
  81.  
  82. ".H┼                            - ú -             &date&
  83.                                                   &date&
  84. ".I╟ LETTE╥ ▒ FORMAT:- Star⌠ ADDRESS¼ withou⌠ tab,
  85. ".« oε NEX╘ LIN┼ Linσ ╕ a⌠ Curso≥ position
  86.  
  87. DiΣ i⌠ work« I'l∞ sa∙ i⌠ did« Likσ ß bewd∙ mate!
  88.  
  89. Datσ oε thσ right¼ morσ o≥ les≤ righ⌠ justifieΣ (I'l∞ ge⌠ thσ las⌠ yet).
  90.  
  91. DiΣ pagσ ▓ prin⌠ alonσ usinτ MM«á I⌠ did«á Therσ werσ shout≤ oµ jo∙ anΣá m∙ ì
  92. Secretar∙á saiΣá shσá n∩á longe≥ haΣ an∙ reservation≤á abou⌠á thσá compute≥  ì
  93. (excep⌠á shσá want≤á mσ t∩ readjus⌠ thσ delays¼á shσ doesn'⌠á likσá t∩á usσ ì
  94. hexadecima∞á iε recoverinτ froφ BDO╙ error≤ anΣ shσ loathe≤ thσá computer'≤ ì
  95. matσ thσ printer).
  96.  
  97. However¼ shσ diΣ sa∙ i⌠ wasn'⌠ pagσ ▓ shσ actuall∙ wanted« I⌠ wa≤ thσ thirΣ ì
  98. page« Wel∞ prin⌠ i⌠ ╔ cried.
  99.  
  100. ╔ cried¼ thσ thirΣ pagσ didn'⌠ print« 
  101.  
  102.  
  103. Herσ i≤ ß hint« therσ i≤ ß differencσ iε concep⌠ betweeε thσ word≤ "pagσ 2ó ì
  104. anΣá "seconΣá pageó anΣ yo⌡ wil∞ notσ tha⌠ ╔ saiΣ pagσ ▓á printeΣá bu⌠á thσ ì
  105. thirΣ pagσ diΣ no⌠ print.
  106.  
  107. CHARLE╙ SANDERCOCK
  108.  
  109.