Symposium Collection from the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG, Part 1 of 2, Spring 1993, Atlanta (VS0172)

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	The following is a brief description of the included directories
and their contents.  As with any public domain software, please examine it
thoroughly before use.  All of the routines included here are pretty straight
forward.  I do not claim any responsibiliy for their use or misuse.  I always
recompile, if possible, ANY public domain software.  Use at your own risk.
Object code has been supplied.  Although the executables supplied may run,
the applications should be linked using the option files provided.

BASIC.DIR

	Contains a small program called INQUIRE_PRINTER_STATUS.	 The program
	obtains information from a VT series terminal about an attached
	printer. Also subroutines for sending jobs to print or batch queues.

DECFORMS.DIR

	Contains an example program that utilizes broadcast trapping, and
	dual 'sessions' to a particular FORM file.  A mailbox is used in
	conjunction with an AST that sends the broadcast message to the
	form.  Broadcast messages are displayed in the message area of the
	application.  NOTE: You must at least have runtime for DECFORMS
	installed in order to run this application.  I hope this is of
	use to someone.  It certainly took lots of trial and error to get
	this working. (Coming from someone that has been trying to learn
	DECFORMS.)

DECWINDOWS.DIR

	Contains two programs that are similar in nature:

	DEBUG_DISPLAY.COM
		 Have you ever wanted to have a separate terminal window
	to use with DEBUG...instead of using the DECWINDOWS interface to
	DEBUG?  This routine will create a DECTERM window and allocate the
	terminal device for use with debug.  The terminal assigned to your
	interacive login will be used for your application.  This is extremely
	useful when developing DECFORMS, SMG, or other applications that
	actively use a terminal.  This program also uses a unique customization
	file for the window...so that screen coordinates and other settings
	can be saved and used for this window.

	DECTERM.BAS

		This program creates an interactive DECTERM window.  A very
	similar program to others I've seen.  This one employs the use of
	a customization file unique to the node that the process is to be
	created on.

	CREATE_REMOTE.COM

		This command procedure is an example that can be used in
	a clustered environment to create a DECTERM.  I submit it on three
	other nodes to get interactive logins on my terminal.  When added
	to the autostart on the SESSION MANAGER, this can be a quick and
	easy way to establish DECTERM windows on remote nodes.

PCL.DIR	(Version 1.0)						*NEW*

	BARCODE_EXAMPLE.BAS
		An example of printing barcodes.

	MANUAL.PCL

		This is the documentation to accompany my PCL utility
	routines.  This file is suitable to print on a PCL5 compatible
	printer

	PCL.BAS

		Contains the source for this compilation of PCL support
	routines.

	PCL.DEF

		Contains constant definitions for use with the above source.

	PCL_EXAMPLE.BAS

		An example of the use of some of the included routines
		including boxes, circles, postnet barcode, etc...

	RASTER.BAS

		Contains a simplistic example of raster graphics using PCL.

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