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- WELCOME TO TURBO PASCAL EDITOR TOOLBOX 4.0
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- Welcome to the Turbo Pascal Editor Toolbox. We have provided the
- following information to aid you in using the Toolbox; please read
- it in its entirety.
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- 1) How to Get Help
- 2) How to Use UNPACK.COM
- 3) Manual Additions/Changes
- 4) Files on the Disks
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- 1. HOW TO GET HELP
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- If you need help with the Turbo Pascal Editor Toolbox, please read
- this file and the accompanying manual.
-
- If you still have a question and need technical assistance, help is
- available from the following sources:
-
- 1. Type GO BPROGA on the CompuServe bulletin board system for
- instant access to the Borland Turbo Pascal forums. The forums
- contain libraries of technical information and answers to common
- questions.
-
- If you are not a member of CompuServe, take a look at the enclosed
- special offer. You can write for full details on how to receive a
- free IntroPak containing a $15 credit toward your first month's
- online charges.
-
- 2. Check with your local software dealer or users' group.
-
- 3. Write to:
- Borland International
- Turbo Pascal Editor Toolbox Technical Support
- 4585 Scotts Valley Drive
- Scotts Valley, CA 95066
-
- Please remember to include your serial number or we will be unable
- to process your letter.
-
- 4. If you have an urgent problem, you can call the Borland Technical
- Support Department at (408) 438-5300.
-
- Please have the following information ready before calling:
-
- A. Product name and serial number from your original distribution
- disk. We'll need your serial number in order to process your
- call.
-
- B. Computer brand, model, and the brands and model numbers of any
- additional hardware.
-
- C. Operating system and version number. (The version number can be
- determined by typing VER at the DOS prompt.)
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- D. Contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- E. Contents of your CONFIG.SYS file.
-
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- 2. HOW TO USE UNPACK
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- For instructions about using the UNPACK program, type UNPACK at
- the DOS command line. A menu of options will be displayed.
-
- The UNPSRC.BAT and the EDUNPACK.BAT files on disks 2 and 3 will
- unpack MicroStar and First-Ed source code for both floppy and
- hard disk systems.
-
- When unpacking the .ARC files on the EDITOR TOOLBOX disk you
- may notice that the files ERRORS.PAS and EDCMDS.INC exist in
- more than one file. The files are identical.
-
-
- 3. MANUAL ADDITIONS/CHANGES
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- P-57 The description for Quit (Abandon file) should read:
-
- Ends the editing session and returns you to DOS. If any windows have
- been modified, prompt boxes will appear and you will be able to save
- each modified file. If you type <Esc> at any of the prompt boxes,
- the FILE QUIT command will be interrupted, and you will be returned
- to the current text window.
-
- P-57 The description for Save and exit to DOS should read:
-
- Ends the editing session and returns you to DOS. If any windows have
- been modified, the files will be saved automatically.
-
- P-74 In the discussion on 43-line mode, note that MicroStar now
- supports 25-, 43-, and 50-line modes. The 43-line mode is
- available on EGA and compatible adapters; the 50 line mode is
- available on VGA and compatible adapters.
-
- P-190 The batch file that compiles MicroStar on a floppy-based
- system is now named MSBUILD.BAT. On P-190-191, change every
- reference to COMPILE.BAT or COMPILE to MSBUILD.BAT. In addition, a
- similar batch file, EDBUILD.BAT, is now provided to compile
- First-Ed on a floppy-based system.
-
- P-190 In the discussion on recompiling MicroStar, note that the
- file MsDirect.inc contains two sets of compiler directives: one
- set of directives for debugging, one for a normal build.
-
- If you are not changing and debugging MicroStar, don't specify any
- conditional defines when you build MS.PAS. For example, type
-
- TPC MS /B
-
- to build MicroStar with no debug information. However, if you are
- modifying and debugging MicroStar, specify "debug" as a conditional
- define when building MS.PAS (refer to OPTIONS\COMPILER\CONDITIONAL
- DEFINES in the integrated environment, or use the /D option when
- using TPC.EXE).
-
- For more information, refer to MsDirect.Inc in the MicroStar
- source archive on disk 2 (MSSRC.ARC).
-
- The above discussion applies to First-Ed as well. (The compiler
- directives for ED.PAS are kept in an include file named
- EDDIRECT.INC.)
-
- P-258 New function
-
- CheckCurwinModified [MSFILE]
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- Declaration function CheckCurwinModified : boolean;
-
- Source File MSFILE.PAS
-
- Function Checks whether current window is modified, and if
- so, prompts you to save it.
-
- Remarks CheckCurwinModified returns False if the user
- escapes out of any prompt; otherwise it returns
- True.
-
- P-421 Modified description
-
- EdWriteNamedFile [EDMAIN, MSFILE]
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- Declaration function EdWriteNamedFile : Boolean;
-
- Source File EDMAIN.PAS, MSFILE.PAS
-
- Remarks EdWriteNamedFile returns True if it wrote the file,
- False if the user aborted the operation while being
- prompted for a file name.
-
-
- 4. FILES ON THE DISKS
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-
- DISK 1: MICROSTAR
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- README COM - Program to display this file
- MS EXE - MicroStar executable program
- MS HLP - Binary help file for MicroStar
- MS MAC - Default macro file for MicroStar
- MSINST EXE - MicroStar installation program
- MS TXT - Text file used by MSINST
- ???????? PDF - printer description files
- README - This file!
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- DISK 2: MICROSTAR SOURCE
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- UNPSRC BAT - Batch file to de-archive MSSRC.ARC
- MSSRC ARC - Archived source code for MicroStar
- UNPACK COM - Program to de-archive source code
-