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SMALL VIEW
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Ninth Wave Software
Written by T.A.King ©1991
Small view is basically another picture viewer program, what
makes this different is it allows you to view several small
pictures at once. This is ideal if you have a collection of
pictures but just can't remember what the picture was of. Small
view can load LOW RESOLUTION picures only (sorry!) and accepts
DEGAS(PI1), DEGAS ELITE(PC1) and NEOCHROME(NEO) files. For EACH
picture you have, small view will create a small .TAK file (2138
bytes) which contains an 80x50 pixel picture, and any details you
wish saved along with the picture.
I originally wrote Small View for my hard drive to keep track
of my pictures so hard drive users will find this quite fast to
use. Disc users will have a longer delay at the start of the
program, but it is still practical to use.
Getting started
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First copy SMALVIEW.PRG and SMALVIEW.DAT to your picture
directory (Small view will only display pictures in its own
directory). When small view is run for the first time it will
create a file called LOADLIST.LST, this contains the names of the
picture files that have a .TAK file.
CREATE
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This will display the fileselector box for you to load a
PC1,PI1 or NEO file. After you have loaded the file a .TAK file
will be created with a miniture version of the screen, you will
also be asked whether you want to save any details with the
picture. You can enter up to 80 characters.
VIEW
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To view the picture full size, or to view details about the
picture you must click the mouse on the small picture. The name,
date, colours and details of the picture will be displayed. Then
select VIEW to display the picture full size. To exit the full
size picture just press either mouse button or press a key.
DELETE
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If you want to delete a small view picture simply select
the picture you wish to delete and select DELETE.
This will only delete the .TAK file and NOT the original
picture file.
SWAP
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If you want to re-arrange the order of the pictures then
select the first picture you want to swap, then select SWAP
followed by the second picture. There will be a short delay as
the LOADLIST.LST file is updated.
Scroll bar
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Clicking on the left and right arrows will scroll the
pictures one at a time. The area between the arrows shows the
current position relative to the number pictures there are.
Clicking in this area will take you directly to that position.
Small View works in medium resolution
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When running low res programs in medium res GEM locates
things in the wrong places (fileselector, alert boxes). I have
written my own alert box routine to get round this, you are also
allowed to move the cursor off the edge of the screen. As far as I
know I have corrected all the bugs, but if you find any, please
let me know.
This is Public Domain, it may be freely copied but not sold,
please retain this document with the program when it is copied.
Thankyou,
Terry King
Ninth Wave Software
172 Spencers Croft
Harlow
Essex
CM18 6JR
England