home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- TWO ALTERNATE INSTALLATION OPTIONS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Clicking the red button in the ANT_INST.DOC file
- is easy and harmless but just opening the file
- causes scary warning messages on some systems.
- The README.TXT file contains more info about this.
-
- Here are a couple of optional installation methods
- that you can use INSTEAD OF using the automatic
- procedure offered in the ANT_INST.DOC file.
-
- These methods aren't as painless as just clicking the
- red button in the ANT_INST.DOC file, but they'll
- accomplish the same thing without having to go
- through seeing the horrid, scary Warning Messages
- that Microsoft has built into some MAC and WIN95
- systems when the ANT_INST.DOC file is merely
- opened in MS Word.
-
- Regardless of which of the following options you
- choose...
-
- 1. Copy the ANT_DEMO.DOT file to whatever directory
- you use to store your Word template (.DOT) files.
- (Usually it's the WINWORD/TEMPLATE directory.)
-
- If you're not certain...
- Look in your WINWORD6.INI file (WINDOWS directory)
- There will be an entry for your USER-DOT-PATH which reads:
- "USER-DOT-PATH=C:\WINWORD\TEMPLATE" or
- "USER-DOT-PATH=D:\MSOFFICE\TEMPLATE" or
- "USER-DOT-PATH=" + something
-
- This is where your .DOT files (Template files) are stored.
-
- 2. Copy the ANTDEMO.HTM file into the same directory.
- (You can delete this file later if you want. This
- is the example HTML file that the HTML to WYSIWYG Tool
- uses to demonstrate the conversion from HTML to .DOC.)
-
- 3. Create the "ANT_HTML.INI" file.
- (This is the file that the program uses to keep track
- of where things are and to record your preferences
- when you use the tools which record those preferences.)
-
- Take a deep breath. (This is the part the ANT_INST.DOC
- red button makes painless and since you've opted not
- to click the red button, here are the alternative options.)
-
- The ANT_HTML.INI file is a simple text file, named
- "ANT_HTML.INI" and should be placed in your WINDOWS
- directory.
-
- The file can be created with any simple text editor, like
- Windows Notepad or Wordpad. (It shouldn't be created with
- a wordprocessor like MS Word, though, because wordprocessors
- will add funny (and not so funny) codes and bungle up the
- works. If you MUST use a wordprocessor, be sure to save
- the file in TEXT ONLY format.)
-
- All .INI files are basically simple text only files
- and most of them contain a lot of text. The ANT_HTML.INI
- only requires eight lines of text. (Other entries will
- be added later, but they'll be added automatically. You
- won't have to do anything or change anything.)
-
-
- ----- Example of content of ANT_HTML.INI FILE -------
-
- [LocalizedStyleNames]
- LocalVersion=English (US)
- Normal=Normal
- Title=Title
- Heading=Heading
- Platform=Windows 3.10
- TemplatePath=c:\winword\template
- PathDivider=\
-
- ----- End of Example of content of ANT_HTML.INI FILE -------
-
-
- After you've created a blank text file and have named it
- "ANT_HTML.INI" and placed it into your WINDOWS directory...
-
- ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
-
- MANUAL CREATION OF THE ANT_HTML.INI FILE
-
-
- OPTION A:
-
- 1. Copy and paste the following into the ANT_HTML.INI file:
- (Top of the file will be fine. It's okay to have a
- blank line first, if you want.)
-
- -------Copy and paste text below-------
-
- [LocalizedStyleNames]
- LocalVersion=
- Normal=
- Title=
- Heading=
- Platform=
- TemplatePath=
- PathDivider=
-
- -------Copy and paste text above-------
-
- Then...
-
- 2. Type the language version of Word you're using
- after the equal sign of the "Local Version=" entry.
- If you're not sure, click the Tools, Language in WORD
- and see which language version is highlighted.)
-
- 3. For the "Normal=", "Title=", and "Heading=" entries,
- enter "Normal", "Title", and "Heading" if you're
- using an English language version of WORD.
- If you're using a German, French, Spanich, Hebrew
- or other international-language version of WORD,
- enter the names of the Styles that are the equivalent
- of the "Normal", "Title", and "Heading" WORD Styles
- immediately after the "=" character.
-
-
- 4. The "Platform=" entry should be
- "Platform=Windows 3.10" or the equivalent which
- indicates which environment and version number
- you have. I regret to report that there's no
- simple way (other than the one used in the ANT_INST.DOC
- file) to get the information if you don't already know
- what it is.
-
- 5. The "TemplatePath=" entry can be found in your
- WINWORD6.INI file (WINDOWS directory). Open your
- WINWORD6.INI file and look for the entry which
- reads "USER-DOT-PATH=" (+ your path).
