06601030301800 6 L........T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....T....R €TheCardMakerV1.1 ProgrammedbyYaronKidron,UsingOSSPersonalPascal. Thisispublicdomainsoftware,andmaynotbedisributedforany price,thisprogramisFREE. Whatisit? TheCardMaker,isaspecialprogramforcreatingcards,either forbusinessusage,orforyourownpleasure. Howmuch? Nothing.Thisisfreepublicdomainsoftware,anditisnotfor resellingaswell. Whocreatedthisprogramandhow? TheprogramwaswrittenbyYaronKidronofPaloAlto,Cal94306. ItwasprogrammedinOSSPersonalPascal,usingtheGEMcompiler. Whatwouldyouhaveonyourdiskafterextractingthearchive file: *CARD.PRG -CardMaker,V1.1 *CARD.PAS-Thepascalsourcecode,forpascalprogrammers. *CARD.TXT-Thistutorial. Loading&Runningtheprogram: ------------------------------ *Oncolormonitors,selectMEDIUMresolution. *Toloadtheprogram,clickonCARD.PRG *AfterprogramhavebeenloadedintoyourST,thescreenwillbe cleared,andanalertboxwillbedesplayed. *ClicktheOKbutton. *Assoonasthealertboxclears,youwillseeaninvertedlineon thebuttom.ThisisyourCommandline.Youalsobepromptedbya COMMAND>prompt.YouarereadytouseCardMaker. Usingtheprogram: ------------------ *Thecommandruleronthebuttom,isyourdeviceofcreating cards.AlthoughtheprogramwascompiledinGEM,itdoesnot supportanymousefunctions.Allcommandswillbeenteredin text. *Tocreateyourcards,CardMakerofferscommands.Eachcommand willbeusedfordifferentpurposes.Thoughthenumberofthe commandsisadequate,eachcommandisverypowerfull.Theseare thecommandsthatCardMakerrespondsto:  Quit,Bye,Exit-QuitCardMaker,returntotheGemdesktop. Title -Setyourtitlesize,andtitle'stext. Colomns -Entercolomnsspecifications. Enter -Enterthetextthatwillbeprintedonyourcard. Text -Textsize. Spacing -Settingthespacingbetweenyourlinesoftext. Center -Centeryourtitle. Tstyle -Thestyleofyourtitle. Xstyle -Thestyleofyourtext. Frame -Drawsaboxedframearoundyourcard. RFrame -Drawsaroundframearoundyourcard. Tline -Drawsalineunderyourtitle. Cline -Drawsalinebetweenyourcolomnsoftext. Ginit -Initializesallgraphiccommands. Reformat -Reformatscolomns. Print -Printcard. Sline -Scaletheline.  *CardMakerrecognizesallofthecommandsinuppercase(eg TEXT),lowercase(egtext)andboth(egText).BUTitwill notrespondtononclearcommandsasTeXt.  Explaininghowtousethecommands: ----------------------------------- Title - Afterenteringthiscommand,youwillbeaskedfor  thesizeofyourtitleinpixels.Youwillhaveto  enteranumberfrom1-100(1isthesmallest,100  isthelargest.100pixelsareonehalfscreen.).  Enteryourtitle'stext(egHappyBirthday),and  hitReturn.Ifanytitlewillbeentered,itwill bedesplayedinit'scurrentsize,andstyle.  Colomns - Youalsocanentertextincolomns.Youwillbe  askedforthenumberofcolomnsyouaregoingto use,ofamaximumof5.  Thenyouwillbeaskedifyouwantthecolomnsto besetautomaticaly.Ifyouenteryes,theneach colomnwillhavethesamelength. Ifyouwillnegatethequestion,youwillbeasked toenteryourcolomn'swidthinCHARACTERS.  Enter - Enterthiscommandifyouwanttoinsertthe  card'stext.Youwillbeaskedonwhichcolomn wouldyouliketoworkon.Enteryourcolomnnumber (1-5).Theline#willbedesplayedontheleft, andyouwillhavecursorattheright,indicating yourcolomnlength.Ifyouwritepastthiscursor, CardMakerwillaskyouagaintoenterthetextfor thisline.Ifyouwanttoerasethings,usethe Backspacekey.YoucanalsousetheTabkeyfor fasterediting.Ifyouhavealreadyenteredtextin thecolomn,afteryoureinsertedtheEntercommand, youwillbeaskedifyouwanttostartfromanyrow (line)numberthatyouhaveworkedon.  Afterenteringthetext,thetextwillbedesplayed onthescreenwithit'sstyle,andsize.  Text - Enteranumberfrom1to100tospecifyyourtext height,inpixels.  Spacing- Enteranumberfrom1to200tospecifyyourtext  spacinginpixels.(16pixels=onelineof spacing,infontsized6).  Center - Centeringyoutitle,alsowillaskforacentering  factor-whichcanadjustthespacing.factor reasonablevaluesare1to2.(eg1.76)  Tstyle - Thestyleofyourtitle.EnteraletterfromAtoG forspecifications:  A=Normal.  B=Bold.  C=Lightened.  D=Slanted(italics).  E=Underlined.  F=Outlined.  G=Shadowed.  Xstyle - Thestyleofyourtext.EnteraletterfromAtoG. formoreinfo,lookaboveatTstyle.  Ginit - Initializesallgraphicalcommands,asFrame, Rframe,Tline,Cline-butnotstyles,andheights.  Othecommandsareonepasswithoutanydifficultpromptingand enteringvalues.  Enjoythisprogram,andifyouhaveanyproblems,leavea messageforYaron,onthisBBS.