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Utilities/!PlaceIt/!Help
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 » Micro User » MU 1991-07.adf » PD-Stuff |
| Filename: | Utilities/!PlaceIt/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 101F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Place It
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This program allows files to be stuck onto the background. When the
files are stuck on the background they act very much like being in filer
windows. Files, and groups of files, may be selected by clicking with select
or adjust over the icons. An icon or group of selected icons may be dragged
into a filer window or onto an application. If the drag is carried out with
adjust or shift is held down then the icons will be removed from the
background if the drag was successful (ie if dragged into an application the
application can actually load files of that filetype). The icons may also be
dragged about the background. It is possible to drag files of the edge of the
screen by grouping the icons together. You can get the icons back by using
the select all menu entry then unselecting an icons you don't want to move.
Then start the drag from one of the visible icons and move the icons back
onto the screen.
A similar problem may occur if changing to a smaller mode (for
instance if you where using one the NewModes supplied with Impressions) and
then returned to mode 12, for instance. In this case all the icons may be off
the edge of the screen. If this occurs you will not be able to move them back
onto the screen. If you want them then you will have to return to the larger
mode and move them before returning to the smaller mode. This shouldn't be
much of a problem as most users tend to use one mode for most of the time. If
they change mode it is to usually to free memory upon which quitting Place It
also would help.
Files can also be double clicked on. You can also shift double click
on applications to open the directory instead of running it.
To remove icons from the background select the icons to be removed
(either explicity with select/adjust or if only one is wanted by clicking
menu over it) and select the menu entry.
The text beneath applications can be in black or white. I personally
prefer white as it is more legible, but some users may want things to look
more like a filer window. This option is saved with the backdrop when the
save backdrop menu entry is used.
When the application is first run the presence of a configuration
file is checked for (it is in the !PlaceIt directory called !Config). If one
is not found then a blank background with black icon text is used (so if the
configuration file gets corrupted just delete it). If you receive a copy of
this application which has been configured for someone else's set up then I
recommend that you delete the !Config file and set up your own configuration.
If a configuration file is found then the icon text colour is set and the
background recreated. When applications are stored on the background they are
initialised in the same way as the filer does. This is first the wimp sprite
pool is checked to see if the sprite for the application already exists. If
it does then nothing is done. If one is not found the a !Boot file is looked
for in the directory. If this is found then it is run. If one does not exist
then *IconSprites !Sprites is performed. This means that if for example you
put !Paint on the background you may double click on sprites and !Paint will
automatically be loaded, if it isn't already of course.
Possible improvements are :-
Allow small icons to be used (aka the filer)
Allow a picture to be displayed on the background (aka !StickyBD)
Allow different configuration files to be stored for use at different times
If you would like to see any of the above implemented, have any
other ideas for improvements, bug reports or good clean jokes then send them
to me using email at pmf@uk.ac.warwick.cs .
Although I have tested this program fairly thoroughly I offer no
guarentee what so ever.
This program is in the public domain and may be freely copied as long
as no charges are made for it and this file is left unchanged. You may use
the source of parts of it in your own programs as long I am credited.
