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- Documentation file for PCFIXLC1.MRG
-
- PCFIXLC1.MRG was created primarily to add the ability to append account
- numbers to the Long Distance Service support provided in PC-TALK.III's
- dialer. This is required with some long distance services (Sprint <tm>
- in my case) to identify the specific employee making the call.
-
- After merging PCFIXLC1.MRG into your copy of PC-TALK.III, the program will
- create a file on your disk called LDAPPEND.DAT. This file will contain
- two append strings, each up to 15 characters long. These strings will be
- defined and created under the Alt-D option as you enter a new number for
- +# or -# definition. After they are defined, they will automatically be
- appended to the number to be called each time you specify long distance
- services. They will not be appended if you do not specify a long distance
- service number (with + or -).
-
- In addition, the "1" required in many areas to designate a long distance
- phone call (such as the "1" in 1 (303) 555-7784) will automatically be
- eliminated from the phone number if you use a + or - to specify a long
- distance service number. In my case, Sprint would not accept the call
- if the "1" was not removed.
-
- In the process of adding the above features, I came across a couple of
- errors in the original code which I have (I hope) corrected. The first
- error involved trying to route data to the printer, which was not powered
- up at the time. The program crashed with an unrecoverable error in line
- 810. This was fixed with a simple trap statement. The second error only
- occurred if you used Alt-F to change defaults, made an error in selecting
- parameters (such as selecting 8 data bits with even or odd parity), and
- then answered "y" to the prompt which asked if the parameters were correct.
- This caused an error when the program tried to open the Com: port, which
- was properly trapped. If, however, you did not correct the erroneous para-
- meter but instead tried to leave the Defaults routine, and answered "n" to
- the "everything correct" prompt, the system would crash with a File Number
- Error in line 560. This has been corrected by not allowing an exit from
- the routine with erroneous parameters selected.
-
- To add the above patches to PC-TALK.III, just load your original version
- of the program and use the MERGE command to add the file PCFIXLC1.MRG,
- then save the program again. You should save an original (unmodified)
- copy of PC-TALK.III.
-
- Leroy Casterline
- (303) 484-9858
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