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YOURART2 Version 3.0 HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS July 1984 Written By: Everett B. Delano P.O. BOX 205 Elk City, Oklahoma 73648 INDEX DESCRIPTION Page Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b Available Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Esc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Set/ReSet Dot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Save Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dot Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Draw a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Draw a Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Draw a Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Paint an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Load a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Dump Drawing to Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Working with Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Capturing a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Saving a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Loading a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Manipulation of Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manipulation of Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Define a Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Reverse Color in Block . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reverse Colors Full Screen . . . . . . . . . 6 Change Foreground Colors . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Erase Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Go Dot Graphics Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Go Text Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Esc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Dot Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Dot Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mode 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Esc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Font Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Selection of a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Select a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Change Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Letter Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Typing on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Dot Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Viewing Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page a WHAT'S ON THE DISK: YA2.EXE YOURART PROGRAM YA2LOOK.BAS PICTURE DISPLAY PROGRAM YA2.DOC THIS DOCUMENTATION YA2-1.HLP thru YA2-10.HLP HELP FILES YA2F-1.FNT thru YA2F-8.FNT FONT FILES YOURART2 Version 3.0 IS SUPPLIED ON A DOUBLE SIDED/DOUBLE DENSITY DISKETTE, FORMATTED FOR 8 SECTORS/TRACK. THE DISKETTE IS COMPATIBLE WITH PC-DOS 1.1, 2.0, & 2.1. MAKING A WORKING COPY: F FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR PC-DOS MANUAL FOR L FORMATTING A DISKETTE WITH THE OPERATING SYSTEM ON IT. O AFTER YOU HAVE MADE A SYSTEM DISKETTE, YOU WILL ALSO P D NEED TO COPY BASICA.COM FROM YOUR ORIGINAL SYSTEM P I DISKETTE TO YOUR WORKING COPY (BASICA IS REQUIRED TO Y S RUN YA2LOOK.BAS). COPY ALL OF THE FILES FROM THE K YOURART2 TO THE NEW SYSTEM DISK. IF YOU HAVE A HARD DRIVE, ALL YOU WILL NEED TO DO IS COPY ALL OF THE FILES FROM THE YOURART2 DISK. STARTING THE YOURART2 PROGRAM: FROM THE DOS READY PROMPT, SET THE DEFAULT DRIVE TO THE DRIVE THAT CONTAINS THE YOUART1 PROGRAM AND FILES. TYPE IN YA2 TO EXECUTE THE PROGRAM. