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SortATM: General
SortATM©

This Program was written to help users of Adobe Type Manager and Ventura Publishing. Currently, when Ventura builds the ENVIRON.WID file, the fonts will appear in the order of the ATM.INI file. This is not what I wanted. This is especially frustrating if you are using Ares FontMinder© because the fonts order is constantly being changed.

Programs exist to sort the WID file. This however mixes the built-in fonts and other soft fonts in with the ATM fonts. If however you sort the fonts in the [Fonts] section of the ATM.INI file before you build the ENVIRON.WID file, the ATM fonts will be in order followed by the built-in and other soft fonts.

SortATM© sorts the [Fonts] section of your ATM.INI file, creating a new ATM.INI file and saving the old file as ATM.$NI. When the program is done building the new INI file it will prompt you to restart Windows. Ventura will not see the sorted Fonts until Windows is restarted.

Please refer to the following sections for more information:

Using SortATM©

Design

Revisions History

If you like the results this program provides, please let me know by registering your copy for $15.00. When you register, I will send you any updates from the Shareware version. I will also put you on a mailing list for future software projects from:

John A. Fagerberg

JAF Enterprises

13216 Johnny Moore Ln.

Clifton, Va. 22024

(703) 378-3543

CIS 76276,2042

I hope you enjoy using this program. Let me know what you think.


SortATM: Using
SortATM©: Using

SortATM© is simple enough to use. Start SortATM© with any of the normal Windows methods, i.e., double click the Icon. Assuming that SortATM© is able to find your ATM.INI file it will display the main windows which has three (3) button options: Sort, Exit and Help.

Select "Sort" to sort the ATM.INI file. once this is done, the program will prompt you to restart Windows. Doing so will allow Ventura publishing or other programs to see the sorted ATM.INI file.

For Ventura, you can then start Ventura and go into the "Files"/"Manage Width Table" menu selection. This brings up the Width Table window. At this point select "Use Environment's Width Table" which will build a new width table of all the available fonts. Once this is completed, select "Save As New Width Table" and save your sorted width table under a name that you will use in most of your style sheets (I use DEFAULT.WID for mine). From this point on just make sure you change your style sheets to refer to this width table.

Note: If you add or delete fonts you will have to repeat the above procedure to build a new sorted width table.


SortATM: Design
SortATM©: Design

SortATM© first tries to locate the ATM.INI file in your current Windows subdirectory, if it is unable to find the file the program will prompt you for the Drive & Directory of the file.

SortATM© then sorts the [Fonts] section of your ATM.INI file, creating a new ATM.INI file and saving the old file as ATM.$NI. When the program is done building the new INI file it will prompt you to restart Windows. Ventura will not see the sorted Fonts until Windows is restarted.

Note: If SortATM© does not find the ATM.INI File in the Current Windows directory in step 1 above, after requesting a drive & directory for the file, it creates a SORTATM.INI file to remember where the ATM.INI file resides.


SortATM: Revision History
SortATM©: Revision History

6/22/93	Rev 1.0	Initial Release

7/22/93	Rev 1.1	Changed default dir for search for ATM.INI from

C:\Windows to current windows director (via API call).

Also forced SORTATM.INI (if needed) into the same

Directory.

When requesting ATM.INI dir, use drive & dir list boxes

instead of text box.

Completely rewrote the Help file.