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- ABOUT PGIF.EXE
-
- PGIF.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
-
- PGIF.EXE is used to display any standard .GIF file. Files
- ending with .GIF hold pictures, and are a common picture
- format used with IBM-compatible computers.
-
- How To Use It
-
- PGIF.EXE reqires one parameter, the name of the file to be
- displayed. For instance, if you have a picture file called
- KITTYCAT.GIF, you would type
-
- PGIF.EXE KITTYCAT.GIF
-
- from the DOS prompt, from within a batch file, or within a
- Pieces script file.
-
- Placement
-
- Normally PGIF will display an image starting at the very
- upper left corner of the screen. However, you can also
- display images in other locations by passing upper-left
- coordinate numbers to PGIF after the filename. This requires
- two integers. The first determines the left boundary in
- pixels and the second determines the top boundary.
- Therefore, if you type:
-
- PGIF.EXE KITTYCAT.GIF 100 40
-
- Your kitty cat picture will appear 100 pixels from the left
- edge of the screen and 40 pixels from the top. Do not exceed
- the area available. For instance, you cannot successfully
- display a full-screen image at 10 10.
-
- Additional Information
-
- PGIF.EXE can automatically figure out which video mode the
- image was recorded in, and will set your computer to the
- proper mode to display the image. If your computer is not
- equipped for the mode required by the image, nothing will
- happen. For instance, if you have only an EGA system, but a
- VGA picture, the picture will not be displayed. PGIF.EXE is
- not capable of displaying CGA or Hercules images. (See
- PPCX.EXE, which will work in CGA and Herc modes)
-
- PGIF.EXE does not support some rare GIF extensions, such as
- more than one picture per file (only the first one will be
- displayed) or scrolling (you'll see only the upper left
- corner of extraordinarily large images).
-
- PGIF.EXE runs very well from within RUN.EXE and other
- programs in the PIECES series, as well as programs you can
- create with BASIC (shell()), C (spawn() or sys()) and PASCAL
- (exec) (if you happen to be a programmer).
-
- PGIF.EXE shows your picture, then quits, while the picture
- remains on the screen and the system remains engaged in the
- proper video mode. This way, you can continue to operate
- with the picture. Should you need to revert to a text video
- mode, run CLEAR.EXE, which comes with PIECES.
-
- 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 an "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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