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM-PC/XT WITH A MINIMUM OF 128K OF FREE RAM IBM COMPATIBLE COLOR GRAPHICS CARD HIGH RESOLUTION COLOR MONITOR PC-DOS 1.1 OR HIGHER 1-DISK DRIVE MINIMUM THE SYSTEM EXPECTS TO FIND THE FONT AND HELP FILES ON THE DEFAULT DRIVE. IF YOU HAVE ONLY 1 DRIVE, THE HELP AND FONT FILES CAN BE PLACED ON A SEPERATE DISKETTE. THIS DISKETTE CAN BE INSERTED AS NEEDED. SYSTEM OPTIONS: GRAPHICS PRINTER GRAPHICS SCREEN DUMP SOFTWARE FOR PRINTER SCREEN DUMP SOFTWARE MUST BE LOADED PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF YOURART PROGRAM. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page b DESCRIPTION OF THE AVAILABLE COLORS: FOREGROUND COLORS 1. BLUE 9. Lt. BLUE 2. GREEN 10. Lt. GREEN 3. CYAN 11. Lt. CYAN 4. RED 12. Lt. RED 5. MAGENTA 13. Lt. MAGENTA 6. BROWN 14. YELLOW 7. WHITE 15. Hi-Int. WHITE YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page c MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | MODE 1 PROMPT: 0 = BLACK 1 = X### Y### |16 | | foreground cursor cursor | | colors location step | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + HELP!!!! HELP SCREENS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE H KEY. THE DRAWING WILL BE PLACED IN A HOLDING AREA AND THE HELP SCREENS WILL APPEAR. YOU CAN PAGE FORWARD AND BACKWARD THRU THE HELP SCREENS BY USING THE GREY + - KEYS. PRESSING THE Esc KEY WILL EXIT HELP AND RESTORE YOUR DRAWING. YOU WILL BE AT THE SAME PLACE IN THE PROGRAM YOU WERE WHEN YOU ASKED FOR HELP. IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE SUBFUNCTIONS, YOU MUST USE THE Esc KEY TO RETURN TO THE MODE 1 PROMPT BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP. NOTE!! THE HELP FILES MUST RESIDE ON THE DEFAULT DRIVE. IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT, THE HELP FUNCTION WILL BE USELESS. HELP FILES ARE NUMBERED 1 to 10, AND HAVE THE FILE EXTENTION (.HLP). Esc ABORTS ANY SUBFUNCTION WITH A PROMPT AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MODE 1 PROMPT. CURSOR MOVEMENT: Up Arrow CURSOR DOT UP | DOT MOVES THE Down Arrow CURSOR DOT DOWN | DISTANCE DEFINED Left Arrow CURSOR DOT LEFT | BY THE CURSOR Right Arrow CURSOR DOT RIGHT | STEP. Home DIAGONALLY UP & LEFT | DOT MOVES ONE PgUp DIAGONALLY UP & RIGHT | DOT SPACE AT A End DIAGONALLY DOWN & LEFT | TIME. DOT STEP PgDn DIAGONALLY DOWN & RIGHT | HAS NO EFFECT. F1 SET/RE-SET THE DOT AT CURSOR POSITION.(REVERSE THE COLOR OF THE DOT AT THE CURSOR POSITION) F2 SAVE CURRENT DRAWING TO DISK 1. PROMPT (RENAME FILE <Y/N>) A. <Y> PROMPT (FILE NAME) 1. ENTER DRIVE DESIGNATION IF FILE IS TO BE SAVED TO DRIVE OTHER THAN DEFAULT. 2. ENTER FILE NAME WITHOUT A FILE EXTENTION. 3. PRESS / TO EXECUTE SAVE. B. <N> FILE IS SAVED USING THE LAST NAME TO BE ENTERED. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 1 MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS 2. A FILE WILL BE WRITTEN TO THE DRIVE DESIGNATED. THE FILE WILL HAVE THE NAME YOU ASSIGN WITH THE EXTENTION (.PIC). F6 EXIT PROGRAM WITHOUT SAVING CURRENT DRAWING. 1. PROMPT (EXIT <Y/N>) A. <Y> PROGRAM IS EXITED TO DOS READY PROMPT. B. <N> PROGRAM RETURNS TO MODE 1 PROMPT. F7 CHANGE CURSOR DOT STEP 1. PROMPT (STEP <+/-> 1) A. <+> PRESSING THE GREY + KEY ADVANCES THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL ADVANCES TO 16 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 1. B. <-> PRESSING THE GREY - KEY DECREMENTS THE THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL DECREMENT TO 1 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 16. DRAW A LINE: MOVE CURSOR DOT TO SPOT WHERE YOU WANT THE LINE TO START. PRESS THE F9 KEY TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO THE SPOT WHERE YOU WANT THE LINE TO END. PRESS THE F10 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE LINE COLOR. ANSWER WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). DRAW A CIRCLE: MOVE CURSOR DOT TO SPOT WHERE YOU WANT THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE TO BE. PRESS THE F9 KEY TO MARK THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO A POINT EQUAL TO THE RADIUS YOU WANT YOUR CIRCLE TO BE. PRESS THE F3 KEY. YOU WILL 1st BE PROMPTED FOR THE CIRCLE COLOR. RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). YOU WILL NEXT BE PROMPTED FOR THE STARTING POINT <-6.28 to 6.28>. PRESSING ENTER WILL DEFAULT THE VALUE FOR A COMPLETE CIRCLE. YOU WILL NEXT BE PROMPTED FOR THE STOP POINT <-6.28 to 6.28>. PRESSING ENTER WILL DEFAULT THE VALUE FOR A COMPLETE CIRCLE. 1.57 ENTERING THE START OR | STOP NUMBER WITHOUT A | MINUS SIGN WILL DRAW 3.14------|------6.28 AN ARC. ENTERING A | MINUS NUMBER FOR THE | START OR STOP NUMBER, 4.71 WILL CAUSE THE CENTER TO BE CONNECTED WITH A LINE TO THAT END OF THE ARC. (DRAW A PIECE OF A PIE CHART). LAST YOU WILL NEXT BE PROMPTED FOR THE ASPECT <.001 to 180>. PRESSING ENTER WILL DEFAULT TO THE NORMAL ASPECT YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 2 MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS RATIO OF THE SCREEN. THIS WILL CAUSE THE CIRCLE TO BE AS CLOSE TO ROUND AS POSSIBLE. .001 WILL DRAW A HORIZONAL LINE THE LARGER THE NUMBER, THE MORE SLENDER THE CIRCLE WILL BE. ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEFAULT WILL CAUSE THE NUMBER OF DOTS FROM CENTER TO THE HORIZONAL AND AND VERTICAL ENDS OF THE RADIUS TO BE UNEQUAL 180 WILL DRAW A VERTICAL LINE DRAW A BOX: MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO A POSITION YOU WANT FOR ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THE BOX. PRESS THE F9 KEY TO MARK THIS CORNER. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT THE THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNER OF THE BOX. PRESS THE F4 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE BOX COLOR. RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). PAINT AN OBJECT: MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO A POSITION INSIDE THE OBJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT. PRESS THE F9 KEY TO MARK THIS SPOT. PRESS THE F5 KEY. YOU WILL 1ST BE PROMPTED FOR THE PAINT COLOR. RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). NEXT YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE BORDER COLOR. RESPOND WITH THE FOREGROUND COLOR THAT SURROUNDS THE AREA YOU WISH TO PAINT. CAUTION!!!!! YOU MAY WANT TO SAVE YOUR DRAWING BEFORE PAINTING IS DONE. THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE THE PAINT WILL SPILL OUT OF THE OBJECT YOU WANT TO PAINT AND RUIN THE REST OF YOUR DRAWING. IF YOU PAINT INSIDE OF A BOX OR A CIRCLE YOU HAVE JUST DRAWN, THE PAINT WILL NOT SPILL OUT. IF YOU HAVE DRAWN SOMETHING WITH THE DIAGONAL CURSOR DOTS OR WITH THE DOT GRAPHIC MODE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THERE CAN BE A GAP IN THE BORDER. A GAP AS SMALL AS A MISSING DOT WILL CAUSE THE PAINT TO SPILL. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, SAVE IT FIRST. LOAD A DRAWING: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F1 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE FILE NAME. RESPOND WITH THE DRIVE DESIGNATION IF OTHER THAN THE DEFAULT DRIVE AND THE FILE NAME. DO NOT ENTER THE FILE EXTENTION. PRESS THE / KEY TO LOAD. PREPAIR FOR GRAPHIC DUMP TO PRINTER: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F2 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED (AltH>HELP Esc>ABORT any key YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 3 MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS continue). PRESSING Esc WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MODE 1 PROMPT. