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Winvelope(tm) v4.1
Winvelope requires VBRUN100.DLL be installed in the Windows
subdirectory. This file is not included with the 'download'
version in order to conserve disk space. VBRUN100.DLL is
available from most BBS's and online services such as
Compuserve, Genie, America Online, etc. If you cannot
locate this file contact the author.
To install:
Create a subdirectory on your harddisk for Winvelope. Copy
the following files to the new subdirectory:
SAMPLE.BMP
ADBOOK41.CRD
BUSINESS.ENV
CAT_6x9.ENV
EXECUTIV.ENV
MONARCH.ENV
WNVEL41E.EXE
WNVEL41.HLP
MESSAGE.LST
README.TXT
Copy the following files to your WINDOWS SYSTEM
subdirectory:
COMMDLG.DLL (Windows 3.1 users already have
this file!)
CMDIALOG.VBX
SS3D.VBX
Make sure that VBRUN100.DLL is in the Windows
subdirectory.
Install Winvelope in Windows Program Manager making sure
to enter Winvelope's subdirectory as the 'Working' or
'Startup' Directory.
After starting Winvelope, you can access the On-Screen
Help System for detailed information on setting-up and
running the program.
NOTICE
Winvelope is not public domain or free software. If you
paid a shareware distributor for this program, you paid for
the service of coping and distributing to you an evaluation
disk and not for the program itself. You may evaluate
Winvelope for a maximum of 30 days without charge, however
if you find the program useful and continue to use it
beyon the 30 day evaluation period, you must send a
registration payment to the author. Registered users get
the latest version of the software, notice of upgrades, and
continued product support.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The single user registration fee for Winvelope is $20.00
U.S. (add $4.00 for shipping outside the U.S.). A
convenient printable online registration/order form is
provided under Winvelope's Help menu. To order by mail,
send a check or money order for the correct amount to:
J. E. McCullum
P.O. Box 1145
Jenkins, KY 41537
To order by phone using any major credit card, call the
Public Software Library (PsL) at (800) 242-4775 and ask for
Winvelope, product #10401. This toll free number is for
registering only! Direct all calls concerning product
support or information to the author at:
(606) 832-2493, 6:00-9:00 pm Eastern Time Zone.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
J. E. McCullum, the author of Winvelope, hereby disclaims
all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed
or implied, including without limitation any implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. The author will not be liable for any special,
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due
to loss of data or any other reason even if the author or
an agent of the author has been advised of the possibility
of such damages. In no event shall the author's liability
for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license
to use the software, regardless of the form of the claim.
The person using the software bears all risk as to the
quality and performance of the software.
Copyright ⌐ 1991, 1992, J. E. McCullum
All rights reserved
1.0 Overview
Winvelope is a utility program that simplifies the
printing of envelopes from the Windows environment.
Winvelope accomplishes this task in just a few quick
keystrokes and adds a host of convenient features in
the process. Now instead of having to re-type the
address, the user can copy it from a Windows document
via the Clipboard and paste it directly to an envelope.
Winvelope can be loaded and minimized to an icon when
starting Windows so that it is always just a "mouse
click" away. A handy direct access to Windows Cardfile
is also included for storing and retrieving frequently
used addresses.
Features:
* Windows Copy n' Paste support for importing
addresses from any document via the Clipboard.
* Automatically prints in landscape orientation
for most printers that require it.
* Create and save any size envelope files.
* Maintain as many return address files as needed.
* Use a bitmap (.BMP) graphic file as the return
address.
* Fully adjustable print positions.
* Support for Windows installed printer fonts and
attributes.
* Prints 5 digit and 9 digiit (ZIP+4) POSTNET bar
codes.
* User friendly interface with generouse use of
quick action icon buttons for most commands.
2.0 System Requirements
Winvelope requires the following minimum hardware/software
configuration:
* Computer with a 286 or greater CPU.
* Windows 3.x software installed in either
"standard" or "386" mode.
* Windows CARDFILE.EXE installed in the Windows
subdirectory.
* Printer supported by Windows and capable of
feeding envelopes.