Yours,
Ian Ashley
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You| 00000690 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 68 69 66 74 20 | can also shift | 000006a0 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 0a 6f 6e 20 |double click.on | 000006b0 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 |applications to | 000006c0 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |open the directo| 000006d0 72 79 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 72 75 |ry instead of ru| 000006e0 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 69 74 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |nning it.. | 000006f0 20 20 54 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 69 63 6f 6e | To remove icon| 00000700 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 67 |s from the backg| 00000710 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |round select the| 00000720 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 72 65 6d | icons to be rem| 00000730 6f 76 65 64 0a 28 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 65 78 70 |oved.(either exp| 00000740 6c 69 63 69 74 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 65 6c 65 |licity with sele| 00000750 63 74 2f 61 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 72 20 69 66 20 |ct/adjust or if | 00000760 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 73 20 77 61 6e 74 |only one is want| 00000770 65 64 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 0a 6d |ed by clicking.m| 00000780 65 6e 75 20 6f 76 65 72 20 69 74 29 20 61 6e 64 |enu over it) and| 00000790 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 | select the menu| 000007a0 20 65 6e 74 72 79 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | entry.. | 000007b0 54 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 62 65 6e 65 61 74 68 |The text beneath| 000007c0 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 63 61 | applications ca| 000007d0 6e 20 62 65 20 69 6e 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 6f 72 |n be in black or| 000007e0 20 77 68 69 74 65 2e 20 49 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e | white. I person| 000007f0 61 6c 6c 79 0a 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 77 68 69 74 |ally.prefer whit| 00000800 65 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |e as it is more | 00000810 6c 65 67 69 62 6c 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 73 6f 6d |legible, but som| 00000820 65 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 6d 61 79 20 77 61 6e 74 |e users may want| 00000830 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 0a | things to look.| 00000840 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 |more like a file| 00000850 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6f |r window. 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If you receiv| 000009d0 65 20 61 20 63 6f 70 79 20 6f 66 0a 74 68 69 73 |e a copy of.this| 000009e0 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 | application whi| 000009f0 63 68 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 6f 6e 66 |ch has been conf| 00000a00 69 67 75 72 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f |igured for someo| 00000a10 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 65 27 73 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 |ne else's set up| 00000a20 20 74 68 65 6e 20 49 0a 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e | then I.recommen| 00000a30 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 64 65 6c 65 74 |d that you delet| 00000a40 65 20 74 68 65 20 21 43 6f 6e 66 69 67 20 66 69 |e the !Config fi| 00000a50 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 79 6f |le and set up yo| 00000a60 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 |ur own configura| 00000a70 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 49 66 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 |tion..If a confi| 00000a80 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 |guration file is| 00000a90 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | found then the | 00000aa0 69 63 6f 6e 20 74 65 78 74 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 |icon text colour| 00000ab0 20 69 73 20 73 65 74 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 0a | is set and the.| 00000ac0 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 72 65 63 72 65 |background recre| 00000ad0 61 74 65 64 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |ated. When appli| 00000ae0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 6f 72 |cations are stor| 00000af0 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 |ed on the backgr| 00000b00 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 0a 69 6e |ound they are.in| 00000b10 69 74 69 61 6c 69 73 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |itialised in the| 00000b20 20 73 61 6d 65 20 77 61 79 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 | same way as the| 00000b30 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 64 6f 65 73 2e 20 54 68 69 | filer does. Thi| 00000b40 73 20 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 |s is first the w| 00000b50 69 6d 70 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 0a 70 6f 6f 6c 20 |imp sprite.pool | 00000b60 69 73 20 63 68 65 63 6b 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |is checked to se| 00000b70 65 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 |e if the sprite | 00000b80 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |for the applicat| 00000b90 69 6f 6e 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 65 78 69 73 |ion already exis| 00000ba0 74 73 2e 20 49 66 0a 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 20 74 |ts. If.it does t| 00000bb0 68 65 6e 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 64 |hen nothing is d| 00000bc0 6f 6e 65 2e 20 49 66 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 73 20 6e |one. If one is n| 00000bd0 6f 74 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 61 20 21 |ot found the a !| 00000be0 42 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 6c 6f 6f |Boot file is loo| 00000bf0 6b 65 64 0a 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 |ked.for in the d| 00000c00 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 |irectory. If thi| 00000c10 73 20 69 73 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |s is found then | 00000c20 69 74 20 69 73 20 72 75 6e 2e 20 49 66 20 6f 6e |it is run. If on| 00000c30 65 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 65 78 69 73 74 |e does not exist| 00000c40 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 2a 49 63 6f 6e 53 70 72 69 74 |.then *IconSprit| 00000c50 65 73 20 21 53 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 69 73 20 70 |es !Sprites is p| 00000c60 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d |erformed. 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