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Creator version 1.00 - Scrolling text demo creator 26th May 1992
Written and Produced by Craig Beech
This program can be used to produce Scrolling text demos, the way
it works is easy. This Creator program is used to set up the Demo
directory. The user enters into the demo directory and then edits the text file that stores the scrolling message. Don't worry about how many lines you use, just remember to put on the last line "End of scrolling text". The user then saves the textfile with its new scrolling message.
You can edit the text scrolling across the bottom by using paint and editing the sprite file. The sprite name corresponds to the character you put in the message in the text file. Please note that for the scrolling message "space" equals "_".
Tracker music files can be played along side the demo, this is
done by putting the tracker tune into the demo directory, then renaming
the file to tune, finally loading edit up, dragging the !run file from
the demo directory into edit, then removing the "|" from the 7th line
and then saving the file. Now when the directory is run the music will
load up as well.
All comments and suggestions for future improvement are welcome but
please note that I cannot reply to letters without return postage and
an addressed envelope.
The address is:
Mr. C. Beech,
52 Margeholes,
Carpenders Park,
Watford,
Herts.,
WD1 5AR.
Please be patient when waiting for replies as I may not be able to reply
immediately.
I would also, of course welcome details of any bugs discovered so that
I can correct them.
00000000 43 72 65 61 74 6f 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |Creator version | 00000010 31 2e 30 30 20 2d 20 53 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 |1.00 - Scrolling| 00000020 20 74 65 78 74 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 | text demo creat| 00000030 6f 72 20 32 36 74 68 20 4d 61 79 20 31 39 39 32 |or 26th May 1992| 00000040 0a 57 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 50 72 6f |.Written and Pro| 00000050 64 75 63 65 64 20 62 79 20 43 72 61 69 67 20 42 |duced by Craig B| 00000060 65 65 63 68 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 |eech..This progr| 00000070 61 6d 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 |am can be used t| 00000080 6f 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 53 63 72 6f 6c 6c |o produce Scroll| 00000090 69 6e 67 20 74 65 78 74 20 64 65 6d 6f 73 2c 20 |ing text demos, | 000000a0 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 0a 69 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 |the way.it works| 000000b0 20 69 73 20 65 61 73 79 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 43 | is easy. This C| 000000c0 72 65 61 74 6f 72 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 |reator program i| 000000d0 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 |s used to set up| 000000e0 20 74 68 65 20 44 65 6d 6f 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 | the Demo.direct| 000000f0 6f 72 79 2e 20 54 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 65 6e |ory. The user en| 00000100 74 65 72 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 |ters into the de| 00000110 6d 6f 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 |mo directory and| 00000120 20 74 68 65 6e 20 65 64 69 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 | then edits the | 00000130 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 |text file that s| 00000140 74 6f 72 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c |tores the scroll| 00000150 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 2e 20 44 6f 6e |ing message. Don| 00000160 27 74 20 77 6f 72 72 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 68 |'t worry about h| 00000170 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 79 6f |ow many lines yo| 00000180 75 20 75 73 65 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 72 65 6d 65 |u use, just reme| 00000190 6d 62 65 72 20 74 6f 20 70 75 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 |mber to put on t| 000001a0 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 22 45 6e |he last line "En| 000001b0 64 20 6f 66 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 74 |d of scrolling t| 000001c0 65 78 74 22 2e 20 54 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 74 |ext". The user t| 000001d0 68 65 6e 20 73 61 76 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 |hen saves the te| 000001e0 78 74 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 73 20 |xtfile with its | 000001f0 6e 65 77 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 |new scrolling me| 00000200 73 73 61 67 65 2e 20 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 |ssage. .You can | 00000210 65 64 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 73 63 |edit the text sc| 00000220 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 74 |rolling across t| 00000230 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 |he bottom by usi| 00000240 6e 67 20 70 61 69 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 20 65 64 69 |ng paint and edi| 00000250 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 |ting the sprite | 00000260 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 |file. The sprite| 00000270 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 | name correspond| 00000280 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 |s to the charact| 00000290 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |er you put in