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- ' MAE SOFT '
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- Rt.3 Box 620
- Rockwell N.C. 28138
- 704-279-4433
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- Labl is a versitle label maker for all your label needs. Labl will
- create labels from 2 to 10 lines long and from 10 to 50 columns wide.
- It supports several printers and will print one,two or three labels across
- the page on a standard 8 1/2" printer.
-
- Labl has no set fields, ( name, address, etc ), it simply has a
- number of lines that you use to create your labels. You may use more lines
- than you need for the labels and use the remainder for notes or what have
- you.
-
-
- A buffer is available to storing often used lines. You may put lines
- into and take them out from any label. Labl will sort on any of the lines
- you are using. The last deleted label is held in a buffer for undeleting and
- moving.
-
-
- Alt-H Bring up the Help Screen from most menu's.
- Esc Aborts most functions
-
- Labl uses random access files so the size of your label file is limited
- only by your disk space. I have placed a limit of 30,000 and the number of
- labels and 30,000 on the number of copies of each label. There is a limit
- of 1500 labels that can be sorted,however. Sorting 1500 labels takes about
- 3 1/2 minutes.
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-
- System Requirements..
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- 256k Memory
- Color Graphics
- A Hard Disk is highly recommended but not required.
- Epson or IBM compatable printer
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-
-
- Starting Labl...
-
- If a filename is entered on the command line, Labl will open that
- file or create it if it does not exist. You may also specify the label
- width and the number of lines on the command line, when starting a new file.
-
- Example.. Labl Filename 35 5
-
- This will load the named file with a width of 35
- and 5 lines in the label.
-
- Leaving out the width and lines will use the default of 32 wide by 5 lines.
-
- If Labl is started without a file name you should select (F)iles
- from the opening menu and then select (O)pen from the Files menu.
-
- When you open a file, Labl will look for that filename with
- the extension ".CNF". This file contains the program options that you may
- change. When you change any defaults you will be given the option of
- saving this information.
-
-
- ADD
- ---
-
- Selecting Add from the main menu let's you add labels to your file.
- You have the number of lines you have selected (1-10) to create your
- label. The default number is five.
-
- The label editor uses any character from 32 to 254 so the Alt-Keypad
- characters can be used.
-
-
- Esc - Aborts to main menu, the label you are on is discarded
- Return - Pressing return or the down arrow on last line brings up
- next label.
-
- Hitting Alt-Function Key will store the current line in the label buffer
- on the same line as the Function Key number. Pressing any of the function
- keys will bring back the corresponding label line from the buffer.
-
- F1 will retrieve information from buffer line one.
- F2 will retrieve information from buffer line two.
-
- Alt F1 will store the current line in buffer line 1
- Alt F8 will store the current line in buffer line 8
-
-
- Alt-C - Copies the previous label to the current label and
- brings up the next label for addition.
- Alt-B - Will let you view the contents of the buffer.
- Alt-L - Will let you view the last label entered.
- Alt-T - Inserts System Date at the cursor position.
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-
- CHANGE
- ------
-
- Change is much like the Add function except it will retrieve the label
- you want and display it for you to change.
-
- Hitting return on the last line of the current label will bring up
- the next label for you to change. Hitting Esc will abort the change
- function.
-
- Dn.Arrow - Moves down one line, if pressed on the last line
- will bring up the next label.
- Up.Arrow - Moves up one line.
- Pg.Dn. - Accepts Changes and brings up the next label.
- Pg.Up. - Brings up the last label. ( No Changes Accepted )
-
- Alt-D - Deletes the current label and brings up the next.
- Alt-U - Undeletes the last label deleted and bring up the next label.
- Alt-B - Allows you to view the contents of the buffer.
-
-
- FILES
- -----
- Switches to Files Menu.
-
- PRINT
- ----
- Switches to Print Screen.
-
- VIEW
- ----
- Allows you to view your label files. Use Pg.Dn. and Pg.Up. to
- page through your file.
-
- SEARCH
- ------
- Search will find up to 999 occurances of the search string you
- enter, and allow you to write them to a ascii file.
- You may specify case dependant or case independant searches.
-
-
- PRINT-SCREEN
- ------------
-
- Selecting Print from the main menu brings up the Print Menu.
- You may select a range to print, the default is 1 through
- your last label. You may also issue a linefeed to your printer
- for aligning labels. Pressing the spacebar while prining is
- in progress will interrupt the printing. Pressing Esc
- will abort the printing.