3.0 Configuring Winvelope
To configure Winvelope for your printer choose Printing
Defaults from the Options menu and make selections for the
following settings:
3.1 Default Print Orientation
Select whether your printer prints envelopes in the portrait
or landscape orientation. After this selection is made and
saved, Winvelope will automatically print the envelope in the
correct orientation for most printers without having to access
Printer Setup. If landscape orientation is chosen, Winvelope
will return the printer to portrait mode after the envelope
is printed. Some printers and/or printer drivers including
Canon and Atech Publisher's Powerpak do not support this
feature. If you are using a non-HP compatible laser printer
and find that selection of landscape here does not change the
orientation at print time, you will need to use the Winvelope
Printer Setup button to change orientation before printing.
3.2 Default Paper Bin Selection
This option, also found in the Printing Defaults dialog, is
primarily for laser printers. This setting will control
which paper source will be accessed when the print job is
sent to the printer. This setting is particularly important
to Hewlett Packard IIP, IIIP, and other similar type laser
printers which will not feed an envelope from the manual
feed tray when the lower paper cassette is installed without
a direct call from the software. Owners of these printers
will want to select BIN 0 (UPPER TRAY), or BIN 2
(MANUAL FEED), if the lower paper cassette is installed.
This will allow you to have the lower cassette as the
primary paper source and Winvelope will print the envelope
from the upper tray.
Owners of other types of laser printers may use this setting
to choose whether or not a manual feed prompt is desired
when Winvelope prints an envelope. This may be desirable
if the printer is located a distance from the user or if the
printer is being shared and there is potential for someone
else's printjob ending up on your envelope! A little trial
and error may be necessary here to get the desired effect,
as a particular BIN number may produce different effects on
different brands and models of printers. If you opt for
manual feed, it is suggested that you select a BIN number
that prompts for MANUAL FEED LETTER not MANUAL FEED COM10.
The following chart shows the paper bin number assignments
for some popular laser printers:
PRINTER MODEL Bin 0 Bin 1 Bin 2 Bin 3
HP II Upper Manual COM10 N/A
HP IID Upper Lower Manual
HP IIIP Upper Lower Manual
EPL6000 Upper Lower Manual
Laserline6 Upper Manual N/A
If after installing Winvelope you find the envelope won't
feed or the address prints on a page from the wrong paper
source, try different BIN settings until the desired effect
is obtained.
4.0 Creating, Saving, and Using Envelope Files
Winvelope comes with (4) four standard envelope files
already created. These include Business (#10),
Executive (#9), Monarch (#7-3/4), and Catalog (6x9 inch).
These envelope files have pre-set print margins for 'center
feed' HP Series II, III type laser printers. The print
margins will need to be adjusted for 'side feed' HP IIP,
IIIP type printers. Print margins may be adjusted for any
envelope file to suit the user.
4.1 Using Supplied Envelope Files
To use one of the four supplied envelope files, click on
the corresponding icon button along the left edge of the
screen. Selections may also be made by choosing Open
Envelope under the File menu. The Winvelope window caption
at the top of the screen will display the currently active
enveleope file as 'Winvelope -> FILENAME.ENV'. As you make
choices of return address printing, font selections, bar
code printing, etc., these preferences will automatically
be saved to the corresponding envelope file.
4.2 Creating New Envelope Files
To create a new envelope file, choose New Envelope under
the File menu. Next, enter values for the top and left
margins for the Return Address, Addressee, Message, FIM code,
and POSTNET bar code. Save the envelope using a descriptive
filename that can be easily recognized. Envelope files use
the filename extender '.ENV'. Later, as you select return
address files, choose fonts, enable bar code printing, etc.,
these preferences will be automatically saved to the
corresponding envelope files. Envelope files that you have
created and saved may be recalled by choosing Open Envelope
under the File menu or by clicking the [?] icon button at the
bottom left of the screen.
5.0 Creating, Saving and Using Return Address Files
A return address may be printed if desired. To create a
return address file, choose Create New Return Address under
the File menu. Enter the return address text as you wish
it to appear on the envelope and save using a descriptive
filename that can be recognized later. You can create and
save as many return address files as needed. After one or
more return address files have been stored, you can select,
enable, or disable return address printing as desired by
clicking the appropriate icon button.
