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                       ***       DE-COLON V1.3        ***
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                       *** Written By John.A.Kinsella ***
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 *** INFO

 This accessory was specially written for AMOS Professional users so that

 when they create a program which is full of REM statements and more than

 one command is on each line, this utility could tidy it up by removing

 REM statements and seperating each command onto it's own line, this helps

 the program run just that little bit faster.


 *** INSTALLATION

 To install this accessory simply copy it onto your AMOS Professional System

 disk, then load up AMOS itself and place it inside the User-Menu by adding

 it as an option.


 *** RUNNING

 When calling the program from the menu, make sure that the program buffer

 is large enough to handle any extra lines that have to be added, try

 incresing it by 20k.

 Next it will ask if you really wish to De-Colonise the program, click YES

 to continue, now it will ask if you wish to remove the REM statements in

 the listing, click on YES or NO depending on which option you require.


 *** EXAMPLE

 The following is an example of what the De-Colonise program will do to

 the listing :-


 Screen Open 0,320,200,2,Lowres : Curs Off : Flash Off : Cls 0 
 '
 A=1 : B=1 : C=1 : D=1
 '
 If A=1 Then Print "A IS 1" : Boom
 '
 If B=1 : Print "B IS 1" : Shoot : End If
 '
 If C=1 And D=1 Then Print "C & D IS 1" : Bell 96 Else Print "HELLO"
 '
 Wait 100 : Fade 3 : Wait 45 : Screen Close 0 : Direct


 The above listing will be changed to :-


 Screen Open 0,320,200,2,Lowres
 Curs Off
 Flash Off
 Cls 0
 '
 A=1
 B=1
 C=1
 D=1
 '
 If A=1
    Print "A IS 1"
    Boom
 End If
 '
 If B=1
    Print "B IS 1"
    Shoot
 End If
 '
 If C=1 And D=1
    Print "C & D IS 1"
    Bell 96
 Else
    Print "HELLO"
 End If
 '
 Wait 100
 Fade 3
 Wait 45
 Screen Close 0
 Direct


 And if it is told to remove the REM statements, the (') characters will

 be removed as well.


 *** BUGS

 The De-Colonise program has a few minor problems with some listings e.g.

 Do not try to De-Colonise a program which includes the following line

 style :-


 If A=1 Then 304       - This line must have a GOTO command in between the
                         THEN and the 304, otherwise it ends up like this

 If A=1
   304
 End if                - Which will come up with an error.


 *** CREDITS

 The original listing for the De-Colonise program was written by Aaron

 Fothergill, I simply modified it to work as an AMOS Profesional accessory,

 and added a few extra routines to it.