-
- You may preview your labels by printing them to the screen
- to see the effects of various tab widths on your labels.
- Pressing Esc aborts screen printing. Pressing the spacebar
- will pause screen printing.
-
- Note: Screen printing does not accuratly reflect what you will
- get on the printer when Condensed and Double Wide styles
- are selected.
-
- You may also print you labels to a standard ascii file using the
- range you have selected.
-
-
- Copies - Allows you to select printing of up to 30000
- copies of each label.
-
- Range - Selects the Range of Labels to print.
-
-
- Finagle - Shows you the current tab settings. You may change
- these within reasonable limits, but be careful,
- it is easy to screw things up.
-
- The Finagle Option also allow you to send control strings
- to your printer.
-
- Input the control strings as Ascii Decimal characters.
-
- Example (Esc "E")
-
- 27 69 - emphasized print
-
- * When printing 2 or 3 wide and you want more than one copy.
- Add 1 or 2 labels to make the number of labels evenly
- divisible by the number of labels wide.
-
- This will prevent wasting labels when printing.
-
- Ex. Printing 3 wide and you have 13 labels : add 2 to make
- 15 labels.
-
- Options - Takes you to the Options Screen.
-
- Quit - Returns to Main Menu.
-
-
-
- OPTIONS SCREEN
- --------------
-
-
- Lines in Label - (default 5) Sets the number of lines in your labels.
- Changing this number brings up the convert screen.
- Convert will change the file, to a file with the number
- of lines you choose.
-
- *** Convert requires as much free disk space as the length
- of your label file. Convert will check for this space
- and do nothing if there is not enough space.
-
- Width of Lines - (default 32) You may change the width from 10 to 50
- columns. Default with is just about right for
- 1 wide labels.
-
-
- Printer Type - (default - generic printer) The default merely sends
- (1-3) the label out to the printer, changing type styles
- is not possible.
-
- #1 Generic
- #2 IBM/Epson/Star
- #3 Okidata 92 * might work
-
- Type Styles - 1 Letter Quality
- (1-4) 2 Normal Draft
- 3 Compressed
- 4 Double Wide
-
- Default is (#2 Draft)
-
-
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- Lines to Print - (Default 5) Sets the number of lines sent out to the printer.
- You may set the label lines to more than the lines
- to print and use the unprinted lines for information
- or what-ever.
-
- Labels Across - (Default 1) You may print your labels 1,2,or 3 across
- the page. But be careful if your labels are too wide
- they will not print properly if you have selected
- 2 or 3 across.
-
- Lines to Skip - When printing fewer lines than the label contains
- you will have to increase the number of lines skipped
- between labels.
-
-
- Highlight Top - If you have selected a IBM or Epson printer you may
- highlight the first line of your label.
-
-
-
- FILES SCREEN
- ------------
-
- Open - Opens an existing file for use or creates a new file.
-
- Dir - Hitting Ret. when asked for a drive will display
- the files in the current default drive and directory.
-
- Pack - Will purge your file of all deleted labels. Only those
- labels you have deleted will be purged. Blank labels
- will remain.
-
- *** Pack requires as much free disk space as the length
- of your label file. Pack will check for this space
- and do nothing if there is not enough space.
-
-
- Sort - Will sort your file on the line you specify. You may
- select ascending or descending sort from the options
- menu. Sort has a limit of 1500 labels ( 375k at 5 lines
- to the label).
-
- *** Sort requires as much free disk space as the length
- of your label file. Sort will check for this space
- and do nothing if there is not enough space.
-
- In/Out
-
- Import - Import will ask you for a file name and the number of
- labels to import. It will then add these labels
- to the end of your label file.
- (Imports Ascii Files Only)
-
- Export - Writes your file out to the file name you specify as a
- comma delimited ascii file.
-
- Run - Allow you to leave Labl and go to the operating system.
- Type exit to return to Labl.
-
- Quit - Returns to the Main Menu.
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- I have tried to make Lab'l as flexable and simple to use as
- possible and it appears to work well for me .
-
- But if there are any obvious bugs, or you just can't get the
- thing to work, give me a call. Maybe I can help.
-
- Any suggestions will be welcome.
-
-
- This program is not copyrighted and you are free to use it as you wish.
- Source code is available for the asking.
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