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^1                      A M O S   A G O N I E S .

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^4Dear TA,

^4 I have been a subscriber since Issue 1 and I would like to say a few
^4things....

^41. Nicely put together  
^42. Good presentation.
^43. Informative.
^44. Great for beginners.

^4 I  have  had  Amos  for  several months and with the help of Totally
^4Amos, I have become quite good.

^4 I am currently coding a utility program using NCOMMAND as the user
^4interface.   I  can  get the program to print text, but I can't print
^4IFF  pictures.  Could you tell me if it is possible to print graphics
^4and  how?   Also  is  it possible to call up preferences from an Amos
^4program?  How?

^4Roy Huntley

^6Right - some answers......

^6 To  print  graphics  you  will  need  one of 2 programs - either the
^6Graphic  Dump Extension, which is now on the APDL version of the 1.34
^6update (since 16/6/92) or Cli Printer Dump, which is LPD 31.  This is
^6written as a procedure which can be added into your programs.

^6 As   for   calling  Preferences  from  Amos,  this  is  a  bit  more
^6complicated, but here goes.

^6 There  is  a routine which will allow you access to Preferences, but
^6it  does  have its limitations:- Now and then it might crash, and you
^6will  need  Amos  updated to 1.34 to make it work successfully.  It's
^6Amos's  fault  for  not being Dos compatible (which Amos Professional
^6will be)

^6As  far as I can see, the program very rarely hangs with 1.34, but to
^6reduce  the  possibility, before you start an Amos program, make sure
^6that  a  Cli  window  is  open  and  stays  open.   The routine is as
^6follows...

^2Procedure EX*com$*     *=square brackets
^2Com$=Com$+CHR$(0)
^2Dreg(1)=Varptr(Com$)
^2Dreg(2)=0
^2Dreg(3)=Start 12
^2A=Doscall(-222)
^2End Proc

^6 You  will need to do a couple of things first.  Reserve a bank, here
^6it  should  be  Bank  12,  1000  bytes should do it - Reserve as Work
^612,1000.   Simply  call the routine as follows - NB this line assumes
^6that you have the Preferences file in a Dir called Prefs in Df0:

^2T$="Df0:Prefs/Preferences"
^2Ex*T$*

^6 Before Ex put Amos To Back, after Ex put Amos To Front.

^6 This  seems to work OK, but I wouldn't rely on it without testing it
^6thoroughly.

^6 Hope that this will help you.

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