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- For those that remember "Exploding Windows V1.4", this is a DOS 2.xx
- version. It is not as dramatic in the default as EW 1.4 was, but it adds
- another missing effect from 1.3x.
- I made a little WBstartup dir, so all you have to do is drag it over
- and perhaps edit a couple tooltypes after reading the docs. Or you can
- (my choice) stay "pure" and add it to your startup-sequence. [Sorry!! I
- just have this thing about draggin things here...there...everywhere.
- Startup-sequences should remain pure so you can see what is going on and
- easily edit them without dragging 50 icons around.]
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- E x p l o d i n g L a y e r s V 1.0
-
- A window exploder and imploder.
-
- (c) copyright 1992 by Andreas Schildbach
-
- ===================================================
-
-
- 1. Legal Stuff
- --------------
-
- Exploding Layers is FreeWare.
-
- Exploding Layers and the related documentation are copyrighted by Andreas
- Schildbach, but may be freely distributed and copied for non-commercial
- purpose only. Under no circumstances may you redistribute a modified
- version of the distribution. Neither may any redistribution for profit be
- made. Exploding Layers may not be included in a commercial or shareware
- packet or any Public Domain disk series without the written permission of
- the autor.
-
- If you use Exploding Layers, you do this entirely at your own risk. This
- program is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either expressed
- or implied. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the
- program is assumed by you.
-
-
- 2. Introduction
- ---------------
-
- I think everyone knows what a "window exploder" is. If not, just try it
- out! I wrote this program because of since Kickstart 2.04 is out, I've
- never seen a working window exploder again.
-
-
- 3. Features
- -----------
-
- - Explodes and implodes windows in a fancy manner.
- - Catches all window resize and move events (including zip events).
- - Works with all OpenWindowTags.
- - Fully features Commodity environment.
- - 2.04 only!
-
-
- 4. How to install
- -----------------
-
- Workbench:
-
- Just drag Exploding Windows to your "sys:WbStartup/" Drawer and edit the
- tooltypes of the supplied icon if necessary.
-
- Shell:
-
- Edit your "s:User-Startup" so that Exploding Windows will be run in the
- background. Append all tooltypes you need.
- Example: "run sys:Tools/ExpLayers CX_PRIORITY=0 STEPS_OPEN=40"
-
- Supported tooltypes:
-
- CX_PRIORITY = <integer>:
- Priority to start the commodity with. Meaningless for this
- type of commodity.
- FRAMES_OPEN = <integer>:
- Number of frames to be drawn at every OpenWindow.
- FRAMES_CLOSE = <integer>:
- Number of frames to be drawn at every CloseWindow.
- FRAMES_MOVE = <integer>:
- Number of frames to be drawn at every Move-/SizeWindow.
-
- DONOTWAIT: [ Workbench only! ]
- Forces workbench to NOT wait for ExpLayer's return when started
- from "WbStartup".
- STARTPRI = <integer>: [ Workbench only! ]
- Tells workbench in which order to start all programs in
- "WbStartup".
-
-
- 5. Usage
- --------
-
- Just open, close and drag aroud windows. (-:
-
- If you want to quit Exploding Layers, use the Commodities Exchange program
- supplied on your 2.04 Workbench Disk. You may also want to temporary
- enable or disable explosions. Use Exchange for this.
-
- If Exploding Layers was started from Shell, a CTRL-C sent to the console
- window Exploding Layers was started from will also terminate it.
-
-
- 6. Known problems:
- ------------------
-
- Windows with the maximum screen size will not implode and explode when
- opening and closing (though they will "replode" while resizing and moving).
- This is due to a comparison that is made for filtering out maximum size
- backdrop windows that can be found on nearly every screen.
-
- Exploding Layers currently patches the functions "CreateUpFrontLayer",
- "CreateUpfrontHookLayer", "DeleteLayer" and "MoveSizeLayer" of the
- layers.library. If some other program also patches one of these functions,
- you must quit the other program _before_ you quit Exploding Layers.
-
-
- 7. Acknowledgements
- -------------------
-
- Thanks to Stefan Stuntz for some of his routines and beta testing.
-
- Thanks to you for using this tool and reading the docs.
-
- Thanks to Amiga for being the best computer ever.
-
-
- 8. Revision History
- -------------------
-
- V1.0 (21.Mar.92):
-
- First public release.
-
-
- 9. The Author
- -------------
-
- If you encounter some problems with Exploding Layers, please feel free to
- contact me:
-
- /* Snailmail: */
- Andreas Schildbach
- Possenhofener Str.21
- D-8130 Starnberg
- Germany
- Tel. (08151) 3401
- FAX (08151) 78880
- Mailbox (08151) 78880
-
- /* E-Mail: */
- Fido: 2:246/46.0 (Andreas Schildbach)
-
- I do not want to force you to pay any money for using this tool. But if really
- want, I'm not the one to stop you... Here is my bank account:
-
- 91439
- Kreissparkasse Starnberg
- BLZ 700 540 80
-
- That's it.
-
- Byebye, Andreas
-
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