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File contents
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Application : !Sort
Help for Version 1.0 : (24 Sep 1992)
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Purpose This application illustrates the use of Save boxes using the Wimp Procedure
-------- Library; see Archimedes World.
The application is loaded in the usual way by double-clicking its icon in a
Filer window. This places the icon onto the icon bar.
The application has no windows and is icon-bar only.
The icon bar menu has 3 items:
a) Info (Leads to standard proginfo box)
b) Save (Leads to standard save box)
c) Quit (If selected closes down the application)
The purpose of the application is to sort text files (of type &FFF) into
lexicographical order.
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Usage A text file is loaded by dragging its icon from a Filer window onto the
------ application icon on the icon bar.
The file will not be loaded if:
a) It has too many lines.
Or
b) The lines are too long.
This is determined by the values of the variables MaxLines% and Width% respect-
ively. The default values are MaxLines%=200 and Width%=80. These can be altered
in the procedure PROCUser_SetInitialData (in the !RunImage file). (If you set
these values too large you may also need to increase the WimpSlot maximum size in
the !Run file.)
A file is saved by any of the usual save box actions:
a) Dragging the file icon in the save box to a Filer window
b) Typing the File pathname into the writeable icon (followed by press-
ing the RETURN key)
c) Clicking on the OK button (if the pathname has already been set).
A SAVED FILE IS SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BEFORE IT IS SAVED.
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