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- EDITORS.DOC
- ObjectEase 2.0
- (c) Copyright 1992 - David S. Reinhart Associates
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- This document serves to briefly describe the functions of the
- two editors included with the ObjectEase library, 16IMAGE.EXE and
- 256IMAGE.EXE. These programs are used for creating 16 color and 256
- color bitmap images respectively. The files are created and saved in
- the format used by the Borland function getimage().
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- You must first have a mouse driver loaded to utilize these
- editors. The drawing tools should all be intuitive. If not, a little
- experimentation should provide you with all the explanation you will
- need. Use the left mouse button in each editor to select the foreground
- color and the right mouse button to select the background color. The
- only function that may not be intuitive is how to save the bitmap images
- you create.
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- 16IMAGE.EXE
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- Using the 16 color image editor, select the scissors tool. Press
- the left mouse button with the cursor positioned at the upper left
- corner of the image you wish to capture. With the left mouse button
- depressed, drag the mouse downward and to the right until the image is fully
- enclosed in the rectangle. When you release the left mouse button a window
- will appear in the upper right corner of the screen, prompting you for
- a file name. You can give the file any extension you like.
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- 256IMAGE.EXE
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- Using the 256 color image editor, select the "rubber band" tool.
- Press the left mouse button with the mouse cursor at the upper left
- corner of the image to be captured. With the left mouse key depressed
- drag the mouse downward and to the right until the image is fully
- enclosed in the rectangle. When you release the left mouse key, the file
- name box at the bottom of the screen will become active. Enter a filename
- and press <ENTER>. The default extension ".CUT" will ba added, however, you
- may change this to any desired extension as the Bitmap class member
- functions do not rely on a particular file extension as do the Icon and
- Button classes.
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- Note that using either editor, you cannot capture an image which
- constitutes more than 64K. This is the maximum size of a Borland getimage()
- buffer.
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