13 Out Card Game for Windows Copyright (c) 1991-1992 Philip B. Cook Shareware Version 3.0 1 June 1993 1. For full documentation refer to the Windows online help file (13OUT.HLP). 2. INTRODUCTION Welcome, to what I hope will be the first of many pieces of succesful software distributed to the public via the medium of SHAREWARE. I very much hope that you will enjoy playing the game of 13 Out, which was introduced to me while on my Grandmothers knee more years ago than I care to remember, though she didn't seem to need all this technology to play it, just a simple deck of cards. I have modelled the way in which the games behaves on the version of Patience called Solitaire distributed by MicroSoft with the Windows 3 Environment. The code however is 'all my own work', with only a little help from the nice people at BORLAND who provide some even nicer examples of how to go about things Windows fashion, when you purchase their excellent TURBO PASCAL for WINDOWS product, of which I cannot speak too highly. The software requires Microsoft Windows 3 and a mouse. It has been tested running under Windows 3.0 in Real, Standard and 386 Enhanced modes and Windows 3.1 in Standard and 386 Enhanced modes on an IBM AT (286), 386sx and 386DX processors. This whole piece of software is by way of an essay in the Art of programming and allowed me to learn and forget more things about the Windows Environment than are probably good for me......... I just hope you like it. This product is provided on an as-is basis. The Author makes no warranty whatsoever regarding the product and specifically disclaims any implied warranty or liability of any kind. 3. SHAREWARE This product is distributed as Shareware. It is not Public Domain and I retain the copyright. Please feel free to copy the package to your friends or upload it to your favourite bulletin board. If you get this from a commercial source you should pay no more than the cost of the the diskette on which it is supplied plus a small copying fee. The software is distributed as a self extracting archive file built using LHArc (Copyright Yoshi). It should come to you with the following files. 13OUT.EXE - the Windows Executable File. 13OUT.TXT - This text file in simple TEXT format. 13OUT.HLP - Windows on-line help file. DECK_???.BMP - External Deck Designs. To install the program from DOS proceed as follows : 1. Copy the file 13OUT_30.EXE to the Drive and Directory on where you wish to 'unpack' it. 2. Type 13OUT_30 at the DOS prompt. 3. Answer the questions. The files will be extracted and expanded on the current drive. Once the program is executed and you save your favourite mode of operation of the game, it will write a file 13OUT.INI in your WINDOWS directory. I don't approve of applications writing all over the WIN.INI file, so I don't. If you like the game and intend to continue to use it beyond an initial trial period (shall we say 30 days), then I shall be delighted to receive your request for registration. Once registered the program will cease the (small amount of) nagging that it does. I hope by then to be able to offer you some other software on the same basis, and perhaps some improvements made to the 13OUT Game. I don't ask much for Registration so please do the decent thing and register if you use the program. If you spot any bugs in the program, or would like to suggest extra features, I would also be pleased to hear from you. 4.CONTACTS The author can be contacted as follows : POST Mr. P.B. Cook, 7 Deaf Hill Terrace, Trimdon Station, County Durham, TS29 6BZ UNITED KINGDOM TELEPHONE +44 429 880319 or +44 642 485395 FACSIMILE +44 642 471287 4. REVISION HISTORY V1.0 24 November 1991 Beta Test version. Reported Bugs - 1. Card Back Dialog NOT modal. 2. No out of memory checking. V1.1 8 December 1991 First Release Added Card Decks generated by WINFRACT. Fixed V1.0 Bug 1. Fixed V1.0 Bug 2. Reported Bugs - 3. Card Selection Dialog did not function correctly on Hercules and EGA Displays. 4. Multiple instances in Real Mode occasionally caused a system 'hang'. V1.2 10 January 1992 Updated. Tightened up the code a little. Fixed V1.1 Bug 3. Fixed V1.1 Bug 4. V2.0 24 April 1992 Re-written Main Drawing Code giving - smoother drawing - faster outline dragging Added Undo feature. Added access to Solitaire Card Decks. Reported Bugs - 5. Deck Selection faulty on EGA displays. V2.1 31 May 1992 Split code into seperate TPUs minimising required memory for play. Fixed V2.0 Bug 5. Reported Bugs - 6. Cards leave a trail behind them when dragged. Hercules screens only. V2.2 5 August 1992 Rebuilt using TPW Version 1.5 complier. Fixed V2.1 Bug 6 - - All two color displays now use white as the background color. V2.3 14 August 1992 Incorporated new stack drawing code, no changes in 13 Out functionality. V2.4 14 October 1992 Added Windows Style Help facility. plus cosmetic changes. V3.0 1 June 1993 Changed the Select Deck dialog to support selection of Card Decks external to the program in *.bmp files. The original Decks now ship as BMP files. Now supports Editing of the Decks by the user using PAINTBRUSH or other BMP Editor.