Welcome to the famous world of RandomLine (OS 2.0+ only!) Part I: RandomLine This isn't a typical program of J.Schmitz [SOFT] - it is a CLI-only program, so there is no Intuition-GUI (all right, there is one but this is only a short editor for the main program!) This is no fault, it's a freature. Why? RandomLine inserts a randomly selected line of a list of text lines into any given ascii file. What for? RandomLine is designed for a typical FIDO-Tosser. If you write a mail and start RandomLine after that a special text could be added. How? That quit easy. Just insert in your mail (e.g. in the opening or closing) the text "{RLINE}" (without quotation marks). This will be replaced by RandomLine. Since version 1.2 there were different files with text-lines supported! The pattern"{RLINE}" is still used but you can also use "{RLINE.1}" or "{RLINE.2}" etc. for another text file. This one has the same DOS-Filename but the suffix ".1", ".2", etc. added! Install: There are some things you must do before you can use RandomLine. But you MUST HAVE some knowledge of using the CLI (I think, a user of TrapDoor should already have this ;-)). Place RandomLine in a directory you want (e.g. Mail:bin), that start it with the parameter S or SCRIPT. RandomLine will ask you where to place a DOS-Script. This script is used to start first you editor (for writing a mail) and then RandomLine (Example: Mail:Scripts/Editor.script). Then the name and path of your editor is asked (e.g. c:ed). Finally you must enter the name & path of a ASCII file that countains the text that should be added randomly (e.g. Mail:Scripts/Tags). Then the script will be written. Now start you tosser (or the prefs-installer of it) and change the name and path of the editor into this: execute (Example: execute Mail:Scripts/Editor.script) STOP! Before you write your first mail you have to build a file with the texts that should be added. (was Mail:Scripts/Tags in the example) Therefor start RandomLineEditor (more in Part II) with the name of your ASCII tag-file. Since version 2.0 the text file has a special format that has also binary fields in it. So don't edit the tag file with any text editor!! (RandomLineEditor handles this for you!) (Before version 2.0 the tag file was a simple ASCII file.) Don't forget! fill-in: {RLINE} or: {RLINE.n] were n stands for a number from 1 to what you want Part II: RandomLineEditor Since version 1.0 of the randomline package there is a special nice editor for the lines. It is quit easy to us - that's why I wrote it. After starting it (Workbench or CLI) you will asked for the name of the text file by an ASL-Filerequester. Then its text will be shown in the listview in the main window. Below this listview you can see a string gadget - here you can edit a selected text of the listview. To accept this changed you MUST press RETURN. Under this listview & string gadget are five buttons. Five in the upperpart: NEW - adds a new textline marked with "-- new --" DELETE - removes the selected text of your text list LOAD ASCII - adds the lines of an ASCII-file (choosen by File-Requester) ABOUT - some more about RandomLineEditor TEXT MODE - selectes one of the two RandomLine modes: INSERT - simply inserts a random text, following text may be moved right OVERWRITE - the random text overwrites the existing text Why OVERWRITE? Maybe you have build up a nice signature with borders (etc.) you can put a random text INSIDE your border without damaging it! (ahh - nice freature!) The both lower gadgets will SAVE this text list or simply leave without saving (CANCEL). That's it! Quit easy to use! Part III: How to Register RandomLine is a shareware program. This means you can copy it (only with its other files, like this manual), test and use it. But if you want to use it for more than 4 weeks you'll have to register. Then you will receive a keyfile and you can use more than 5 tag-line (sorry, I've forgotten to tell you: If you use the unregistered version of RandomLine you can only use 5 tag-lines!). Register-fee for RandomLine is 20.-- DM (German Marks). Other currency are not accepted! Use the program "REGISTER" of this file package. It will ask for all needed information and print a letter (or write a file) which you should sign and send to me. Choose the way of paying and receiving your key. Part IV: Copyright, author's words RandomLine Main program: Program is written with KICK-Pascal of MAXON-Computer copyright (c) 09/1993 by J.Schmitz [SOFT] - shareware fee: DM 20.-- use program register to register! RandomLine Editor: Program is written with KICK-Pascal of MAXON-Computer copyright (c) 09/1993 by J.Schmitz [SOFT] - freeware Why randomline? Hm - because why not? This is another kind of origin and you could place it anywere you want to! My address: Jürgen Schmitz Bergstr. 82 D-56859 Bullay/Mosel FidoNet address: Juergen Schmitz, 2:245/5630.3 AmigaNet address: Juergen Schmitz, 39:172/401.2 SkyNet address: Juergen Schmitz, 166:401/6.0 Part V: What is .SPRINT? ".SPRINT" is a info file for the famous printing tool "SuperPrint". This ".SPRINT" file contains all required information for a TabelOfContens that could be generated by SuperPrint (since version 3.0). As always this manual has its .sprint file. You could request SuperPrint at Rheinland-Box (2:245/5630). That's it! ;-) Part VI: History before V 1.0: beta-versions, without RandomLineEditor Version 1.0: first official release, including RandomLineEditor Version 1.2: 2nd release, supporting different text-files (ATTENTION: please re-install RandomLine - the startup-template of the CLI-Program has changed! The name of the temp-file is now given to RandomLine in the CLI-Template) Version 2.0: 3rd release but completely new text file type (open for later changes!) OVERWRITE/INSERT mode load ASCII-function in the editor JS/10