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CREF
Charts of Reference
Version 1.1

(C)Copyright 1992 Rand Nowell

RaLin Enterprises
"Putting Bits Together" (tm)

- Program Documentation -








MANUAL INDEX



LEGAL STUFF..........................................0
SHAREWARE ?..........................................1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................1
WHERE TO PUT CREF....................................1
STARTUP:
Save Screen......................................1
No Save Screen...................................1
TSR VERSION........................................1,4
SELECTING MENU ITEMS.................................2
HOT KEY SWITCHING....................................2
THE CHARTS: The Information.
Keys..Extended Keys..........................2
Attr..Text Attributes........................2
Char..Character Codes......................2,3
Pascal..Color Codes..........................3
Ansi..Ansi Escape Codes......................3
Ascii..Ascii Text Color Codes................3
Quit..Exiting CREF...........................3
MACROS: Calling from programs.
Qedit............................................3
Boxer..........................................3,4
Qmodem...........................................4
Other Programs...................................4
REGISTRATION...(or lack of)........................4,5
SUGGESTIONS..........................................5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....................................5
DEVELOPMENT..........................................5
SUPPORT..............................................5



Copyright:

CREF 1.0 is not a Public Domain or Free program. It is the
Copyrighted (c) 1992 work of Rand Nowell dba Ralin Enterprises.
All rights are reserved. Copying, duplicating, selling or otherwise
distributing this product except as noted in the Distribution Policy
below is a violation of Federal Copyright Law.

You are authorized to evaluate the program for a period of 30 days.
If after 30 days you wish to continue using the program, registration
IS REQUESTED. Please see REGCOM.DOC

Distribution:

1. Feel free to distribute the Shareware version of this program as
often as you like to any interested parties. Distribution to
Electronic Bullentin Boards is encouraged.
2. Please do not distribute this program without all the original
related files such as documentation, readme files, registration
forms etc.
3. Please distribute ONLY the original authenticated ZIP format file.
4. Please obtain our written permission before including the program
with any "bundled" software packages.
5. Please do not accept payment for the program; a copying fee of
$5.00 per diskette may be charged by a non-profit user-group.
6. Please do not alter the program or documentation in any way.
7. Individuals, groups, vendors or other software distribution
companies which market diskettes containg shareware or test-drive
evaluation programs, for profit, must obtain written permission
from RaLin Enterprises prior to distribution.

DISTRIBUTION of the REGISTERED version of this program is in
violation of the license agreement and copyright law.

************************* DISCLAIMER *****************************

This program is supplied "as is" without warrenty of any kind. The
entire risk of using, and results from the use of, is assumed by you
the user. You assume all costs of repair, servicing and corrections
stemming from the use of this program.
Rand Nowell and/or RaLin Enterprises, or any other associated
company of the program author will not be held liable for any
damages from the use of this program. No warrenties are expressed or
implied.
********************************************************************
To the original licensee of the REGISTERD version of CREF 1.0
RaLin Enterprises DOES warrant that the program disk(s) on which the
program is recorded, be free from defects in material and
workmanship under normal use and service for a period of (90) ninety
days from date of delivery as evidenced by your receipt. Our entire
liability and your exclusive remedy shall be replacement of the
deffective disk not meeting the standards of this limited warranty.


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SHAREWARE?

What is it ? A shareware program is one that the author
distributes for the people to try, free of charge. Usually the
author will set a time limit on this "Free Trial" and if you
continue to use the product after this time period, you are usually
expected to pay a small registration fee. Unlike commercial
software where you Buy then Try, this allows you to evaluate the
program without investing your hard earned money, then if you like
it and find it useful and only then, do you register it. If you do
not intend to register a shareware program, you should stop using
it, and delete it from your system. What a deal!


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Memory: Runs in minimum amount of memory. If calling from
within another program then figure on CREF using
about another 52k of memory.

Video: Requires a graphics card and color monitor.