th| 000002a0 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |e message in the| 000002b0 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 50 6c 65 61 | text file. Plea| 000002c0 73 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 6f 72 |se note that for| 000002d0 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d | the scrolling m| 000002e0 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 22 73 70 61 63 65 22 20 65 |essage "space" e| 000002f0 71 75 61 6c 73 20 22 5f 22 2e 0a 0a 54 72 61 63 |quals "_"...Trac| 00000300 6b 65 72 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |ker music files | 00000310 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 6c |can be played al| 00000320 6f 6e 67 20 73 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d |ong side the dem| 00000330 6f 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 0a 64 6f 6e 65 20 |o, this is.done | 00000340 62 79 20 70 75 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 74 |by putting the t| 00000350 72 61 63 6b 65 72 20 74 75 6e 65 20 69 6e 74 6f |racker tune into| 00000360 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 | the demo direct| 00000370 6f 72 79 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 69 |ory, then renami| 00000380 6e 67 0a 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 |ng.the file to t| 00000390 75 6e 65 2c 20 66 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 6c 6f 61 |une, finally loa| 000003a0 64 69 6e 67 20 65 64 69 74 20 75 70 2c 20 64 72 |ding edit up, dr| 000003b0 61 67 67 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 21 72 75 6e 20 |agging the !run | 000003c0 66 69 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a 74 68 65 20 64 65 |file from.the de| 000003d0 6d 6f 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 74 |mo directory int| 000003e0 6f 20 65 64 69 74 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 6d |o edit, then rem| 000003f0 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 22 7c 22 20 66 72 |oving the "|" fr| 00000400 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 37 74 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 0a |om the 7th line.| 00000410 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 73 61 76 69 6e 67 20 |and then saving | 00000420 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 77 68 |the file. Now wh| 00000430 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 |en the directory| 00000440 20 69 73 20 72 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 73 69 | is run the musi| 00000450 63 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 6c 6f 61 64 20 75 70 20 61 |c will.load up a| 00000460 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 63 6f 6d |s well...All com| 00000470 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 |ments and sugges| 00000480 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 |tions for future| 00000490 20 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 61 72 65 | improvement are| 000004a0 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 62 75 74 0a 70 6c 65 | welcome but.ple| 000004b0 61 73 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 |ase note that I | 000004c0 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 70 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 |cannot reply to | 000004d0 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 |letters without | 000004e0 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 70 6f 73 74 61 67 65 20 61 |return postage a| 000004f0 6e 64 0a 61 6e 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 |nd.an addressed | 00000500 65 6e 76 65 6c 6f 70 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 61 |envelope...The a| 00000510 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 3a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 |ddress is:.. | 00000520 4d 72 2e 20 43 2e 20 42 65 65 63 68 2c 0a 20 20 |Mr. C. Beech,. | 00000530 20 20 35 32 20 4d 61 72 67 65 68 6f 6c 65 73 2c | 52 Margeholes,| 00000540 0a 20 20 20 20 43 61 72 70 65 6e 64 65 72 73 20 |. Carpenders | 00000550 50 61 72 6b 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 57 61 74 66 6f 72 |Park,. Watfor| 00000560 64 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 48 65 72 74 73 2e 2c 0a 20 |d,. Herts.,. | 00000570 20 20 20 57 44 31 20 35 41 52 2e 0a 0a 50 6c 65 | WD1 5AR...Ple| 00000580 61 73 65 20 62 65 20 70 61 74 69 65 6e 74 20 77 |ase be patient w| 00000590 68 65 6e 20 77 61 69 74 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 20 |hen waiting for | 000005a0 72 65 70 6c 69 65 73 20 61 73 20 49 20 6d 61 79 |replies as I may| 000005b0 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 | not be able to | 000005c0 72 65 70 6c 79 0a 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c |reply.immediatel| 000005d0 79 2e 0a 0a 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 6c 73 6f |y...I would also| 000005e0 2c 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 77 65 6c 63 |, of course welc| 000005f0 6f 6d 65 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 20 6f 66 20 61 |ome details of a| 00000600 6e 79 20 62 75 67 73 20 64 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 |ny bugs discover| 00000610 65 64 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 0a 49 20 63 61 6e |ed so that.I can| 00000620 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 0a 20 | correct them.. | 00000630 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000650 20 20 20 | | 00000653
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