IGI255 Version 4.2 December, 1993 Version 4.2 is a must for your 1993 Family Search IGI text downloads. The format of the new IGI was changed and in turn, IGI255 has been modified to accommodate those changes. Earlier versions of IGI255 will not process the 1993 IGI properly and the initial release version 4.0 will only process specific '93 IGI beta versions. Several improvements have also been made to IGI255 and although the documentation file IGI25535.NFO has not been updated, the following is a brief summary of them... Optional LDS Ordinance Codes Processing Reserved for the LDS Ordinance information, 3 fields of 21 spaces each are added to each .DBF created, even if the ordinance information was not downloaded. Therefore, the size of each .DBF will increase by 20- 30%. If you do not download your IGI text files with the LDS Ordinance information, disable this option to save space. At the Main Menu, choose "Setup". At the Setup Menu, hi-lite the "LDS Ord=Y" option and press Enter. The (Y)es will change to a (N)o. The LDS Ordinance option may also be toggled on and off by pressing the "L" key at the file select screen when creating a DBF. Improved Batch/Film#'s Handling & "Special Codes" The Batch field has been increased to 28 spaces and will contain all of the Batch/Sheet and Film/Page/Ord numbers. The first 3 "Special Codes" are retained in the field previously used for the Sheet information. In some cases, the IGI will have a "Printout" number or other extraneous verbiage which will not be recorded. Generally, this type of entry is obvious but, before using the IGI255 numbers to order film from Salt Lake, compare them with the original text file or the Family Search Catalog for accuracy. Improved Text File Output Text file output is now consistent with the Field Output selections of the Printer Setup menu. ASCII Delimited Output The Delimited Ascii option is now activated on the text file output menu. The contents of each field, empty or otherwise, is bracketed by quote marks ("") and separated by a comma (,). "Detail" Display - Optional View of an Entry's Data Since a computer screen is only 80 characters wide, the "scroll- screen" can show only so much information on a single line. Hi-lite an entry, press the Enter or the Right Arrow key and a box will appear with the information in a "vertical" format. While in the vertical view, the Up, Down, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys allow navigation through the entries. The ESC, Enter or Left Arrow keys will return control to the scroll-screen. "Special Codes" Help - You Don't Have to Remember What They Mean Pressing F1 at the scroll-screen or while viewing an entry in the vertical format will produce a help box that shows the Event Code and Special Code definitions. The Up and Down arrow keys will move this box up and down on the screen. Press ESC, Enter or the Left arrow key to return to the previous screen. Improved "Relative" Handling - Know Who They Are at a Glance When "no parents are listed", the Relative's name (if given) is placed in the Mother field. Version 4.0 placed a "(r)" at the end of the name but this made it difficult to know which entries represented a relative. Beginning with Version 4.2, relatives are shown with a plus sign (+) next to their name. Expanded Print String Option - Send Custom Codes Before & After The print setup has been revamped and is easier to navigate. A formal printer selection routine is reserved for a future version, but 2 sets of "print strings" are now allowed. Each set, designated as Printer #1 and Printer #2, can contain up to 3 separate strings - 2 of which are used prior to printing and 1 after - and each string can hold enough codes to satisfy the most sophisticated laser needs. This means that codes for 2 different printers can be stored and switching between them is relatively painless. Happen to have an Epson 850 and a HP 4L? Try this: Printer #1 Printer #2 Before: 27,64 Before: 27,69,27,40,49,48,85,27,40,115,48,80 Compressed: 27,15 Compressed: 27,40,115,49,55,72 After: 27,64 After: 27,69,27,40,49,48,85,27,40,115,48,80 Downward Compatibility with Pre '93 Downloads and .DBF's Pre '93 text downloads and .DBF's created with earlier versions of the program can be processed and manipulated. Remember that the "old" .DBF's don't have the same batch field size or the new ordinance fields. Therefore when possible, re-process with Version 4. If you must combine an "old" .DBF with a "new" one, add the old to the new. In other words, create the new .DBF as usual. Then select and view the old. Press F2 at the scroll-screen, select .DBF, enter the name of the new .DBF, and when the "file exists warning" appears, select "add to it". If you send a new file to an old, the batch information will not be complete and if the ordinance information was processed, it will not be transferred. Special Thanks to: Don Keith, Utah Jay Markam, Utah Jim Slade, Oklahoma Rex Stephenson, Georgia George Towle, Arizona Same Low "Price" Enjoy. IGI255 Version 4.2 is being released as Freeware. It is not public domain material or Shareware - this means, simply put, that I retain all the rights to the program but anyone is more than welcome to use it for their own personal needs. Anyone wishing to distribute the program to others may do so and access a reasonable and normal charge for disk media, mailer and postage. Commercial computer on-line services are allowed appropriate distribution through their normal course of business. There are no warranties associated with IGI255, implied or expressed - used at your own risk. Your comments, questions and suggestions for improvements are welcomed. Patrick C. Deatherage P. O. Box 202 League City, TX 77574-0202 (713) 332:3268