- It will look something like this:
- "USER-DOT-PATH=C:\WINWORD\TEMPLATE"
- (without the quotation marks).
- Copy and paste the path portion after the
- equal sign in the "TemplatePath=" entry
- of your ANT_HTML.INI file (without any
- quotation marks).
-
- If the very end of the path contains a ":" or a "\"
- character, delete it from the entry in the ANT_HTML.INI
- file. (DO NOT DELETE OR CHANGE ANYTHING IN YOUR WINWORD6.INI FILE.)
-
- 6. The "PathDivider=" entry is the relatively easy.
- After the equal sign...
- If you're using a Macintosh computer, type ":"
- If you're NOT using a Macintosh computer, type "\"
- No matter what sort of computer you're using,
- don't type the quotation marks. Just type
- a colon or a backslash.
-
- 7. That should do it. Now, save the ANT_HTML.INI file and close it.
- (There'll be no need to bother about the ANT_HTML.INI file again.
- Might be a good idea to save a copy of it in a different location,
- just in case it accidentally is deleted.)
-
-
- To run the program, just...
- Open Word
- Select File, New
- When the dialog box asks you which template you want to base your
- document on, select the Ant template.
- Click OK.
- Two of the Ant's four toolbars should immediately appear and
- you can begin creating an HTML document.
-
- ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
-
- OPTION B: Create Your Own Macro to Read the Paths
-
- This option may or may not produce some of the horrid, scary messages.
- However, since all that's happening is that the macro is READING
- and NOT CHANGING the paths AND you can look up the commands to
- verify that this is the TRUTH of the matter, it's an alternative
- to consider if OPTION A, described above, seems a terrible pain.
-
- If you have no experience writing macros, this might be helpful
- for future macro writing.
-
- 1. Open Word
- 2. If a new, blank document based on your regular "NORMAL.DOT"
- template doesn't automatically appear, select FILE, NEW
- and click OK so a blank document based on NORMAL.DOT appears.
- 3. Select the Tools Menu, then Macro.
- 4. In the Macro Name Box, type a name without any spaces.
- "ApplicationInfo" will be fine.
- 5. The "Create" button will become accessible as you type the
- name of the macro. Click the Create Button.
- 6. A "Macro Window" will open and the words:
- "Sub MAIN" will appear at the top,
- there's an empty paragraph mark and then the words:
- "End Sub" appear at the bottom.
- 7. Delete everything in the Macro Window and copy and paste
- the following macro code instead:
-
- DO NOT add paragraph marks, spaces or ANYTHING to the macro.
- Just copy and paste all the text, starting with the words
- "Sub Main" through the words "End Sub" into the Macro Window.
-
- '------------- Copy and Paste the Text Below -----------------
-
- Sub MAIN
- On Error Goto ErrorTrap
- Insert "[LocalizedStyleNames]" + Chr$(13)
- LocalVersion$ = AppInfo$(16)
- Msg$ = "Local Version is: " + LocalVersion$
- MsgBox Msg$, "Local Version", 64
- Insert "LocalVersion=" + LocalVersion$ + Chr$(13)
- nsMsg$ = "If you're using an English language version of Word," + \
- "just click OK. If not, enter the equivalent of Normal Style."
- nstyle$ = InputBox$(nsMsg$, "Equivalent of NORMAL Style ")
- If nstyle$ <> "" Then
- Insert "Normal=" + nstyle$ + Chr$(13)
- Else
- Insert "Normal=Normal" + Chr$(13)
- End If
- tsMsg$ = "If you're using an English language version of Word," + \
- "just click OK. If not, enter the equivalent of Title Style"
- tstyle$ = InputBox$(tsMsg$, " Equivalent of TITLE Style ")
- If tstyle$ <> "" Then
- Insert "Title=" + tstyle$ + Chr$(13)
- Else
- Insert "Title=Title" + Chr$(13)
- End If
- hsMsg$ = "If you're using an English language version of Word," + \
- "just click OK. If not, enter the equivalent of Heading Style."
- hstyle$ = InputBox$(hsMsg$, " Equivalent of HEADING Style ")
- If hstyle$ <> "" Then
- Insert "Heading=" + hstyle$ + Chr$(13)
- Else
- Insert "Heading=Heading" + Chr$(13)
- End If
- Platform$ = AppInfo$(1)
- PMsg$ = "Platform is: " + Platform$
- MsgBox PMsg$, "Platform", 64
- If InStr(Platform$, "Macintosh") Then PathDiv$ = ":" Else PathDiv$ = "\"
- Insert "Platform=" + Platform$ + Chr$(13)
- DOTPath$ = DefaultDir$(2)
- dpMsg$ = "USER-DOT-PATH is: " + DOTPATH$ + Chr$(13) + Chr$(13) + \
- "Is the LAST character in the DOT PATH on the line above " + \
- "one of these two characters: " + Chr$(34) + " : " + Chr$(34) + \
- " or " + Chr$(34) + " \ " + Chr$(34) + \
- Chr$(13) + "[Either a colon or a backslash] ?"
