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F L I E X E
Version 1.0
Apr. 23, 1994
Convert your FLI(tm) Animations to self-displaying Programs
Copyright 1990,1994 Synergrafix Consulting
All right reserved.
FLIEXE is produced by:
Steve Enns Dan Magosse
44 Macdermid Cres. and 1321 14th St.
Saskatoon, Sk. Saskatoon, Sk.
Canada S7J 2R2 Canada
in association with:
Synergrafix Consulting
44 Macdermid Cres.
Saskatoon, Sk.
Canada S7J 2R2
SYNOPSIS
FLIEXE will convert and play ordinary VGA FLI animations,
SuperVGA FLI animations, and new 32,768 colour (HiColor)
animations produced from a series of Targa images using our
HCMAKE program. FLIEXE allows you do distribute your FLI(tm)
animations in a self-contained form, and prevents others from
changing your animation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Continued good karma to John Bridges for the enlightening
information and code contained in his VGAKIT kit package.
Trademarks like GIF(tm) and PC(tm) are held by their
respective companies.
DISCLAIMER
The FLIEXE program is provided without warranty of any
kind. The user of FLIEXE assumes complete responsibility
for any and all incidental or consequential damages which may
occur during normal or abnormal use of the FLIEXE program.
Use the FLIEXE program at your own risk.
LICENSE
The entire FLIEXE package, including the FLIEXE program,
documentation and sample files are Copyright 1990-1994
Synergrafix Consulting. All rights reserved. The
unregistered shareware versions of the programs may be freely
distributed to others by any means, as long the following
(three) conditions are met:
1) FLIEXE is distributed in a "package" containing the
following files, in their original, unmodified form:
FLIEXE.EXE
FLIEXE.DOC
FLIEXE.ME
ORDER.FRM
2) FLIEXE is not distributed as part of any other
product, except with specific written permission from
the authors.
3) NO fee of any kind is charged for the FLIEXE
package or for the service of providing the package,
except Computer Bulletin Board Systems, which may
distribute the FLIEXE package even though they may
charge a membership or service fee.
You can use the "shareware" version of FLIEXE for personal,
non-commercial use for as long as you want, although your
support will directly contribute to its further development
and improvement. Commercial and educational users, and those
wishing to produce longer animations may purchase an
unrestricted (see below) version of FLIEXE. Send $16.00 U.S.
to:
Synergrafix Consulting
44 Macdermid Cres.
Saskatoon, Sk.
Canada S7J 2R2
and you will receive a 5 1/4" disk containing the latest
unlimited version of FLIEXE. See the ORDER.FRM file for
details.
(Look for the shareware versions of HCPLAY and HCMAKE wherever
you found FLIEXE. HCMAKE will produce 32,768 colour (HiColor)
animations for HCPLAY from a series of 15,16 or 24 bit Targa
images.)
COMPULSORY ADVERTISING AND GENERAL BEGGING
The following programs are also available from Synergrafix
Consulting:
GIFEXE Make you GIF's self-displaying. Make
automatic slideshows with fades, etc.
VGA/SVGA.
GIFWARP! Warp, bend stretch your GIFs for
interesting effects.
GIFCLIP Clip/crop your GIFs, add text or your
own GIF logo or signature.
GIFSIZE Resize all or part of your GIFs. Shrink
an entire screen to the size of an icon.
HCPLAY/HCMAKE Make/play 32,768 color FLI-type animations
on your PC. HCMAKE req.'s 386, HCPLAY
requires Tseng or VESA HiColor.
(The GIF programs are available in licensed SuperVGA versions
for $8.00 U.S. each, or get all four for $23.00 U.S. or more.
The HCPLAY/HCMAKE kit is available for $30.00 U.S. or more.
These registered versions may not be distributed to others, or
distributed with, or as part of any other product. These
programs support modes like 640x480, 800x600 with 256 colours
on 512K and 1024K SuperVGA cards from ATI, Ahead, Cirrus,
Chips and Technologies, Everex, OAK, Paradise, Trident, Tseng,
Video7, Compaq, NCR, Genoa and VESA.)
