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Francis/!ResCol/!Help
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| File size: | 0B2D bytes |
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File contents
!ResCol
Written by DMFrancis, June 1994
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PURPOSE
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This utility can be used to select screen resolutions
and colours directly, instead of using the display
mode numbers required by the icon bar Palette.
SCOPE
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Only those pixel/colour combinations detailed in the
Acorn documentation (User Guide p. 220, PRM p. 4-554)
are available.
Although the routine was developed using an A3010,
i.e. RISC OS 3, provision has been made to permit use
on machines running RISC OS 2.
INSTALLATION
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Double click on the icon in the directory display.
USE
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RISC OS 2:
Operation is the same as for RISC OS 3 machines, but
with one small difference.
RISC OS 2 cannot detect the monitor connected, so a
dialogue box is provided listing the six monitor types
possible. ResCol cannot be used until one is chosen.
The type selected will be stored automatically for
future reference.
RISC OS 3:
Clicking select over the icon bar icon will open the
selector window. The title of this window will show
the monitor type detected by the operating system.
The display-only fields show the current screen
resolution and colours.
The four buttons work as follows:
Cancel - closes the window without making any changes
Change - changes mode based on the values currently
showing in the two display fields
Colour menu - lists all colour options
Pixel menu - lists all screen resolutions available
for use by the current monitor
Messages are displayed in the event that there is
insufficient memory to implement the change requested,
and if the chosen combination of pixels/colours is
not recogised by RISC OS.
UNUSUAL FEATURES
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If a window is not at the front, clicking anywhere on
the window background will bring the window to the
front.
KNOWN BUGS
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1) Upon changing mode the selector window does not stay
near the icon on the icon bar, but 'floats' from left
to right depending on the relative sizes of the old
and new screens.
2) More than one copy of ResCol can be resident in memory
at the same time.
TECHNICAL NOTE
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1) All files that comprise this application are locked
to prevent accidental erasure.
2) Three application sprites are provided, one for 2x4
pixel modes, one for square pixel modes, and a third
for monochrome. Amend the names in !Sprites as
appropriate for the monitor in use.
3) PROCbring_to_front causes the window to lose the
input focus. This is not a problem in this application
because the only input is via menus.
CORRESPONDENCE
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Comments, suggestions, gripes, praise, whatever, send to
43, Hawthorne Close, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4UF
(Send a RISC PC too, if you have a spare one just lying
around!)
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