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- Helpfile for PointView v0.11 22nd April 1995 Copyright Daniel Barron
-
- Programmer: Daniel Barron
-
- RISC OS 3.5 and RiscPC only.
-
- A Traffik Software release. Programmers Daniel Barron & Andrew Wood
-
- SHAREWARE £5 - if you use it for more than 2 weeks, then you MUST register!
-
- This is only the public version and so the extra options are not implemented,
- so if you want the full version - register. The registered version is
- currently the only version that supports the extra options.
-
-
-
- PointView Overview
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This application fades the mouse colour from one user-definable colour to
- another user-definable colour in order to make the mouse pointer more
- visible. No more 'where's-the-pointer' in those large RiscPC
- screen modes. It replaces the crass 'PointFade' that came with my RiscPC.
-
- Note: This application is for RiscPCs and future Acorn computers which have
- an OS version more than or equal to 3.50. It will not work on earlier
- operating systems.
-
- The author cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage arising from
- the use of this application. It is supplied in good faith.
-
- No part of this application or it's associated files may be copied without
- the permission of the author.
-
-
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- PointView Instructions
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The program fades the pointer from one colour to another. To select the two
- colours click Select on the icon bar PointView icon to open a window with two
- colour boxes. To change a colour click select on it and the standard colour
- picker window will open. For information on how to use this (if you can't
- work it out) see your user guide page 87 - 'Using colour in applications'.
-
- When you have selected the two colours press 'Set' to set the configuration.
- If you want to save this as the default, press 'Save'; this also has the same
- effect as 'Set'. If you decide you want the default settings, then press
- 'Default'. If you want to cancel any changes, press 'Cancel'.
-
- The duration between each colour change is approximately 5 centi seconds.
-
-
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- PointView Further Developments
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- In the future the program will work more efficiently and will support more
- options than you can shake a stick at.
-
- Later developments will usually be incorporated mostly in the registered
- versions. To make sure that you have the latest version register. Details
- are below.
-
- A German, French, Italian and Swedish versions are fourth coming. This will
- help both foreigners and language students. Offers for other languages??
-
- FULL usage of Messages file??
-
- A RISC OS 3 version with my own colour picker. Yer right, and monkeys might
- fly outa my butt. As if I could be bothered.
-
- Interrupt driven colour changing??
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- Support Help??
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-
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- PointView Registration
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- To register and receive the latest version send a cheque or postal order for
- 5 pounds sterling to Daniel Barron. Address:
- 91 Newland Park
- Hull
- HU5 2DT
- England
-
- Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. I need to wait for cheque to clear. I
- also need to wait for the post to be redirected to my current address which
- changes as I am at university.
-
- Cash IS accepted, but AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
-
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- PointView Contacts
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- To contact me for whatever reason, even to report bugs use the above address
- or email me:
-
- mcdi3dbb@fs1.ch.umist.ac.uk
-
- or BBS Mail on a54.cc.umist.ac.uk or
- shadow.scc.iit.edu
- User: Banginbrug
- or Realtime talking on those above plus also
- 192.135.84.249
-
- If you email me with a useful suggestion, I may even send you the latest
- bug-free version free of charge via email file transfer.
-
-
-
- PointView Known Bugs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The only 'bug' that I can find is that when I click the mouse it temporarily
- changes colour to the default colour. I don't know why this happens, but it
- causes no problems so I do not need to find out why.
-
- The Messages file does not include the icon button text - i.e. they are hard
- coded into the templates file.
-
- There are spelling and grammatical errors in this help file... I think!
-
- The code is not a efficient as it could be, but you will not notice as it is
- in pure ARM code.
-
- Does anyone know exactly how much space the Colour Picker needs for returning
- information? I have just left a largish space in my code for it. Free copy
- of latest version in it for you if you send a disk.
-
- The application waits 3 seconds before changing the colour for the first
- time. This is not a bug, but a feature.
-
- When the Wimp is busy doing something else, the colour does not change.
- This is because the application relies on the Wimp Poll and is not interrupt
- driven. Not really a bug??
-
-
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
-
- version info
-
- 0.10 The first fully working version that included all the
- minimum reqirements I needed.
- 0.11 Corrected a bug with the MessageTrans coding which
- prevented larger templates to be used and generally
- caused errors that made no sence. Included larger
- templates for extra options. Made the code a little
- more compact. Altered Help file. Altered Default
- code slightly. Added mouse menu icon thingy.
- Started different languages.
- 0.12 Registered version.