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!WelcomeA/!Help
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Documentation for !WelcomeA, an alternative desktop welcome screen
Program and documentation are Copyright � Cy Booker, 1993
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Requirements
============
RISC OS 3.00 or later
Knowledge of !Boot files
What's This
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This is a program that GENERATES a module. This module, will
provide an alterative "Desktop Welcome" screen. The standard
welcome screen is the one with all those fonts in it, you know,
the thing that made you save the font cache & load it in your
boot file :-)
One Second Guide
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1. Run the application
2. Ignore the error message
3. CTRL-SHIFT-F12
4. RETURN
5. Read the documentation
Quick Guide
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1. Alter your !Boot (*) file to include the line
RMEnsure WelcomeAnimate 1.10 RMLoad [path].!WelcomeA.Module
**BEFORE** the line that calls the desktop boot file.
Putting the above line in the DeskBoot file will NOT suffice
2. CTRL-SHIFT-F12
3. RETURN
4. Say "cor"
(*) See "About Boot Files" below
Not So Quick Guide
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1. Create a super spiffy sprite
2. Save this sprite as [path].!WelcomeA.Sprite
3. Run !WelcomeA.!Compile
4. Say "my, what a lot of flicker"
5. CTRL-SHIFT-F12
6. RETURN
7. Say "that's more like it"
Bloody Long Guide
=================
1. Alter the values of the system variables set in the !Compile
script file so that the module is saved in !System.Modules
2. Change your !Boot file so it loads the module from the system
directory
3. Load !WelcomeA.Source into your favourite editor
4. Fiddle about with the constants at the start
5. Repeat the Not So Quick Guide
About Boot Files
================
You'll have to look it up in the manual, as boot files are so
environment-specific. Basically you have an OBEY file called
!Boot in your root directory. This probably ensures various
modules are loaded and then executes your DESKBOOT file. You
need to make sure that the module generated by this program is
loaded BEFORE the desktop starts up.
Updates
=======
18.06.1993 1.00 working, no documentation
27.06.1993 1.10 documentation
Author
======
This program is FREEWARE.
Any bugs/feedback most welcome.
Cy Booker
86 Church View
Main Road
Crockenhill
Swanley
Kent
BR8 8JW
U.K.
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The standar| 00000240 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d |d. welcom| 00000250 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 |e screen is the | 00000260 6f 6e 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 6f |one with all tho| 00000270 73 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 69 6e 20 69 74 2c 20 |se fonts in it, | 00000280 79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |you know,. | 00000290 20 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 | the thing that| 000002a0 20 6d 61 64 65 20 79 6f 75 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 | made you save t| 000002b0 68 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 63 61 63 68 65 20 26 20 |he font cache & | 000002c0 6c 6f 61 64 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 0a |load it in your.| 000002d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c | boot fil| 000002e0 65 20 3a 2d 29 0a 0a 0a 4f 6e 65 20 53 65 63 6f |e :-)...One Seco| 000002f0 6e 64 20 47 75 69 64 65 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |nd Guide.=======| 00000300 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 20 20 31 2e |=========.. 1.| 00000310 20 20 20 52 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 | Run the appli| 00000320 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 0a 20 20 20 32 2e 20 20 20 |cation.. 2. | 00000330 49 67 6e 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 65 72 72 6f 72 |Ignore the error| 00000340 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 0a 0a 20 20 20 33 2e 20 | message.. 3. | 00000350 20 20 43 54 52 4c 2d 53 48 49 46 54 2d 46 31 32 | CTRL-SHIFT-F12| 00000360 0a 0a 20 20 20 34 2e 20 20 20 52 45 54 55 52 4e |.. 4. 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Say| 00000610 20 22 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c 69 | "that's more li| 00000620 6b 65 20 69 74 22 0a 0a 0a 0a 42 6c 6f 6f 64 79 |ke it"....Bloody| 00000630 20 4c 6f 6e 67 20 47 75 69 64 65 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d | Long Guide.====| 00000640 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 |=============.. | 00000650 20 20 31 2e 20 20 20 41 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 | 1. 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Th| 00000a00 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 46 52 |is program is FR| 00000a10 45 45 57 41 52 45 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |EEWARE.. | 00000a20 41 6e 79 20 62 75 67 73 2f 66 65 65 64 62 61 63 |Any bugs/feedbac| 00000a30 6b 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 2e 0a |k most welcome..| 00000a40 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | 00000a50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 79 20 42 6f 6f 6b | Cy Book| 00000a60 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |er. | 00000a70 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 38 36 20 43 68 | 86 Ch| 00000a80 75 72 63 68 20 56 69 65 77 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |urch View. | 00000a90 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000aa0 20 20 4d 61 69 6e 20 52 6f 61 64 0a 20 20 20 20 | Main Road. | 00000ab0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000ac0 20 20 20 20 43 72 6f 63 6b 65 6e 68 69 6c 6c 0a | Crockenhill.| 00000ad0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000ae0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 77 61 6e 6c 65 79 0a | Swanley.| 00000af0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000b00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4b 65 6e 74 0a 20 20 20 | Kent. | 00000b10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000b20 20 20 20 20 20 42 52 38 20 38 4a 57 0a 20 20 20 | BR8 8JW. | 00000b30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000b40 20 20 20 20 20 55 2e 4b 2e 0a | U.K..| 00000b4a
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