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!MakeSpray/!Help/Text
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| Filename: | !MakeSpray/!Help/Text |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0746 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Help file for !MakeSpray
This program is designed to allow you to create
SprayFiles. It isn't multitasking, so save everything
before running it. It should be fairly straightforward
to use. A different colour can be chosen for the Select
and Adjust buttons of the mouse (this is supposed to
make life easier!). Anyway, the program is currently set
up to allow for a maximum memory of 500k SprayFile, but
this can be changed by altering the value of the
variable 'MaxSize%' at the begining of the program. If
you do change this it will be necessary to alter the
WimpSlot accordingly. By the way, be careful not to go
over the maximum size, as the program does not check
this (for the sake of speed) and so is likely to crash
if you carry on spraying for a long time and memory runs
out.
The mouse buttons do the following:
When the menu is not on the screen, Select sprays with
the colour chosen for select, Adjust sprays with the
colour chosen for adjust and Menu displays the menu.
That should pretty much make sense!
When the menu is on the screen, Select chooses the
colour which will be sprayed when select is used
(Clicking on part of the picture will choose the colour
at that point), Adjust chooses the adjust colour and
Menu will make the menu disappear. Also clicking on
'MENU' displays the extra menu for saving etc...
Clicking on 'POWER' activates the 'Power Brush' which
can be used for filling in large areas of the screen.
Clicking in the brush size area or on the spray
intensity bar will allow the corresponding attributes to
be altered. I hope this makes a bit of sense!
Once you have saved a SprayFile it can be displayed
using the !SprayCan application.
I can be contacted at:
22 Grasmere Road,
Thundersley,
Essex.
SS7 3HF.
Or by phone on 0268 759268.
I hope you enjoy using the program.
Bye for now,
The Flying Pig!
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I hope thi| 00000620 73 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6f 66 |s makes a bit of| 00000630 20 73 65 6e 73 65 21 0a 0a 4f 6e 63 65 20 79 6f | sense!..Once yo| 00000640 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 61 76 65 64 20 61 20 53 |u have saved a S| 00000650 70 72 61 79 46 69 6c 65 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 |prayFile it can | 00000660 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 0a 75 73 69 |be displayed.usi| 00000670 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 70 72 61 79 43 61 6e |ng the !SprayCan| 00000680 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 | application...I| 00000690 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 65 | can be contacte| 000006a0 64 20 61 74 3a 0a 0a 32 32 20 47 72 61 73 6d 65 |d at:..22 Grasme| 000006b0 72 65 20 52 6f 61 64 2c 0a 54 68 75 6e 64 65 72 |re Road,.Thunder| 000006c0 73 6c 65 79 2c 0a 45 73 73 65 78 2e 0a 53 53 37 |sley,.Essex..SS7| 000006d0 20 33 48 46 2e 0a 0a 4f 72 20 62 79 20 70 68 6f | 3HF...Or by pho| 000006e0 6e 65 20 6f 6e 20 30 32 36 38 20 37 35 39 32 36 |ne on 0268 75926| 000006f0 38 2e 0a 0a 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 79 6f 75 20 65 |8...I hope you e| 00000700 6e 6a 6f 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 |njoy using the p| 00000710 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 0a 42 79 65 20 66 6f 72 |rogram...Bye for| 00000720 20 6e 6f 77 2c 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | now,.. | 00000730 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 46 6c 79 69 6e 67 20 | The Flying | 00000740 50 69 67 21 0a 0a |Pig!..| 00000746
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