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Note that this is not THE manual; that can be found in STICKER.DOC and STICKER.TXT. This file, TRANSTKR.ENG, is a loose translation of STICKER.DOC above, provided by D.A. Brumleve, a fan of the program, to facilitate its use by English speakers. It was not provided in the original release of the program by the authors. If you are going to try to hack your way through STICKER without reading the instructions below, remember that the mouse has TWO buttons, and take note of the following German words: ABBRUCH=CANCEL LADEN=LOAD SPEICHERN=SAVE ________________________________________________________________ MANUAL FOR STICKER - Label-printing program V1.0 The following files should be set up in folders as below: - folder STICKER - folder HANDBUCH - folder ASCII .TXT - SHORTCUT.TXT - STICKER .TXT - folder WORDPLUS.DOC - STICKER.DOC - FSB .IMG - LABLE .IMG - folder PICTOS - PICTO_1 .ADD - PICTO_2 .ADD - STICKER .PRG - STICKER1.DAT - STICKER2.DAT In order to make use of all of the functions of STICKER (Editor, loading in of pictograms), a minimum of 1 megabyte is necessary, with no .ACCs. You can't use .ACCs from within STICKER, anyway. In case you only have 512 kilobytes available, you may run into problems using the Editor (overloading the computer with too many pictograms, with a resulting crash), but practice will help avoid such problems. After loading STICKER with a doubleclick on STICKER.PRG, a picture menu will appear, through which you can perform all functions. You will surely wonder where the pull-down menus are. --Not, that the developer couldn't have provided them, but use is simplified without them. In this picture menu you will find a blank label that will be filled in by your actions. After starting, STICKER asks you which printer you are using. Thereafter STICKER will automatically provide the data for a 9- or 24-pin printer. If STICKER doesn't ask you this question, then there is already a file by the name of DRUCKER ("printer") on your diskette. You should trash it if you don't know whether it is for your printer or not. The model for a 24-pin printer is a NEC P6/P7. For the testing of this program, a STAR NL10, RITEMAN F+, and NEC P6/P7 were used, and none of them had problems with performance. (Trans- lator's Note: I included a DRUCKER file for a 9-pin printer with this upload to GEnie.) THE FILE-SELECTOR-BOX Now you find yourself looking at the picture menu and the program loads in the information on your disk contents into the file-selector-box (FSB) on your screen at the right. Above the FSB you'll see the actual path the computer is following (for example A:\*.*). In the box below are the filenames from the disk in Drive A. You can scroll through this list by clicking on the arrows or double arrows on the right side of the box. The diamond-shaped symbol in the middle of these arrows serves to close opened folders. Below the list of filenames are two Drive icons for selection of the drive (A or B) from which the filenames are to be read. In the row below the Drive icons you will find boxes with a diamond-shaped folder symbol (which can be used as a symbol of a folder on the label you create if it is clicked on) and a box called EXT (which, when clicked on, will cause the extension (for example .PRG) of a filename to appear on the label you create). In addition, you can choose whether or not to include information regarding the size (GROESSE) or date (DATUM) on the label you create. On the bottom row of the FSB you can decide whether you want to list folder contents (by opening the folder--ORDNER OEFFNEN) or not (by closing the folder--ORDNER NEHMEN). THE LABEL On the left in the picture menu screen you'll see the actual label which should later be expelled by your printer exactly as you have assembled it on the screen. You can get blank labels to fit this program's products from Brad Roltgen Enterprises and similar sources; you'll need the larger size that wrap around the top of the 3 1/2" disk. You can fill the label in two ways: You can use the mouse to click on the appropriate filename in the FSB and then click on each line area of the label (i.e., between any two lines) so that the filename will then appear in the specified line area of the label OR you can click on any line area on the label and type in what you want printed on that line. The label areas are as follows: The RUECKENTEXT (rear side of the label which wraps around the back of the disk)--up to 15 letters/spaces The MONITOR--click on it to specify COLOR (C) or MONO (M) The RANDTEXT (the edge of the label where it wraps around)-- up to 20 characters 7 lines on the front of the label, of which the first will be printed in boldface (you can't do anything about that except write for the source code and change it) 2 GRAPHIKFELDER--the two near squares at the left and right near the bottom of the label for graphics 2 GRAPHIKTITEL areas--line areas under each graphic for the title of the graphic DISKETTENNUMMERFELD--the first of five lines between the two graphics for the disk number 4 line areas for little notes--between the graphics at the bottom of the label To fill the 7 lines you have only to click the appropriate filename in the FSB and then click the line area on the label where you want it to appear (left button both times). To fill the left graphic square, click with the left mouse button on a pictogram. To fill the right graphic square, click with the right mouse