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- Happy Fun Ball (TM)
- Copyright (C) 1991 by Bert Poston, All Rights Reserved
- Poston@Athena.CS.UGA.EDU
-
- Happy Fun Ball was written in Turbo Pascal for Windows
-
- THE BASICS
- A ball bounces around the window frame, is pulled towards the
- bottom by gravity, and is slowed by friction when it comes into contact
- with any of the window borders. It can also be pulled around by clicking
- the mouse inside the window border. The force of the pull increases as the
- mouse gets farther from the ball.
-
- WHY?
- Bounce was written as part of the process of learning Windows
- programming and the TPW language specifically. It demonstrates
- certain basic concepts including the use of menus, icons, dialogue
- boxes, timers and the display of graphics.
-
-
- THE MENU OPTIONS
- Main
- Reset - Sets all variables back to their defaults
- About... - Displays the About Dialogue box
- Exit - Quits the program
- Ball
- Radius - sub-option set the balls radius.
- Speed - sub-options set the balls speed.
- Color - sub-options set the balls color.
- Leave Trail - Turn the trail feature on and off
- Field
- Pattern - set the background pattern
- Back Diagonal /
- Cross #
- Diagonal Cross X
- Forward Diagonal \
- Horizontal -
- Vertical |
- Solid █
- Color - sub-options set field color.
- Environment
- Gravity - choose between weak, medium, and strong gravity
- or Reverse gravity
- Friction - choose between weak, medium, and strong friction
- Sound - Turn sound on and off
- Default - sets gravity and friction to weak.
-
- THE FUTURE
- The information in this file will eventually be incorporated
- into a help system. Also the various settings will eventually be
- manipulatable in a Dialogue box rather than in the menu. Bitmaps
- may eventually be used for the ball, so one could select between
- a baseball, basketball, etc. It may even turn into a game one day.
-
- REGISTRATION
- If you like Happy Fun Ball, please send $1000.00 to the
- following address:
-
- Durbin Development,Inc.
- 2351 College Station Rd.
- Suite 482
- Athens, Georgia 30605
- ATTN : Bert Poston
-
-
- LEGAL DISCLAIMER
- The author of Happy Fun Ball hereby disclaims any warranties,
- express or implied, including the WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY and
- the WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Happy Fun Ball
- should be used at your own risk. Happy Fun Ball could be hazardous
- to your health. Happy Fun Ball may cause complete motherboard
- meltdowns in some systems. Happy Fun Ball contains some code which
- was found carved on a meteorite. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. If
- you experience any of the following symptoms while using Happy Fun Ball
- consult a physician immediately: headaches, drowsiness, abdominal
- cramps, social disorientation, carpel tunnel syndrome, eye strain,
- neck problems, fever blisters, foot itch, political correctness,
- back pains, hyperextension of the elbow, nose rashes, fevers,
- sniffling, sneezing, earaches, insomnia or loss of memory. Warning,
- Happy Fun Ball may be part of an alien plot to take over the world.
- Do not store disks containing Happy Fun Ball at temperatures exceeding 92
- degrees fahrenheit or below 65 degrees fahrenheit. Happy Fun Ball is your
- friend. Happy Fun Ball has been found to cause cancer in certain
- laboratory animals. After playing with Happy Fun Ball do not
- attempt to operate heavy machinery for three hours.
-