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- Calendar macro for FinalWriter (SoftWood)
- Written by Andrew McCardie
- amethyst@gulf.net
- January 30th, 1995
-
- This macro can create three different types of calendars: Portrait,
- double-portrait, and landscape.
-
- Two versions are included. The first (calendar.fw2) is suitable for FW 2.x
- only. The second (calendar.fw3) works only under FW3. Both now get
- user input through commands wholly internal to FW. Therefore, the ADOS
- specific versions are gone for good (hopefully).
-
- SoftWood has changed the way text blocks are handled between FinalWriter 2
- and FinalWriter 3. This has had the effect of slowing down the macro
- considerably because each text-block must be redrawn before its width
- is updated. Newer (Jan. 3, 1995) and later have corrected this problem,
- but I've left the code alone for backwards compatibility.
-
- Also, all versions of FW3 have started measuring text blocks from the
- font's baseline instead of its top, which is why the FW2 macro doesn't
- work properly under FW3.
-
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-
- Portrait produces a standard 8.5x11 page with a single calendar.
- Double portrait produces a standard 8.5x11 page with two calendars.
- Landscape produces a standard 11x8.5 page with a single calendar.
-
- While it should handle leap-years, this feature has not been
- exhaustively tested. The fonts and margins are designed to be
- user-customizeable. Certain default values (in inches) have been
- hardcoded into the variables 'top_margin', 'bottom_margin', and
- 'side_margin' to produce the largest calendars on my DeskJet. You
- can change these if you need a smaller calendar or if the calendars
- print incorrectly on your setup.
-
- If you change the default fonts, you may have to experiment with their
- sizes and widths to get an appropriate look.
-
- If you find any bugs, let me know and I'll try to rectify them.
-
- Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for problems that may result from using
- this macro.
-
-
- History: Unnumbered first release: Did not realize that 'requestchoice' is
- found only in OS3.x and above, so 2.x
- users were out of luck.
-
- 1.0: Created a second macro using 'RequestText'
- which is built in to FinalWriter instead
- of 'requestchoice'
-
- 1.1: Got a brain transplant and realized that
- FinalWriter DOES have a way to get user
- input from a requester.
-
- Implemented FW's built-in requester,
- eliminating ADOS specific versions
- of the macro.
-
- Discovered that FW3's handling of text
- blocks (among other things) is different
- from FW2.x, so had to implement version
- specific macros.
-
-