button on a pictogram. When you use the right mouse button, the graphic title (if any) will automatically appear in the title area below it. With the right mouse button, you can put certain previously-determined text under the LEFT graphic (Date, Original, Backup, Workdisk). With the left button you can put text of your own choosing in any of the line areas (or remove what is there): click the left mouse button on the line area in question; a box will appear to receive your typing. Simply press <Return> without typing to remove a line you don't want. If you click the right mouse button in the four line areas between the graphics, you can put previously-determined text on those lines (Protect, Unprotect, Format,...) PICTOGRAMS As described briefly above, at the bottom of the screen you'll find a row of pictograms, the graphics to be included on your label. There are six of these icons next to each other in a row. At the right and left of this row are arrows which permit scrolling through various rows of graphics, so that many of these pictograms are available to you. The basic group of these icons, which you can, of course, add to, is saved in STICKER1.DAT. This is done by clicking "ADD-A-ROW", which is between the label and the FSB. You will be asked if you want to load more pictograms (LADEN) or create new ones (ERZEUGEN). If you choose to load more, you will be asked if you want to add new pictograms to those already loaded in (HINZU), thus keeping the ones that are now loaded, or to replace those now loaded (UEBER) with the pictograms you plan to load. Icon data is indicated with the extension ".ADD". If you choose to create new pictograms (ERZEUGEN), a new EDITOR screen will appear with 24 empty icons and a tiny menu list. Under the Menu Option "LADEN", finished icons can be loaded into the editor. (Note that this does not make them automatically available from the main label-making screen.) With "SPEICHERN", you can save one row from the icon grouping above the menu as an .ADD file. If you click "SPEICHERN", you will be expected to then choose the row you want to save (by clicking on it), and then click "OK" before you are presented with a file-selector- box. If you want to title an icon you have designed, choose the Menu Option "BENENNEN". Your graphic will appear and you can provide each picture with a name and a "KENNBUCHSTABE", a letter which will automatically appear last in the disk number field of any label using that graphic (for example, you might want to choose T for Tools if your disk-numbering system distinguishes types of programs). THE EDITOR Through the choice of "EDITIEREN", you can change icons or design new ones with a limited drawing program. Actually the editor is self-explanatory, but there are a few things worth mentioning: All the drawing functions are begun by holding down the left mouse button and ended by letting go. The right mouse button provides for an "undo"--click it to undo the last thing you drew. Setting points and deleting them: Wherever you click the left mouse button in the draw- ing window, a point will either be placed or removed. If you start by clicking on a black point, you'll be "drawing" in white (removing everything you pass over); if you start by clicking on a white point, you'll be drawing in black. Scissors: This function allows you to cut a rectangular piece from a full-screen picture. However, the picture must first be loaded in by clicking "BILD LADEN". Only Doodle and Degas (.PI3) pictures can be loaded and cut. You can create erase areas of the picture with a little trick: 1. Choose the solid black pattern (MUSTER). 2. Choose the filled rectangle drawing shape. 3. Invert the picture. 4. Cover the area to be deleted with the filled rectangle. 5. Reinvert the picture. THE REST You will surely recognize the purpose of the functions "CLEAR" and "ENDE" by the picture icons, so we don't need to go further into them. But just so nobody can say I'm lazy, a short commentary follows here: With "CLEAR" you will completely erase any label you have created. "ENDE" quits the program. The text is not yet over, so read on: +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Copyright | | | | STICKER and all other data with STICKER | | | | by | | | | Shapoor E. Engineer | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | Pictograms | | | | by | | | | Peter C. Behrens | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | Printer Driver for 24-Pin Printers | | | | by | | | | A good friend who wants to remain anonymous | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | Manual zu STICKER | | | | by | | | | Frank Steinmetz | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This program is Shareware. In spite of that, or exactly because of that, you should, if you give it to friends and acquaintances, provide them with ALL of the data in the original. Changes in the program or manual and commercial distribution will be legally pursued. Notice: Whoever falsifies STICKER or imitates it or distributes imitated or falsified versions of STICKER will be punished with not less than 3 ST-Basic programs. Whoever enjoys STICKER and who uses it frequently should send 20 German Marks to the address below. Whoever sends a disk in addition and a stamped, self-addressed envelope will automatically receive the GFA source code in return. Please send to: Shapoor E. Engineer Ulrideshaeuser Strasse 32a 3400 Goettingen West Germany Many thanks for your understanding.