6.0 Using a Bitmap (.BMP) Logo for the Return Address
This feature does not support Postscript printing.
To print a graphic logo as a return address, choose Select
Graphic Logo under the Options menu and select a .BMP file.
Click on the icon button representing an envelope with a
logo and the selected graphic will print as the return
address. Print position is controlled by the margin
settings for the return address. The screen image of the
graphic is not to scale and the actual print scale will
depend on the pixel size of the bitmap file. A printed
graphic requires 300 pixels per printed inch. If you wish
to print a graphic 2" x 1", the BMP image should be
600 x 100 pixels. Use a program such as Paintbrush and set
the image attributes to pixel units and size as described
above. Use all of the work area to create or edit your
image. If you wish to incorporate a return address with
the logo, use the text tools of the paint program to create
this text. Save the image as a monochrome (saves disk
space) .BMP file.
7.0 Addressing the Envelope
7.1 Methods for Addressing the Envelope
With Winvelope, there are three methods for addressing an
envelope:
1. Capture an address from your Windows
document by copying it to the Windows
Clipboard. Activate Winvelope and use the
PASTE ADDRESS button to paste the address
on the envelope.
2. From Winvelope, activate the CARDFILE button
which will launch Windows Cardfile and the
file ADBOOK41.CRD. You may store and
retrieve frequently used addresses here as a
permanent address book. Copy a selected
address to the Clipboard and PASTE as in
method 1. To use alternate Cardfile files
as the address book, choose Set Default
Cardfile Data File from the Options menu.
You may want to create several address book
files for private and business addresses or
Christmas card lists, etc. Refer to the
Windows manual for more information on the
use of Cardfile.
3. From Winvelope, type an address directly onto
the envelope addressee text box.
7.2 Printing a Message Line
If you wish, you may select a message such as VIA AIRMAIL,
from the listbox shown in the lower left corner of the
Winvelope screen for printing along with the address. You
may also type a message directly into the listbox or modify
the listbox to include your own custom message by choosing
Edit Message Text List from the Options menu. Scroll to the
bottom of the listbox edit dialog and enter as many message
lines as desired.
8.0 Font Selection
8.1 Choosing Fonts
Printer fonts installed in Windows are available for
selection when printing envelopes. Individual selections can
be made for the return address, addressee, and message text
by choosing Fonts under the Text menu or clicking the 'Fonts'
button and accessing the font menu dialog box. Every time
you change a font or attribute setting, the new value is
saved with the corresponding envelope file to the WNVEL41.INI
file in the Windows subdirectory. When you switch between
different size envelopes, your last settings used for each
will be retrieved from this file. If Winvelope cannot find
a matching Windows screen font for the printer font chosen,
a substitution of the HELV screen font will be made for
display purposes. The printer however will print the correct
font.
8.2 Changing Font Attributes
Bold and/or italic type and font sizes for the return address,
addressee, and message text may be selected from the Font
dialog box. Fonts may be sized between 6 and 28 pt. Changes
in font size will be portrayed in the font dialog sample text
boxe and on the Winvelope screen, but fonts sized 18-28 pt.
will display as 18 pt. in order to conserve screen space.
8.3 Converting Addressee Text to All Caps
Winvelope allows you to convert a pasted-in address to all caps
by making the selection in the Text menu. If you change this
setting after you have pasted the address you will have to
CLEAR and re-PASTE the address to see the results.
9.0 Printing POSTNET Bar Codes
POSTNET barcodes and the FIM-A code may be printed if
desired by making the selections in the Options menu or
clicking the appropriate icon button. Print position
adjustment is made in the Print Margin routine under the
File menu.
The FIM code, (5 vertical lines) only prints with ZIP+4
(9 digit) zip codes. The FIM-A code indicates to postal
scanning equipment that the piece of mail contains a ZIP+4
zipcode and should be sorted for Courtesy Reply Mail. The
FIM code should be approximately 2" from the right edge of
the envelope and as close to the top edge as possible.
The beginning of the POSTNET barcode can be no more than 4
inches from the right edge of the envelope and approximately
1/4 inch from the bottom edge. See On-Screen Help for a
diagram of barcode location.
