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- ABOUT EBOX.EXE
-
- EBOX.EXE is a program from the kit, PIECES, by Another
- Company. With PIECES, you can create just about anything for
- IBM-compatible computing. No programming skill is necessary.
- See end of this file for more information about PIECES.
-
- What It Does
-
- EBOX is a screen effect. After displaying an image, call
- EBOX to create an expanding box of solid color anywhere on
- the screen and of any size. The rate of expansion can also
- be adjusted.
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- How To Use It
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- EBOX requires 6 integers, separated by spaces on the command
- line:
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- 1) The left boundary in pixels.
-
- 2) The top boundary in pixels.
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- 3) The right boundary in pixels.
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- 4) The bottom boundary in pixels.
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- 5) The color for the expanding box (see chart below).
-
- 6) An integer to represent the time required to create the
- box. The time will run nearly the same on various computers,
- but will differ depending on the video mode and the size of
- the expanding box. A good number would usually be in the
- range of 0 to 50.
-
- For an example, if you typed the following lines in a batch
- or script file, or from within a program:
-
- PGIF.EXE OSTRICH.GIF
- EBOX.EXE 10 20 629 459 4 20
-
- First a picture of an ostrich would be shown by PGIF.EXE,
- then a red (color #4) expanding box would develop, eventually
- filling the area 10 pixels from the left edge of the screen,
- 20 pixels from top, extending to 629 pixels from the left
- edge and 459 pixels from the bottom. The speed is 20, which
- is typical.
-
- Colors
-
- The first 16 colors of 16 and 256 color modes usually
- correspond to the chart below, but may be changed by .PCX or
- .GIF that take control of the color palette:
-
- 0 : black
- 1 : royal blue
- 2 : forest green
- 3 : cyan
- 4 : red
- 5 : purple
- 6 : brown
- 7 : light gray
- 8 : dark gray
- 9 : electric blue
- 10 : light green
- 11 : sky blue
- 12 : light red
- 13 : magenta
- 14 : yellow
- 15 : white
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-
- About Pieces
-
- PIECES is a shareware disk containing several small programs
- that can be combined to do a variety of tasks with
- a super-professional look and feel. No programming experience
- is needed. PIECES can be expanded to incorporate your
- favorite programs as well, so it's possibilities for making
- and enhancing pictures shows, text presentations, multimedia,
- electronic catalogs, teaching materials, executable software,
- games, shareware and more are limitless!
- You can register as many or as few PIECES as you wish.
- Registered users are licensed to copy and distribute the
- PIECES along with their finished products. Unregistered
- users may copy and distribute the complete unmodified PIECES
- package, but may not use only portions of it until purchase
- of registration. Use of PIECES beyond 30 days requires
- registration.
- Most shareware PIECES programs have a "unregistered"
- notice which pops up randomly, approximately every 200 times.
- This is removed from the registered versions, and also saves
- as much as 3,000 bytes disk space per program.
-
- This software is copyrighted by Jeff Napier of Another
- Company, and distributed by Gary Smith of OEC Systems.
-
- The shareware or registered versions of PIECES may be
- purchased from Gary Smith at OEC Systems:
-
- Gary Smith
- c/o OEC Systems
- 4646 North Shallowford Road
- Atlanta, GA 30338-6304
-
- phone: 404-394-1000
- orders only: 800-444-2424
- fax: 404-394-1006
- BBS: 404-804-7889
-
- MasterCard and VISA accepted
-
- Neither Another Company nor Gary Smith/OEC Systems assume
- any responsibility for your use of this product or any
- Another Company product.
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