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START OF "VHELP2.HLP"
FCON HELP CONT.
TIME SHOWS CURRENT TIME CHANGES EACH SECOND
NOTE: IF TIME DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY ON YOUR MACHINE THEN
IT MIGHT BE AN EARLY SIGN THAT YOUR RUNNING OUT OF MEMORY
OR THAT "V-EDIT" OR "FCON" DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY ON YOUR
SYSTEM. IF YOU FEEL THIS IS THE CASE THEN PLEASE CONTACT
US, SO THAT WE MAY CUSTOMIZE A PROGRAM TO RUN IN YOUR
PARTICULAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT. ALL VERSIONS OF "V-EDIT 1.0"
ARE THE SAME PRICE NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET IT
TO WORK IN YOUR COMPUTER! CALL US.
PAGE BOX PROMPT
F: PROMPTS WHEN OPENING A FILE OF MORE THAN 1 PAGE
K: ENTER THE NUMBER OF THE PAGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE WHEN YOU RETURN TO
"V-EDIT." CHOOSING 0 OR NOT SELECTING A PAGE WILL PUT YOU ON PAGE #
1, SELECTING A NUMBER BEYOND THE PROMPT WILL PUT YOU ON THE LAST
AVAILABLE PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT. USE THE PAGE COMMAND IN "V-EDIT" TO
SWITCH PAGES.
ENTER EXECUTES
M: LEFT CLICK, EXECUTES
OTHER PROMPT BOXES: FOLLOW "ANSI'S" INSTRUCTIONS.
GENERAL ERROR MESSAGES: MOST ERRORS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED, HOWEVER IF YOU
FIND ONE THAT HASN'T BEEN, OR FIND A FUNCTION
TO BE "BOGUS" PLEASE LET US KNOW, SO THAT WE
CAN MAKE APPROPRIATE CHANGES ON FUTURE VERSIONS
OF "V-EDIT."
OUT OF STRING SPACE ERROR: WAS TRAPPED BUT, THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM INSTRUCTION
TELLS THE PROGRAM TO DUMP ALL MEMORY AND END.
SO DON'T TRY TO LOAD TONS OF ASCII BYTES, USE
V-EDIT AS A SCREEN EDITOR, USE YOUR DOS EDITOR
AS AN ASCII EDITOR.
BUZZ, BEEPS, CHIRPS ATTENTION SIGNALS, SEE "V-EDIT" COMMAND HELP
CHANGES IN VEDIT, CURSOR MOVEMENTS WERE ADDED TO THE DIAGONAL DRAW COMMAND,
AS WELL A COUPLE OF OTHER FEATURES, LISTED IN THE HELP SCREEN THROUGH VEDIT,
"F1" IN THE EDITOR.
INTERMISSION:
WHEN "V-EDIT" EXITS IT CONVERTS ALL INTERNAL DATA FROM THE SYSTEM FORMAT TO
ANSI FORMAT, BY READING ALL THE SCREENS ONTO THE DOS WINDOW. THE LAST BLOCK
SCREEN IS SAVED AS "PASTE.DAT," THE CURRENT DRAWING WITH ALL OF ITS PAGES
AS WELL AS THE CURRENT SCREEN, UNDO DATA, AND THE BLOCK DATA ARE SAVED TO
A FILE NAMED "MFMTA.DAT," THEN THE CURRENT DRAWING IS CONVERTED TO VBBS AND
PCB FORMATS RESPECTIVELY. THE FILE "NEXT.DAT" IS UPDATED AND RESAVED. THEN
"FCON.EXE" IS CALLED.
"SQZANSI" IS NOW "SQZ" A STAND ALONE CONVERTER, V-EDIT 1.2 NOW USES THE
CONVERSION ENGINE OF SQZ, THEREBY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR ANOTHER CHAIN.
V-EDIT NOW PRODUCES THE SMALLEST ANSI OUTPUT FILES AVAILABLE FROM ANY EDITOR.
"SQZ" INCLUDES A FEATURE CALLED "HYPER-SHRINK" WHICH WILL DECREASE ANSI FILES
UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 20 % MORE.
