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- IMAGE BUILDER
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- Version 1.1
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- (C) Copyright 1989 by Paul Eggers
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- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- Paul Eggers
- 473 Virginia Ave
- Herndon, Va 22070
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- PREFACE:
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- Image Builder is a Quickbasic graphic utility for creating
- Images, fonts, icons or anything else that fits in this category.
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- Output is for use in your Quickbasic programs.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
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- Video - EGA or better.
- Input - Keyboard (Mouse is Optional)
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- Quickbasic ver 4.0 or greater is not a requirement to run
- this program, but the output generated is used by
- Quickbasic.
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- TERMS:
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- This software is distributed as Shareware. You are granted a
- free license to use this software. You are encouraged to copy and
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- share this software with others. Distribution of this software
- must be in its original unmodified form. If you use this
- software and find it of value you're encouraged to register this
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- software. The registration fee is $10.00. This will entitle you
- to any upgrades of this software and special notice if any new
- products become available. You will find a registration form at
- the end of this document.
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- This program may not be sold in any form without the express
- written consent of the author.
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-
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- DESCRIPTION/DOCUMENTATION:
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- Image builder is a graphic utility for creating different
- graphic images I.E icons, fonts, or just shapes for use in your
- Quickbasic programs. All images created and saved may be reloaded
- and modified. The documentation presented here has been kept
- brief and just provides as an overview (Image builder has built
- in help to guide you through any problems). I do recommend you
- read through this documentation as it does explain some of the
- functionality of the program.
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- When you first start Image builder you will be presented with
- a large grid pattern. A smaller box in the upper right hand
- corner will display the actual image to be saved. Under that will
- be the current color that you have selected. (Default at startup
- is black). Below that is the color selection list and a function
- key/help option panel. Using the arrow keys and spacebar (mouse
- is optional) you can move around the larger grid to turn on/off
- selected color combinations. As you do this, the actual image in
- the smaller box will be created for you. The options available
- are processed through pfkeys and they are as follows (From screen
- 1, Main screen).
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- PF1 - Help For this screen.
- PF2 - Change Color Select new color to plot.
- PF3 - Change Background Changes the background color
- Note: be careful with this one, if
- a color in your image is red and
- you change the background color.
- to red, you may blend the these
- colors.
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- PF4 - Toggle Mouse This option only available when a
- mouse has been loaded.
- PF5 - Utilities New Menu -
- PF1 - Help For utilities.
- PF2 - Clear Clear entire screen to current
- background color.
- PF3 - Display This will display your image
- by itself on another page.
- <ESC> Return to previous menu.
- PF10- Save / Exit New Menu -
- PF1 - Help For Save / Exit.
- PF2 - Save Save your image to disk
- (see below)
- PF3 - Load Reload your saved image
- (see below)
- PF4 - Exit Exit program.
- <ESC> Return to previous menu.
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- Notes on saving and restoring.
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- Once your image has been created you can save your image to
- disk. Selecting the save option will display a yellow box around
- the entire grid. You can change the size of this box by using the
- arrow keys in combination with the spacebar. Only the image
- inside this box will be saved. There are 2 formats for saving
- your image. These 2 formats can be together or individually. When
- saving your image you will be prompted for a filename. The file
- name can be up to 8 characters in length. If you save your image
- in source format you will also be prompted for the array name,
- also to up 8 characters in length.
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- SAVE FORMATS
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- 1) Quickbasic BSAVE format
- Saving your image in BSAVE format will allow you to retrieve
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- your image using Quickbasic BLOAD command.
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- 2) Quickbasic Source format
- Saving your image in source format saves your image in the
- form of a hard coded array
- EXAMPLE:
- DIM image% (3)
- image%(1) = 5 : image%(2) = -87 : image%(3) = 0 ...
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- The basic program will have the DIM name and size set up for
- you and will be ready to be compiled to display your image. To
- use the image in a program you should copy the example in your
- program and make any needed modifications.
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- Any image that is saved in BSAVE format may be reloaded into
- IMAGE BUILDER for modification. PLEASE NOTE: THE IMAGE HAS TO BE
- SAVED IN BSAVE FORMAT TO PERFORM A RELOAD.
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- Thank you for trying IMAGE BUILDER and remember to support
- SHAREWARE! There are many great programs already available and
- many more to be written, but only with your support can we keep
- software costs down.
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- HISTORY:
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- Ver 1.0 - Completed Imagebuilder for own use.
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- Ver 1.1 - Initial version release.
- A few bugs minor bugs resolved.
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- Ver 1.2 - Cleaned up bug that that erased Verion # from screen.
- Modified input prompts for File spec and Image variable
- 1) only 8 characters allowed for both.
- 2) allow modification to input, right and left arrow keys,
- del and insert now work.
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- REGISTRATION FORM
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- Paul Eggers
- 473 Virginia Ave
- Herndon, Va 22070
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