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ABOUT PPCX.EXE
PPCX.EXE is a program from the kit, PIECES, by Another
Company. With PIECES, you can create just about anything for
IBM-compatible computing. No programming skill is necessary.
See end of this file for more information about PIECES.
What It Does
PPCX.EXE is used to display any standard .PCX file. Files
ending with .PCX hold pictures, and are a common picture
format used with IBM-compatible computers.
How To Use It
PPCX.EXE reqires one parameter, the name of the file to be
displayed. For instance, if you have a picture file called
KITTYCAT.PCX, you would type
PPCX.EXE KITTYCAT.PCX
from the DOS prompt, from within a batch file, or within a
Pieces script file.
Placement
Normally PPCX will display an image starting at the very
upper left corner of the screen. However, you can also
display images in other locations by passing upper-left
coordinate numbers to PPCX after the filename. This requires
two integers. The first determines the left boundary in
pixels and the second determines the top boundary.
Therefore, if you type:
PPCX.EXE KITTYCAT.PCX 100 40
Your kitty cat picture will appear 100 pixels from the left
edge of the screen and 40 pixels from the top. Do not exceed
the area available. For instance, you cannot successfully
display a full-screen image at 10 10.
Additional Information
PPCX.EXE can automatically figure out which video mode the
image was recorded in, and will set your computer to the
proper mode to display the image. If your computer is not
equipped for the mode required by the image, nothing will
happen. For instance, if you have only A Hercules system,
but a VGA picture, the picture will not be displayed.
For GIF files, which are similar to .PCX, use PGIF.EXE, in
the PIECES series of programs.
PPCX.EXE runs very well from within RUN.EXE and other
programs in the PIECES series, as well as programs you can
create with BASIC (shell()), C (spawn() or sys()) and PASCAL
(exec) (if you happen to be a programmer).
PPCX.EXE shows your picture, then quits, while the picture
remains on the screen and the system remains engaged in the
proper video mode. This way, you can continue to operate
with the picture. Should you need to revert to a text video
mode, run CLEAR.EXE, which comes with PIECES.
About Pieces
PIECES is a shareware disk containing several small programs
that can be combined to do a variety of tasks with
a super-professional look and feel. No programming experience
is needed. PIECES can be expanded to incorporate your
favorite programs as well, so it's possibilities for making
and enhancing pictures shows, text presentations, multimedia,
electronic catalogs, teaching materials, executable software,
games, shareware and more are limitless!
You can register as many or as few PIECES as you wish.
Registered users are licensed to copy and distribute the
PIECES along with their finished products. Unregistered
users may copy and distribute the complete unmodified PIECES
package, but may not use only portions of it until purchase
of registration. Use of PIECES beyond 30 days requires
registration.
Most shareware PIECES programs have a "unregistered"
notice which pops up randomly, approximately every 200 times.
This is removed from the registered versions, and also saves
as much as 3,000 bytes disk space per program.
This software is copyrighted by Jeff Napier of Another
Company, and distributed by Gary Smith of OEC Systems.
The shareware or registered versions of PIECES may be
purchased from Gary Smith at OEC Systems:
Gary Smith
c/o OEC Systems
4646 North Shallowford Road
Atlanta, GA 30338-6304
phone: 404-394-1000
orders only: 800-444-2424
fax: 404-394-1006
BBS: 404-804-7889
MasterCard and VISA accepted
Neither Another Company nor Gary Smith/OEC Systems assume
any responsibility for your use of this product or any
Another Company product.
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