The 
EscapeE feature enables it to open files in many standard formats automatically, see File format recognition. If you have a specialist file with, for example, an unusual extension, you may open it in EscapeE by configuring a specific format:
| 1. | Choose Configuration from the 'Options' menu, or
press function key F8 to display the 'General' page of the Configuration dialog. |
| 2. | Select a 'Format' from the Input drop-down list: |
| o | AFP — IBM Advanced Function Printing format |
| o | DDF — RedTitan Dynamic Document Formatter language |
| o | DICOM — DICOM medical image |
| o | ESCP — Epson printer language |
| o | FORM — Field generation for a form |
| o | GIF — Graphic Interchange Format |
| o | IDF — Intelligent Document Format |
| o | JPEG — JPEG photo format |
| o | PCC — Lineprinter control codes |
| o | PCC,ROW — Lineprinter 'row number' format |
| o | PCL — HP Printer Control Language |
| o | PCX — PC Paint format or DCX |
| o | PDF — Portable Document Format |
| o | PNG — Portable Network Graphic |
| o | RS2 — RedTitan Scripting language |
| o | STAR — Star POS printer format |
| o | ZJS — Zenographics format. |
Experts may configure EscapeE to apply specialist input options for reading files in some formats. In the Format panel:
| • | Select the format (e.g. FORM) from the drop-down Input list then click the Options... button alongside. |
| o | If options are available for the chosen format, the Options... dialog for that format opens. |
| ▪ | Enter the parameter string in the edit box. |
| ▪ | Click OK to use this setup for the current task only or
Click Save to use and retain the setup. |
| o | If the chosen format does not support any input options, an 'Information' dialog displays the message "No options available". |
'Options...' dialog
The Input format 'Options...' dialog contains an edit-box in which experts may enter a string parameter for modifying the configuration used for viewing files in the selected format. The name of the input module being configured is shown in the title-bar (e.g. "Options for RTFORMIN") and if options have been specified on the command-line they will be shown too.
Specifying an input option(s) parameter sets up a symbol in the [PCLVIEW] section of the RT.INI file and is equivalent to appending the parameter to the /INPUT command. A single option may be set up by simply typing it into the edit box: in PCC format, for example, entering ROW sets up the symbol RTPCCIN=ROW, equivalent to the command line option
ESCAPEE /INPUT PCC,ROW
To set up more than one option in the edit-box, use a space character to separate them. In FORM format, for example, enter
CHECKBOX=145 MINFIELD=100
to set up the symbol RTFORMIN=CHECKBOX=145 MINFIELD=100.
This is equivalent to
ESCAPEE /INPUT 'FORM,CHECKBOX=145 MINFIELD=100'
on the command line (note that quotes are necessary here to include a "space" separator in the command).
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FORM input module options
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ALL
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Apply the fields to all pages, not just the current page.
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CHECKBOX n
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Maximum size of a check-box, measured in units of 1/600 inch.
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KEEP
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Save the fields on exit from EscapeE.
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MINFIELD n
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Minimum size of a box to be recognized as a field, measured in 1/600 inch units.
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PAD n
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Thickness of padding within the box containing the field, measured in units of 1/600 inch.
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PCC input module option
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ROW
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To interpret the characters in the first three columns as decimal numbers rather than Printer Control Channel characters. The locations of the data-fields are given by the 3-digit line-number in columns 1,2,3 and, in column 4, the number of lines to skip before printing.
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