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- MAKE-IO2
- (c)1990 by Richard N. Alger
-
- INSTRUCTION MANUAL
-
-
- Requirements:
-
- In order to use MAKE-IO2 you MUST have the TechnoJocks
- Turbo Toolkit V-5 which is available on many BBS Systems
- and Borland Turbo Pascal V-4, 5, or 5.5 and MS or PC DOS
- version 2.1 or higher.
-
- Purpose:
-
- MAKE-IO2 was written to automate the process of writing
- Turbo Pascal source code for the great I-O screens
- generated by the Turbo Toolkit. With MAKE-IO2, you won't
- need the TTT Manual in your hand when writing a program
- using the IOTTT5 unit. Simply use your favorite ASCII text
- editor or the editor built in to MAKE-IO2 to design your
- input screen, then use MAKE-IO2 to write the Turbo Pascal
- source code to your disk. You can then add your own
- programming lines to create the finished product. MAKE-IO2
- makes use of all data type fields supported by the
- TechnoJock's Toolkit, String, Integer, Real, LongInt, Byte
- and Word. You can customize the text colors and add
- flashing to any text on your input screen.
-
- Using MAKE-IO2:
-
- MAKE-IO2 has a built-in editor with which to create your
- input screen. The editor has the ability to draw lines and
- add text (Sorry only Double lines at this time).
-
- Copy MAKE-IO2 to the directory with your other .PAS files
- and type MAKE-IO2. You will be presented a menu.
- Choose "Edit a Screen" to take you to the editor. You will
- then be asked for a FILENAME; Enter the name of the file
- you wish to edit WITHOUT an extension. If the file exists,
- it will be retrieved and presented on the screen. If it is
- a new file you will be presented a blank screen and
- MAKE-IO2 will create a new file (NAME.TXT).
-
- Once in the editor, use F1 to Draw lines or F2 to add
- text. Use the arrow keys to draw or to move the cursor to
- a position for entering text.
-
- There are six special characters that denote the start of
- an input field. The end of an input field is always an
- empty space. The six special characters are as follows:
-
-
-
- [ = String Field
- | = Real Field
- \ = Integer Field
- ~ = Byte Field
- ] = Word Field
- { = LongInt Field
-
-
- Examples:
-
- Name [***********************
-
- Where Name is text and
- [ denotes the start of a 23 character String input field.
-
- Amount $|##,###.##
-
- Where Amount $ is text and
- | denotes the start of 7 character Real input field.
-
- The other types of input fields are used in a similar
- manner.
-
-
- When you have completed your input screen, F10 will exit
- and save your input screen to (NAME.TXT) and take you into
- the color editor where you can edit the colors of the
- screen and individual text colors.
-
- First you will be presented a menu with which to choose
- your screen background color. A second menu will the
- appear where you choose the main foreground color.
-
- You will now be asked if you wish to edit individual text
- colors. If you choose "Y", use the arrow keys to move to
- the start of a text string. Press enter at the start of
- the text string then use the arrow keys to move to the
- last character of the text string and press enter again.
-
- You will now be presented a menu with which to choose the
- color for the text you just marked. After the color is
- chosen you will be asked if you want it to blink; Enter "Y
- or N". At this time you may either use F10 to exit or use
- the arrow keys to move to another text string to mark and
- color. When you press an arrow key, the string you have
- previously colored will disappear so that it can't be
- marked for another color.
-
- When you have finished and use F10 to exit the coloring
- function, your Turbo Pascal source code will be written to
- the disk under the filename NAME.PAS.
-
-
-
- Other Text Editors:
-
- As mentioned eariler, any text editor that will write an
- ASCII file may be used to create your input screen. You
- may choose to even use your Turbo Pascal editor. An
- excellent editor is FORMTOOL, as it will draw all types of
- lines (single and double).
-
- If you use another editor to build your input screen, you
- still use MAKE-IO2 to edit colors and build your .PAS
- file. You should use the second choice on the MAKE-IO2
- initial menu. When asked for the filename, enter the full
- filename plus extension as "NAME.TXT, FILE.FRM" etc.
- Once you have entered the filename you may edit the screen
- and text colors as in the previous section. A .PAS file
- will be generated as previously described.
-
- The TechnoJock Turbo Toolkit is available from:
-
- TechnoJock Software
- P.O. Box 820927
- Houston, TX 77282
- (713) 493-6354
-
- The author of MAKE-IO2 is not affiliated with TechnoJock
- Software.
-
- Registration:
-
- The author of MAKE-IO2 has worked many hours on its
- development and expects that if you use MAKE-IO2 and like
- it, to be compensated for his effort. As with all
- ShareWare, Try-it, if you like and use it then register.
- Registeration is $25 and when you register you will
- recieve the latest version along with two other utilities
- for writing source code for Menu's and Windows for the
- Turbo Toolkit.
-
- Please Register with your check for $25 to:
-
- Richard N. Alger
- 5845 Layhigh Rd.
- Okeana, OH 45053
-
- Now sit back and enjoy effortless production of source
- code for the great I-O that the Turbo Toolkit provides.