DropBoard is a simple program which is handy for looking through large backdrop collections quickly and easily.
DropBoard, © Iain Truskett, 1997-1998
Run it.
Now you can drag a spritefile onto either the iconbar icon or the dropbox window and it will be made into your current backdrop. Click MENU on the dropbox or SELECT on the iconbar icon to open the choices window, from which you can change how the backdrop is made.
Clicking upon Tiled will set the next backdrop to be dragged onto DropBoard to be made in a tiled fashion. Scale to fit will scale the backdrop to fit the current screen size and Centre centres the image in relation to the screen.
This program was developed in conjunction with two other backdrop related programs. All three of these programs can be downloaded from the web. The other two programs are:
Another program of interest to users of this and the other programs is a proram known as !Backdrops written by Kade Hansson. This should be available from the HENSA/micros archive amongst other places.
Either download updates from the web or email me
There is also a mailing list to which all notices of software update are posted. Usually a very low volume mailing list you should note. One can join this list by mailing me and asking to be put on it.
I could also thank Acorn for making RISC OS such a wonderful operating system.
I will definitely thank Dominic Symes for Zap, the fastest, the most polyglottal, the nicest, the most configurable, program, text, memory, whatever, you name it Zap can edit it, editor type program.
This program is used entirely at your own risk. I, Iain Truskett, can not be held responsible for any loss of data, revenue or goodwill due to the use or misuse of this or any other version of the program.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Author: Iain Truskett
Last update at: 28th August 1998