JOYExplanatory file in Locoscriptfor reading with ARRAYS.LOC & ARRAYS.LST (read this first!)  .ÿŒÿ„ '¹H€ UH€ U€ ”È‚‰ Ȉ†ÜŠȆÖ‰!žƒARRAYS.LOC‚byK.M.Simons„.ˆ†ÜŠ B†(Thisisthefile"NOTE_ARR.LOC"andcontainsinstructionsforuseoftheŠ †xprogramonthisdiscnamedasabove.TheprogramitselfisahighlyŠ h†PcomplexLOCOMAILprogramwrittenusingLOCOSCRIPT1.OnlyexperiencedŠ V†<programmerswillactuallyunderstandthenextthreeparagraphs‚pleaseˆ†skipthemifyouwanttomakeuseofthisveryusefulprogram.ˆ†ÜŠȆ‰$ÚTechnicalDescription.ˆ†ÜŠ.†Infact,ARRAYS.LOCissocomplexIamnotsurethatIunderstandwhatitŠj†Pdoesmyself...eventhoughIwroteit!ThebasicideaistomergetheŠ T†<programwithanaddresslist(oranyothersuitablefileforLOCOMAIL'sŠ †purposes),andtohavethenstoredinthecomputer'smemorytheinformationŠ i†Pcontainedinthatfile.ThisinformationcanthenbereadbackintoaŠ †documentwithouteverhavingtoleavethedocumentforthediscmanagementŠU†<screen...andeachrecordcanbecalledupinanyorderyoulike.(ForŠ T†<anyonewhoislostalreadyinwhatIamsaying...LOCOMAILusuallyonlyŠ,†allowsyoutoinsertarecordintheorderitcomesintheformfilewhenŠ.†youaremerging.Ifyou'restilllost‚skipafewparagraphs.I'llgetŠ ‘†xmorepracticalandperhapsveryusefulalittlelateron.Iwanttoˆ†€explainhowthisisdonebeforedoingit!).ˆ†ÜŠ †Ofcourse,LOCOMAILdoesnotprovidethisfacility.Toaccomplishit,youІhavetostoretheinformationinvariablesasyoucometoit.ThisitselfŠ -†cannotbedone,asitwouldrequirearraystoworkeffectively.LOCOMAILˆ†üdoesnotprovidearrays.ˆ†ÜŠ Ά´ARRAYS.LOCovercomestheseproblemsbymakingitsownarrays.ItІconcaterates(i.e.joins)totheendofavariablenameanumber.ThenitŠj†Pusesconcaterationtomakeamacro(buttodothis,IhavetonesttheŠ A†(macro‚makingpartinsideanothermacro).Ifyouareabetterprogrammerˆ€ H € ”È‚‰ ÈŠU†<thanIam,youmaywanttotakeadvantageofthesepointsandproduceaŠ@†(programwhichiseasiertouseandtounderstand!Well,ItoldyouthisІwouldbecomplex.Nowtousethething,andyou'llfinditeasierreadingˆ†((Ihope).ˆ†ÜŠȆ:‰&Usingtheprogram.ˆ†ÜŠ †YouneedLOCOMAILtousethisprogram.FromthediscmanagementscreeninŠ †LOCOSCRIPT,moveoverthefileARRAYS.LOC.PresstheletterM,thenpressŠ “†x[ENTER].ThenmoveoverthefileARRAYS.LSTwhichisahypotheticalˆ†´addresslistwithalittlemoreinformation.Press[ENTER]twice.ˆ†ÜІYouwillseesomeofthetextonthescreendisappear,thentherewillbeaŠ †fewsecondspause,thenapromptwillappear"ENTERREFERENCE".ThisisaŠ †requestforyoutotypeinsomeoftheinformationinthedatafile.Try:Š Q†<Hughes,Bloggs,Jones,SmithorJohnson.Thenpress[ENTER].TheformŠ j†PwillfillwiththedetailsfromthefileARRAYS.LSToftheappropriateŠ †person.Select"DiscardResult"fromthemenu.Thenrepeat,inanyorderˆ€ € ”È‚‰ ÈŠ†youfancy.(Ortryanypartoftheirnames/addresses).Eachtimeitwillˆ†àbefilledcorrectly,butnotreadingfromthedisc.ˆ†ÜŠȆb‰(*PracticalUse.ˆ†ÜŠ=†(Firstlybewarned.Thereisafilelengthlimit(about15K)ontheformŠ@†(fileforthisprogram.Ifyougooverit,youwillnevergetthe"ENTERŠ †REFERENCE"prompt.Locomailwilljustsitforawhile(giveupafteraboutŠ †aminute),waitingforyoutopress[STOP]twoorthreetimes,andAbandonˆ†(Locomail.ˆ†ÜŠ B†(Secondly,EdittheARRAYS.LSTfiletoyourrequirements.YoucanchangeŠ U†<theseperators(currentlycolons)towhateveryoulike,butdon'talterŠ B†(anythingaftertherecordwhichsays"zz".Don'talterthenamesintheˆ†¼firstpageeither(i.e.name,yrefetc.).ˆ†ÜŠ V†<Thirdly,edittheARRAYS.LOCfilewithcaution.Don'talteranyoftheŠ ~†dprogrammingstatements.Removeallmytext.IfyouwanttousesomeŠ †LOCOMAILofyourown,keepitwellawayfrommine.(Especially,don'tputŠ’†xitinthemiddleofmine!).YoucanmoveorrepeatthepartsoftheŠ ¤†Œprogramwhichtypeupthefinaltextifyouwant(i.e.thebottom4ˆ†(LOCOMAILstatements),butmakesurethey'rebelowthemainblockofcode.ˆ†ÜŠ.†Finally,mergethefiles.(P.S.‚Ihopeyoucopiedthefilesbeforeyouˆ†,beganalteringthem‚justincaseyoudidmixupthecode!)ˆ†ÜŠȆþ‰#ÆDistributionConditions:ˆ†ÜŠ †YoutakeallresponsibilityforconsequencesarisingfromtheuseormisuseŠ †ofthisprogram.ItmaybedistributedprovidedthatnodistributiontakesŠ @†(placewithaviewofprofit(smallcopyingfeepermitted).Copyrightisˆ†retainedbytheauthor:ˆ†Üˆ†œKeithM.Simons,ˆ†ÄCheadleHulme,ˆ†tCheadle,Cheshire.ˆ†PSK85HPˆ†Üˆ†P¤1990.ˆ€