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- EDGEFLOW is a Shareware flowcharting and diagramming tool for DOS.
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- IMPORTANT!!!
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- Shareware is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
- Please read the front sections of the on-line users manual (EDGEFLOW.TXT)
- for a complete description of Shareware and your rights and obligations
- regarding this Shareware program. If you are unable to locate this
- information, please contact us and we will rush it to you free of charge.
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- For information, contact:
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- Pacestar Software
- P.O. Box 51974
- Phoenix, AZ. 85076-1974
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- CompuServe: 72162,1672
- Internet: 72162,1672@COMPUSERVE.COM
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- INSTALLATION AND SET-UP
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- 1. Select an appropriate disk drive to install EDGE. You must have
- AT LEAST 400K of free space on the disk, plus enough disk space to
- store your diagrams.
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- 2. Run the install program (INSTALL.EXE) on the product disk to install
- EDGEFLOW on your hard disk. You should run install from the active
- floppy disk drive on which the program disk is loaded.
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- A> install
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- 3. You will need to set an environment variable EDGEHOME to the directory
- that you installed to. For example, if you installed to c:\edge,
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- C> set EDGEHOME=c:\edge
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- You will want to put this line in your autoexec.bat so that EDGEHOME
- gets set up automatically every time you boot your machine.
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- 4. You will probably want to put the EDGEHOME directory in your DOS path
- so that you won't need to be in that directory to run EDGEFLOW.
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- RUNNING EDGEFLOW
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- 1. Make sure the environment variable EDGEHOME is set as described above.
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- 2. Make the EDGEHOME directory the default directory.
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- C> c:
- C> cd \edge
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- 3. Type "edgeflow" followed by a carriage return.
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- C> edgeflow
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- NOTES, TIPS, HINTS (See EDGEFLOW.TXT for full on-line text documentation!)
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- Remember, most operations follow the same sequence. First select the
- objects that you wish to perform the operation on, then press the middle
- mouse button to invoke the main pop-up menu, then select the operation
- from the menu to apply to the objects you selected.
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- SAVE OFTEN: Don't forget to save often just in case you do something that
- cannot be reversed. Be especially careful to save before "global"
- operations like changing properties on a large number of objects, or
- straightening a large number of connectors.
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- HOME: As a new user, you may occasionally get "lost" in your diagram due
- to an inadvertant action. If this occurs, don't worry, your work is still
- in tact. By pressing the HOME key, you will automatically be moved to the
- center of all the figures on the diagram.
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- QUICK EXIT: You can use control-ESC to exit instantly without saving.
- You will not be prompted even if you altered the diagram. USE WITH
- EXTREME CARE!
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- FIXED SIZE: Many diagrams require all figures to be of the same size. A
- convenient way to have EDGEFLOW support fixed-sized objects is to set the
- height and/or width lock for new figures. When these locks are set, new
- figures created by pressing the INS key in an open area automatically be
- assigned the default figure size. You can change the default figure size
- by creating a new figure of any size with the DRAG mouse button or by
- resizing any figure.
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- TEXT OVERFLOW: If you add enough text to a figure that the figure wants to
- try to expand to accomodate it, but the figure is height or width locked,
- your text will overflow the dimensions of the box. When this occurs, you
- will hear a slight click with each character you type. This is only a
- warning, no harm will come of it.
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- ZOOM: Remember that only the "real" (unzoomed) view shows the exact
- representation of your diagram. For example, when you are zoomed in or
- out, round-off may make connectors that are straight appear slightly
- slanted. Text may not be visible and other details may be lost.
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- ESC: Don't forget to use the ESC key if you want to cancel operations
- that are not complete.
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