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PowerPPL 2.1
(C)1995 by Francis GASTELLU
All Rights Reserved
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Index
GENERAL
I. Installation............................ 3
II. What is PowerPPL........................ 4
III. First Time Configuration................ 5
CREATING AN APPLICATION
IV. Managing Projects....................... 9
V. Compiling the Source File...............10
VI. Running the Source File.................11
VII. Working with $INCLUDE Files.............12
USING POWERPPL
VIII. Command Line Parameters.................13
IX. Opening a File..........................14
X. Saving a File...........................15
XI. Changing Directory......................16
XII. Shelling to DOS.........................17
XIII. Exiting PowerPPL........................18
XIV. The IDE (Keys)..........................19
XV. The Clipboard...........................20
XVI. Searching/Replacing Text................21
XVII. Setting Compilation Arguments...........22
XVIII. Resizing/Moving Windows.................23
XIX. The Message Window......................24
XX. Customizing Colors......................25
XXI. Setting Environment Options.............26
XXII. Setting Tabulation Length...............27
XXIII. Saving/Retrieving the environment.......28
XXIV. Using Help..............................29
XXV. Performing a Zippy Text Search in Help..30
XXVI. The Ascii Table / The @Xnn Pick Chart...31
XXVII. The Calculator..........................32
XXVIII. The Calendar............................33
XXIX. Changing video mode to 50 lines.........34
XXX. The About box...........................35
XXXI. Troubleshooting.........................36
REGISTRATION
XXXII. Getting Your FREE KeyFile...............37
POWERPPL DEVELOPMENT
XXXIII. Becoming a Beta-Tester..................38
XXXIV. Suggestions/Remarks.....................39
XXXV. Getting New Versions....................40
NOTES
XXXVI. Copyrights..............................41
XXXVII. Disclaimer..............................42
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I. INSTALLATION
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File Identification
The ojriginal PowerPPL archive filename MUST be POWPPnnn.xxx
(nnn is the version number and xxx is the archiver extention)
For example, ZIP version of PowerPPL is POWPP200.ZIP
If the archive filename does not match this chart, it is surely
a faked/repackaged/infected version... Please, delete it.
Installation
Extract the archive contents in a temporary directory (for
example C:\TEMP). Move to this directory and type INSTALL.
Before doing anything, the installation program will ask you if
you agree to send a postcard to the author if you find PowerPPL
usefull... Type YES if you agree, anything else if you don't...
At this point, you will just have to specify the destination
Drive & path (default directory is \POWERPPL) and PowerPPL will
be installed on your hard disk.
It is strongly recommanded to add you PowerPPL path into your
PATH environment variable, so you will just have to type PP to
run it.
Warning : The installation program may have problems when
trying to install PowerPPL on a network or SUBST drive...
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II. What is PowerPPL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PowerPPL is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) to use
in conjunction with PPLC from Clark Development.
What can PowerPPL do for you ?
PowerPPL can help you to design sophisticated PPE's without the
need of leaving the editor to compile and even RUN the PPE...
PowerPPL can remind you how to use any PPL function/procedure
just by typing CTRL-F1 on it, or let you search for a keyword
within the help file...
PowerPPL can help you to organize your source code by
colorizing it.
PowerPPL can help you to manage your projects and multiple
include files by keeping track of each file into a single
project file.
What PowerPPL can NOT do for you ?
PowerPPL can not seek bugs for you withing your source code.
PowerPPL can not imagine ideas for new PPE's.
PowerPPL can not make coffee :-)
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III. First Time Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now you have installed PowerPPL, you should configure it to
match your needs...
First select the Menu by pressing F10.
Move to the "Options" menu.
Move to the "Directories" option.
Here, you can see a dialog box asking you to specify your
paths.
"Output directory" is the directory where compiled PPE files
should be created. Leave blank for current directory.
"PPLC.EXE Pathname" is the executable file to run when
compiling the PPS source file...
"PCBOARD.EXE Pathname + is the executable file to launch when
running the PPE
"PCBOARD.DAT Path" is the Path (Only path! Not Pathname!) to
your PCBOARD.DAT. This is needed when running the PPE.
Once this is configured, press enter to confirm.
Press F10 to select the Menu bar
Move to the "Run" menu.
Move to the "User info" option.
This will brings you another window with 3 fields.