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS H FOR HELP. PRESS ANY OTHER KEY TO CONTINUE. IF YOU SELECT TO CONTINUE, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED READY PRINTER AND PRESS ENTER. PRESSING ENTER WILL ERASE THE PROMPT LINE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAWING SO IT WON'T SHOWUP ON YOUR PRINTOUT. AFTER YOU PRESS ENTER, HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY AND PRESS THE PrtSc KEY TO INITIATE A SCREEN DUMP. NOTE!!!! BEFORE USING THIS FUNCTION, YOU MUST HAVE INITIALIZED A GRAPHIC SCREEN DUMP PROGRAM PRIOR TO STARTING THIS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS NO FACILITY TO DUMP GRAPHICS TO A PRINTER. PROGRAM EXAMPLE FOR IBM GRAPHICS PRINTER IS GRAPHICS.COM. WORKING WITH PATTERNS: A PATTERN CAN BE ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN LETTERED OR DRAWN ON THE SCREEN. THIS PATTERN CAN BE SAVED TO DISK, FOR USE LATER IN OTHER DRAWINGS. THIS PATTERN CAN BE MOVED AROUND THE SCREEN, OR DUPLICATED, SAVING THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A DRAWING. THE PATTERN IS LIMITED TO ONLY ONE THING, THE SIZE. THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE PATTERN IS 1/4 OF THE SCREEN. CAPTURING A PATTERN: TO CAPTURE A PATTERN, YOU WILL DRAW AN IMAGINARY BOX AROUND IT. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO ONE CORNER OF YOUR IMAGINARY BOX. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE S KEY. THE PROMPT LINE WILL SHOW (START PATTERN). MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNER OF YOUR IMAGINARY BOX. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE F KEY. THE PROMPT LINE WILL SHOW (PATTERN HAS BEEN SET!), IF EVERYTHING IS OK. THE PROMPT LINE WILL SHOW (PATTERN TOO LARGE!), IF THE PATTERN IS TOO LARGE TO FIT IN THE PATTERN ARRAY. IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU MAY HAVE TO DIVIDE THE PATTERN. SAVING A PATTERN TO DISK: ONCE A PATTERN HAS BEEN CAPTURED, IT CAN BE SAVED TO DISK. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F4 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE PATTERN NAME (SAVE PATTERN). RESPOND WITH THE DRIVE DESIGNATION, IF OTHER THAN THE DEFAULT DRIVE, AND THE PATTERN NAME (WITHOUT A FILE EXTENTION). PRESS THE / KEY TO SAVE THE PATTERN. THIS FUNCTION CREATES A FILE ON THE DRIVE YOU DESIGNATE. THE FILE WILL HAVE THE NAME YOU ASSIGN WITH THE FILE EXTENTION OF (.PAT). LOADING A PATTERN FROM DISK: ANY PATTERN YOU HAVE CREATED AND SAVED TO DISK, CAN BE LOADED INTO THE PATTERN ARRAY. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 4 MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS Alt KEY, PRESS THE F3 KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE PATTERN NAME (LOAD PATTERN). RESPOND WITH THE DRIVE DESIGNATION, IF OTHER THAT THE DEFAULT DRIVE, AND THE PATTERN NAME (WITHOUT A FILE EXTENTION). PRESS THE / KEY TO LOAD THE PATTERN. MANIPULATION OF PATTERNS: ONCE A PATTERN HAS EITHER BEEN CAPTURED, OR LOADED FROM DISK, IT CAN BE MANIPULATED ON THE SCREEN. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE AREA WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE THE PATTERN (REMEMBER WHEN WE CAPTURED THE PATTERN WE DREW AN IMAGINARY BOX AROUND IT. THE BOX THEORY STILL APPLIES). WHEN THE PATTERN IS PLACED ON THE SCREEN, IT APPEARS DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT FROM THE CURSOR DOT. LOGICAL XOR - NON DESTRUCTIVE OVERLAY: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE P KEY. THE PATTERN WILL OVERLAY ANYTHING ALREADY ON THE SCREEN WITHOUT DESTROYING IT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS, YOU CAN REPEAT THIS FUNCTION, AND THE PATTERN WILL BE REMOVED. WHATEVER THE PATTERN