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- GREENBAR
- Version 1.0
-
- by Alan D. Applegate
-
-
- NOT Copyrighted
- Entirely and Completely Public Domain
-
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- PLEASE NOTE: This program was written because I couldn't locate
- the GREENBAR program (by a different author) that I have heard of
- and seen in action. Writing the program took all of 10 minutes,
- so it was indeed easier to write my own than continue to look for
- the original. My apologies in advance to the author who
- originally wrote the GREENBAR program - it's not my intent to
- step on anyone's toes. Easier availability of the original
- program would have made this copycat version unnecessary.
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-
- WHAT IS GREENBAR?
-
- GREENBAR is a program to take an ordinary text file and turn it
- into an ANSI encoded equivalent that appears to be on "greenbar"
- paper, complete with pin-feed margins.
-
- Such output is nifty to see on bulletin board systems, and it is
- for BBS Sysops that this program is written. You Sysops can take
- bulletins and other text information on your BBS, run it through
- GREENBAR, and have visually attractive output for real-time
- display on your system.
-
- HOW DO I USE GREENBAR?
-
- First, you need a text file. THERE MUST BE NO MORE THAN 65
- CHARACTERS PER LINE! If there are more than 65 characters per
- line, the excess will be TRUNCATED in the output file, and will
- cause an annoying beep and warning message at the end of the
- program run. All characters are significant, including trailing
- spaces, if any, except carriage return and/or linefeed, which are
- NOT included in the 65 character limit. NOTE: The original file
- is NOT modified in any way; it is opened in READ ONLY mode.
-
- Second, you must name the text file GREENBAR.IN. If it is named
- anything else, it won't work.
-
- Third, put GREENBAR.EXE and GREENBAR.IN in the same directory,
- and run the program. GREENBAR displays its progress.
-
- Fourth, look for GREENBAR.OUT. This is the output file with ANSI
- encoded greenbar-look. Characters are black on either white or
- green, just like greenbar continuous form computer paper. If you
- have ANSI.SYS installed, then do TYPE GREENBAR.OUT at the DOS
- prompt to see what it looks like. Nifty, huh?
-
- Fifth, if the output looks like trash, you either don't have
- ANSI.SYS installed, or you didn't format the text input file
- (GREENBAR.IN) to have no more than 65 characters on a line.
-
- DOESN'T IT GET ANY FANCIER THAN THIS?
-
- No. This program meets my needs, but I'd like to add some more
- goodies to it later on. Possibly being able to specify filenames
- or do some text formatting and things, but not right away. Look
- for GREENBAR Version 1.1 sometime...
-
- HOW DO I CONTACT THE AUTHOR?
-
- The author will only answer letters if they are sent with some
- sort of pre-posted return envelope, or if you enclose money so I
- can buy my own stamp. Telephone calls will not be accepted.
-
- GREENBAR Version 1.0
- c/o Alan D. Applegate
- P. O. Box 260723
- Lakewood, CO 80226-0723
- USA
-
- DO I NEED TO PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM?
-
- If you're that impressed with it, send a few bucks to the address
- listed above, and I'll consider us even. If you don't pay, just
- feel somewhat guilty that you're using someone else's efforts for
- free and keep in mind that making any demands or requests about
- the software is not recommended.
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