It's okay. If I print to file, I only have to rename it. With the options set in the advanced embosser setup dialogue, and patience when "embossing a very large file, it should work fine, until print to file actually prompts me for a file name, somewhere down the road, no doubt. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Sullivan" <peter@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: [duxhelp] Re: printing or embossing to a file!! > Jack, > > It still sounds as though you are looking for a type of "Save As", albeit > one that we don't support directly. > > - Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jack Maartman > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 3:00 PM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: printing or embossing to a file!! > > Hi Peter: > > I regularly save files as .brfs in the local encoding. This of course works > very well. If I have a generic embosser set up, and have the settings I > want for my file in the advanced dialog, I am not sure that this will save > without <lfs> Joe suggested that I could eliminate formfeeds in the global > search and replace dialog, however I am not sure, that the same would hold > true for linefeeds. In my notetaker, where I often edit files, <lfs> are an > encumbrance. We usually think of stand alone <crs> as mac format. in > NFBTrans, this is done transparently. I realize I am using DBT in an > unorthodox manner, and that using the print to file, will create the disk > file with these specs. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Sullivan" <peter@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:19 AM > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: printing or embossing to a file!! > > > > Jack, > > > > The process that you went through is more complicated than it needs to be, > > even as things now stand. In particular, it is possible to print to a > file > > by setting your DBT embosser configuration to print directly to the file, > > rather than through a printer driver. (However, this is not possible in a > > few cases, where DBT actually requires a printer driver.) > > > > And, yes, we are working to make this simpler for somebody who has no > > embosser. But, in the end, that problem cannot be solved perfectly. A > true > > "print-to-file" will be different for different models of embosser. If > you > > have not embosser, and do not specify a particular embosser model, then > DBT > > really cannot know what you want done. > > > > Chances are that you want to create a ".brf" file, which is essentially > the > > same as a "print to file" for a Generic embosser. You can achieve this > most > > simply by selecting "Save As" in the File menu. Be sure to change the > file > > type to "Formatted Braille". Note, however, that DBT in fact offers you > two > > choices. The first choice encodes using the North American ASCII to which > > you are well accustomed. The other choice will encode your file using the > > same set of symbols as is used on-screen, which is controlled through > > Global, Internationalization. > > > > - Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > > Behalf Of Jack Maartman > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:59 PM > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] printing or embossing to a file!! > > > > Hi all: > > > > I am wondering if anyone has been using this feature. It certainly has an > > intrinsic value, but the process is inordinately complex, and I am > wondering > > if this is something we can address by the time 10.5 hits the shelves. > > > > I couldn't have achieved it without some expert help. The current > procedure > > would appear to be as follows. > > > > Owning neither printer nor embosser, I had to configure some windows > printer > > or other, directing it to print to file, I think I found a generic one. > > > > I then had to set up an embosser and give it a name. This also turns out > to > > be the name of the file I wish to print to. With this embosser > highlighted > > I then send text to it in the usual way. Being somewhat of a > megalomaniac, > > I sent a very large file to the print-to-file, this took a while, and of > > course, there was no prompt for job completion. The other problem is the > > obvious. The file bares the name of the default configuration, and I > would > > have to rename it. I was hoping to find a dialogue somewhere that would > > prompt me for a filename, and perhaps some completion message. The old > dos > > command-line utilities, including Duxbury's transf or tranxf give one such > a > > facility, and allow one to know how many pages are printed. Another > issue, > > is whether such a file could include embosser specific codes. Ultimately > it > > might be worthwhile down the road to have something, that in a personal > > communication George has called PBF, a portable braille format which would > > mean that a file could be generated with enough information in it to > emboss > > too no matter what embosser. But I jump ahead of myself, here. As I want > > my file to end with <crs., without <lfs> and no form feeds, at the moment, > > it is expedient to take a .brf file, and do these deletions in a standard > > text editor. At the moment, for me this means a shell out to dos, with an > > external dos screen reader. > > > > Any feedback will be valuable, and I won't weep to much if it doesn't make > > it into the next release. > > > > Cheers > > > > Jack > > > > > > * * * > > * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > > * unsubscribe > > * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also > > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription > > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive > > * is also located there. > > * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com > > * * * > > * * * > * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > * unsubscribe > * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. 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