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DEMO WORKSHOP V1.1n
Demo Workshop is a tool for creating software demonstration and
tutorial programs. Demo Workshop uses actual screens recorded during
execution of the program being presented.
PRE-RELEASE OF V1.2
A pre-release of v1.2 of DW is available from the P2 Enterprises
Customer Service BBS at (408) 336-8081. You can also donwload
evaluation copies of other P2 products from the BBS.
INSTALLATION
Create a directory on your hard disk called DW and change directory
to it like this.
C:\> MKDIR DW
C:\> CD DW
C:\DW>
Copy the DWRK11.ZIP or DWRK11.EXE file into this directory. If you have
the .ZIP file, unzip it. If you have the .EXE file, execute it.
The following files are created:
SR.EXE The Demo Workshop screen recorder TSR
DW.EXE The Demo Workshop presentation editor
DW.HLP The presentation editor help file used by DW.EXE
DWGUIDE.TXT The Demo Workshop Users Guide
DEMOWKSH.P2 File required by DW.EXE to create standalone
presentation programs
DWDEMO.EXE Demonstration DW presentation
ORDER.FRM The Demo Workshop registration and order form
FILE_ID.DIZ BBS description file
CURSOR.EXE Daves and restores cursor attributes (see v1.1m)
README.1ST This file
To view the demo, execute DWDEMO.EXE.
You might want to create an environment variable called DWDIR and
equate it to the directory where you unpacked Demo Workshop. This
will allow you to use Demo Workshop from another disk/directory it
you wish. To do this, place a line like the following in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET DWDIR=C:\DW
You will need to reboot for this change to take effect.
If you do not do this, and you execute DW from another directory,
you will not be able to access help information or create
.EXE output files.
RELEASE NOTES
You must create a recording file before you can use DW, the
presentation editor. You can create an empty recording if you
wish by invoking SR twice. The first time, a file called SCREEN.REC
will be created, and the second time SR will remove itself from
memory.
Type SR /? to display a brief help screen for the screen recorder.
The latest version of all P2 Enterprises products is always available
on the P2 Enterprises Customer Service BBS at (408) 336-8080 weeknights
between 6PM and 6AM and 24hrs on weekends. No password is required.
Modem speeds of up to 14400 are supported, 8N1.
CHANGE HISTORY
V1.1 Changes
V1.1 fixes bugs which caused program and system crashes when
using the presentation editor DW.EXE. Our apologies to all who
endured these problems. The flaw in our release procedure which
allowed these bugs to be included in a released version has been
corrected.
V1.1A Changes
V1.1A adds the "Save as Default" menu item to the Text Window
Options and Menu Display options menus. This selection makes
the attributes (color, border style, position, size) of the
current text window or menu the initial defaults for new menus
or text windows created for the presentation. The defaults
are saved across DW sessions in the presentation file. Note
that DW V1.1A presentation files may *not* be processed with DW
V1.1 or V1.0.
V1.1B Changes
V1.1B allows entry of special characters using the ALT-keypad
method of entry supported by MS-DOS. Previously, entry of
special characters was not supported for titles, menu items,
or scene names.
V1.1C Changes
V1.1C fixes a bug which prevented pop-up windows from remaining
visible while the background recording was in motion.
V1.1D Changes
V1.1D incorporates changes which make playback timing more accurate
in instances where there is fast screen motion, such as rapid
movement of the mouse cursor.
V1.1e Changes
V1.1e fixes a bug introduced in 1.1D which the first playback after
startup to fail if Normal speed was selected.
V1.1f Changes
V1.1f fixes another bug introduced in 1.1D which caused the DOS
system clock to be modified during playback.
V1.1g Changes
V1.1g fixes yet another bug introduced in 1.1D which caused slow
and single-step playback to misbehave.
V1.1h Changes
V1.1h adds support for EGA/VGA extended colors (as used by
CA-Clipper) in recordings.
V1.1i Changes
V1.1i fixes a bug wherein query dialogs were not properly
refreshed after help displays.
V1.1j Changes
V1.1j fixes a bug which, under certain circumstances, caused
text windows to appear garbled after being saved.
V1.1k Changes
V1.1k adds the Custom border style to menus and windows. The
Custom border style allows you to specify the characters to
be used for the borders on menus and windows. In addition,
V1.1k adds support for the DWBORDER environment variable. If
DWBORDER is defined, the characters specified are used for the
borders of DW menus, dialog boxes, and display windows. The
format of the DWBORDER environment variable definition is:
SET DWBORDER="12345678"
where 1 = upper left corner
2 = upper right corner
3 = lower left corner
4 = lower right corner
5 = horizontal line
6 = vertical line
7 = left junction (tee)
8 = right junction (tee)
Here is an example DWBORDER definition which you might place in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
SET DWBORDER="++++-|++"
The custom border features are provided to facilite the use
of Demo Workshop in countries where character codes above 127
are used to represent special language characters.
V1.1m Changes
Executables created with v1.1m now accept the R parameter, which
inhibits the restoration of the screen which normally occurs when
the demo executable terminates. This leaves the last demo image
visible on the screen. When used with a sound-playback program
in a .BAT file, this allows the sound to play back while the
image is visible.
The CURSOR.EXE program is supplied to save the cursor before the
.BAT file initiates the first demo executable and restore the cursor
when the .BAT file is complete, since when the screen image is
not restored by the demo executable, the cursor remains invisible
as well.
Here is an example .BAT file assuming your demo executables are
mydemo1.exe and mydemo2.exe and the program sound.exe (not included
in this kit) plays sounds contained in the 1.wav and 2.wav files:
@echo off
cursor
mydemo1 r
sound 1.wav
mydemo2 r
sound 2.wav
cursor
CURSOR.EXE creates a 4-byte file in the default directory called
CURSOR.SAV which is deleted the second time the program is run.
V1.1n Changes
V1.1n fixes a bug where, in registered copies of DW.EXE, the
first scene of presentations was erroneously deleted from the
in-memory copy of the presentation when a .EXE file was created.
V1.1o Changes
DW V1.1o checks on startup to determine whether SR is resident in
memory. If it is, a message is displayed describing how to remove
it from memory, and DW exits to the DOS prompt. This eliminates
the sharing violations which occurred when a presentation
file was opened by SR when DW attempted to read it.