Uncle Carl's Famous Generic Labeler (C)1992,93 Carl J. Hafner April 13, 1993 Incredibly FREEWARE !!! DISTRIBUTION: ------------- You are FREE to copy and distribute this program as long as the files... LABEL1_7.PRG \ LABEL1_7.TXT \ LABELER.CUR \ OTHERTTL.TXT \ NEWTERMS.TXT are included, are NOT modified in ANY way and NO FEE of ANY type is incurred upon the recipient for the files _themselves_. This program is Freeware, NOT Public Domain. This means that it remains the property of the author, even though there is no fee to use it. DISCLAIMER: ----------- The author cannot be responsible for any damage to your equipment, other hardware or software products, or physical or mental well being caused by the use, misuse, abuse or inability to use this program. The author also makes no guarantee as to the compatibility of this program with other software or hardware products. Using this program means that you understand AND agree with these terms. If you do not understand AND agree, DO NOT use this program. PROGRAM/ACCESSORY ----------------- * GEN^LABEL works as either a program OR an accessory, depending on how you name it and where you put it. RESOLUTIONS ----------- * GEN^LABEL _will not_ work in ST or TT LOW resolution, the display is too wide. It will work in any other resolution. ENTERING TEXT/QUITTING ---------------------- * You can move from line to line using the cursor arrow keys. When you are ready to print, click on PRINT. When you want to quit, click on the box in the upper left hand corner. PRINTING/SAVING TO .LST FILE ---------------------------- * If you select the PRINT option, an alert will appear. You can either send the output to a connected printer OR to a GFA .LST file. The .LST file converts the text into CHR$ values. For example, the letter A will be saved as... reg1$=CHR$(65) . Carl would be saved as... reg1$=CHR$(67)+CHR$(97)+CHR$(114)+CHR$(109) . This can be useful if you wish to include text in your compiled program which you do not want viewed from a sector editor, ie: your name or a registered users name. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REMEMBER: GFA has a set line length so you WON'T be able to save a FULL line of text into a .LST file and have it load. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOVING THE PANEL ---------------- * GEN^LABEL is moved in the same way you move a GEM window. Clicking once on the "parent" box centers the panel. If run as a resident DA, clicking on the parent box will set GEN^LABEL to its last "exit" position. CUSTOM MOUSE CURSORS -------------------- * If a file named LABELER.CUR is found in the SAME directory as LABEL1_7.PRG(ACC), GenLabel will load a User Defined mouse CURsor ! Users can create their OWN custom mice using UncleMouse 1.0a or newer (available most everywhere) ! * THAT'S IT ! PRINTER PORTS ------------- GEN^LABEL checks the PRINTER PORT for a printer. When you select PRINT, it sends the command LPRINT text$ to your printer (text$ being ANY text on any of the lines). If you are using a SERIAL printer you will need to use the "port redirection" program that came on your printer disk to redirect output to the serial port. I'll bet you knew that already... You should also have no problem setting up your printers internal fonts, and printing, since GEN^LABEL merely sends a "print" command and nothing else. Enjoy ! CREDITS ------- Thanks to Larry D. Duke for TT compatibility UncleMouse & the UncleMouse CURsor file (C)Carl J. Hafner FormDoIt! (C)Gribnif Software VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.7 -> Adds .LST file. Fixes rare bug which caused panel to jump to the top of the screen. 1.6 -> FormDoIt! compatibility, User Mouse support 1.5 -> TT compatibility 1.0 -> Original version