!--------------------- :IRIS | PRISM MESSAGES version 1.27 !--------------------- ! -- online help for menu system -- :Books Select a new book to read. To select a new drive\directory, choose Utilities, FileúPath. :Contents Flip to an author-defined table of contents. :Notes Pop up the built-in notetaker. Notes creates or revises a file with your book name and a .NTS extention. Use [Alt-Z] (Zoom) to move or size the note window. :Keys [Back Space] or [PgUp] for prior screen. [Enter] or [PgDn] for next screen. [Esc] or [F10] to show or exit menu. [Ins] to move menu. Use [Arrows] and [Enter] to hilite and select items. :Help The Help text is kept in a file named Iris.MSG. This file must be available to display Help. Some books may also offer help for their own menu items, but this is optional. :Index Flip to an author-defined index. :Print Send the current topic to your default printer. "Lines per page" means the total lines that will fit on a sheet of your paper. Usually 66 lines. :Recall Recall the place you last saved. (See Save). :Save Save your place in this book for later Recall. :Topics Flip to another topic. The menu lists all available topics in alphabetical order. :Utilities Select to change colors, run dos commands, et cetera. :ViewúList Flip back to a recently viewed topic. Use [BackSpace] to backup by a single screen or topic. :XúExit Quit application and return to dos. :Screen Backup by a single screen. :Topic Backup by a full topic. :View Display the ViewúList. :Borders Select a default border for text, when a book does not specify one. :Colors Select a default color for text, when a book does not specify one. :Dos Drop to dos (for some house keeping). :FileúPath List the drives and directories where Iris should look for your books. Format is identical to the dos PATH command. :KeepúDefaults Save your selections for later use (colors,borders,file path) to an Iris.CFG file. :Rate Select a default Rate for timed pauses. :Sound Enable or disable use of the speaker. :Update Enable or disable speech compatibility. Leave off if you are not using a synthesizer. ! -- prism only section -- :AutoPlayþ Program will select items by random until [Escape] is pressed. :Editþ Run a text editor. To use the internal notetaker, enter .NOTES as the editor name. The notetaker can only edit plain ascii files, 60K or smaller. :Inventoryþ Show the topic and variable count. The maximum is 400 per book. :Labelsþ Flip to any topic (even when Contents is off). :Traceþ Step-thru commands and watch variables change. :Variablesþ List variables and their current values. :XúCommandþ Type in and execute any book command. ! program variables :Book Name of the current book file. :BookLn# Current line of book file. :ExitCode# Dos exit code from an .exec[] program. :FromTopic The topic displayed before this one. :Key First letter of the menu item to default. Use Key=# to generate a random item. Use Key=@ to hilite last item selected. :MaxCol# Maximum column used by this monitor. Usually 80. :MaxRow# Maximum row used by this monitor. Usually 25. :Random# Arbitrary number generated between topics. See RandomBase#. :RandomBase# Highest range for Random#. RandomBase#=100 returns a Random# between 1 and 100. :Test Outcome of last comparison. :Topic Current (or next) topic name. :Topic# Total number of topics displayed to this reader so far. :TopicFrom The topic shown before this topic. :TopicPath# Topic# when current topic first displayed. :TopicReps# Number of times this topic was displayed. :TopicZero First physical topic name in the book. :Version Release number of program. 12 = 1.2x. ! -- error message section -- :* A program file could not be found. :# A number was expected. :$ Keyword expected. It might be misspelled or not supported by this version of the program. :! There is a problem with the user menu. Either there are no items or one is blank. :@ The book you selected was created under another version of the program. If difficulties occur, this may be the cause. :^ A ^Lookup variable was expected. :b The requested book is not in the current drive\directory. You can switch disks if appropriate. :d The variable name is already in use. Use a different name or protect this command with the $V_Exist keyword. :e Commands expected. Command line is empty. :f "Label" expected. Each book must have at least one :Label. :g A requested file has not been found. You may change disks or alter the file path, if necessary. :i Identifier expected. Identifiers include names of Borders, Colors, and Windows. :m Sorry, but the maximum number of topics or variables is already in use. :o An operator symbol was expected. :p A topic name was expected here. :q A variable name was expected on the left-side of this calculation. :r A variable name was expected on the right-side of this calculation. :u User Break. :w A problem occurred when trying to write information to disk. Maybe its already full. :D There seems to be a problem with the disk drive. :P There are no virtual books ( *.PGE ) in the current drive\directory or the requested book is missing. You can switch disks, if appropriate. :R A problem occured while trying to read information from the disk. :W A problem occurred when trying to write information to disk. Maybe its already full. :X The index file ( *.MRK ) seems damaged. You might want to delete or rename it. :" a quote was expected ( " ). :' a quote was expected ( ' ). :` a quote was expected ( ` ). :] A close brace was expected. !------------------ :MSDOS ERRORS (3.x) !------------------ :1 Invalid function number :2 File not found :3 Path not found :4 Too many open files :5 File access denied :6 Invalid file handle :7 Memory control blocks invalid :8 Insufficient memory :9 Invalid memory block address :10 Invalid environment :11 Invalid format :12 Invalid file access code :13 Invalid data :15 Invalid drive specification :16 Cannot remove current directory :17 Cannot rename across drives :18 No more files :19 Disk write protected :20 Unknown media :21 Disk drive not ready :22 Unknown command :23 Disk data error (CRC) :24 Bad request structure length :25 Disk seek error :26 Unknown disk media type :27 Disk sector not found :28 Printer out of paper :29 Write error :30 Read error :31 General failure :32 File sharing violation :33 File locking violation :34 Improper disk change :35 No file control block (FCB) available :36 Sharing buffer overflow :50 Network request not supported :51 Remote computer not listening :52 Duplicate identifier on network :53 Network name not found :54 Network busy :55 Network device does not exit :56 Net BIOS command limit exceeded :57 Network adapter hardware error :58 Incorrect response from network :59 Unexpected network error :60 Incompatible remote adapter :61 Print queue full :62 Insufficient space for print file :63 Print file deleted :64 Network name deleted :65 Access denied :66 Network device type incorrect :67 Network name not found :68 Network name limit exceeded :70 Temporarily paused :71 Network request not accepted :72 Redirection paused :80 File already exists :82 Cannot make directory entry :83 Critical-error interrupt failure :84 Too many redirections :85 Duplicate redirection :86 Invalid password :87 Invalid parameter :88 Network device fault :100 Disk read error :101 Disk write error :102 File not assigned :103 File not open :104 File not open for input :105 File not open for output :106 Invalid numeric format :150 Disk is write-protected :151 Unknown unit :152 Drive not ready :153 Unknown command :154 CRC error in data :155 Bad drive request structure length :156 Disk seek error :157 Unknown media type :158 Sector not found :159 Printer out of paper :160 Device write fault :161 Device read fault :162 Hardware failure !------------------------- :TURBO PASCAL ERRORS (4.x) !------------------------- :200 TP4: Division by zero :201 TP4: Range check error :202 TP4: Stack overflow error :203 TP4: Heap overflow error :204 TP4: Invalid pointer operation :205 TP4: Floating point overflow :206 TP4: Floating point underflow :207 TP4: Invalid floating point operation :255 User break