Here are the syntax rules for creating a Text Autolog File with an Editor that can be input to program VTXEDC which will create a VIDTEX AUTOLOG file acceptable when using META-J and VIDTEX. 1) Prompts and Responses MUST be in pairs. 2) First character of a Prompt line MUST be the letter P 3) First character of a Response line MUST be the letter R 4) A dollar sign ($) represents an ESCAPE <ESC> 5) To send a dollar sign character and a Carriage Return (at the end of a Response), use R$^M$<CR> 6) ONE up-arrow (^) represents the CTRL Key. 7) ONE left-arrow (_) represents the META Key. 8) A Prompt line that is to contain nothing (like the Initial Prompt to logon to CompuServe) should be: P<CR> 9) The last Pair of Prompts and Responses for the Text Autolog MUST be: P<CR> R$<CR> **************************************** Here is an example of a Text Autolog File created with TXEDIT. NOTE: When saving the file in TXEDIT, answer "NO" to the question "do you want an ASCII translation". **************************************** P<CR> R^C$<CR> PID:<CR> R70007,1052<CR> PWORD:<CR> R_4$<CR> (Assumes Password in F-4) P<CR> R_O$<CR> (META-O Opens Buffer) P!<CR> RG CBM-963<CR> P<CR> (Final Prompt) R$<CR> (Final Response) **************************************** This program was written in BASIC so that Users can modify it to their own specifications. I would appreciate comments and would be interested to incorporate your modifications in this version. I hope to hear from you and hope that this will make it easier to create your VIDTEX Autolog files. With this program you can create an Autolog and try it with META-J; if there are problems then just edit your text Autolog and run VTXEDC again. Again thanks to my friend for sharing this program. Enjoy. Betty A. Knight 73615,1156
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