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- DISPLAYING PICTURES
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- Using the capabilities explained in the preceeding
- chapter, you can use just about any program which displays
- graphic images with Writer's Dream. But, we also have
- built-in capability for .PCX files, the most common graphics
- file format.
-
- To display a .PCX file, you simply list it in the
- contents when working with the BUILD program. When Writer's
- Dream comes across a .PCX picture in it's menu, it calls the
- small program on disk called PCX.EXE to show the picture,
- waits for the user to press any key or click a mouse button,
- then returns to the main menu.
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- PCX.EXE works with almost any .PCX image from monochrome
- CGA to Super-VGA. There are a few images it will not
- display, because the .PCX standard is very flexible, and many
- paint programs take great liberty with the format, resulting
- in screwey proportions or incorrect video mode. And, of
- course, PCX.EXE cannot display a 256-color VGA on a Hercules
- monitor, for instance.
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- PCX.EXE will also run as a stand-alone program for use
- at the DOS prompt, or from within other programs. For
- instance, if you have a question & answer program with the
- capability of running external programs, you can use PCX.EXE
- to display pictures within your question & answer sessions.
- Another fine use to which it can be put is as a utility to
- quickly and easily examine .PCX files. For instance, if
- someone gives you a file called THOMAS.PCX, and you want to
- look at it quickly, without fuss, simply type: PCX THOMAS.PCX
- at the DOS prompt.
-
- Two points to remember: If you display .PCX files within
- a Writer's Dream presentation, PCX.EXE must accompany the
- other files on your finished product disk.
- When you display a .PCX file, you may be limiting the
- audience which will be able to use your presentation. For
- instance, if you use a 16-color EGA image, your readers with
- CGA monitors will not be able to see it.
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- What Works, What Doesn't Work
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- Original Image Monitors which will work
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- 2-Color CGA CGA, EGA, VGA, Super-VGA
- 4-Color CGA CGA, EGA, VGA, Super-VGA
- Hercules Hercules
- EGA 2,4,16-color EGA, VGA, Super-VGA
- VGA 2,16,256-color VGA, Super-VGA
- Super-VGA Super-VGA
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- When PCX.EXE is run without parameters or outside of Writer's
- Dream, it displays a shareware notice. As a registered user
- of Writer's Dream, you will not have to pay the $12 requested
- by PCX.EXE. If you have registered Writer's Dream or PCX.EXE
- with Another Company, then you can also eliminate that
- shareware notice. To eliminate it, type PCX, then a space,
- followed by the PCX filename you want to display, then
- another space, and then xjjx. This code, which must be in
- lower case letters, wipes out the dropout screen. Example:
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- PCX KITTY.PCX xjjx
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- chapter end.
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