7.1 Description of the gadgets:



Group Program:

- Load files:     Used for choosing the files to load; directory can
                  be choosen by drag&drop, multiselect by pressing the
                  SHIFT-button; at multiselect all files have to be
                  located at the same directory (this is a restriction
                  caused by the ASL-requester, when overhanding files
                  via CLI-interface this restriction doesn´t exist).
                  A maximum of 100 files (any size) can be overhanded.

- Start:          Starts the conversion process. During the conversion
                  all gadgets are switched off.

- About TextConv: Opens a window containing general informations
                  about TextConv.

- Quit:           Quits TextConv. Before quitting a requester appears
                  that asks whether finishing really or not.

All the points above are also accessable via the "Project"-menu.


Group settings:

- Read files as:         Sets the source format.
                         Possible settings are:
                         - Amiga ASCII (UNIX)
                         - MS-DOS/OS2-ASCII (IBM/CP850)
                         - Macintosh
                         - Atari

- Save files as:         Sets the target format.
                         Possible settings are:
                         - Amiga ASCII (UNIX)
                         - MS-DOS/OS2-ASCII (IBM/CP850)
                         - MS-Windows ANSI
                         - Macintosh
                         - Atari

- Conversion mode:       Sets the conversion mode for the control
                         chars.
                         Possible settings are:
                         - Standardconversion
                           Control chars and normal chars will be
                           converted.
                           Use: this is the standard setting
                         - Don´t convert control chars
                           Normal chars will be converted, control

                           chars will be not changed.
                           Use: for special problems
                         - Remove control chars
                           Normal chars will be converted, control
                           chars will be removed.
                           Use: preparing the text for later use
                           with a word processor (for automatic
                           justified lines or something similar)
                           ATTENTION: indentions will also be
                           removed!
                         - Convert only control chars
                           Normal chars will not be changed, control
                           chars will be converted.
                           Use: for special problems

- Save mode:             Sets the way that converted files should be
                         saved.
                         Possible settings are:
                         - each file seperate
                           Useful for a small number of files
                           For each file the target directory and the
                           target name is asked (the original name
                           is NOT overhanded automatically!).
                         - same dir. another extension
                           In this case the source- and target
                           directory are the same; the converted files
                           are marked with a special extension that
                           depends on the target format:
                           Possible extensions are:
                           - .ami...Amiga or Unix-format
                           - .dos...MS-DOS or OS/2-format
                           - .win...MS-Windows-format
                           - .mac...Apple-Macintosh-format
                           - .ata...Atari-format
                         - into another directory
                           All files will be written into a
                           specified target dirctory; the filenames
                           won´t be changed.