HAD OVERLAYED WILL RETURN TO NORMAL. LOGICAL AND - DESTRUCTIVE OVERLAY: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE I KEY. THE PATTERN WILL REPLACE ANYTHING ALREADY ON THE SCREEN. REPEATING THE FUNCTION WILL NOT RESTORE THE SCREEN. LOGICAL OR - DESTRUCTIVE OVERLAY: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE O KEY. THE PATTERN WILL OVERLAY WHATEVER WAS ALREADY ON THE SCREEN. REPEATING THE FUNCTION WILL NOT RESTORE THE SCREEN. NOTE--- YOU CAN USE A (LOGICAL XOR) TO REMOVE A (LOGICAL AND) AND A (LOGICAL OR), HOWEVER THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS WILL STILL REMAIN. IT WILL NOT REPAIR THESE EFFECTS. NOTE--- IF YOU GET THE ERROR MESSAGE (NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR PATTER TO FIT!!), THIS MEANS CURSOR DOT IS EITHER TOO CLOSE TO THE RIGHT SIDE, OR TOO CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM, FOR THE PATTERN TO FIT ON THE SCREEN. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT AND TRY AGAIN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE THE (LOGICAL XOR) METHOD TO POSITION THE PATTERN BEFORE USING EITHER OF THE OTHER METHODS. MANIPULATION OF COLORS: DEFINE THE AREA: TO DEFINE THE AREA, WE ARE GOING TO DRAW OUR YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 5 MODE 1 MASTER MODE DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS IMAGINARY BOX AROUND THE AREA WE WANT TO MANIPULATE THE COLORS. MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO ONE CORNER OF THE IMAGINARY BOX. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F5 KEY. THE PROMPT LINE WILL SHOW (START BLOCK). MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNER OF THE IMAGINARY BOX. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F8 KEY. THE PROMPT LINE WILL SHOW (BLOCK HAS BEEN SET). THE SIZE OF THE BLOCK IS NOT LIMITED. IT CAN BE AS LARGE AS THE ENTIRE SCREEN. REVERSE ALL COLORS: ONCE WE HAVE DEFINED THE BLOCK, WE CAN REVERSE ALL OF THE COLORS WITHIN THE BLOCK. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F9 KEY. BEFORE AFTER 0 1 COLOR CHANGE: 1 0 REVERSE THE COLORS OF THE ENTIRE SCREEN: THIS FUNCTION REVERSE THE COLORS ON THE FULL SCREEN. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEFINE AN AREA FOR THIS FUNCTION. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Ctrl KEY, PRESS THE F10 KEY. THE COLORS WILL BE REVERSED THE SAME AS IN A REVERSE WITHIN A BLOCK FUNCTION. THIS FUNCTION IS USED MAINLY TO PREPARE A NEGATIVE OF YOUR DRAWING BEFORE DUMPING TO A PRINTER. SOMETIMES DUMPING THE NEGAVITE OF YOUR DRAWING TO THE PRINTER IS MORE VISUALLY PLEASING THAN THE POSITIVE. CHANGE FOREGROUND COLOR: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE C KEY. EVERY TIME THE C KEY IS PRESS, THE FOREGROUND COLOR WILL CHANGE. THE FOREGROUND COLOR ROTATES FROM COLOR 1 thru 7 & 9 thru 15. WHEN COLOR 15 IS REACHED THE COLOR ROLLS OVER TO COLOR 1. ERASE SCREEN: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE E KEY. THIS WILL ERASE THE ENTIRE SCREEN AND RESTORE THE MODE 1 PROMPT. GO TO DOT x DOT GRAPHICS MODE (MODE 2): WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE G KEY. THIS WILL TRANSFER CONTROL TO THE DOT GRAPHICS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. GO TO TEXT INPUT MODE (MODE 3): WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE T KEY. THIS WILL TRANSFER CONTROL TO THE TEXT INPUT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 6 MODE 2 DOT x DOT GRAPHICS DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | MODE 2 PROMPT: DOT x DOT GRAPHICS X### Y### |16 | | cursor cursor | | location step | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + HELP!!!! HELP SCREENS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE