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W I N N U M B E R S
A Simple Number Guessing Game for Windows
by Paul McAleer
Let's face it: Windows can be boring at times. Sure, it's slicker to move
around in than DOS (even DOS 6,) and toolbox pictures are often clever to
decrypt... but it can get old. WinNumbers offers a small diversion from the
"all work and no play" attitude of Windows. I still maintain that it's a
simple game - and it is - but at least you won't have a lot of rules to
worry about.
REQUIREMENTS
------------
WinNumbers requires the following:
* Microsoft Windows v3.1 (NEEDED!);
* Visual Basic v2.0 Runtime Module (VBRUN200.DLL.) The VB v1.0 or v3.0
modules won't work with WinNumbers, no matter how hard you try.
WinNumbers doesn't require a seperate HD directory, but it does require the
files WINNUM1.BMP, WINNUM2.BMP, and WINNUM3.BMP if you want to change
backgrounds. If these files aren't found by the program *in the same
directory as WinNumbers,* you won't be able to change the background. (You
thought the program would crash on you, right? :) As an alternative, you
can now use your own backgrounds in WinNumbers. Read below.
THE RULES & AN ATTEMPT AT A STORYLINE
-------------------------------------
Many of Hollywood's greatest films have somehow been disappearing. Even the
Christmastime classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is gone! The suspect? The
man they call Lightman. He leaves no trace of his presence... or so everyone
thought. By checking crime scenes very carefully, police officers discovered
that Lightman leaves a single number, from 1 to 50, at the scene. He imbeds
this number into the sole of his shoe, which leaves a VERY light footprint.
Your job is to guess the number. The only movie left in the world is "Ishtar,"
and you'll be subjected to it for the rest of your life if you don't guess
the number.
PLEASE! GUESS THE NUMBER!!
HOW TO PLAY
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To play, select Start New Game from the Game menu. A text box will appear,
prompting you for your guess. Enter a number from 1 to 50 and press Enter.
If your guess is higher or lower than the computer's number, a hand pointing
down or up will appear, respectively. If it is the computer's number, you
win! And, if you use up all 10 attempts unsuccessfully, you lose. Yes, it
is simple.
OTHER OPTIONS
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File Menu:
Load a Background: Beginning with v1.3 and up, WinNumbers can now load any
BMP file to use as a background. The file can be of any size, BUT only
the upperleftmost portion will be used in the window. Note that some BMPs
may cause text to 'disappear.' This can be remedied by using another
background, or using one of the built-in backgrounds that WinNum provides.
Once you select this option, a dialog box will pop up. You can choose a
BMP file from any drive or directory. Simply double-click on the filename
to select it. Press Cancel to cancel.
Exit (CTRL-X): Exits the game. You'll be asked to confirm.
Instructions: All-too-brief instructions on how to play WinNumbers.
Version: Tells the current version number (this is important! If you don't
have the latest version, and bugs pop up, the reason is self-explanatory ;)
and gives some info on the author. (That info used to be part of the
'About the Author' window.)
K Free: This is a constant display of how much memory you have free. Same
as in the Version window, but more up-to-date - checked every second.
Game Menu:
Start New Game (CTRL-N): Begins a new game of WinNum. If you're in a game,
you'll be asked to confirm.
Abort This Game (CTRL-A): Exits a game of WinNum. You'll have to confirm
this.
Show All Backgrounds: This option will display all the built-in WinNum
backgrounds. It won't display any you may have loaded with the "Load a
Background" option.
Background:
This isn't a menu, just an option. It will increase the current background
by one. Note that this only works with WinNum's built-in backgrounds, and
not your own.
Box Colour:
Foreground (Text): This will increment the text colour - your guess - by
one.
Background (Box): This will increment the box colour - the backdrop for your
guess - by one.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
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Feel free to contact me with suggestions, comments, complaints, and
shareware registrations.
Paul McAleer
2648 S Kenilworth
Berwyn IL 60402-2549
AOL Address: Spindle
Internet Address: SPINDLE@AOL.COM
WHAT'S WITH THIS "FINAL VERSION" STUFF?
---------------------------------------
Final Version usually means just that - except in the way of bug fixes and
other patches, this v1.3a is the final version of WinNumbers. Currently,
I don't see too much more room for improvement, and I am satisfied with
WinNumbers as it is today.
Guess what? Murphy's Law happened and v1.3a did have a bug. It's
patched in v1.3b. The bug was that even after you exited WinNumbers,
it would still appear on the Task List. The only way to get rid of it
once and for all was to select "Cancel Task" from the TaskMan. Now,
no matter how you exit the program, it eradicates itself from the Task
List.
But I welcome any suggestions and comments you may have. Rest assured that
just because one program is in its Final Version doesn't mean any other of
my programs are. A few other programs are in full blossom right now, and
more are on the way (egads!)
SHAREWARE
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WinNumbers (v1.26 and UP) is shareware. This means that you should try
it out for a certain number of days, and if you like it, you should register
with the author.
Unfortunately, this is NOT the case for a lot of people. I know, I'm one
of the guilty myself, but I've been changing that. I wanted to be flexible
with WinNumbers' shareware status, so I'm giving you a 21-day trial period.
The registration fee is only $5.00. That's the cheapest I've seen for any
shareware...it's almost a donation. WinNum is my first Windows (or IBM,
for that matter) program, and I'm testing the waters. If the response to
WinNum is good, I'll create more programs (though I probably will anyway
since programming is fun. ;)
One other thing. Some programs self-destruct or disable features after the
trial period. Not here. I'm using the honour system for shareware. This
is a big leap of faith, too. Again, if I get a low response, I'll include
a ton of booby traps in the program, including self-destruct after x amount
of days. Which would you rather have: a stable program with a lot of
features, or a stable program with a lot of features AND a trap? Think
about it.
And thanks. :)
VERSION NOTES
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v1.30: Added the 'Load a Background' option, fully implemented and
debugged. Also allowed the user to use WinNum's own backgrounds
even if a BMP was loaded from another drive and/or directory.
Changed Version box to a more visually-pleasing design.
Revision A: Changed the window's borders to sizable. Also changed
the program's icon. Fixed the 'No Background' buglet. Added
built-in RAMGauge. **Final Version.**
Revision B: Corrected Task List bug. Revised the About (Version)
window, and killed the About the Author menu. **The real final
version.**
v1.27: Moved the 'Change Background' to just 'Background.' Added the
ability to change fore/back -ground text colours, and a menu to
drive them. Tinkered with a few of the dialog boxes.
v1.26: Added guess number display and 'Higher!'/'Lower!' texts. Also
fixed a bug in the Show All Backgrounds option. Revised the Quit
dialog box.
v1.25: Added 'Show All Backgrounds' option, 'Version' option, corrected
'Abort' bug. Also splatted buglets in the 'About' box.
**Initial public release.**
v1.23: Rearranged drop-down menus, added keyboard shortcuts; also added
error-checking if WINNUMx.BMP files were missing. First
documentation written. (yay)
v1.20: Two new backgrounds added, and Change Background option to support
them. Also created (whoops!) a bug when trying to Abort or Start
a new game. (This bug made it through one version change.)
v1.15: Background added, and modified; Instructions box enhanced.
v1.10: Color added to Guess box, also enlarged. Up and down arrows changed
to pointing hands.
v1.00: First version; bare-bones. No drop-down menus or other information.
PDM/7