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StarInfo/Mellor/!BBC1/!Help/ProgHelp
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-08.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Mellor/!BBC1/!Help/ProgHelp |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0717 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 3 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-04 A.adf » Regulars » StarInfo/Mellor/!SpotOn/!Help/ProgHelp
- Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1997-12.adf » Regulars » StarInfo/Mellor/!HTML>Imp/!Help/ProgHelp
- Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-02 B.adf » Regulars » StarInfo/Mellor/!Sharks/!Help/ProgHelp
- Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-08.adf » Regulars » StarInfo/Mellor/!BBC1/!Help/ProgHelp
File contents
HelpReader This is a small utility designed to display nice-looking Help files, not just normal boring textfiles. Using it in your own programs Simply copy the !Help application inside your own application and replace the HelpText file with the !Help file for your application. Please leave the ProgHelp file intact. Any textfile can be loaded by dragging it into the HelpReader window. You can also make HelpReader load any file if you provide it with a filename. If no filename is provided, then HelpReader will load "!Help.helptext" by default. Syntax: Run !Help -load <filename> File format The files are stored with the filetype plain text (&FFF), but contain several control codes which alter the appearance of the document. The control codes must be placed at the start of the line or paragraph you wish to apply the effect to. Note that to enter a code in Edit you must press the key-combination, not simply type the square brackets and number. [14] (Ctrl-T) - Title / Sub-heading [02] (Ctrl-B) - Bold [09] (Ctrl-I) - Italic [0b] (Ctrl-K) - Program coding (think 'Kode'!) Only press Return to force a linebreak - eg. at the end of a paragraph. The program will automatically wordwrap all the text. A limitation to the program is that currently it only handles up to 255 lines of formatted text. If this is a problem to you, contact me and I'll see if I can sort out an upgrade. Boring legal gubbins You are free to use and distribute HelpReader with your own programs, provided that no file (other than the 'Helptext' file) is modified, and that no charge is made for it (other than for media and distribution costs). If you are planning to use HelpReader in a commercial product then I would appreciate being informed about this. � Philip Mellor 1997 mailto: yr92pm4@hors4th.demon.co.uk
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