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- PMLIB.EXE - PrintMaster Library Editor, version 1.1
- copyright 3/3/88 Wes Davis, 728 Creekview Dr., Lawrenceville, GA 30244
-
- PMLIB provides the ability to combine and extract Printmaster graphic
- library files. Within a library, icons can be deleted, renamed, and the
- order of the icons can be changed. Output files are always in Printmaster
- format, but input files can be in either Printmaster or Printshop format.
-
-
- Syntax:
-
- PMLIB [input file] [output file]
-
- The input file and output file are optional.
-
- If no input file is specified, PMLIB will request one. After an input
- file name is specified, the program will enter the INPUT menu.
-
- From the INPUT menu, the following keys are active.
-
- uparrow back up one icon
- downarrow forward one icon
- rightarrow switch to the OUTPUT menu
- S Select, append the current icon to the
- output buffer
- I Insert, insert the current icon into the
- output buffer ahead of the icon
- currently displayed.
- A All, append all icons in the input file
- to the output buffer
- O Output, switch to editing the output buffer
- F File, specify a new input file
-
-
- From the OUTPUT menu, the follwoing keys are active.
-
- uparrow back up one icon
- downarrow forward one icon
- leftarrow switch to the INPUT menu
- D Delete, delete the current icon
- I Insert, insert the current icon into the
- output buffer ahead of the icon
- currently displayed.
- N Name, rename the current icon
- PgUp Move the current icon one position closer
- to the top of the file, by exchanging
- it with the icon in that positon.
- The current icon position follows the
- moved icon.
- PgDn Move the current icon one position closer
- to the end of the file, by exchanging
- it with the icon in that positon.
- The current icon position follows the
- moved icon.
- W Write the buffer to a file. If an output
- filename has been specified, it will be
- used. If not, one will be requested.
- F Filename, specify a new output filename
-
-
- The input file and the memory buffer have separate display windows.
- The icon is displayed in the window along with some information about
- the icon and the file. The first information line is the icon name.
- The second line shows the icon number and the last icon number. In the
- output file display the third number is the maximum number of icons
- that will fit in the buffer. The third line is the file name.
-
- No modifications are ever made to the input files. After icons are
- transferred to the output buffer, they can be renamed, reordered or
- deleted.
-
- Path names are supported on input files and output files, but only the
- filename portion is displayed. Only the filename is used; if an
- extension is supplied, it will be converted as appropriate (to .SHP
- and .SDR). If no Printmaster file is found, the appropriate extensions
- for Printshop (.DAT and .NAM) are be tried.
-
- One annoying feature, if a file in a device root directory is
- specified, it must be preceded by the \ signifing root directory. As
- an example, specify A:\FILE instead of A:FILE.
-
-
- Hardware: IBM or clone, 256k memory, CGA or EGA
- Uses about 60k, not including icon buffer, so it will run with
- less memory, but the smallest system I have access to has 256k.
- On a 640k system with DOS and a modest TSR collection, there is
- room in the icon buffer for about 700 icons. Each icon requires
- 608 bytes. I have run on several Epson Equity models, and IBMs.
-
-
- Notice:
- Although PMLIB and its documentation is copyrighted, it may be
- freely distributed as long as it is provided free of charge and
- this documentation is included.
-
-
- Version Changes
- 1.0 3/3/88 Initial release
- 1.1 3/8/88 Added support for Printshop input files, and Tandy 1000s