Set Text File Line Break Application Synopsis

The Set Text File Line Break application was built to allow
application developers, html writers, help file writers, and others
who deal with files having long lines to break up those lines.  You
specify a column beyond which you don't want any words to extend. 
The application breaks each long line down into multiple lines
preventing the text in each output line from exceeding your specified
column limit.  If a word begins before the specified column but ends
after, it is moved to the next line (no hyphenation is attempted). 
The long line break down continues until a hard line break is
encountered.  For example, I create my about/synopsis (e.g., app.txt)
files in my shareware zip files which can be viewed using
notepad.exe, among others, to provide an overview of the application.
 When you extract the files, you can read the synopsis by opening the
.txt file without having to run the application.  I use Microsoft
Word to create my help file in the rich text file format.  I
generally include an application synopsis in the help file to provide
insight into using the application while its being run.  To create
the synopsis text file, I save the help file in text file format
(from Word) with no line breaks (except at the end of paragraphs) and
then use this application to set the line breaks at column 70 (you
may choose your own preferred column).  The result is a text file
that can be viewed using notepad.exe where no line contains words
that extend beyond my specified column.  The new text file requires
little or no modification before being included in my shareware
packages.  There are many other situations where long line files need
to be broken into shorter lines files.  This application will
accomplish that task in the blink of an eye.

Set Text File Line Break Application Features
The application was built to automatically handle both UNIX and DOS
formatted text files.  As an added bonus, you may optionally convert
UNIX files to DOS end-of-line format or vice versa.  You can use this
application to just convert the end-of-line format if you set your
break column suitably large.

The application was designed to handle a huge number of files from
multiple directory's.  There is a display limitation which is in
excess of 100,000 lines.  Since each converted file consumes one
display line, the application limitation is in excess of 100,000
files per operation (an outrageous operation).  A file size
limitation of 960k bytes is imposed (260 pages if each page has 60
lines and each line is 60 characters wide).

Note to Windows 95 Customers:
With Windows 95, I had hoped that the display limitations for list
boxes et. al. would no longer be a concern.  In fact, I assumed that
only to find out that I can only display 32767 lines in a list box. 
As a result, only 32000 lines (files) are displayed per display
frame.  To overcome this limitation, I allow you to switch display
frames using the Up (cyan) and Down (yellow) arrow buttons on the
tool bar or selecting the Next/Previous Display Frame option from the
View Menu.  For those of you who have NT, forget this paragraph.

The application allows you to launch the editor of your choice
(notepad by default) to view or manipulate the output files by double
clicking on the file in the display.

The application remembers the last directory where files were
selected for conversion and will default to that directory on the
next invocation.  For those of you who want a constant start position
on your desktop, it also remembers its last size and desktop position
and will restore itself to that size and position until you change
it.  If you position it partially or fully off the desktop, it will
restore itself fully on the desktop.

The application expects to find a newline character, as a minimum, at
the end of each line and will not process files that are not
constructed in this manner.  Files generated by word processors
generally have embedded information within the file and are not
suitable for this application unless they are saved in ASCII/text
format.  When the application encounters a file with no newline
characters, it warns you and excludes that file from conversion.

The application is easy and safe to use, just set your desired break
column, select the files you want to break down, and Begin
Conversion!

