Additional Information About Antigen Plus

Antigen Plus is written using Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL Server. It was designed for the reference laboratory by Michael W. Lankiewicz, M.D., a hematologist with an overworked staff, in order to save untold hours of searching and drudgery; and originally programmed by Peter Rowny, a blood donor, with additional improvements for the hospital transfusion service designed by Dawn M. Rumsey, ART (CSMLS) BB(ASCP)CM.

Copying Text from the Screen

The text in the Full description box on the Save and Load panel screens and the text in the Help screens can be copied into another application by highlighting the text by placing the mouse cursor at the beginning of the text to be copied, holding down the right mouse button and dragging the cursor across the text to be copied. The text will be highlighted. Release the mouse button and press the "Ctrl" and "C" keys on your keyboard simultaneously. The text will then be copied to the Windows Clipboard and can be copied into any Windows application that has a Paste function.

Copying Text to the Full Description Box

Text from the Windows clipboard may be copied into the Full description box on the Save screen. When the cursor is flashing in that box press the "Ctrl" and "V" keys on your keyboard simultaneously. The text you have copied from another application will be pasted into the description of the panel and may be saved with the Panel Key name by clicking the Save button on the screen.