JCLabel v1.8 (c) John Charles, 1992 An address label database and printer facility for the ST and the TT in ST mode, running in ST high and medium resolutions. Written in compiled GFA Basic No warranties, either expressed or implied, are given as to the programs suitability for any particular purpose. It has been tested on a range of machines and has been running smoothly on my setup. Whilst I have put a lot of effort into making the program stable and reliable I accept no responsibility for your use of it. You do so entirely at your own risk. This program may be freely distributed as long as any charges made do not exceed normally accepted copying costs. It may be distributed through Bulletin Boards where no charge is made for downloading and through PD libraries. The program and its associated files may not be sold as or with any commercial program without the written agreement of the author. This archive or folder should contain the files: JCLABL18.PRG - JCLabel v1.8 program JCLABEL.RSC - resource file for the program (put it in same folder as the program) JCLABEL.TXT - Main manual for using JCLabel and all modifications up to v1.7 NEW4V18.TXT - What's new - you're reading it! All the above files should remain unaltered and be distributed together. The archive or folder may contain: JCLABEL.CFG - colour configuration file for medium resolution JCLPRINT.CFG - printer configuration file The program will still work without these two files being present and will create them automatically when needed. FOR NEW USERS - you should read JCLABEL.TXT for a full explanation but if you are a normal "if all else fails, read the docs" user (like me) then you need to be aware that when you first run the program it will look for a file called MYADLIST.JCL and complain if it can't be found. When you are asked if you want to load MYADLIST or another list just answer NO and you can start a new list. If you save this new list as MYADLIST.JCL then it will automatically be loaded every time you re-run JCLabel. Put it in the same folder as the program! ADDITIONS FOR v1.8 SORTING - By pressing the |^| button near the top right of the screen the labels can be sorted. This operates by looking at the information in the top line of each label. Any labels with a blank top line will be placed first followed by any in which the top line starts with a space or spaces, etc. PRINTER SETUP By pressing the button |PRINTER| you will be presented with a screen where you can set many of the attributes for your printer. DRAFT quality print is set by clicking on the word FONT. Clicking on a number in the same line (0 to 7) will choose which internal printer font to use. Check with your printer manual just how many of these numbers may be used. This automatically sets the output to Near Letter Quality (NLQ). ITALIC, CONDENSED, WIDE, PROPORTIONAL and DOUBLE STRIKE text may be chosen by clicking on the appropiate word. An attribute is chosen when it shows white text on a black background. These are toggle buttons, so they can be switched off by clicking on them again. If you have a colour printer then you may click on the colour you want for your label(s). Your printer may have extra text facilities, for example outline or 3D lettering. If you wish to access these then you will have to look in you printer manual for the codes you need as they can be entered by clicking on the top line marked CUSTOM. As an example, the Star LC24 can print 3D letters - you can find the code needed by looking up "Ornament Character" in the printer manual. There you will see a list of codes in three different formats. Look at those under decimal and you will see 27 113 n (where n is a number for an ornament). Looking at the list of ornaments you will see that 2 is for shadowed lettering. To enter this click on CUSTOM, press the ESC key to delete anything that is already there and type 27,113,2 (no spaces but use commas between numbers) and press RETURN. Now when you print a label it will use the 3D effect. After each label has been printed a RESET is sent to the printer which should set it back to any default configuration you normally use. SAVE - The SAVE button writes a small file to your disk (JCLPRINT.CFG) so that everything you have set up for the printer will be automatically loaded the next time you run the program. Also saved in the printer configuration file is your choice for the level of alert / request boxes. Once you are used to the program and wish to get things done without being asked for prompts at every operation, click the ALERTS button, answer NO, click the PRINTER button and click the SAVE button. Every time you re-run the program it will automatically limit the number of alerts you will see. FEEDBACK - Most additions and improvements have been added as a direct result of a few people taking the time and trouble to write to me with suggestions and requests. To those I give my grateful thanks. This is the only way many PD programs will progress beyond the original ideas of the programmer. All correspondence is answered and all requests are considered. My thanks to Peter Hibs, Mike Kerslake and David Flight for taking the time and trouble to write to me with comments and suggestions, many of which have been incorporated in this update. BeST Wishes -=- JayCee -=- November, 1992 John Charles "Ash tree" Priory Lane Grimoldby Louth Lincolnshire LN11 8SP England