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- !AMFSlide 1.20 (23-Jun-92)
- ===========================
- Slide Database
- ==============
- AMFSlide is a database that will allow you to store information on slides,or
- photographs,or anything of a similar nature.It will allow two lines of
- comment per slide,along with a box number,a code and information bits.These
- may then be used to search for individual slides.
-
- Use
- ===
- Once loaded,click on the AMFSlide icon to open a window named Slide.This is
- the main window.Initially this will contain details on only one blank
- slide,although it is possible to set up AMFSlide so that any file is loaded
- when AMFSlide is loaded.Should the initial window be closed,it can be
- reopened by clicking on the AMFBase icon on the icon bar.
-
- Editing slides
- ==============
- To edit a slide,click on its name in the main window.The slide will be
- highlighted in red,and the Edit window will open,containing details of that
- slide.The Edit window also provides the gateway to a variety of other
- editing options,discussed below.
-
- The Edit window contains a number of writeable icons containing the slide
- data.These may be edited in the usual way.However,the slide is not changed
- until the OK icon is selected,or until RETURN is pressed repeatedly.To
- reinstate the original data (assuming that OK has not be selected),select
- the Cancel icon.To clear that slides data (but not removing it permanently
- until OK has been selected) select Clear.The two arrow icons to the side of
- the current slide number to the top left of the window can be clicked on to
- change the current slide.
-
- Edit window options
- ===================
- There are six other icons to the bottom of the Edit window.These may be
- selected one at a time to operate the other slide editing features.Each will
- open its own window.Should one of them already be open,close its window to
- allow selection of another one.
-
- Adding slides
- =============
- The most useful option when first entering slides is the Add option.Once
- selected,a new window will open.Enter the data of the new slides,pressing
- RETURN at the fields that you wish to leave blank.When all the fields have
- been entered,press RETURN again,and the window will change to the next slide,
- adding the previous slide to the list.To stop adding slides,simply close
- the window.Be sure that the final slide you have entered has indeed be
- added to the list.
-
- Inserting a slide
- =================
- Suppose that when you were entering your slide data,you missed out a slide
- near the beginning.Instead of entering all the slide data again,click on
- Insert in the Edit window.Before doing so,click on the slide which you want
- the new slide to appear afterwards in the Slides window.
-
- Enter the slide data for the new slide in the Insert window and click on OK.
- If you don't want to insert a new slide after all,either close the window or
- click on Cancel.Use the Insert slide feature with care,as it renumbers your
- slides.
-
- Deleting a slide
- ================
- If you wish to delete a slide,click on Delete in the Edit window.A window
- will appear,containing the data of the slide to be deleted (it is the
- selected slide in the Slides window).Click on OK if you are sure you wish to
- delete this slide,or click on Cancel or close the window if you are not.Use
- the Delete slide feature with care,as it renumbers your slides.
-
- Bits
- ====
- Let us say that we wish to state that on a particular slide,the mysterious
- figure Solemnis the Doomwatcher appears in the slide.Instead of entering
- Solemnis as part of the slide data,select the slide required in the Slides
- window and click on Bits in the Edit window.A new window will appear,with
- sixteen option sprites inside.
-
- Initially,all sixteen options will contain only numbers.Click on Define in
- the Slide Data window and a new window will appear,containing the names for
- the bits.Enter the new bit names by clicking on them and click on OK when
- you are satisfied.The bit names in the Slide Data window will be altered to
- match those in the Define window.Click on Cancel if you do not wish to alter
- the bit names,or close the Define window.
-
- You can now click on,say,the option marked Solemnis,to show that Solemnis
- appears in the slide.These options can be used in the find routine (below),
- to find all slides containing Solemnis.
-
- Finding slides
- ==============
- So we have entered our slide data (or loaded in a previous set).Suppose we
- want to find a slide containing the word "AMF" in the title.This may be
- achieved using the Find option.
-
- Click on the Find icon in the Edit window.A new window will appear,the Find
- window.If you wanted to search for a string in the first name field,enter
- a string into this,likewise for the other fields.The fields can also be
- combined,for example you could search for "AMF" in the first name field,
- "Doomwatcher" in the second name field and "1" in the box field.
