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(713) 880-2705
Houston, Texas 77008
2707 N. Loop West, Suite 490
Emerald Computing Services, Inc.
Kevin M. Hoctor
isnΓÇÖt it?). Either way, please let me know what you think of it!
make some change to give it some more marketability (that is a word
cause the program is not useful enough, give me a call! Maybe I can
of any use to you. If you do not feel like spending the dough be-
The price is quite minimal…ten bucks if you find this program to be
ΓÇó ΓÇó Price & Support ΓÇó ΓÇó
examine it.
if you want to double-click on the resulting file from the Finder to
program that you want and then click the OK button. This is helpful
tion. A small dialog box will appear, just click on the name of the
change the owner of the text file that is created during an evolu-
Pull down the file menu and choose the first command if you want to
ΓÇó ΓÇó Change Configuration ΓÇó ΓÇó
may barely get to see the indicator if the file is less than 5K in size.
most evolutions go quite quickly (especially on a hard disk) and you
show the actual percentage of completed evolution. Watch closely,
read into memory (each jump is about 5K). The black indicator will
The gray indicator will show how much of the original file has been
appear to confirm that you want to stop.
or cancel it by clicking on the Cancel button. A dialog box will
pause the evolution by clicking on the title bar of the status window
After selecting the files, a status window will appear. You may
you to the Configuration dialog.
either dialog boxesΓÇÖ Cancel buttons to stop the evolution and return
filename to hold the converted information. You may click on
button. You will be asked to select a file for conversion and then a
When you have everything the way you want it, click the Start
ΓÇó ΓÇó The Evolution ΓÇó ΓÇó
line length, NOT the number of characters to remove.
the line. Please notice that the second box is asking for the actual
than or equal to zero, no characters will be removed from the end of
available boxes. If the second box contains a number that is less
To cut a line length down to size, enter a number in either of the two
ΓÇó ΓÇó Line Sizing ΓÇó ΓÇó
the exception of tabs and carriage returns), use the fourth button.
ally, if you want to strip a file of all extra control characters (with
feeds (or the document tends to print out all on one line). And fin-
must transfer your file to a non-Mac computer and it requires line-
ton ΓÇ£Remove all linefeeds.ΓÇ¥ The third button is nice to use if you
in files you get from non-Macs), you should choose the second but-
seen them before, they appear as little boxes at the start of the line
others may. If you need to remove linefeeds (you have probably
Obviously the first button will not change your file much, but the
ΓÇó ΓÇó Control Clean-up ΓÇó ΓÇó
counting characters to ignore.
so consider the line as being resized before you start
Note: The ΓÇ£Line SizingΓÇ¥ function take priority over the other two,
spacesΓÇ¥ box is often the answer.
combination of button number one and an entry in the ΓÇ£Ignore
ΓÇ£words are separated by one space, columns by two or more.ΓÇ¥ A
The ΓÇ£Ignore spacesΓÇ¥ line is useful if you cannot use the rule that
any spacing.
separation. The third button will stop the program from changing
ful if you want to discern between row labels and an actual column
tabΓÇ¥ to change most files to column format. The next button is use-
Use the first radio button marked ΓÇ£Replace 1 or more spaces with a
ΓÇó ΓÇó Tabular Additions ΓÇó ΓÇó
a mini-computer).
bage at the ends of each line in spreadsheets that we download from
ning or end of a line (we use this to eliminate extra spaces or gar-
text file). And lastly, you can remove characters from the begin-
linefeeds to the end of lines (useful if you are going to give an IBM a
things that look like little empty boxes on the MacΓÇÖs screen), or add
tabs. The second will get rid of unwanted control characters (those
the set up dialog box. The first has to do with converting spaces to
First of all, you should notice that there are three major sections to
pen during the evolution.
up dialog. This is where you decide all the good things that will hap-
The first window that you see when the program starts is the set
ΓÇó ΓÇó Set Up ΓÇó ΓÇó
add them to the program!
drop us a line and let us know about them. More than likely, IΓÇÖll just
Emerald, if you have other uses that require added functions just
This program was developed to solve specific in-house problems at
favorite spreadsheet program.
session, and you would like to tabulate the columns for use in your
that you may have captured on the screen during a communications
tion comes in quite handy when you need to convert a spreadsheet
adjust line lengths and change spaces into tabs. This last little func-
eliminate extraneous control characters. It will also allow you to
files into more usable formats. It will add or remove linefeeds, or
Evolutions is a simple utility program to convert certain types of
ΓÇó ΓÇó General Overview ΓÇó ΓÇó