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- Before you begin, here are a few things worth knowing about the FoxGraph
- 3D Graphics program (more detailed explanations are available in the manual):
-
- NOTE:
- If you are running on a COMPAQ portable with a plasma panel
- screen, you must first place the machine in color graphics mode
- before using FoxGraph. To do this, type at the DOS prompt,
- MODE SELECT CGA.
-
-
-
- 1) There are a number of sample graphs included with the program. They
- can be loaded from the LOAD GRAPH section of the program. They are useful
- as examples for novice users and as templates for future work. (In
- addition, the interface programs use these sample graphs as templates for
- graph style which can be specified during graph Setup.)
-
- 2) If at any time you need help while running the program, pressing '?' will
- call up a general help screen. You may also use F8 (Vertical Function Keys)
- or F9 (Horizontal Function Keys) to provide context sensitive help from
- anywhere in the program.
-
- 3) While running the program, you may change the entire color scheme of any
- graph type by simply pressing the right or left arrow keys. You can also
- change a smaller subset of the graph colors by pressing the up and down
- arrow keys.
-
- 4) To move the Function Key icon around the screen, use the corner keys of
- the cursor pad. To remove the Function Key icon altogether, use the space
- bar.
-
- 5) To force the program to redraw any or all parts of a graph use the
- following funcion keys:
-
- F6(Horizontal),F2(Vertical) - Redraw the entire graph
- F7(Horizontal),F4(Vertical) - Redraw just the cube and risers
- F8(Horizontal),F6(Vertical) - Redraw just the text
-
- 6) For an example of the uses of the key-macro function, and for a
- general overview of the program, type DEMO3D.
-
- 7) If you wish to graph data from your .dbf databases, see chapter 4 of
- your manual on the FoxGraph Interface. Also, please note the following:
-
- Make sure you have modified your PATH appropriately if you have not
- installed FoxGraph in the same directory as your database
- system.
-
- An ASCII file is created from your data by the interface program based
- on the graph definition you create during Setup. This ASCII
- file is then read by FoxGraph; however, FoxGraph cannot read
- an ASCII file with more than 256 lines of information. If
- this condition occurs, you may choose to abort the Draw
- procedure or continue creating a graph from a subset of your
- data.
-
- When saving graph definitions that you create with the interface, the
- current macro recording mode is also saved.
-
- 8) Additional hints on recording macros:
-
- Use Control-D to insert a half-second delay in the macro. You can put
- as many Control-D's in a row as you need to produce the effect
- you want to achieve.
-
- Use Control-Q to stop writing to the macro file during a recording
- session. This enables you to create a macro that does a
- number of things automatically and then returns control to
- the user.