7.  Using TextConv

After the start the TextConv-window will be opend.
It´s splitted into three groups:

-control buttons (group program)
-setting buttons (group settings)
-status line

If no files has been handed over at the start, the status line says
"No files loaded", otherwise "# files selected - START to convert".

IMPORTANT: Files that have been overhanded at startup or that have
been "loaded" at the ASL-request won´t be really loaded, they just
become marked for loading. The files will be loaded into memory
during the conversion process. That´s the cause why the settings
can be choosen after the "loading" process (but not after the
start of the conversion process).

If you didn´t overhand files at the startup, you have to press the
"Load files.."-button. An ASL-requester appears, from where you can
choose up to 100 files (multiselect by pressing the SHIFT-button;
only possible, when all files are located in the same folder).
This ASL-requester is also drag&drop-able, this means you can drag
files form a Workbench-window itno the requester.  This causes
that you change the actual directory to the one you dropped into the
requester. Please notice that only the first marked file will be
overhanded!

When using the program "ArcHandler" its also possible to convert
files directly out of LHA-archives. At the moment only reading from
archives is possible, writing NOT!

After the choosing of the desired files you have to tell the
program the format of the source files and into which format they
should be converted. This happens with the following cycle-gadgets
(see also "Description of the gadgets"):
 - "Read files as.." (format source file(s))
 - "Save files as.." (format target file(s))
 - "Conversion mode" (with or without contol chars respectively
    remove control chars or convert only control chars;
    usually always "Standardconversion", this means convert chars and
    control chars; see also "Practical examples")
 - "Save mode" (how to save the files)

Press the start button to start the conversion process after you have
done your desired settings. Depeding on the kind of "Save mode" you
might be asked about the target directory or -file names.
 
If a file exists with the same name as the one that TextConv wants to
write, a requester appers and asks whether the file should become
overwritten or a new name should be set.
Notice that the file that actually becomes converted can´t be
overwritten (this means replacing of a file is not possible).
The gadgets and menus are switched off during the conversion process
to avoid unwanted inputs.

The status of the conversion process is displayed at the status line,
the name of the actual file and the conversion in percent is visible.
If everything has been alright, the message "File(s) converted" is
displayed at the status line, otherwise an error message will be
shown.

After a short period all files have been converted and now you
can convert the same files with other settings, you can load new files
or you can exit the program by pressing the "Quit" button.
After pressing the Quit-button you will be asked whether you
really want to finish or not.


Description of the gadgets
Practical examples