H KEY. THE DRAWING WILL BE PLACED IN A HOLDING AREA AND THE HELP SCREENS WILL APPEAR. YOU CAN PAGE FORWARD AND BACKWARD THRU THE HELP SCREENS BY USING THE GREY + - KEYS. PRESSING THE Esc KEY WILL EXIT HELP AND RESTORE YOUR DRAWING. YOU WILL BE AT THE SAME PLACE IN THE PROGRAM YOU WERE WHEN YOU ASKED FOR HELP. IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE SUBFUNCTIONS, YOU MUST USE THE Esc KEY TO RETURN TO THE MODE 2 PROMPT BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP. NOTE!! THE HELP FILES MUST RESIDE ON THE DEFAULT DRIVE. IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT, THE HELP FUNCTION WILL BE USELESS. HELP FILES ARE NUMBERED 1 to 10, AND HAVE THE FILE EXTENTION (.HLP). Esc WHEN ENTERED FROM THE MODE 2 COMMAND PROMPT, WILL EXIT MODE 2 AND RETURN YOU TO THE MODE 1 COMMAND MODE. Esc ABORTS ANY SUBFUNCTION WITH A PROMPT AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MODE 2 PROMPT. SELECT THE COLOR OF THE DOT: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE D KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE COLOR OF THE DOT (DOT COLOR?). RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). CURSOR MOVEMENT: THE DOT AT THE CURSOR LOCATION IS SET TO THE COLOR SELECTED BEFORE THE DOT IS MOVED. THE LOCATION WHERE THE CURSOR DOT LANDS IS NOT EFFECTED BY COLOR UNTIL THE NEXT MOVE. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE LAST DOT, THEN ESCAPE, WITHOUT HAVING ANY EXTRA/UNWANTED COLORED DOTS. Up Arrow CURSOR DOT UP | DOT MOVES THE Down Arrow CURSOR DOT DOWN | DISTANCE DEFINED Left Arrow CURSOR DOT LEFT | BY THE CURSOR Right Arrow CURSOR DOT RIGHT | STEP. Home DIAGONALLY UP & LEFT | DOT MOVES ONE PgUp DIAGONALLY UP & RIGHT | DOT SPACE AT A End DIAGONALLY DOWN & LEFT | TIME. DOT STEP YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 7 MODE 2 DOT x DOT GRAPHICS DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS PgDn DIAGONALLY DOWN & RIGHT | HAS NO EFFECT. F7 CHANGE CURSOR DOT STEP 1. PROMPT (STEP <+/-> 1) A. <+> PRESSING THE GREY + KEY ADVANCES THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL ADVANCES TO 16 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 1. B. <-> PRESSING THE GREY - KEY DECREMENTS THE THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL DECREMENT TO 1 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 16. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 8 MODE 3 TEXT INPUT DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | MODE 3 PROMPT: TEXT INPUT [1][1] X### Y### |16 | | font selected-| | cursor cursor | | letter color-| location step | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + HELP!!!! HELP SCREENS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE H KEY. THE DRAWING WILL BE PLACED IN A HOLDING AREA AND THE HELP SCREENS WILL APPEAR. YOU CAN PAGE FORWARD AND BACKWARD THRU THE HELP SCREENS BY USING THE GREY + - KEYS. PRESSING THE Esc KEY WILL EXIT HELP AND RESTORE YOUR DRAWING. YOU WILL BE AT THE SAME PLACE IN THE PROGRAM YOU WERE WHEN YOU ASKED FOR HELP. IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE SUBFUNCTIONS, YOU MUST USE THE Esc KEY TO RETURN TO THE MODE 3 PROMPT BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP. NOTE!! THE HELP FILES MUST RESIDE ON THE DEFAULT DRIVE. IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT, THE HELP FUNCTION WILL BE USELESS. HELP FILES ARE NUMBERED 1 to 10, AND HAVE THE FILE EXTENTION (.HLP). Esc WHEN ENTERED FROM THE MODE 3 COMMAND PROMPT, WILL EXIT MODE 3 AND RETURN YOU TO THE MODE 1 COMMAND MODE. Esc ABORTS ANY SUBFUNCTION WITH A PROMPT AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MODE 3 PROMPT. FONTS - DESCRIPTION: FONT 1: APPROXIMATELY 1/2 THE SIZE