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- Intuitools v2.01
-
- Preliminary Documentation
-
- April, 1994
-
-
- Overview
- ========
-
- Inutitools2 is a replacement project for the original Intuitools
- program written by Mark. I've not had quite the enthusiasm to
- polish it completely for BUM6 but the code included is working
- and should be useful for those wanting to design gadget layout
- especially with the Blitz2's new GadTools capabilities.
-
- Unfortunately Intuitools2 will only work with WorkBench2.0 or
- greater so those running 1.3 will need to stick with the original
- IntuiTools. WB1.3 was the only platform it ran on reliably anyway!
-
-
- Usage
- =====
-
- After running Intuitools2 select AddWindow. Then drag the mouse
- across the screen to select the new window's dimensions.
-
- After letting go of the mouse button the new window should
- appear on the screen. You can then double click inside the
- window to edit it's various flags and settings.
-
- Once you have created a window you may then add gadgets. If no
- window is open the screen will flash when you attempt to add
- gadgets to the project.
-
- To position the gadgets select inside the gadgets bounding
- rectangle and drag with the mouse. To size select one of the
- 8 highlighted edges of the gadget and drag. Note that some
- gadgets will be fixed in size depending on their contents
- such as Blitz2 text gadgets and shape gadgets in general.
-
- The Constant field will be used when source code is created.
- Using constants for gadget and window numbers eliminates
- problems when making alterations to the project. The constant
- list created at the top of the source is also a useful
- reference in your main program when including the ui source
- in a separate file. It also makes your program much more
- readable!
-
- Anyway here follows description of the menus...
-
-
- The Project Menu
- ================
-
- Load - there are two .it example projects in this drawer that
- you can load stright into the Intuitools2 program.
-
- Save - will save an it project, the format is completely ascii
- so people can download problem projects onto AmigaNet
- to help me debug the program.
-
- Screen - change the resolution of the project's screen. Best to
- do this before creating windows as going from say hi to
- lo res may cause a runtime error if an existing window
- will not fit in the new screen.
-
- Font - change screen font that is used by windows, gadgets etc.
-
- Palette - not supported as of yet, sorry.
-
- Test - use test to "run" your project. The second screen will
- come to the front and you are able to play with all the
- gadgets. Use the single menu option (QUIT) to return
- back to the editor screen.
-
- Create - this option lets you create Blitz2 source code. At present
- shape gadgets will not produce source code and the GTList
- will be commented.
-
- Quit - should succesfully exit.
-
- The Options Menu
- ================
-
- At present only two options are available-
-
- Grid : locks all coordinated to the nearest word boundary.
-
- AutoOption: When enabled the settings requester for windows
- and gadgets appears after they are created.
-
-
- Future Releases...
-
- A full release of Intuitools2 will appear shortly. Please post
- all bugreports and fixes either on the BlitzAmi network or
- send to me:
-
- Simon Armstrong
- 12 York Street
- Parnell
- Auckland 1001
- New Zealand
-
-