-
- The bits can also be set.To do this set the bits that need to be in the
- picture,although bits and fields can be left blank to ignore them.(searching
- with bits is slower than searching without bits).Click on Clear to clear all
- the fields (but not the bits) and Cancel to quit the find.To start the
- find,click on OK.
-
- The hourglass will appear (on long files or with bit search),and a new
- window entitled "Found" will appear.This contains all the slides that match
- the find data given.Clicking on any slide in this window will pop up its
- details in the Edit window.
-
- Saving the file
- ===============
- To save the file as an AMFSlide data file,press menu on the Slides window,
- move to Save and save in the usual RISCOS manner.However,a slide file can
- also be saved as a text file,that can be printed out.Click on File in the
- Edit window and another window will appear,with a RISCOS save window and
- various options that can be set.
-
- If neither Bits nor List is set,the text file produced is similar to :
-
- AMFSlide Slide file : adfs::AMFSlide.$.SlideFile
-
- Slide 0001 Box : 1
- The massive slide show
-
- Slide 0002 Box : 1
- AMF and his family
- (Frankfurt airport)
-
-
- If Bits is set,then it becomes :
-
- AMFSlide Slide file : adfs::AMFSlide.$.SlideFile
-
- Slide 0001 Box : 1
- The massive slide show
-
- Slide 0002 Box : 1
- AMF and his family
- (Frankfurt airport)
- Contains :
- AMF AMF's parents
- AMF's family
-
-
- If List is set then it becomes:
-
- AMFSlide Slide file : adfs::AMFSlide.$.SlideFile
-
- 0001 The massive slide show
- 0002 AMF and his family
- 0003 AMF and his family waiting
- 0004 AMF and his family sleeping
- 0005 AMF with his head in his hands
- 0006 AMF and his parents
- 0007 The genetic cloning laboratory
- 0008 The effects of time on a tree
- 0009 The effects of time on a tree
- 0010 The effects of time on a tree
-
- Loading a file
- ==============
- An AMFSlide data file can be loaded simply by dragging it onto the AMFSlide
- icon.
-
- Preferences
- ===========
- Press menu on the AMFSlide icon on the icon bar and select Preferences.The
- Preferences window will appear,allowing various options to be set.If Load
- file is set then the file in the icon next to it will be loaded on the next
- load up.To set the filename,drag an AMFSlide data file onto this window.The
- number of slides per startup determines the memory required,and the number
- of slides per box determines how the automatic box numbering is performed.
-
- Click on Save to save the preferences,Cancel to reinstate the old ones and
- OK to set the preferences only for the current load up.(they will be lost
- when the computer is powered down)
-
- Versions
- ========
- 1.20 - Esoteric bugs removed in save routines and menus.Improved Main window
- and Find window handling.Auto repeat icons for Edit window.Renamed
- AMFSlide (originally SlideBase).Improved error handling.Improved
- caret handling.Automatic virus checking on load up.
-
- Source
- ======
- This version of AMFSlide was originally supplied as part of a software
- package,namely the AMF the Doomwatcher Collection Part II.It should not be
- distributed separately from this package,although it may be separated for
- the personal use of the owner,so long as it is not passed on to others in
- this form.
-
- Copyright
- =========
- This version of AMFSlide is not Public Domain.It may be distributed as
- Public Domain only by those who are licensed so to do,with the terms of this
- license and the official distributor for this version to be found as part of
- the general information supplied with this software collection.No part of
- this software may be used in any other program,whether commercial or public
- domain,without my prior written consent,though any files created by this
- software are not bound by this condition.This software may not be
- distributed for a profit,save that required to cover packaging and media
- costs,nor may it be distributed by an unlicensed person or company.Copyright
- (©) is retained by the author,who may be contacted at the address beneath.No
- liability can be accepted by the author for any loss or damage arising from
- use or misuse of this software.
-
- Addresses
- =========
- Should you wish to contact the author of this software,make any constructive
- comments or suggestions,report any errors or bugs,or make any donations (all
- cheques being made payable to A.M.Flintham),write to the address beneath:
-
- AMF the Doomwatcher,
- The Monastery of Doomwatcher Monks,
- 50 Burlington Way,
- Mickleover,
- Derby.
- DE3 5BD
-