D I S K P R I N T -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEMO VERSION 2.7e copyright by Jan Geissler Hermann-Rombach-Str. 17 D-7120 Bietigheim (West) Germany ========================================================================== SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DiskPrint is SHAREWARE. THIS IS ONLY A DEMO VERSION! Some functions are disabled in this demo version For a fee of 15 US-DOLLARS PLUS BLANK (OR FD-) DISK PLUS RETURN POSTAGE (or 20 Dollars, including disk, postage and packing) you will get the full working, easy-to-install package with the newest version of DiskPrint, about 1000 labels for FD-Disks (i.e. for all fishdisks) and a help utili- ty which makes entering labels much easier. You will also become a registred user of DiskPrint, so you will get a message if a new version of DiskPrint is released. Update for 2.7 owners is free of charge (if blank disk and return postage is sent to the address above), owners of earlier versions get an update for 5 Dollars (due only once) plus disk plus return postage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAREWARE * SHAR ========================================================================== C O N F I G U R A T I O N This program runs on all Amigas with AmigaDos 1.2/1.3/2.0. The program needs "ARP.library" in the "libs:" -drawer of your bootdisk if not using AmigaDOS 2.0. It uses the "printer.device" so your printer driver should be set properly. What you also need are labels to print on. Possible label formats are: 70x70 mm, 70x50 mm and 70x36mm (sorry, I don't know the size in inch...) T H E P R O G R A M DiskPrint is used for printing 3,5" disk labels. It is designed for public domain (mainly for printing labels for FD-disks). The main feature is that label data files can be loaded into memory so labels for special FD-Disks, e.g. Fishdisks, are available without having to type anything in or having to wait for AmigaDos to read in the full directory. (though version 2.7 of DiskPrint is able to read in disk directories). The easiest way to figure out what advantages DiskPrint has is to run the program and print out some Fish-labels... G E T T I N G S T A R T E D The Program can be started from Workbench (by double clicking the program icon) or from the CLI. After having started you may change the amount of memory allocated for label data. Default is 80000 Bytes (data mem for 204 labels). After having started, the program tries to load the file "DiskPrint.def" in the s-drawer of your bootdisk. This def-file contains default information for the program (label size, quality (NLQ/DRAFT), pathname for label data, boldface on/off and default disktype). Version 2.7 of DiskPrint can save this default data on disk (older versions couldn't). T H E D I S K P R I N T W I N D O W In the top of the DiskPrint window there are 21 names of FD-disk series. I know most of them are german, so if you send me the name of your serie I will include it in my next version. If you have any suggestions to improve DiskPrint please send these to me... If you klick on one of them the name will be copied into the "diskname"- gadget which contains the name of the disk (i.e. "Fred Fish" or "TBAG") with the number of the disk. Below this there are two gadgets where you can skip forward/backward by one label in data memory. Between these there's a gadget with a number in it (described below). If you hit this gadget a label with this number will be searched in data memory. Below there's the "disktype" -gadget. Normally you should leave the default in it. It describes the general type of the disk contents (for ex- ample shareware, backup disk, public domain, free distributable, data disk, ...). Below this there are seven string-gadgets where detailed information about the contents is given (for example the program names, versions, copyright, ...). Load the data files to see. All these string gadgets can be cleared by clicking into the gadget described with a "C" (left of the contents gadgets). The disktype gadget will be set to default then. On the left there's the disk nr. With the upper arrow you can increase it, the lower one decreases it. The right arrow appends it to the diskname. If you want to run DiskPrint in the background just press the right mousebutton while the DiskPrint window is active. This window will close then and a small one will open. By clicking into this little window the program is reactivated - and no data was lost... DiskPrint has some more functions: - Clear data mem Clears the data mem. The labels (currently in memory) will be lost! - Load datafile Load a label data file from disk into memory (arp-requester will open) - Write datafile Save a label data file on disk (!!! disabled in demo version) - Write into mem Write the (in the window) actually displayed label into mem at the position by using the write mode shown in the mode gadget (described below) - Print label Print the label on your printer. Uses the printer.device. Your printer should be set correctly with "preferences" ! - Mode: append/edit This is the mode used at "Write into mem": * if in append mode: the label will be appen- ded after the last label in memory (the actual position in memory is ignored) -> use this to append new labels to the end of your data file * if in edit mode: the label in the actual position will be overwritten by the displayed label -> use this to edit old label data. But please be careful... - Fish Contents Loads in the contents file of a fishdisk and copies them to the string gadgets. Also loads in version numbers of the files if given in the contents file. Rewritten in Version 2.5. (!!! Disabled in demo version). - Search ASCII Search for an ASCII text in data memory * Search first: Start searching at the first label in data memory * Search next: Start searching at the actual position in memory - AutoIncrease Increase the disk no. by 1 if the "clear" - AutoWrite Activates the above listed function "Write into mem" automatically if the "return"-key is pressed in the last contents gadget (be careful: the write mode is relevant) - Directory tool Load in a disk directory. See below! - Defaults Edit defaults. See below! Demoversion 2.3 distributed on Fred Fish's disk 411 had an error in the printing routine which caused trouble to some printers. It should be alright now... T H E D I R E C T O R Y T O O L Since release 2.7 of DiskPrint it is also possible to read in disk direc- tories and use them to create disk labels. "Load directory" reads the root directory of the drive specified in the gadget on the right. A maximum of 36 filenames is listed below the string gadgets. Click on these names to copy them into the string gadgets. "Undo" removes the last copied name. "Clear" clears the string gadgets. "OK" copies the label from this window into the main window, "Cancel" doesn't. !!! DEMO VERSION: If you use this routine in the DEMO version of DiskPrint ----------------- the printing routine will become disabled. T H E D E F A U L T F I L E I tried to make DiskPrint's usage as easy as possible so I created the file "DiskPrint.def". DiskPrint tries to load in this file every time it is started and uses its contents in several routines. Up to version 2.6 this file had to be edited by hand (with an ASCII editor) Since version 2.7 it has become much easier because the program can save all this default data on disk. Just press "Save defaults" in the default- window. Data to be edited: Label size: It is possible to print on three different label sizes. The sizes are 70x70 mm, 70x50 mm and 70x36 mm Label directory: The pathname of a directory containing all label data files (used in the ARP-Filerequester) DiskType: ASCII text, will be copied in the DiskType-Gadget every time the "C" (clear)-Gadget is activated. Quality: Quality NLQ or DRAFT Boldface: Turn on/off boldface (printout) ___________________________________________________________________________ Enjoy!