Enter here your first name, your last name, and your password,
exactly as they are on your PCB account !
Those informations are needed when running the PPE... PCBoard
has to load some user informations in order to be able to fill
the user variables... However, if you specify nothing here, PCB
will launch the PPE but some functions (such as U_NAME()) will
not run correctly...
Once configured, press enter to confirm.
That's it, everything that was necessary for PowerPPL to work
is configured. Following instructions are optionnal...
Press F10 to select menu bar.
Select "Options" menu.
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Select "Customize Colors" option.
Here you can change the entire color set. You may customize the
code colorization...
Once customized, press enter to confirm.
Press F10 to select menu bar
Select "Environment" option.
Check if everything match your needs...
- Compile
- Create PPE
When selected, PowerPPL will generate a PPE... if not selected,
no PPE will be created (if a PPE file exist, it will remain
intact)
- Editor
- AutoIndent
When selected, the editor will automatically indent the
following line when pressing enter on a line beginning with
spaces or tabs.
- Info Header In Editor
When selected, PowerPPL will generated and update an info
header in each PPS file loaded... The info Header is a the
beginning of the file and look like this :
;-----------------------------------------------PowerPPL v2.1--
; File : MYPROG.PPS
; Original by : JACK THEBEST on 12/12/1994 at 20:53:52
; Last update by : JOE SYSOP on 02/14/1995 at 14:13:01
;--------------------------------------------------------------
The "Original by" field is created when the header itself is
created.
The « Last update by + field is updated each time the file is
saved.
The sysop names are taken from the registration information, so
this option is only for registered users...
- Save All Before Compile
When selected, PowerPPL save every editor window before
compiling...
- Create BAK files
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When selected, PowerPPL will create a .BAK file each time a
file is saved. This BAK file will contain the previous file,
before any changes were made.
- Desktop
- Auto-Save Desktop
When selected, the desktop will be automatically saved when
exiting PowerPPL
- Auto-Load Desktop
When selected, the desktop will be automatically loaded when
entering PowerPPL
- Memory
- Swap Before Compile
When selected, PowerPPL will swap itself in memory
(EMS/XMS/Disk) before compile...
- Swap Before Running
When selected, PowerPPL will swat itself in memory
(EMS/XMS/Disk) before running the PPE.
- Swap Before shelling To DOS
When selected, PowerPPL will swap itself in memory
(EMS/XMS/Disk) before shelling to DOS.
- Color
- Syntax Highlight
When selected, PowerPPL will colorize your code (you may change
the color set, see chapter XX. Customizing Colors)
- @Xnn Translation
When selected, PowerPPL will translate @Xnn code inside the
strings by changing the color. Note that you must have selected
Syntax Highlight in order to use the @Xnn Translation.
Once configured, press enter to confirm.
Press F10 to select menu bar.
Select "Options" menu.
Select "Tab Length" option.
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Set the tabulation length to whatever you want... 8 or 4 are
commonly used values.
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IV. Managing Projects
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Usually, when working on a PPE, we like to have many files
opened in the desktop, this is why the "Save Desktop" option
has been created.
But we always work on many PPE's in the same time ! And one
desktop file was limited to handle one project...
So the project management was created... It allows as many
projects as you want, that is, in fact, as many desktops as you
want...
How to create a project ?
To create a project, simply press F10, "P" and then "O"... This
will brings you a directory listing with all the *.PRJ files...
To create a project, simply type it's name (for example
"MYPROG") and the project "MYPROG.PRJ" will be created.
In addition, the file "MYPROG.PRC" will also be created,
containing your project-specific configuration
(colors/directories/environment/...)
How to load a project ?
If you have selected the "AutoLoad Project" option in the
Environment setup (see chapter III. First Time Configuration),
PowerPPL will search all PRJ files... If only one is found, it
will be opened automatically. If more than one is found, the
default desktop (when there is no project loaded, so we will
call it the "Default project") will be loaded. You will then
have to open a project manually. For this, press F10, the "P"
and "O". Then select your Project file.
How to close a project ?
Press F10, "P", then "C" to close the project. the default
project will be loaded.
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V. Compiling the source file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are two very similar ways to compile your code, they are
only different depending you are working with a project or not.
If you are not working with a project, simply bring the file
you want to compile on the top of each other windows and press
F9...
