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- PIC Menu: FILES
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- Saves the current display as a bit-map file.
-
- 1.* (CHAR) options: c-create picture, s-show picture, r-restore colors
- for options `c' and `s':
- 2.* (CHAR) picture file name (1-8 char.)
-
- Description
-
- This command freezes and saves the current display as a file that you may
- display later.
-
- Select one of the options:
- Option `c'will create a new file from the current screen. You are prompted to
- define a new file name.
- Option `s'will display an existing file. You are prompted to specify the name
- of the existing file.
- Option `r'will restore the original screen colors (as defined in DEFINE.TBL
- see Appendix A.4, in the Operations Manual). This option is useful if you
- have created a display file of a solid surfaces model with shading and/or
- shadows. Such files use a special color table, different than the standard
- color table.
-
- For options `c' and `s' you are returned to enter another file name. The
- system prompts you for additional options until you select a new command.
-
- The screen display file is frozen as a bit-map of the graphic zone. Each time
- you display the file, the bit-map picture is restored. The file name that you
- defined will have an extension assigned by the system depending on your
- display type:
-
- *.NP1 VGA and Super VGA 256 colors
- *.NE1 EGA 16 colors
-
- The file size depends on the display type and on the amount of data on the
- screen. It will take from 10K up to 50K bytes.
-
- NOTE:Files that were created on a specific screen type cannot be displayed on
- a screen of another type.