Printer Changer
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NEW for version 2.00.

Add entry to fix HPGL files to over come MS Word's HPGL
filter bug.  The bug is that long strings of data points don't convert so this
fix adds Pen Up, Pen Down commands to break the string.

Multiple files can be selected in the the select file dialog.  These are processed
in turn when the process file button is clicked.  The program creates temporary files
of *.~gl.  These are deleted after the program completes (or not if you get a
crash :-().

Long filenames are not supported but hpgl fix does work under windows 95 same as
any windows 3.1 program.

Version 1.00

This puts an icon in the system tray.  Left click the icon and a list of the system
printers pops up.  The default printer is ticked.  Click another printer to change
that one to be the default.  If the default printer already is correct then you can
either click it again or faster click the blank area at bottom of the popup menu
(e.g. a left 10 pixels move, click).  The program reads the printers from the the
win.ini file so if you don't like the order re-arrange the lines in the devices
section of win.ini.

The default icon is the current date.  The can be changed to a printer by editting
PrtChg.ini and changing DateIcon=1 to DateIcon=0.  The splash time can also be changed
by edittting the value in PrtChg.ini of SplashTime but it may not dissappear for zero.
The times are in 10ths of a second and it only takes whole numbers.  1 works ok on my
PC which should be quick enough for anyone.

The next time setting is CheckTime, default 10 seconds.  This controls how often the
program checks to see if the date has changed.  If you work through midnight you
need this for the date icon to be updated.  The short the time is the more quickly
the date icon will change a midnight but the more load you put on windows the rest of
the day.  10 seconds seemed fast enough for me and that gives a minuscule cpu load.

The other time setting is ShiftTime, default 60 seconds.  This controls how long the
program waits before shifting the icon.  I like my icon as the date and I like it to
be always next to the time.  The shift does this after waiting enough time to let all
the programs in the start group finish.  This is also a command on the popup menu.

Finally if there is no ini file just run the program and quit it and it will recreate
it.  Hence if you think the ini file is corrupt just delete it.  You should also delete
the ini file when upgrading versions.


Version History
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2.00 Added HPGL fix
1.00 First release



Author
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Malcolm Reeves, Full Circuit Ltd

mreeves@dial.pipex.com

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/mreeves/