If you are working with a project, your main file HAS to have
the same base name that your project, with the extention .PPS.
For example, if your project is "MYPROG.PRJ", your main file
has to be named "MYPROG.PPS" in order to be compiled.
Once you have a corresponding .PPS file, you may press F9
wherever you are in PowerPPL, even if you are currently working
on a .CFG file for example, the right .PPS file will be
automatically recognized and compiled.
Once the compilation is done, the message window will be shown
(if there are errors) or will remain hidden (if the compilation
was succesful). See section XIX. "The Message Window" for more
informations.
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VI. Running the source file.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run a source file, simply press CTRL-F9 instead of F9
(Compile). PowerPPL will automatically detect if your file has
been modified since the last compile, and will recompile it if
needed before running the PPE.
To run a PPE you need to put your personnal informations in the
"User Info" dialog box. See section III. "First Time
Configuration" for more details.
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VII. Working with ;$INCLUDE files.
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A very powerfull function in PPL is the ;$INCLUDE compilation
directive. It allows you to include some parts of code that are
located in other files that your main file.
This function allows to have some sorts of "librairies".
The problem when working with ;$INCLUDE files is that you have
to be certain that all your files are up to date on the disk
before compiling your code. If not, some old ;$INCLUDE files
will be included instead of the current ones.
To avoid this problem, we will make a project for ANY PPS that
has some ;$INCLUDE statements and then check the Environment
option "Save all before compile".
With this project, it will be easy to open many files in the
same time (main source and all ;$INCLUDE files). When you will
press F9 or CTRL-F9, all modified files will be saved so all
;$INCLUDE files will be up to date on disk.
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VIII. Command Line Parameters.
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PowerPPL can take some arguments when launched... Here is a
typical command line :
PP [/NOFLIP] [PROJECT.PRJ] [SOURCE.PPS]
- /NOFLIP
When PowerPPL is run, if the selected video mode is 25 columns,
it begins with a video mode flipping (switch to 50 culumns,
then switch back to 25 columns). This speed up the scrolling
process, and is needed when using a not_very_fast machine (CPU
is < 486 DX2-66). With this trick, the scrolling is smooth
enough even on slower machines...
The problem is that with some multitasking environments
(DESQview), the video mode flipping trash the display.
Tipically, a DESQview window will go to 50 columns mode and
won't go back to 25 lines until DESQview has been left and
rerun...)
For this reason, PowerPPL now detects DESQview and does not
flip modes if it has been detected... This result with a slower
scrolling but this allow you to use PowerPPL with it...
If for some reason, you would like PowerPPL not to flip modes
at startup, simply use the /NOFLIP parameter, and PowerPPL will
not trash your display...
PROJECT.PRJ
You may load a specified project a startup, just add your
project name on the command line and it will be opened
automatically...
Note that if you have only one project in your directory and if
you checked the option "Autoload Project", you don't need this
option...
SOURCE.PPS
You may also load a source file ny typing its name on the
command line.
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IX. Opening A File.
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To open a file, press Alt-F to access File Menu, then press O.
This will brings you a file listing with a directory browser...
You may press F3 instead of using menu...
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X. Saving A File.
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To save a file, press Alt-F to go to File Menu, than S. The
file will be saved with its current name.
You may press F2 instead of using menu...
If you want to save you file with a new name, press Alt-F to go
to File Menu, then A. Specify the new name and optionnaly
answer Yes to the question "Overwrite?".
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XI. Changing Directory.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sometimes, you may want to change the working directory (for
example if your PPE create files that you want to be placed on
another location for a while...).
To change the working directory, Press Alt-F to access the File
Menu, then C... Choose the directory you want, then choose the
OK button.
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XII. Shelling To Dos.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you want to process some DOS commands, you don't have to
exit PowerPPL then reload it... just shell to DOS...
To do this, press Alt-F to access the File Menu, then press D.
Depending on your settings, PowerPPL will swap itself in
memory, leaving only 220 bytes residents... see chapter III.
"First Time Configuration" to see how to turn this option ON.
When you come back fron DOS (by typing EXIT on the command
line), PowerPPL will eventually move back to the directory and
drive where you were before shelling... This avoid further
problems when saving & compiling again...
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XIII. Exiting PowerPPL.
