2 June 1986 Re: BRADZEX A ou recen meetin o th Seattl are ZSI w talke abou som o th way th Z-Syste ca hel u i everyda tasks Thi unsophisticate exampl o ZE comman automate tas d quit ofte an migh serv bot a a exampl t thos wonderin wha ZE ca d fo the an als a a handy tool for everyday use. BRADFOR i Turb Pasca progra tha use a Epso printe (o work-alike t prin anythin i nea lette quality Th use als get t choos fro (a least differen font (interchangeabl withi th documen yo ar printing) I ha change th wa prin almos everything an i especiall usefu if lik me yo us WordSta (o work-alike) as your standard word processing program. Th on thin wron wit BRADFOR i tha i take foreve t ge goin sinc yo mus answe lon strin o question t initializ th program Unlik man programs an especiall (i seems assembl languag programs BRADFOR doe no provid fo comman lin passin o parameters I othe words yo canno answe an o thos question a th sam tim yo giv th comman [fo example whe yo cal u WordSta yo ca sa "W B:DOCUMENT.TXT an WordSta wil com u wit th fil "document.txt alread i place] BRADFOR won' d that No onl that bu man othe option mus als b provide for eve i fo yo the ar th sam tim afte time. Sinc usuall var onl on o tw o m responses i seeme likel tha ZE woul wor quit wel t automat th printin proces fo me A provide i thi library yo ma invok th BRADFOR printin progra an prin fil simpl b typin "B filename.ex n" wher 'n i th numbe of the font you wish you print with. B i a alia tha call u BRAD.ZEX ZE comman fil tha answer al th question tha BRADFOR wil ask automaticall an instantly Using it is quite a change from the normal "manual" method. Presumptions ZEX.COM is somewhere along your path [i.e., A15:, A0:, etc.] assum tha yo ar startin o B: tha BRADFOR an it fon file ar al o A [ pu th fon file int th PUBLI area bu 0 i fin i yo don' us ZRDOS] tha th documen yo wis t prin i o B0: tha yo wan on copy tha yo hav a Epso F serie printer tha yo wan proportiona spacing tha yo wan to an botto margins etc Alte an response that does not suit you by changing the BRAD.ZEX file. Using BF Typ "B filenam ..." wher eac o th letter stand fo response tha yo wan entere a response t BRADFORD A distributed onl on paramete (beside th fil name i passed i.e. th fon number Bu yo ca chang th .ZE fil wit an edito t allo comman lin specificatio o th parameter Loo a m exampl fil t se ho hav use $ an $2 Th trade-of i tha th mor parameter yo have th les reaso ther i t us thi approach Remembe tha i wa th abilit t ge ri o al thos parameter tha create th progra i th first place. Hints with Bradford BRADFOR i copyrighte program detaile instruction fo whic mus b purchase fro th developer I i quit useabl a distribute i "th publi domain, an th $1 reques fo th manua i quit fair s won' pas o anythin I'v learne abou it inne working here Bu m ow experienc ha shon tha lin widt o 7 an th choic o proportiona spacin work bes fo me Justifie spacin [wher th lin i th sam lengt throughou th file i als a option bu sinc BRADFOR won' adjus th numbe o word i eac lin tha yo provide th resul ca b quit unsatisfactor unles yo d lo o wor t manuall adjus th numbe o word o eac line Hasn' bee wort i t me bu i i i t you jus chang tha particula respons i th ZE comman fil (fro L(eft t J(ustified). Th "normal characte widt o provide nic PICA bu th optio i muc smalle tha a ELITE s sta wit 2 Bradfor als recognize th WordSta boldfac an underlin command automatically which is very nice indeed. hav pag numberin turne of i m versio o th comman file bu yo migh wan t mak tha "variable t b give i th comman line. I woul b nic i a certai point ZE coul promp th use fo response bu tha doesn' see t b par o it options Ther ar som other possibilities in that regard, but more on that as it develops. Contribute b Michae Broschat AdamsRib (206 882-368 o Downspou (Z- Node) (206) 325-1325.