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Copyright 1995 by ASSEMBLY Organizing. All rights reserved.
=== ABOUT THIS MANUAL ===
You are now reading an on-line manual for the ASSEMBLY'95 CD-ROM's GUI
(short for Graphical User Interface). This manual is divided into two sub-
sections, the manual on how to operate the GUI and information about the
productions on this CD-ROM.
=== 1. OPERATIONAL GUIDE ===
1.1 Overview of the GUI
-----------------------
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is designed for maximum ease of use
and versality. The GUI is completely operatable with your mouse and / or
with your keyboard. For optimal use we suggest the use of mouse as it is
faster and more flexible than the use of keyboard.
The CD-ROM has been organized into menus, one for each competition, so
there is a menu for the PC demo competition, the graphics competition and
so forth. All PC demos, PC intros, pictures, animations and modules (4 channel
and 32 channel) are executable from within the GUI, all you need to do is
to click on them with your mouse!
1.2 Operation manual
--------------------
1.2.1 Abbrevations
------------------
In the following chapters the following abbrevations will be used:
GUI Graphical User Interface
ESC Escape key
ALT-C Press and hold the ALT key while pressing C
ALT-H Press and hold the ALT key while pressing H
ALT-L Press and hold the ALT key while pressing L
ALT-R Press and hold the ALT key while pressing R
ALT-S Press and hold the ALT key while pressing S
ALT-T Press and hold the ALT key while pressing T
If not noted otherwise the following keys will substitute for mouse
buttons if you are using a keyboard:
Right mouse button Space bar -key
Left mouse button Enter key
1.2.1 Parts of the screen
-----------------------
If you look around your screen right now, you can see a title bar
(ASSEMBLY'95 CD) on the top of the screen, then this block of text and
then below a menu bar (Demos, Intros, etc) and in the bottom of the screen
you can find the option bar.
This part of the screen that you are reading right now where most of the
interaction and information to the you, the user, will take place. This part
of the screen is used both for displaying information and help texts (like
this one you are reading right now) and for presenting you with the menus
from which to choose the production to be executed, installed or viewed.
For more information, refer to the section 1.4.
The menu bar below contains icons on which you click (or alternatively
press the appropriate function key displayed near the name of the menu)
with your left mouse button and by so doing move between the menus. For
more information, refer to the section 1.3.1.
The option bar in the bottom of the screen provides you with many ways
to configure the functions of the GUI. For more information, refer to the
section 1.5.
To the right of this part of the screen you can see a white scroll bar.
With it you can scroll the information on this paragraph up and down.
1.3 Using the GUI
-----------------
The GUI is so easy to use that you only need to master a few things:
1) moving between the menus 2) executing productions and 3) using the option
bar.
1.3.1 Moving between menus
--------------------------
Moving between menus is easy, just click on the menu bar on the
appropriate icon. To do this move the mouse cursor over the icon you wish
to activate and then press your left mouse button. No matter where you are
or what you are doing (assuming you are still within the GUI, and not
executing a demo or a intro) you can always click on the menu bar to switch
between menus.
If you are using a keyboard you can move between the menus by pressing
your function keys. If you look on the menu bar you will see that next to
the name of the menu a function key is displayed. For example if you look
at the "DEMOS" icon, you will see that "F1" is displayed near the text
"DEMOS". This key is the function key you need to press if you wish to
switch to the "DEMOS" menu. Below you can see a list of the function keys
available:
Function key Menu
------------ -----------------
F1 Demos
F2 64K intros
F3 4K intros
F4 4 channel modules
F5 32 channel modules
F6 Animations
F7 Graphics
F8 Raytrace
F9 Misc
1.3.2 Moving inside menus
-------------------------
Wherever you are in the GUI you can always see a scroll bar just off the
right end of the screen. The area white is the actual scroll bar. By
dragging (click-and-hold and while holding moving the mouse) scroll bar you
can scroll the text on this part of the screen up and down. You can also
accomplish a similar feature by clicking on scroll bar outside the white bar.
If you are using keyboard, you can move up and down on by using your
cursor keys (up and down arrow and PgUp and PgDown keys).
1.4 Executing productions
-------------------------
When you have moved to a menu (see section 1.3.1) you will be presented
with a display with two paragraphs. The paragraph on the left displays the
names and the authors of the productions and their placement in ASSEMBLY'95
competitions. The paragraph on the right displays the names of the
information files for the corresponding (i.e. the production on the same
line) productions. If a line is blank on this paragraph it means that there
is no information file for this particular work. Just off the right end of
the screen you can see the scroll bar (see section 1.3.2 for more details).
This screen is where you can choose which production(s) to execute, read
information about them and if you wish also to install them on your own hard
disk.
1.4.1 Running a production
--------------------------
By clicking with your left mouse button (or the enter key) on a
production (the currently selected one is the one embossed in a white bar
and under the mouse cursor) you will activate the production. Depending on
the type of the production different actions will take place. If you are
clicking on a demo or a intro the GUI will exit to DOS and execute the
selected production and after the production finishes you will be returned
to the GUI (for more information, refer to section 2.2.1). If you are
clicking on a picture or animation the selected picture or animation will
be displayed on your screen (for more information, refer to section 2.2.2).
If you are clicking on a 4 or 32 channel tune the music player will be
activated to play the selected tune (for more information, refer to
section 2.2.3).
1.4.2 "Tagging" productions
---------------------------
By clicking with your right mouse button (or the space bar -key) on a
production (the currently selected on is the one embossed in a white bar
and under the mouse cursor) you will "tag" (i.e. select) the production.
You ca