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- -== ANSIStyle! ==-
-
- ANSIStyle is a utility/companion program for ANSIBull that allows you to
- create your own styles for use with these programs. You are only limited to
- what you can create by your own imagination!
-
- [ How it Works! ]
-
- Place this in the directory with ANSIBull.
-
- From the DOS command line enter: ANSISTYL <Enter>
-
- At the opening screen, press Enter for the Main Menu. The Main Menu has,
- at this time, three options:
-
- Create Style, About, Exit
-
- [ Create Style ]
- This is the 'biggie'! Use the cursor keys to move the highlight bar to this
- option and press the Enter key to activate it. You are then presented with
- a menu of 5 choices which are the number of frames you want to include in
- the style you are creating (up to a maximum of 5). Frames are imbedded boxes
- or other characters you wish to use to create your style. Select the one you
- want by using the cursor keys and press Enter.
-
- You are then asked for a name for your style. Any VALID DOS NAME is
- acceptable. Pick a name, enter it, and you will be taken to the FRAME
- creation screen. At this screen, press F2 for an ASCII chart (F1 for
- HELP!) and select from the presented characters to design your frame.
-
- *NOTE* ANY ASCII character is accepted, but there can be problems with
- certain characters! Use of Characters 7, 8 and 13 will REALLY zonk your
- display file! Avoid these at ALL costs! I have used most of the others
- with no problems, so give 'em a try. The chart does not contain all of
- the complete ASCII chart, but does include the ones most of us SysOps are
- inclined to use.
-
- Pick from the chart the number that corresponds to the character you wish
- displayed at the coordinate the prompt asks for. You may define each of
- the corners, top/bottom, and right/left vertical lines of the display. Enter
- what you wish for each and you are asked if you wish to make changes (default
- is "N" for NO). Change this to a "Y" if you do want to make a change (you
- are given the option of making changes now before you save your style) or
- just hit Enter to press on to designing the next frame if you have selected
- to create a style with more than one frame in it.
-
- After you have designed your frame(s), now it's time to colorize them. The
- next screen is the Style Blackboard where you will select the color you
- want for each area of the style. It works just like ANSIBull, so it
- should be pretty easy for you to use.
-
- When you first get to the blackboard, your frame is not displayed because
- you have selected no colors for it. As soon as you select a color, that
- coordinate will be displayed in the color you have selected, along with
- all the rest as selected.
-
- *IMPORTANT NOTE!*
- Make SURE that you select a color for EACH AREA OF EACH FRAME! If you don't
- want a particular coordinate to be displayed by your BBS, select a Black
- foreground and background for it, but you MUST select some color for it!
- Don't forget to select a TEXT COLOR for your display style! There is so
- much going on here that it's easy to forget to select a text color, but
- make sure you do or your text will not appear correctly in your file that
- you generate from ANSIBull.
-
- You may move from one frame to the other in a multiple frame style by selecting
- from the menu the number of the frame you wish to colorize. In other words,
- if you are working on Frame 1 and finish it, select Frame 2 from the menu to
- move to the next one. You can move at any time, EVEN BEFORE you finish the
- current frame, but please remember to complete each frame before saving your
- style.
-
- On the last frame of every menu you are presented with the option END. This
- will give you two options: Modify Frames and Save It.
-
- [ Modify Frames ]
-
- Select this option to go back and modify the characters you have used to
- create a frame. You won't lose the colors you have selected or anything else.
- It will just let you change the character(s) you want for the frame border(s).
-
- [ Save It ]
-
- This option will save your finished work and return you to the Main Menu.
-
- [ About ]
-
- This option of the Main Menu will just tell you a little bit about the
- ANSIStyle program.
-
- [ Exit ]
-
- This option will return you to DOS.
-
-
- [ Now and the Future ]
-
- I know that ANSIStyle is tedious! The current version is my prototype that
- I used to develop some of the internal styles and to play with <grin>. I'm
- working on a vastly improved version that will make it much easier for you
- to design your styles with more flexibility and expanded capabilities. The
- reason this version was released was to give you more capabilities than
- ANSIBull had with the internal styles only. A future version will
- have a style editor in it, as well, so that you may make changes to the
- styles you have created. This version will only create a color ANSI
- display file. I am working on a version that will create ANSI/MONO/TEXT
- files, but it will only be released to registered users.
-
- Still, even with it's faults, there's nothing out there that can do what it
- does (or ANSIBull either for that matter!). I want to give you a product that
- is easy to use (I HATE manuals for something that shouldn't need one!) and
- that does what it advertises. I think you will find that the WildStuff
- utilities that I've written do both and this is due to the feedback that
- I've received from those of you using these products. THANKS! ANY comments
- or suggestions are greatly appreciated and I'll do what I can to make the
- WildStuff programs products you are happy with and like using. Just give me
- your feedback!
-
- Howard Blake - SysOp - Green Acres! BBS - (505)763-5129 1200-9600 Baud
-
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- For registered users only! You can download your registered "key" directly
- from my BBS! Give me a password you would like to use and I'll pre-log
- you on the system. Otherwise, your key will come by mail.
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- You will be sent a "key" to register your copy(s) within 1 to 6 weeks after
- your payment is received ("key" is sent immediately, but the Post Office
- is slower than an 8088!). Please send your check or money order (U.S.
- Currency ONLY, please) for the required amount to:
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- Blake Software
- 512 W.17th Street
- Clovis, NM 88101
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