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File contents
Application : mpg
Help for Version 1.0 : (05 Sep 1992)
(C) Archimedes World 1992
1. This programme is to calculate fuel consumption in miles per gallon given the number of miles travelled and the fuel used in litres. The program can be run from the desktop by the usual double click on the file Icon. The icon is displayed on the Icon bar. The Icon bar menu offers the usual info window
and quit. The main window is automatically loaded. The miles or fuel in litres is entered by a single click in the relevent writable Icon. This displays a
caret and the value can be entered from the keyboard. To calculate mpg click on the OK button. The input can be amended by clicking on the Icon again and using Ctrl U to clear the Icon; the new value is then entered.
N.B. To run this programme you will need the module Interface loaded. This
module can be found by opening !Interface on the September Archimedes World
Disk. The module should be copied to your !System module directory. !mpg will automatically load this module.
2. This programme was developed using the software and articles published by
Archimedes World (August 1992 and September 1992 Issues). The software used
was:-
!FormEd - (Acorn) for producing the Templates.
!Interface - (Simon Huntingdon) for the "Impression style boxes".
!Convert - (Joe Taylor) for tokenising Basic text files.
!WimpEd - (Joe Taylor) for constructing the basic Wimp shell for the program.
!WimpGloss - (Joe Taylor) a glossary providing info on functions etc.
Joe Taylor's software and articles saved months of struggling with the
Programmer's Reference manual. This was my first WIMP programme and was
produced soley with the above info; I do not have a copy of the Programmer's Reference manual. In all I spent about 8hrs most of it experimenting with
!WimpEd and !FormEd to produce !mpg. Joe Taylor is an excellent start for
anyone as I now believe I could tackle something more complex.
Thankyou Archimedes World for the articles very helpful indeed.
Dave Hyett
6th September 1992.
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J| 000007b0 6f 65 20 54 61 79 6c 6f 72 20 69 73 20 61 6e 20 |oe Taylor is an | 000007c0 65 78 63 65 6c 6c 65 6e 74 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 |excellent start | 000007d0 66 6f 72 0a 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 61 73 20 49 |for. anyone as I| 000007e0 20 6e 6f 77 20 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 20 49 20 63 | now believe I c| 000007f0 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 61 63 6b 6c 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 |ould tackle some| 00000800 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c |thing more compl| 00000810 65 78 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 61 6e 6b 79 |ex.... Thanky| 00000820 6f 75 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f |ou Archimedes Wo| 00000830 72 6c 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 74 69 |rld for the arti| 00000840 63 6c 65 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 68 65 6c 70 66 75 |cles very helpfu| 00000850 6c 20 69 6e 64 65 65 64 2e 0a 0a 0a 44 61 76 65 |l indeed....Dave| 00000860 20 48 79 65 74 74 0a 36 74 68 20 53 65 70 74 65 | Hyett.6th Septe| 00000870 6d 62 65 72 20 31 39 39 32 2e 0a 20 20 0a 20 20 |mber 1992.. . | 00000880 20 0a 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . . | 00000890 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000008a0 20 20 0a 20 20 20 0a | . .| 000008a7
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