tribby@hpindda.HP.COM (David Tribby) (12/30/88)
I got the Appleworks -> Appleworks GS upgrade for Christmas, and have used
it long enough to have a few questions. Is anyone from Claris (or an
experienced AWGS user) available for a few answers?
1. Is there any way to use my old Okidata to print spreadsheets or
word processing documents that contain only ASCII text? Basically,
all I want to do is dump ASCII to the printer serial port.
2. When I use the paint program, is there anyway to control the
total size of the picture? Sometimes I can move the horizontal
or vertical slide bar for several screens worth of area; other
times it seems that one screen pretty much fills up the area.
3. Are the formats of picture files documented? I would like to write
a Pascal program that displays pictures from the paint program.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I use the programs!
-- Dave Tribby
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ARPA: tribby%hpda@hplabs.HP.COM UUCP: hplabs!hpda!tribbyscott@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) (01/03/89)
From article <6230025@hpindda.HP.COM>, by tribby@hpindda.HP.COM (David Tribby): > 1. Is there any way to use my old Okidata to print spreadsheets or > word processing documents that contain only ASCII text? Basically, > all I want to do is dump ASCII to the printer serial port. > No _clean_ way. You can try sending ascii text files to the serial port from the communications module in direct connect mode. I haven't actually ever done this. > 2. When I use the paint program, is there anyway to control the > total size of the picture? Sometimes I can move the horizontal > or vertical slide bar for several screens worth of area; other > times it seems that one screen pretty much fills up the area. > The size of the page within the window is equivalent to what can/will be printed. That size is controlled by the choice of printers & the various options (condensed, landscape, etc) chosen. > 3. Are the formats of picture files documented? I would like to write > a Pascal program that displays pictures from the paint program. The AWGS graphics file format is not currently documented, but APF is, in Tech Note #27. Well, those are my opinions as one of the authors... if you want the official company answers, Claris Tech Support [Ma Bell] (415) 962-8946 [AppleLink] CLARIS.TECH [InterNet->AppleLink] CLARIS.TECH@applelink.apple.com -- Scott Lindsey, wombat | UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!scott Product Development | Internet: scott@claris.com | AppleLink: LINDSEY1 Claris Corp. | Disclaimer: These are not the opinions of Claris, (415) 960-4070 | Apple, the author or anyone else living or dead.