- dp = MsgBox(dpMsg$, "Last Character in the DOT PATH", 292)
- Insert "TemplatePath=" + DOTPath$
- If dp = - 1 Then
- CharLeft(1, 1)
- EditCut
- Insert Chr$(13)
- Else
- Insert Chr$(13)
- End If
- PDMsg$ = "Path Divider is: " + PathDiv$
- MsgBox PDMsg$, "Path Divider", 64
- Insert "PathDivider=" + PathDiv$
- FinalMsg$ = "Okay, All Done"
- MsgBox FinalMsg$, "The Macro is Finished", 64
- ErrorTrap:
- If Err = 102 Then Goto Finish
- Err = 0
- Finish:
- End Sub
-
-
- '------------- Copy and Paste the Text Above -----------------
-
- 8. Click File, Save and close the Macro Window.
- 9. Click Tools, Macro, then the name of the macro you just
- created, then click "RUN".
- 10. The paths (and answers to most of the questions which
- belong after the equal signs in the ANT_HTML.INI file)
- will be entered into the blank document and also presented
- to you in the form of Word Message Boxes. Several of
- the Message Boxes will ask you questions. Three questions
- relate to Word Style Names. If you're using an English language
- version (U.S., British, Australian versions included), just
- click OK when the question appears. If you're using a German,
- French, Spanish, Hebrew or other language version of Word, please
- enter the Word Style Names which are the equivalent of
- "Normal", "Title" and "Heading" styles in the dialog box and
- then click OK.
- 12. When the macro has finished, copy and paste the
- contents of the document, you have two choices...
- a. Copy and paste the contents into the ANT_HTML.INI file
- or
- b. Save the file with the name "ANT_HTML.INI"
- and make certain to select the "TEXT ONLY" setting
- in the "Save File As Type" section (at the bottom of
- the File Save Dialog Box).
- The file should reside (or copied) to your WINDOWS
- directory. Make sure it's there.
-
- Okay, that should do it for OPTION B.
-
-
- To run the program, just...
- Open Word
- Select File, New
- When the dialog box asks you which template you want to base your
- document on, select the Ant template.
- Click OK.
- Two of the Ant's four toolbars should immediately appear and
- you can begin creating an HTML document.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- If something is amiss, it might be an uppercase/lowercase problem.
- Duplicate the case in the example that appears at the top of
- this page.
-
- If you think it's ridiculous that Microsoft creates horrid, scary
- messages when a macro merely reads directory and system information,
- you're not alone. If you get peeved about it, I know how you feel.
- If you feel you must write to someone to complain about it, you know
- who to write. :)
-
- `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
- The ATTACH ANT TEMPLATE Tool
-
- This is entirely optional and if you choose to add the tool,
- it's a convenience, and does not affect the operation of the
- program.
-
- If you want to add the "Attach Ant Template" Tool to your
- Standard Toolbar, you just use the usual Word methods.
- (The description of the tool can be found in the "ANT.HTM"
- file. View it in any Web browser.)
- Here are the steps:
-
- 1. Open Word
- 2. Select File, New
- 3. When the dialog box asks you which template you want to base your
- document on, select the Ant template.
- 4. Click OK.
- 5. Choose Tools, Macro, Organizer
- 6. From the ANT's list of macros (on the left), select Attach ANT Template.
- 7. Make sure the NORMAL.DOT list of macros is on the right and
- Choose Copy
- 8. Choose Close
-
- You may then create a toolbar tool for the macro if you wish.
- (Use the usual Word method...)
-
- 1. Select View, Toolbars, Customize
- 2. In the Categories Box, choose Macros
- 3. When the list of macros appears, select the Attach Ant Template macro
- 4. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the Attach Ant Template macro
- to your Standard toolbar. (Usually the topmost toolbar.)
- 5. Choose a toolbar button face and click Assign
- or create one of your own by clicking Edit
- 6. Choose Close
-
- Okay, it's done.
- Now, whenever you open Word, the button will be there, ready to
- start the Ant program quickly for you.
-
- You can delete the macro and the toolbar tool whenever you like.
- To quickly delete macros and toolbar tools:
-
- 1. In Word for Windows: Hold down the ALT key and drag the tool off the toolbar.
- In Word for Macintosh, from the Tools Menu, choose Customize and then select
- the Toolbars tab, then drag the tool from the Toolbar.
- 2. In the Tools Menu, choose Macro, then click on the "Attach Ant Template" entry
- (or whatever macro you want to delete) and press the DELETE key.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-