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!InfoScoop/!Help/TextFile
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » Acorn User - Shareware Collection (1993).adf » InfoScoop |
| Filename: | !InfoScoop/!Help/TextFile |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 09CB bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!InfoScoop
version 1.11 (c) 1991 Dirk-Willem van Gulik.
This programme allows you to examine
windows and icons in great detail.
Scoop information by pressing the shift key
whilst hoovering the pointer over a window.
Unlike the !Help and !Spy applications
data can be saved or internaly exported.
As no task-name/help is obtained via the
WIMP on each poll, there is hardly any
speed burden, unlike the ACORN applications.
As soon as the SHIFT key is pressed the
information about the icon/window which
is underneath the pointer is transferred
to the information window. This information
is HOLDed till the next SHIFT press.
Any information scooped this way, can be
saved with the usual dragged save. To
facilliate programme development, an
extra save-icon has been mounted in the
top-left-corner of the info window. The
default leafname is obtained from the
'save as' window. In-Memory transfer
is catered for as well, as a further aid
to programmers.
Clicking Select/Menu on the poorly designed
deskbar-icon yields the ususal actions.
The settings option allows close control
of the displayed information. These settings
however, come into effect at the next
shift operation.
Small detail, during the first second after
an SHIFT update, SHIFT presses on the same
window/icon combination are ignored. This
prevents flicker/redraws, but also blocks the
display of fast changing definition vaulues.
This 'wait-time' constant, along with others
can be found in the first few lines of
!RunImage, the main programme, coded in
BBC-Basic. The scoopkey may can be redefined,
along with the default show-settings.
Feel free to copy. modify, or rape this
programme as long as the original !Help
file, the (c) claims and the original
!Help-message data are supplied along.
The author loves to receive feedback,
applepies, chrismascards and loads of money..
Lots of Love,
Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Landgoed "Leeuwzicht"
Lipperkerkstraat 290
7533 AK Enschede
The Netherlands.
Email : dwvgulik@utwente.nl
iaps@phys.uva.nl
added..
1.00 - 1.06 superseeded by this !help
1.07 XRam transfer, memory guarding
1.08 more window-info
1.09 more icon info, all indirected
icon reading is unreliable, there
is a limit on the lenght, at 200
chars, and ANY 0..31 chars is
assumed to be a terminator !
1.10 RiscOs 3 fertig
1.11 Even more info !
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Scoop | 00000090 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 70 |information by p| 000000a0 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 69 66 |ressing the shif| 000000b0 74 20 6b 65 79 0a 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 68 6f |t key. whilst ho| 000000c0 6f 76 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e |overing the poin| 000000d0 74 65 72 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |ter over a windo| 000000e0 77 2e 0a 0a 20 55 6e 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 |w... Unlike the | 000000f0 21 48 65 6c 70 20 61 6e 64 20 21 53 70 79 20 61 |!Help and !Spy a| 00000100 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 20 64 61 74 |pplications. dat| 00000110 61 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 61 76 65 64 20 6f |a can be saved o| 00000120 72 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 79 20 65 78 70 6f |r internaly expo| 00000130 72 74 65 64 2e 0a 20 41 73 20 6e 6f 20 74 61 73 |rted.. 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This. pr| 00000550 65 76 65 6e 74 73 20 66 6c 69 63 6b 65 72 2f 72 |events flicker/r| 00000560 65 64 72 61 77 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 61 6c 73 6f |edraws, but also| 00000570 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 74 68 65 0a 20 64 69 73 | blocks the. dis| 00000580 70 6c 61 79 20 6f 66 20 66 61 73 74 20 63 68 61 |play of fast cha| 00000590 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e |nging definition| 000005a0 20 76 61 75 6c 75 65 73 2e 0a 0a 20 54 68 69 73 | vaulues... This| 000005b0 20 27 77 61 69 74 2d 74 69 6d 65 27 20 63 6f 6e | 'wait-time' con| 000005c0 73 74 61 6e 74 2c 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 74 |stant, along wit| 000005d0 68 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 0a 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |h others. can be| 000005e0 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 | found in the fi| 000005f0 72 73 74 20 66 65 77 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 6f 66 |rst few lines of| 00000600 20 0a 20 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 2c 20 74 68 | . !RunImage, th| 00000610 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 |e main programme| 00000620 2c 20 63 6f 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 0a 20 42 42 43 |, coded in . BBC| 00000630 2d 42 61 73 69 63 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 63 6f 6f |-Basic. The scoo| 00000640 70 6b 65 79 20 6d 61 79 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 |pkey may can be | 00000650 