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To exit PowerPPL type Alt-X anywhere you are... If some files
are modified but not saved, you will be prompt to save them...
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XIV. The IDE (Keys).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The PowerPPL editor is a very common editor, it features
clipboard, autoindentation, and many other options. It may be
compared to the classic Borland TurboVision editor, the one
used in all Borland's IDE (Borland C++, Borland Pascal,...)
Here is a overview of the keys that may be pressed while
editing a file...
F1...................................Help
CTRL-F1..............................Help on keyword
ALT-F1...............................Call back last Help screen
F2...................................Save current file
F3...................................Load new file
ALT-F3...............................Close Window
F5...................................Zoom
ALT-F5...............................User Screen
F6...................................Next Window
F9...................................Make PPE file (Compile)
CTRL-F9..............................Run PPE file (PCB 15.2+)
F10..................................Menus
Alt-X................................Quit
Alt-n................................Jump to Window #n
Alt-?................................Menu Shortcuts
Alt-W + M............................Message Window
Alt-Space............................System Menu
CTRL-P...............................Activate "Any key" mode
Alt-Y................................Toggle @Xnn Translation
Alt-M................................Open ASCII Chart
Alt-A................................Open @Xnn Pick Chart
Overview of keys that may be pressed when a text block is
selected :
Ctrl-Ins.............................Put in clipboard
Shift-Del............................Put in clipboard & delete
Shift-Ins............................Paste from clipboard
Del/Ctrl-Del.........................Remove text
CTRL-I...............................Indent block
CTRL-U...............................Unindent block
(Indentation & Unindentation works only with SPACES... a CTRL-U
will NOT unindent Tabs...)
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XV. The Clipboard.
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The clipboard may be accessed via the Edit Menu by pressing
Alt-E then S. The clipboard window will show everything that
has been used inside the clipboard... This allow you to take
back your old clipboard buffers... To change the current
clipboard contents, simply select the part you want to be used
and return to you source window...
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XVI. Searching / Replacing Text.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To search for a specified string within your source, bring the
Search menu by pressing Alt-S, then F.
To replace a string by another string, use the "Replace"
submenu by pressing Alt-S then R.
To execute again the laste search or replace, use the Search
Again submenu, by pressing Alt-S then S (CTRL-L is a shortcut).
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XVII. Setting Compilation Arguments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PowerPPL allows you to have total control over the PPLC
switches (/NOUVAR & /DISARR) through a dialog box called
"Compiler Options". You may access this box by pressing Alt-C
(Compile Menu) then P (Parameters).
There are two options :
Array Dimention Checking
This option allow the compiler to check for mistakes using the
statement REDIM. for example :
DIM TABLE(5,5,5)
...
REDIM TABLE,10,10
This will generate an error unless Array Dimension Checking has
been disabled.
User Variable Generation
This allow the PPE to generate the user variables (U_...())
when starting... disable this option if you don't want to have
the work done.
Usually, there is no need to change anything... both options
may be checked unless you have reasons to change that.
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XVIII. Resizing / moving Windows.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You may want to resize you windows, espacially if you work with
many files on a big project... If you have a mouse, simply
click on the low right corner of you window and drag the window
size to what you need. To move you window, click on the editor
title bar and drag the window to your new location.
If you have no mouse, press CTRL-F5 to resize you window. the
border style will change to a single line, indicating that you
are now changing the window size & place. Press left & right
arrows to move the window, press Shift-Left or Shift-Right
arrows to resize the window.
When your project is saved, all windows will be saved with
their respective sizes & positions.
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XIX. The Message Window.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The message window may be access by pressing Alt-W (Window
menu) then M (Message Window).
The message window holds all the system messages. this means
that you will find here all errors reported by PPLC, and also
aother messages such as "Can't find PCBOARD.EXE at specified
location" (shown when a wrong pathname is specified).
When the message window contains the errors, moving on a line
automatically brings the corresponding source line provided
that the corresponding source file is loaded (because PPLC does
not report path when errors occurs in ;$INCLUDE files, it is
not possible to open a new editor when an error occurs on a
closed source file)
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XX. Customizing Colors.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You may customize any PowerPPL system color. This include all
windows, menus, syntax highlight and desktop.
To access the color editor, press Alt-O (Options menu) then C
(customize colors).