WHEN "FCON.EXE" OPENS A FILE, THE ARRAY THAT'S STORING THE CURRENT DRAWING
IS REDIMMED THEREFORE ERASING THE CURRENT DRAWING FROM MEMORY. THE NEW FILE
IS READ ONTO THE DOS WINDOW AND CONVERTED BACK TO SYSTEM FORMAT CODE.
IS THERE AN EASIER WAY?...PROBABLY BUT IT'S THIS WAY FOR NOW!
VERSION 2.0 ? YES, EARLY 1994..... BIGGER BUT FASTER CODE
STAND ALONE CONVERSION UTILITY
EMS SUPPORT
ANIMATION, FONTS, SPRITES
MAYBE VGA GRAPHIC CONVERSION
AND YES IT WILL COST MORE, HOWEVER IF YOU BUY VERSION 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, OR PLUS
YOU'LL GET A 50% DISCOUNT ON VERSION 2.0.
FILES INCLUDED IN "V-EDIT 1.2"
VEDIT.EXE SCREEN EDITOR
FCON.EXE FILE CONVERSION, MANAGER, GENERAL UTILITY
VSETUP.EXE CREATES NEXT.DAT AS PER YOUR SYSTEM
BLOKSCRN.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN FILE
DIAGSCRN.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN FILE
WIERD.FMN SAMPLE SCREEN FILE
V.BAT SIMPLE BATCH FILE, SAVES & RESTORES PROMPT FEEL FREE TO
MODIFY IT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS.
VCHELP.HLP "V-EDIT" COMMAND HELP, CAN NOT BE APPENDED AS WILL CRASH
VHELP1.HLP LAST FILE...FIRST PART OF FCON HELP, ^S SWITCHES FILES.
VHELP2.HLP THIS FILE...FEEL FREE TO ADD NOTES HOWEVER YOU ARE LIMITED
TO A MAXIMUM FILE SIZE OF 32K OR IT WILL NOT FIT INTO "VISUAL
BASIC'S TEXT BOX" THIS OBJECT.
VDOC.PRN 3 PAGES OF STUFF THAT I HAD TO ADD AS WELL AS ORDER FORM
THIS IS IN WP51 FORMAT BUT INCLUDES ALL THE GRAPHIC CODES FOR
A LASER OR "FOR SOME OTHER PRINTERS" YOU NEED NOT HAVE WORD
PERFECT...JUST TYPE THE FOLLOWING: "COPY VDOC.PRN LPT1:"
README.NOW WHAT TO DO FIRST!
CHANGES.TXT WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM VERSION 1.1
ALL EXE FILES ARE PKLITED, WITH EXTRACTABLE CODE IN THE CASE THAT IT DOESN'T
WORK ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE -X TO EXTRACT.
FILES CREATED DURING RUN:
ANSI.TMP CURRENT DRAWING IN ANSI FORMAT
PCB.TMP CURRENT DRAWING IN PCB FORMAT
PCB.BAK A "RE-EDITABLE" COPY SAVED IN FULL 24 LINES
VBBS.TMP CURRENT DRAWING IN VBBS FORMAT
VBBS.BAK A "RE-EDITABLE" COPY SAVED IN FULL 24 LINES
WE, JUST WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT BEING, ONLY AN AVERAGE OF 14 BYTES
SMALLER, PER FILE, AS COMPARED TO THE NEXT BEST SCREEN EDITOR
FOR "PCB FILES" .... SO WE EXPANDED OUR DISTANCE TO AN AVERAGE
OF 77 BYTES. BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAD TO GIVE THE USER A WAY TO
RE-EDIT DRAWINGS THAT MIGHT NOT LOAD PROPERELY USING THE ".TMP"
FILES. IF YOU WISH TO EVER "RE-EDIT" A DRAWING, BEFORE EXITING
FCON, RENAME THE "PCB.BAK" OR "VBBS.BAK" FILE TO SOMETHING ELSE,
AS IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN THE NEXT TIME THROUGH.
PASTE.TMP LAST BLOCKED OBJECT SAVED IN ANSI FORMAT TO FULL SCREEN, 24
LINES. YOU CAN RENAME THIS FILE AND KEEP AS CLIP ART, IF YOU
APPEND IT TO A NEW DRAWING FILE, AND USE PAGE COMMANDS YOU
CAN THEN MANIPULATE IT.
