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123DOC
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123DOC is a program to document a Lotus 123
spread-sheet as a spread sheet in human readably form.
The program is written in compiled BasicA for a 320k
machine with 2 drives and a color board. This is a
LOTUS type configuration and the program probably does
not run without the color board. Its speed is print
limited.
To use the program on a spread sheet file say
TEST.WKS, first prepare a report file say TEST.PRN of
the spread sheet in formula mode. ie in 123 use the
command.
/PFOOC for "Print File Options Other
Cell-Formulas", with the range pre-specified to be the
whole spread-sheet of interest. ( Thus this file is
actually one form of the output. What 123DOC does is
put this into a matrix format.)
Then run the program with the default set to drive
A and the disk with the TEST.PRN file in drive B
A>123doc
The program requires the following information in
order to layout the page and cater to long formulae
which it attempts to squeeze into a cell so many
characters wide and an indefinite number of characters
deep, unless the ajacent cell is free. (Try it)
Cell width--which defaults to 15 characters.
Page width--which defaults to 132 characters.
Rows per page--which defaults to 40.
The program lists all of the .PRN files on drive B
and then requests a file name b:....PRN, for which in
this case the correct answer is
TEST
Given this it reads the spread-sheet file 40 rows
at a time, displaying the cell structure on the screen,
and then prints a series of pages that paste together to
form the 40 rows, going accross the rows. This repeats
untill the whole report is complete when all rows have
been read.
I find it pretty usefull although there are a few
obvious improvements. Good-luck, address all
suggestions to John Pearson on (703) 241-8621, or the
C-UNIX BBS, if you think I should change it.
COMMENTS ADDED BY J.R.,9-5-84:
1. When responding with .prn filename, do not enter
filename extension. .PRN is entered automatically.
2. Formulas containing commas, such as @IF statements,
will be truncated at the comma.
3. Printout format leaves a left margin of 10-12
spaces, presumably for taping sheets together.
4. The number of worksheet lines per analysis page
varies from that specified on the upward side 20-30%.
5. The maximum number of printer spaces accepted is
219. When dividing maximum printer spaces by number of
worksheet columns to determine printout column-width,
the width entry should be at least 1 space less than the
calculated value. E.g., if the calculated spaces per
column allows 13.5,enter 12. This probably allows for
the colon used to delimit columns.