This brings you a color edition dialog box. Move thrue the
items and selected the desired colors. Press OK when you are
done, the color sheme will be updated as soon as you leave the
dialog box.
You may restore the default colors by using the submenu
"Default Colors" (Alt-O then D).
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XXI. Setting Environment Options.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See chapter III. "First Time Configuration".
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XXII. Setting Tabulation Length.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Press Alt-O (Options menu) the T (Tab Length) to set the
Tabulation length. Commonly used values are 4 and 8.
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XXIII. Saving / Retreiving the environment.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE : Those options are only needed if you didn't checked the
"AutoLoad project" & "AutoSave Project" in the Environment
options submenu. See capter III. "First Time Configuration" for
more details.
To save the current window positions and sizes, and the current
Environment options, colors, directories, compiler options, and
all other configuration components, use the "Save Desktop"
option by pressing Alt-O (Options menu) then S (save Desktop).
To retreive a previously saved desktop, choose "Retrieve
Desktop". If you are working with a project, this will load the
project depending desktop file. If you are not working with a
project, this will load the default project desktop. To load a
project, please refer to chapter IV. "Managing Projects".
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XXIV. Using Help.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Help may be accessed by different ways. Using the Help Menu you
will have the opportunity to choose the topic you want to see.
You may access directly the contents (PowerPPL help), the Help
Index (PPL help), or you may also choose to see again your last
topic.
You may press F1 wherever you are in an editor to get the
PowerPPL help.
You may press also CTRL-F1 to get help on the keyword found
under your cursor. A full help on all PPLC 3.10 statements and
functions is available.
To move between topics inside the help viewer, press TAB. For
now, you cannot move a cursor to choose your topic, nor you
cannot type the first letters of a topic, as in Borland IDE
Help systems.
Press Alt-F1 anytime to get your last Help topic.
Shift-F1 brings you the Help index (PPL help).
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XXV. Performing a Zippy Text Search in Help.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A very powerfull function is the Zippy text search. By pressing
CTRL-F4, you get a dialog box asking you for a string to find
within the help file... press enter and PowerPPL will search
this string inside all help topics. This may take some time
depending on your CPU power (about 13s with a 486 dx-25, about
4s with a 486 dx/4-100)
Once the Zippy text search has been performed, a list box
appears and shows you a list of concerned items. press enter on
whatever item you want to view... when leaving the help, you
will get back the list. Press Esc to leave.
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XXVI. The Ascii Table / The @Xnn Pick Chart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ASCII Table.
The ascii table may be accessed via the System Menu (Alt-Space)
or by pressing Alt-M.
Move to the char you need, then press ENTER or INSERT to insert
the character into the editor at the cursor location.
You may also use the ascii window to see the Decimal and Hex
values of a char.
The @Xnn Pick Chart.
The @Xnn pick chart may be accessed from the system menu (Alt-
Space) or by pressing ALT-A.
Move to the color you need, then press ENTER or INSERT to
insert the color code into the editor at the cursor location...
You may also use the @Xnn pick chart to see the Hex value of a
color code.
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XXVII. The Calculator.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The calculator is a simple four-function calculator with add,
substract, multiply, and divide. To operate the calculator, you
can either use the keybord or press the buttons on the
calculator with the mouse. The C key clears the calculator, the
backspace will erase the last character typed, and the "+/-"
key toggle the value from positive to negative (the keyboard
equivalent of "+/-" is "_").
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XXVIII. The Calendar.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Calendar displays the current month, highlighting todays
date. The next and previous months can be viewed using the "+"
or "-" keys respectively. The mouse can also be used to change
the month by pressing the up and down icons.
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XXIX. Changing Video Mode to 50 Lines.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Access the System menu by pressing Alt-Space, then select the
Video Mode submenu.
This will toggle video mode from 25 lines to 50.
NOTE : You may experience troubles if you use the 50 lines
option with DESQview.
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XXX. The About Box.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The About box displays the PowerPPL version. If PowerPPL is
registered (by sending a postcard), it displays also the
registration's owner.
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XXXI. Troubleshooting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q1> When i try to run a PPE, PowerPPL says "PCBOARD.EXE not
found at specified location"
A> Check your directories settings (Options/Directories)
Q2> When i try to compile a PPS, PowerPPL says "Not enough
memory to allocate script memory buffer"
A> Check the option "Swap when compile". (Options/Environment)
Q3> I tried to move the file header in another location within
the file, but PowerPPL creates another one at the beginning.
