[duxuser] Re: Basic editing of the EMB.ELT file in DBT 10.5
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- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:14:19 +1100
George
Thanks for your response (Basic editing of the EMB ELT file in DBT 10
5). You must be shaking in your boots about releasing this info ...
imagine the "my embosser won't work" queries that may ensue ... you're a
brave man indeed Mr Bell <smile ... & applause>
I think it's a less than eloquent solution though, and I still, however,
wonder why the user definable fields are there in the Global embosser
box if they are unable to be used by the user. Shouldn't they be greyed
out or ... ERRR ... not there? It would be so much easier to change
parameters here than risking all and doing it in EMB.ELT especially when
the fields are already in the box!!.
I therefore request that you put this conundrum second on the wish list
of things to be fixed with DBT (first on the list STILL being the
elusive Ctrl Z --- yep, that one is not going away either ;-).
BTW I can still forsee probs after re-writing EMB.ELT. I haven't had
time to try it yet, and must admit the prospect of having no embossers
at all is somewhat scary, so I may well be talking through my hat here
but; for e.g. if I have 3 of the same make of embosser set up
differently (we do) i.e. embossers 1,2 & 3 are all Everest's but 2 is
set up for A-4, you change EMB.ELT for Everest (or whatever) and you
still get the wrong parameters when you select Everest 2 in the Doc.
Embosser box, 'cos you still can't re-set it for A-4 in Global (it
reverts to the EMB.ELT settings for normal paper Everest). Like I say, I
may be wrong here.
The other annoying thing that should be solved by the Global parameters
working "properly" is it would stop the constant need of DBT to try to
re-format the file.
Thanks again,
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kathy Riessen
Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2006 10:40 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Basic editing of the EMB.ELT file in DBT 10.5
Thanks George for this information.
I looked at this option. However:
Our default page dimension that we braille is 40 cells wide and 25 lines
long. If I edit my emb.alt file to match these dimensions I am then
unable
to occasionally crib into the extra available cells and lines for the
occasional special project, which we do from time to time.
The best work around at this stage until Duxbury improves the setting of
global parameters I feel is the template solution.
Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2006 10:06 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Basic editing of the EMB.ELT file in DBT 10.5
Following on from the recent thread about embosser defaults,
I am hoping the following may help a few of you change your
embosser's basic defaults. Note that I am only describing
cell and line defaults here.
The first and absolute golden rule is to make a copy of a
file called emb.elt. You will usually find this in the
Duxbury folder. If you mess this file up for any reason,
you will need to replace it with the copy.
The second and also golden rule is to NOT under any
circumstances use DBT itself to edit the file. Use a plain
text editor such as Notepad, or even DOS's editor.
The third rule is to remember that I can (and often do) make
mistakes!
If you are not 100% certain about any of the above, STOP AND
ASK for more details.
When you open the emb.elt file in Notepad, and get past the
general information at the top of the file, you will see
that the file is divided up into multiple sections which
basically begin with the embosser make and model contained
inside double quote marks.
You first need to locate the section relating to your own
embosser. This is where the Search option may be useful,
for example to look for say, "Enab to find the beginning of
the section relating to Enabling Technologies embossers.
However in this example, I will use the "Generic Interpoint"
section.
The following is how it may appear in the file.
}
"Generic Interpoint"
# *** Embosser definition unchanged since 05/20/2004
# no escape sequences used
{
MaximumCells = 42
MaximumLines = 26
BreakLimits
CanDoInterpoint
Form "10_n" = 85 x 100 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 22 ; 32 x 22
Form "11_n" = 85 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 25 ; 32 x 25
Form "11_w" = 115 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 42 x 26 ; 40 x 25
Form "12_n" = 85 x 120 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 28 ; 32 x 28
Form "12_w" = 115 x 120 ; SinglePage ; 40 x 28 ; 40 x 28
SortToTop
}
Arrow down to the lines which begin with the word Form.
Note that the word Form is followed by a number, an
underscore, and a letter, inside double quotes.
The number represents the form length (From top to bottom)
in inches.
The letter represents the width of form, generally assumed
to be around 9 inches where the letter n appears, and
between 11 & 12 inches where a letter w appears. There are
not set in stone, and intended as a general guide.
The numbers after the equals sign refer to the actual page
width and dept, measure in tenths of an inch. Therefore for
example 115 x 110 is actually 11.5 inches wide, by 11 inches
deep.
The word "SinglePage" (Note the capital letter P) follows
after a semi-colon.
After that, are two sets of numbers, separated by and
following another semi-colon. ; 42 x 26 ; 40 x 25
The first represents the maximum capability of the embosser
for the given size of paper - 42 cells x 26 lines.
The second represents the "suggested" default, 40 cells by
25 lines.
You may now change the first set of numbers. In the example
here (shown below), I have changed them to 38 cells by 25
lines.
I have gone a stage further in my example below, and have
removed the "10_ and "12_ lines. Take care when you do this
to ensure that the remaining "Form" line remains indented by
two characters.
The net result is that when I use the "Generic Interpoint"
embosser, I would now only have one choice of form size, and
that would be defaulted at 38 cells by 25 lines.
However, I can still over-ride these settings in Document
Embosser Setup if I wish.
The modified section described above follows.
}
"Generic Interpoint"
# *** Embosser definition unchanged since 05/20/2004
# no escape sequences used
{
MaximumCells = 42
MaximumLines = 26
BreakLimits
CanDoInterpoint
Form "11_w" = 115 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 38 x 25 ; 40 x 25
SortToTop
}
There's a lot more we can do in emb.elt, but I hopefully for
now you will at least be able to control the default paper
size and layout.
George W F Bell, Managing Director
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
76 Bunting Road Ind. Est.
NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6EE, United Kingdom
Tel: (01604) 792777
Fax: (0604) 792726
mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.techno-vision.co.uk
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