REQUIREMENTS
FLIEXE currently requires the following:
- PC(tm)/XT(tm)/AT(tm)/386(tm) computer (386/486
strongly recommended.)
- About 300K of free RAM
- DOS 3.0-6.2 (others untested)
- 1 Mb or more of XMS memory, or RAM disk or disk
cache is recommended.
- A VGA or SuperVGA card for displaying VGA or
SuperVGA FLI animations, or a Tseng or Vesa
HiColor SuperVGA board with 1Mb of memory,
and a HiColor (32,000 colour) compatible DAC
chip, or an ATI XL with HiColor capability, or
a VESA compliant HiColor capable board, such as
an S3 based board for HiColor animations
produced with our HCMAKE program.
INSTALLATION
Simply copy the FLIEXE program (and this helpful document of
course!) to any directory that you want - perhaps somewhere in
the DOS path.
USAGE
Syntax for FLIEXE is as follows:
FLIEXE [?] infilename[.FLI] [outfilename[.exe]]
/mode=0,1,2.. /speed=n /n=m /stay /key=c
/force /time /debug
The options are as follows:
/mode is used to force a particular video mode. Generally,
the option SHOULD NOT BE used for HiColor animations, unless
it seems that FLIEXE is playing your animation in an incorrect
mode. For SuperVGA type FLIs, the /mode switch may be used to
specify the size of the screen.
/mode=code /mode=0 Ordinary 320x200 mode
/mode=1 Low resolution SVGA
640x400 or 640x350
depending on your card.
/mode=2 Medium resolution 640x480
/mode=3 High resolution 800x600
/mode=4 Higher resolution 1024x768
is supported on some
1024K cards.)
/mode=5 Highest resolution 1280x1024
supposedly available on
a VESA card out there
somewhere...
/speed=n This switch is used to specify the speed at
which the animation is to be played. This
option overrides the speed value contained in
the animation file.
/n=m Play the animation "m" times. The default is
to play the animation until a key is pressed
(see /key=c below).
/stay Do not clear the screen after the animation has
played. The graphics from the current frame
will be left on the screen, and the screen will
be left in HiColor mode.
/key=c Play the animation until the "c" key is
pressed. "c" may be a character such as /key=a
to specify the "a" key or it may be the ascii
code of a character such as /key=27 to specify
the ESC key.
/force Do not check video hardware before attempting
to play the animation. If you have a new
HiColor compatible video card, but FLIEXE says
"Can't set HiColor mode!" then try /force to
avoid the hardware checking that may not detect
your type of HiColor compatible chip.
/time Print the time required to play the animation.
(This option can be used as a benchmark when
combined with the /n=m switch. Check the speed
of new HiColor hardware.)
/debug This switch will print information about the
XMS memory, VGA and DAC type, and the current
animation. This information may be helpful if
FLIEXE won't work for you. If you write me
about a problem, try to include a screen print
of this debug information. Press a key to
continue after displaying this information.
For example, try:
C> FLIEXE ? to see the help/brag screen
C> FLIEXE anim to play the file "anim.fli"
C> FLIEXE demo output /n=10 /force /speed=0 /stay
convert the file "demo.fli" to
"output.exe", where output will
play 10 times, without checking
the video hardware, playing as
fast as possible (/speed=0), and
remaining on the screen after a
key is pressed.
C> FLIEXE demo.fli /key=27
to convert the file "demo.fli"
to "fliout.exe", which will play
until the ESC key is pressed.
During playback, the keys '1' through '9' may be used to
change the speed of the animation. '1' is fastest, '9' is
slowest.
RESTRICTIONS AND CAVEATS
This is a beta version of the software!
FLIEXE is currently limited to SuperVGA and HiColor animation
at 640x480 resolution.
The shareware versions of FLIEXE is currently limited to
animations of 25 or fewer frames.
THE FUTURE
We intend to make the following improvements to FLIEXE. We
need your support to continue development!
- Improved speed and support for ordinary SuperVGA FLI's.
- Extract frames from animations as GIF(tm) and Targa(tm)
images.
- More commands available during animation playing.
- Add sound support for audio playback during the animation.
HISTORY
- Version 1.0 Completed Apr. 25, 1994
First public release.