Dos Version: Will work from 3.0 up, not tested in lower versions
but should work with 2.0 + There is no version
checking within the program.

WHERE TO PUT IT:

CREF should be stored in a directory that is included in your path
statement. This is especially true if you are going to be calling it
from within another program. Placing CREF in a "PATH" directory will
allow it to be called from anywhere in your system.

STARTUP:

Command syntax: CREF [/s]

CREF alone will call the program without saving the underlying screen,
the screen is cleared on starting and on completion.

[/s] If you wish to preserve your underlying screen, so that you can
view it while using CREF, use the switch /s the 's' MUST be lower
case, and the switch must have a space between it and CREF.
The /s switch has no effect when CREF is called from within another
program, as that program performs a Dos SHELL to run CREF, and should
save its own screen. (See the MACROS section.)


Once CREF has started you will see a Title and Copyright notice at
the top of the screen, and just below it to the far left will be the
CREF menu.

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Artery....The study of fine paintings.

SELECTING MENU ITEMS:

There are several ways to select items on the Menu.
1. Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight your choice,
then press .

2. Press the highlighted letter of a Menu item.

3. Using the arrow keys, move the highlight bar to a selection, then
press the right or left arrow key.

HOT KEY SWITCHING:

Once you have a chart on the screen, you may put it away by pressing
ESC. This returns you to the Menu to make another choice or to Exit.
But it is not necessary to return to the Menu to view another chart,
when any chart (except the Character charts) is active, you can press
the HotKey of any Menu choice and replace the current chart with the
one called. The exception to this HotKey trick is the Character
Charts...there are three of them, pressing any key other than escape
will rotate between them, pressing Esc exits back to the Menu. So you
must return to the Menu to select another chart when viewing the
Character Charts.

Example: Suppose you are viewing the P(a)scal chart, pressing the
letter (n) would immediately display the A(n)si chart.
* Its a neat trick! *

Nitrate......different than the day rate.

THE CHARTS:

Keys: The Keys chart is a full screen display of Extended Key codes,
these are the codes generated when an Alt/Ctrl/Shft key combination
is pressed, also the 12 Function keys F1 - F12. When these
combination keys are pressed there are actually two codes produced,
the first is always 0 (thats zero) and the second is the decimal code
listed in this chart. Codes can also be referenced in Hexadecimal,
but this chart shows only the decimal codes. There is also a short
example of how to determine if an Extended key code has been
generated. This example is in Pascal format. Press Esc to put this
chart away and return to the Menu, or HotKey to another.

Attr: The Attribute Chart shows the Background/Foreground decimal
codes. The first digit is the Background color, the second is the
foreground. These numbers are shown using Decimal and Hex format for
those situations where you need to use this format.

Char: This produces a group of 3 screens showing the character
codes. Some of these would be entered with the Ctrl key, others would

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be entered using the Alt key and the number pad keys. If you were to
hold down the Alt key and, using the keys on the number key pad, type
251, it would produce the checkmark () such as this. Remember, when
using the Alt+Number method, the numbers must be entered using the
key pad to the right of the keyboard. It will not work using the
number keys at the top of the keyboard.
Pressing the spacebar will cycle through these 3 screens, pressing
Esc will exit to the Menu. You cannot HotKey to another chart from
the Character charts.

Tumor.....An extra pair.

Pascal: This displays a chart of color numbers that can be used when
you need to specify both colors with one number. Using a Pascal
example again, TextAttr:=95 would produce bright white on magenta.

Ansi: This chart displays many of the Ansi color codes that are
useful in assigning color to text in Dos batch files. The proper
syntax is also shown for such commands.

Ascii: Here we have the Dos textcolor codes. This chart is somewhat
similar to the Attr chart above, but the color numbers are all in
decimal. A Pascal example would be TextBackground(5);TextColor(15)
would give us bright white on magenta.

Quit: Last but not least is the Quit option. Exits CREF and returns
you to the calling program, or Dos. If the /s switch was used, your
screen will be restored to its startup state.