MFMTA.DAT ALL DRAWING DATA
NEXT.DAT INITIALLY CREATED BY "V=EDIT," BUT RECREATED DURING EACH RUN
11 LINES OF DATA,
LINE #1 "DREW" OR "NEWDRAW" OR "FILEDRAW" OR "OLDFILEDRAW"
LINE #2 VTIME# DURATION OF MESSAGE DISPLAY, SEE ^T
LINE #3 DBC% DEFAULT BACKGROUND COLOR
LINE #4 LAST BlockTopRow% COORDINATES, 0 IF NONE
LINE #5 LAST BlockLeftCol% COORDINATES, 0 IF NONE
LINE #6 LAST BlockBottomRow% COORDINATES, 0 IF NONE
LINE #7 LAST BlockRightCol% COORDINATES, 0 IF NONE
LINE #8 Page% PAGE# V-EDIT COMMAND HELP WAS LEFT AT
LINE #9 CurrentPage% CURRENT PAGE OF DRAWING
LINE #10 GETLETTER$ DRIVE LETTER WHERE "\VED" DIRECTORY IS
LINE #11 NPAGES% TOTAL # OF PAGES IN CURRENT DRAWING
SHOULD YOU LOSE THIS FILE OR WISH TO MANIPULATE "FCON" TO START UP WITHOUT
GOING TO "V-EDIT" FIRST YOU MAY EDIT OR CREATE THIS FILE IN ANY ASCII EDITOR.
IF LINE# 1 OF "NEXT.DAT" READS "NEWDRAW" ATTEMPTING TO START "FCON.EXE" WILL
ONLY RESULT IN STARTING "VEDIT.EXE" FIRST. USE "DREW."
POINT OF INTEREST: USING DOS SET COMMANDS, RELOCATING "V.BAT," OR STARTING
"V-EDIT" FROM AN ALTERNATIVE DIRECTORY WILL SET "FCON"
TO BE THERE.
MUSTS: YOU MUST INSTALL OR COPY ALL "V-EDIT" FILES TO A ROOT DIRECTORY
CALL N:\VED, WHERE N IS A VALID HARD DRIVE LETTER. ALL FILES
LOAD AND SAVE TO FILES IN [ DRIVE LETTER + "\VED" ]; IF NOT NOTHING
WILL WORK.
COULDN'T YOU HAVE ADDED...? NO WAIT 'TIL VERSION 2.0 OR WRITE IT YOURSELF!
"ANSI" THE ENTITY THAT CALLS YOU "DUDE," HE IS UNBIASED TO GENDER
SO DON'T BE OFFENDED....HE DISDAINS ALL HUMANS EQUALLY.
HE RESIDES IN OUR SERVER AT FULL MOTION NET (tm) AND EVEN
HAS HIS OWN LAB! HE OFTEN LIKES TO REEK HAVOC WITH OUR EISA
MACHINES....MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN HIM TOO?
WHO WROTE THIS PROGRAM? ....AN OLD ARROGANT WIZARD AND SOME MUTANTS.
WHAT'S TODAY? 6/2/93
DID I MISS ANYTHING? IF SO, CALL US WE'LL BE "GLAD" TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
V-EDIT.DOC 05.13.93
Copyright (c) 1993 by Full Motion Net Software.
All Rights Reserved.
This version of V-EDIT is NOT public domain or freeware, but is being distri-
buted as "shareware." Non-registered users are granted a 30 day trial license
for the express purpose of determining whether V-EDIT is suitable for their
needs. At the end of this trial period, you should either register your copy
or discontinue using V-EDIT.
Full Motion Net Software
2005 Hemlock Lane
Mays Landing, N.J. 08330-9678
VOICE: (609)625-4679 or: (609)346-0568 BBS: (609)625-4475
Send check or money order for $22.00 with return information, or contact
Full Motion by voice or our support BBS for registration information.
■ Full Motion Net is a trademark(tm) of Full Motion Net.
■ PCBoard is copyright by and a registered trademark of
Clark Development Co.Inc. Murray, Utah
■ VBBS (Virtual BBS/NET) is copyright by Roland De Graaf
DISCLAIMER
Use of this program acknowledges this disclaimer of warranty: "This program
is supplied as is. Full Motion Net Software and Full Motion Net disclaims
all warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, the war-
ranties of merchantability and of fitness of this program for any purpose.
