Quick Tips                                                                     ══════════                                                                                                                                                    How to:                                                                          Load a form - use [Alt][F9] to get the directory, then type the name of a                    form (the .FRM is not required) ie. [Alt][F9] INVOICE ─┘                                                                                       Save a form - use [F9] to get the directory, then enter a name for the form                  (the .FRM is added automatically) ie. [F9] MYFORM ─┘                                                                                           Draw a line - press the [F1] key, and then use the arrow keys to draw - press                [F1] again to turn off the line drawing mode                                                                                                    Enter text  - use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired position,                 and then just type the text                                                                                                                     Set colors  - type [Alt][F10] and then select the desired colors from the                    chart                                                          =====                                                                          ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗║                           FormGen Quick Reference                           ║╠══════════════════╤═════════════╦══════════════════╤═════════════╦═══════════╣║  Top of Page     │  Ctrl Home  ║  Thin Line       │  F1         ║  Special  ║║  Top of Form     │  Ctrl PgUp  ║  Thick Line      │  F2         ║ Character ║║  Bottom of Page  │  Ctrl End   ║  Duplicate       │  F3         ║   Codes   ║║  Bottom of Form  │  Ctrl PgDn  ║  Erase           │  F4         ╠═════╤═════╣╟──────────────────┼─────────────╫──────────────────┼─────────────╢    │ 016 ║║  Insert Row      │  Alt I      ║  Skip Left       │  F7         ║    │ 017 ║║  Delete Row      │  Alt D      ║  Skip Right      │  F8         ╟─────┼─────╢║  Insert Column   │  Ctrl -    ║  Insert Toggle   │  F5         ║    │ 018 ║║  Delete Column   │  Ctrl -    ║  Stretch Toggle  │  F6         ╟─────┼─────╢╟──────────────────┼─────────────╫──────────────────┼─────────────╢    │ 024 ║║  Block Define    │  Alt F6     ║  Start of Line   │  Home       ║    │ 025 ║║  Block Copy      │  Alt F3     ║  End of Line     │  End        ║  ~  │ 026 ║║  Block Move      │  Alt F4     ║  Page Down       │  PgDn       ║    │ 027 ║║  Block Clear     │  Alt F5     ║  Page Up         │  PgUp       ╟─────┼─────╢║  Area Fill       │  Alt A      ╟──────────────────┼─────────────╢  ░  │ 176 ║╟──────────────────┼─────────────╢  Center Text     │  Alt C      ║  ▒  │ 177 ║║  Load Form       │  Alt F9     ║  Set Data Path   │  Alt P      ║  ▓  │ 178 ║║  Save Form       │  F9         ║  Call DOS        │  Alt O      ╟─────┼─────╢║  Print Form      │  F10        ║  Set Colors      │  Alt F10    ║ box │     ║║  Clear Form      │  Alt F7     ║  Exit FormGen    │  Alt X      ║ (■) │ 254 ║╚══════════════════╧═════════════╩══════════════════╧═════════════╩═════╧═════╝=====                                                                          ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗║                           FormGen Quick Reference (cont'd)                  ║╠══════════════════╤═════════════╦══════════════════╤═════════════╦═══════════╣║ Horiz Thin Line  │  Alt F1     ║ Vert Thin Line   │  Ctrl F1    ║           ║║ Horiz Thick Line │  Alt F2     ║ Vert Thick Line  │  Ctrl F2    ║           ║╚══════════════════╧═════════════╩══════════════════╧═════════════╩═══════════╝=====                                                                          FormGen                       Cursor Movement Keys                      Help  1                              ════════════════════                                                                                                            ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │   │ - Move cursor up one line.       │Home│ - Move cursor to left edge      └────┘                                  └────┘   of screen.                    ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │   │ - Move cursor down one line.     │End │ - Move cursor to right edge     └────┘                                  └────┘   of screen.                    ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │ ─ │ - Move cursor left by one        │PgUp│ - Move up one page.             └────┘   position.                      └────┘                                 ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │ ─ │ - Move cursor right by           │PgDn│ - Move down one page.           └────┘   one position.                  └────┘                                 ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │─│ │ - Move cursor right to the       │ │─│ - Move cursor left to next      └────┘   next tab stop.                 └────┘   tab stop.                     ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │ F7 │ - Move the cursor left to the    │ F8 │ - Move the cursor right to the  └────┘   next non-blank character.      └────┘   next non-blank character.     ┌────┐                                                                         │ ─┘│ - Move to the beginning of                                              └────┘   the next line.                                                        =====                                                                          FormGen                       Cursor Movement Keys (cont'd)             Help  2                              ════════════════════                                                                                                            ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Ctrl││Home│ - Move cursor to upper     │Ctrl││PgUp│ - Move cursor to top      └────┘└────┘   left corner of screen.   └────┘└────┘   of form.                ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Ctrl││End │ - Move cursor to lower     │Ctrl││PgDn│ - Move cursor to          └────┘└────┘   left corner of screen.   └────┘└────┘   bottom of form.         =====                                                                          FormGen                        Drawing Mode Keys                        Help  3                               ═════════════════                                                                                                              ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │ F1 │ - Set cursor to draw single      │ F3 │ - Set cursor to draw with       └────┘   (thin) line.                   └────┘   character under cursor.       ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │ F2 │ - Set cursor to draw double      │ F4 │ - Set cursor to erase as it     └────┘   thick line.                    └────┘   moves.                        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Notes:                                                                      ││    1) The mode keys above are "toggles". (Pushing the key a second time     ││       will turn off the current drawing mode.                               ││    2) The current drawing mode will be indicated on the Status Line at      ││       the bottom of the screen.                                             ││                                                                             ││         │ - [F1] single line           ║ - [F2] double line             ││                                                                             ││         D - [F3] duplicate character   E - [F4] erase                   │└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘=====                                                                          FormGen                         Auto Line Draw                          Help  4                                ══════════════                                 ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Alt ││ F1 │ - Insert a horizontal      │Alt ││ F2 │ - Insert a horizontal     └────┘└────┘   single line at cursor.   └────┘└────┘   double line at cursor.  ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Ctrl││ F1 │ - Insert a vertical        │Ctrl││ F2 │ - Insert a vertical       └────┘└────┘   single line at cursor.   └────┘└────┘   double line at cursor.  =====                                                                          FormGen                        Form Editing Keys                        Help  5                               ═════════════════                                                                                                              ┌────┐                                                                         │ F5 │ - Enter INSERT mode.  Characters to the right of the cursor will be     └────┘   moved to the right to make room for new text that is entered.  While           in this mode, an indicator will appear on the Status Line.            ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐                                 │Ins │ - Insert a space at cursor.      │Del │ - Delete character under        └────┘   Text to the right is moved.    └────┘   cursor.                       ┌────┐                                                                         │── │ - Backspace.  This key moves the cursor and all the text to the right   └────┘   of it one space to the left, deleting characters it passes over.                                                                                                             ──────────────────────────────                         ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Ctrl││ ─ │ - Insert blank column      │Ctrl││ ─ │ - Delete column under     └────┘└────┘   at cursor.               └────┘└────┘   cursor.                 ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐                                 │Alt ││ I  │ - Insert a blank line at   │ F6 │ - Stretch mode toggle.  When    └────┘└────┘   cursor.                  └────┘   this mode is set, lines are   ┌────┐┌────┐                            patched during insertion of new rows   │Alt ││ D  │ - Delete line at cursor.   and columns.  An indication of this    └────┘└────┘                            mode is displayed on the Status Line.  =====                                                                          FormGen                         Block Operations                        Help  6                                ════════════════                                                                                                              ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Alt ││ F3 │ - After moving the         │Alt ││ F4 │ - After moving the cursor └────┘└────┘   cursor the the upper     └────┘└────┘   to the upper left cornerleft corner of the destination area,    of the destination area, pressing this pressing this combination will          combination will move the contents of  duplicate the previously defined        the previously defined source block.   source block.                                                                  ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Alt ││ F5 │ - Pressing this            │Alt ││ F6 │ - Anchor upper left       └────┘└────┘   combination will         └────┘└────┘   corner of block.        clear the area included in the          After stretching the block out to      previously defined block.               include the desired area, press        ┌────┐┌────┐                            this combination again to complete     │Alt ││ A  │ - Fill a defined block     the selection.                         └────┘└────┘   area with a specified                                           ASCII character.                                                               =====                                                                          FormGen                            Other Keys                           Help  7                                   ══════════                                                                                                                 ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐┌────┐                           │ F9 │ - Save form.  Options to save    │Alt ││ F9 │ - Load form.  Both        └────┘   ASCII and R:Base form files    └────┘└────┘   ASCII text files and    as well as standard FormGen files.      standard FormGen files may be loaded.  ┌────┐                                  ┌────┐┌────┐                           │F10 │ - Print form.  Options for       │Alt ││ F  │ - Display files in data   └────┘   different printer types are    └────┘└────┘   directory.  (Defined    available.                              with set path key.)                    ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Alt ││F10 │ - Determine colors used    │Alt ││ P  │ - Set path to data        └────┘└────┘   by FormGen.              └────┘└────┘   directory.              ┌────┐┌────┐                            ┌────┐┌────┐                           │Alt ││ F7 │ - Clear current form from  │Alt ││ X  │ - Exit FormGen.           └────┘└────┘   memory.                  └────┘└────┘                           ┌────┐┌────┐                                                                   │Alt ││ C  │ - Center.  Will center in a cell with the cursor, or if there is  └────┘└────┘   no text, will indicate the center of the cell with "".         (A "cell" is an area on the line under the cursor bounded by either lines or   the edges of the screen.)                                                      =====                                                                          FormGen                            Other Keys (cont'd)                  Help  8                                   ══════════                                                                                                                 ┌────┐┌────┐                             ┌────┐┌────┐                          │Alt ││ O  │ - Call operating system.    │Alt ││ Q  │ - Toggle cursor position └────┘└────┘   This loads a secondary    └────┘└────┘   display between Row/Colcopy of DOS, allowing files to be        and vertical/horizontal inches.       copied, disks formatted, and other                                             programs to be run from within                                                 FormGen.                                                                                                                                                      To return to FormGen, type EXIT at                                             the DOS prompt.                                                                =====                                                                          FormGen                        Special Characters                       Help  9                               ══════════════════                                                                                                             A number of other useful characters are supported by FormGen.  These charactersmay be entered directly onto the screen by holding down the [Alt] key while    entering the 3 digit code shown below for the number using the numeric keypad.                                                                                                    ┌───────────────────────┬───────────┐                                          │         Arrows        │  Textures │                                          ├───────────┬───────────┼───────────┤                                          │   - 016  │   - 018  │  ░ - 176  │                                          │   - 017  │           │           │                                          │           │           │  ▒ - 177  │                                          │   - 026  │   - 024  │           │                                          │   - 027  │   - 025  │  ▓ - 178  │                                          └───────────┴───────────┴───────────┘                                                                                                     In addition, code 254 can be entered.  This code will render "■" on the screen,but will create a small box for a check mark when printed.                                                                                                    =====                                                                          FormGen                             Startup                             Help 10                                    ═══════                                                                                                                   Syntax to start FormGen is:                                                                                                                                          FORM filespec /P                                                                                                                                       where:                                                                                                                                                               filespec - is the name of an existing .FRM file to b e loaded                             on startup                                                                                                                                         /P - optional switch to be used if your system uses non-standard                    hardware which results in messages like "Printer Not Connected"                when this is obviously not the case.                               =====                                                                          End of FormGen Help                                                            *****                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 