A> PowerPPL scan only the 10 first lines of each file for a
header. if none has been found, it creates a new one, placing
it at the beginning of your file.
Q4> Why PowerPPL does not create header for my .INC file.
A> PowerPPL only creates headers for *.PP? files. Try to rename
your include file as *.PPI for example.
Q5> When i try to run a PPE, a message saying "Unable to open
PCBOARD.DAT, Exiting to DOS!" appears.
A> Check your directories settings (Options/Directories). Be
carefull to put only PATH when a path is asked and to put PATH
& FILE when a pathname is asked.
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XXXII. Getting Your FREE Keyfile.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is not ShareWare... This is not FreeWare... This is
CARDWARE !
^^^^^^^^
To get your personnal keyfile, just send me a postcard, with
your first and lastname.
On you postcard, you can add up to 2 lines (158 chars) of BBS
advertising. Those lines will be added to a file called
THANKYOU.ALL and will be included in the next release of
PowerPPL !
Send your postcard to :
ELECTRON - POWERPPL
B.P. 101
91801 BRUNOY CEDEX
FRANCE
If you have an internet or fido address, say it so i will be
able to send you a message as soon as new versions are
available.
Once you sent your postcard, wait 15 days and call the support
BBS, ELECTRON BBS :
Node 1: +33-1-69.39.46.30 (28.800 HST D/S)
Node 2: +33-1-69.39.31.52 (16.800 HST D/S)
Use the EXACT firstname and lastname you mailed me.
~~~~~
If I received your postcard, your personnal keyfile will be
available to transfer (only 1 to 3 Kb) even if you are
registered or not and without filling any questionnaire.
No Keyfile will be sent without receiving a postcard first !!
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once you have copied your keyfile in PowerPPL directory, any
nasty reminder box, including the one that you get after typing
Alt-X, will be removed !
Please, do it, so I will know how usefull this software is...
If I receive many postcards, I will keep working on PowerPPL
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XXXIII. Becoming a Beta-Tester.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you want to be part of the beta testing team, simply contact
me after sending your postcard and you will be added in the
beta testing team...
Once a new version is available, you will automatically receive
a note.
You must have an internet access or a fido adress to be part of
the beta-testing team.
Only registered users can be part of the beta testing team.
The Beta-Testing Team
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Olivier Langlois (Coordinator)
Vincent Negrier
Christophe Yvon
Stephane Boullet
Nicolas Jahier
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XXXIV. Suggestions, Remarks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bug reports, suggestions and remarks are welcome and may be
sent via e-mail to powerppl@electron.fr
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XXXV. Getting New Versions.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can get all new versions of PowerPPL, by calling the
support BBS (PowerPPL is downloadable before filling any
questionnaire).
ELECTRON (France)
Node 1 : +33-1-69.39.46.30 (USR HST D/S)
Node 2 : +33-1-69.39.31.52 (USR HST D/S)
Freq Fido : 2:320/214 & 2:320/219 'POWERPPL'
You may also get PowerPPL from the FTP wuarchive.wustl.edu
[128.252.135.4] in the directory /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/ppe
Mailing list.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Simply contact me to be added into the mailing list. Once a new
version (non beta) is released, you will automatically receive
a message. You must have an internet access or a fido adress to
be part of the mailing list.
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XXXVI. Copyrights.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PowerPPL is Copyright (C)1995 Francis Gastellu
DESQview is Copyright(C) Quarterdeck Office Systems
PCBoard & PPLC are Copyright(C) Clark Development Company, Inc
TurboVision is Copyright(C) Borland International
MSDOS is Copyright(C) Microsoft Corporation
The PowerPPL installation program uses the original FrontDoor
Look&Feel by Joaquim Homrighausen. It has been used after
asking permission.
FrontDoor is Copyright(C) Joaquim Homrighausen
All Softwares and Trademarks listed are exclusive property of
their owners.
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XXXVII. Disclaimer.
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This program has been tested on many computer and has always
worked perfectly, but I cannot garantee that it will be the
same on yours...
It is totally excluded that this software destructs anything on
your system, but, because we never take enough care :
IN NO EVENT WILL I (THE AUTHOR) BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR
INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER
PARTY.