OF HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT. UPPER CASE ALPHABET ONLY STANDARD TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT FONT 2: SAME AS FONT 1 TYPES VERTICALLY FROM TOP OF SCREEN TO BOTTOM. FONT 3: SAME AS FONT 1 TYPES VERTICALLY FROM BOTTOM OF SCREEN TO TOP. FONT 4: APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AS HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT. UPPER & LOWER CASE ALPHABET STANDARD TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT FONT 5: APPROXIMATELY 2 TIMES THE SIZE OF HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT UPPER & LOWER CASE ALPHABET STANDARD TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT FONT 6: APPROXIMATELY SAME SIZE AS FONT 5 UPPER & LOWER CASE ALPHABET YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 9 MODE 3 TEXT INPUT DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS STANDARD TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT FONT 7: OLD ENGLISH APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES THE SIZE OF HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT. UPPER & LOWER CASE ALPHABET SOME TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT FONT 8: SCRIPT APPROXIMATELY SAME SIZE AS FONT 7 UPPER & LOWER CASE ALPHABET SOME TYPEWRITER SYMBOLS TYPES LEFT TO RIGHT SELECTION OF LETTER FONTS: WHEN TEXT INPUT IS SELECTED FROM THE MODE 1 PROMPT. YOU WILL 1st BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE LETTER FONT YOU WANT (FONT <1 - 8>). IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE ENTERED THE TEXT INPUT MODE SINCE STARTING THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER A LETTER FONT. RESPOND WITH A FONT NUMBER 1 to 8 AND PRESS ENTER TO LOAD. NEXT YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE LETTER COLOR (LETTER COLOR?). RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). IF THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE ENTERED THE TEXT INPUT MODE SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM, AND YOU WANT TO USE THE FONT YOU PREVIOUSLY SELECTED. RESPOND TO THE (FONT <1 - 8>) PROMPT WITH ENTER. YOU WILL STILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE LETTER COLOR. CHANGING FONTS: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE F KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE LETTER FONT (FONT <1 - 8>). RESPOND WITH THE FONT NUMBER AND PRESS ENTER TO LOAD. CHANGING FONTS WILL NOT PROMPT YOU FOR A NEW LETTER COLOR. SELECT THE COLOR OF THE LETTER: WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE Alt KEY, PRESS THE L KEY. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE COLOR OF THE LETTER (LETTER COLOR?). RESPOND WITH ONE OF THE FOREGROUND COLORS (0 or 1). CURSOR MOVEMENT: THE CURSOR DOT MARKS THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE LETTER. THE LETTER WILL APPEAR UP AND RIGHT FROM THE CURSOR DOT. Up Arrow CURSOR DOT UP | DOT MOVES THE Down Arrow CURSOR DOT DOWN | DISTANCE DEFINED Left Arrow CURSOR DOT LEFT | BY THE CURSOR YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 10 MODE 3 TEXT INPUT DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS Right Arrow CURSOR DOT RIGHT | STEP. TYPING ON THE SCREEN: MOVE THE CURSOR DOT TO THE POSITION YOU WANT TO START TYPING. START TYPING. THE CHARACTER OF THE KEY PRESSED WILL BE REPLACED ON THE SCREEN WITH THE CORRESPONDING FONT LETTER. IF THE PARTICULAR LETTER IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THAT FONT, THE SPEAKER WILL BEEP. THE ALLOWABLE CHARACTERS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIAL GRAPHIC CHARACTERS. F7 CHANGE CURSOR DOT STEP 1. PROMPT (STEP <+/-> 1) A. <+> PRESSING THE GREY + KEY ADVANCES THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL ADVANCES TO 16 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 1. B. <-> PRESSING THE GREY - KEY DECREMENTS THE THE STEP NUMBER BY 1. THE NUMBER WILL DECREMENT TO 1 THEN ROLLS OVER TO 16. