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- ENTERING PC-TYPE+ WITH PARAMETERS
-
- You may issue any of twelve parameters when first entering PC-TYPE+,
- although most of the time you will not use them. Occasionally they
- are helpful. Each parameter must be preceded by the "/" character.
- Only the first two characters of each parameter are required, although
- you may enter the full name if you wish for clarity.
-
- The first six parameters require no additional information other than
- the parameter name itself. The last six parameters require additional
- information to be recognized. If you enter a parameter incorrectly,
- PC-TYPE+ will give you the message:
-
- Input parameter error...
- and will stop.
-
- NOTE: the ordering of parameters and the filespec is unimportant.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- THE 12 PARAMETERS
-
- (1) ANSI - route screen data through ANSI-SYS
- (2) DIRECT - write screen data directly to screen memory
- (3) BIOS - route screen data through the ROM BIOS
- (4) GREEN - set color to black and white for non-color graphics
- screens
- (5) PRINT - use default print setup to print designated file
- without actually editing within PC-TYPE+
- (6) HELP - start PC-TYPE+ with the detailed HELP menu
- (7) WIDTH-n - specify the desired Line Width to be used
- (8) MARKS-n - specify the number of Print Markers per Line
- (9) PDEFAULT-f - specify the Printer Unique Defaults file
- (10) ADEFAULT-f - specify an ALL Defaults file
- (11) FROM-n - specify the beginning line number to load
- (12) FOR-n - specify the number of line numbers to load
- (if no FROM- assumes FROM-0)
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SCREEN MODE parameters /ANSI /DIRECT /BIOS -or- /AN /DI /BI
-
- PC-TYPE+ may be run in any of three modes -
-
- Direct to Screen - (for truly compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- written directly to screen memory. This is the
- mode in which PC-TYPE+ was sent to you as a
- default.
-
- Bios - (for less compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- sent through the ROM BIOS for placement.
-
- ANSI - (for not very compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- sent via the ANSI.SYS device driver.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SCREEN MODE (Continued)
-
- The only time you would want to use these parameters would be if you
- were going to use PC-TYPE+ on a different machine which did not
- support the way PC-TYPE+ was currently configured.
-
- Note: ANSI.SYS MUST be included in your CONFIG.SYS file when booting
- your system, or this mode will not be supported.
-
- Direct to Screen is by far the fastest of the three modes and it is
- HIGHLY recommended that you use this mode if you can. ANSI mode is by
- far the slowest and is not recommended for performance reasons if you
- can avoid it. However, if you need to use it, at least you can still
- use PC-TYPE+.
-
-
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- GREEN
-
- Some monitors are driven from GRAPHICS cards but do not support color.
- If you move to one of these screens, then the parameter /GREEN or /GR
- should be used so that the screen attributes within PC-TYPE+ will be
- changed from color to black and white.
-
- Monochrome screens are handled automatically and do not require this
- parameter.
-
- PRINT
-
- /PRINT or /PR will cause the specified file to be printed by PC-TYPE+
- without actually having to go into PC-TYPE+ and edit the file first.
- This is handy if you want to print your PC-TYPE+ files from within
- BATCH files.
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- HELP
-
- /HELP or /HE will cause the detailed level of HELP to be activated
- upon entry into PC-TYPE+. This requires that the HELP files be
- available. If they are not, you will be asked for the path to them.
-
- WIDTH-
-
- /WIDTH-n or /WI-n allows you to modify the maximum number of
- characters per line when entering PC-TYPE+. Since they cannot be
- modified within PC-TYPE+ without first changing the defaults, making
- them permanent, exiting PC-TYPE+, and then reentering. This parameter
- is particularly useful when starting PC-TYPE+ with a BATCH file.
-
- NOTE: the "-" must be present (with no spaces) and the numeric value
- specified must be greater than or equal to 78 and less than or equal
- to 240. You MAY get up to 15 additional characters per line. Your
- margins are not affected.
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- MARKS-
-
- /MARKS-n or /MA-n permits you to modify the number of PRINT MARKERS
- allowed per line without actually having to go into PC-TYPE+ and make
- this definition permanent. Again, this command is particularly useful
- when starting PC-TYPE+ from a BATCH file.
-
- NOTE: the "-" must be present (with no spaces) and the numeric value
- specified must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal
- to 20.
-
- PDEFAULT-
-
- /PDEFAULT-filespec or /PD-filespec allows you to enter PC-TYPE+ with
- the printer defaults you need if you have a file in which they were
- previously defined to PC-TYPE+. "filespec" contains the PATH to the
- file and the file's name, but NOT the file's extension.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- ADEFAULT-
-
- /ADEFAULT-filespec or /AD-filespec allows you to enter PC-TYPE+ with
- an entire new set of defaults if you have a file in which they were
- previously defined to PC-TYPE+. "filespec" contains the PATH to the
- file and the file's name, but NOT the file's extension.
-
- It is important to note that all the preceding parameters are defaults
- which are saved in the ALL defaults PC-TYPE+ files. If more than one
- parameter is specified when starting PC-TYPE+, AND the /ADEFAULT-
- parameter is specified, PC-TYPE+ will load the /ADEFAULT defaults file
- first, then the /PDEFAULT printer file, and finally the individual
- parameters.
-
- Again, the /ADEFAULT parameter is particularly useful if you run
- PC-TYPE+ from .BAT files. (See the HELP file DFLTS_RD.)
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- FROM-
-
- /FROM-n or /FR-n informs PC-TYPE+ that you do not want to edit the
- entire file, but only that part of the file beginning at line number
- n. If no /FOR-m option follows, PC-TYPE+ assumes you want to load the
- rest of the file.
-
- FOR-
-
- /FOR-m or /FO-m informs PC-TYPE+ that you do not want to edit the
- entire file but only "m" lines. If a /FROM-n parameter was specified,
- /FOR- will begin its count at "n". If no /FROM-n was specified,
- PC-TYPE+ assumes /FROM-0.
-
-
-
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- PARAMETER EXAMPLES
-
- A>PCTYPE /GREEN /WIDTH-85 C:\LETTERS\BOB.WRK /ADEFAULT-C:\UTIL\LETTER
-
- Here, PC-TYPE+ will be invoked in Black and White with at least 85
- characters per line and will pull in the ALL defaults file LETTER
- located on drive C in the subdirectory UTIL. The file being edited is
- BOB.WRK and is located on drive C in the subdirectory LETTERS.
-
- A>PCTYPE /PRINT C:\LETTERS\BOB.WRK /PDEFAULT-C:\UTIL\PROPRNT
-
- The file BOB.WRK in subdirectory LETTERS on drive C will be printed
- using the printer defaults file PROPRNT located in subdirectory UTIL
- on drive C.
-
-
-
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-