1 VGRAPH The NSWC utility VGRAPH, which runs on the SGS VAXes, aids in the fast creation of simple text viewgraphs. The utility can create paper copies or transparencies right on the VAX PrintServer printers. The first step in making viewgraphs is to create, using either the EDT or EVE editor, a file containing the text of the desired viewgraphs. The file should be named with a filetype of .VIEW (for example 10-AUG-REVIEW.VIEW). The file can contain the text of any number of viewgraphs. Each viewgraph must be preceeded by a line giving the name of the viewgraph. This line must have the string .VIEWGRAPH beginning in column 1. For example: .VIEWGRAPH Introduction <--- Start of first viewgraph MAJOR TOPICS ----------------------------- 1. NSWC Software Development 2. Program Support Products 3. Fleet Mission Liasion .VIEWGRAPH Software <--- Start of second viewgraph NSWC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ----------------------------- CASE Tools etc.... Each viewgraph can have up to 20 lines of text. Each line can be up to 80 characters long. The editor screen is 22 lines long by 80 columns wide, so the viewgraph will appear almost like what you see on the screen. After you create the .VIEW file in the editor, you can then optionally run the VAX Spell-Checker on the file. To do this, execute the SPELL command; as in: $ SPELL 10-AUG-REVIEW.VIEW To produce the viewgraphs, run the VGRAPH utility, as in: $ VGRAPH 10-AUG-REVIEW If any of your viewgraphs are over 20 lines long, or over 80 characters wide, or if you have omitted a .VIEWGRAPH line or a viewgraph name, then you will get error messages. After VGRAPH has examined all of the viewgraphs and created an output file containing the text to be printed, it will display a series of options. First, you can either print or delete the output file; you may want to delete the file if you got error messages which you want to correct first. If you elect to print, you can choose transparency media, three-hole-punched paper, or plain paper. If you choose paper, you can specify the number of copies (the default is 1) and the printer to use (the default, LPS40, can be used unless it is down for repairs). If you choose transparencies, you should notify the VAX operators in room C150 to load transparency film in the printer. You should let them know the urgency of your request. Phone them at 663-3397 or 663-3618. You should not select transparencies until you have checked a paper copy and are satisfied with the results. If you need to re-do some of your viewgraphs, edit the corrections in the .VIEW file, then run VGRAPH with the /SELECT qualifier, as in: $ VGRAPH 10-AUG-REVIEW /SELECT This will cause VGRAPH to ask you, for each viewgraph in the file, if you want to process that viewgraph. If you only select the ones which you have changed, you can prevent wasting transparency media and save wear on the printer. Each occurrence of an asterisk (*) in viewgraph text will be converted to a bullet. When two or more minus signs are used in a row, a solid line results. You can use tabs, and the printed output will appear exactly as the screen output. Each viewgraph will contain, in small print in the lower right corner, the viewgraph number, the VAX username of the creator, and the creation date and time. In order to fit 80 characters on a line, the characters are condensed. If the text of all viewgraph lines will fit in 60 columns, you can get slightly better-looking viewgraphs if you put as the very first line of the .VIEW file: .OPTIONS 60 When you run VGRAPH, it will tell you the length of the longest viewgraph line. To get the NSWC logo in the upper right corner, put the directive .LOGO before the first .VIEWGRAPH directive. To use larger characters, precede the line to be printed larger with the directive .LARGE. All subsequent lines will be printed large until a .SMALL directive is used. For example: .OPTIONS 60 .LOGO .VIEWGRAPH Test of large characters .LARGE NSWC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT .SMALL ----------------------------------------- CASE Tools etc.... 48 large characters will fit on one line (36 if .OPTIONS 60 is used). If the logo is used, fewer characters can be used on the first one or two lines. Viewgraphs can be made in landscape or portrait modes; the default is landscape. The directives .LANDSCAPE and .PORTRAIT can be used to switch between modes. In portrait mode, the maximum number of characters on a line is 59 (44 if .OPTIONS 60 is used), and the maximum number of lines is 28.