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!ShowDraw is a public domain(ish) utility which displays draw files in much
the same way as Picture, written by Roger Wilson, for displaying sprites.
It starts with a default picture "<ShowDraw$Dir>.DrawFile". Any draw
file may be dragged on to the window for display.
Alternatively a directory can be dragged on to it. The draw files within
the directory will be displayed in alphabetic order. So if you're planning
to use this for a display, you may wish to name your files appropriately.
The window's menu contains three speed controls:
Fastest - Loads the next draw file as soon as it has finished rendering the
current one
Fast - 5 seconds pause (default setting)
Slow - 10 seconds pause
Pause - Can only be choosen if you have dragged a directory on to the
window. When ticked, the cycle will be paused until you choose
Pause again.
Quit - Quits the application
Pressing escape will also quit ShowDraw - so long as another application
doesn't have the input focus.
ShowDraw doesn't survive mode changes, you will need to fire it up again if
you change mode.
The draw files are not scaled in any way, so if they don't fit on the screen
you will need to edit them in Draw.
Although ShowDraw will not directly load sprite files, you may load a sprite
into Draw and resave it as a draw file.
At the momment it doesn't handle any of the new RISC OS 3 Draw objects such
rotated text and rotated sprites.
If you find this utility in the least bit useful, perhaps you might like to
make a suitable donation to your favourite charity.
The code contained within ShowDraw is stictly copyright, you may not pinch
it for use in your own programs, neither may you distribute the application
with a disc or product which is being sold for profit/commercial gain. If
you wish to distribute ShowDraw under these circumstances then you should
contact:
Gary Atkinson
8 Barrow Road
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 1EH
0926 851147