Full Motion Net Software nor Full Motion Net assumes no liability for
damages incidental or consequential, or direct which may result from any
use of this program."
LICENSE
This version of V-EDIT is NOT public domain or free software, but is
being distributed as "shareware".
Non-registered users of this software are granted a limited license to make
an evaluation copy for trial use on a private, non-commercial basis, for the
express purpose of determining whether V-EDIT is suitable for their needs.
At the end of this trial period, you should either register your copy or
discontinue using V-EDIT.
A V-EDIT registration entitles you to use the program on any and all compu-
ters available to you, with the following restriction: If other people have
access to this program or may use it, then additional copies or a site
license should be purchased. Please call Full Motion Net for details.
All users are granted a limited license to copy V-EDIT only for the trial
use of others and subject to the above limitations. This license does NOT
include distribution or copying of this software package:
1. In connection with any other product or service.
2. For general use within a company or institution.
3. For any consideration or 'disk fee'.
4. For distribution in modified form; i.e., the file containing
this license information MUST be included, along with the full
V-EDIT documentation.
Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) are encouraged to
post V-EDIT for downloading by their users, as long as the above conditions
are met. Disk vendors MUST obtain written permission from Full Motion Net
before distributing V-EDIT. Certain restrictions apply. Generally ASP
approved vendors are granted permission; others are handled on a case by
case basis. Contact Full Motion Net for details.
TRADEMARK
- Full Motion Net is a trademark(tm) of Full Motion Net.
- PCBoard is copyright by and a registered trademark of
Clark Development Co.Inc. Murray, Utah.
- VBBS (Virtual BBS/NET) is copyright by Roland De Graaf.
- DOS is a product and trademark(tm) of MICROSOFT CORP.
- WORD PERFECT is a product and (tm) of MICROSOFT CORP.
- PKLITE is a product and (tm) of PKWARE.
- missed anyone or wrong info....sorry, please let us know
and we'll correct our errors.
ORDERING INFORMATION
A V-EDIT registration licenses you to use the product on a regular basis.
Registration also includes notification of updates and telephone support,
and entitles you to access to the registered user area of our
BBS (609-625-4475, N81, USR 16.8 HST/Dual, 24 hours a day). Individual
registrations of V-EDIT are $22.00. The latest version may be downloaded
from our BBS, or for $5.00 for media and shipping we will mail your copy.
New Jersey residents should include 6% sales tax.
Remit to: Full Motion Net
2005 Hemlock Lane
Mays Landing, N.J. 08330-9678
*** V-EDIT version 1.2, June 1993. ***
VOICE: (609) 625-4475, Mon. - Fri., 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., EST ONLY.
(609) 346-0568, 24 hours a day, machine or sometimes living.
BBS: (609) 625-4475, 24 hrs, 7 days a week. USR 16.8 HST/Dual.
ORDER FORM
Order Form #9003-OF03
Send me: (check desired items)
____ V-EDIT Registration ......................... @ $22.00 ea $ ______
(Includes latest version of the licensed software, BBS and voice support
and documentation file. You download from BBS).
PAY: $ 22.00 AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO DOWNLOAD THE LASTEST VERSION
OF "VEDIT AND ALL COMPANION FILES,"
FROM THE "FULL MOTION NET BBS" ONLY!
---- V-EDIT on Disk .............................. @ $27.00 ea $ ______
(Includes latest version of the licensed software and documentation on
disk, includes shipping and handling). "sent UPS"
PAY: $ 27.00 AND WE WILL SHIP YOU THE LATEST VERSION OF "VEDIT AND ALL
COMPANION FILES." 1.44M SENT UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUESTED.
Subtotal: $ ______
New Jersey Residents please add Sales Tax ...............@ 6% $ ______
Total (U.S. Funds drawn on U.S. Bank) $ ______
Payment by: ( )CHECK(mail only) ( )M.O.(mail only) ( )AMERICAN EXPRESS
Name:___________________________________________________________
Company (ONLY if company address):______________________________
Address:________________________________________________________
:_______________________________________________________________
:_______________________________________________________________
Voice Day Phone:_________________ Evening:_____________________
Card #:__________________________ Exp. Date:___________________
Signature of cardholder:________________________________________
Above quoted prices will stay in effect until DEC. 1, 1993
(609) 625-4679 or (609) 346-0568