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- Why another pipe?
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- AWNPipe: is more than a pipe. Along with the standard pipe features AWNPipe
- has other uses like duplication of a data stream, translating data, clipboard
- and tooltypes access, building-operating of ClassAct/Reaction GUIs and more.
- Please take a moment and browse the documentation once the installation is
- complete. You must run the install script first to be able to access the
- special AWNPipe.docs utility. An AmigaGuide and printable plain text version
- of the documentation is also included.
-
- A few of AWNPipe's abilities.
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- o Pipe features are available from ANY language (C E Arexx ADOS Assembler)
- o ADOS 3.5 compatible (usable under any ADOS 3.x)
- o Pipes are non-blocking
- o Automatic connection of a file to either end of the pipe (read/write)
- o Multiple taps on a single pipe (write once read many)
- o Automatic translation of special HTML characters
- o Programmable character translation
- o simple read and write of ALL clipboard units
- o Programmable pattern match function.
- o Tooltype query and setting for any icon
- o Keystroke event generator
- o Programmable keystroke event handler
- o Complex pattern match function
- o The AWNPipe archive contains many examples and tutorials
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- o Advanced GUI creation and operation
- - FAST and simple GUI prototyping
- - simple single line definitions for ALL objects
- - read ALL activities as simple text based events
- - full window definition
- - nested layouts
- - bubble help
- - iconification
- - menus
- - define and operate an Arexx host
- - commodity definition and operation
- - elastic modifiable GUIs
- - labels
- - text attributes
- - button gadget
- - string gadget
- - chooser gadget
- - radio button gadget
- - integer gadget
- - checkbox gadget
- - clicktab/page gadget
- - listbrowser gadget
- - getfile (ASL or Reaction/CA)
- - getfont
- - animated buttons
- - textfield gadget
- - texteditor gadget
- - fuel gauge gadget
- - scroller gadget
- - slider gadget
- - weight bar
- - drawlist image
- - penmap image
- - bitmap image
- - glyph image
- - and a lot more.
- Note that AWNPipe GUI's require you have ADOS 3.5 or Class Act installed.
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- o And much much more
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- I hope that you will find that using AWNPipe will help you write better
- programs and write them faster. AWNPipe is designed to take care of many of
- the standard features that goes into a quality program. This lets you
- concentrate on your application specific code rather than all the other
- little details.
-
- Bill
-