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 2c 0a 20 61 6c 6f 6e |redefined,. alon| 00000660 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 |g with the defau| 00000670 6c 74 20 73 68 6f 77 2d 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 |lt show-settings| 00000680 2e 0a 20 0a 20 46 65 65 6c 20 66 72 65 65 20 74 |.. . Feel free t| 00000690 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 2e 20 6d 6f 64 69 66 79 2c 20 |o copy. modify, | 000006a0 6f 72 20 72 61 70 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 0a 20 70 |or rape this . p| 000006b0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 20 61 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 |rogramme as long| 000006c0 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c | as the original| 000006d0 20 21 48 65 6c 70 0a 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 | !Help. file, th| 000006e0 65 20 28 63 29 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 73 20 61 6e 64 |e (c) claims and| 000006f0 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 0a 20 | the original . | 00000700 21 48 65 6c 70 2d 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 64 61 |!Help-message da| 00000710 74 61 20 61 72 65 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 |ta are supplied | 00000720 61 6c 6f 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 20 54 68 65 20 61 75 74 |along... The aut| 00000730 68 6f 72 20 6c 6f 76 65 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 63 |hor loves to rec| 00000740 65 69 76 65 20 66 65 65 64 62 61 63 6b 2c 20 0a |eive feedback, .| 00000750 20 61 70 70 6c 65 70 69 65 73 2c 20 63 68 72 69 | applepies, chri| 00000760 73 6d 61 73 63 61 72 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f |smascards and lo| 00000770 61 64 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 6e 65 79 2e 2e 0a 0a |ads of money....| 00000780 20 4c 6f 74 73 20 6f 66 20 4c 6f 76 65 2c 0a 20 | Lots of Love,. | 00000790 20 44 69 72 6b 2d 57 69 6c 6c 65 6d 20 76 61 6e | Dirk-Willem van| 000007a0 20 47 75 6c 69 6b 0a 20 20 4c 61 6e 64 67 6f 65 | Gulik. Landgoe| 000007b0 64 20 22 4c 65 65 75 77 7a 69 63 68 74 22 0a 20 |d "Leeuwzicht". | 000007c0 20 4c 69 70 70 65 72 6b 65 72 6b 73 74 72 61 61 | Lipperkerkstraa| 000007d0 74 20 32 39 30 0a 20 20 37 35 33 33 20 41 4b 20 |t 290. 7533 AK | 000007e0 45 6e 73 63 68 65 64 65 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 4e |Enschede. The N| 000007f0 65 74 68 65 72 6c 61 6e 64 73 2e 0a 0a 20 20 45 |etherlands... E| 00000800 6d 61 69 6c 20 3a 20 64 77 76 67 75 6c 69 6b 40 |mail : dwvgulik@| 00000810 75 74 77 65 6e 74 65 2e 6e 6c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |utwente.nl. | 00000820 20 20 20 20 20 69 61 70 73 40 70 68 79 73 2e 75 | iaps@phys.u| 00000830 76 61 2e 6e 6c 0a 0a 61 64 64 65 64 2e 2e 0a 20 |va.nl..added... | 00000840 31 2e 30 30 20 2d 20 31 2e 30 36 20 73 75 70 65 |1.00 - 1.06 supe| 00000850 72 73 65 65 64 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 |rseeded by this | 00000860 21 68 65 6c 70 0a 20 31 2e 30 37 20 20 20 20 20 |!help. 1.07 | 00000870 20 20 20 58 52 61 6d 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 | XRam transfer| 00000880 2c 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 67 75 61 72 64 69 6e |, memory guardin| 00000890 67 0a 20 31 2e 30 38 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6d |g. 1.08 m| 000008a0 6f 72 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2d 69 6e 66 6f 0a |ore window-info.| 000008b0 20 31 2e 30 39 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6d 6f 72 | 1.09 mor| 000008c0 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e 66 6f 2c 20 61 6c 6c |e icon info, all| 000008d0 20 69 6e 64 69 72 65 63 74 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 | indirected. | 000008e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 72 65 | icon re| 000008f0 61 64 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 75 6e 72 65 6c 69 61 |ading is unrelia| 00000900 62 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 65 72 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |ble, there. | 00000910 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 61 20 6c 69 6d | is a lim| 00000920 69 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 68 74 |it on the lenght| 00000930 2c 20 61 74 20 32 30 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |, at 200. | 00000940 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 68 61 72 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 | chars, and| 00000950 20 41 4e 59 20 30 2e 2e 33 31 20 63 68 61 72 73 | ANY 0..31 chars| 00000960 20 69 73 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | is . | 00000970 20 20 61 73 73 75 6d 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 | assumed to be | 00000980 61 20 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 61 74 6f 72 20 21 0a 20 |a terminator !. | 00000990 31 2e 31 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 69 73 63 |1.10 Risc| 000009a0 4f 73 20 33 20 66 65 72 74 69 67 0a 20 31 2e 31 |Os 3 fertig. 1.1| 000009b0 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 45 76 65 6e 20 6d 6f |1 Even mo| 000009c0 72 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 20 21 0a 0a |re info !..| 000009cb
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