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- Short: Some simple scripts for DrawStudio
- Author: odin@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Andrew Elia)
- Uploader: odin@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Andrew Elia)
- Type: util/rexx
-
- This is a small collection of some of my first attempts at bashing out
- some ARexx scripts for the excellent Drawstudio. They don't do anything
- particularly fancy, and the interface is a bit naff, but I they'll be
- valuable learning material... even if it does mean that you learn how
- NOT to write an ARexx script!
-
- IMPORTANT! Some of these scripts require rexxmathlib.library (available
- from Aminet sites at util/rexx/RexxMathLib.lha or on Aminet CD 16).
-
- * Graph - As the name suggests, a little script that allows you to plot
- a bar graph from a set of values. You can set various options
- such as the scale used for the Y-axis, the length of ticks,
- the inter-bar gap among other things.
-
- * Polygon - OK, OK, so there are already scripts for drawing various
- types of polygon provided with the program, but this one is
- different. Honest, guv. Whereas the scripts that come with
- DrawStudio only let you do triangles, pentagons, hexagons,
- septagons, and octagons, this script gives you the ability
- to create ANY regular polygon you like! Dodecagon anyone ?
-
- * Flash - This creates a little star-like flash object not unlike
- those seen in the tackier of supermarkets. However, like
- many other things in DrawStudio, it's a little more flexible
- than that. One of the example images demonstrates how, with
- the aid of the Duplicate tool, you can create a pretty
- flower. Hmm.
-
- * Pie - This is a bit of a naff attempt at creating pie charts. Due
- to my severe lack of knowledge in all things mathematical,
- I'm not particularly familar with Bezier curves, and so the
- slices tend to look a bit crappy. However, you can still do
- cool things like picking up individual slices and moving
- them elsewhere.
-
- Oh, and if you don't already have DrawStudio and just happen to be
- browsing at this ReadMe file for no apparent reason, the go out and buy
- it now! Seriously, we don't often get new commercial talent in these
- hard times, so please give the demo a try or something.
-
- Andrew Elia
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 8140 3491 57.1% 08-Mar-97 19:13:16 +DSMiscRexx.Guide
- 964 378 60.7% 08-Mar-97 19:23:34 +DSMiscRexx.Guide.info
- 3390 1284 62.1% 08-Mar-97 18:01:28 +Flash.dsrx
- 68080 31798 53.2% 08-Mar-97 18:43:02 +FlashDemo.IFF
- 1240 677 45.4% 08-Mar-97 19:21:24 +FlashDemo.IFF.info
- 6510 2279 64.9% 08-Mar-97 18:00:56 +Graph.dsrx
- 374588 350457 6.4% 08-Mar-97 18:40:42 +GraphDemo.IFF
- 1240 676 45.4% 08-Mar-97 19:21:24 +GraphDemo.IFF.info
- 4417 1651 62.6% 08-Mar-97 17:59:42 +Pie.dsrx
- 146048 122554 16.0% 08-Mar-97 18:41:26 +PieDemo.IFF
- 1240 679 45.2% 08-Mar-97 19:21:24 +PieDemo.IFF.info
- 3215 1206 62.4% 08-Mar-97 17:58:46 +Polygon.dsrx
- 28110 17652 37.2% 08-Mar-97 18:41:58 +PolygonDemo.IFF
- 1240 676 45.4% 08-Mar-97 19:21:24 +PolygonDemo.IFF.info
- 900 433 51.8% 08-Mar-97 19:21:24 DSScripts.info
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