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 11 MISCELLANEOUS VIEWING YOUR PICTURES INCLUDED ON THE DISKETTE IS A PROGRAM CALLED YA2LOOK.BAS. THIS PROGRAM IS USED TO VIEW THE PICTURES YOU CREATE. THE PROGRAM CAN ALSO BE USED TO VIEW ANY GRAPHICS PICTURE CREATED BY THE BASIC BSAVE COMMAND. THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT THE PICTURE HAVE THE FILE EXTENTION (.PIC). THESE PICTURES ARE DISPLAYED IN HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS MODE. PICTURES CREATED IN MEDIUM RESOLUTION CAN BE VIEW WITH THIS PROGRAM, BUT THE COLORS WILL APPEAR AS BLACK / WHITE / GREY. STARTING THE PROGRAM: YOU WILL NEED A DISKETTE WITH THE PROGRAM BASICA.COM AND YA2LOOK.BAS ON IT. FROM THE DOS READY PROMPT ENTER THE FOLLOWING. BASICA YA2LOOK PRESS ENTER(RETURN) TO LOAD BASICA.COM AND EXECUTE THE YA2LOOK.BAS PROGRAM. FOR THE MOST PART THE YA2LOOK.BAS PROGRAM IS SELF EXPLANITORY. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE PROGRAM WORKS SIMULAR TO A SLIDE PROJECTOR. YOU PICTURES ARE PROJECTED ONTO THE VIDEO MONITOR OF YOUR COMPUTER. THERE ARE TWO MODES IN THE PROGRAM. MANUAL MODE: IN THE MANUAL MODE, YOU CAN GO FORWARD AND BACKWARD THRU YOUR PICTURES. AUTOMATIC MODE: IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE, YOU SELECT THE LENGTH OF TIME (IN SECONDS) THAT YOU PICTURE WILL REMAIN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT. THE PROGRAM SORTS THE FILENAMES OF THE PICTURES BEFORE THEY ARE DISPLAYED. THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO NAME YOUR PICTURES IN A WAY TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SHOW IN THE ORDER YOU WANT. THE PROGRAM CANNOT HANDLE MORE THAN 88 PICTURE FILES IN ONE SESSION. IF YOUR DISK HAS MORE PICTURE FILES THAN THIS, YOU WILL NEED TO PLACE THEM ON SEPERATE DISKS, OR IN SEPERATE SUB-DIRECTORIES (DOS 2.0 UP). IF YOU USE SUB-DIRECTORIES, YOU WILL NEED TO COPY YA2LOOK.BAS INTO EACH OF THESE DIRECTORIES. THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW THE USE OF SUBDIRECTORIES IN THE DRIVE DESIGNATION. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 12 MISCELLANEOUS REGISTRATION INFORMATION DISCLAIMER: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF SAVINGS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED ON AN AS IS BASIS. NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES ARE IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED. User-Supported Software Individuals are granted permission to freely copy this program and documentation for their own use and to share with others under the following guidelines. No fee or other consideration is charged. The program, associated files, or documentation is not modified in any way. The program, associated files, and documentation are distributed together. You are encouraged to make copies of this program for others, for evaluation purposes. If you are using this software, and find it to be useful, your contribution of $25.00 would be appreciated. Everett Delano P.O. Box 205 Elk City, Oklahoma 73648 UPDATE POLICY: REGISTERED OWNERS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN UPDATED VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE. FIRST YEAR: REGISTERED OWNERS OF THIS PROGRAM MAY RECEIVE UPDATED VERSIONS FOR A $5.00 FEE, TO COVER THE COST OF POSTAGE AND HANDLING. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR: REGISTERED OWNERS OF THIS PROGRAM MAY RECEIVE UPDATED VERSIONS FOR A $15.00 FEE. YOURART2 Version 3.0 Page 13