Hangnail.....A coathook.

MACROS:

Here a couple of macros for calling CREF from some popular programs.

1. Qedit: Using Qconfig.exe and the qconfig.dat assign this macro to
the available key of your choice....

MacroBegin SaveFile Dos 'CREF' Return Quit EditFile CurrentFileName Return

This macro will save the file you are working on, shell to dos and run
CREF, then return to Qedit, reload you file, and put you right back
where you left off. This is the macro I use, and have used it several
times during the writing of this Manual.

2. Boxer: You must assign the commands to a macro key, here we are
assigning it to Ctrl-C, here are the steps.
a) Press F8
b) Press F9 (Boxers Dos Call key)
c) Type CREF
d) Press Enter
e) Once the CREF menu is displayed press (Q)uit
f) Press any key to return to Boxer
g) Press F8 again

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h) Enter a title for the macro, such as Calls Cref Charts.
* Thats it...your ready to call CREF from the Boxer Editor any time
you need it.

3. Qmodem: You probably wouldn't need CREF to often here, but if you
are writing a script and want to use colors, access the CREF
Pascal chart for the proper color numbers. Remember to add 128 to
the color number if you want the foreground color to blink.

NOTE: If you want to be able to call CREF when writing Qmodem
scripts, you will have to use another editor. Qmodem's editor
QMEdit won't allow macros, or a Dos shell. Configure the program
to call another editor such as Qedit.

Urine.....opposite of "Your Out"

But you can call CREF from the terminal screen, press Alt-J to
call up the macro editor, choose a key combination to use, then
enter @shellx CREF and save. Then pressing that key combination
will shell out and load CREF. This is assuming that CREF can be
found by the system. (Refer back to Where To Put CREF.)

As for setting up CREF to be called from any other programs, these
examples should give you an idea on how to set it up. Refer to the
particular programs documentation on how to set up external program
calls.

TSR VERSION: The TSR version has been created! Please refer to the
CREFR.DOC for any differences in the program.

REGISTRATION:

You are not required to register CREF in order to use it.
But if you find it useful, and would like to see it
developed further, a registration of $5.00 or more would be
appreciated!

Node.....Was aware of.

Registrations will show me that the program has been useful
to others, and induce me to develop it further. If no one is
interested in it enough to donate towards its continued
development, then I won't pursue it any further.

If you send me $10.00 (or more ) I will send you new
copies of the programs on disk, you will also receive some
more handy utilities from RaLin Enterprises...for FREE.

A registration form has been provided for anyone that wishes

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to donate to the cause.
You will be recorded in our database as a registered user.
You will receive notices of new product releases.
You will receive unlimited support for the product.....
and anything else I can think of to treat you right!

SUGGESTIONS:

If you have some suggestions, or requests, pertaining to types of
charts to add to CREF, please use the Suggestion/Comments form
that is provided.

I do hope that CREF helps you in your work!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Several products have been mentioned here, now we will pay respect
to the authors.....

Pascal: By Borland International...a fantastic programming language.
Qedit: By SemWare...one of the BEST editors around.
Boxer: By David R. Hamel....an awesome text editor...kudos to Dave!
Qmodem: By Mustang Software...the premier Communications package.
CREF: By Rand Nowell/RaLin Enterprises....wait a minute here.....

DEVELOPMENT:

CREF was written in Turbo Pascal. Borland International.

Screens and menus generated by Saywhat! Screen Developer from
Software Science, a fantastic screen developer for multiple
programming languages and Dos batch files!

Medical Staff......doctors cane.


SUPPORT:

I can be reached at the following:

Phone: 510-651-0253 If I'm out leave a message. I return registered
users calls at my expense, otherwise it will be collect.

NetMail: 1:/215/777 or 1:161/42 - Rand Nowell

CIS: 76124,761

Mail: 40728 Sundale Dr. Fremont, Ca. 94538

FIDO: Shareware Echo - Rand Nowell


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