10.0 Adjusting Print Margins
Winvelope has a very flexible adjustment for address print
positions. Adjustment down to a tenth of an inch can be made
to the top and left print margins for all printable items.
These adjustments are made by accessing the Print Margins
under the File menu. You may find it beneficial to print
to an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper first and then measure
approximately how far margins need to be adjusted to hit the
envelope. Margins are measured from the extent of the
printer's print range rather than from the edge of the
envelope. The exception to this is if the user selects a
paper bin that prompts for a COM 10 envelope. The margins
will then be measured from the edge of the envelope.
10.2 Table of Suggested Print Margin Settings
Suggested margin values for HP II/III style, (center feed),
and HP IIP/IIIP style, (side feed), laser printers are shown
below:
Center feed Ret Address Message FIM Bar code
(HP II/III) T L T L T L T L T L
Business (#10) 2.2 1.6 3.8 6.0 5.0 2.2 2.0 8.3 5.7 6.9
Executive (#9) 2.4 2.4 3.8 6.5 4.8 3.0 2.2 8.3 5.4 6.9
Monarch (#7) 2.4 4.6 3.8 7.5 4.8 5.0 2.2 8.3 5.4 6.9
Catalog (6x9) 1.5 2.3 3.8 5.8 6.0 3.0 1.1 8.3 6.5 6.9
Side feed
(HP IIP/IIIP)
Business (#10) 0.1 1.7 1.6 6.0 3.0 2.2 0.0 8.3 3.5 6.8
Executive (#9) 0.1 2.4 1.6 6.0 2.8 3.0 0.0 8.3 3.2 6.8
Monarch (#7) 0.1 4.7 1.6 7.3 2.6 5.0 0.0 8.3 3.1 6.8
Catalog (6x9) 0.2 1.7 2.8 5.5 5.2 2.0 0.0 8.3 5.8 6.8
Important!
These values are valid only if you are using a paper bin
selection that causes an uninterrupted print or causes the
laser printer to prompt for MANUAL FEED LETTER. When using
a bin number that prompts for FEED COM10, most laser printers
will expect the margin to be measured from the edge of the
envelope instead of the maximum print range.
11.0 Getting Help
11.1 Winvelope Onscreen Help System
By activating the HELP pull-down menu or pressing F1, you
can access the Winvelope onscreen help file with topic search.
This help system includes most of the information contained
in this document. Choose Using Help under the Help menu to get
detailed instructions on using the Windows Help System.
11.2 Product Support
Product support can be obtained for Winvelope by any of the
following means:
* Telephone: (606) 832-2493
Please restrict calls between the hours of
6:00 pm and 9:00 pm Eastern Time Zone.
The author regrets that he cannot return
phone calls to non-registered users.
* Fax: (606) 832-2493
* Mail: J. E. McCullum
P.O. Box 1145
Jenkins, KY 41537-1145
* Compuserve ID 71620,24
12.0 Trouble Shooting
Problem: Winvelope doesn't print in landscape mode.
Solutions: Make sure landscape is selected in Printing
Defaults under Winvelope's Option menu.
You may have a printer and/or printer driver
that does not support this feature. The
current variety of Canon and Publisher's
Powerpak drivers are known not to support
Auto-landscape. If you have one of these,
you will need to use the 'Printer Setup'
button that will allow you to switch to
landscape and/or change paper trays manually.
HP Deskjet users will need to activate the
Winvelope 'Printer Setup' button in order to
select ENVELOPE as the paper size prior to
printing.
Problem: Winvelope gives "File not found" error message
during various operations.
Solution: Make sure that the subdirectory containing the
Winvelope files is listed as the 'Working
Directory' in Windows Program Mgr. File
Properties dialog.
Problem: Winvelope does not print the barcode when
selected.
Solution: Winvelope searches the last line of the
address for the zipcode. The last line of
the address should be CITY, ST ZIP, or the
zipcode should be on the last line by itself.
The FIM code (5 verticle lines) does not print
with 5 digit zipcodes.
Problem: Winvelope gives error message and won't load.
Solution: Make sure the VBRUN100.DLL file supplied on
the Winvelope program diskette is located in
the Windows subdirectory.
If all else fails, erase the WNVEL41.INI file
in the Windows subdirectory and re-install
Winvelope.