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END IF
COLOR 15
PRINT " on this file."
WhatFmt$ = UCASE$(GetInput$("Which format [" + R$ + "]? ", 1))
IF (WhatFmt$ <> "Y") AND (WhatFmt$ <> "N") THEN WhatFmt$ = R$
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 19
PRINT WhatFmt$
'max file size is actually about 24576 bytes
'(because 24576*1.33333 is >32767)
IF WhatFmt$ = "Y" THEN
IF A& > 24550 THEN
COLOR 7: PRINT
PRINT "Binary file exceeds maximum size of 24K!"
END
ELSE
FileLength = A&
END IF
A$ = UCASE$(GetInput$("Use condensed script format [Y]? ", 1))
IF A$ <> "N" THEN
SmallScript = True
A$ = "Y"
END IF
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 34
PRINT A$
ELSE
PRINT
A$ = "Expand tabs to how many spaces [4]? "
TabStops = VAL(GetInput$(A$, 1))
IF TabStops <= 0 THEN
TabStops = 4
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 36
PRINT TabStops
END IF
END IF
PRINT
A$ = "What is the destination prefix (max. 6 chars.) ["
DestFile$ = UCASE$(GetInput$(A$ + DefaultFile$ + "]? ", 6))
IF LEN(DestFile$) = 0 THEN
DestFile$ = DefaultFile$
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 52 + LEN(DefaultFile$)
PRINT DefaultFile$
END IF
IF SmallScript THEN
DExt$ = ".PI6"
ELSE
DExt$ = ".BAS"
END IF
DestExten$ = UCASE$(GetInput$("What is the destination extension"+_
" (max. 3 chars.) [" + DExt$ + "]? ", 3))
IF LEN(DestExten$) = 0 THEN
DestExten$ = DExt$
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 59
PRINT DExt$
ELSEIF INSTR(DestExten$, ".") = 0 THEN
DestExten$ = "." + DestExten$
END IF
PageLength = VAL(GetInput$("Page length [85]? ", 3))
IF PageLength < 5 THEN
PageLength = 85
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 19
PRINT "85 "
END IF
LinesOut$ = GetInput$("Lines to reserve on first message [5]? ",_
2)
LinesOut = VAL(LinesOut$)
IF (LEN(LinesOut$) = 0) OR (LinesOut < 0) THEN
LinesOut = 5
LOCATE CSRLIN - 1, 40
PRINT "5 "
END IF
LOCATE , , 0
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